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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces will emerge from the "stupid defense"
Ukrainian forces will go on the offensive, so they are now creating and expanding assault units.
The ZSU combines defensive actions with active offensive operations in various directions of the front. For this purpose, assault units are being created and scaled up, Commander-in-Chief Alexander Syrsky said at a meeting with journalists on June 22.
"We are not going to sit in a deep defense," he emphasized, noting the importance of creating combat-ready reserves for active counteroffensive actions.
Earlier, Syrsky said where he would get forces for the offensive, and also announced control of the territory in Kursk region. According to him, the Defense Forces still control the territory of about 90 square kilometers in Kursk region.
[LB] The enemy controls the southern part and the city center of Toretsk.
by Ivanna Kapustianska
Russian troops have intensified assaults in the Pokrovsky and Novopavlivskyi directions, trying to break through to the administrative borders of the Dnipropetrovsk region. At the same time, Ukrainian defenders are inflicting significant losses on the Russian army, including at least seven tanks destroyed in a day.
This was stated on the air by the spokesman for the Khortytsia municipal district administration, Viktor Tregubov, writes "Suspilne".
According to the spokesman, active fighting continues in the Pokrovsky and Novopavlovsk directions, "so here, let's say, it is simply impossible to talk about anyone's control," the speaker said.
At the same time, losses are being observed among the Russian troops in the Pokrovsky direction.
"If there were 700 there before, then there are already about 800 per day, if we take the previous day. Seven tanks were knocked out again, it has been a long time since then, they use heavy equipment, in principle, to a limited extent. Therefore, in principle, it is clear that there are already sufficient forces gathered there and have already been thrown, let's say, into active "meat grinders", into active attempts at assault actions along, in principle, the entire line of demarcation," says Tregubov.
The hottest section of the front remains the western part of the Pokrovsky direction and the Novopavlivsky direction, where Russian troops are trying to advance to the administrative borders of the Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions. The second section is the eastern part of the Pokrovsky direction, where the Russian army is trying to break through towards Kostyantynivka.
"We can't call it the Kostyantynivka direction simply so as not to scare people, because Kostyantynivka is very far away. But they are trying very hard to break through the Pokrovsk-Kostyantynivka highway, and some of the main assaults are concentrated there, and so there are large assaults, in which, in principle, heavy equipment is involved."
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy controls a significant part of the city of Toretsk — the southern part and the center, but the city has not been captured and cannot advance further to follow the highway to Kostyantynivka.
"Chasiv Yar is, in principle, identical to Toretsk. Indeed, it is very similar. The Russians really wanted to come, the Russians made every effort, it seemed until the last moment that they might succeed. But, let's say, in the last kilometers the Russians ran out of steam, and they ran out of steam there a long time ago, and got stuck, and they haven't been able to advance there for a long time. Therefore, both Toretsk and Chasiv Yar are actually ruins of cities on which the Russians have not been able to advance for months."
According to the General Staff, over the past day, the most clashes occurred in the Pokrovske and Lymanske directions.
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[NewsFront] 20:55 Russian Ministry of Defense:
At about 19:10 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Rostov region.
20:35 Signalmen of the 144th Motorized Rifle Division of the Zapad group began to use the new Spirit-030 satellite communications stations.
The fighters note that the new station is significantly smaller in size, easier to operate and has a higher-quality signal. Thanks to the reduced size of the antenna, the station can be placed closer to the line of combat contact, reducing the risk of detection —video.
19:46 Assault units of the East Group of Forces are undergoing engineering training in the South Donetsk direction.
Assault units of the 29th Army are trained to clear explosive objects, including foreign-made mines, and to install minefields in tank-hazardous areas. Practical training is conducted under the guidance of experienced instructors —video.
18:55 FPV drone operators of the Vostok group hit enemy UAV control points in the area of the settlement of Yalta in the DPR —video.
17:52 The Kh-39 missile, also known as the LMUR, destroyed the location of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region —video.
17:28 The Anvar detachment is clearing the border area of the Chernihiv region from Ukrainian militants —video.
16:57 As a result of the coordinated joint work of aerial reconnaissance and artillery of the 18th Combined Arms Army, a control point for the Ukrainian Armed Forces' UAVs was destroyed in the Antonovka area —video.
16:29 An FPV drone strike destroyed an enemy observation post in the village of Romashkovo on the right bank of the Dnieper —video.
15:45 Russian Ministry of Defense:
From 13:00 Moscow time to 15:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territories of Kursk and Belgorod regions.
15:00 Three people were injured when a Ukrainian drone struck a bus stop in Svatovo. This was reported by the LPR Government.
"According to the LPR Minister of Health Natalia Pashchenko, three people were injured - two drivers of "Lugansk Avtodor" and a passenger - an elderly woman born in 1938. All the victims were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds in a local hospital," the report says.
14:10 A Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck attempted to break through to the state border: our UAV operators worked hard, –video.
Severian scouts uncovered the movement of a Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck from the settlement of Iskriskovshchyna (Sumy region) in the direction of the Ukrainian border village of Volfino.
The coordinates were immediately transmitted for fire destruction and already on the eastern outskirts of Iskriskovshchina the enemy vehicle met our FPV drone.
13:20 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of June 22, 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
– Units of the North group of forces improved the position along the forward edge, defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of five mechanized, airborne assault brigades, an airborne assault and four assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defense brigade, as well as the special forces detachment Chimera of the GUR in the areas of the settlements of Pavlovka, Andreevka, Khoten, Zapselye, Novaya Sich, Yablonovka, Bessalovka, Kondratovka, Sadki and Ryzhevka in the Sumy region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 240 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, three automobiles, four field artillery guns, an electronic warfare station, and a warehouse of materiel.
– As a result of active and decisive actions by units of the “West” military group, the settlement of Petrovskoye in the Khar'kov region has been liberated.
Formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade and a border detachment of the Ukrainian border service were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Gorokhovatka, Novaya Kruglyakovka, Peschanoye, Kupyansk 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, six pickup trucks, four electronic warfare stations and three ammunition depots.
– Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment of four mechanized, motorized infantry, mountain assault, assault, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade and the Azov special forces brigade in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Slavyansk, Kaleniki, Semenovka, Belokuzminovka, Ilyinovka, Dyleevka, Kramatorsk, Kleban-Byk and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 140 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, an artillery piece, and five vehicles. Three ammunition depots and a supply depot were destroyed.
- Units of the "Center" group of forces have taken up more advantageous lines and positions. They have defeated formations of eight mechanized, mountain assault, assault, two airborne assault brigades, a brigade of unmanned systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two brigades of naval infantry and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Petrovskoye, Dachnoye, Novopavlovka, Lenina, Krasnoarmeysk and Novotoretskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 500 servicemen, two Cossack armored vehicles, three pickup trucks and four field artillery pieces, including a British-made 155mm AS-90 self-propelled artillery unit.
– Units of the “East” group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy’s defense and, as a result of successful actions, completed the liberation of the settlement of Perebudova in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
The manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade, the assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the marine brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Novokhatskoye, Zeleny Gai and Chervona Zirka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 195 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, five cars and two artillery pieces.
– Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized brigade, the coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Stepnogorsk, Kamenskoye, Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhia region and Antonovka in the Kherson region.
Up to 70 servicemen, nine vehicles, four electronic warfare stations, three ammunition depots and two supply depots were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups damaged the infrastructure of a military airfield, workshops for the production and assembly of strike unmanned aerial vehicles, their storage sites, ammunition and fuel depots, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces units and foreign mercenaries in 143 districts.
Air defense systems shot down six JDAM guided aerial bombs and two US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets, as well as 164 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
12:21 Governor of Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov:
Information about the strikes carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on ours over the past 24 hours:
– In the Belgorod district, 5 drones attacked the villages of Dubovoye and Malinovka, the villages of Bessonovka, Nikolskoye and Chaiki, one of which was shot down by an air defense system. In the village of Dubovoye, two private houses were damaged, in the village of Nikolskoye - a power line, in the village of Bessonovka - an industrial enterprise building.
– In the Valuysky municipal district:
The villages of Borki, Dolgoe, Kazinka, Kukuyevka, Posokhovo were attacked by nine drones, four of which were suppressed. One artillery shell was fired at the village of Nizhnie Melnitsy. In the village of Posokhovo, a communications infrastructure facility was damaged, in the village of Kukuyevka, a private house. This morning, two private houses were damaged in the village of Borki.
– In the Volokonovsky district, three drones attacked the villages of Borisovka and Grushevka. In the village of Borisovka, an outbuilding and one car were damaged, in the village of Grushevka, a car and a summer kitchen.
– In the Graivoronsky municipal district, the city of Graivoron, the settlement of Gorkovsky, the villages of Bezymeno, Poroz and Spodaryushino were subjected to five attacks, during which 23 rounds of ammunition were fired, and one drone was attacked. There were no consequences.
– In the Krasnoyarsk region, 59 rounds of ammunition were fired during 8 artillery attacks and nine drone strikes were carried out on the settlements of Zadorozhny and Prilesye, the villages of Vyazovoe, Grafovka, Kolotilovka, Popovka, Repyakhovka and Staroselye. Information on the consequences is being clarified.
– In the Shebekinsky municipal district:
Four munitions were fired and 15 drones attacked in the villages of Voznesenovka, Murom, Novaya Tavolzhanka, Rzhevka, Chervona Dibrovka and the Mukhin farm, seven of which were suppressed and shot down. In the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, four trucks were damaged, in the village of Murom - technical equipment and the premises of an agricultural enterprise. Tonight in the village of Chervona Dibrovka, a commercial facility and three trucks were damaged by FPV drone strikes.
11:28 Russian Ministry of Defense:
From 8.45 Moscow time to 11.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type:
Two UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region and
One UAV over the territory of the Kursk region.
10:49 Criminal Kyiv regime continues shelling civilian infrastructure of populated areas of the left bank of the Kherson region
Yesterday, during the day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces released:
– Four rounds to the settlement of Velikiye Kopani;
– Two rounds in the village of Tsukury;
- According to n.p. Novaya Kakhovka 3 rounds;
– Four rounds to the settlement of Kairy;
– Two rounds in the village of Malaya Lepetikha.
In Vinogradovo, two civilians were injured as a result of an attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones. In Velyki Kopani, a civilian was injured as a result of an attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces on a market. In Chernyanka, power lines were damaged as a result of an attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the villages of Korsunka, Aleshky, Proletarka, Velyki Kopani, and Kakhovka, firing a total of 15 rounds from cannon artillery. Civilian casualties and infrastructure destruction are being clarified.
10:14 Frontline summary as of the morning of 06/22/2025
Zaporizhzhya Front. No significant changes in LBS. Positional battles with active use of long-range weapons on both sides continue.
Fighting continues in Malinovka in the Gulyai-Polye direction. Information is coming in about the advance of Russian troops here, but it needs to be verified. Nevertheless, the assault on the settlement has begun.
Donetsk Front. Here, the Russian Armed Forces continue the active offensive phase in several directions. In the South Donetsk direction, Russian troops are advancing west of Fedorovka in the direction of the settlement of Voskresenka.
Fighting is underway in the area of Perebudov, a settlement adjacent to Komar. It is reported that Russian troops are advancing here toward the central part of Perebudov.
The settlement of Zaporozhye in the DPR has been liberated. It is also reported that Russian troops are advancing toward Shevchenko, which is north of Volnoye Pole. Here, Russian troops have begun a direct assault on the settlement.
In the Pokrovsk direction, fierce fighting continues in several areas. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are actively counterattacking. The fighting is often counter-insurgency.
Chasov Yar direction. The Russian Armed Forces were able to take control of several Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in Chasov Yar. Fighting continues in the Stupochki area.
Sumy direction. The "North" group of forces continues to repel the attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border Glushkovsky and Tetkinsky districts. It is reported that over the past 24 hours, ten attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to penetrate into Russian territory in small groups have been repelled.
All attacks have been repelled, more than half of the Ukrainian militants who participated in the offensive have been destroyed. In addition, five units of enemy equipment have been destroyed.
Counterattacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Sumy region continue. According to unverified information, the Ukrainians managed to achieve some success in Andreyevka and regain control of part of the settlement. Russian troops are taking action to destroy the enemy.
9:40 The Russian Armed Forces, using a Kh-39 guided missile, destroyed a UAV control post of the 128th Separate Territorial Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Kamenskoye, –video.
9:00 Calculation of the Strela-10M anti-aircraft missile system of the Vostok group discovered and destroyed enemy reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles in the South Donetsk direction.
8:10 During the past night from 22:30 Moscow time on June 21 to 02:55 Moscow time on June 22, air defense systems on duty destroyed 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
Nine over the territory of the Bryansk region and
One each over the territories of the Smolensk region and the Republic of Crimea.
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[Regnum] President Vladimir Putin is not ready to “turn the page” of history with the coup d’etat in Ukraine, since it was at that moment that the foundations of the future conflict were laid, the head of state’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on June 22.
He answered a question from VGTRK journalist Pavel Zarubin about why Putin so often returns to the topic of the 2014 coup d'etat in Ukraine. An excerpt from the interview was published on Zarubin's Telegram channel.
“This is the precursor to the entire situation, when the legitimate succession of Ukraine’s leadership was interrupted,” Peskov noted.
He recalled that Western countries then refused to fulfill their obligations and later admitted that they had invested huge amounts of money in the coup d'etat in Ukraine.
“Everything that happened afterwards was the consequences of this coup,” Peskov said.
Zarubin noted that Western colleagues are essentially proposing to “turn the page” of history, since these events are in the past.
"No, the Russian side and President Putin are not ready to turn over anything. We must correct the root cause," Peskov responded.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Putin previously indicated that Russia is not fighting with the Ukrainian people. The president noted that the population of Ukraine has become hostage to the Kiev regime.
On June 20, the president again stated that he considers Russians and Ukrainians to be one people, and emphasized that Ukraine deserves a better fate than being a tool in the hands of Russia’s opponents.
Putin also noted that Russia had never questioned Ukraine's right to independence. But Ukraine, the president recalled, was proclaimed a neutral state. He pointed out that Russia was demanding from the Kiev regime not capitulation, but recognition of the realities that had developed on the ground.
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[Regnum] The missiles "hit the negotiating table" on Iran's nuclear program, and it was hard not to see where exactly they came from. This was stated on June 22 by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
"Missiles hit the negotiating table today. It was hard not to notice where they came from. Why is it that this time all the statements are smoothed over and impersonal?" the diplomat wrote on her Telegram channel.
In this way, the representative of the diplomatic department commented on the call by the head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, to return to the negotiating table to discuss Iran’s nuclear program and to again allow the agency’s inspectors to Iranian nuclear facilities.
Earlier on June 22, the head of the IAEA said that he could not assess the damage caused to the nuclear facility in Iran's Fordow, but admitted that it could be insignificant. Grossi also announced that he would speak at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Iran.
More from regnum.ru Zakharova advises the US and EU to carry out perestroika
The US and the EU need a large-scale restructuring, Western politicians need to gather strength and admit to the huge number of mistakes they have made, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova on June 22.
She commented on NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's statements that the West should increase military spending to avoid having to learn Russian. Western politicians are trying to find an explanation for their citizens' economic problems, Zakharova noted.
"As for America, [US President Donald ] Trump said that the country needs some kind of large-scale reboot or even restructuring, it would be good to remember this word. Western Europeans, the British cannot say that, they are oriented, the current regimes, including liberal dictatorship, they are fed and nourished from there," Zakharova said in a conversation with TASS.
Western politicians are clinging to mythical threats from Russia and China because they cannot find the strength to admit their mistakes, the Foreign Ministry official added.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Rutte had previously announced the alliance's intention to prepare for a conflict with Russia within three to five years. According to him, the Russian economy has allegedly switched completely to a military regime, so European countries need to speed up the militarization of their economies.
President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly denied allegations that Russia allegedly has plans to attack Europe. He called such accusations nonsense. According to the head of state, by whipping up this hysteria, Western countries are trying to justify increased military spending and the arms race.
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