Day 85: Russia reports new surrenders from Azovstal and 15 downed UAVs

Surrendered Ukrainian servicemen and militants leave the territory of the Azovstal plant Mariupol. Archive photoMOSCOW, May 19.On the morning of the 85th day of the special operation, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced new militants who had surrendered. According to the department, 771 militants of the national unit surrendered from Azovstal in a day. Meanwhile, the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, assured that the fate of the liberated Ukrainian regions depends on the expression of the will of the inhabitants themselves and nothing can be done without this. Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Russian Federation Gerasimov and Chairman of the Committee of Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces Milli held the first telephone conversation since the beginning of the special operation, discussed a number of issues, including the situation in Ukraine. Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said at a morning briefing. data-source-sid=»ap_photo» class=»lazyload» width=»1920″ height=»1080″ decoding=»async» sizes=»(min-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw» src=»https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/i mages/07e6/05/12/1789313661_0:189:3077:1920_1920x0_80_0_0_9845c060d2e0cbe8b932038b30cc089d.jpg» srcset=» data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w03.org %20width=%221920%22%20height=%221080%22%3E%3C/svg%3E 100w «data-srcset=»https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/05/12/1789313661_0 :189:3077:1920_640x0_80_0_0_ec2db06e57681f5f05203a2a923ddf8c.jpg 640w,https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/05/12/1789313661_0:189:3077:1920_1280x0_80_0_0_172bb627e4b70d3b6158505dd94b70a3.jpg 1280w,https://cdnn21.img.ria .ru/images/07e6/05/12/1789313661_0:189:3077:1920_1920x0_80_0_0_9845c060d2e0cbe8b932038b30cc089d.jpg 1920w»>»The consequences will be global.» What will Lend-Lease result in for UkraineRussian air defense systems shot down 15 Ukrainian drones during the day, including one Bayraktar-TB2. Also, in the areas of the settlements of Topolskoye, Malaya Kamyshevakha, Semenovka, Shpakovka, Glinskoye, Snezhkovka of the Kharkiv region and Chernobaevka of the Kherson region, 12 Ukrainian rockets of the Smerch multiple launch rocket system were intercepted. Russian aviation destroyed two command posts, as well as 58 areas of concentration of manpower and Ukrainian military equipment, as a result of air strikes, more than 340 nationalists were destroyed, 62 units of military equipment were disabled, he said. Over the past day, the Russian Aerospace Forces with high-precision air-based missiles destroyed the Ukrainian division of the S-300 air defense system in the Nikolaev region and the division of the Buk- M1″ in the DPR, Konashenkov said. According to him, during the day, high-precision airborne missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces «hit seven command posts, including the command posts of the 24th motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Nikolaevka and the 104th brigade of territorial defense in the village point Konstantinovka, as well as 11 warehouses of rocket and artillery of weapons and ammunition in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Konstantinovka, Ilyinka and Minkovka of the Donetsk People's Republic and 26 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine».«How to break the chain.» What did the Ukrainian artillerymen do in the Donbas? including 80 wounded. According to him, all those who need inpatient treatment receive assistance in medical institutions of the Donetsk People's Republic in Novoazovsk and Donetsk. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation later published a video with captured Ukrainian servicemen from the plant, who told in what conditions they are kept and how they are fed. The captive lieutenant of the medical service said that the conditions of detention exceeded his expectations. Around the operation, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the fate of the liberated Ukrainian regions depends on the expression of the will of the inhabitants themselves, without which nothing can be done. So he answered the question whether Russia decided to «occupy part of the territory of Ukraine» contrary to the promises of President Vladimir Putin, who at the beginning of the special operation said that there would be no occupation of Ukrainian territories. Peskov also noted that there were contradictions in the words of the president and a number of Russian politicians who, in particular, they talked about the Kherson region or Zaporozhye, no. The press secretary stressed that the main task in these territories will be the solution of social issues, there can be no pauses here. «Many areas are now without electricity, without sewerage, and without water «We need to deal with this. The need for these priority measures, which are dictated solely by concern for people, makes such statements,» he said. «600» data-crop-height=»338″ data-source-sid=»afp» class=»lazyload» width=»1920″ height=»1080″ decoding=»async» sizes=»(min-width: 600px ) 600px, 100vw» src=»https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/05 /0c/1788180414_0:0:3071:1728_1920x0_80_0_0_f4cbaf6746f7cb5890a8632993ea6679.jpg» srcset=» data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%2wid2=%2wid2= %22%20height=%221080%22%3E%3C/svg%3E 100w «data-srcset=»https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/05/0c/1788180414_0:0:3071: 1728_640x0_80_0_0_93cd2c67e4ccf89d5ce38a301c66fe64.jpg 640w,https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/05/0c/1788180414_0:0:3071:1728_1280x0_80_0_0_83f2a9af244f6f05b416bfb803585206.jpg 1280w,https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/05/0c/1788180414_0:0:3071:1728_1920x0_80_0_0_f4cbaf6746f7cb5890a8632993ea6679.jpg 1920w»>The West has created a military titan in Ukraine that will destroy it. Also on Wednesday, the first conversation since the beginning of the special operation between the Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov and the Chairman of the Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces Mark Milley took place. The parties discussed a number of issues, including the situation in Ukraine, and also agreed to keep lines of communication open. Russia suspects that Ukrainian grain is being pumped into the granaries of European countries as a payment for weapons received by Kyiv, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said at a UN Security Council meeting during a special operation to demilitarize Ukraine, they took control of the entire Kherson region in the south of the country and the Azov part of the Zaporozhye region. Military-civilian administrations have been formed in the regions, broadcasting of Russian TV channels and radio has begun, and trade ties with Crimea are being restored. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, and on March 25 they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. 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