[kellyhound]

Russia is shelling and attacking the border settlements of the Kharkiv region.

USA announce a new $400 million military aid package to Ukraine.

The first F-16 fighter jets will arrive in Ukraine within weeks, - The Standard

Refinery workers in Russia are quitting their jobs en masse after Ukrainian attacks, — Newsweek.

Belarus is building a military base where Russia can store nuclear weapons, - NYT

Losses for the Russian Black Sea Fleet due to the strikes by Magura drones amount to about $500 million", - Andriy Yusov

France is planned to transfer SCALP EG missiles to Ukraine either expired or assembled from expired components.

Canada will contribute $76 million Canadian dollars to Germany's initiative, which aims to purchase air defence equipment for Ukraine.

US Secretary of State Blinken has invoked the emergency clause of the AECA to authorize an immediate Foreign Military Sale of 3 M142 HIMARS to Ukraine. This sale is from US Army stock and is being financed by Germany, at an estimated cost of $30 million.

[Roosta]

Originally Posted by kellyhound ↗

About half of the North Korean missiles Russia has fired at Ukraine have failed, Ukraine's top prosecutor said, per new reporting.

The high reported failure rate raises questions about the quality of North Korean-provided munitions and comes after months of concern about how an arms deal between the two countries could influence the war in Ukraine and North Korea's own efforts to improve its military capabilities.

State prosecutors have been examining the debris of 21 out of 50 North Korean missiles fired at Ukraine by Russia between December and February.

About half of the missiles "lost their programmed trajectories and exploded in the air," Ukraine's top prosecutor Andriy Kostin told, noting that debris was not collected for these weapons.

This falls in line with previous assessments from Ukraine. Back in March, Yuriy Belousov, head of the war crimes department of Ukraine's office of the prosecutor general, said North Korean ballistic missiles were "very low" quality, boasting an accuracy rate of only around 20 percent.

Beyond the missiles, North Korean rockets have also been called into question. Last summer, the Ukrainians got their hands on North Korean rockets that troops characterized as "very unreliable," noting they sometimes "do crazy things." They said it wasn't odd for them to misfire or explode.

The reported problems add to suspicions about weaknesses in North Korea's stockpiles, as sanctions and dated production capabilities impact the quality of missiles and other munitions.

The battlefield intelligence Pyongyang may be receiving about the performance and capabilities of its weapon systems could be invaluable though.
When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in September 2023 for a summit on a potential arms deal, officials and experts expressed concerns that such a partnership could be mutually beneficial.

The concern was that Putin would get more ammo for his war in Ukraine, and North Korea would get field testing of its weapons to improve the quality of the country's munitions.

In November 2023, South Korean lawmakers estimated a million North Korean shells had been sent to Russia, beating out the European Union's collective aid to Ukraine since Moscow's forces invaded.

In addition to shells, North Korea has also sent rockets and ballistic missiles to Russia as well, helping sustain it as Ukraine struggled to do the same.

One of the North Korean missiles sent to Russia appears to be KN-23s, known in North Korea as the short-range Hwasong 11. Hwasong 11s resemble Russian Iskander-M missiles and boast a range of around 430 miles.

Ukrainian officials and experts have identified fragments of the Hwasong 11 in the aftermath of several attacks, including one in early January and one in early February, both in Kharkiv. Kostin told Reuters the last recorded use of the weapon was February 27.

Along with Kharkiv, other cities, such as Kyiv, and regions, such as Donetsk and Kirovohrad, have been the targets of missile strikes. Since December 30, the attacks have killed 24 people and wounded 115, damaging various residential buildings.

[kellyhound]

n the Kharkiv Region, the enemy occupied six villages in the Liptsiv and Vovchansk regions, - DeepState

In particular, they occupied Strilecha, Pylne, Krasne, Borysivka, Ohirtseve and Pletenivka. Defense forces try to stop the invaders by inflicting damage. The situation is complicated by a large number of infantry, the work of aviation, artillery and EW.

[kellyhound]

In the midst of severe challenges Ukraine is currently facing in Kharkiv Oblast, the 47th Mechanized Brigade of Ukraine has reported that Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopter [est. cost $16m] on 5/13 in an unspecified location.

[kellyhound]

In Kharkiv, the S-300 rocket that landed in the yard of a residential area did not explode.

[Roosta]

There would be a huge amount of unexploded ordinance & mines laying around Ukraine that people, generations from now will find.
I'm sure that they will sweep the country once this is over, but you always miss a few.

[marekparek]

Two destroyed Russian MiG-31BM fighters and a fuel and lubricants warehouse at the Belbek airfield

Also two Russian MiG-29 fighters were destroyed at the Belbek airfield

reportedly made by ATACMS

[Roosta]

[kellyhound]

Russia launched a new missile carrier “Zyklon”, or maybe “Tsiklon” (Russian “Циклон”), last year, which is billed as a replacement for the ex-ship Moscva.

There are some rumours that 2 ATACMS hit the ship in Sevastopol and it (partially) sunk killing 6 sailors and injuring 11.

[pastinho]

On RT said 101% of ATCMS missiles were shot down by reliable russian air defense, no one was injured and nothing was damaged by the kiev regime - and I believe them, I don't know about you.