Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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Ryuu96 on 23 May 2023

Meanwhile, Russian news outlets report that additional incursion forces have entered the border area near Kozinka, claiming fights with Russian Federation forces are ongoing and air defense is active. pic.twitter.com/cv9vDHhJdC
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) May 23, 2023

Dmitri Peskov on the situation in the Bilhorod region:

"Ukrainian militants entered the territory of the region, regardless of their nationality. This is deeply worrying and requires a lot of effort from us. The special operation continues to prevent this from happening in the… pic.twitter.com/FoImuYKShD
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) May 23, 2023

"Ukrainian militants entered the territory of the region, regardless of their nationality. This is deeply worrying and requires a lot of effort from us. The special operation continues to prevent this from happening in the future. It is not planned to hold a special meeting of the Security Council, a planned one will take place towards the end of the week," he said.

⚡️Borrell: Several countries start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 jets.

Several countries, including Poland, have already started training Ukrainian pilots to use U.S.-built F-16 fighter jets, the European Union's chief diplomat Josep Borrell said on May 23.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) May 23, 2023

A source in the Polish government confirmed information about the F-16 training to the Ukrainian news outlet Ukrinform.

An official announcement will be made soon, said the source.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) May 23, 2023

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Ryuu96 on 23 May 2023

How Russian Mothers See Their Sons.

Imagine your own mother not caring if you live or die because she has a backup son and she's going to get paid anyway...

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EpicRandy on 23 May 2023

What an unforeseen development, wonder what is the goal here.

Stoking more division in Russian leadership by displaying incompetence.
Stoking division in the Russian army trying to capitalize on abysmal morals and incite rebellion by way of showing it is possible.
Forcing Russia to relocate troops away from the battlefield.
Immediately put to trash any propaganda gain resulting from Bakhmut

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Cobretti2 on 23 May 2023

EpicRandy said:

What an unforeseen development, wonder what is the goal here.

Stoking more division in Russian leadership by displaying incompetence.
Stoking division in the Russian army trying to capitalize on abysmal morals and incite rebellion by way of showing it is possible.
Forcing Russia to relocate troops away from the battlefield.
Immediately put to trash any propaganda gain resulting from Bakmut

The goal with the Russians attacking their own might be as simple as to wake up the silent majority in Russia who oppose Putin. If the can see how poorly organised the military and government are they may rise up.

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Ryuu96 on 23 May 2023

EpicRandy said:

What an unforeseen development, wonder what is the goal here.

Stoking more division in Russian leadership by displaying incompetence.
Stoking division in the Russian army trying to capitalize on abysmal morals and incite rebellion by way of showing it is possible.
Forcing Russia to relocate troops away from the battlefield.
Immediately put to trash any propaganda gain resulting from Bakmut

All of the above. Probably.

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Ryuu96 on 23 May 2023

Prisoners of war were taken into captivity by the 3rd Assault Brigade after an assault on a tree line in Bakhmut. Characteristic prison tattoos can be seen on the body of one of the Russian captives, indicating that convicts are still being used on the frontline. pic.twitter.com/xMsupccWHO
— Dmitri (@wartranslated) May 23, 2023

"The village of Gor'kovskii and the village of Shchetinovka in the Bilhorod region came under the control of Ukrainian saboteurs," Russian media outlets report. pic.twitter.com/9VW0IY4mAR
— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) May 23, 2023

There has been a lot of discussion on Russia's omnipresent 'tank-stopper' triangles.

Here's a video showing just how ineffective they really are.#Russia #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/yjOgmN0aWB
— WhereisRussiaToday (@WhereisRussia) May 23, 2023

Putin's press-secretary commented on the events in Belgorod region. He said the authorities were "deeply disturbed" but wouldn't call for a security council meeting.

In typical Russian blame-shifting, he put the responsibility for illegal border-crossing on law enforcement… pic.twitter.com/yOHdilQrLH
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) May 23, 2023

Russia's MoD has commented on the situation in Belgorod region.

"More than 70 Ukrainian terrorists, four armored fighting vehicles and five pickups have been destroyed" pic.twitter.com/gDpnNOblvl
— Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) May 23, 2023

I just got off the phone with the operation's leader, who was in a pretty good mood. Didn't sound at all like 70 of his fighters had been eliminated. In fact, he said the operation wasn't over. https://t.co/ofxDxaCold https://t.co/ip2PPfJFbN
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) May 23, 2023

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Ryuu96 on 23 May 2023

Russia had long assumed - probably correctly - that the site of Ukrainians charging into Russia would make their Western partners nervous. Kyiv has neatly sidestepped that by using Russian proxy forces instead of Ukrainians.
— Jimmy Rushton (@JimmySecUK) May 23, 2023

It also once again undermines one of Putin's main arguments about his "special military operation", that the war was meant to make Russia safer.

Before February 2022, there was never any direct conflict with Ukraine on Russian soil; now there is.
— Jimmy Rushton (@JimmySecUK) May 23, 2023

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Skeeuk on 23 May 2023

They did an incursion and that's all they can do now, Its obvious this is all protracted out as some massive victory to hide the loss of Bakhmut. It's not going to change any outcome untill one side capitulates or peace deal is reached

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Cobretti2 said:

EpicRandy said:

What an unforeseen development, wonder what is the goal here.

Stoking more division in Russian leadership by displaying incompetence.
Stoking division in the Russian army trying to capitalize on abysmal morals and incite rebellion by way of showing it is possible.
Forcing Russia to relocate troops away from the battlefield.
Immediately put to trash any propaganda gain resulting from Bakmut

The goal with the Russians attacking their own might be as simple as to wake up the silent majority in Russia who oppose Putin. If the can see how poorly organised the military and government are they may rise up.

Doubt it'd make Russia a decent neighbor let alone place to live though. People thought Russia was gonna be better off after Lenin took out the Romanovs, then they thought Russia would be better off after the Soviet Union collapsed, then they thought it'd be better off under Vladimir Putrid, but time and time again Russia has shown us that it just can't escape being terrible.

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GaoGaiGarV on 23 May 2023

Skeeuk said:

They did an incursion and that's all they can do now, Its obvious this is all protracted out as some massive victory to hide the loss of Bakhmut. It's not going to change any outcome untill one side capitulates or peace deal is reached

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