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Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine reportedly starts a new incursion in Kursk [1]

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Date: 2025-05-05

Ukraine has reportedly launched a new push in the Kursk region — this time at Tetkino, which is a town right on the border and west of where the fighting in Kursk was going on earlier.

x Russian channels are reporting that Ukrainian forces have launched a new push in the Kursk region, with a focus on Tetkino. According to them, after missile strikes hit bridges overnight, armored units moved in with mine-clearing vehicles, leading to intense fighting.



[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) May 5, 2025 at 3:20 AM

x Yesterday, the Ukrainian Air Force struck a Russian UAV command center in Russia’s Kursk region, near the village of Tyotkino — General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Up to 20 Russians were eliminated and equipment destroyed.



[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) May 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM

Russia sends another column down a road.

And once again it gets chewed, screwed and tattooed.

x Marines of the 38th Marine Brigade repelled the Russian mechanized assault. A convoy of enemy equipment was moving along an asphalt road led by a tank with a mine flail. But a barrage of FPV drones, munition drops, and artillery left it no chance. Glory! #StayWithUkraine 📹: 38th Marine Brigade



[image or embed] — Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) May 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM

A Russian position is destroyed by a 250-pound small diameter bomb.

Note the object flying through the air that looks like a Russian soldier.

Pokrovsk has been turned into a massive Russian graveyard so that Putin can claim a victory there by May 9.

x Russia's push for Pokrovsk turned into massive sacrifice of troops as Putin races to reach Dnipro border by "Victory Day" Russians are losing 30-40% of all casualties here. Ukrainian forces reported that only 1 in 10 soldiers survives assaults euromaidanpress.com/2025/05/05/r...



[image or embed] — Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) May 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM

Russia has lost another 88 officers, including two colonels, that were confirmed in the last two weeks, bringing the total to at least 5,921. This list compiles deaths of officers confirmed by obituaries and other postings so some of the 88 new deaths were from earlier months.

x At least 5 921 Russian officers have been eliminated in the Russian invasion of Ukraine since 24 February 2022.

Three-week update: +88 newly registered.

Sources: public Russian obituaries and graves.



[image or embed] — KIU • Russian Officers killed in Ukraine (@killedinukraine.bsky.social) May 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM

Another 1,260 Russians plus five tanks.

Maybe they should try marriage counseling.

x Russian sources claim the Kremlin halted talks prep with Trump after the Ukraine-US mineral deal. A Kremlin insider reports that top Russian officials are forced to urgently revise their White House engagement strategy.



[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) May 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM

There should be plenty to keep this tribunal busy for years.

x ⚡️Special tribunal against Russian leadership may be launched in 2026, President's Office says. The tribunal, set to operate within the Council of Europe, will focus on Russia's political and military leaders, including President Vladimir Putin.



[image or embed] — The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) May 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM

Orban will have a sad over this.

x 🇪🇺 The EU is set to propose a full ban on Russian gas imports by the end of 2027, aiming to sever remaining energy ties with Moscow despite a surge in Russian LNG deliveries. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...



[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) May 5, 2025 at 5:09 AM

The far-right, pro-Russia candidate polled first in Romania’s crowded presidential election with 41% and will face a runoff.

x In Romania’s presidential election, far-right AUR’s George Simion (40.88%) and Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan (20.99%) advance to the runoff on May 18. Simion is Eurosceptic, said Russia isn't a threat to NATO & ally of disqualified Georgescu (who called Ukraine a fictional state); Dan supports Ukraine



[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) May 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM

Ukraine sent soldiers to London to march in the parade marking the end of WWII and were saluted by King Charles.

Good for Pakistan.

x Pakistan faces ammunition shortages amid tensions with India due to alleged large underground exports to Ukraine. Indian sources claim Pakistan earned $364 million in revenue for delivering rockets and shells to war zones.

euromaidanpress.com/2025/05/05/p...



[image or embed] — Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) May 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM

Russia’s rail system is in trouble.

Ukrainian wolves sound the alarm.

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