The Press Liaison Centre of the HPG (People’s Defense Forces) released the balance sheet of the war in Kurdistan for the month of May.

The HPG statement released on Monday includes the following:

‘The colonialist Turkish state has made it its main goal to bring its genocidal attacks to a conclusion by liquidating the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, who are the guarantee of the free future of our people. Our struggle, which protects the existence of our people and keeps its hope for a free future alive by resisting all attacks with the Apoist sacrificial spirit, continued its resistance in May, the month of martyrs, and gave the necessary answer to the colonialists, betrayers and collaborators. Our forces, who fight by shielding their bodies against all attacks, defend every inch of Kurdistan's territory with great will.

Chemical weapons were used 286 times and banned explosives 37 times

The colonialist and war criminal Turkish army, which could not advance against the historic resistance of our forces, once again violated the international rules of war and used chemical weapons 286 times and banned explosives 37 times against our tunnels. In addition, our positions in the Medya Defence Zones were bombed 245 times by fighter jets, 43 times by attack helicopters and thousands of times by mortars, howitzers, tanks and heavy weapons.

43 occupiers killed in 82 actions

The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, who put the resistance line of our May Martyrs into practice in the strongest way, demonstrated an unprecedented resolve to liberate every inch of Kurdistan from the Medya Defence Zones to Northern Kurdistan, and despite the most difficult conditions, they advanced on the invaders without hesitation and carried out effective actions. The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, who did not let the occupiers pass despite all the attacks, carried out their struggle effectively with the spirit of resistance and victory of our May Martyrs. Within this month, our forces carried out a total of 82 actions and struck a blow to the occupiers. As a result of these actions, 43 occupiers were punished, and 4 occupiers were injured.

The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla advanced the process of tactical expansion and technical mastery in May and shot down an Aksunsur UCAV of the occupying Turkish army in the skies of Qandil on 27 May. The occupying Turkish army and the special war media ignored and in no way admitted that the UCAVs, which they glorified with great propaganda, were shot down one by one in the skies of Kurdistan. Since this hypocritical and lying character of the Turkish state is known, the images of the downed UCAV taken from different angles were presented to the public.

The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, the name of our people's insistence on a free future and honourable life, will not hesitate to pay any price in order to fulfil their historical responsibilities as the leading force of our Revolutionary People's War. The Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla, which grows by taking over the legacy of the struggle of our martyrs, will definitely reach the goal of ‘Free Leader, Free Kurdistan’.

Balance sheet

The detailed balance sheet of war in the struggle during the month of May is as follows:

Attacks by the Turkish army

Attacks by fighter jets: 245

Attacks by attack helicopters: 43

Attacks with banned explosives: 37

Attacks with explosive-laden drones: 61

Attacks with chemical weapons: 286

Actions by the guerrillas

Total guerrilla actions carried out: 82

Enemy losses

Occupiers killed: 43

Occupiers injured: 4

Destroyed equipment

Aksungur UCAV: 1

Radar System: 1

Surveillance Cameras: 10

Diggers: 3

Drone: 1

Container: 1

Tents: 6

Camera traps: 7

Positions: 2

Targets shot

Helicopter: 1

Diggers: 2

Positions: 5

Surveillance Camera: 1