Denazification of Ukraine: operational summary (May 23, updated)

Source: dnr-news.ru

10:48 The Supreme Court of the DPR will consider a criminal case against a Ukrainian military man who shot 14 civilians.

Valentin Vasilenko is charged with the murder of two or more persons, committed by an organized group motivated by political, ideological hatred, and with the use of prohibited means and methods of warfare.

He served in the 501st separate battalion of the Marine Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to investigators, in March 2022, the accused was at a firing position on Mamin-Sibiryak Street in Mariupol.

On March 21, the military received an order to eliminate civilians and opened fire from a machine gun on six unarmed people. From the received wounds people have died on a place.

On March 23, Vasilenko, being in the same position, opened fire from a machine gun at a minibus in which there were eight unarmed people. The shooting killed six men, a woman and a child.

10:43 Let me remind you that in the battles for Bakhmut, according to various sources, the Nazis lost from 30 to 60 thousand of their soldiers.

09:29 123 brigade destroys enemy defenses in the Seversky direction – video

Reconnaissance with artillery of the 123rd brigade (the former 3rd brigade of the LPR) in conjunction destroy Ukrainian militants, their equipment and positions. 

09:26 Footage of the destruction of nationalist armored vehicles by Ka-52 helicopters – video

During the sorties, army aviation crews fired missiles at the identified fortified positions of the militants, destroying the command post and equipment.

In addition to delivering air strikes, army aviation escorts convoys, delivers troops and military cargo, and provides air support to units performing tasks within the special operation.

08:05 A pair of Su-25SM attack aircraft completed combat missions in the zone of the special military operation.

Bending the terrain at a height of no more than 25 meters at a speed of 900 km / h, the pilots in combat pairs approached the line of contact and launched rocket attacks on the nationalists’ manpower and lightly armored vehicles.

The launches were carried out with 80-mm cumulative fragmentation unguided rockets.

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