| | On May 29, 2022 ''Tass'' reported on an alleged Ukrainian counteroffensive<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/4pp1CSpemaEJ/</ref> and breach of Russian defenses: "about 20 Ukrainian combat vehicles tried to wade through but were reduced to dust with 210 people…According to our data, seventy people are still on the battlefield…The success of this operation is that Mr. Zelensky and other officials keep on declaring: "We are fine, we are winning’...But this is a lie...Today’s breakthrough that involved around six types of vehicles was stopped...The Kherson region is denazified forever...It is a Russian land.”<ref>https://tass.com/economy/1457511</ref> The alleged Ukrainian "offensive" was halted at point blank range with the TOS-1A Solntsepek (''Sunburn'') thermobaric fuel air explosive multiple rocket launcher.<ref>Also known as a vacuum bomb. A fuel air explosive sucks the oxygen out of the surrounding area and generates high heat. If a target is not close enough to be burned, they are suffocated as oxygen is literally sucked out of their lungs. It is the most powerful non-nuclear conventional weapon in use which causes minimal lasting environmental damage. https://www.bitchute.com/video/hmfPCXHVaHDv/</ref> Ukraine forces continued shelling residential areas, killing civilians.<ref>https://youtu.be/YrNQi1z-nqM</ref> | | On May 29, 2022 ''Tass'' reported on an alleged Ukrainian counteroffensive<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/4pp1CSpemaEJ/</ref> and breach of Russian defenses: "about 20 Ukrainian combat vehicles tried to wade through but were reduced to dust with 210 people…According to our data, seventy people are still on the battlefield…The success of this operation is that Mr. Zelensky and other officials keep on declaring: "We are fine, we are winning’...But this is a lie...Today’s breakthrough that involved around six types of vehicles was stopped...The Kherson region is denazified forever...It is a Russian land.”<ref>https://tass.com/economy/1457511</ref> The alleged Ukrainian "offensive" was halted at point blank range with the TOS-1A Solntsepek (''Sunburn'') thermobaric fuel air explosive multiple rocket launcher.<ref>Also known as a vacuum bomb. A fuel air explosive sucks the oxygen out of the surrounding area and generates high heat. If a target is not close enough to be burned, they are suffocated as oxygen is literally sucked out of their lungs. It is the most powerful non-nuclear conventional weapon in use which causes minimal lasting environmental damage. https://www.bitchute.com/video/hmfPCXHVaHDv/</ref> Ukraine forces continued shelling residential areas, killing civilians.<ref>https://youtu.be/YrNQi1z-nqM</ref> |
| − | On June 1, 2022 Ukrainian forces shelled civilians in Kherson, killing at least 3 with cluster munitions.<ref>https://youtu.be/2VG0OksTiAI</ref> | + | On June 1, 2022 Ukrainian forces shelled civilians in Kherson, killing at least 3 with cluster munitions.<ref>https://youtu.be/2VG0OksTiAI</ref> |
| | On July 17, 2022 a member of the council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, called on the Kiev regime to stop the occupation of the regional center and withdraw their troops. Approximately 70 per cent of the region was under the control of allied forces. At the same time, in the regional center - the city of Zaporozhye - there was a Ukrainian army. Rogov said, "Zaporizhzhya will be liberated. ... A plan is being developed to ensure that the liberation of the city takes place with minimal destruction of infrastructure, despite the fact that Zelensky's militants mined bridges and other facilities. We urge Zelensky to give the order to withdraw his troops and end the occupation of the city," Rogov told RIA Novosti.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220717140732/https://ria.ru/20220717/zaporozhe-1803000920.html</ref> According to him, the population of the remaining part of the region "is waiting for liberation and asks to be saved from the occupation of Ukrainian nationalists." Rogov claimed that militants, "policemen" and the SBU were conducting "mass raids" in the city: | | On July 17, 2022 a member of the council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, called on the Kiev regime to stop the occupation of the regional center and withdraw their troops. Approximately 70 per cent of the region was under the control of allied forces. At the same time, in the regional center - the city of Zaporozhye - there was a Ukrainian army. Rogov said, "Zaporizhzhya will be liberated. ... A plan is being developed to ensure that the liberation of the city takes place with minimal destruction of infrastructure, despite the fact that Zelensky's militants mined bridges and other facilities. We urge Zelensky to give the order to withdraw his troops and end the occupation of the city," Rogov told RIA Novosti.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220717140732/https://ria.ru/20220717/zaporozhe-1803000920.html</ref> According to him, the population of the remaining part of the region "is waiting for liberation and asks to be saved from the occupation of Ukrainian nationalists." Rogov claimed that militants, "policemen" and the SBU were conducting "mass raids" in the city: |