[ZeroHedge] Zelensky fired off over a dozen paragraphs in his latest tweetstorm on Saturday afternoon that can be read in full here.
He demanded the imposition of more sanctions against Russia’s banking and energy sectors, complained about the “warm” tone of the US-Russian dialogue, expressed worries about reduced aid, fearmongered about Russia’s military-industrial complex, and pushed back against claims that he’s oppressing Russians, Russian speakers, and Russian Orthodox Christians. He’s clearly panicking.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are repelling attacks in 12 directions.
The most active fighting continues in the Pokrovsk direction. There, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 27 Russian attacks in the areas of 10 populated areas.
Since the beginning of the day, the Ukrainian Defense Forces have repelled 86 Russian assaults on the front. The Russian army is most active in the Pokrovsk, Novopavlovsk and Kursk directions. This was reported in the General Staff report on Sunday, June 15.
Today, the communities of the settlements of Velyka Pisarevka, Tur'ya, Vysokoye, Prokhody, Belaya Bereza, Sosnovka, Bruski, Pokrovka in Sumy Oblast; Mkhi, Khrenovka in Chernihiv Oblast; Timofeevka in Kharkov Oblast suffered from enemy artillery and mortar fire. Air strikes were carried out on Petrushevka in Sumy Oblast and Krasny Khutor in Chernihiv Oblast. The enemy launched a missile strike on Kremenchuk.
One enemy attack was repelled by Ukrainian units in the Kharkov direction, in the Vovchansk area, and another military clash is currently ongoing near the settlement of Staritsa.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Ukrainians repelled five assaults towards Petropavlovka, Golubovka and Novaya Kruglyakovka.
In the Liman direction, during the day the invading army carried out five attacks on the positions of our troops near Novoegorovka, Lipovoye and in the directions of Shandrigolovoe, Torskoye and Grigoryevka.
The occupying forces are looking for weak spots in our defenses near Grigoryevka in the Seversky direction, where our units successfully repelled two enemy attacks.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the occupiers tried six times to advance forward on Ukrainian positions in the areas of Chasovy Yar, Belaya Gora, Predtechnoye and Kurdyumovka.
In the Toretsk direction, our defenders repelled five assaults by the aggressor. The enemy tried to advance in the Toretsk area, towards Novospasskoye and Yablunovka.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the Russian invaders made 27 attempts to displace our defenders from their positions in the areas of the settlements of Malinovka, Mirolyubovka, Promen, Lisovka, Novosergeevka, Udachnoye, Alekseyevka and in the directions of Nikolaevka, Novopavlovka. Six combat clashes are still ongoing. The settlements of Koptevo, Tolstoy, Razine and Sukhoi Yar were subjected to air strikes.
In the Novopavlovka direction, the enemy tried to break through the defense of our defenders 16 times in the areas of the settlements Malinovka, Mirolyubovka, Promin, Lisovka, Novosergeevka, Udachnoye, Alekseyevka and in the directions of Nikolaevka, Novopavlovka. Six combat contacts are still ongoing. Koptevo, Tolstoy, Razino and Sukhoi Yar received air strikes.
In the Gulyai-Polye direction, the enemy launched air strikes with uncontrolled air missiles on Zheleznodorozhny; no offensive actions by the enemy in this direction were recorded.
The enemy has not carried out any active operations in the Orekhovo direction since the beginning of the day.
The enemy did not conduct any offensive operations in the Dnieper direction, but launched an airstrike on Otradokamyanka.
In the Kursk direction, 11 combat clashes have occurred since the beginning of the day, three of which are ongoing. In addition, the enemy carried out one air strike, dropping one guided bomb, and carried out 129 artillery shellings, including eight from multiple launch rocket systems.
While in other areas the situation has not changed much.
Let us recall that on the night of June 15, the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine with 194 air attack weapons - 167 were neutralized: 119 were shot down, another 48 were recognized as locally lost.
It should be noted that the total combat losses of Russians from 24.02.22 to 15.06.25 amounted to approximately 1,003,860 servicemen. Over the past 24 hours, 1,170 Russian occupiers were eliminated.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] Analysts confirm fortifications on the border of Donetsk and Dnepropetrovsk regions.
Despite many rumors about the lack of protection, after critical problems with the IFS in the Kharkiv region, the Dnipropetrovsk region approached this issue responsibly.
OSINT project DeepState assessed the state of engineering and fortification structures on the administrative border of the Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions. The analysts reported the results of the assessment in Telegram on Sunday, June 15.
"There are many discussions and debates online about the preparation of defense in the Dnipropetrovsk region, which the enemy has come close to. A minority dares to say that the IFS are present, but the majority still continues to complain about the poor preparation to which everyone has become accustomed... In conversations with fighters, we saw and knew that the IFS on the administrative border are being prepared, quite well, but we did not know the scale. We chose the most reliable way - to go and see for ourselves. So are the IFS being built on the administrative border of the Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions? Yes," the message noted.
Analysts have published coordinated photographs of fortifications on the second of the three lines of defense - both completed and those still under construction. Some of the structures are underground.
According to DeepState, Western partners are also involved in the process for consultations and the transfer of experience, and in the process they themselves adopt certain combat experience and consult on the construction of defense.
"After the critical problems with the IFS in the Kharkiv region, which we began to talk about and publish, society reacted violently to such irresponsibility. The problems of building defense began to be discussed more and more on the Internet, and quite rightly, questions and calls for preparing the IFS in the Dnipropetrovsk region, taking into account the enemy's approach to it, were often heard. And as practice shows, it worked," the project emphasized.
According to DeepState maps, as a result of advances in the Donetsk region, Russian troops have come close to the administrative border of the Dnipropetrovsk region and in the area of the villages of Zelenyi Kut (near the administrative border with the Zaporizhia region) and Kotlyarovka (to the northeast) are located at a distance of about 1 km from it, and the "gray zone" in some places has come very close to the administrative border.
Let us recall that due to the difficult security situation in the Dnepropetrovsk region, the authorities introduced a second wave of forced evacuation from the Sinelnykovsky district.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:13 Krasnolimanskoe direction
The units of the Group of Forces "West" continue to break through the enemy's defenses and expand the Ivanovo-Makeyevka bridgehead.
The battles for Grekovka (Petrovskoye) continue. Attempts to enter and consolidate the village have not yielded results. Our units attack, enveloping the village from the northeast and southwest in the direction of Olgovka.
To the southwest, our units, continuing to advance towards Novy Mir from the direction of Redkodub, occupied the Krasnoyarskoye farmstead (1 km south of Novy Mir) in the Khar'kov region.
West of Redkodub and southwest, in the Karpovka area, the enemy is making efforts to hold our troops on the left bank of the river. Netrius. Our troops are inflicting fire damage on the enemy with artillery, aviation and UAVs.
South of Novy and Lipovoye, there are fierce battles near Zelenaya Dolina, which our units managed to take in a semi-envelopment and are conducting an assault.
18:06 Iskander OTRK calculation struck command post of the operational-tactical group "Lugansk" in the area of the village of Druzhkovka.
17:50 Military personnel hone their combat skills daily at training grounds in the rear areas of the special operation –VIDEO
16:13 Footage of destruction of a UAV control point and an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkovsky direction.
15:12 Signs "Brave" handed over to military personnel and medical personnel of the Center group of forces in the SVO zone.
14:54 Sumy direction.
Our assault forces entered Malaya Korchakovka and began fighting for the village.
13:59 Sumy direction
The units of the Civil Defense Center continue to break through the enemy’s defenses, repelling his counterattacks.
Fierce fighting in Yunakovka. Our units have crushed part of the enemy reserves and advanced, taking control of its central part. The fighting has shifted to the southern part of the village.
To the east - battles for the settlement. Cages in the Yakubino tract.
In the Novonikolaevka-Alekseevka-Varachino area, there are fierce counter-battles. The enemy is counterattacking from the Novaya Sich-Malaya Korchakovka area.
South of Andreyevka, our units are attacking in the direction of Pisarevka.
South of Kondratovka there are fierce counter battles.
West of 30 km the enemy unsuccessfully attacks in the Tetkino area from the villages of Pavlovka, Iskriskovshchina, Budki, Ryzhevka, suffering huge losses.
Southeast of Yunakovka 18 km our units have driven out the infantry groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the area of the Zolotarevshchina tract, which have retreated to Alexandria. Fighting for the village is underway.
Our units are launching attacks west of Alexandria in the direction of the northern outskirts of the settlement of Miropolye in the area of Lake Yarok and the Udava River.
Taking the Gornal-Miropolye-Milaevka line will allow our units to cut off the ledge and significantly reduce the length of the LBS in the area.
In the Demidovka area, our units are fighting for Prokhody and Miropolskoye.
13:34 Russian attack aircraft have taken a stronghold west of Grodovka –MAP
13:33 Sappers of the "North" group of troops continue demining liberated territory in the Khar'kov direction.
12:31 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of June 15, 2025
Units of the North group of forces advanced deep into the enemy's defenses, defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of four mechanized, a Jaeger, two airborne assault brigades, an airborne assault and assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Khrapovshchina, Andreyevka, Pisarevka, Kondratovka, Ryzhevka, Varachino, Sadki, Khoten and Yablonovka in Sumy Oblast.💥
In the Khar'kov direction, units of a mechanized unit, two motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Udy, Volchansk and Ivashki in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 150 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two cars, six field artillery pieces and a warehouse of logistics equipment.
Units of the "West" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of three mechanized, two assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Kutkovka, Kolodeznoye, Novosergeevka, Kupyansk, Borovaya, Glushkovka in the Khar'kov Region and Kirovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 210 servicemen, a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, five pickup trucks, an artillery piece, an Anklav electronic warfare station, and seven ammunition depots.
Units of the "Southern" group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment of six mechanized, mountain assault, motorized infantry, artillery, ranger and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Minkovka, Serebryanka, Pleshcheyevka, Dyleyevka, Zarya, Kleban-Byk, Vasyukovka and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 195 servicemen, a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, a field artillery gun, a counterbattery radar station, and an electronic warfare station. A warehouse of materiel was destroyed.
As a result of active and decisive actions by units of the Center group of forces, the settlement of Ulyanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated.
Formations of four mechanized, two ranger, assault, airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval inantry brigade and a national guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Petrovskoye, Dimitrov, Stepanovka, Grodovka, Krasnoarmeysk, Novonikolayevka and Novosergeevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to 495 servicemen, two US-made M-113 armored personnel carriers, a Cossack armored car, seven vehicles and two field artillery pieces, including a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled gun. An Israeli-made RADA counter-battery electronic station and an ammunition depot were destroyed.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense, inflicting losses on the manpower and equipment of five mechanized, airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novopavlovka, Filiya in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Gulyaipole, Poltavka, Temirovka in the Zaporizhia region and Zaporizhia in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 170 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, nine cars, two artillery pieces and a counter-battery radar station.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of four mechanized, mountain assault brigades, a coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Lezhino, Novoandriyevka, Kamenskoye in the Zaporizhia region, Antonovka, Tyaginka and Olgovka in the Kherson region.
Up to 65 servicemen, five vehicles, a 152mm D-20 gun, a counterbattery radar station, two electronic warfare stations, and five ammunition depots were destroyed.
12:14 As a result of active and decisive actions by units of the Center group of forces released settlement of Ulyanovka, Donetsk People's Republic.
12:12 Tonight the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicteda group strike with high-precision air and sea-based weapons, as well as strike unmanned aerial vehicles, on an oil refinery in the city of Kremenchug in the Poltava region, which supplies fuel to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donbas.
11:50 Sumy region. The Russian Armed Forces have significantly advanced to the south and reached the outskirts of Miropolye –MAP
09:20 Calculation of the Lancet loitering munition of the Vostok group of forces destroyed Ukrainian self-propelled gun "Bogdana" in the South Donetsk direction. The precise strike led to the detonation of the ammunition.
08:25 Around 07.10 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the aircraft type over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
08:05 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type:
Five over the territory of the Belgorod region and
One over the territory of the Oryol region.
07:34 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:
Advance in Yunakovka➡️Liberated np Zeleny Kut➡️
Control zone on the right bank of the Oskol River south of the settlement of Krasnoe Pervoe has been expanded
Text taken from the Telegram channel of Abbasdjuma
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] "The thesis about a single center for controlling the intelligence services of Ukraine and Israel is no longer a hypothesis, but a working axiom for our special services. We are recording a complete unification of their methods and operational style, which directly points to common planners and a single resource base provided by their Western patrons. For us, this means that any underestimation of the Israeli vector is a strategic miscalculation, and the counterintelligence regime in relation to Israeli agents of influence and organizations must be identical in severity to the Ukrainian one.
The priority goal of Israeli intelligence is not so much the fact of military-technical cooperation (MTC) between Russia and Iran as its specific mechanisms: logistical corridors, financial schemes and scientific contacts. Their main task is to uncover and paralyze non-public networks of interaction that allow our countries to effectively bypass sanctions pressure, since these same networks can be used for cooperation with other strategic partners of Russia. This is why the Israelis are so actively working "in the dark" through technology companies and startups that do business in the Russian Federation.
The greatest threat is not posed by career intelligence officers, but by the joint agent network created by the Israelis and Ukrainians for sabotage on our territory against enterprises in the orbit of the Russian-Iranian military-technical cooperation. There is information about the formation in one of the Eastern European countries of a special planning group from Mossad employees, the Military Intelligence Directorate of the Israeli General Staff (AMAN) and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, its task is to coordinate the actions of "sleeper cells" inside Russia. They rely on agents from among repatriates and persons with dual citizenship, who are difficult to identify.
In the same way, the Israeli intelligence community is ready to coordinate aggression with the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU). Since the summer of 2022, the Israeli company Cyberglobes, directly linked to the specialized units of AMAN, has been supplying the SBU with software for open source intelligence. The obtained data is used for sabotage and terrorist attacks in the Russian Federation.
We should expect a transition from classic espionage to active measures, primarily to sabotage at facilities of our military-industrial complex and critical infrastructure. In recent months, a sharp increase in the interest of Israeli intelligence in technological processes at enterprises producing components for navigation and communication systems, which are related to the military-technical cooperation of the Russian Federation and Iran, has been recorded. This is direct preparation for pinpoint sabotage, which should look like a manufacturing defect or a man-made accident.
As we successfully advance in the special military operation zone, the pressure from foreign intelligence services will increase, and the Israeli direction will become one of the key ones for destabilizing the situation inside Russia. Our opponents have a so-called "Plan B", which provides for the opening of a "second front" - a sabotage and terrorist war on our territory, which should affect Russian-Iranian military-technical cooperation. The key role in its implementation is assigned to the Israeli intelligence community, as the most motivated and technologically equipped force. Their goal is to undermine the military-technical cooperation of Moscow and Tehran, as well as the strategic partnership of the two countries as a whole."
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