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[Regnum] At the beginning of next week, Moscow will get colder and start to rain. This was warned on June 28 by leading specialist of the Phobos weather center Mikhail Leus.
The weather forecaster said that the weather in the capital will start to deteriorate on Sunday evening, June 29. This will happen due to a cyclone approaching from the northwest.
"On Monday, its center will reach the Upper Volga region, covering the sky above the capital with dense clouds and causing heavy rains. At the same time, it will be windy during the day and only +15…+17 degrees," Leus wrote on his Telegram channel.
According to the forecast, the weather on July 1 in Moscow will be one of the coldest on this date since the beginning of the 21st century, the air temperature will be +16…+18 degrees. Summer warmth will return to the capital on July 3.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Russian Hydrometeorological Center, reported on June 28 that no sustained warming is expected in Moscow in the coming days. On June 3–4, the temperature will rise to +22…+25 degrees, which corresponds to the climate norm, but then it will drop to +18…+23 degrees. Heavy rain is expected in the metropolis on July 6.
The weather in Central Russia, including Moscow and St. Petersburg, is expected to be mostly cloudy and rainy in July. At the same time, the southern regions may experience the driest summer in decades.
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[Korrespondent] Ukrainian soldiers bravely hold back the enemy's advance.
Russian troops continue shelling border settlements, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published operational information on the Russian invasion of Ukraine as of 16:00 on Saturday, June 28.
Since the beginning of the day, 71 combat clashes have been recorded along the entire front line. Russian troops continue shelling border settlements. Miropolskoye, Pokrovka, Ulanovo, Slavgorod, Petrushevka, Studenok, Girki, Bratenitsa and Kucherovka (Sumy region) have come under fire.
Directions of military operations:
Severo-Slobodzhansky and Kursky: 6 armed clashes (1 ongoing), 6 airstrikes, 11 KAB, 202 shellings, including 6 from MLRS.
Yuzhno-Slobodzhansky: 6 attacks in the areas of Vovchansk and Stroyevka, 2 battles continue. Air strike on Vilkhovatka.
Kupyansky: 4 assaults near Golubovka, Stepnaya Novosyolka and Zelenyi Gai, 2 battles continue.
Limansky: 10 attacks, the enemy is active in the areas of Nadiya, Ridkodub, Torsky and others. Two battles are ongoing.
Seversky: 5 assaults near Grigoryevka - all repelled.
Kramatorsky: 2 attacks in the direction of Belaya Gora were repelled.
Toretsky: 4 attacks in the areas of Kurdyumovka, Toretsk, Leonidovka, Yablunovka; 1 battle continues.
Pokrovsky: The enemy has made 29 attacks - fighting continues at three points.
Novopavlovsky: 4 attacks have been repelled, 2 clashes continue.
Gulyai-Polye and Orekhov: Airstrikes on Zheleznodorozhny, Belogorye, Kamenskoye and Orekhov.
Pridneprovsky: No fighting was recorded.
The defense forces are holding their positions and continue to contain the enemy's advance, the General Staff emphasizes.
Let us recall that yesterday it became known that the Ukrainian military attacked the Russian airfield Marinovka. They managed to destroy two Su-34 aircraft and damage two more.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces also showed how they destroyed a rare North Korean multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) M1991.
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[NewsFront] 21:35 Footage of the work of our FPV operators who destroy enemy expensive drones in the area of the state border. 20:35 North scouts detect location of enemy artillery guns in the vicinity of the village of Morocha (Sumy region). Enemy artillerymen attempted to provide support to their assault groups in the Pavlovka area.
The coordinates were transmitted to the Severyan FPV operators, who carried out a targeted strike, destroying the enemy howitzer.
19:45 The Russian Armed Forces have advanced northeast of Mirnograd and are fighting for the settlements of Razino and Novotoretske, –MAP.
19:07 Volchansk. Fighters of the 128th Motorized Rifle Brigade have crossed the Seversky Donets and advanced in Volchansk. At the moment, the key battle in the city is beginning - for the grain elevator. Whoever has control over this industrial zone has control over most of the city, -MAP.
19:03 Novopavlovskoe/Dnepropetrovskoe direction.
After taking Shevchenko, units of the Vostok group continue their offensive to the south and north.
In the direction of Kamyshevakha, enemy strongholds have been occupied in several areas.
Northwest of Shevchenko, our units advanced to the junction of anti-tank ditches.
To the north, our units have advanced from Fedorovka to Karl Marx (Mirny) and are attacking in the direction of Vozdvizhenka and Maliyevka.
On the right bank of the Sukhie Yaly River, the settlement of Krasnaya Zvezda (Chervona Zirka) has been liberated, and the area between the rivers and the Volchya River is being cleared.
Information is coming in that our units have driven the enemy out of the village of Dachnoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).
18:04 Minor correction of the LBS west of Volchansk, –MAP.
17:45 Velikomikhailovskoye direction. Advance of the Russian Armed Forces northwest of Shevchenko to the DPR border, – MAP.
16:49 Servicemen of the communications unit of the "East" group of forces are modernizing UAV.
FPV drones, improved by military personnel in this laboratory, are used to lay communication lines, deliver communications equipment to forward positions, and deploy a network of repeaters.
15:43 In Sumy Oblast, a MaxxPro armored combat vehicle and a Humvee of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed, – video.
15:26 Crew of the 152mm Msta-B gun of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed Observation post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region.
15:21 The Russian Armed Forces have liberated the settlement of Zirka, – MAP.
15:01 Missile strike on hangars with Ukrainian Armed Forces UAVs in the area of the settlement of Kanevskoye, Zaporizhia region, – video.
13:51 After the liberation of the village of Zaporozhye and the subsequent rapid advance on Yalta, the assault aircraft of the 36th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade, without slowing down, burst in to Chervona Zirka and drove the enemy out of the settlement. Thus, the territory between the rivers Volchya and Mokrye Yaly came under the complete control of the "Vostok" group.
13:36 Destruction of the 34th Separate Air Defense unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using the Kh-35 in Kherson, – video.
12:38 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation as of June 28, 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
Units of the North group of forces improved their position along the front line. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Andreyevka, Kondratovka, Mogritsa and Maryino in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Udy and Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 155 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, five cars, three field artillery pieces and an ammunition depot.
Units of the "West" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of two mechanized, airmobile, two assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Olgovka, Sobolevka, Senkovo in the Khar'kov region and Karpovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 230 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, including a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle and a UK-made Snatch armored combat vehicle, six vehicles and three artillery pieces. An electronic warfare station and three ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the "Southern" group of troops improved their position along the front line. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, airmobile, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Reznikovka, Zvanovka, Pleshcheyevka, Ivanopolye and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 175 soldiers, two pickup trucks and a field artillery gun.
Units of the "Center" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated formations of two mechanized, assault, airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Popov Yar, Novoekonomicheskoe, Krasnoarmeysk, Petrovskoye, Dimitrov, Mayak and Muravka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 505 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, including a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, two cars and two field artillery pieces.
As a result of decisive actions, units of the "East" military group liberated the settlement of Chervona Zirka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Poltavka, Malinovka in the Zaporizhia region and Kamyshevakha in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 210 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, eight cars, three artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized brigade, the coastal defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kamenskoye in the Zaporizhia region, Antonovka, Kazatskoye and Novotyaginka in the Kherson region.
Up to 75 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, four vehicles, two field artillery guns, three electronic warfare stations and two ammunition depots were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation damaged ammunition and material depots, workshops for the production and assembly of long-range strike unmanned aerial vehicles, storage sites for unmanned boats, as well as temporary deployment points of armed formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries in 142 districts.
Air defense systems shot down six guided aerial bombs and 252 unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:
663 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
66058 unmanned aerial vehicles,
612 anti-aircraft missile systems,
24,069 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
1572 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems,
26,719 field artillery pieces and mortars,
37,392 units of special military vehicles.
12:04 Units of the "East" group of forces as a result of decisive actions released settlement of Chervona Zirka, Donetsk People's Republic.
10:51 From 8:00 Moscow time to 10:30 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed five Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Two UAVs each over the territories of the Bryansk and Belgorod regions,
One UAV over the territory of the Kursk region.
10:34 From 06.45 Moscow time to 08.00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed eight Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
Four UAVs over the territory of the Oryol region,
Three UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,
One UAV over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.
10:29 Iskander strike on workshop where drones were made for the Ukrainian Armed Forces –VIDEO
09:45 FPV drones calculations of the "East" group of forces destroyed Hexacopters of the Baba Yaga type of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction carried out a targeted strike on a fortified dugout of nationalists.
FPV drone operators of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed a 155mm M-114 howitzer near the village of Serebryanka.
08:49 Servicemen of the separate engineering and sapper battalion of the "West" group of forces continue demining roads in the Krasnolimansky direction.
07:32 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:➡️
Np Shevchenko released➡️
Advance in the Kamenskoye area
Expansion of the control zone in the Shevchenko-Volnoye Pole area
Adjustment of the control zone in favor of our forces in the Glushkovka area
Adjustment of the control zone in favor of our forces in the Elizavetovka area
07:16 From 23:30 Moscow time on June 27 to 06:45 Moscow time on June 28, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 31 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
Nine UAVs over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Six UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Five UAVs over the territory of the Smolensk region,
Five UAVs over the waters of the Black Sea,
Two UAVs over the waters of the Sea of Azov,
One UAV over the territory of the Oryol region,
One UAV over the territory of the Belgorod region,
One UAV over the territory of the Kaluga region,
One UAV over the territory of the Krasnodar region.
06:08 Servicemen of the Vostok group of forces during the clearing of a forest belt discovered a cache of Western-made weapons left behind by retreating Ukrainian militants.
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[Regnum] The West has lost the conflict in Ukraine. This was stated on June 28 by Turkish political scientist, leading expert of the expert-analytical network "Ankara - Moscow" Engin Ozer.
He noted that after the Russian-Ukrainian talks held in Istanbul on June 2, the exchange of prisoners and bodies of the dead was almost complete. This is an important sign that these talks are moving forward.
“Everything is moving towards the final stage of peace talks on Ukraine, which will probably take place in Turkey in the very near future,” RIA Novosti quoted Ozer as saying.
He believes that one of the important points of the future agreement on Ukraine will be the lifting by the West of a number of anti-Russian sanctions, in particular the flight bans.
“The lifting of sanctions against some Russian banks involved in agricultural exports, international insurance and Russian ports is in question,” Ozer said.
He noted that the world is entering a period when the confrontation in Ukraine has effectively ended with the defeat of the West.
“But the West is not in a position to announce this,” Ozer concluded.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier stated that the West's long-standing policy of non-recognition of Russia's independence and sovereignty contributed to the start of the special operation in Ukraine. History teaches nothing to Western politicians who are still trying to defeat Russia. On June 27, the head of state stated that Russia's one-sided game with the West was over.
Following the talks in Istanbul, Russia and Ukraine conducted a large-scale prisoner exchange. The parties are currently discussing a possible date for the next round of talks to resolve the Ukrainian conflict.
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