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[Regnum] Russian wheat deliveries to Egypt have exceeded 8 million tons since July 2022, despite EU attempts to prevent such exports, the Russian embassy in Cairo said in a statement.
Representatives of the diplomatic mission noted that Brussels "continues to loudly lie that they are helping to export 30 million tons of grain from Ukraine to developing countries." The embassy recalled that Africa received only 3% of the indicated amount.
“What EU leaders are really doing is trying to prevent the supply of grain from Russia to African countries in order to cause famine,” the statement emphasizes.
The diplomatic mission also pointed out that the volume of wheat sent by Moscow to Egypt "clearly shows who is actually helping the Africans."
Earlier, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, arrived on a visit to Cairo, where he said that the EU was allegedly trying to help ensure that the Egyptian side received more than 30 million tons of Ukrainian grain.
As IA Regnum reported , on June 16, at the plenary meeting of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SIE), Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia has maintained its position among the leading grain exporters over the past ten years. According to him, in 2023 the country can set another record for wheat sales.
The head of state added that the Russian agro-industrial complex increased the supply of products to a new high of more than $41 billion. On June 17, the leaders of a number of African countries arrived in St. Petersburg for talks with Vladimir Putin. One of the issues discussed was the future of the grain deal.
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It’s an armaque.
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I just tried a web search for armaque and came up empty. Did you misspell it or is it such an obscure reference that it isn't on the web?
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Arnaque is a French word that means swindle. Is that what you mean? Just curious. Words are interesting.
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KA-52, which has been performing horribly, actually has been doing a good chunk of the damage. Ukraine lacks a SAM that is short to mid-range. They have MANPADs(short) and Patriot, S300 and the NASAMS which are all in the medium to long range. There is a 5-10km gap in the air defense and the Russians took full advantage of it. The KA-52 can sit right down in that area, above their own lines and launch their anti-tank missiles with impunity.
[AP Via Hot Air] On Friday, we discussed the African peace envoy mission to Ukraine and Russia where the leaders of seven nations sought to bring an end to the fighting. The meeting with Zelensky went well enough because Ukraine obviously has the greatest incentive to see the hostilities cease. The subsequent meeting with Vladimir Putin by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and the rest of the envoys was also reportedly friendly in nature, but it produced essentially nothing in terms of solid results or a workable path to peace. The African delegation raised understandable complaints about the negative impact the war is having on their continent, but according to a Kremlin spokesman, the African proposal was lacking in details and does not address "the main elements of our position." But the meeting may still have been useful because Russia appeared to reveal what those "main elements" of its position are. (AP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday met with a group of leaders of African countries who traveled to Russia on a self-styled "peace mission" the day after they went to Ukraine, but the meeting ended with no visible progress.
The seven African leaders — the presidents of Comoros, Senegal, South Africa and Zambia, as well as Egypt’s prime minister and top envoys from the Republic of Congo and Uganda — visited Ukraine on Friday to try to help end the nearly 16-month-old war.
The African leaders then traveled to St. Petersburg on Saturday to meet with Putin who was attending Russia’s showpiece international economic forum.
There is no arguing with the main complaints being raised by the African delegation. The war in Ukraine is impacting the continent’s ability to obtain the grain and fertilizer that is needed, particularly when Africa is facing both drought and rampant energy shortages. So ending the war would clearly work in their favor. But the proposal they brought to Moscow was described as being "thin." The plan supposedly consists of ten elements, but Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the proposal "was not formulated on paper."
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Africans want the fighting to end because they don't want to starve from a lack of Ukrainian wheat. War is good for arms merchants but not so much for farmers and hungry Africans. Of course, that could well be part of the plan for American and EU elites.
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Seriously doubt you could fit 13,000 lbs of explosives in a tank. Regardless, a tank makes a poor VBIED since most of the explosion will be directed upwards out of the turret ring and not a lot of shrapnel is produced.
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Don't know how much they got in there, but the Russians did post a video of them stuffing a tank full of explosives. Don't know if it was this tank or not. One of the main things they put in there were several mine detonation lines that the UR-77 Meteorit uses.
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Ref #1, consider a relatively small interior charge to detonate a massive, directed blast attached externally with small arms shielding precut for shrapnel effect around the turret and horizontally focused?
[Telegraph UK via Yahoo] An anti-war activist has died in a Russian prison after being tortured with a stun gun, a human rights group has said.
Rostov police have insisted that Anatoly Berezikov, 40, died by suicide following his arrest on suspicion of treason for putting up posters that called for the Russian army to leave Ukraine.
However, First Department, the human rights NGO he worked for, said Berezikov died on Wednesday, the day before he was due to be released, after being taken to a forest and wounded with the weapon.
Yevgeny Smirnov, a lawyer for the group, said that the alleged treatment of the activist, a supporter of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, fitted a wider pattern.
He said torture had been normalised and that people accused of treason are taken to a basement or a forest and given electric shocks, "often to the genitals", and, in some cases, subjected to a mock execution.
"The lucky ones are just beaten," he added.
Berezikov’s lawyer in Rostov said his client had injuries from a stun gun on his body the day before he died.
[YouTube] Christina Lamb, The Sunday Times’ Chief Foreign Correspondent, reveals her findings about the sexual violence being committed against male Ukrainian soldiers.
Videos were released last by by Russians castrating (including murdering) Ukrainian captives. Now we learn that this war crime is systematic. This Times UK report includes hearsay numbers (hundreds, time=2:40) just of the exchanged prisoners.
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[Regnum] The launched counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has created many uncomfortable situations for the Western press, to which publications have to be adapted. The incomprehensible situation with the start of hostilities and the refusal to recognize them as a counteroffensive did not correspond to the loud statements of Volodymyr Zelensky about the complete readiness of the Ukrainian troops for a crushing blow.
The results of the campaign, which are modest for Ukraine, are superimposed on information about large losses. Against this background, the French media have increased the number of publications on the conflict in Ukraine, and some of them provide contradictory evidence.
In the last days of May and the first days of June, French newspapers actively discussed targeted attacks on Russia by Ukraine: drones over Moscow, raids in the Belgorod region, intensification of clashes along the line of contact.
The audience was in suspense. After all, literally at the same time, during his endless tours abroad, Vladimir Zelensky said that Ukraine was about to turn to offensive actions, and expressed confidence in success. Such statements fully corresponded to the views prevailing in the West on the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which would “decide the fate” of the entire conflict. However, the Ukrainian side stubbornly called what was happening only preparatory actions.
Finally, on June 8-9, the French newspapers acknowledged the reality and started talking about what appeared to be a counter-offensive. Previously, the media tried to form a “correct” attitude towards Ukrainian fighters among readers, obscuring their neo-Nazi views. The first publications on the situation on the line of contact were of an informational nature, without a serious analytical component, except for the idea that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are counting on success and are dealing with a strong adversary.
Then the results of unsuccessful battles and images of damaged vehicles shocked Europe. The press was forced to explain why military and material assistance to Ukraine did not result in concrete successes. It is unacceptable for the West to admit the problem of a lack of delivered equipment, since this will undermine faith in the sincerity of the position towards Ukraine.
That is why German Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock was outraged that the Leopard 2 tanks are called German, and not Ukrainian. Therefore, in France, they are not yet discussing in the public space how poorly the AMX-10RC light tanks performed in battle.
And this is despite the fact that Forbes columnist David Ax pointed out the reason for the significant losses of this type of equipment, rather, its misuse. And even at the beginning of the year, the French themselves, discussing the shipment of tanks to Ukraine, pointed out the limited possibilities of using the AMX-10RC.
Analytics and a “positive agenda” regarding the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is being built in the French media in several directions. First, it describes the strength of the Russian troops that have to be resisted. This is somewhat different from the previously dominant rhetoric of a “defeating” “obviously losing” Russia and a surprisingly “united and courageous” Ukraine that needs only a little help to win.
It turns out that over the past year and a half, Russia not only did not lose, as the Western press reported, but also built powerful fortifications. The publication Le Monde, referring to a certain "high-ranking military man", calls these structures "the longest in Europe since the Second World War" .
The same military man, according to the newspaper, dubbed them the "Faberge Line", alluding both to the money that apparently cost the construction, and drawing parallels with the "Maginot Line" in France. Those fortifications turned out to be useless during the battle with Nazi Germany, that is, in an indirect way, readers are inspired with hope for the victory of Ukraine.
The second thematic direction of publications in the French media is the analysis of the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the point of view of tactics. In this regard, parallels with the Second World War are also actively present.
The French authors try to compare the actions of the Ukrainian army with the actions of the Allied army and the battles for the liberation of France that began on June 6, 1940, especially since the dates allow this. The allies, writes L'Opinion, took 7 weeks to break through the German front in the Avranches area. Therefore, while readers are actually invited to wait for the success of Ukraine.
Thirdly, a number of publications in French newspapers are aimed at the so-called "learning lessons" from the first weeks of the counteroffensive. On the one hand, they are intended to convey the idea that Ukrainians are fighting with the most modern weapons and equipment that NATO countries have armed them with. The audience is being explained Zelenskiy's "combined tactics", which is delivering "trial strikes". The advantages of the weapons at the disposal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are described.
At the same time, the weaknesses of the Ukrainian army, which became clear during the battles, are also indicated. These are the difficulties in clearing the territories and defenselessness against the drones used by the Russians.
The French media continue to present reports from the fronts in a positive light. The thesis, voiced by the Ukrainian side, is actively spreading that the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to occupy an area of 100 km2 in a record short time. The publications use quotes from the Ukrainian military, designed to testify to their enthusiasm and high motivation, the low morale of the Russian army, and how Ukrainian “liberators” are expected by residents of the Russian-controlled territories of Donbass.
However, sometimes in this stream of publications one can find evidence that contradicts this view. In particular, two days ago Le Monde posted an article about the French military training Ukrainian soldiers. With this text, the newspaper wanted to show that the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are improving their skills and improving their skills. It also contains a number of points that, upon closer examination, should actually shock the reader.
Firstly, this is the age range among the fighters coming from Ukraine: from 18 years old to retirement age. Secondly, the lack of organization: when maneuvering, they huddle together and interfere with each other. Thirdly, urgent requests to train them in the skills of trench warfare, that is, shooting at close range and hand-to-hand combat.
Also, French instructors are advised not to make friends with their charges and not to try to contact them after their departure. The fact is that after training, all soldiers are very likely to die. This can cause psychological trauma for the French military who have become attached to them, as happened earlier in a similar case with the Baltic instructors.
This is very eloquent evidence that Western instructors are well aware of what they train the people they send to and what the situation is in reality for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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[Korrespondent] 21:29 As a result of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, 17 people died, 13 of them - as a result of drowning, four more received gunshot wounds during the evacuation. 31 people went missing, Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said. 876 houses remain flooded. A total of 3,614 people were evacuated from dangerous areas, of which 474 were children and 80 people with limited mobility.
19:51 Ukrainian forces shot down another Russian Ka-52 Alligator helicopter today, the General Staff said.
19:17 The Russians fired artillery at the city of Belopolye, Sumy region - two people were killed, said the head of the OVA Vladimir Artyukh.
18:38 The European Union intends to accelerate the supply of weapons to Ukraine in order to support the counteroffensive, and further support will not depend on the immediate successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton. "We are preparing for the fact that the war will last for another months, and maybe even longer," he added.
17:42 In Odessa, from 22:00 to 09:00, the work of entertainment establishments was banned, the city council said. It is also forbidden to use lighting devices that worsen the "unmasking signs of the territory." The use of sound equipment, apparatus, acoustic systems, as well as "stay, movement, entry / exit of citizens, foreigners and stateless persons" is prohibited.
16:55 Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant will have a telephone conversation with Reznikov in the coming days - this will be their first talks since the Israeli minister took office more than five months ago. The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, asked for negotiations. In turn, Galant immediately stressed that Israel would not provide lethal weapons to Ukraine.
16:14 Ukraine itself must determine acceptable conditions for a fair end to the war, Stoltenberg said: "We all want this war to end. But in order for peace to be lasting, it must be fair. Peace cannot mean freezing the conflict and accepting an agreement dictated by Russia. Only Ukraine itself can determine the terms that are acceptable."
15:47 Head of Estonian intelligence Margo Grosberg predicts that the world will not see a Ukrainian counter-offensive in the next week: "Obviously, the initiative is now in the hands of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which means that they choose the time, place and means by which they will attack units enemy. In order not to take unnecessary risks, the Ukrainians are approaching their operation more methodically, carefully and quietly, since both human and technical resources are, in fact, worth their weight in gold."
14:30 The former owner of the Chelsea football club Roman Abramovich refuses to sign an agreement on the transfer of funds from the sale of FC to Ukraine, writes the Daily Mail. According to the publication, Abramovich wants part of the money to be transferred to the victims from Russia, but the British government and the European Commission oppose this. The British Foreign Office hopes that the money will be transferred to Ukraine before winter.
13:59 Stoltenberg said that NATO at the July summit in Vilnius will approve a package of long-term assistance to Kiev, "designed to bring Ukraine to NATO standards within a few years." The Secretary General explained that this should bring Ukraine closer to the Alliance: "The future of Ukraine is in NATO, but now the priority for Ukraine is to establish itself as a sovereign and independent state - otherwise there is no point in discussing membership." According to Stoltenberg, "at the end of the war, there should be agreements on the security of Ukraine, so that Russia would not eventually be able to rearm and attack again."
12:53 Ukrainian combat control officers have already begun training courses within the framework of the international aviation coalition, but the pilots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have not yet left for training on the F-16, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said.
11:22 British intelligence states that the Russian army is suffering the greatest losses since the peak of the battle for Bakhmut. Analysts note that the most intense battles are concentrated in the Zaporozhye region, in the west of the Donetsk region and around Bakhmut.
10:31 The European Union said that Russia has no legal grounds for holding "elections" on the territory of Ukraine, which it has scheduled for September 10th. "Russia, its political leadership and everyone involved in organizing these so-called elections will face the consequences of their illegal actions," Speaker Peter Stano stressed. He called the "elections" an attempt by the Russian Federation "to legitimize its illegal military control and attempt to annex the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions of Ukraine, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol."
09:52 Republicans in Congress are blocking the funds needed for the production of missiles for Ukraine, Politico writes, citing sources. Thus, the Appropriations Committee struck out $2.5 billion for the production of missiles from the Pentagon's budget plans submitted by Biden. The Congress said that the Pentagon allegedly did not sufficiently substantiate its plans by submitting them without calculating the availability of production facilities and the cost of programs.
09:28 Odessa City Council has officially banned swimming on the city's beaches.
08:59 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed (in Novoukrainka and Bogoyavlenka), three more were injured. In the Kherson region, one person died, four (including one child) were injured. In the Zaporozhye region, one person was injured, according to the IVA. Two volunteers died in the Kharkiv region.
08:34 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 18.
personnel - about 219,820 (+650) people liquidated,
tanks - 3984 (+7),
armored combat vehicles - 7729 (+23),
artillery systems - 3847 (+13),
MLRS - 610 (+1),
air defense systems - 364 (+0),
aircraft - 314 (+0),
helicopters - 304 (+2),
UAV operational-tactical level - 3371 (+7),
cruise missiles - 1211 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 6571 (+14),
special equipment - 522 (+2).
07:56 Over the past day, air defense forces have destroyed two enemy Ka-52 attack helicopters, four Shahed-136/131 attack Iranian UAVs and one Lancet. Also, seven enemy reconnaissance UAVs of the operational-tactical level of the Orlan-10, Orlan-30, Zala, Supercam types were destroyed, the Air Force command said.
07:41 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - 26 military clashes occurred in a day, the General Staff said in the morning summary . Meanwhile, in the Luhansk region, in the forest plantations near the village of Novorozsosh, units of the Russian Guard are looking for deserters from among the mobilized.
07:08 Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, announced a strike on an enemy warehouse in the village of Rykovo (former Partizans) of the Genichesk district of the Kherson region. The hit was on the territory of the elevator, after the explosion, detonation began.
00:25 Portuguese drone manufacturer Tekever will provide Kiev with some of its UAVs through the UK's International Fund for Ukraine (IFU), writes Defense News. Ukraine will also receive large Malloy T150 quadrocopters manufactured by the British company Malloy Aeronautics, an aircraft-type drone with vertical takeoff and landing capability DeltaQuad Pro VTOL manufactured by the Dutch company DeltaQuad and Astero ISR UAVs manufactured by Denmark.
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Yesterday the Ukrainians took Pyatikhatki (or two days ago). They mined the approaches to the town to break up counterattacks and the Russians responded by heavily pounding the town with artillery and aviation.
Last evening a commenter that the Russians retook the town. I'm guessing Russian bloggers. But I can't find any credible English sources that say the Russians have retaken it. This morning the Ukrainian gov still claims the town and a few hours ago new was video released. Seems pretty calm. In addition, scroll down and Russian sources claim one of their Storm Z (recruited prisoners) battalions was destroyed in the town and the deputy commander killed.
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announced a strike on an enemy warehouse in the village of Rykovo
Massive ammo dump that supplied the Zaporozhye front. Huge explosions and detonations continued for 6 hours. Said that ammunition train was unloading shells at the time of the strike. 52 dead.
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06/19/23. Note from the resource "Spetsnaz Archangel".
“ ❗The settlement of Pyatikhatki changes hands every day (right now again the village is not ours), the village standing in a lowland of 15 houses, judging by our reconnaissance, everyone who goes there can die, because the lowland is hard to hold.
Yes, the enemy's corpses are lying, the enemy is pulling up reserves, our aviation is working closely. We can safely say that this village is the "Gray Zone".
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[RIA] A big and pompous event called the International Conference on the Reconstruction of Ukraine is planned for the coming week in London. British organizers announce the participation of more than a thousand investors from 61 countries. Distinguished guests, leaders of states and governments, ministers and billionaires, as well as the King of Britain personally, are expected. Directly from China, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken plans to arrive there. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has already circulated in the press his grandiloquent speech calling on businesses to "invest in Ukraine."
But here’s what’s interesting: if at the first such conference in Lugano, Switzerland, it was mainly about the post-war restoration of Ukraine, then, based on Sunak’s announced speech, the West’s hopes for a quick end to hostilities after the actual failure of the Ukrainian counteroffensive have melted away and, accordingly, businessmen are more likely to be called to prevent Ukraine from being completely ruined before the end of the war.
The goal officially declared by the organizers of the London Conference is also characteristic. It turns out that she must "demonstrate to President Putin that his attempts to destroy Ukraine will only create a stronger, more prosperous and more united European nation." That is, this event is planned not for Ukraine, but to demonstrate something to the President of Russia!
And some experts even suspect that the only beneficiaries of the London Conference will be… British catering firms, airlines and hotels serving guests. In any case, it was precisely this fear that was expressed by the well-known British professor Timothy Ash, who has been lobbying for the robbery of Russian finances by the West for the past year.
It is curious that he posted an article on this subject on the website of a no less well-known lobbying structure - the Center for European Policy Analysis, which, long before the start of the special operation in Ukraine, promoted the collapse and division of Russia. But something didn’t work out with the article, for some reason it was quickly removed from the site, and at the moment it can only be found in the Internet cache. Apparently, the lobbyists differed somewhat in their assessments and methods of dividing the funds.
So, in this article, Professor Ash already believes that the restoration of Ukraine will require no less than a trillion dollars! While the World Bank recently calculated the amount of 411 billion. The stakes are rising, the jackpot is becoming more and more tasty.
But no one really intends to restore Ukraine. As evidenced by the intention of the United States, following the British, to put shells with depleted uranium on the battlefield.
That is, the British and Americans intend to bury Ukraine with these shells, depriving it of even hope for the only remaining profitable business - agriculture. And after that, someone seriously believes in the desire of the West to rebuild or restore something there? Yes, yes, you can look at the experience of Kabul.
How many conferences "on the reconstruction of Afghanistan" were held in the same way at the beginning of the 2000s! What pathetic speeches were spoken! And most importantly, what funds were allocated! Now other conferences are being held under the slogan: "Afghanistan, where the world has lost humanism." And at least someone asked the question: where did all those billions allegedly allocated for restoration go? So they cut it! What all these "investors" hope for with no less force. Still, when sums that are already in the trillions are at stake!
Now an obligatory part of any tour of Western leaders to Ukraine is a visit to Bucha or Irpen. They are happy to pose in front of destroyed and damaged buildings (forgetting that Ukraine was shelling these cities when Russian soldiers were standing there!), lament and ... leave. Repair? What for?
Let us recall how Italian Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini said in March last year: "Italy is ready to restore the theater in Mariupol. The Cabinet of Ministers approved my proposal to allocate resources and funds to Ukraine for its restoration as soon as possible. Theaters of all countries belong to all mankind." Ah, how beautifully said!
AND? One would like to ask this Franceschini and the Italian government: where are these resources? Vladimir Putin recently visited the Russian-restored Mariupol Philharmonic. But no one has yet seen Italian money for the restoration of the theater.
The same, of course, awaits us at the noisy conference in London. We will hear the same crackling phrases about the "restoration" and "revival" of Ukraine. But the main question will be asked by Professor Ash: how to take away Russia's billions, and then divide them among the "restorers"? The main thing is not to ask later where the money went. As in the case of the "restoration" of Afghanistan or the theater in Mariupol.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:50 Video- Exact arrival of the FAB-500 from the UMPC to the Ukrainian position. 21:34 Video “The Brave” remember everything: The militants of the 25th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine paid a terrible price for the execution of our prisoners. The losses of 25 Air Brigade amounted to 400 militants!
The “Siberian Association” of the “Center” group decided to remind the still living Ukrainian militants what awaits them if they do not lay down their arms.
20:58 Video- Two Ukrainian tanks went into the "hangar" from artillery Lugansk 2nd Army Corps near Lisichansk.
20:34 Video- "Orekhovskaya meat grinder": out of 120 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 3 remained!
On their professional holiday, Russian military doctors saved the captured commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The command threw their soldiers to slaughter in the Orekhovo region without the support of equipment. Out of a unit of 120 people, 3 survived (!), The wounded platoon commander was provided with urgent medical care.
Our Orekhov Spartans are mass-grinding infantry and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine!
20:15 Destroyed Russian army American MRAP MaxxPro
The enemy has already lost several dozen American combat vehicles of this type.
19:46 Such a picture is now all over Ukraine -video
On the front line, just like cannon fodder, the next echelons of young guys, men and women, are sent.
Stop! The enemy sits on the "Bank" in Kyiv, and will continue to indulge the nationalists, the Americans and the British.
19:41 American MCI MaxxPro destroyed by the Russian army -video
The enemy has already lost several dozen American combat vehicles of this type.
18:48 Bastards! - in Odessa, the people drove the military commissars who tried to detain a man with shooting -video
*mat (TsK employees - ed.) in uniform opened fire in the air while trying to detain a person to be sent to the slaughterhouse.
On the footage, caring people kick out military commissars from the market because they threatened with weapons in a crowded place.
18:46 Employees of the TCC in Ukraine continue to raid various places, to issue subpoenas -video
17:42 “Mobilization in Ukraine is proceeding normally” (c) Danilov —video
17:36 Artillery strikes on armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction -video
Video: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
16:50 500-kilogram cast iron from the sky flew into the Ukrainian ammunition depot in the Bakhmut direction -video
16:47 In Chicago buried American mercenary of Ukrainian origin
We are talking about Mikhail Yavorsky, who, as a child, left with his parents for the United States. There he served in the national army, was somehow connected with Germany ..
The mercenary was destroyed back in May in the Artemovsk area.
15:19 Dmitry Rogozin writes:
“For you to understand how fierce and bloody the battle is going on on the Zaporozhye Front, I inform you that in the positions of only one 9th motorized rifle company of the 70th Regiment of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the 58th Army, after a night battle, 27 enemy armored objects burn out, including four Leopards. It is difficult to say how many servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who stormed the positions of this company of ours, or rather, it is difficult to calculate. But a lot. So many."
15:13 In April 2023, I was in Artyomovsk destroyed mercenary from Georgia Vakhtang Barabadze, who was put on the wanted list of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation last year for participating in hostilities on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Barabadze was born on October 31, 1978. He grew up in a family of Russophobes: his relatives periodically published hateful posts against Russians on social networks.
After graduating from Tbilisi State University, he served in the army. According to relatives, there was no combat experience: during the August war of 2008, he was listed as a reservist. Worked as a corporate lawyer.
He arrived in Ukraine in March last year. He fought in the "Georgian National Legion" near Kiev.
In mid-April 2022, along with 23 other Georgian militants, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation was put on the wanted list for mercenarism. In August, Barabadze came on vacation to Georgia. Relatives say that they asked him not to return to the front, but he did not listen to them.
The militant was eliminated on April 4, 2023. On that day, Russian artillerymen covered the dugout with Georgian mercenaries with an accurate blow. Barabadze and his compatriot David Kuchukyan were killed, two more were injured.
The mercenary was buried two months after his death, on June 3.
14:53 Highlights new Briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation repulsed eight attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction;
The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to attempt an offensive in the Yuzhno-Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Donetsk directions;
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are most actively advancing in the Zaporozhye direction, with forces of up to three battalion groups, reinforced with tanks and armored combat vehicles;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 210 Ukrainian servicemen in the Donetsk direction;
Russian troops destroyed up to 60 soldiers and self-propelled guns Krab of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction in a day;
The Russian Armed Forces repulsed four attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the Vremevsky salient;
Russian air defense intercepted a Storm Shadow long-range cruise missile and two HIMARS MLRS shells in a day, 18 UAVs were destroyed;
During the day, Russian troops destroyed up to 70 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and stopped the activities of two DRGs in the Krasnoliman direction;
The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 380 soldiers, 35 tanks, 33 infantry fighting vehicles, including two Bradleys per day in the Yuzhnodonetsk, Zaporozhye and Donetsk directions.
14:50 Forced mobilization in Ukraine continues -video
Subpoenas are distributed wherever possible. They are trying to take all those who disagree by force in an unknown direction.
13:22 Footage of Marinka settlement DPR —video
The Russian Armed Forces are delivering strikes from various types of weapons on open and closed positions of the 79th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They smash into the trash fortified areas, strongholds, as well as houses with the presence of enemy manpower
13:15 When repelling an offensive on the Vremevsky ledge, the OBTF "Kaskad" destroys enemy armored vehicles with "Lancets" -video
On the footage, the fighters of the Kaskad OBTF spotted and destroyed another neo-Nazi tank with the help of the Lancet loitering ammunition during the repulse of a counteroffensive at the junction of the Zaporozhye Front and the DPR.
12:39 "Combat - *checkmate (terrible person - ed.)": The militants of the assault brigade "Edelweiss" massively surrendered on the flank of Artyomovsk -video
In the Seversky direction, the Ukrainian military from the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade "Edelweiss" surrendered en masse to the soldiers of the 2nd Army Corps (LPR). They made the right decision and will live.
As usual, the Armed Forces of Ukraine blame their command and leadership of the country for all their troubles, insulting and sending them to the camera.
Having filled up the approaches and the western outskirts of the settlement with hundreds of corpses of their militants. Pyatihatki, the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to take it under operational control.
The “wave” attacks of the enemy, despite the colossal losses, gave their result.
Now our artillery is working on the enemy, feverishly entrenched in Pyatikhatki.
Intelligence reports that reinforcements from the Nazi reserve have advanced in the direction of Pyatikhatki - a large number of infantry and several armored vehicles.
At the moment, the advanced positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in a semicircle, which threatens them with encirclement and destruction.
If the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine manage to gain a foothold in Pyatikhatki and pull up their reserves there, then, most likely, the enemy will try to deliver the main blow in the direction of the settlement. Foals.
This stops the threat of encirclement and helps to get stable positions for preparing an attack on Vasilyevka.
Heavy and bloody battles continue in this direction.
11:37 As a result of an artillery strike, a group of Banderomobiles and a tank of Ukrainians were successfully demilitarized in the zone of the NMD -video
11:36 Russian units continue to successfully destroy all Ukrainians on NATO equipment -video
In the video, the destruction of the American BMP "M2 Bradley".
Nearby is a wrecked German Leopard tank.
10:25 Repulse of the offensive: on the southern front, ours burned American armor and captured a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
During the battle, the Russian military destroyed an American MaxxPro armored car and captured a dozen APU militants.
10:23 Special Forces destroyed the transport with the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
At night, our scouts detected the movement of the enemy in the thermal imager and, with the help of anti-tank systems, 58 separate special-purpose battalions (previously 3 Special Forces of the NM DPR) destroyed the enemy vehicle along with the personnel.
09:29 Zaporozhye Front overwhelmed the corpses of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and their burnt equipment
The drone footage shows the work of the guys from the Primorsky 127th Division: the result of yesterday's enemy attempt to capture the Russian position on the border of the Zaporozhye region and the DPR. On the Vremevsky ledge, the enemy continues offensive operations.
09:28 Fighting on the Vremevsky ledge: seaside marines captured naval infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Fighters of the 60th Naval Infantry Brigade in the Makarovka area captured militants of the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Heavy fighting on the Vremevsky ledge on the border of the Zaporizhzhya Front and the DPR continues, ours are counterattacking.
08:12 The crew of the Su-30SM VVO discovered and destroyed the enemy aircraft in the special operation zone -video
In the course of performing combat missions, the crews of multirole fighters practiced patrolling in a given area and covering the actions of helicopters, as well as bomber and attack aircraft.
During one of the sorties, an enemy aircraft was detected and destroyed in a timely manner.
08:04 Footage of the destruction of the American M777 howitzer in the NVO zone -video
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Over the past day Representationreportedabout 35 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy fired 22 rounds from 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky five artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 152mm.
On Yasinovatsky eight artillery attacks from 155mm artillery. Having fired 214 units of various ammunition.
The areas of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Ozeryanovka, Mikhailovka, Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kyiv, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts).
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of 8 civilians in the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, Yasinovataya andKremenets.
Damaged seven residential buildings in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk and Yasinovataya, as well as three civilian infrastructure.
A previous 33 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.
21:19 As a result of the artillery attack of Yasinovataya by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukrainedamagedtelecommunications infrastructure of the State Unitary Enterprise DNR “ROS”, due to which the city may experience a partial degradation of voice communication services and mobile Internet.
20:40 Video- Childhood dream - to become a tanker
The gunner-operator Yevgeny dreamed of becoming a tanker since childhood. During his conscription service, he signed a contract. Now fighting in the NWO zone. During this time, the fighter has already received several military awards.
20:14 Video– Tankers of the “Brave” grouping destroyed enemy positions on the front of Svatovo-Kremennaya
Scouts of the “Center” group using UAVs discovered the positions of the 67th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasno-Limansky direction. The crew of the tank received a combat mission, moved into position and destroyed the enemy with a well-aimed shot
19:45 The village of Glushkovo, Kursk region againhitunder enemy fire: according to official figures, at least 16 rounds were fired at the settlement.
Several houses and shops in the market area were damaged. Two civilians were injured - they are receiving all the necessary medical assistance.
Russian troops strike back at the identified firing points of Ukrainian formations.
19:21 Video- A battle ensued: a special group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Urals with Z and in the form of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation tried to penetrate our positions on the Zaporozhye Front
An alarming group of the 4th military base from Ossetia destroyed the militants in a car handed over by our readers.
Near Kamensky in the Vasilyevsky district of the Zaporozhye region, the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, dressed in the uniform of the RF Armed Forces in the Urals with the Z symbol, under the guise of transporting wounded soldiers, attempted to penetrate our territory.
Only the saboteurs did not know that all the wounded soldiers had already been evacuated, on which they pierced.
A battle ensued, the mobile group 4 VB jumped in time and burned the Urals along with the militants.
18:50 Ukrainian formations inflicted strikes on three settlements of the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region.
A sugar factory in the village of Tetkino was subjected to repeated shelling: one of the fired rounds hit a warehouse with fuel and lubricants, a fire broke out at the facility.
In Glushkovo, residential buildings and power lines were damaged: the settlement was partially de-energized. Popovo-Lyozhachi were also under fire.
According to preliminary data, no victims. Emergency services are on the scene.
18:34 Video- Statement by the head of the press center of the West group.
During the fighting in the Kupyansky direction in the area of ??the settlement. The Old Believer missile forces of the group of troops "West" by the fire of the MLRS "Tornado-S" under the command of Lieutenant Pyotr Shvydkikh struck at the concentration of manpower, weapons, military and special equipment of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade.
In the defense zone of the 1st Tank Army, the artillery of the group opened and destroyed the DRG from the 32nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, and also thwarted three attempts to rotate the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the forefront in the Berestovoe and Stelmakhovka areas.
In addition, in the area of N. p. Kislovka fire from Sanya mortars and T-72B3 tanks hit enemy positions. The total losses of the enemy amounted to a platoon of manpower, one armored personnel carrier and a truck.
The crews of Ka-52 and Mi-28 attack helicopters, Su-25 attack aircraft delivered eight missile and bomb strikes on manpower accumulations, weapons and military equipment of 14 Separate Mechanized Brigade and 103 arr TerO.
18:03 Video– Battles for Pyatikhatki: The enemy is knocked out of Pyatikhatki, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are chasing infantry, regardless of losses
Vasilyevsky district, line of defense of Pyatikhatka-Zherebyanka.
Our troops are conducting a mobile defense - letting the enemy get closer, and then working on it with artillery, aircraft and Suns.
According to the latest data, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which at some point managed to gain a foothold in the settlement of Pyatikhatki, have already been driven back by units of the 58th Army.
17:52 Our Orekhovsky Spartans knocked out the enemy from the advanced trenches occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the night assault
As we reported, from the night the enemy, using NATO equipment, was actively attacking the positions of the 291st and 70th Regiments on the Rabotino-Verbovoye line near Orekhovo.
In the course of flooding our defensive line with meat, the enemy was able to take advanced advanced positions in the area of Uspenovskaya Balka.
From the night ours began to knock out enemy infantry with tanks, “Solntsepekami” and artillery.
A group of scouts of the 65th Brigade was captured.
During the fire defeat and counterattacks, the enemy was driven out of the positions occupied at night, the soldiers of the 291st Regiment restored the lost line.
The Orekhov Spartans are fighting here: soldiers of the 291st and 70th regiments, 22nd Special Forces brigade, 417th orb, artillerymen and mobilized guys from Moscow and the Moscow region.
17:24 Video- At the forefront of tasks
The commander of an artillery battery with the call sign "Kamal" has been participating in a special military operation from the first days of its implementation. During its stay in the NVO zone, the battery under the command of "Kamal" performed many different combat missions.
Performing one of these tasks in the Lugansk direction, the Kamala artillery battery destroyed several dozen pieces of enemy equipment, disrupting the offensive of Ukrainian nationalists.
For high professionalism, competent and timely actions shown in the performance of a combat mission, "Kamal" was awarded the Zhukov medal.
17:00 Reflections of Deputy head of the National Guard of the Donetsk People's Republic Alexander Khodakovsky in the Zaporozhye direction.
The protracted intrigue with the counteroffensive gave rise to the feeling that somewhere in the dungeons of Mordor unknown forces are being forged, and as soon as they go out to fight, we will encounter something that we have not yet encountered. The wait is over - and we saw a picture that gives reason to say that modern warfare is basically the same as it was in the old days, and the enemy was simply waiting for more foreign tanks and domestic mobilized.
To crush our position with fire, and then try to take it with infantry - the tactics are simple and trivial. Of course, there are missiles and anti-missiles, there are drones and anti-drone guns - there is even Musk with his Starlink - but in the end, all this is only in order to pick out from the earth a few grubby men who block the path to honors and glory.
On our site, there is an intense war abroad all day long, where even the concrete “dragon's teeth” have not reached. They are somewhere behind, like the main strip of mining - and the drama unfolds on the stage of several positions that the enemy seeks to capture at any cost.
Sometimes he succeeds, and he takes possession of one of them, but he cannot gain a foothold, and under the influence of our artillery retreats to the starting line, and we crawl back and restore what was destroyed - until the next fight.
And it becomes completely clear that if our soldier has no intention to retreat, the enemy has no chance to advance.
16:34 Situation in Zaporozhye
On the Orekhov-Rabotino direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were driven out of their positions previously occupied.
According to sources of the @wargonzo project, the enemy, who this night was able to capture several positions to the right of the Orekhov-Rabotino highway, was driven out by our troops today. Several servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were taken prisoner.
At present, the fighting has shifted mainly to artillery duels.
16:07 Defense of the Svatovo-Kremennoye line: Enemy leaves no attempts to break through defensive lines of the “Brave”
- The enemy mobile armored group 100 Separate Territorial Defense Brigade attempted to break through from Chervonnaya Dibrova. The enemy was driven back by infantry fire with artillery support.
- In the Kuzmino area at night, Ukrainian militants of the 67th Brigade, without the support of armored vehicles, tried to capture one of the strongholds of the RF Armed Forces. During a two-hour shooting battle, the attack was repulsed.
Also, a group of three infantry fighting vehicles of the 67th ombr made an attempt to “jump” to our stronghold. Thanks to the scouts, the enemy was detected and destroyed in advance. One BMP captured.
- In the area of Novonikolskoye, air defense forces shot down a HIMARS shell.
- In the area of Serebryansky forestry, the movement of personnel of the 67th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was discovered. By strikes of army aviation and artillery, the column was destroyed.
Also, a special forces group discovered and destroyed the DRG of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Attack and army aviation is actively working, inflicting missile strikes on enemy columns and armored vehicles.
15:33 Video- The 70th Regiment, which has already become legendary, is fighting in the Zaporozhye region.
15:19 Video– Servicemen of the Vostok group of troops show courage and heroism in the performance of combat missions.
The commander of a motorized rifle company of a motorized rifle brigade of the guard group, Private Gadzhi Magomedov, as part of an assault group, engaged in battle with superior enemy forces in one of the sectors of the South-Donetsk direction.
The militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, having a numerical superiority, attempted to encircle the group. Private Gadzhi Magomedov, being directly on the enemy's line of fire, was wounded. Despite this, he continued to fire at the nationalists, covering his comrades.
Thanks to the courage and professionalism of Private Gadzhi Magomedov, the personnel of the assault group got out of the enemy's heavy fire without losses, took advantageous defensive lines and continued the battle. The enemy, having suffered significant losses, abandoned offensive operations. The positions of the Russian troops were held.
15:00 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of June 18, 2023)
Over the past 24 hours, the armed forces of Ukraine continued their attempts to attack in the Zaporozhye, South-Donetsk and Donetsk directions.
- The most active actions took place in the Zaporozhye direction.
The enemy, with forces of up to three battalion tactical groups, reinforced with tanks and armored combat vehicles, under the cover of smoke screens, made unsuccessful attempts at offensive operations in several waves in the areas of the settlements of Novopokrovka, Novodanilovka and Malaya Tokmachka of the Zaporozhye region.
Competent and decisive actions of the units of the grouping of forces "Vostok", air strikes and artillery fire, all enemy attacks were repelled.
In addition, as a result of a complex fire engagement of four columns of the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Malaya Tokmachka, Zaporozhye region, nine tanks, ten infantry fighting vehicles and up to ten other combat vehicles were destroyed.
Over 200 Ukrainian servicemen, 33 tanks, 30 infantry fighting vehicles and 35 armored fighting vehicles were destroyed in the course of hostilities in the Zaporozhye direction alone in a day.
- In the South-Donetsk direction, in the area of the Vremevsky ledge, decisive actions of Russian units, air strikes and artillery fire during the day repelled four enemy attacks by forces up to a battalion tactical group in the areas of the settlements of Novodonetskoye, Rovnopol of the Donetsk People's Republic and Novodarovka of the Zaporozhye region.
The total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in these areas per day amounted to 380 Ukrainian servicemen, 35 tanks, 33 infantry fighting vehicles, including two Bradleys, as well as 38 armored fighting vehicles, including the Striker armored personnel carrier, as well as the 152mm D-20 howitzer.
- In the Donetsk direction, the active actions of the units of the "Southern" group of troops during the day repelled eight enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kirovo, Pervomayskoye, Krasnogorovka, Nevelskoye and Maryinka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Air strikes inflicted defeat on units of the 79th Airborne Assault, 110th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 129th territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novgorodskoye, Avdievka and Pobeda of the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the fighting in this area, up to 210 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored personnel carrier, three cars, two pickup trucks, as well as a 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher were destroyed in a day.
In addition, an ammunition depot of the 109th Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the settlement of Sukhaya Balka.
- In the Kupyansk direction, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of the "Western" group of forces hit the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Figalevka, Masyutovka, Kislovka, Timkovka of the Kharkov region and Stelmakhivka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
In the areas of the settlements of Berestovoe in the Kharkov region and Novoselovskoye in the Luhansk People's Republic, the activities of two sabotage and reconnaissance groups were suppressed.
As a result of fire damage, up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, three pickup trucks, an Msta-B howitzer and a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed in this direction in a day.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, air strikes, artillery fire of the "Center" group of troops defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye, Chervonopopovka, Kuzmino of the Lugansk People's Republic and Serebryanka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The activities of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were suppressed in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova in the Luhansk People's Republic and Grigorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, two vehicles, an 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed in this direction.
- In the Kherson direction, as a result of the fire damage, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 30 servicemen, two vehicles, the US-made M777 artillery system, the 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and the 152mm Giacint-B gun.
An ammunition depot of the 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the village of Kizomys in the Kherson region.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day defeated 113 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 124 districts.
In the area of the village of Maksimilyanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar was destroyed.
During the day, air defense intercepted: a long-range cruise missile Storm Shadow and two rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.
In addition, 18 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Yegorovka, Vladimirovka, Spornoe, Rivnopol of the Donetsk People's Republic, Topolevka, Rubizhne, Melovatka of the Luhansk People's Republic, Sandy of the Kherson region, Marfopol, Pshenichnoye, Removka and Podgornoe of the Zaporozhye region.
In total, since the start of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 444 aircraft, 239 helicopters, 4,686 unmanned aerial vehicles, 426 anti-aircraft missile systems, 10,156 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,125 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 5,149 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 11,028 units of special military vehicles.
14:30 During the heavy defensive battles on the Zaporozhye Front, our troops left most of the settlement. Pyatikhatki and departed to the line of defense on the outskirts
Two days ago, the enemy launched an offensive in the Vasilyevsky district of the Zaporozhye region. After the reserves were drawn up and the armored vehicles were transferred, waves of attacks began from Kamensky-Lobkovy to step up efforts to capture the settlement. Pyatikhatki and Foals.
On the morning of 16.06. company tactical groups of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade on infantry fighting vehicles with the support of tanks began offensive operations.
The 429th Vladikavkaz Motorized Rifle Regiment, infantry and tankers of the 4th military base from South Ossetia fought for two days, repulsing waves of enemy attacks. With the support of tanks and artillery, the 128th Guards Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, despite significant losses, was able to first occupy the western part of the village.
Fighters of the Ossetian 19th Division repeatedly knocked out the enemy with counterattacks, but new waves again managed to enter Pyatikhatki. During the battles, the enemy lost several dozen pieces of military equipment here, including tanks. During the counter-battery fight, howitzers and MLRS of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed at firing positions.
Our gunners, chemists on the "Solntsepyok", mortars, tankers and army aviation pilots destroyed significant enemy forces.
After heavy losses in equipment, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to send infantry on foot to “meat assaults”. Our infantry fought stubbornly, sometimes repulsing attacks, sometimes turning into counterattacks. As a result of the battles, only ruins remained from Pyatikhatki, our fighters retreated to the outskirts, to the prepared line of defense.
Heavy fighting continues.
14:00 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group.
- In the South-Donetsk direction, units of the group of forces "Vostok", with the support of artillery and aviation, inflicted fire damage on the enemy, who is trying to conduct offensive operations.
The attack of the enemy in the Harvest area was thwarted.
Motorized rifle units, with the support of artillery, destroyed: an armored personnel carrier, four armored vehicles and manpower.
During the counterbattery fight, an M-777 howitzer was destroyed by artillery fire in the Shakhtyorsky area.
Army aviation forces destroyed armored combat vehicles and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ??Novodonetsk.
The crew of the Osa anti-aircraft missile system shot down the Valkyrie UAV.
- In the Zaporozhye direction, an enemy attack was thwarted, advancing with forces up to a company with the support of tanks in the Levadny area. Two tanks, two armored fighting vehicles and up to 70% of the advancing manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
The attack on the settlement of Pyatikhatki was repulsed. More than a dozen tanks, armored vehicles and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
Army aviation forces destroyed armored combat vehicles, armored personnel carriers, and also inflicted fire damage on the places of accumulation of militants in the areas of Levadnoe and Pyatikhatki.
Air defense systems shot down Valkyrie and Leleka unmanned aerial vehicles.
13:48 Video– Destruction of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South-Donetsk direction
The crew of the Ka-52 helicopter, having detected the movement of two enemy armored personnel carriers with personnel, used guided missiles. As a result of the strike, enemy equipment moving at high speed was destroyed along with the crews.
13:29 Regarding the fighting in the Pyatihatki area need to understand the following.
- A flexible line of defense was invented in order to concentrate and apply forces in the most convenient way.
- The previous weeks of the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have shown that the entry or advance of several hundred meters does not guarantee consolidation.
- Each site such as Pyatikhatki is complicated by the fact that it is actually an open field, in which it is impossible to dig in. As soon as the Armed Forces of Ukraine enter certain positions, artillery immediately works on them. After that, the positions are returned back, and the Ukrainian infantry rolls back to their original positions.
- The tactics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have changed, but there are still no qualitatively new, breakthrough solutions. Everywhere "meat assaults", and not intelligence work or sending powerful armored groups into battle.
- German Leopard 2 tanks are practically not used, which means that an order has been given to protect this equipment at any cost.
– Last night alone, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost a platoon of infantry fighting vehicles, two tanks, up to five armored cars and about 50 people killed. The total losses compared to the previous week have seriously increased and exceeded 1,000 people per day killed and wounded.
12:54 Video- Statement by the head of the press center of the "South" grouping.
The units of the "Southern" group of forces successfully repulsed the attacks of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Mayorsk, Novokalinovo, Bortsy.
The group's aviation carried out missile and bomb strikes against enemy strongholds and accumulations of weapons and military equipment in the Soledaro-Artemovsk direction.
Artillery units destroyed an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Belogorovka and a pickup truck with enemy manpower in the area of Spornoye.
As part of the counterbattery fight, a combat vehicle of the 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket system was destroyed near the settlement of Krasnogorovka.
12:34 Ukrainian formations launched massive strikes onpopulatedpoints of the Kherson region of Russia.
During the night, the enemy fired at least seven missiles at Lazurnoye in the Skadovsky district: five rounds intercepted the anti-aircraft defenses. According to our information, one person was killed and three others were injured.
The Partisans were hit, presumably, by two Storm Shadow missiles, one of them was shot down. A large fire broke out at the landing site.
During the night, Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Vasilyevka and Tavriysk were also fired from barrel artillery. During the day, a temporary accommodation facility in Golaya Pristan came under fire: the facility was destroyed, and there were no casualties.
12:18 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from cannon artillery and MLRS:
-- n.p. The Dnieper fired six rounds;
-- n.p. Sagas fired seven projectiles;
-- Nine rounds were fired at the village of Korsunka;
-- on the settlement Kazachi Lagery fired six rounds;
-- n.p. Peschanovka fired eight rounds.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being
specified Kakhovka, n. p. Vasilyevka, n. p. Lazurnoye 7 missiles from the MLRS "HIMARS", five missiles were shot down by means of air defense;
According to n.p. Partisans 2 missiles presumably “Storm Shadow”, one missile was shot down by means of air defense.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
12:03 Situationin the zone of responsibility of the group [V]
“In the Orekhovsky sector, the enemy made numerous attempts to attack our positions, including under the cover of smoke in the areas of Malaya Tokmachka, Novodanilovka and Rabotino. He did not take into account the losses - as a result of small arms battles, the work of our artillery and army aviation, he continued to lose armored vehicles and personnel. It is reported about the destruction of the demining group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which acted in the direction of the settlement. Canopies. Since morning activity in this direction continues.
- In the Vremevsky area, Ukrainian units also make a fuss, in particular in the Novodonetsky area. Enemy drones are operating, as well as assault and sabotage groups.
Armored vehicles are expected to play a smaller role in subsequent assault attempts. Most likely, a large amount of equipment will be introduced only in the case of effective actions by attack aircraft operating under the cover of artillery.
11:45 Situation along the Zaporozhye front.
In the Vasilyevsky direction, our troops left the settlement of Pyatikhatki. Our artillery continues to strike at the enemy infantry, entrenched in this village. It is reported from the field that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have concentrated large reserves on the approaches to Pyatikhatki.
This is mainly infantry, but heavy armored vehicles have also been seen. It is only a matter of time when they will put the reserves into action. At the moment, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in a semicircle, and, most likely, the main blow will fall on one of the flanks in order to expand and secure the bridgehead from which it will be possible to start moving towards Vasilyevka.
Fighting continues in the Orekhovsky direction.
As we reported, yesterday afternoon the enemy attacked our positions to the left of the Orekhov-Rabotino highway, but was stopped and retreated.
By late night, the AFU again advanced along this route - this time to the right of it and were able to take several positions. Our troops responded with strikes from heavy flamethrower systems "Solntsepyok", tanks and artillery.
11:20 Video- Statement by the head of the press center of the "Center" grouping.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, artillery crews of the "Center" group of forces inflicted fire damage on two areas of accumulation of equipment. In addition, two 120mm mortar crews and an ammunition transport vehicle were destroyed.
– Assault and army aviation of the group of troops carried out missile strikes on eight areas of concentration of manpower and fire weapons of Ukrainian troops.
- In the area of Serebryansky forestry, the movement of personnel was discovered with the support of infantry fighting vehicles of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result of the attack by the army aviation and artillery of the Russian group, an infantry fighting vehicle was destroyed, the enemy suffered losses among the personnel.
11:04 Offensive APU: everything goes as in the old days
Deputy Head of the National Guard for the DPR A. Khodakovsky on the offensive on the South Donetsk front:
“The protracted intrigue with the counteroffensive has given rise to the feeling that somewhere in the dungeons of Mordor, unknown forces are being forged, and as soon as they go out to fight, we will encounter something that we have not yet encountered. The wait is over - and we saw a picture that gives reason to say that modern warfare is basically the same as it was in the old days, and the enemy was simply waiting for more foreign tanks and domestic mobilized.
- Crush our position with fire, and then try to take it with infantry - the tactics are simple and trivial. Of course, there are missiles and anti-missiles, there are drones and anti-drone guns - there is even Musk with his Starlink - but in the end, all this is only in order to pick out from the earth a few grubby men who block the path to honors and glory.
- In our area, there is an intense war abroad all day long, where even the concrete “dragon's teeth” have not reached. They are somewhere behind, like the main strip of mining - and the drama unfolds on the stage of several positions that the enemy seeks to capture at any cost. Sometimes he succeeds, and he takes possession of one of them, but he cannot gain a foothold, and under the influence of our artillery retreats to the starting line, and we crawl back and restore what was destroyed - until the next fight.
And it becomes completely clear that if our soldiers has no intention to retreat, the enemy has no chance to advance.
10:34 On Orekhovsky direction the enemy continuously attacked the positions of the 71st Regiment for 28 hours. During the battle there was a breakthrough, but it was stopped. At 9 am, the front line stands, the enemy suffered heavy losses and could not achieve what he wanted.
10:05 Frontline summary on the morning of 06/18/2023
In the Zaporozhye direction, Ukrainian troops, supported by artillery, carried out offensive operations in the area of ??Pyatikhatki and Rabotin. They were partially successful. Under artillery attack positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kamenskoe, Maly Shcherbak, Novoandreevka, Novodanilovka, Belogorye, Charovny, Gulyaipolsky, Zheleznodorozhny, Poltavka and Olgovsky.
Ukrainian units attacked in the direction of Rivnopol in the Uludar sector. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation held their positions. And to the east of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they managed to advance in the Urozhainy area. Russian troops attacked Novopol, Novoselka, Blagodatny, Vremevka, Zolotoy Niva, Prechistovka and Ugledar.
On the Donetsk front, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted assault operations near Novomikhailovka, and with the support of artillery and aviation, in the city of Maryinka. They also counterattacked from Vodyanoy. After the air strikes, they launched an offensive on the southwestern approaches to Avdiivka. They also launched a ground attack near Stepne (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name near the line of contact in the Zaporozhye and Uhldar direction).
On all sites without advance. Under shelling, Ukrainian units in Konstantinovka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Bakhmut), Pobeda, Georgievka, Maksimilyanovka, the city of Krasnogorovka and Karlovka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Donetsk and Vesely (a settlement north of Avdievka).
09:25 Soldiers of the Dnipro group of troops destroyed equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region
In the island zone, damage was inflicted to the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the day:
- the ammunition depot was destroyed;
- an M-777 howitzer with ammunition was destroyed, five fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, three were injured of varying severity.
In the Kherson direction, damage was inflicted to the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the day:
- the place of temporary deployment of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ??the settlement was destroyed. Antonovka, seven servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; ten were injured of varying severity, and two vehicles were disabled;
- an 152mm MSTA-B howitzer with ammunition was destroyed, five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, two were injured of varying severity.
In the Kakhovka direction, the following units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were damaged during the day:
- the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, five militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; six received injuries of varying severity.
09:22 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 06/17/2023 to 00:00 06/18/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 33 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 15 artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 11 attacks from MLRS, artillery 152mm.
On Yasinovatsky 7 artillery attack from MLRS, artillery 155mm.
Having fired 199 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of six settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Panteleymonovka, Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky, Kirovsky districts), Aleksandrovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of a civilian - a man, in Yasinovataya.
Three civilians received injuries of varying severity, incl. child born in 2023 #ChildrenNotTarget, in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, the Chervonogvardeysky district of Makeevka and Yasinovataya.
A total of 11 residential buildings were damaged in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, Aleksandrovka and Yasinovataya, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
In the previous day, 31 attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
08:24 The Russian military thwarted all the attacks of militants in the Zaporozhye direction -video
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian military thwarted an attack by a company of Ukrainian nationalists in the Levadne area. According to him, two armored combat vehicles, two tanks and up to 70% of the advancing manpower were destroyed.
08:15 Their vocation is to save lives: how the medical staff of mobile hospitals in the Kupyansky direction work -video
During the special operation, military doctors daily provide the necessary assistance to servicemen and injured civilians. Patients are accepted, including without leaving their positions, which makes it possible to prevent complications from injuries and diseases.
Easy-to-build compartments-tents of mobile hospitals are equipped with everything necessary: X-ray, ultrasound machines, anesthesia machines, sterilization systems for instruments and rooms, operating and dressing tables.
The primary task of the hospital is to provide emergency care to wounded servicemen. Here fragments are removed, wounds are sutured, dressings are made. Patients are then distributed to various military medical facilities, depending on the severity and nature of the injuries.
In addition to helping the wounded, specialists also help children with “civilian” diseases. Acute neurological diseases, heart diseases, exacerbations of chronic diseases are stopped here, injuries, bruises and fractures are treated.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
Ilya Kiva said: Ilya Kiva is a Ukrainian politician
"Budanov died without regaining consciousness, - the information came from the Ukrainian embassy in Germany. A source in the OP said."
Now in Kyiv they are thinking what to do with this, if yesterday Zelensky (narco-fuhrer), obviously being in an inadequate narcotic state, said that he had a meeting with the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate Budanov.
But they will definitely hide this fact as much as possible.
By the way, the Spanish prostitute Sharik assures that Budanov is alive, healthy, fresh and cheerful. But I didn't include a video.
We'll check ... then we'll believe! Earlier it was reported that as a result of a missile attack on the headquarters of the Main Intelligence Directorate in Kyiv, Budanov was seriously injured - a head injury with damage to the brain.
Now we will be threatened by the "balanced and self-confident" Kirill Budanov, the head of the GUR, also only read or watch in edited stories, like the commander-in-chief Zaluzhny, with whom "everything is in order" ?!
No matter what they say, but on the "Rybalsky Island" in Kyiv, the Russian Aerospace Forces worked powerfully. Misha Podolyak excitedly told me about the damage done by the GUR MO. Rybalsky Island in Kiev is the location of the Ukrainian intelligence organization. Mykhailo Podolyak is an Ukrainian politician.
Now, logically, the next one is the SBU on Vladimirskaya street?!
This address is already very nervous !!! "The girls leaked."
The legitimate target is another den of terrorists involved in terrorist attacks and killings of civilians on the territory of both Russia and Ukraine.
There are missiles for this, but Zelensky does not have air defense to counteract these missiles.
People from one side and the other will be sincerely grateful - how many lives we will save from the Ukronazis.
Ukrainian authorities refute Russian media claims that Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Defense Ministry , was wounded, but did not provide conclusive evidence that he is alive and well. This was reported by the British newspaper The Telegraph.
The last time he appeared in the media space was a video before the start of the “counteroffensive” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There Budanov silently looks into the camera lens. The journalists turned to Kyiv to get official information about his condition, but they were not satisfied with the answer.
“Aides told The Telegraph that he was alive and well, but no photographs were released to confirm this,” the publication noted.
The journalists recalled that Budanov had previously publicly admitted his involvement in organizing terrorist attacks on Russian territory.
As reported by IA Regnum , Kiev periodically states that Budanov is participating in any events. On June 16, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the head of military intelligence was at a military cabinet meeting, but did not provide photos or videos to confirm this.
The Russian law enforcement agencies reported that Budanov received a serious head wound on June 9, 2023. He was next door to the office, which was hit by a Russian missile. According to the latest information, the head of the GUR is being treated at a military hospital in Berlin , where he was urgently taken from Kiev.
Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian troops Valery Zaluzhny may be outside the republic. This was stated on June 18 by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a conversation with military commanders in response to a question from Alexander Sladkov , fragments of the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” with this part of the meeting was published by journalist Pavel Zarubin in the Telegram channel .
"I know. I think I know,” the head of state said in response to a question about where the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is now.
Putin added that such a question could be asked to Zaluzhny himself, but for this it is necessary to use a foreign language.
“I think he is abroad. But I could be wrong,” he explained.
As reported by IA Regnum , on May 24 it became known that Zaluzhny received a head injury and shrapnel wounds during a missile attack inflicted by the Russian army in early May on the command post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kherson. It was clarified that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine underwent a craniotomy.
Later, the Pentagon refused to comment on this information, and the Russian security forces said that Zaluzhny, after being wounded, would not be able to continue military service. At the same time, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has ceased to appear in public since the beginning of May 2023.
Later, the head of the private ambulance service KORIS, Lev Averbakh, suggested the possible consequences of injuring the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, after a head injury and trepanation, you can lead a full life. Therefore, according to the expert, he still has a chance to return to the service.
On May 31, a message appeared on Zaluzhny's Telegram channel about a telephone conversation with Mark Milli, Chairman of the Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the American Army . It was alleged that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine spoke about the situation at the front and further military plans.
Taken from the graphic at the link. This is not the entirety of the Ukrainian effort in the Zaparozhye region, we are told elsewhere. This list is a compilation of units identified since the start of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, which began earlier this month.
The maneuver brigades (tank and mechanized) in total represents two mechanized corps on the Russian establishment. Russian war correspondents have hinted another five mechanized/tank brigades will be shifted to Zaparozhye region after June 20th.
Please note that Russians regard brigades/corps as defined in Napoleonic times, where brigade are part of a corps, unlike with NATO where divisions compose corps, and brigades can be parts of divisions.
[ColonelCassad] Maneuver Brigades
23rd Mechanized Brigade
31st Mechanized Brigade
33rd Mechanized Brigade
47th Mechanized Brigade
65th Mechanized Brigade
93rd Mechanized Brigade
1st Tank Brigade
5th Tank Brigade
Text taken from the Telegram channel of MedvedevVesti. Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Analysis from Medvedev on the topic of yesterday's wonderful story with "Rybar". For those who did not immediately understand and who need to chew to the state of semolina.
It's wonderful and very funny.
So, Rybar's team makes a completely left account. Allegedly one of the admins of the Ukrainian propaganda TG channel "Truha".
Further, on the air of Rybar's analytical program, fake "correspondence from Trukha admins" allegedly accidentally appeared.
Further, a scandal begins in Ukraine: ours are working for Muscovites! On the knives of the zradnikov! By the middle of the day, the Ukrainian information fighters finally realize that they were fed shit from a shovel. And from most sites or TG channels, the news that Ukrainian patriots, it turns out, work for the Kremlin, is removed. Because you don't want to look like an idiot.
And only the Russian turbo-patriotic public and individual political scientists with serious faces are trying to continue to expose the Rybari as traitors and agents of foreign intelligence.
Actually, this says, first of all, that we have a rather poor understanding of what information-psychological operations and information warfare are, and the word OSINT seems to many to be something like a curse. Moreover, the older the person, the more difficult it is for him to understand this. Sometimes a gap of 10-15 years creates a completely insurmountable barrier. That is, according to the link, we see a vivid example of this.
It is obvious that a person either does not read Ukrainian publics or reads only Russian-language Ukrainian publics. Either he does not understand how the Ukrainian information fighters determined that the correspondence was fake. In any case, this is an indicator of qualification. With a smart look, the person writes that "Rybar's broadcast was canceled." In fact, on Saturdays, Rybar's reviews are not aired in principle. And the information about the cancellation of the broadcast was part of all that information operation.
But here's what's important: Ukrainian analysts, TG channel admins realized that there was an information operation against them. I will not say how they guessed (and even then not immediately), but there are a number of points there. And yet, specifically, the admins of "Trukha" justified themselves all day: Ukrainian society is harsh, even if you become the hero of a fake. What if you're still a Muscovite? That is, the information operation, which brought a short discord in the camp of the enemy, was quite successful.
Our experts and political scientists still do not understand what Rybar's team and a number of other close channels have done.
I repeat, this is simply evidence of a catastrophic misunderstanding on their part of what PsyOps is and why it is all needed. People still haven't learned how to think critically.
However, what is surprising if we have politicians every now and then seriously quoting the news of "Panorama" or the posts of the channel "The Empire is very evil." That is, fact-checking is also not their forte.
Well, otherwise Markov would not have published a photo of Poroshenko's son taking the oath, like a photo of Peskov's son.
That is, the complete chain looks like this: Rybar makes an information stuffing, Ukrainian publics are being led to him, and already our turbo-patriots and political scientists draw conclusions and threaten punishments, based on the conclusions in the Ukrainian information field.
From the point of view of PsyOps, this is right with one shot of two birds with one stone: both the enemy and his own home, alternatively gifted audience.
PS The last post with Truhi's excuse was published less than an hour ago.
Moreover, the admin account, which allegedly accidentally "leaked" Rybar, is obviously fake. Smart people immediately understand what it is.
https://t.me/MedvedevVesti/14514
In PsyOps and OSINT, not only everyone can do it. Actually, what happened yesterday clearly shows why our sphere of private intelligence and OSINT is in an extremely rudimentary state, and dreams of "Russian Stratfors" have been turning into a pumpkin for more than 10 years.Many are simply stuck somewhere in the 2000s, if not earlier. Hence the many questions about the lack of qualified expertise.
There is a catastrophic shortage of personnel. Cooking from scratch began only last year, and then in homeopathic doses.
In general, a very revealing and sometimes funny story.
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[AP Via Hot Air] On Friday, we discussed the African peace envoy mission to Ukraine and Russia where the leaders of seven nations sought to bring an end to the fighting. The meeting with Zelensky went well enough because Ukraine obviously has the greatest incentive to see the hostilities cease. The subsequent meeting with Vladimir Putin by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and the rest of the envoys was also reportedly friendly in nature, but it produced essentially nothing in terms of solid results or a workable path to peace. The African delegation raised understandable complaints about the negative impact the war is having on their continent, but according to a Kremlin spokesman, the African proposal was lacking in details and does not address "the main elements of our position." But the meeting may still have been useful because Russia appeared to reveal what those "main elements" of its position are. (AP)
