Start today's topic of the Russian-Ukrainian (Kazakh-Israeli) war:
Yesterday, the Ukrainian army once again launched a massive missile attack on Crimea.
The purpose of the attack was twofold. One purpose is to continue striking at military targets in the Crimea, clearing external obstacles to the blowing up of the Crimean bridge.
In addition, one aim is to avenge Odessa, which suffered a Russian cluster bomb attack yesterday.
The targets include the Zhankoy airfield, where the Air Defense Command of the Southern Military District is located, the headquarters of the Russian Ministry of Defense in Chernomorsky, the Black Sea Fleet base in Simferopol, and the missile base of the 31st Air Defense Division in the Saksky region;
This time ATACMS was used, launched from the Hippocampus,
It has a key advantage over Storm Shadow in that it flies much faster than Storm Shadow.
The effect of this attack remains to be seen. However, the Russian side said that 6 ATACMS missiles were shot down.
According to Reuters, on the 30th local time, Russia said that its air defense system shot down 6 U.S.-made Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles launched by Ukraine in the past 24 hours.
Why do you keep attacking Crimea?
Crimea has an important strategic value for the Russian army, which is mainly manifested in the following aspects.
1. This is the location of the port of Sevastopol, which is also the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
Second, it is an important logistics hub and military supply route for the Russian army in occupied southern Ukraine,
Third, it is the launch site of a series of Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine.
In addition, there is a Crimean bridge in this place, and the attack on military targets on the Crimean peninsula is in preparation for the blowing up of the Crimean bridge.
Let's take a look at the battlefield.
In the Chasiv Yar region: Russian troops made new advances south of Mount Baba, reaching the waterway on this axis for the first time.
Estonian intelligence judged that Russia would not be able to capture the strategically important city of Chasiv Yar before May 9. The city is vital for Ukraine's logistics.
It will be difficult for the Russian army to control the whole of Chasif Yar, and it will be a slower-moving urban war.
On the Avdiivka front, Russian troops continued to advance along the railway from Ocheretyne in a northwesterly direction, taking control of new plantations near the eastern outskirts of Novooleksandrivka.
Although the Russian army has made some progress, it has also paid a huge price.
A Russian soldier filmed their own losses, in the area around this plantation, and the number of corpses that could be seen per square meter was staggering.
On the Zaporozhye front, the offensive of the Russian army has come to a standstill.
Over the past period, the Ukrainian army has systematically destroyed 9 Russian air defense systems and 3 electronic warfare facilities in this theater of operations, paving the way for drones to dominate the battlefield.
In addition, there is another potential battlefield where a conflict could erupt, and that is Kharkiv. There are media reports that the doomsday general Sunovikin has returned to the stage, and Putin has asked him to be the commander-in-chief to open up the battlefield in this place.
Last year, the Russian army wanted to launch an attack in this place, but it was blocked by the Ukrainian army, which led to a tiger and a snake.
The Ukrainian General Staff reported that in the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian army sent 1,250 aggressors to the ghost gate.
In recent days, the number of enemy annihilations has almost always exceeded 1,000, and this is because the new artillery shells are constantly being sent to the front line.
The Ukrainian army no longer needs to ration shells.
This situation was also confirmed by the White House.
White House press secretary Karina Jean-Pierre said Ukraine had received weapons previously announced by the United States as part of a new military aid package.
Let's take a look at the other news.
The Patriot missile was rejected by Israel.
According to The Times of Israel, the Israeli military said that due to the obsolescence of the Patriot missiles, the Israeli Air Force will say goodbye to the Patriot air defense system in the coming months and replace it with a more advanced air defense system.
What is Israel's advanced air defense system?
The system, also known as the multi-layered ballistic defense system, has the Iron Dome at the bottom, the David Slingling system at the middle, which is designed to shoot down medium-range projectiles, and the longest-range system is the "Arrow" system, which is designed to intercept large ballistic missiles.
A few weeks ago, Israel's air defense array was tested on the largest scale ever, with hundreds of missiles fired from Iran, almost all of which were shot down with the help of the United States, Jordan, Britain and France.
It is not yet clear where the permanently decommissioned Patriot system will end, as Ukraine is in high demand for Patriot missile systems to defend its skies from Russian missiles.
I hope that Israel will be able to send all these eliminated patriots to Ukraine.
Although these Patriot missile systems are relatively backward for Israel, they are much-needed and outdated technology for Ukraine.
UN sanctions observers confirmed that Russia used North Korean missiles in Ukraine.
According to Reuters, a report submitted by the United Nations sanctions monitor on April 29 confirmed that the missile fired at the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on January 2 this year has been confirmed to be a North Korean-made Hwasong-11 ballistic missile.
"The debris recovered from a missile that crashed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on January 2, 2024, came from the North Korean Hwasong-11 series missile", which is a direct violation of the Security Council sanctions resolution on North Korea.
Yesterday, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg suddenly appeared in Kyiv.
He expressed his apologies, and then told Zelensky that NATO would definitely improve the delivery of assistance and avoid delays in aid weapons.
Stoltenberg encouraged the Ukrainians: it's not too late for Ukraine to get a chance to win!
He promised that NATO would set up a special fund to assist Ukraine with a total amount of about 100 billion euros.
In addition, he firmly believes that Ukraine will eventually become a member of NATO!
At a joint press conference between the two sides, Zelensky said,
He is confident that Ukraine will become a member of NATO, because "the work we are doing now puts Ukraine on an irreversible path to NATO membership." ”
Russia's Putin's war against Ukraine was originally intended to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine, and he didn't want Ukraine to fall into the arms of NATO.
This is good, the more Ukraine is fought, the more it will not give in, and the more Ukraine is fought, the more it must accelerate its throw into the arms of NATO.
What's more, Russia has not yet lost its temper and has no way at all.
Not only that, but in the competition, Russia was also embarrassed by Ukraine and withdrew from the Black Sea Fleet from the Black Sea.
So far, the Black Sea Fleet is almost crippled. In addition to this, Russia has also lost a lot of armored vehicles and fighters.
According to media statistics, Ukraine has destroyed more than 12,000 Russian artillery systems.
We have reason to believe that as time goes on, Russia will lose more and more equipment and personnel destroyed by Ukraine.
In this war, Russia has been mired in the Russian-Ukrainian war.
And Ukraine, with the support of Europe and the military assistance of the United States, will become more and more courageous.
I firmly believe that Ukraine will win this war.
As Zelensky said:
"Russia can go home after the war, but Ukraine has only one homeland.
The Ukrainian people will fight for their country and will give everything for it.
We never take a weapon first,
But if someone attacks our country,
We'll hold on until the last breath,
And will definitely win"!