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Combat Operations

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 23.05.2023 Ukraine MOD 23 May 2023
• Fighting Appears to End In Russia's Belgorod After Cross-Border Incursion RFE/RL 23 May 2023 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited troops on the front line in the eastern Donetsk region as fighting appeared to cease around Russia's Belgorod region a day after armed fighters from inside Ukraine launched one of the largest cross-border incursions since the start of the war.
• Latest in Ukraine: Russia Contends It Has Repelled Incursion in Belgorod Region VOA 23 May 2023 -- A senior Russian official claimed Tuesday that Moscow's troops have repelled a cross-border raid from Ukraine in the Belgorod region, and that Russia killed more than 70 of the attackers in a battle that lasted about 24 hours.
• Counter-terrorism op. in Russia's Belgorod after deadly raid by Ukraine-based militants Press TV 23 May 2023 -- Ukraine-based militants have staged a "sabotage" raid on Russia's border city of Belgorod, killing a woman and injuring eight other civilians while prompting a counter-terrorism operation, its governor declared.

Ukraine

• The key task of our state is to strengthen Ukraine and enhance our defense capabilities - address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 23 May 2023
• Kiev Claims Netherlands May Become First Country to Supply F-16 Fighters to Ukraine Sputnik 23 May 2023 -- The Netherlands may become the first country to deliver F-16 fighter jets to Kiev, Yuriy Sak, an adviser to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, said.
• VOA Exclusive: Ukrainians' Abrams Tanks Training Expected to Start in Days VOA 23 May 2023 -- U.S. forces are expected to start training Ukrainians on M1A1 Abrams tanks "in the next week or so," Pentagon press secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder told VOA on Tuesday.

Russia

• Ukrainian Radicals in Russia's Belgorod Region Blocked, Eliminated Sputnik 23 May 2023 -- Ukrainian nationalist formations that infiltrated Russia's Belgorod region have been blocked and defeated, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
• West's weaponry for Ukraine pushing the world closer to 'nuclear apocalypse': Medvedev Press TV 23 May 2023 -- Russia has warned that supplying more destructive and advanced weapons by the US and its allies to Ukraine increases the probability of a "nuclear apocalypse."
• Medvedev: Kiev's Words About Non-Involvement in Sabotage Attacks in Russia Absolute Lie Sputnik 23 May 2023 -- The deputy chairman of the Security Council and leader of the United Russia party, Dmitry Medvedev, has called the Ukrainian government's claims that it was not involved in sabotage attacks on Russian territory 'an absolute lie'.
• NATO Gunning to Destroy Russia Through Proxy War in Ukraine - Medvedev Sputnik 23 May 2023 -- There is nobody in the so-called collective West that Russia could negotiate with to defuse the dangerously escalating conflagration in Ukraine, as Washington and its NATO allies don't want peace, they don't want cooperation, they want confrontation, Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev told RT.

United States

• Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder Holds a Press Briefing DoD 23 May 2023
• F-16 Training, Aircraft, to Fill Ukraine's Mid-Term, Long-Term Defense Needs DoD News 23 May 2023 -- Last week in Japan during a meeting of G7 leaders, including those from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom, President Joe Biden said the U.S. will support an effort with partners and allies to train Ukrainian fighter pilots on the F-16 aircraft.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Ukrainian Minister of Defence Oleksii Reznikov DoD 23 May 2023

NATO

• NATO Secretary General addresses support to Ukraine with EU Defence Ministers NATO 23 May 2023 -- On Tuesday (23/05/2023), NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participated in a meeting of the European Union defence ministers in Brussels.

United Nations

Foreign Reactions

• War in Ukraine - Military support for Ukraine Germany - Federal Government 23 May 2023 -- Germany provides support for Ukraine by supplying equipment and weapons, these come from supplies of the Federal Arms Forces and from deliveries from industry financed from the Federal Government's funds for security capacity building. An overview.
• Hungary and Germany Quarrel Over Blocked Ukraine Military Aid - Reports Sputnik 23 May 2023 -- Budapest has vehemently opposed Europe's arms supplies to Kiev, with Prime Minister Viktor Orban cautioning the European Union in February that it could sleepwalk into an armed conflict with Russia by sending increasingly deadly weapons to Ukraine.
• Orban: Ukraine Has 'No Chance' of Beating Russia Sputnik 23 May 2023 -- Mainstream media is vilifying Hungary's popular president once again after he explained why he declined to authorize another half billion in weapons for the Kiev regime.
• EU Defence Ministers discussed acceleration of military support to Ukraine and supply of necessary ammunition Lithuania MND 23 May 2023 -- May 23, Vice Minister of National Defence Žilvinas Tomkus attended a EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on defence in Brussels. The meeting addressed possibilities to accelerate the military support to Ukraine and ensure manufacturing and supply of the ammunition required.
• Minister of Defence Pevkur at Northern Group meeting: Ukraine's victory will strengthen security for us all Estonia MoD 23 May 2023 -- At the Northern Group defence ministers' meeting yesterday in Legionowo, Poland, Minister of Defence Hanno Pevkur stressed that Russia is capable of restoring its pre-war status in our region within a matter of years, so it is important to support Ukraine consistently and vigorously, because Ukraine's victory strengthens security for us all.
• Support for fuel transportation of the Ukrainian army "Government of Iceland 23 May 2023 -- The Government of Iceland has responded swiftly to Ukraine's request for increased capacity for fuel transportation, by purchasing ten fuel trucks for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two of which were delivered in the past week.
• Ukrainian recruits fast learners Australia DOD 23 May 2023 -- The third rotation of Ukrainian recruits has commenced initial training with Australian Army soldiers as part of Operation Kudu in the United Kingdom.

News Reports

• Facts about Ukraine crisis: Ukrainian "sabotage" group breaks into Russia People's Daily 23 May 2023 -- The following are the latest developments related to the Ukraine crisis:
• Ukraine losing 10,000 drones per month to Russia: UK think tank Press TV 23 May 2023 -- Ukraine has suffered a massive loss of 10,000 drones per month in its war against Russia, which has effectively utilized electronic warfare to down the UAVs provided by the Western countries, a British think tank reports.