A Russian military next to an abandoned AFU tank
Today, on May 2, 2022, exactly 8 years have passed since the tragedy in the House of Trade Unions in the city of Odessa. The memory of the dead opponents of Euromaidan will not be honored in Odessa. A curfew is announced in the city until May 3. It was today that the allied armies of the LDPR and Russia achieved successes on the battlefield.
The Russian Ministry of Defense confirms the destruction of another MiG-29 fighter jet of the Ukrainian Air Force near Slavyansk. The Ukrainian plane was shot down in an aerial battle, no details were provided. It is possible that this particular fighter managed to evade Russian missiles on a military airfield near Odessa.
The Defense Ministry earlier reported that Russian Su-35 and Su-30SM fighters involved in the special operation carry missiles for both strikes against ground targets and aerial combat. Recently, however, Ukrainian Air Force planes have very rarely taken to the air.
Russian Su-35 fighter jet
The Russian Air Forces struck 38 military facilities of the AFU during the day. The high-precision airborne missiles struck four command posts, three RAW depots, an MLRS battery and the Osa AKM air defense missile system, as well as fortified areas and places of concentration of enemy manpower and armored vehicles.
Tactical and army aviation continue striking enemy strongholds and staging areas, and one ammunition depot near the village of Chervonoye, Zaporizhzhia Region, was destroyed.
The Iskander operational and tactical missile systems destroyed a battery of Grad multiple rocket launchers and artillery. Strikes were also carried out against nine strongholds of the AFU and the National Security Forces. Among other things, artillery destroyed six ammunition depots.
There are no Tochka-U rocket-system in the Russian Armed Forces
Air defense forces shot down 10 Ukrainian drones during the day, as well as two Tochka-U tactical missiles and a Smerch rocket.
A Ukrainian warehouse with rocket and artillery weapons was destroyed by high-precision weapons in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration hastened to say that the missile hit an elevator and destroyed the grain warehouse. However, after the previous strike on this agricultural complex there were artillery shells everywhere.
Once again, a missile strike was carried out near a bridge in the village of Zatoka in the Odessa region. It is still obvious to the Russian military that the supply of military equipment from Western countries needs to be interrupted. Therefore, Ukraine strengthened security at the Beskydsky Tunnel, which provides rail supplies of weapons, equipment and fuel and lubricants from Europe to Ukraine. Kiev fears that Russia will strike the facility.
Location of the Beskids Tunnel
In Kherson, a cache of RPGs, APCs, grenades, and other arsenal was found. In one of the storage rooms cars were found without license plates. They could have been used by members of subversive groups as means of transportation.
Allied military formations of the Russian army and LDPR are taking military equipment and ammunition of the AFU left behind by the retreating military from their positions.
The Russian military managed to land a quadcopter, which was used by the AFU for reconnaissance and fire adjustment in the Liman area.
Illustrative image
The media are spreading information that the West’s attempt to provoke Ukraine’s aggression against Transnistria may force the Belarusian Armed Forces to intercede for the PMR population. This video demonstrates combat exercises of the Belarusian armed forces near the Ukrainian border.
This information allow us to conclude that the Russian special operation is generally progressing according to the plan, and that the declared objectives, as Moscow officials say, will certainly be achieved. However, the Russian authorities need to increase their level of preparedness to repel enemy strikes on their territory and to prevent sabotage attacks.
