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Kadyrov wants to replace Wagner mercenaries in Bakhmut with Chechens – "Just a matter of hours"

2023-05-06T01:46:25.655Z


Putin's army has suffered massive losses over time. Wagner boss threatens to withdraw his troops. The news ticker on the Ukraine war.


Putin's army has suffered massive losses over time.

Wagner boss threatens to withdraw his troops.

The news ticker on the Ukraine war.

  • Russian losses

    : Ukraine publishes latest figures

  • Russia's

    attacks in

    eastern Ukraine

    : Bakhmut once again becomes the focus

  • Here you can read current developments from the Ukraine conflict.

    The processed information on the losses of the armies involved in the Ukraine war comes partly from the warring parties from Russia or Ukraine.

    They can therefore not be independently checked in part.

Update from May 5, 10:20 p.m .:

The Chechen ruler Ramzan Kadyrov has offered to send his own “Achmat” troop to the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut if the Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and his people withdraw from the area.

"Yes, if elder brother Prigozhin and 'Wagner' go, then the General Staff will lose an experienced unit, and little brother Kadyrov and 'Akhmat' could take their place," Kadyrov wrote on Telegram.

His fighters are ready to go ahead and conquer the city.

"It's only a matter of hours." Prigozhin had previously announced that his mercenary units would be withdrawn next Wednesday.

They would have to “lick their wounds”.

The 61-year-old cited high losses due to a lack of artillery support by the Russian armed forces as the cause and attacked the army leadership directly.

Russia is also using units from Chechnya in the war of aggression against Ukraine.

They formally belong to the police and national guard, but in practice they primarily follow Kadyrov's command.

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Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov during a parade marking Vladimir Putin's 70th birthday.

(archive photo)

© Yelena Afonina/Imago

Ukraine-News: Heavy fighting continues

Update from May 5, 7:15 p.m .:

Russian attackers and Ukrainian defenders fought again on Friday in eastern Ukraine.

"The heaviest fighting is raging around Bakhmut and Marjinka," reported the Ukrainian General Staff in its daily situation report.

On these two front sections alone, almost 30 Russian attacks were repulsed on Friday.

Both sides also fought heavy battles near Limansk.

According to the Ukrainian military leadership, the Russian troops are trying to completely conquer Bakhmut by May 9th at the latest.

For Moscow, this would be a prestige victory on Victory Day over Nazi Germany.

Since the capitulation, which actually came into force on May 8, 1945, was signed a second time on the night of May 9 at Soviet headquarters at Stalin's request, this day is considered a public holiday in Russia.

Ukraine-News: Kiev's army destroys Wagner ammunition depot in Bakhmut

Update from May 5, 5 p.m.:

Due to the lack of ammunition supplies, the head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, threatened to withdraw his troops from the heavily contested city of Bakhmut.

Meanwhile, the existing ammunition is rendered unusable by the Ukrainian defenders.

"Ukrainian artillery shelling destroyed a Wagner ammunition depot in Bakhmut," Deputy Defense Minister of Ukraine Anna Malyar said on Telegram.

Russia is also sending paratroop assault troops to Bakhmut to capture the city by May 9, she wrote.

Ukraine-News: Lavrov threatens "concrete actions" after drone attack

Update from May 5, 2 p.m.:

After the drone incident on the Kremlin premises, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced “concrete actions”.

"It is absolutely clear that the terrorists in Kiev could not have done this without the knowledge of their 'patrons'," Lavrov said on Friday (May 5), according to the Russian news agency

TASS

.

"We will respond with concrete actions."

Russia had said that two drones that were flying towards the Kremlin compound had crashed on Wednesday night.

Moscow accuses Kiev of an attempted attack on Russian President Vladimir Putin and is threatening countermeasures.

Tanks, drones, anti-aircraft defenses: weapons for Ukraine

Tanks, drones, anti-aircraft defenses: weapons for Ukraine

News in the Ukraine war: Pistorius guarantees Kiev permanent support

Update from May 5, 12:50 p.m .:

Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, together with his Danish counterpart Troels Lund Poulsen, visited the training of Ukrainian soldiers and promised permanent support.

"I stand by it and keep saying it with the utmost conviction: We will support Ukraine with everything that is possible - as long as it takes," said Pistorius on Friday during the visit to northern Saxony-Anhalt.

Danes and Germans are training Ukrainian soldiers there on Leopard 1 A5 main battle tanks.

They learn to use the weapon system and to repair it in the field.

Pistorius emphasized the high level of motivation and the great commitment.

The training is an example of support in a multinational framework and also of cooperation between the armed forces and industry.

"Together with Denmark and the Netherlands, Germany is financing the repair of around 100 Leopard 1 A5s from industry stocks," said the minister.

It is another sign of unity in support for Ukraine against the Russian aggressor.

"It will and must remain so in the future," Pistorius continued.

News in the Ukraine war: Russia accuses the USA after an alleged drone attack

Update from May 5, 12:15 p.m .:

Russia has accused the United States of being behind the alleged drone attack on the Kremlin.

“We know that the decision on such acts and acts of terrorism is not made in Kiev, but in Washington.

And Kiev carries out what they are told," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to the

Interfax

news agency , without providing any evidence.

The US government dismissed the allegation as "ridiculous".

National Security Council communications director John Kirby said: "Mr. Peskow is lying."

News in the Ukraine war: Prigozhin threatens to withdraw the Wagner mercenaries

Update from May 5, 10:45 a.m .:

The head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has threatened Moscow with the withdrawal of its fighters from the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.

"On May 10, 2023 we will hand over our positions in Bakhmut to units of the Ministry of Defense and Wagner units will have to withdraw to lick our wounds," Prigozhin wrote on Friday (May 5) in the online service Telegram.

Because of the lack of ammunition, his fighters would otherwise have to reckon with a "senseless death".

News in the Ukraine war: Another fire in a Russian oil refinery

Update from May 5, 9.40 a.m .:

In southern Russia, a fire broke out on the site of an oil refinery for the second time within a short period of time.

According to the Tass

agency, no one was injured in the incident near the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which was annexed by Russia

.

Citing rescue workers on site, it was said that the fire in the Ilski settlement – ​​where it had already burned on Thursday night – had been triggered again by a drone attack.

In southern Russia and Crimea in particular, attacks on infrastructure objects that could be of importance for the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine have been increasing for days.

In the Bryansk border region, for example, two freight trains derailed after rail blasts.

It is unclear who is behind the actions.

However, international observers suspect that these could be preparations for the expected Ukrainian counter-offensive.

News in the Ukraine war: Ukraine publishes current figures

Update May 5, 8:40 a.m.:

The Armed Forces of Ukraine disabled about 193,210 Russian soldiers in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to May 5, 2023, including 620 in the past day alone.

This was announced by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on its Facebook page.

The information cannot be independently verified.

Here are the numbers, with the changes from the previous day in brackets:

  • Soldiers:

    so far a total of about 193,210 (+20)

  • Armored fighting vehicles:

    7224 (+8)

  • Tanks:

    3710 (+3)

  • Artillery systems:

    2978 (+16)

  • Unmanned Missiles / Drones:

    2540 (+17)

  • Vehicles and fuel tanks:

    5916 (+30)

  • Source: Ukrainian General Staff as of May 5.

    The information cannot be independently verified.

News in the Ukraine war: Russia and the USA "on the brink of an open armed conflict"

Update from May 5, 6:50 a.m.:

According to the Russian view, Russia and the USA are “on the brink of an open armed conflict”.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the TASS news agency on Friday.

"Washington has long been a direct party to the Ukraine conflict and aims to destroy sovereign Russia," Ryabkov said.

The statements relate to allegations that the US government was involved in the alleged drone attack on the Kremlin on Wednesday.

Washington dismissed the Russian allegations as "ridiculous."

News in the Ukraine war: drone shot down over Kiev

Update from May 4th, 10 p.m.:

During the day, a drone was shot down over the Ukrainian capital Kiev.

Ukrainian sources initially said it was a Russian drone.

However, several Russian and Ukrainian sources are now reporting that the drone that was shot down was actually a Ukrainian one.

This has now been confirmed by the Ukrainian Air Force in a message on Facebook.

The drone was a Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 and they were shot down because they lost control of the drone and wanted to prevent “undesirable consequences”.

"It's a shame, but that's technology and things like this happen.


It is probably a technical fault, the reasons are being determined," the statement said.

News in the Ukraine war: Russia's attacks in Bakhmut - Russia suffers casualties

Update from May 4th, 8:25 p.m .:

The Russian armed forces have continued their attacks in eastern Ukraine.

Once again, the city of Bakhmut was the focus of events, the Ukrainian general staff reported in its situation report in the evening.

A total of around 50 Russian attacks were repulsed at Bakhmut, Limansk and Marjinka.

"Russian occupying forces continue to suffer heavy casualties on the battlefield and all medical facilities in the temporarily occupied areas are overflowing with wounded occupying soldiers," it said.

The information provided by the military could not be independently verified.

News about the Ukraine war: "Every day stacks of corpses" according to the Wagner boss

Update from May 4, 6:25 p.m .:

Russia is apparently currently preparing for the expected counter-offensive by the Ukrainian army.

According to reports, the Kremlin has already ordered the digging of mass graves for possible victims - even within its own borders.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, also complained about the poor equipment and fatalities within his own troops: "Every day we have stacks of thousands of corpses that we pack in the coffin and send home," said Prigozhin in an interview with the Russian military blogger Semyon Pegov.

He once again blamed the Russian army leadership.

News on the Ukraine war: Several explosions in Sumy and Chernihiv

Update from May 4, 4:45 p.m .:

In the border areas of the Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts there were apparently dozens of Russian attacks on Thursday.

Within a period of around three hours, there were 35 small to medium-sized explosions, the Operational Command Pivnich North reported on Facebook.

So far, however, nothing is known about the possible number of victims.

The information has not yet been independently confirmed.

However, several photos are circulating on Twitter and Telegram that are supposed to show the surcharges in the regions.

News in the Ukraine war: USA denies involvement in alleged drone attack

Update from May 4, 3:25 p.m .:

A Pentagon spokesman denied US involvement in the alleged drone attack on the Kremlin and accused Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov of lying.

"I would simply tell you that Mr. Peskow is lying.

I mean, that's obviously a ridiculous claim.

The United States had nothing to do with it.

We don't even know what happened here," said John Kirby, White House communications director.

News about the Ukraine war: Russia accuses the USA of a drone attack

Update from May 4, 1:56 p.m

.: Russia has accused the United States of being behind the alleged drone attack on the Kremlin.

“We know that the decision on such acts and acts of terrorism is not made in Kiev, but in Washington.

And Kiev carries out what they are told,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, according to the Interfax news agency, without presenting any evidence.

News in the Ukraine war: Russia laments the wave of "sabotage" in Ukraine

Update from May 4, 12:00 p.m .:

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow, Russia is currently exposed to an unprecedented wave of “sabotage” in Ukraine.

"Terrorist activities and sabotage by the Ukrainian armed forces are reaching unprecedented levels," the ministry said on Thursday (May 4).

The day before, Moscow announced the shooting down of two Ukrainian drones that were said to be targeting the Kremlin and President Vladimir Putin.

News in the Ukraine war: military experts suspect Putin's political intentions

Update from May 4, 11:10 a.m .:

According to international military experts, Russia probably staged two alleged Ukrainian drone attacks on the Kremlin itself.

This was intended to bring the war closer to the Russian public and create the conditions for broader social mobilization, the Washington-based Institute for War Studies (ISW) wrote in its report on Wednesday (May 3).

Several indications indicated that the attack was carried out from within and staged in a targeted manner.

According to the US think tank, Russian authorities have recently taken steps to bolster air defenses, including within Moscow itself to create air defense circles around the city.

It is therefore extremely unlikely that two drones could have penetrated multiple air defense perimeters and been detonated or shot down directly over the heart of the Kremlin - in a way that could be easily captured on camera to provide spectacular images, according to the report .

According to the ISW, the immediate and coordinated Russian response to the incident suggests that the attack was prepared internally in such a way that its intended political impact overshadowed the embarrassment that a hit at the Kremlin would cause.

With the action shortly before the "Day of Victory" on May 9, the war should be presented to the local audience as existential.

News in the Ukraine war: Ukrainian air defense shoots down drones

Update from May 4, 8:20 a.m .:

The Ukrainian air defense claims to have shot down 18 of 24 kamikaze drones that Russia is said to have used in an attack on Thursday (May 4) before dawn.

A statement from the Kyiv city administration said all rockets and drones that struck the Ukrainian capital for the third time in four days had been destroyed.

"The Russians attacked Kiev with Shahed Loitering ammunition and rockets, probably of the ballistic type," the administration said.

Of 15 Shahed Kamikaze drones fired at the Black Sea coastal city of Odesa, air defenses destroyed 12 while three hit a university campus.

According to the Ukrainian military command in the south of the country, there were no casualties, the statement said, according to the

Reuters

news agency .

News in the Ukraine war: Russia reports new drone attack

Update from May 4, 5:42 a.m .:

In Russia, according to the state news agency Tass, a fire broke out in an oil refinery in the south of the country after another drone attack.

As Tass reported on Thursday (May 4), citing civil protection services, the fire broke out after an attack by an "unidentified drone" in the settlement of Ilski in the Krasnodar Territory near the Black Sea.

In recent days, Russian authorities have reported a series of drone strikes, describing one of them as an attempted assassination of President Vladimir Putin.

Regarding the incident in the Krasnodar region, regional governor Veniamin Kondratiev said the fire had spread over an area of ​​400 square meters, but was quickly extinguished by emergency services.

On Wednesday night, the regional administration reported a fire in an oil storage facility in the town of Volna, near the bridge to the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula, and also blamed a drone crash.

A few hours later, Moscow reported the shooting down of two drones aimed at the Kremlin in Moscow - and accused Ukraine of planning an "act of terrorism".

Kiev had declared that it had nothing to do with the incident - and accused Russia of staging the incident.

Ukraine-News: Russia is building massive defense systems – also in its own country

According to British secret services, Russia built strong defenses at the front during the Ukraine war, but also in occupied Ukrainian areas and sometimes deep within its own country.

"Images show that Russia has made special efforts to fortify the northern border of occupied (Ukrainian peninsula) Crimea," the British Ministry of Defense said.

Hundreds of kilometers of trenches have also been dug on internationally recognized Russian territory, including the Belgorod and Kursk oblasts that border Ukraine.

Two possible reasons for the defensive investments were given in London.

"The defenses underscore the deep concern of the Russian leadership that Ukraine could make a major breakthrough," it said.

"However, some work was probably commissioned by local commanders and politicians to support the official line that Russia is "threatened" by Ukraine and NATO." (frs/nak

with dpa material)

List of rubrics: © Yelena Afonina/Imago

Source: merkur

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