The war in Ukraine 2025-05-19

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The lower Russian losses continue despite still seeming to be high intensity at the fronts with 175 clashes yesterday.

  • 1040 KWIA
  • 1 Tanks
  • 5 APVs
  • 29 Artillery systems
  • 118 UAVs
  • 88 Vehicles and Fuel tanks!

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  1. MatsExtrude
    AFU “In total, 175 combat clashes were recorded during the past day.
    According to detailed information, yesterday the zagarbniki carried out 78 air strikes on the territory of Ukraine, dropped 124 controlled aviation bombs. In addition, 2904 kamikaze drones were deployed to strike and carried out 5134 shelling of positions of our troops and settlements, including 116 from reactive fire systems.”
  2. 205

    Update as of 08.00 19.05.2025 on the Russian invasion
     
    In total, 175↗️ combat engagements were recorded over the past day. ⏱️167, 145, 165, 168, 163, 166, 155, 161, 196, 193, 196, 171, 200, 269, 253, 216, 199, 199, 177, 178, 168, 174, 156, 175, 168, 144, 165, 96, 127, 162, 143, 125, 111, 99
     
    #Kharkiv 6⏱️3, 5, 6, 3, 4, 7, 3, 3, 6, 4, 11, 18, 4, 5, 5, 6, 8, 2, 2, 9, 6, 0, 0, 0, 4, 4, 0, 1, 2, 7, 1
     
    #Kupyansk 2⏱️1, 4, 4, 1, 2, 5, 2, 3, 3, 4, 6, 3, 5, 7, 6, 6, 5, 6, 9, 7, 3, 4, 5, 4, 1, 3, 2, 1, 7, 11, 4
     

    #Lyman 22💥⏱️24, 17, 16, 24, 29, 20, 25, 8, 17, 27, 24, 21, 31, 22, 16, 27, 27, 36, 21, 18, 20, 22, 19, 15, 20, 14, 25, 12, 14, 17, 20
     
    #Siverskyi  6↘️⏱️10, 4, 3, 5, 3, 6, 8, 4, 8, 5, 6, -, 0, 3, 3, 1, 4, 2, 4, 6, 2, 3, 5, 8, 12, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2
     
    #Kramatorsk 9⏱️8, 8, 8, 4, 4, 9, 10, 6, 10, 5, 4, 10, 6, 8, 6, 6, 13, 10, 16, 13, 8, 13, 1, 6, 4, 5, 7, 6, 8
     
    #Toretsk 11💥↘️⏱️14, 19, 8, 18, 6, 9, 6, 12, 15, 9, 13, 8, 6, 16, 7, 8, 4, 10, 6, 14, 9, 29, 16, 17, 13, 23, 10, 18, 26, 11
     

    #Pokrovsk 65💥💥💥↗️⏱️54, 52, 75, 74, 54, 60, 70, 60, 65, 71, 61, 77, 78, 115, 78, 113, 83, 64, 85, 75, 59, 64, 68, 44, 65, 56, 53, 61, 39, 54, 64 According to preliminary data, as of 22:00 yesterday (at 44 combat engagements), 151 occupants had been neutralised in this area, 84 of them irreversibly. In addition, Ukrainian troops had destroyed four vehicles, a satellite communication facility, eight hiding places, 10 motorcycles, a mortar launcher and five UAVs.
     

    #Novopavlivka 24💥⏱️23, 18, 23, 26, 30, 24, 13, 19, 31 , 28, 32, 23, 24, 52, 66, 23, 15, 16, 13, 23, 13, 13, 19, 10, 15, 17, 19, 5, 12, 9, 9
     
    #Huliaipil  0⏱️0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 13, 0 , 0, 1, 1, 2, 7, 5, 0, 6, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
     
    #Orikhivsk 2↘️⏱️7, 2, 3, 3, 3, 6, 6, 2, 6, 3, 7, 4, 14, 3, 3, 5, 4, 5, 0, 5, 1, 4, 4, 9, 3, 5, 3, 4, 3, 3, 1
     
    #Prydniprovsky 1⏱️2, 0, 1, 1, 5, 4, 1, 3, 6, 5, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 5, 1, 1 , 1, 3, 1, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0
     

    #Kursk 18💥↗️⏱️14, 13, 14, 9, 12, 9, 8, 25, 19, 19, 19, 11, 18 23, 23, 20, 33, 21, 25, 15, 23, 15, 30, 27, 26, 22, 21, 16, 20, 23, 21
     
    In the Kursk sector, 18 firefights took place yesterday. The enemy 🇷🇺 carried out 19 air strikes, dropped 35 guided bombs, and fired 236 artillery shells.
     
    Over the past day, the aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defence Forces 🇺🇦 hit five areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, an artillery vehicle, two command and control points and one other important enemy 🇷🇺 target.

  3. 205

    During their meeting, Zelensky presented Pope Leo with a special icon, “Mother of God with Child,” painted on a fragment of a box that held heavy artillery. The icon was brought from Izium, a Kharkiv Oblast town located about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the front line. A pregnant woman was killed in a Russian missile attack against Izium in February of this year.

  4. 205

    Declining rear? The figures for artillery presumably come from artillery fire and not drone strikes. The same goes for vehicles, these could belong to assault groups. Could the declining rear, as well as reduced losses in general, have something to do with some change/some issue in Ukrainian drone warfare? Perhaps they are holding back on fully utilizing drone weapons for some reason?

    1. MatsExtrude

      Difficult to know.

      The Russians are making changes and maybe it’s so that they are starting to have problems getting enough artillery through and instead rely more and more on drones that they can surely get many of with the help of China. Admittedly, they seem to be shooting about the same amount still, so that speaks against it, but they can use fewer pieces and fire more with these.

      Vehicles are probably both rear and front. The decrease could be due to using them to a lesser extent and instead running meat waves. Armored vehicles incl. tanks have been decreasing for a while now.

      As usual, it’s difficult to know if it’s Ukraine’s capability that has deteriorated or if it’s the Russians starting to have a shortage (or refraining from using the equipment) or a combination.

      There is talk of a Russian offensive and it may be that the Russians are saving equipment for it and Ukraine is doing the same to be prepared when it comes?

  5. 205

    Europe is “far from” discussing foreign troop deployment to Ukraine, as efforts focus on securing an unconditional ceasefire, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on May 17, Reuters reported.

    “There is no reason to talk about (troops) at the moment, we are far from that. We want the weapons to stop, the killing to end,” Merz said during a joint press conference with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

    His comments come amid growing interest in a potential multinational force to monitor a future peace agreement in Ukraine, even as Russian strikes continue.

    A so-called “coalition of the willing” led by U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron has pushed the idea, emphasizing that a “reassurance force” would monitor an eventual ceasefire, not engage in combat with Russia.

    1. MatsExtrude

      Can’t Sweden send in some who have volunteered?

      So we can break the mental barrier that seems to prevail among all cowardly leaders in Europe?

      They still seem to be terrified of what Russia will come up with but it will be as usual.

      Nothing happened at the beginning of the war when we started sending weapons or when we joined NATO even though Russia shouted themselves hoarse about their red lines every time.

      Nothing happened when Ukraine entered Kursk, or when they had to start shooting across the border, or drone-bombed refineries etc. etc.

  8. MatsExtrude

    “Russian strike kills young mother near Kyiv. Ania, 27, shielded her 4-year-old son Mark with her body. She died. Mark is alive but badly injured. His grandparents were also wounded.”

  9. MatsExtrude

    The right-wing candidate George Simion admitted defeat in the Romanian presidential election last night, just a few hours after claiming that election fraud was behind the victory of the EU supporter Nicusor Dan.

    “He won the election. It was the will of the Romanian people,” Simion said in a video post on Facebook.

    When the first forecast was presented on Sunday, Simion, who has spoken highly of both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, claimed to be the rightful president and urged his supporters to demonstrate on Monday.”

  10. MatsExtrude

    China has to a limited extent begun to allow the export of the country’s rare industrial metals. However, the rare earth metals reach the market at such a slow pace that it risks hindering global supply chains, writes the Financial Times.

    “The window to avoid significant damage to the industry in Europe is rapidly closing,” says Wolfgang Niedermark, board member of the German business organization Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie.

  11. MatsExtrude

    Donald Trump is beginning to lose patience with Vladimir Putin regarding the war in Ukraine. That’s according to the Finnish president Alexander Stubb in an interview with The Guardian.

    – In summary, one could say that Zelensky is patient while Trump is starting to become impatient but in the right direction, towards Russia, says Stubb.

    Trump and Putin are expected to speak on the phone with each other on Monday.

  12. MatsExtrude

    Sorry OT! BUT it’s an interesting topic that affects us all.

    “Two years ago, the Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU) began measuring levels of the toxic PFAS substance TFA in soil and groundwater. The results made them sit up, says state geologist Lars Rosenqvist to DN.

    – What stood out and surprised us was that we found TFA practically everywhere, at over 90 percent of the sampling sites […] That picture remains as the sampling continues.”
    https://omni.se/forskare-hittar-pfas-i-vattnet-nastan-overallt/a/73vPWW

    For those who want a thorough and serious background on what PFAS is, why it is used, what damage it can cause, etc., watch the video below.
    The story begins as early as 1929 with people dying from their refrigerators.
    The Manhattan Project’s problem with corrosion in its pipes was the first application before its use exploded and it is now used everywhere.
    By the way, avoid Microwave Popcorn as it is a heavy consumer.

    How One Company Secretly Poisoned The Planet
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC2eSujzrUY

    1. MatsExtrude

      The movie is also proof that we cannot have completely unregulated market-driven capitalism.
      Too many companies only care about their profit and do everything to avoid regulations despite the risks.

        1. johan No.1

          They save the old one in the end and add a little extra salt because it reminds them of when he invented popcorn and thought that the burnt ones at the bottom were what you were supposed to have and threw away the white failed ones.

          Before PFAS

    3. Westley Richard

      The development sometimes has side effects that were not foreseen. PFAS increased when freons were banned in refrigerators, the decision was based on the knowledge available at that time. Now, PFAS will likely be phased out in favor of something else that we have not yet seen the side effects of.

      The alternative of banning refrigerators is not considered an option as it would mean more people would die from poisoning and we would be forced to discard incredible amounts of food, further burdening our planet.

      Sometimes there is a romanticized image within our environmental movement where one does not realize that plastics, when used correctly, provide incredible benefits for the environment. By the way, a real man pops his popcorn in a pot, it’s almost like standing at the grill 👍

      1. MatsExtrude

        The refrigerator is not the issue with PFAS, the issue is that it is everywhere.

        When it comes to Teflon, Teflon itself is not the issue but the substances used to make Teflon stick. These substances also come along in small amounts and are released, for example, when a pan is burned. In paper cups and packaging, some of these substances are also released into what is inside them.

        The remarkable thing is that the problems have been known for 60 years and the industry is just dodging it. “Oh, we can’t use substance A, then let’s use substance B instead as long as we can, even though it has exactly the same problem.” It cannot be claimed that it is an unforeseen problem in this case.

  13. MatsExtrude

    The movie is also proof that we cannot have completely unregulated market-driven capitalism.
    Too many companies only care about their profit and do everything to avoid regulations.

  14. jahojariaho

    https://www.tradewindsnews.com/tankers/russia-stops-greek-tanker-leaving-estonia-in-tit-for-tat-baltic-move/2-1-1821053

    This is not strength, it is fear of weakness.

    The ryzZars want us to see them as unpredictable, but in reality, it is an attempt to avoid admitting that they have lost the initiative. Just as Martti J. Kari explained: they work with perception, not facts.

    Paradoxically, ryzZen becomes more and more aggressive when it is weak. This is a psychological and geopolitical defense mechanism. By provoking NATO, Estonia, or Greece in small doses, they hope to force reactions that can be used in domestic propaganda or to divide the Western world.

    Stopping a Greek tanker is technically an incident, but in context, it is a way to test the limits and show that ryzZen can still influence shipping, create uncertainty, and perhaps make the EU back down on certain issues (e.g. they still believe they can stop further support to Ukraine).

  15. Lasse W

    Hmmm. There is a lot of truth in what you’re saying. I also think that RU has ramped up the aggressive rhetoric. Like the statements from the Russian low-level negotiators in Istanbul. And now the aggression outside Estonia. And a new intercontinental missile being tested. As you say, it could mean that Russia is weak and stuck. Every escalation is then an opportunity to get out of a dilemma. To get a new hand in the game of fate. The Russians are convinced that fate is on their side.

    1. jahojariaho

      Yes, and this is in the same spirit: “Russian commanders “aspire to generate a big force”” Yes, but with what resources then? ryZk maskirovska! Tin sheds at the Finnish border. A few weapons to build tin sheds (they have that) that pretend to be full of weapon clutter…. ryZk maskirovska!

      Martti J Kari said this all the time! This is the ryzzen in a nutshell!

      Here’s a bit from today’s Gregg and Fabio in the same spirit! Maskirovka!!!!!
      “General: many sources, maybe for the sake of “publishing and keep focus active” “suggest” that Russia is preparing a new offensive. A routinary change of high Russian commanders becomes then a threatening signal and not the retirement time of the previous… Russia is and will always prepare new offensives. Ukrainians are well aware of this and prepare the best as they can to face and possibly foil them. Russia does not have any magic wand and can not take resources out of nothing. Therefore any new about a “new powerful” offensive is not a new, but just information noise.”

    2. Westley Richard

      It could have been a bit embarrassing with a missile flying uncontrollably past the Kremlin while Putin was talking on the phone with Trump.
      Putin crouching under his gigantic conference table while talking on his 1900s phone, wondering if the phone cord reaches that far?

  22. MatsExtrude

    “The russian Federation failed to launch the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile as announced: Something went wrong, — Defense Express
    😂😂😂”

  23. MatsExtrude

    Is it just me having trouble copying text in posts on Bluesky on mobile, or have they introduced a block for it?

    I have to trick them by clicking on translate and then copying the text from Google Translate. A bit tedious.

  24. MatsExtrude

    🤔 JD Vance: There’s fundamental mistrust between Russia and the West. It’s one of the things Trump thinks is frankly stupid, and we should be able to move beyond the mistakes that have been made in the past, but that takes two to tango.

    2. CB500four

      If Trump has gained this insight during the conversation with Putler, we will soon see long tirades on “Untruth Sociopath” about how stupid the West has been towards Russia in recent centuries, and how we only lie and never keep an agreement.
      In other words, the opposite language.
       
      It could also be that a light has dawned on Trump, and he actually realizes where the problem lies. It should be a first time for everything, however unlikely it may sound.

    1. Lasse W

      Good with Trump’s open attitude and willingness to talk to people. I also believe that it is only the USA that can get RU to lay down their weapons. This is because RU wants to be a superpower on par with the USA. Putin can tell the Russian people that we agreed with the USA on this.

      2. Westley Richard

        Russia surely wants to be a great power, but do we want them to be that?
        The more successful they are in the negotiations about Ukraine, the more dangerous they become for Sweden.

      3. CB500four

        Hm, sure it’s ok that they talk, but the risk with Trump is that he agrees to concessions that benefit him, and Russia, and harm everyone else. Putin sees that it’s profitable to invade a neighboring country, and he sees that the USA doesn’t care about Europe, and that Trump agrees to most things for a deal.

  29. MatsExtrude

    Russia wants to establish large-scale trade with the USA once the catastrophic “bloodbath” in Ukraine is over. Donald Trump writes this on Truth Social after his two-hour conversation with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, adding that he is on board with the plan. “There is a huge opportunity for Russia to create lots of jobs and prosperity. The potential is unlimited,” the post says.

    1. CB500four

      Of course Trump is in on the scheme, he can make a buck.
      Russia, with its natural resources, could have been one of the richest countries in the world if they hadn’t lagged behind the rest of Europe in the past 500 years. But with notoriously bad leaders, a slave mentality, violence, and a political system like a mafia, everything has just turned to crap.
      If Trump can turn Russia into a nation that can do business without weapons, he should probably get the Nobel Prize.

  30. MatsExtrude

    Everything is always Biden’s fault! 😂

    “The fact that the credit rating agency Moody’s has lowered the credit rating of the United States one notch from the highest level should not come as a surprise to the market. This is according to White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett to Fox Business.
    According to Hassett, the downgrade is a backward-looking indicator based on Joe Biden’s ‘irresponsible spending policy’.”
    https://omni.se/a/25zmQ4

  32. Westley Richard

    Trump seems to be more interested in doing business with Russia than standing up for Western values.

     

     

    1. CB500four

      The word “Values” probably has a different meaning for him. Morality is not his thing.
      It’s probably more about how much value peace has for Trump personally.

  33. CB500four

    He does come up with sensible statements sometimes, it’s probably those times when he has taken the liberty to think for himself.
    If he’s smart, he must also be good at acting, because if he had shown himself to be too smart, Trump would have seen him as a threat and then he wouldn’t have become vice president.

  37. Westley Richard

    🇭🇺🥴 Orban: Now the biggest threat to Hungary is Ukraine’s accession to the EU: before the war, Ukraine was a dysfunctional bankrupt, and now it needs even more foreign money, so it wants to join the EU and we will resist it.

    https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3lpkin5w42s2v

    Time to cut down on the subsidy carousel in the EU, too much subsidy only makes countries corrupt, which Orban’s Hungary is a shining example of.

    Unfortunately, many politicians love to give subsidies as they can influence decisions and appear as good.

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