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[Korrespondent] 23:20 OSINT investigator Benjamin Pittet determined the approximate location of the hit on the Arabat Spit - this is the headquarters of the Russian troops Dnepr, where Putin allegedly came in April.
22:47 Iran provides Russia with a constant stream of weapons and ammunition that are used to kill civilians in Ukraine, said British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley.
21:54 The Russians again fired at Kherson during the evacuation activities - three people were injured, including one minor, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
21:15 Members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives, representing the Democratic and Republican parties, announced the introduction of a resolution calling for the Biden administration to transfer long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine. The co-author of the resolution, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, Republican Michael McCole said that if the United States does not provide Ukraine with all the necessary weapons, it will help prolong the war.
21:06 Lukashenka was ready in December 2022 to give the order to start the invasion of Ukraine, but he could not persuade the army, Valery Sakhashchik, a member of Tikhanovskaya's cabinet and the founder of the Belarusian airborne assault group as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, told Espresso. According to him, the soldiers began to ask a large number of questions to the command: they say, why should they go to Ukraine, why did the Ukrainian people suddenly become an enemy.
The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus tried to intimidate the military, but nothing came of it, Sakhashchik noted: “The KGB almost in full force spent almost a week in the troops, blackmailed, frightened, talked with the military - it didn’t work. They reported to the top leadership that the Belarusian army was not ready for conducting hostilities in Ukraine, so the order was not issued."
20:57 Approximately 1 billion euros are needed for the restoration of the Kakhovskaya HPP, and about the same amount for related work, Shmyhal said. The prime minister added that the authorities had already agreed with the World Bank on an early assessment of damage and needs after the disaster.
20:24 The UN stated that it has been present in Ukraine "since the beginning of the conflict" and provides humanitarian assistance to the victims, but does not engage in "physical rescue" of people. The UN said in a statement that the organization had received neither permission nor security guarantees from Russian forces for personnel and people to carry out the evacuation.
The UN noted that they donated food for 18,000 people, more than 100,000 bottles of water, cash for 5,000 victims, thousands of hygiene kits, and also provided mobile medical and psychosocial support.
20:08 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he had held a meeting of the Headquarters, the main focus was on the situation on the front line: "Attention is focused on all areas where our actions are needed and where the enemy can suffer certain defeats. Our defense actions, active actions, our achievements on the front line. We discussed in detail the supply and distribution of ammunition, the strengthening of our artillery and air defense."
19:59 32 countries have joined the lawsuit of Ukraine against Russia in the UN court on the convention on genocide. By the votes of 14 judges of the International Court of Justice against one, 26 EU member states (except Hungary), as well as Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Liechtenstein and the United Kingdom joined the Ukrainian claim at the stage of preliminary hearings.
19:56 Undermining the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station by the Russians led to a real disaster. However, the construction of a hydroelectric power station in the 1950s was also called a disaster. Therefore, now there are different opinions about whether it is worth restoring the station and its reservoir. For more details, see the material The Future of the Kakhovskaya HPP .
19:48 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte, thanked for the humanitarian assistance to eliminate the consequences of the Russian terrorist attack on the Kakhovka dam, discussed the continuation of cooperation in the field of security, in particular, the training of Ukrainian pilots and the strengthening of Ukraine's air shield.
19:45 Putin said that the Ukrainian offensive has begun, this is allegedly indicated by "the use of strategic reserves." He claims that all counteroffensive attempts made by Kiev failed, "but the offensive potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is still preserved." The head of the Kremlin also admitted that Russia still lacks modern weapons, but "the defense industry is developing rapidly," and all the tasks assigned to it will be completed.
19:39 In the territories flooded as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station by Russians, various diseases can occur, primarily associated with limited access to clean water: hepatitis A, salmonellosis, shigellosis, acute intestinal infections, botulism. The Ministry of Health also admits the possibility of an outbreak of cholera. Under the threat - Odessa, Nikolaev, Kherson regions and Crimea. Read more in the material How to protect yourself .
19:22 In Arapovka, Lugansk region, about 90 Russian servicemen deserted and left their combat positions without permission, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
19:15 American spy satellites recorded explosions before the collapse of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric dam, writes The New York Times, citing sources. Satellites equipped with infrared sensors have registered thermal signals indicating a massive explosion. Experts believe that a deliberate explosion inside the dam is the most likely cause of its collapse. American intelligence believes that Russia is behind the destruction of the dam. However, they still do not have enough evidence to unequivocally state this.
18:51 The Belgian government will allocate 32.4 million euros for the purchase of ammunition for Ukraine, said Defense Minister Ludwin Dedonder. The 105 mm munitions in question will be purchased from the Belgian industry and will be delivered "as quickly as possible". This purchase is part of the 14th military aid package provided by Belgium to Ukraine. The total amount of assistance reached 92 million euros.
18:28 Iran provides Russia with equipment for the construction of a plant for the production of Shahed kamikaze drones, said John Kirby, coordinator of the US National Security Council at the White House. According to him, the plant can be put into operation before the end of next year, it is planned to build it on the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan. In return, Russia is offering Iran unprecedented defense cooperation, including missiles, electronics and air defense, Kirby added.
"This is a full-scale defense partnership that harms Ukraine, Iran's neighbors and the international community. We continue to use all tools to expose and stop these activities, including through public awareness, and we are ready to do even more," he added.
18:17 The Pentagon announced the provision of another $2.1 billion military aid package to Ukraine. It will include, in particular, critical air defense systems and ammunition:
additional ammunition for Patriot air defense systems;
HAWK air defense systems and missiles for them;
105 mm and 203 mm artillery shells;
Puma unmanned aerial systems;
ammunition for laser-guided missile systems;
training, maintenance and support.
17:39 The SBU arrested the Ukrainian assets of the deputy head of the Belgorod Regional Duma of the Russian Federation, the owner of the Agro-Belogorye group of companies, Vladimir Zotov, for more than 180 million hryvnias. First of all, we are talking about the assets of the agricultural holding controlled by Zotov, which is located on the territory of the Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions. In Russia, Zotov, in particular, launched an information campaign, during which he widely publicized the provision of food "humanitarian aid" to the Russian military at the front on behalf of his enterprises.
17:10 In the Kiev region, all entertainment events must end no later than 21:00 - this decision was made by the operational headquarters of the OVA. At the same time, the curfew continues to operate from 00:00 to 5:00 - for this period, all entertainment establishments, without exception, must stop their work. Compliance checks in the region will be carried out regularly with the involvement of police officers.
16:46 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi announced the launch of a program of assistance to Ukraine in connection with the spill of the Kakhovka reservoir. In particular, the agency, through the use of nuclear techniques, will determine the impact of flooding on drinking water, human health, soil and water management, and assess the integrity of critical infrastructure.
16:43 Estonia has banned Patriarch Kirill from entering the country.
16:41 As of 14:00, the level of the Kakhovka reservoir in the Nikopol area is 11.45 meters. Hydroelectric power plants are operating at a reduced capacity to reduce the consequences of the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, Ukrhydroenergo reported.
16:38 Borrell is sure that Russia is behind the blowing up of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station: "The dam was not bombed. It was destroyed by explosives installed at the locations of the turbines. This territory is under Russian control. I was not there to find out who did it. But everything points to the fact that if this happened in the territory under the control of Russia, it is hard to believe that it could be anyone else."
16:32 In Kursk, a drone fell near the oil depot, there is no damage or destruction, Governor Roman Starovoit said. In Belgorod, a drone fell on an office building and caught fire, there were no injuries, the roof and two cars were damaged, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
16:26 Adviser to the Mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, announced a "bavovna" on the Arabat Spit. Russian media reported, citing emergency services, that the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck, allegedly with Storm Shadow missiles, allegedly at a "children's recreation center" on the Arabat Spit in the Genichesk district.
15:57 Kiev was not informed about the negotiations between the Hungarian and Russian sides on the transfer of Ukrainian prisoners of war, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said. According to him, because of this, Hungary's Charge d'Affaires was invited to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry today for a substantive discussion.
Ukraine asks to provide detailed information about its citizens and immediately provide access to them for the Ukrainian consul to get acquainted with their state of health and provide consular assistance. During the meeting, they especially noted the need to coordinate interaction on such sensitive issues as the release of prisoners of war.
15:29 The reason for the destruction of the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station is not yet clear, Jeremy Lawrence, spokesman for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said: “The circumstances that led to the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station are still too unclear to qualify this incident as a war crime. There needs to be an independent investigation."
15:25 The Russians are shelling Kherson again, hitting the coastal areas, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
14:46 Putin said at a meeting with Lukashenka in Sochi that the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus will begin immediately after the completion of the preparation of facilities for them on July 7-8.
14:38 Over the past day, Ukrainian troops have advanced 1.2 km in some areas in the Bakhmut area, said the speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces Serhiy Cherevaty. According to him, the Defense Forces have been storming the positions of the Russians for several days. The regular Russian units that enter Bakhmut instead of the Wagnerites do not know the area well and are not well coordinated, which plays into the hands of the Ukrainian troops.
14:32 The Russians fired on a hospital in Hulyaipole, Zaporozhye region: it is known about two dead hospital workers, two more people were injured, the President's Office reported.
14:25 In the Bakhmut direction, the Russians are drawing up reserves and trying to hold their positions. They make attempts to attack, but to no avail. Currently, the Defense Forces are actively fighting in several sectors of the Bakhmut direction, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. In the Zaporozhye direction, according to her, the enemy is defending, positional battles are going on.
Malyar also said that Russian troops are equipping defensive lines with the help of "dragon's teeth" on the outskirts of the Crimea, in the depths of the occupied territory, at a certain distance to the current line of combat. In particular, there is information about their installation in the Perekop direction. According to Malyar, this indicates that the military leadership of the Russian Federation is considering the possibility of retreating to distant borders, in particular, deep into the Crimea. "And the Russian servicemen who are on the line of combat confrontation and behind whose backs they are equipping defensive lines are probably in danger of death," she added.
14:08 The Russian Orthodox Church announced the day before that with its participation, Russia handed over to Hungary a group of Ukrainian prisoners of war from Transcarpathia. The transfer of prisoners of war allegedly took place at the request of Budapest.
Today, Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Shemien confirmed this information. According to him, we are talking about 11 Ukrainian soldiers of Hungarian origin. The Ukrainian side has not yet given official comments, but the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Andrei Yusov, said that intelligence is checking the information.
13:40 Russia used a new tactic of rocket fire this night, Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat said. According to him, the missiles were programmed in such a way that they "wound circles around cities." The goal is to disperse the attention of air defense, to identify its weak points. Shahed drones are used to deplete ammunition, probing for weaknesses in the air defense system.
Ignat said that Russia is trying to confuse Ukrainian air defense by launching missiles in one direction, then changing it, and then turning it back to where they originally flew.
Also, the speaker of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that this night the Russian Federation again used a nuclear carrier, but without a warhead, the Kh-55 missile. Probably, such "dummy" should have forced Ukraine to spend air defense missiles and ammunition, or the goal was to test the ability of Ukrainian air defense to shoot down such missiles, Ignat said.
13:36 In the Kherson region, as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, 48 settlements were flooded, 34 of them (3625 houses) - in the territory controlled by Ukraine, 14 - in the temporarily occupied, said Interior Minister Igor Klimenko. 2412 people were evacuated. Four people were killed, 11 were injured as a result of shelling during evacuation activities. 13 people are listed as missing.
In the Nikolaev area 23 settlements are flooded, 825 people are evacuated, one person was lost.
13:28 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced that after a drone hit a residential building in Voronezh, a case of a terrorist attack was opened. According to the investigation, "acting in the interests of the military-political leadership of Ukraine carried out an attack using a UAV equipped with an explosive device."
13:03 During the night attack, two gas production facilities and power lines in the Zhytomyr region were damaged, and there was also a hit in one of the facilities of the GTS Operator in the Zaporozhye region, the Ministry of Energy reported.
12:51 The Supreme Court of the Netherlands, after almost nine years of legal battles, decided to return the "Scythian gold" to Ukraine. The court completely rejected the cassation appeal of the "Crimean museums" and upheld the decision of the appeal, which satisfied the claims of Ukraine.
12:36 In Kiev, it is planned to equip about 3,000 shelters with an automated opening system so that access to them during an air raid is guaranteed. Also, the city authorities plan to purchase and install about 200 modular reinforced concrete rapid deployment shelters as additional ones, the Kyiv City State Administration reported.
The city council decided to allocate an additional 750 million hryvnias for the repair and arrangement of shelters this year. An unscheduled inventory of the existing basements and basements will also be carried out in order to supplement the fund of protective structures with them, where it is technically possible.
12:28 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, spoke about the catastrophic consequences of Russia's undermining the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, the situation at the front and the next intensification of Russian missile terror against Ukraine. The parties discussed further support from Japan in the field of security, the restoration of Ukraine, steps to implement the Ukrainian peace formula and preparations for the Global Peace Summit.
12:11 In the occupied territory of the Zaporozhye region, a "people's militia" was created, whose members will patrol the settlements together with the "police" and the "commandant's office", said the "acting governor" Evgeny Balitsky.
11:50 Sweden will allow NATO to station troops on its territory before officially joining the Alliance. The government said the decision sends a clear message to Russia and strengthens the country's defenses.
11:34 Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin said that all Crimean reservoirs are filled with water, there is a reserve for 500 days. According to him, the catastrophe at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station allegedly will not affect the supply of drinking water to the peninsula.
11:21 The Russians launched a missile attack on the outskirts of Kharkov, previously, from the S-300 complex. People were not injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
11:13 Reznikov believes that a "zone of possible agreement" with Russia could emerge if the Kremlin reconsiders its publicly stated invasion goals. "The interest of the Russians was voiced in the so-called SVO - this is" denazification "," demilitarization "," deNATOization ". That is, in fact, to wipe the Ukrainian nation off the face of the earth, because supposedly from their point of view we do not exist ... If the interest of the Russians has changed, then the zone of possible agreement becomes clear, and if not... let them leave first."
10:52 China for the first time supplied Russia with military equipment for the war, Bild military observer Julian Repke reports. He came to this conclusion after a video published by Kadyrov, in which he shows Chinese armored vehicles from Shaanxi Baoji Special Vehicles Manufacturing, which entered the Akhmat battalion. Kadyrov drove himself behind the wheel and said that combat vehicles would be used in Ukraine.
It is not yet clear whether a formal agreement has been signed between Moscow and Beijing, but without the approval of the Chinese Communist Party, this could not happen, so this is hardly a private purchase, the observer adds.
10:44 In Voronezh, a drone fell, an apartment building was damaged, two people were injured, Governor Alexander Gusev said.
10:41 The water level in the cooling pond of the Zaporozhye NPP remains stable at 16.66 meters, despite the drop in the water level in the Kakhovka reservoir. This is quite enough to meet the needs of the station, said Energoatom. The company recalled that ZNPP power units have not been operating since September 2022, and therefore there is no active evaporation of water from the cooling pond.
10:37 The SBU intercepted the conversation of the Russians, confirming that the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station was undermined by a Russian sabotage group. In particular, one of them says that they wanted to scare the Ukrainian side by blowing up the dam, but “it didn’t go according to plan, but more than they planned.”
10:19 The night attack by the Russians with missiles and drones was stretched out in time, and the trajectory of the missiles indicated that the enemy was trying to deplete both the population of Ukraine and air defense, said Natalia Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden.
09:44 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed (in Maksimilianovka), seven more were injured. In the Kherson region, two people died and 17 were injured, according to the IVA.
09:42 At night, the Russians attacked the infrastructure facilities of the Bogodukhovsky district of the Kharkiv region with Shahed-type drones. Fires broke out, one person was injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. In addition, during the day the enemy fired on the city of Volchansk, Chuguevsky district, two people were injured.
09:40 Not a single NATO country has expressed its desire to send its military to Ukraine, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said. According to her, such an issue was not even discussed: “All states provide this or that assistance to Ukraine. But not a single country has declared its desire to intervene in this war, send its military to it, I have not heard of such plans.”
09:38 Russia has prepared another informational special operation to discredit Ukraine and its military-political leadership, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. Within its framework, a series of provocative materials have been prepared, which should shift the responsibility for undermining the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station to Ukraine and create the preconditions for a political crisis. Comments from fake accounts will be placed under each article, allegedly on behalf of Ukrainian and foreign readers. The budget of the Russian project is about 6 million dollars with the possibility of further increase.
09:26 Scholz, Macron and Duda will hold a meeting in Paris on Monday, June 12, where they will discuss Ukraine's aspirations for NATO membership and security guarantees ahead of the Alliance's summit in July, Politico writes, citing French officials.
09:22 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) claims that the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a limited but significant offensive in the Zaporozhye direction on the night of June 8: Russian troops defended themselves and restored their initial positions. According to analysts, the Ukrainian counter-offensive will consist of many activities of various sizes, so the latest attacks do not reflect the full potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukraine has formed 12 brigades for the counter-offensive - according to ISW, this is only part of a large reserve of forces, so damage to Western equipment should not be considered as a measure of the remaining effective combat capability of Ukrainian forces. At the same time, analysts note that the troops of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation deployed in this area are of a higher quality grouping than in other sectors of the front.
09:14 The water level in the Kakhovka reservoir continues to decline and at 8:00 is 11.74 meters in the Nikopol area, Ukrhydroenergo reported. During the day, the water level in the Kakhovka reservoir dropped by another meter, and on the morning of June 6 it fell by 4.7 meters.
More than half of the station building is under water. The earth insert between the lock and the station is also under water and continues to collapse. Hydroelectric power plants continue to accumulate water to the maximum in the upper reservoirs of the Dnieper. This is necessary in order to have a summer reserve for ecological passes after the end of the operation of the Kakhovka reservoir.
09:03 In the Kherson region, the level of flooding is decreasing - in the morning on the Right Bank, the water is at around 5.38 meters, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. 3624 houses were flooded in 32 settlements. 2352 people and about 550 animals were evacuated.
08:52 The State Emergency Service specified that as a result of the fall of rocket fragments in the Zhytomyr region, four houses were destroyed, 30 were damaged, one person died and three were injured.
08:37 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 9.
personnel - about 213,770 (+1010) people liquidated,
tanks - 3901 (+10),
armored combat vehicles - 7600 (+24),
artillery systems - 3702 (+34),
MLRS - 599 (+4),
air defense systems - 359 (+4),
aircraft - 314 (+0),
helicopters - 299 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 3247 (+13),
cruise missiles - 1171 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 6410 (+26),
special equipment - 502 (+2).
08:10 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions, there are heavy battles. Over the past day, 43 combat clashes took place in these sectors of the front, the General Staff reported in the morning report .
In the southwestern part of Donetsk, the location of the Akhmat unit was noted. They are engaged in the robbery of the civilian population and shoot staged videos of the fighting. On Tuesday, June 6, as a result of a strike by the Defense Forces on the militant concentration area in the training camp, the enemy's losses amounted to 56 people dead, sanitary losses are being specified.
In Crimea, in particular in Simferopol, there is a tendency for local media to hush up the fact of the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station and the consequences of this disaster. The local occupation authorities fear a possible panic among the population.
07:58 In the Zhytomyr region during a night attack, according to preliminary data, one missile was shot down by air defense forces. As a result of the fall of debris in the city of Zvyagel, one residential building was destroyed and 12 were damaged, one person died, three were injured, said Vitaly Bunechko, head of the OVA.
07:36 At night, the Russians attacked Ukraine with Iranian Shahed-136/131 drones and X-101/X-55 air-launched cruise missiles, aimed at military installations and critical infrastructure facilities. During the attack, up to 16 strike UAVs and six air-launched cruise missiles were launched. Of these, ten strike drones and four cruise missiles, as well as four reconnaissance UAVs, were destroyed by air defense forces, the Air Force command said.
Launches of "shaheeds" were carried out from the south, cruise missiles - from the region of the Caspian Sea, from four Tu-95ms strategic bombers.
Also the day before, at about 20:00, the enemy launched strikes from the Black Sea with two Caliber missiles at one of the civilian facilities in the Cherkasy region.
06:33 The Pentagon intends to announce on Friday, June 9, the provision of a long-term military assistance package to Ukraine, including air defense systems, writes Bloomberg, citing its own sources. The total cost of the new package is $2 billion. The funds will be allocated, in particular, for the purchase of launchers and Hawk missiles, as well as GEM-T and PAC-3 missiles for Patriot air defense systems.
01:25 The next meeting in the Ramstein format, the 13th in a row, will be held on June 15 in Brussels, said Pentagon Speaker Patrick Ryder. At it, the parties will discuss the creation of a coalition of combat aircraft "heavenly shield of Ukraine."
00:41 Zelensky, in an evening video message, accused the ICRC of inaction in overcoming the consequences of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station: "There is the presence of international organizations on our free territory, concrete assistance. In particular, this is the Ukrainian Red Cross and many others. And it is obvious that the absence of some international organizations in the disaster zone right now in the occupied territory - the same International Red Cross - the lack of their assistance to our people in the occupied territory for such organizations, it seems to me that this is wrong and is simply self-destruction.
The President stressed that the Russians are trying to further aggravate the situation that they have caused with their ecocide - they deliberately continue to shell Kherson and the flooded communities of the region, they even shell evacuation points. In addition, the occupiers completely abandoned people on the left-bank part of the Kherson region, where the catastrophe has only been expanding for the second day. "And this is also an absolutely conscious choice of the Russian leadership. There are no those in the world now who would not see that Russia is led by non-humans. Non-humans, who personally are the biggest disaster on the planet today," Zelensky stressed.
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[LB] Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Sumy, Luhansk, Zhytomyr, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions were under enemy fire.
by Iryna Lysohor
In the Cherkasy region, as a result of a missile attack, two "arrivals" were recorded yesterday evening: on an industrial facility and a car wash. Adjacent premises were damaged. Medical services provided assistance to ten victims. Four of them are currently in the hospital, according to a summary from OVA as of this morning.
There was one mortar attack in Chernihivsk during the day. There were Russians in the Novgorod-Siversky district, there were no casualties or damage.
According to preliminary data, air defense forces shot down one rocket in Zhytomyrsk tonight during an air alert. As a result of falling debris, one residential building was destroyed and 12 damaged in Zvyagel. One person died, three were injured.
The Russians launched eight shellings in Sumy at night and in the morning. 52 explosions were recorded. The communities of Bilopolska, Seredino-Budska, and Novoslobidska came under fire. Previously - without losses among the civilian population and destruction of civil infrastructure. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 13 shelling of the border.
A total of 79 explosions were recorded. Myropilsk, Krasnopilsk, Bilopolsk, Seredino-Budsk, Novoslobidsk, Velikopysarivsk communities came under fire. In Seredyno-Budska, a private house, a private car, and the power grid were damaged as a result of mortar shelling.
In Zaporizhzhia, the enemy launched 97 attacks on 21 settlements. Air strikes on Gulyaipol and Poltavatka, attacked Charivne three times with UAVs, delivered eight strikes from salvo missile systems on Olgivske, Biloghiry, Temyrivets, Novogrigorivets, Chervony, 84 artillery strikes on Novoyakovlivets, Gulyaipol, Zaliznychny, Kamyanske, Stepovy , Novomykolaivtsi and other frontline villages. Fortunately, there were no casualties. 24 destroyed objects of the housing stock were added.
In Dnipropetrovsk yesterday, the occupiers fought all day in the Nikopol district. The Marganets community and Nikopol were shelled with heavy artillery. A 30-year-old man was injured in the city. He was given medical assistance and will be treated on an outpatient basis. The warehouse of the store, the administrative building and the hotel, four five-story buildings, a car, and a power line were damaged.
At night, the "Shid" anti-aircraft missile defense system shot down a drone and two cruise missiles. The data are preliminary and are being updated. Two private houses, a car and a gas pipeline were damaged.
In Luhansk, the Russians directed artillery strikes at Novoselivsk, Makiivka, Nevsky, and Bilogorivka. During the day, the enemy fired 100 rounds (428 shells).
In the night of Kharkiv , in Stary Merchik of Bogodukhiv district, a gas pipeline was damaged and a fire broke out as a result of drone strikes of the "Shakhed" type on the territory of a gas production enterprise. It is localized. A 33-year-old employee of the enterprise was injured. Also, at night in Kachalivka, Bogoduhiv district, a fire broke out on the territory of an oil and gas condensate field as a result of strikes by three drones of the "Shakhed" type, and there were no casualties.
As a result of shelling of Vovchansk at night, the windows, doors, garage and outbuildings were damaged. A 63-year-old man and a 69-year-old woman were injured.
In Donetsk last day, the Russians carried out 14 attacks on the settlements of Chasiv Yar, Toretsk, Avdiivka, Karlivka, Maksimilianivka, Umanske, Neskuchne. 14 residential buildings (two of them multi-apartment buildings), a hospital, a laboratory, a municipal gas building, the buildings of the Toretska mine, a shop, and three warehouses were damaged. In one day in Donetsk region: one dead, seven injured.
A cruise missile was destroyed by the forces and means of anti-aircraft defense in Mykolaiv night during the massive missile attack on Ukrainian cities. Yesterday afternoon and this morning, the enemy made artillery strikes on the water area of Ochakivska hromada. There were no injuries or damage. Also yesterday, the enemy fired artillery at the settlement of the Kutsurub community. Hits were recorded in the open area and outside the settlement. No casualties.
In Khersonska during the day, the Russians carried out 44 shellings (188 shells), including seven shellings (25 shells) on Kherson. the Russian military targeted the districts of 20 settlements. In total, two people were killed and 17 were injured during the day due to Russian aggression. Russian terrorists do not allow the region to recover after the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP. They beat Kherson exactly at the time when the evacuation was taking place.
Civilians, rescue workers, a policeman, a doctor, and a volunteer were injured. There were nine people in total. Seven people were moderately injured, one was seriously injured, he had a traumatic amputation of a limb. Another man, 55 years old, is in critical condition. He has very serious abdominal injuries. Doctors are doing everything possible to save the life of the injured.
Towards the evening, Russia shelled Kherson again - a 59-year-old woman was diagnosed with minor injuries. She was given the necessary help. As a result of the Russian shelling of the village of Dniprovske, five people were injured at once, and they were hospitalized. In Beryslav, the enemy dropped an aerial bomb on a residential building.
As a result, a 55-year-old man was injured, and his wife died on the spot. A 44-year-old man was also injured in the attack on the city. With regard to the operational situation for liquidation of the consequences of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP - on average, the water level on the right bank is 5.38 meters, and on Kherson - 5.35 meters. There is a tendency to decrease the level of flooding. Previously, as of this morning, 3,624 homes in 32 settlements were flooded.
The rescue operation is ongoing in the territories affected by the water element. In the morning, 2,352 people were evacuated, including 1,765 residents of Korabel microdistrict in Kherson. About 550 animals were also evacuated. As a result of the Russian shelling of the village of Dniprovske, five people were injured at once, and they were hospitalized. In Beryslav, the enemy dropped an aerial bomb on a residential building.
We will remind, last day the Defense Forces liquidated more than 1000 occupiers . 10 tanks were also destroyed.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:45 Again explosions in the Odessa region. BC warehouse damaged.
23:43 Ukrainian TG channels report about Geraniums in the Sumy region. 23:38 Ukrainian TG channels report about UAV "Geran" in the Chernihiv region.
23:26 Ukrainian TG channels report about the explosions in the Odessa region.
22:31 Ukrainian TG channels report about flying in the direction of the Nikolaev region UAV "Geran".
21:59J Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who occupied private houses in the Gulyaipole area
20:27 Destruction of German self-propelled guns PzH 2000 during an artillery duel on the northern flank of Artyomovsk. One of the best self-propelled guns - it fires three 155mm caliber shells in nine seconds.
19:46 Russian troops finish off abandoned armored vehicles
The IVF M2A2 ODS-SA Bradley, previously abandoned by the crew after a mine explosion, was successfully destroyed.
19:44 Ukrainian warrior demonstrates destroyed group of equipment. Demilitarization in action
18:49 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation proposes to grant the status of a combat veteran to military personnel who performed tasks in subjects adjacent to special operation areas
17:20 Attack helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroy NATO tanks in repelling the offensive.
The crew of reconnaissance and attack helicopters Ka-52 in the South-Donetsk direction recorded a moving enemy tank. With a well-aimed blow, the pilots destroyed a Western-made armored vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine along with the crew inside.
16:23 Attack helicopter Ka-52covereda whole column of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The helicopter hit the convoy near the city of Orekhovo, Zaporozhye region. The footage shows how one of the wrecked tanks is trying to make a suicide shot, after which another crew of militants went to Bandera.
15:17 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
🔹Up to 680 Ukrainian soldiers, 35 tanks, 11 infantry fighting vehicles, 19 armored combat vehicles, as well as Cezar self-propelled guns made in France were destroyed in the Zaporozhye direction.
🔹In the Donetsk direction, up to 410 Ukrainian soldiers, four tanks, eight infantry fighting vehicles, a US-made M777 artillery system, an 152mm Msta-B howitzer were liquidated in a day, and an ammunition depot was also hit.
🔹More than 30 Ukrainian soldiers, a combat vehicle of the Uragan MLRS, as well as two 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in the Kupyansk direction.
🔹More than 50 Ukrainian soldiers, one BMP, two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled guns, as well as a 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed in the Krasno-Limansky direction.
🔹In the Kherson direction, up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, 10 armored combat vehicles, a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle, 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled guns, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
🔹Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29.
🔹Air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Su-25, intercepted two Storm Shadow cruise missiles, 14 HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and 13 UAVs.
14:23 Destruction of two units of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Orekhovsky direction
The blow was delivered by our gunners on the tip of the UAV.
13:13 Video undermining the Ukrainian convoy of equipment during another attempt to counterattack
Artillery is actively working on the militants in cooperation with scouts. The minefields, which all this time were skillfully hiding along the entire line of defense, also greatly help out.
13:12 Hit according to the technique of militants near the village of Lobkove
The enemy retreated. Russian drones continue to hit the equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine when they try to attack.
12:31 Personnel destruction of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the crews of reconnaissance and attack helicopters Ka-52 in the South-Donetsk direction. The helicopter crew, having found a Western-made tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, struck with a guided missile. The Ukrainian tank was destroyed along with the crew.
12:30 Near the village of Yakovlevka, DPR eliminated Ukrainian officer, lieutenant Andrey Rudak.
11:33 In the battle for Novaya Tavolzhanka, a Russian neo-Nazi traitor from the RDK* was eliminated.
Daniil "Puck" Maznik commanded the assault on Novaya Tavolzhanka, ingloriously ending his career in the service of a terrorist group in the service of the Kyiv puppet regime.
It was destroyed in battle by our soldiers.
10:32 In the vicinity of Artyomovsk eliminated APU sniper Stefan Bobko.
10:29 Were in Moscow detained members of the so-called "Russian Volunteer Corps," according to military expert Daniil Bezsonov.
Neo-Nazi symbols, extremist literature, and correspondence with Ukrainians were found in the apartment.
It is reported that one of the participants was the winner of the "Battle of Psychics" Dmitry Volkhov.
10:27 “The enemy suffered the first serious losses while trying to overcome minefields. With access to the minefields, four enemy tanks were blown up by mines, including the demining installation was destroyed. Then the calculations of anti-tank missile systems at the forefront turned on.
The enemy was forced to stop and, having suffered losses, refuse to overcome the minefields. In the future, fire damage was inflicted by army aviation strikes. Our pilots defeated the enemy with anti-tank missiles. Their contribution amounted to nine tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. Enemy losses amounted to up to 350 personnel, more than 30 tanks, including three Leopards and more than 10 infantry fighting vehicles,” Colonel General Alexander Romanchuk, commander of the Russian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye direction.
10:27 Based on multiple videos from the network on which there are already hundreds of destroyed enemy equipment, I conclude that the main emphasis of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was on the fact that the Russians would run again, as in from the Kharkov region.
Only this can justify the stubbornness with which they drive hundreds of people and precious European equipment to the slaughter, advancing at full height across the endless Russian fields of Zaporozhye.
09:44 Zaporozhye front. The enemy was ambushed video
The enemy suffers very serious losses, sometimes not even having time to reach the line of attack.
Our fighters from the reconnaissance company of the 503rd regiment caught the enemy on the march and, together with artillery spotters, pacified another batch of Nazis with a surgically accurate shot.
The gods of war are unrealistic handsome men, not everyone shoots so accurately even with corrected ammunition.
The offensive of the Nazis is a strange thing - it seems that it does not exist, but there is a long line to Bandera.
09:41 The Russian army is destroying the enemy in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions -video
In the South-Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of troops, with the support of artillery and aviation, inflicted fire damage on the enemy. eight tanks, 17 armored vehicles and Nazi manpower were destroyed.
Air defense systems shot down two UAVs of the "Fury" type and two "Leleka".
Up to 13 tanks, 10 infantry fighting vehicles, six armored vehicles and enemy manpower were destroyed in the Zaporozhye direction.
During the counter-battery fight, two artillery guns of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the Stepnogorsk region and a mortar crew in the Kamensky region.
08:31 Russian army en masse destroys American "Three Axes" firing at Donetsk
The 150th Motorized Rifle Division continues to destroy American “super-weapons”, in total, at least a hundred known US artillery systems have already been destroyed along the front.
1) video - the destruction of the American 155mm howitzer M777 by our artillery fire in the area of the settlement. Zoryanoe at Maryinka near the capital of the DPR.
“We have been tasked with destroying enemy artillery. And we do this task well. We are doing everything possible to stop the enemy from shooting at the civilian population and ensure the advancement of the assault groups,” the fighters write.
2) video - the destruction also near Donetsk of the M777 artillery system, along with ammunition.
08:20 Strategic aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces and Shahidsinflictstrike on Ukraine, explosions in Kharkov and Dnepropetrovsk
Five Tu-95ms missile carriers from Olenya approached the launch lines of cruise missiles in the Caspian Sea and launched.
This is reported by monitoring resources associated with enemy intelligence.
The expected time of arrival to the borders of Ukraine is 02:00-03:00 +/-.
Explosions continue to rumble in the Dnipropetrovsk region - Geranium/Shakhida targets are being attacked there.
08:09 During the NWO on June 7destroyed one of the leaders of the Nazi group "Tradition and Order" Ruslan Sheremet.
Despite the fact that the place and circumstances of the liquidation of the militant are not disclosed, he draws attention to the fact that the group participated in a breakthrough into the Belgorod region.
It is also known that the Nazi was a close associate of the leader of the "Russian Volunteer Corps" Denis Kapustin.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:53 Started height in the Zaporozhye direction. 23:52 Ukrainian TG channels report about the explosions in Konstantinovka (DPR, occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine).
23:50 Ukrainian TG channels report about Geraniums flying towards the Poltava region.
23:28 Again explosions in Zaporozhye (occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine).
23:08 In the Kremennaya area intensified Ukrainian shelling.
23:02 On the Zaporozhye direction advancing militants of the Kyiv regime.
22:25 The enemy is trying to advancein the Polog area.
21:05 Representative office of the DPR: Ukrainian troops fired five more rockets from the MLRS at Gorlovka
19:59 Another confirmation of the barbarism and inhumanity of the Kyiv regime, controlled from London: the fragments of the Storm Shadow rocket, aimed at the Dnipro children's health camp on the Arabat Spit. One rocket was shot down, but two still reached the target. As a result, one person died, another was injured -video
The numbers and markings on the wreckage clearly show that these are English missiles delivered to the Kyiv regime.
Think about it: according to our data, the rockets flew to Berdyansk, but then they were specifically redirected to the children's camp. This despite the fact that the summer recreational season for schoolchildren has already begun. Rockets that bring death to children.
All this will be poured into the Kyiv regime and its curators in the decisions of the international military tribunal.
19:55 ATGM "Kornet-D1": storm "Bradley" and "Leopardov"
The anti-tank missile system "Kornet-D1" is designed to destroy tanks and other armored targets, including those equipped with modern means of dynamic protection.
In addition, the Kornet allows you to destroy fortifications, manpower in shelters, and even low-speed low-flying targets at a distance of up to 10 kilometers.
The combat vehicle is equipped with two automatic retractable launchers with sighting systems for four containers with ATGMs each. The complex is capable of firing simultaneously at two targets spaced along the front, range and elevation.
Due to the combination of high mobility and cross-country ability, the Kornet-D1 on the wheelbase of the Tiger-M armored car has proven itself in combat operations, however, the modular design of anti-tank systems allows you to create a complex on any carrier that has the appropriate carrying capacity and internal space.
18:47 Police officers seized about 35 kg of marijuana and hemp from a resident of Novaya Mayachka -video
A 35-year-old man was found to have a large batch of crushed substance with a characteristic smell of marijuana. According to the results of the examination, it turned out that narcotic plants were seized - 14 kg of hemp and about 21 kg of marijuana.
According to the detainee, he collected a wild-growing narcotic plant four years ago not far from Novaya Mayachka and used it to make "dope grass", as well as bird food.
Investigators have opened a criminal case, the investigation continues.
18:46 Take a step forward: anti-aircraft gunners destroy air targets in the Zaporozhye direction -video
The crews of the Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile systems provide reliable cover for our troops from any threats from the air.
The medium-range complex scans the sky for tens of kilometers. "Buk" can take on escort and destroy several targets at once.
This calculation has already shot down more than 26 targets - enemy aircraft, drones, cruise missiles.
17:40 In our disposal turned out to be a manual of Kyiv propagandists on how to properly cover the so-called. "counteroffensive", more precisely - its failure.
The general meaning is a ban on highlighting losses and problems, blowing more victorious fanfare and glorifying power. And, of course, to belittle Russia and Russians.
17:37 Air defense on the Arabat Spit will be strengthened after today's artillery attack of a children's recreation center - the administration of the Kherson region -video
16:34 The crews of attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the sky of Donbass -video
16:30 Criminal Kyiv regime shelled pioneer camp in the Kherson region with three rockets, presumably - "Storm Shadow". One missile was shot down by air defense, two hit a civilian object.
Information about casualties and destruction is being specified.
15:43 Summary according to the situation at the front.
According to the latest data, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine decided to disseminate among the personnel of 92 Separate Mechanized Brigade (1, 2, 3 mbr, 1.2 sb, 22 Separate Special Forces Brigade), currently operating in the Kuzemovsky direction, false information about the movement of the brigade to the point of permanent deployment, for recovery of combat capability, rest and rotation.
In fact, no one is going to provide any respite and restoration of the 92nd Brigade. "out of the frying pan into the fire".
At the same time, it is planned to forcibly call up to 20,000 people in the temporarily occupied by Kiev territory of the Zaporozhye region, in parallel with this, in the Kirovohrad, Kharkiv, Dnepropetrovsk regions, efforts are being stepped up to issue subpoenas in crowded places and checkpoints.
The mobilized are supposed to be sent to the western regions of Ukraine for a short training program, with subsequent transfer to combat units.
Important: the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine continues to prepare for attacks on cities in the border regions of the Russian Federation, it is planned to use, in particular, the Mujin-3 and Reis UAVs, while simultaneously using the terrorist organization Russian Volunteer Corps controlled by the Main Intelligence Directorate territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions, to switch public attention from the failed start of the offensive on the Zaporozhye front.
These plans do not have the slightest tactical sense and pursue exclusively media goals.
15:38 Our guys are going to load into military transport helicopters -video
14:41 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation (as of June 9, 2023)
Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike with long-range, sea- and air-based high-precision weapons against warehouses of foreign-made ammunition, weapons and military equipment, including unmanned aerial vehicles. All assigned objects are hit.
As a result of the strikes, the supply of groups of Ukrainian troops in the areas of combat operations was disrupted.
Over the past day, the armed forces of Ukraine continued to attempt to conduct offensive operations in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions.
In the area of the Vremevsky ledge, units of the Vostok group of forces repelled four enemy attacks, carried out by forces of up to two battalion tactical groups, reinforced with tanks, in the areas of the settlements of Levadnoe, Zaporozhye region, Novoselka, Storozhevoe and Neskuchnoye, Donetsk People's Republic.
In the Zaporozhye direction, decisive and competent actions of Russian troops, air strikes and artillery fire repelled two attacks by Ukrainian troops in the areas of the settlements of Novodanilovka and Malaya Tokmachka in the Zaporozhye region during the day.
In addition, south of the city of Orekhov, Zaporozhye region, heavy flamethrower systems inflicted damage on two concentrations of manpower and equipment of the 47th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The operational-tactical aviation strikes of the Vostok group of troops hit enemy reserves in the areas of the settlements of Gulyai Pole, Omelnik and Preobrazhenka, Zaporozhye region.
The total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in these areas per day amounted to 680 Ukrainian servicemen, 35 tanks, 11 infantry fighting vehicles, 19 armored combat vehicles, six vehicles, including three HMMWVs, as well as a French-made Cezar self-propelled artillery mount.
In the Donetsk direction, the most active hostilities were conducted in the areas of the settlements of Maryinka and Avdeevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The "Southern" grouping of troops successfully repelled six attacks by units of the 110th Mechanized, 59th Motorized Infantry and 79th Air Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the directions of the settlements of Khimik, Krasnogorovka, Pervomayskoye and the northern outskirts of Maryinka of the Donetsk People's Republic. Wedging in our defense is not allowed.
During the fighting, up to 410 Ukrainian servicemen, four tanks, eight infantry fighting vehicles, seven vehicles, a US-made M777 artillery system, and an Msta-B howitzer were destroyed during the day.
In addition, an ammunition depot of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the settlement of Krasnogorovka.
In the Kupyansk direction, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of the "Western" group of troops hit the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novomlynsk, Molchanovo, Berestovoye of the Kharkov region and Rozovka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
The activities of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups have been suppressed in the areas of the settlements of Olshana in the Kharkiv region and Novoselovskoe in the Luhansk People's Republic.
During the day, more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, three vehicles, a combat vehicle of the 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS, as well as two 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in this direction.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, air strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Center" group of troops defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic, Yampolovka and Grigorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the area of the settlement of Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic, the activities of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were stopped.
Over the past 24 hours, more than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, two vehicles, two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, as well as a 152mm D-20 howitzer were killed in this direction.
In the area of the village of Serebryanka of the Donetsk People's Republic, a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar was hit.
In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, 10 armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles, a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle, an 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed in a day.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit 97 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 126 districts.
In the area of the city of Dzerzhinsk, Donetsk People's Republic, two command and observation posts of units of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit.
The communication center of the 102nd Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed in the area of the village of Gulyai Pole, Zaporozhye region.
Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the area of the settlement of Novoye Zaporizhia, Zaporozhye region, in an air battle.
A Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by means of air defense in the area of ??the village of Babino, Kherson region.
During the day, two Storm Shadow cruise missiles and 14 HIMARS multiple rocket launchers were intercepted.
In addition, 13 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Ogurtsovo, Olshana, Kharkiv region, Zhytlovka, Luhansk People's Republic, Volodino, Krasnogorovka, Donetsk People's Republic, Sladkaya Balka, Zaporozhye Region, Bratolyubovka, Peschanoe, and Vasylivka, Kherson Region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 440 aircraft, 238 helicopters, 4,555 unmanned aerial vehicles, 424 anti-aircraft missile systems, 9,798 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,122 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 5,062 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 10,838 units of special military vehicles.
14:35 The fighters of the Dnepr group are actively helping with the evacuation of the population from the flooded territories of Aleshki and Gola Pristan -video
Risking their lives, our servicemen are taking people out of the flooded territories of Aleshki and Golaya Pristan, which are under intense artillery attack from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The fighters take residents to safe places, where they are provided with shelter, hot meals, humanitarian support and medical assistance if needed.
13:27 Powerful shots: KA-52 “Alligators” [V] are tearing up columns of tanks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, advancing from Orekhov on the Zaporozhye Front —video
On the footage, the modernized Ka-52 of the Vostok group hits a tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine advancing as part of a convoy from the city of Orekhov to Rabotino.
Before the missile hits, the enemy tank manages to fire one shot, after which it flies epic into the air.
13:00 Orekhovsky section: setting as of 13.00 June 9, 2023
- For more than a day now, intense battles have been going on at the turn of Rabotino - Verbovoye. Assault groups of the 65th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been trying to break through the defenses of the 291st Regiment of the RF Armed Forces since late at night.
Ukrainian formations concentrated their efforts specifically on one area, sending reserves and manpower to capture one strong point.
Because of this, the fighters of the RF Armed Forces retreated to reserve positions. However, after that, artillery and aviation worked out against the enemy, who was trying to gain a foothold on the lines taken. As a result, the APU retreated with heavy losses.
- Toward morning, the enemy resumed attacks on Rabotino with the forces of 65 Separate Mechanized Brigade. At the same time, an armored group of 47 ombres on Leopard 2A4 tanks and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles began an assault on strongholds between Rabotino and Verbov.
The strike group of the 65th brigade was able to squeeze out the Russian units from the first position: at the moment, artillery is actively working on the Ukrainian formation. To the right, servicemen of the RF Armed Forces destroyed one Leopard tank and three Bradleys, driving the forces of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade back to their starting lines.
- At the Kamensky Armed Forces of Ukraine, they tried to dig in the village of Lobkove, pulling up armored vehicles there. The reconnaissance groups of the RF Armed Forces discovered the accumulation of the enemy and called for fire on him. As a result, the 2nd company of the 128th Guards Rifle Brigade retreated, and Lobkovoe itself again found itself in the “gray zone”.
In total, according to preliminary estimates, in a few days of fighting in the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian army destroyed 45 tanks and 42 other enemy armored vehicles.
The enemy plans to go on the offensive in the Avdeevsky direction, with the forces of up to two RTGs of the 1st mechanized battalion of the 53rd Brigade in the direction of the village of Opytnoye - the Khimik station.
The task of the enemy is to take over the settlement of Experienced and go on the offensive in the direction of the settlement of Rozovka - Novobakhmutovka.
To this end, the enemy prepared an assault detachment of the MTR "Vostok" numbering up to a platoon, as well as up to six units of armored combat vehicles (Presumably, this is a "Humvee" with ATGMs and heavy machine guns installed on board).
Since these forces are clearly not enough to successfully break through the defense, the enemy prepared a fire support company from the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade, reinforced by 2 rifle platoons of the 418th Osb.
It is traditionally planned to “soften positions” and clear mines by the defense forces: units of the 106th and 109th brigades.
Also, the forces of the 1st Brigade are planning to attack along the line of the settlement Novokalinovka - Bortsy - Novobakhmutovka, traditionally, it is planned to involve the 129th brigade of the defense for the meat assault.
Thus, the enemy plans to regain some of the previously lost positions, temporarily eliminate the threat of encirclement of Avdiivka and, under favorable circumstances, reach the western outskirts of Donetsk.
It is noteworthy that, as in all other directions, the enemy is not going to reckon with the losses of the territorial defense units, throwing them to storm the prepared defensive positions of the RF Armed Forces, trying to “clear” the way for personnel units.
12:13 Enemy offensive: during counterattacks and massive fire strikes of the Russian army, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to retreat from Lobkove
- Fighting in the Vasilyevsky district of the Zaporozhye region continues
- After the start of the offensive from Kamenka in the direction of Zherebyanka and Pyatikhatka, the enemy managed to occupy part of the gray zone in the Lobkove area and began to dig in on the southern outskirts of the "no one's" abandoned village. The enemy also sent infantry fighting vehicles to take up positions around the settlement in the gray zone.
“Our reconnaissance uncovered positions that were constantly being hit by artillery fire.
- The 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was forced to withdraw the 2nd company of the 6th battalion due to significant losses.
- During the fire and counterattacking actions of the forces of the 58th Army of the Southern Military District, the enemy abandoned positions and retreated from the settlement. Pubic, which again moved into the “gray zone”.
- The enemy was supported by howitzers and MLRS from the Kamenka area, some of them were opened and destroyed in firing positions.
- The enemy has recently lost at least 10 infantry fighting vehicles and other pieces of equipment.
12:05 Attack helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroy NATO tanks while repelling an offensive -video
The main thing is to knock out the tanks, the fighters say. The crew of reconnaissance and attack helicopters Ka-52 in the South-Donetsk direction recorded a moving enemy tank. With a well-aimed blow, the pilots destroyed a Western-made armored vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine along with the crew inside.
12:01 It became known that on the Dnieper near the Kherson region, the chief of staff of the volunteer detachment "Themis" of the 124th Brigade of the territorial defense Vladimir Kavulich and at least one other serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine drowned.
11:45 Fierce battles continue in the Zaporozhye region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are making new attempts to break through the Russian defenses, Rogov said.
According to him, the Ukrainian military failed to achieve significant tactical advances, the front line remains stable.
11:42 What you need to understand about the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: analysismilitary chronicle.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are striking in several sectors of the front for the fifth day. It is not possible to achieve success, but it is still too early to talk about the end of the offensive. Why?
How long will the offensive last?
Active hostilities are on the fifth day. Despite the failures of several major attacks in Zaporozhye, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have so far stuck to their plan, attacking in the same areas. However, there is reason to believe that the experience of unsuccessful attacks will be analyzed by the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the coming days and the actions of the ground forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will change.
It is possible that reserves will be brought into battle, tactics will change, or a new sector of the front will be activated. The active phase of the offensive, announced as strikes along the entire front line, can last up to 10-15 days.
What are the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the offensive?
In less than a week, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in all sectors of the offensive amount to about one reinforced battalion per day - 800-1000 people + equipment. Thus, during the five days of the offensive, the Ukrainian troops lost about 4,000-5,000 people killed and wounded, that is, a reinforced mechanized brigade.
So far, data on the preparation of three army corps as an offensive reserve has not been confirmed. Units and formations that have already taken part in the defense of various sectors of the front are thrown into the offensive. Some units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, for example, the 36th and 37th Naval Infantry brigades (OBrMP), the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, abandoned in Zaporizhia, were twice withdrawn for resupply before the start of the offensive due to heavy losses.
The quality of mobilized recruits in these (and not only these) units is several times lower than before the start of the special operation, which directly affects the combat effectiveness of the formations.
What will the APU do next?
A series of attacks carried out in the Zaporozhye direction suggests that the Ukrainian army, despite the increased number of attacking units, continues to look for a gap in the defensive lines of the RF Armed Forces.
An attack in the same direction for each company-tactical group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (in total, about five of them can operate in the direction of the main strike at the moment) is carried out at least twice, after which reserves arrive at the site of the destroyed formation.
These reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not infinite, however, it will take time for them to be ground in attacks. The effectiveness of the actions of artillery and aviation of the RF Armed Forces in this case is at its best: in one night flight, the Ka-52 combat helicopter destroys five to seven targets, including tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. However, even under such conditions, the intensity of the battles remains high. In the coming days, the APU will intensify attacks.
How is the defensive line of the RF Armed Forces arranged?
The Russian defenses that we talked about earlier are built along the dominant heights and ridges. The defensive line consists of dozens of lines, echeloned to a depth of 25-30 km and covered by a significant number of engineering barriers.
At the moment, the main problem of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is that it is almost impossible to approach the first line of defense due to the mines laid, the activity of artillery, aviation of the RF Armed Forces and due to the operation of electronic warfare systems that suppress communications and GPS navigation signals, as well as control channels drones.
The situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is also aggravated by the fact that the Ukrainian military (for example, the 31st separate mechanized brigade), who are ambushed or under fire from artillery, requesting help through available communication channels, rush to the battlefield and actively surrender, which demotivates the reserves and negatively affects the effectiveness of the attack.
11:19 Russian troops smash the enemy in the Kupyansk direction
- During the hostilities, the special forces of the Zapad group destroyed the enemy's howitzer with the Lancet loitering ammunition.
- The calculation of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" destroyed 3 armored fighting vehicles "Kozak" during an attempt to rotate units of the 103rd Brigade TerO in the area of the villages of Kislovka and Novaya Tarasovka.
- Fire from the Tornado-S MLRS hit a military echelon with military equipment at the Balakleya railway station. An ammunition wagon and fifteen trucks were destroyed.
- Units of the RCB fire protection from the TOS "Solntsepyok" struck at the accumulation of manpower in a shelter near the village of Novoselovskoye.
- By means of air defense, the reconnaissance UAV "Elf" was destroyed by fire from the "Tor" air defense system.
11:17 Zaporozhye direction 09.06 11:05
Enemy attacks continue.
Our combat helicopters Ka-52 Alligator are actively working today. They operate with Vikhr missiles and a 30mm 2A42 automatic cannon. They work as carefully as possible, due to the presence of MANPADS and other NATO weapons in each air defense.
By evening, we expect an even greater roll of suicide bombers.
Our artillery and ATGMs are at the ready.
11:11 Moments before annihilation: The first enemy photo of German tank leopard 2A6 during the offensive on the Zaporozhye Front.
The Russian Army yesterday, in turn, published the first photos of flaming "Leopards" near Orekhovo.
11:08 Our troops successfully repel the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region.
Fighting continues in the Orekhovsky direction. Attempts by the enemy to penetrate the defensive formations of the Vostok group in the Rabotino region have not been successful so far. To the west, units of the 58th Army managed to squeeze the enemy out of the settlement. Pubic.
In the area of Malaya Tokmachka and Novodanilovka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost at least nine tanks, as well as infantry fighting vehicles and armored fighting vehicles, not to mention manpower. Sources also report the destruction of the Caesar self-propelled guns.
The footage above shows the destruction of two armored vehicles with comments from joyful gunners.
10:58 The Russian army repels the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Zaporizhia Front by grouping [V] -video.
Fighting continues in the Rabotino area near Orekhovo and in the Lobkovoy area near Kamenka. On footage from the UAV, the destruction of two armored vehicles of the enemy with joyful comments from our fighters. The equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was driving along the landing and was burned by accurate fire.
10:34 We will not let you pass -video
An attack machine gunner with the call sign "Chief" from the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade recalls his first battle, in which he came under mortar fire and had to seek cover.
“In one of the basements, I found two Marines – wounded. I decided to stay with them and take care of them. Nurtured for two days. On the third day, the Russian fighters decided to break through: “And under mortar explosions, we came out. They came out, thank God, alive. Everything is fine,” continues the “Chief”.
Currently, the Russian serviceman is successfully performing combat missions in the Zaporozhye direction. He is quite confident in his abilities: “In general, we will not let you pass”
10:31 On the Kherson direction at night in the area of ??the Cossack Camps settingwas the following:
The enemy did not take active actions, on the right bank of the river. The Dnieper was well flooded and the enemy threw the main forces back.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conduct aerial reconnaissance and observe all the actions of the enemy.
The water level in the Dnieper is falling and the water goes into the ground, the situation has returned to normal. The Ukrofascists wanted to flood the shore and pushed the forces of the RF Armed Forces back, our men both stood and will stand in their places.
09:50 VFU 44 times over the past day fired upon territory of the Republic – DPR Representative Office in the JCCC
Ukrainian nationalists fired from MLRS, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm artillery, firing 268 different types of ammunition across the territory of the DPR.
Gorlovka (Central City, Nikitovsky districts), Golmovsky, Yasinovataya, Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Aleksandrovka, Vladimirovka and Volnovakha were under enemy fire.
Also, over the past day, information was received about the death of 4 people in the Central City, Nikitovsky districts of Gorlovka and Vladimirovka.
16 people received injuries of varying severity, incl. child born in 2006 #ChildrenNotTarget, in the Central City and Nikitovsky districts of Gorlovka, as well as in Mariupol and Volnovakha.
A total of 20 houses were damaged in the Leninsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, the Central City and Nikitovsky districts of Gorlovka, as well as seven civilian infrastructure facilities.
09:48 Kherson direction
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. Naked Pier fired 12 rounds;
-- in the village of Dnepryans fired nine rounds;
-- on the settlement Kazachi Lagery fired six rounds;
-- n.p. Podlesnoye fired seven rounds;
-- n.p. Nechaevo fired seven rounds;
-- n.p. Sagas fired 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Solontsy fired seven rounds;
-- n.p. Kostogryzovo fired two rockets.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement.
Kakhovka, Staraya Zburyevka, Vasilievka, Tavriysk, firing a total of 26 barrel artillery rounds from barrel artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
08:23 Summary on the morning of June 9, 2023
The Russian Armed Forces continue the strategic defensive operation along the entire front line. At night, missiles and kamikaze UAVs struck warehouses with ammunition and military equipment, fuel depots, air defense systems in Kirovohrad, Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava, Vinnitsa, Cherkassy, Nikolaev, Zaporozhye, Zhytomyr, Lvov, Kharkiv regions.
The direction of the main attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is the Orekhovsky section of the Zaporozhye Front, the enemy throws several attacking waves of infantry and armored vehicles a day, consisting of up to two motorized infantry companies under the cover of armored vehicles in each tactical direction. The enemy is conducting heavy artillery fire on our positions, using precision-guided munitions to strike at our forward strongholds. Massively uses reconnaissance UAVs.
The Russian Armed Forces, using artillery and aircraft, successfully destroy the enemy on the approaches: enemy concentrations and his forming columns are covered with fire at the moment the columns are formed in the gray zone.
Having not achieved success in any of the areas of the Zaporizhzhya Front, the enemy is stepping up efforts. So, in the direction of n.p. Rabotino AFU threw into battle up to 4 columns of armored vehicles with a total number of about 130 armored vehicles, which were hit by fire. On one of the directions, the enemy managed to get close to our stronghold, a heavy shooting battle ensued. The line of the Zaporizhzhya Front is unchanged.
In the Kherson direction, the Russian Armed Forces take up new positions after the flood, organize defense, and save civilians. There are artillery duels.
Fighting continues on the Yuzhnodonetsk front in the area of ??the Vremievsky salient. Our defenses have been strengthened in the Ugledar area.
On the flanks of the Bakhmut direction, the enemy also throws armored vehicles into battle, the frames of the destruction of which diverge on the Web. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine does not cover its strike on the Zaporozhye front, arguing that the only active sector for them is in the Bakhmut area.
The battle also continues in the Kupyansk region. The enemy, due to the activity of our troops, is forced to transfer UAV units from the Zaporozhye region.
Artillery attack of the Belgorod region and the DPR continues. In the DPR, 16 civilians received injuries of varying severity, including child born in 2006.
08:13 Continuity of generations -video
Artillery units of the Western Military District in the Kupyansk direction continue to conduct combat work. With a shock wave and fragments flying hundreds of meters, the calculations of the Grad MLRS destroy the identified firing positions and enemy fortifications.
Accurate aiming plays an important role in striking. UAV calculations help the gunners in this. The collected data is promptly transmitted to the field headquarters and commanders of rocket-artillery batteries.
The crews of combat vehicles are on duty around the clock.
08:05 Frontline summary on the morning of 05/09/2023
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an attack on Lobkove and had a tactical success. Two roads meet in the village. However, they do not have operational significance. East of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued the offensive on Rabotino.
Russian artillery and aviation attacked Ukrainian units in Stepnoe, Maly Shcherbaki, Shcherbaki, Novoandreevka, Orekhovo, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka and Belogorye. The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a missile attack on Berdyansk.
In the Uglidar sector of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, assault operations were carried out in the Neskuchny area. Under shelling, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Vremevka, Zolotoy Niva, Shakhtyorsky, Prechistovka and Vugledar.
On the Donetsk front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to counterattack in Maryinka. In turn, units of the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, resumed assault operations near Pervomaisky, on the southwestern approaches to Avdiivka and in the Severny area (a settlement northwest of Gorlovka).
The last of these areas has become a new active area of action for Russian troops. Under shelling, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, Maksimilyanovka, Ostrom, the city of Krasnogorovka, Karlovka, Stepnoy (not to be confused with the point of the same name near the line of contact in the Zaporozhye direction), Berdychi and Toretsk. The Ukrainian army struck at Donetsk, Experienced and Gorlovka.
Southwest of Bakhmut, the Ukrainian army managed to advance towards Kleshcheevka. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, after artillery strikes, tried to counterattack near Ivanovsky. No success. To the south-west of Bakhmut, the Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted assault operations in the area of Berkhovka and Dubovo-Vasilyevka.
And the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with the support of artillery, tried to advance towards Vesyoloy. Under shelling, the positions of Ukrainian troops in Belaya Gora, Aleksandro-Shultin, Stupochki, Bogdanovka, Grigorovka, Vasyukovka, Nikiforovka, Rozdolovka, Zvanovka, Ivano-Daryevka, Disputed, Verkhnekamensky and Seversk.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Mikail Zakharov
[REGNUM] US President Joe Biden played along with one of the likely candidates to succeed Jens Stoltenberg as NATO Secretary General. The owner of the White House, hosting British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on June 8 , said that he admits the possibility of appointing the current British Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace as the head of the alliance.
Actually, Sunak went to Washington with a request to Biden to support the British candidate. It’s another matter how “plus” this support for the US president will go to Wallace, who, by the way, confused Sunak’s position, calling him “Mr. President” (and during his visit to Britain he did not recognize the prime minister at all).
Stoltenberg, who has been in office since 2014, announced in February of this year that he would not renew his powers and would retire from September. Despite the declared adherence of the West to democratic procedures, the process of electing the head of the alliance remains hidden from the public eye. “This is the most non-transparent election of all elections,” a Foreign Policy source said on this occasion.
The increased speculation about which of the Western politicians could take the post of head of the most, perhaps, the most effective and aggressive military organization in the world, is quite understandable - Stoltenberg's replacement may be announced not in September, but at the Vilnius summit on July 11-12.
Theoretically, any of the 31 member countries of the alliance, for example, Iceland or North Macedonia, can propose its candidate. But it is obvious that the nomination of passing candidates is the task of influential powers: France, Great Britain or Germany, and Washington will play the first violin in making a “collegiate decision”.
LIST OF CANDIDATES (AND CANDIDATES)
The head of the British military department, Captain Ben Wallace (it was to this rank that the minister rose in the army, where he served until 2005), according to his “lobbyist”, Prime Minister Sunak, “is highly respected among his colleagues in the world, including given the role he plays in Ukraine".
Wallace can compete with another British candidate, a purely civilian, but better known, ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson, known for his assertiveness and outrageousness. As head of government, Johnson planned to increase British defense spending by the end of the decade to 2.5% of GDP. If he continues to seek this not only from his native country, this line of behavior of the new secretary general - more money and more populism for the sake of NATO's popularity - may well suit Washington.
The media previously named two current prime ministers as potential candidates - the head of the government of the Netherlands Mark Rutte and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, however, both Rutte and Sanchez denied the information that they allegedly apply for the post of NATO Secretary General. Romanian President Klaus Iohannis , about whom the press also wrote , is unlikely to become the new Secretary General. The current deputy secretary general of Stoltenberg, Mircea Geoana, is a Romanian and does not intend to leave his post, so it is unlikely that the two most senior NATO officials will be representatives of Romania.
The 21st century has made its additions: now many experts see a woman as the head of NATO, in full accordance with the principles of the policy of inclusiveness and diversity. Recently, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has been named as a likely candidate . However, she later denied rumors that she would take the post.
Among the possible candidates were often called the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the former head of EU diplomacy Federica Mogherini and Christia Freeland - the Canadian finance minister and - which is now also "in trend" - an ethnic Ukrainian. The latter has a good knowledge of Eastern European politics and history, persistent anti-Russian views, but Friedland noted that she already has two jobs (she is also the country's deputy prime minister).
As for Ursula von der Leyen, her achievements in the role of Minister of Defense of the Federal Republic of Germany - in a post close to the tasks of the Secretary General of the military alliance - were not impressive. Judging by the publications of the German media, the existence of systematic corruption in the German Ministry of Defense and the shortage of weapons of the Bundeswehr are associated with it. Who knows, analysts believe, maybe the post will eventually belong to Federica Mogherini, previously known for her activity as the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
It is unlikely that the new head of NATO will be an American, since the post of supreme commander of NATO forces is usually reserved for the US representative.
Most likely, the new secretary general will not be a northern European - before the Norwegian Stoltenberg, NATO was headed by the Dane Anders Fogh Rasmussen . Not so many chances for immigrants from the Baltic countries and Poland. Of course, the intransigence towards Russia of another lady-pretender, Estonian Prime Minister Kai Kallas , who is also on the list of contenders, appeals to NATO "hawks", but more moderate Berlin and Paris may not suit her candidacy.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE APPLICANT
Typically, NATO Secretaries General previously held the posts of heads of government or state, but there are no formal rules. Both the Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country - a member of the alliance can become Secretary General - it all depends on personal qualities and the "support group".
As Jamie Shea, a former NATO spokesman, noted in a Reuters commentary, the bloc's leaders are looking for a highly skilled politician and diplomat. “Keeping the alliance united, keeping everyone up to date at all times, being in touch with all allies to make sure you are solving their problems is an important part of the job,” Shi adds.
Of course, the package of requirements for the candidate includes support for Ukraine and complete loyalty to the organization. As political scientist Dmitry Drobnitsky explained to IA Regnum , “If you look closely at the documents of the North Atlantic Alliance, the secretary general’s office performs technical functions. Another thing is that the factor of maximum obedience, maximum corporate loyalty for this person is important here. He must do what is required."
The US is seriously alarmed by the new coalition in the Indian Ocean
There are a lot of names of the alleged successors to Stoltenberg, but it is far from certain that one of those who are now tipped to be candidates for the post of Secretary General will become him. Rather, the flickering of names speaks of a tense "fight for the flag" between Washington, Brussels, European allies and their intra-NATO groups, experts say.
Political scientist Dmitry Solonnikov, director of the Institute of Contemporary State Development, believes that the main thing for the leaders of the significant powers of the alliance will be the choice not so much between personalities, but between two types of leader.
Or the NATO Secretary General will be “a representative of some small country that does not have its own ideas about the further development of the bloc, behind whose back decisions will be made . Or "it will be some kind of independent politician who will pursue his own line and have his own idea of how and what needs to be organized," Solonnikov told IA Regnum . In this regard, the expert believes, the alliance faces a difficult choice: to nominate an insignificant “talking head” for the post or take a risk by appointing an independent player.
THE LEADER MAY REMAIN THE SAME, BUT THE ALLIANCE IS IN DANGER OF CHANGE
It is possible that internal contradictions will prevent the bloc from finding a compromise, and then Stoltenberg will have to hold office for several more months. This, according to Reuters sources , many NATO member countries would like to avoid. In a month, an alliance summit will be held in Lithuania, and the bloc would like to demonstrate its unity, and not squabbles and disagreements. In addition, Stoltenberg has already extended his term of office three times. Back in September 2022, he was supposed to move to the post of head of the central bank of his native Norway, but after the start of the NWO, his mandate was extended.
On the other hand, the question outlined above remains whether the new secretary general will change the policy of the alliance. Drobnitsky is sure that the NATO bloc - in the past the main instrument of the Cold War in confrontation with the Soviet bloc - is waiting for a big transformation. According to the expert, the Atlantic bloc, whose mission will be to contain the new "Russian threat", will become an addition to other international military structures led by the United States.
The prototype of these new instruments of "American peace" is the association of the Anglo-Saxon countries AUKUS (within which, and not within the framework of NATO, there is cooperation in the development of hypersonic weapons), "pulling up" the Far Eastern allies - Japan and South Korea, proposals to India"to be friends against" China, etc. The role of the Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance in these transformation processes will be purely nominal, the interlocutor believes.
“It is clear that NATO in the form in which it exists now is not for long. The next Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance will be present during the de facto dismantling of the bloc and its replacement with various other formats, alliances and other forms. At the same time, he strenuously pretends that everything is developing in the right direction. NATO is waiting for big changes, but this will have nothing to do with the personality of the Secretary General,” Drobnitsky believes.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] A new project 20 385 corvette for the Russian Navy was laid down at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation). This was reported on June 9 by RIA Novosti.
Corvette Zealous for the Pacific Fleet was laid down at the Amur Shipyard
It is noted that in accordance with the order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov , a new corvette was laid down under the name Zealous. The solemn event is dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the laying of the first industrial facility of the Amur Shipbuilding Plant.
It is specified that the commander of the Pacific Fleet Admiral Viktor Liina , the head of the Khabarovsk Territory Mikhail Degtyarev , the general director of the Amur shipbuilding plant Mikhail Borovsky , and the head of Komsomolsk-on-Amur Alexander Zhornik took part in the ceremony of laying the new corvette in Komsomolsk -on-Amur.
According to the commander of the Pacific Fleet, the quality with which ships are built at the Amur Shipbuilding Plant allows the use of warships far beyond the near sea zone of the Pacific Fleet.
It is noted that the nearest warship, which the plant will hand over to the fleet, will be the project 20 380 corvette "Sharp."
It is specified that project 20 385 corvettes can be equipped with Onyx and Caliber cruise missiles, Zircon hypersonic missiles. These ships have a hangar for a Ka-27 helicopter and a helipad. They are capable of performing tasks in the near and far sea zone, have the potential to be re-equipped with advanced naval weapons systems and modernized.
As reported by IA Regnum, on June 5, the Pacific Fleet began the planned operational exercises in the waters of the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk. More than 60 warships and vessels, as well as about 35 aircraft of naval aviation and more than 11 thousand military personnel are involved in the maneuvers.
Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, to consider the possibility of building a new facility for the navigation system of the Pacific Fleet at Cape Aniva on Sakhalin.
In May, the Severnaya Verf shipyard handed over to the Navy of the Russian Federation the latest project 20 380 Mercury missile corvette.
In February, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the testing of new warships - the Admiral Golovko frigate and the Mercury corvette - would be completed in 2023. After that, they will enter the combat structure of the Northern and Black Sea Fleets. The ships are equipped with artillery, anti-missile, anti-submarine, sonar and radar systems, a hangar for the Ka-27 helicopter. The main strike weapon of the Project 20 380 corvettes is the Uran anti-ship missile system.
Earlier, the American publication 19FortyFive called the ship "Admiral Golovko", equipped with hypersonic weapons, the "best" gift to the Russian Navy. The first two ships of this project, Admiral Gorshkov and Admiral Kasatonov, are already serving as part of the formation of missile ships of the Northern Fleet.
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[Regnum] Negotiations with Russia are possible if Moscow changes the goals of the special military operation, said the head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Oleksiy Reznikov .
According to him, Ukraine can allegedly live "peacefully and normally in a good-neighborly manner with all neighbors."
He added that Russia set as its goal the "denazification", "demilitarization" and "denatoization" of Ukraine. But, in his opinion, Russia allegedly wants to “wipe the Ukrainian nation off the face of the earth, because [it] allegedly, from the point of view of [Russia], does not exist.”
“So I say: you first identify the interest of the Russians, has it changed for them? If it has changed, then the so-called zone of possible agreement becomes clear, ” the Ukrainian edition of NV quotes him. ua.
As IA Regnum reported , earlier Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, at a meeting with the head of the Episcopal Conference of Italy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi , said that a ceasefire and freezing of the conflict in the country would not lead to peace.
In April 2023, the Vatican announced its intention to send a mission, the purpose of which would be to organize negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.
Mikhail Podolyak , adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine , said that Kiev would agree to the mediation of the Vatican to organize negotiations with Russia only if the Holy See fully supports Ukraine's demands. These demands include the return of Ukraine to the 1991 borders.
From the V Kontakte page of Tatyana Vasilyeva
‼⚡⚡⚡In Orekhovo and its environs, the Ukrainian army conducts the most intense artillery fire and uses MLRS. Attacks are coming along the entire front line.
It is significant that there is an increase in the number of units involved, several brigades have already been put into battle.
Fierce fighting is going on in the minefields, Russian troops are shelling the area. Also strikes with planning bombs on places of concentration in the frontline zone.
◼On the Orekhovsky section of the Zaporizhzhya Front, the enemy moved equipment towards Rabotino.
◼Our fighters are alerted and begin to fire at the approaching enemy.
◼All 3 days since the beginning of the offensive, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been adhering to a new tactic - starting all assaults at night, probably relying on the technical perfection of Western devices. As long as it does not save them from destruction.
▪On the Orekhovsky section of the Zaporizhzhya Front, the enemy moved equipment towards Rabotino.
▪Our fighters are alerted and begin to fire at the approaching enemy.
▪All 3 days since the beginning of the offensive, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been adhering to a new tactic - starting all assaults at night, probably relying on the technical perfection of Western devices. As long as it does not save them from destruction.
🇷🇺⚔Zaporizhia direction, Orekhovo - Rabotino, the enemy rolled out equipment, a fire defeat is inflicted.
🇷🇺⚔Zaporizhia direction, above Rabotino, the enemy rolled out approximately 20 pieces of equipment, observation is underway.
A fighter of the 70th Motorized Rifle Regiment is filming a video against the background of knocked out German Leopard 2 tanks and American heavy infantry fighting vehicles M2A2 Bradley in the Orekhovsky sector of the Zaporozhye Front.”
➡“ ❗At the same moment, the equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is again moving towards our positions near the city of Orekhov.
A new wave of assault on the positions of the 291st and 70th regiments in the Rabotino area is expected.
The enemy accompanies the movement of equipment with artillery fire.
This frame shows a characteristic mine sweep, which the Leopard 2R threw away like a lizard, and he fled.
The Leopard 2R HMBV is a Leopard 2A4 tank chassis with the turret removed, enhanced mine protection and a mine sweep installed. Earlier, Finland announced that it would transfer 3 units of Leopard 2R to Ukraine.
The main battles unfolded on the segment Novodanilovka-Rabotino. He also pressed from Malaya Tokmachka. Here Kyiv is trying by all means to reach Tokmak, from which the routes diverge both to Berdyansk and Melitopol. He had no success in serious promotion. The Russian army continues to hold back the pressure.
To the west, the enemy became active again in the Vasilyevsky district, again entering Lobkovoe. It is located in a lowland, so here the enemy again suffered losses and did not achieve results.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] The extermination of Bradleys and Leopards has begun.We are waiting for Challengers and Strikers.
By the end of 5 days of the offensive, the Armed Forces of Ukraine could not achieve anything significant, having lost a huge amount of expensive equipment, not to mention the personnel.
All videos are in Russian language and are untranslatable
More from Boris Rozhin:
From the RF Ministry of Defense
Cheerful cutting from the Ministry of Defense with footage of work from June 4 to 9 as part of the Zaporozhye defensive operation.
Plus Leopard and Bradley.
Plus footage of work on NATO armored vehicles.
Plus a cut.
By nightfall, the enemy regrouped and again began artillery preparation in preparation for new attacks.
I boogered up a mic input to speaker output cable thinking to feed the Russian audio from the video to Google translate as if it were coming in from the mic, hoping for a transcript.
No joy.
Need a multichannel setup.
Lost interest.
[Rudaw] The White House on Friday said the military cooperation between Moscow and Tehran appears to be "deepening" with Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... providing Russia with hundreds of drones and the two working together to build drones in Russia.
"Russia has been using Iranian UAVs [uncrewed aerial vehicles] in recent weeks to strike Kyiv and terrorize the Ukrainian population, and the Russia-Iran military partnership appears to be deepening," said White House spokesperson John Kirby, citing newly declassified information.
The drones were manufactured in Iran and shipped to Russia across the Caspian Sea, but Kirby said Washington is "also concerned that Russia is working with Iran to produce Iranian UAVs from inside Russia."
The White House released satellite imagery of what Kirby said was the planned location for a drone factory in Russia’s Alabuga Special Economic Zone east of Moscow. He said the US expects the plant will be fully operational by early next year.
In exchange, Russia has offered Iran billions of dollars in military equipment and cooperation on missiles, air defense, and electronics, said Kirby.
"This is a full-scale defense partnership that is harmful to Ukraine, to Iran’s neighbors, and to the international community. We are continuing to use all the tools at our disposal to expose and disrupt these activities including by sharing this with the public - and we are prepared to do more," he said.
Iran’s drone program is under US sanctions and the State Department on Friday published an advisory stating, "It is critical that the private sector be vigilant in meeting its legal obligations vis-a-vis Iran’s development of UAVs and associated components procurement and doing its part to prevent any activities that would further the development of Iran’s destabilizing and dangerous UAV program."
Responding to accusations that its drones were used in Ukraine, Tehran has said that it supplied Russia with drones before the war, but not after the conflict began more than a year ago.
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