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Reagan used the phrase despite at least three State Department efforts to eliminate it. Truth be told, State's diplomats fought Reagan and Secretary of State George Shultz (1982-1989) with continued and undisguised contempt. Somehow, they both endured.
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My favorite story is still all the DoS weenies crying when Reagan stomped Gorbachev at Reykjavik.
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Gorbachev wanted to reform Communism.
But you can't, because Communism is based on oppression. Take away oppression and the whole thing collapses.
And the wall was the most visible symbol of it. Reagan reminded him of this dilemma. Two years later Gorbachev decided to do nothing. He may have been a man with good intention, but he was unable to go the whole way.
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Gorbachev could have been able to gradually liberalize the repressive state and economy of the USSR since the Soviet population is pretty passive. But the hardliner coup that removed him and Yeltsin's rebellion against the hardliners ended that chapter. Maybe if Yeltsin's ticker was healthier, he could have been more in charge of "reforms" that turned Russia into a mobbed up kleptocracy and paved the way for Putin.
I would agree. Those western vehicles that got hit were way to close and the soldiers using them only had 1 month of basic and 3 months of training on them. They are still very green, made a mistake and Russia made them pay.
They will learn, just like the mobilized Russians will, but there will be a butcher's bill to pay for that experience. However the success so far leans to cautious optimism for me.
Amazing! Ukie spelling? How does he find the time ?
[New Voice of Ukraine] How Kyrylo Budanov went from the paratroopers to the recon scouts, the wounds he has sustained, and why he constantly rushes into the fray — the life story of the head of Ukraine’s HUR with all the details.
On the evening of February 23, 2022, Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of the Ministry of Defense, brought his wife Marianna from their home to his office.
At that moment, he knew for sure that in a few hours, Russian troops would attack Ukraine and there would be no time to worry about his family.
Ukraine’s chief of military intelligence knew a lot at that point: the invaders would try to enter the capital and planned to eliminate the entire leadership of the country.
Budanov also knew about Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's intentions to change the history of Ukraine in just three days, turning it into a Russian satellite.
However, even he did not imagine that his wife would spend the first few months of the full-scale invasion with him on the Island — as the HUR residence on Kyiv’s Rybalsky Peninsula is unofficially known. Nor that the war itself would drag on for more than a year.
Budanov did not know that 2022 would transform him in the eyes of his compatriots into a source of verified information about the enemy and fairly accurate military forecasts, expressed in an unerringly steady tone. And for the Russians, including in the highest levels of the Kremlin, the chief military intelligence officer of Ukraine would over the first year of war become the personification of Ukraine’s covert power, which lies behind daring sabotage operations in the Russian rear, including the explosion on the jewel of Putin’s neo-imperial crown, the Crimean bridge.
Moscow's propagandists get nervous every time Budanov gives another interview calmly speaking about the inevitable collapse of the Russian Federation, showing a map of a dismembered Russia hanging in his office.
I don't think this is where the main attack will occur. This attack, like Bakhmut, is to lure Russian reserves. I believe the main attack will happen closer to the Khakhovka reservoir or in Lugansk and make a big left hook in Donetsk behind Russian defenses.
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The main armored fist of 10 brigades that is the main attack force still hasn't been committed. These are smaller attacks that are not only proving for weak spots, but to draw the Russian reserves in and pin them in place. The fact they have pushed past the first defensive line and are penetrating the second is reason for optimism.
Once the reserves are pinned, the 10 brigade force will be turned loose.
#8
No breakthroughs yet. Ukrainian equipment destroyed trying to go thru extensive Russian mine field with at least two Ukrainian mine sweepers destroyed.
#9
'The Russia-Ukraine conflict isn’t just about the clash of armed forces on the battlefield. It has also been marked by unprecedented levels of confrontation in the fields of information and psychology, cognition and semantics'.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A dramatic video has demonstrated how Ukraine is stepping up its use of kamikaze boats to attack Vladimir Putin's warship in the Black Sea.
Russia says the Priazovye warship came under fire from six unmanned vessels.
Footage shows the destruction of one of the kamikaze boats, but also the vulnerability of Putin's naval vessels.
Russia alleges that as with earlier attacks, an American RQ-4B Global Hawk drone conducted reconnaissance in the Black Sea.
The Priazovye was in roughly the same area as the Ivan Khurs spy ship when it was attacked by surface drones last month.
Been posts for the past month of Ukrainian shelling of Golaya Pristan. The story likely is spurious.
[KHPG] Tetiana Hryshko was almost 33 and pregnant when the Russians killed her in Kherson oblast as she tried to rescue her grandparents from the flooding unleashed by the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam on 6 June. As of late on 11 June, she is one of several Ukrainians reported killed as they tried to flee for their lives or help others to evacuate.
Tetiana Hryshko was from Hola Prystan which is presently under Russian occupation and one of the occupied cities facing the most devastating flooding. Her death was reported, citing three of Tetiana’s friends, by ’Russia killed them’, a social media page which records the victims of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. She was shot by Russian shelling on 8 June as she tried to get her grandparents out of the city. A hairdresser by profession, Tetiana was just a month off her 33rd birthday, when she was killed, together with her unborn daughter.
Russia first shelled an evacuation point in the centre of Kherson on 8 June. The savage shelling of a city which so joyfully greeted the Ukrainian liberators on 11 November 2022 has been relentless, despite the devastation caused by Russia’s destruction of the Khakhovka Dam.
The situation is even more dire on the left bank of the Dnipro. Despite claiming that occupied areas, like Hola Prystan and Oleshki are ’new Russian territory’, the Russian occupiers took days before even beginning any rescue efforts. It has, from the outset, obstructed those volunteers unwilling to stand helplessly by as people were swept from the roofs of their homes, having waited in vain for the occupation authorities to rescue them.
On 11 June, Prokudin reported that the Russians had shelled an evacuation boat trying to take people from the left bank. Three civilians were killed, including a 74-year-old man who was shot in the back as he tried to protect his wife from the shelling. Since then, the Kherson Regional Prosecutor has said that at least 23 people were injured. The police stated that 21 people had been rescued, with almost all of them elderly and with limited mobility. "This was a huge risk, however we couldn’t abandon people. As a result, treacherous shooting in the back.", the police write.
The independent Russian publication Agentstvo reported on 10 June, citing unnamed volunteers, that the fate was unknown of 374 people from Russian-occupied territory on the left bank of the Dnipro.
#3
My reading comprehension is fine. Show where this attack on flood resue victims is spurious: false, fake or forged.
In addition, the Russians have done squat to rescue flood victims on their controlled side, even denying aid to those who don't have a Russian passport.
#5
The flood happened a few days ago and it is pretty obvious it is Russian artillery and small arms fire that is targeting the rescuers (who are not Russian). They have targeted rescuers on boats and on land in Kherson. Look at the linked pics and videos and claim the Ukrainians did that to themselves.
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[Korrespondent] 21:49 The other day, representatives of the International Criminal Court visited the Kherson region, Zelensky said in an evening video message. According to him, on the very first day after the explosion of the hydroelectric power plant, the Prosecutor General sent a corresponding appeal to the Office of the ICC Prosecutor regarding the investigation of this catastrophe, and work has already begun.
"It is very important that representatives of international justice saw with their own eyes the consequences of this Russian terrorist attack and heard for themselves that Russian terror continues ... We are already assisting and will continue to promote the most independent and objective investigation. All our law enforcement agencies and other institutions are maximally involved in this process. Full access to the affected territories, witnesses, to all information and evidence. This investigation is very important for the security of the whole world," the President stressed.
21:38 The head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, will visit Kiev and the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant next week, the agency reported.
20:54 In the south, Ukrainian troops advanced in two directions from 300 to 1500 meters, the settlements of Blagodatnoye and Makarovka were de-occupied , Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said. In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces continue assault operations, there is success in the area of \u200b\u200bthe Berkhovsky reservoir - they moved forward by 250 meters. In the areas where Ukrainian troops are on the defensive, not a single position has been lost.
Malyar also said that in Russia, the dissatisfaction of mothers is gaining threatening momentum, therefore, in those areas where heavy losses are predicted, the military leadership of the Russian Federation sends units formed from prisoners: their death is not so noticeable in society.
19:37 In the occupied Yakimovka, Zaporozhye region, partisans blew up a railway bridge that the Russians used to supply weapons, Babel said, citing intelligence sources.
19:31 The Ukrainian military from the 7th separate battalion AREI UDA announced the liberation of the village of Neskuchnoye. It is located next to Blagodatny, whose release was reported earlier - in the Donetsk region, not far from the border with Zaporozhye.
19:26 As a result of the shelling of a boat that evacuated people from the left bank of the Kherson region, three people were killed, ten more were injured, two of them were law enforcement officers, the OVA reported.
19:20 The Russians blew up a dam on the Wet Yaly River in the Donetsk region, which caused flooding on both banks, Valery Shershen, spokesman for the defense forces of the Tauride direction, said in a commentary to the UP. At the same time, he added that this does not affect the conduct of offensive operations.
Shershen confirmed that, in general, in the Taurida direction, the Defense Forces had switched from defense to offensive. This brought the first local results in the form of the liberation of the village of Blagodatnoye and movement forward to the village of Harvest.
18:53 Another 95 Ukrainian defenders have returned to Ukraine from Russian captivity , the Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War has reported. Among them are 51 representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (including 15 members of the defense forces), 29 National Guardsmen, 11 border guards, and four military sailors. All released this time are men. Among them are two officers, the rest are privates and sergeants.
In particular, it was possible to return the defenders who were held captive by Wagner PMC and Akhmat unit. Among them are the defenders of Mariupol (including Azovstal) and Snake Island, prisoners of war from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Another 27 defenders defended the Donetsk direction (five of them from Bakhmut). There are also defenders of Kharkiv, Zaporozhye, Kherson, Lugansk and Sumy directions. Among those released, three had the status of "face search", that is, they were not officially confirmed by the enemy as prisoners.
18:06 62,912 shelters have been examined in Ukraine. Closed turned out to be 9.3%, unusable - 23.6% of those checked, the State Emergency Service reported.
17:55 The Russians closed the city of Oleshki, Kherson region, which was flooded due to the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. According to him, only holders of Russian passports can evacuate. There is no communication, electricity and gas supply in the community. The population is in dire need of drinking water and food, the situation is critical, Prokudin stressed.
17:47 Valery Shershen, spokesman for the defense forces of the Taurida direction, said that in the liberated Blagodatny, the Russians resisted to the last, during the operation they managed to capture the Russian military.
17:28 The Russians opened fire in the back of civilians who were evacuated by boat from the left bank of the Kherson region, six people were injured, the President's Office reported. People got to Kherson and were hospitalized.
16:54 In the Kirovsky district of Crimea, the movement of trains was suspended due to damage to the railway track, there were no victims, Aksenov said.
16:20 The British Ministry of Defense has calculated that in Bakhmut, for every 48 cm of positions conquered by the Russians, there is one dead or wounded Russian military.
16:16 Podolyak once again stated that the negotiation process with the current Moscow regime is impossible: "It is pointless, dangerous and deadly - for Ukraine, for Europe, for international law ... For this, there are no "Russian-flimsy" or Indonesian , neither Brazilian nor African "foundations. The aggressor must get out of foreign territory, finally losing his own army and the reputation of a country that should have been feared."
16:11 "Governor" of the occupied part of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo introduced three "official" languages in the region - Russian, Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar. According to him, Ukrainian can be used, among other things, for "clerical work," and Crimean Tatar - only on the territory of Genichesk and Novotroitsky districts. In both languages, you can write appeals to the "authorities". Saldo specified that such a decision was made after his yesterday's conversation with Putin.
15:32 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation accused Ukraine of attacking the Azov ship of the Black Sea Fleet with six sea-going unmanned boats. All the boats were allegedly destroyed, the ship was not damaged.
14:15 Prigozhin said that PMC Wagner would not sign any contracts with the Russian Defense Ministry, as required by Shoigu's new order. He stressed that the PMC is fully subordinate to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, and on the territory, according to the orders of Gerasimov and Shoigu, the mercenaries "coordinate all their actions and carry out the tasks set by General of the Army Surovikin."
14:06 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar posted a short video with Budanov and reminded that "plans love silence."
13:57 As a result of the explosion by the Russians of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station in the part of the Kherson region controlled by Ukraine, five people were killed, 35 are missing, seven of them are children, Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said. In total, 46 settlements were flooded (32 in the controlled territory, 14 in the occupied). 2718 people were evacuated, of which 190 were children.
In the Nikolaev region, one person died, 31 settlements were flooded, 982 people were evacuated, including 167 children. Almost 162,000 subscribers in 34 settlements lack water supply in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
13:26 In Kiev, the commission checked all 4655 shelters: 65% were found to be suitable, another 21% may be so after the arrangement, the Kyiv City State Administration reports. 14% of inspected objects do not meet the technical conditions of the premises where shelters can be located.
13:22 After the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station in the Black Sea, the salinity of the water has sharply decreased, the State Environmental Inspection reported. Specialists took samples of sea water in Odessa, salinity was below the norm by 2.7-2.9 times.
13:08 Zelensky put into effect the decision on the NSDC sanctions against 178 individuals, including Russian and Ukrainian judges who have sided with the Russian Federation.
12:41 68th separate jaeger brigade named after. Oleksy Dovbusha announced the liberation of the Blagodatnoye settlement in the Donetsk region.
12:29 Ukrainian forces have destroyed a repair shop, which the Russians have equipped in the village of Lugovo, Vasilyevsky district, Zaporozhye region, said Mariupol Mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko, citing military blogger Kirill Sazonov. According to him, it was a very important base for reconnaissance and artillery strikes on Ukrainian positions. In particular, drones, anti-drone devices, radio stations, laptops were repaired there; work was also carried out from there to intercept radio communications and Ukrainian drones. The workshop, together with the building, was completely destroyed.
11:34 Seismic data confirm the undermining of the Kakhovka dam from the inside, Ukrhydroenergo reports. Thus, the Norwegian seismic group Norsar said that the signals of a regional station in Romania indicate an explosion at 2:54. At the same time, underground vibrations were recorded, which may confirm the laying of explosives deep into the station.
11:25 The Russians are moving their most combat-ready units from the Kherson direction - these are primarily units of the marines, airborne troops and the 49th Army, said Anna Malyar, Deputy Defense Minister. “Therefore, the goal of undermining the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station by the Russians becomes obvious. So, given their own losses and limited reserves, thereby realizing the inability to contain the Ukrainian offensive in different directions, the command of the Russian occupation forces decided to “narrow down” the possible geography of the active operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” said Malyar.
According to her, the blowing up of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station was apparently carried out on the basis of preventing the offensive of the Defense Forces in the Kherson direction and freeing up the necessary reserves for their transfer to the Zaporozhye and Bakhmut directions. In addition, by destroying the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, the Russian leadership is trying to divert part of the forces and resources of the Ukrainian Defense Forces to eliminate a man-made disaster, thereby making it impossible to liberate the occupied territories on the left-bank part of the Kherson region, Maliar added.
10:46 Shoigu signed an order according to which all "volunteer detachments" in Russia must conclude a contract with the Russian Defense Ministry by July 1. The media note that the main such formation in Russia is the Wagner PMC, that is, Prigozhin's mercenaries will have to be legalized under the RF Ministry of Defense.
10:17 At night, the Russians attacked the front-line zones of the Kharkiv and Sumy regions with Shahed-136/131 strike drones. According to preliminary data, six such UAVs were destroyed by air defense, the Air Force command said.
09:48 Ukraine's entry into NATO was supported by 20 members of the Alliance out of 31, Igor Zhovkva, deputy head of the President's Office, said.
09:45 UAE Minister for Climate Change and Environment, Head of the Office of International Affairs under the President of the UAE Mariam Almheiri is visiting Ukraine, Zelensky said. "We consider this visit as evidence of the support of our country by such an influential state as the UAE. The formula for peace and the restoration of Ukraine - we are doing everything to attract as much peace as possible," he said.
09:34 The water level in the Kakhovka reservoir continues to decline and, as of 8:00 am, is 9.35 meters in the Nikopol area. During the day, the water level dropped by more than a meter, and since the explosion - by more than 7 meters, Ukrhydroenergo reported.
The water level in the Dnieper at the level of Kherson is 4.18 meters, the indicator decreased by 0.54 meters per day. The average low tide is 4-5 centimeters per hour. This is due to a decrease in the head (pressure) of the reservoir. The situation is difficult to predict and requires further monitoring. In the sections of the Dnieper that feed the North Crimean Canal, traces of shallowing appeared after the Russians blew up the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station.
09:29 On the Left Bank of the Kherson region, Russians' weapons depots were washed away, and now the current is carrying ammunition and mines to the sea and to the shores, Natalia Gumenyuk, speaker of the OK Pivden, said: "The first flood waters flooded their dugouts and trenches - even then they lost part of their personnel and weapons. In this strip from 5 to 15 km, which was flooded, there were also their field depots of ammunition. All of this is now scattered across the flood zone and can be dangerous."
09:25 In Severodonetsk and Rubizhne, Luhansk region, local collaborators began to track the places where you can make a mobile call, the OVA reported. So, on the roofs of high-rise buildings, where the coating reaches, they install a metal door or simply weld holes in the attic. Thus, people are isolated without communication.
09:18 Due to the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, about 700 thousand people in Ukraine were left without access to drinking water, including residents of both the occupied and controlled by Kiev territory, Martin Griffiths, UN Deputy Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, said.
09:11 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, eight people were injured, in Kherson - five. In the Zaporozhye region, two people were killed and one injured, according to the IVA.
09:03 At night, the Russians launched strikes using three Shahed UAVs on the territory of a civilian enterprise in the Bogodukhovsky district of the Kharkiv region, a fire broke out. In addition, during the day, the enemy fired twice at the main ammonia pipeline in the Kupyansky district, there is no ammonia leakage and there is no threat to the civilian population, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. Also, the enemy continued to shell the settlements of Kharkov, Kupyansky, Chuguevsky and Bogodukhovsky districts of the region, people were not injured.
08:47 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 11.
personnel - about 215,640 (+980) people liquidated,
tanks - 3926 (+17),
armored combat vehicles - 7631 (+24),
artillery systems - 3736 (+19),
MLRS - 601 (+1),
air defense systems - 362 (+0),
aircraft - 314 (+0),
helicopters - 299 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 3300 (+37),
cruise missiles - 1183 (+7),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 6461 (+33),
special equipment - 509 (+2).
08:26 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on attempts to completely occupy the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, there are heavy battles. Over the past day, 35 combat clashes took place on the indicated sector of the front, the General Staff reported in the morning report.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, cases of non-compliance with orders, sabotage, hazing, and desertion have become more frequent among the Russian mobilized. To solve these problems, the Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces ordered the commanders of formations and military units to identify and send such persons to assault companies for further use in "meat assaults."
07:58 Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus has handed over to the Russian Federation at least 131,000 tons of ammunition, the community of Belarusian railway workers has reported. According to the study, in the period from January 2022 to January 2023, 131,535 tons (±5-10%) of ammunition were transported by rail from Belarus to the Russian Federation. Sending ammunition to Russia from Belarusian storage arsenals does not stop and averages 5,000 to 10,000 tons per month.
05:10 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) claims that Ukrainian troops in the west of the Zaporozhye region achieved local success during counterattacks southwest and southeast of Orekhov.
04:14 Macron called the head of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, and urged "immediately stop the support he provides to Russia in the war against Ukraine," the office of the French president said. In particular, he called for stopping the supply of drones to the Russian Federation, and also "expressed concern" about the development of the Iranian nuclear program.
01:22 The British government announced that it will provide Ukraine with humanitarian aid worth 16 million pounds (about $20 million), which, among other things, will be used to support the victims of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. The money will be given to public organizations that provide assistance to Ukrainians affected by the war.
00:47 In the occupied territory of the Kherson region, the number of people hospitalized due to flooding after the Russians undermined the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station has increased to 77, almost 7,000 people have been evacuated, said the "head" of the region Vladimir Saldo.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontinfo] 21:51 Marines destroy enemy armored vehicles in the Zaporozhye direction
21:50 Caspian marines are in touch with Zaporozhye.
The guys report on the radio interception of reports of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to the information received, at their turn, the enemy had up to a battalion of losses. Aviation, flamethrower systems and rocket artillery work very well according to the Nazis. Catch on the way. In general, the situation in the LBS of the Caspian Marines is stable.
20:15 Ministry of Transport informs on ongoing work to restore the railway station in Mariupol
Today, Deputy Minister of Transport Artyom Bafanov held a working meeting at the Mariupol railway station.
Now about 90 people are involved in the facility daily.
It is planned to complete the restoration, according to the schedule, in the 2nd quarter of 2024.
For restoration work in the Mariupol commercial portkeep comingbuilding materials
Port workers will have to unload more than 1,800 tons of reinforced concrete structures intended for the restoration of infrastructure.
In general, since the beginning of the year, the total volume of cargo transshipment amounted to more than 21,400 tons.
19:45 Job TOS-1A "Sun" on the positions of militants in the Kharkiv region
18:19 Russian artillery hit a convoy of trucks and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Maryinka
Several enemy vehicles were destroyed.
17:18 Artillery destroys enemy deployment point in the Kamenskoye area
17:17 Air raid alert announced throughout Ukraine
17:17 Ukrainian media report an explosion in Kharkiv
The city announced an air alert.
16:43 Liquidated fighter of the Azov Regiment* Aleksey "Roughman" Mazur
The Nazi took part in the hostilities against the Republics of Donbass since 2014. His meeting with Bandera took place in the area of Malaya Tokmachka, Zaporozhye region
15:22 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
🔹In the Zaporizhia direction, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 50 Ukrainian soldiers, 11 tanks, including three Leopards, 17 infantry fighting vehicles, 16 armored combat vehicles, a British-made Stormer air defense system, and a US-made M777 artillery system.
🔹In the Donetsk direction, up to 310 Ukrainian soldiers, two tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles, two 152mm Msta-B howitzers, a D-30 howitzer, and two warehouses were destroyed.
🔹Up to 30 Ukrainian soldiers, Polish-made self-propelled guns "Krab" and M109 "Paladin" made in the USA, as well as a 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed in the Kupyansk direction.
🔹In the Krasno-Limansky direction, more than 50 Ukrainian soldiers, two tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, Gvozdika self-propelled guns, two 122mm D-30 howitzers and one 152mm D-20 were liquidated.
🔹In the Kherson direction, more than 30 Ukrainian military personnel, an Osa-AKM air defense system, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled gun, and a 152mm Msta-B howitzer were destroyed.
🔹Air defense forces shot down a Su-25 aircraft, five HIMARS MLRS rockets, a HARM anti-radar missile, and eight UAVs.
14:24 Several burning American armored vehicles International MaxxPro in Zaporozhye region.
13:56 Russian kamikaze drones “Lancet-3” struck British armored vehicles Mastiff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Ugledar region
12:40 Rocket hit by helicopter Ka-52 on the moving armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Vremevsky site
11:49 Artillerymen of the Southern Group of Forces covered field barracks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction
The guidance was carried out with the help of a UAV.
10:38 Destroyed American armored personnel carriers MRAP International Maxx Pro in the Zaporozhye direction
09:29 Personnel destruction of the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South-Donetsk direction.
The UAV operators uncovered the equipped position of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The strong point was struck by an unmanned attack aircraft. As a result of the strike, the firing point, together with the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was destroyed.
09:01 Kamikaze drones of the 110th Brigade of the Donetsk Army Corps are destroying the firing points of Ukrainian nationalists -video.
08:59 As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:
- the place of temporary deployment of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement. Zmievka, losses: 10 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed; 12 - received injuries of varying severity, two units of automotive equipment - disabled;
- the place of temporary deployment of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement. Berislav, losses: seven servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed: 10 militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine received injuries of varying severity, three units. automotive equipment disabled.
08:55 As a result of the fire defeat by the formations of the Dnepr grouping of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:
- SAM "Osa-AKM" with a crew of five people and ammunition;
- 122mm D-30 howitzer with ammunition, losses: three AFU militants were destroyed, three were injured of varying severity;
- 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" with a crew of three people and ammunition.
08:15 Russian Army eliminated Ukrainian officer, senior lieutenant Bogdan Zaichenko.
06:21 The crash site, presumably, of another drone, was found in a forest in the Medynsky district of the Kaluga region, there were no casualties or damage, authorities said
05:21 The drone fell in the Zhukovsky district of the Kaluga region, preliminary, there were no victims, the governor said
01:52 Explosions in the Kharkiv region.
0:47 Powerful explosions in the Sumy region.
0:21 Explosions are heard in Dnepropetrovsk, Chernihiv and Sumy.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:15 Ukrainian troops fired at Shirokaya Balka, firing three rounds with a caliber of 122mm, reports representation Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC). 21:14 In the Zaporozhye region, the village of Novoselka, in the direction of which the Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced, changed hands several times during the day.
As soon as the Russian troops withdrew and the Ukrainian army entered the village, heavy artillery and MLRS strikes, as well as air strikes, were inflicted on the area. Ukrainian troops left the area.
The Russian troops are back. The Ukrainian army again attacked with mechanized units. The Russian troops withdrew, and as soon as the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine entered the settlements, they were fired upon again, and this was repeated several times. The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are about 350 personnel and about 40 pieces of equipment.
Areas of concentration of Ukrainian troops in their rear are subjected to heavy artillery attack at the moment they enter the offensive positions, which is the main target for Russian troops in their fortifications. As soon as the preparation of the Ukrainian units for the attack is observed, the Russian military outposts immediately retreat and call for fire support, and the process is repeated.
21:13 Attack on Belogorovka: 85th Brigade destroys the enemy on the outskirts of the city.
19:25 While all attention is focused on the Zaporozhye sector of the front, it is also hot in other places:
- near Bakhmut, attacks on Kleshcheevka continue, they are trying to squeeze our special forces out of their positions;
- the equipment being transferred through Stary Saltov and Volchansk is in Kupyansk: most likely, we are waiting for the activation of the northern sector of the front;
- there is a movement of columns from the side of Nikolaev to the east - and there is a certain probability of activation of troops in the south after the partial destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station;
- Suspicious silence from Gorlovka to Donetsk - and this despite the transfer of significant enemy reserves.
Yes, and in Zaporozhye there are heavy battles: the enemy again rolls over and over again in small groups. And there is a reasonable opinion that Ukrainian formations are now hitting in waves.
18:56 Water has completely disappeared from the streets of Nova Kakhovka - the city administration.
The authorities also report that in Korsunka, where the flooding was the most significant, almost all the water has gone from the village streets.
18:02 Local residents report an explosion near the port of Berdyansk in the Zaporozhye region.
According to preliminary information, the Russian air defense crew intercepted an air target over the city. To date, there have been no reports of casualties or damage.
17:48 Brief summary of the situation on the Zaporizhzhya Front "Vremievsky ledge".
As of the morning of 11.06, the enemy was successful in his offensive in the direction of Neskuchnoye - Blagodatnoe, and occupied these settlements. Also, according to the data on the morning of June 11, the enemy occupied the Levadnoye settlement.
Information about the occupation of the Lobkovoe settlement by the enemy - stuffing, after repeated attempts to gain a foothold in the territory of the settlement and suffered losses, the enemy forces left this settlement and retreated deep into the gray zone.
Summing up: after pulling up the reserves, the enemy resumed attempts to eliminate the “Vremievsky ledge” with renewed vigor, while, without further advance to the south, long-term retention of these positions is unprofitable for the enemy, therefore, as in recent days, control over some settlements on the line of contact will pass from one side to the other more than once.
17:36 The Russian army launched a series of strikes on the command posts of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine advancing on the Zaporozhye and Artyomovsk fronts
- near the city of Orekhov, Zaporozhye region, the command post of the 47th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit.
– In the area of N. p. Kirovo, Zaporozhye region, the communication center of the 65th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.
- In the areas of n.p. Rai-Aleksandrovka, Predtechino DPR and Malaya Tokmachka of Zaporozhye region were hit: the headquarters of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, as well as the command and observation posts of the 3rd Assault Brigade and the 15th Operational Brigade.
17:28 Fragments of an American-made M777 howitzer shell were found in the spray pool of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the station staff said.
17:00 Repulse of the attack of high-speed unmanned boats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the ship of the Black Sea Fleet "Priazovie" -video.
16:07 Exclusive from the front line in the Zaporozhye direction.Personnelfrom the village of Rabotino, which, according to the Ukrainian media, is allegedly under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Less than 10 km to enemy positions.
16:02 The situation in the Orekhovsky direction is reported byArchangel Spetsnaz: The Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to enter the junction of Russian positions, they got it with AGS and heavy machine guns. They tried to enter with one infantry with a house curtain. The enemy withdrew with losses, judging by the radio intercepts 8-200, 11-300.
15:44 Armed Forces of Ukraine unsuccessfully tried to attack the Black Sea Fleet's Priazovye ship with six unmanned boats - RF Ministry of Defense
– The attack took place at night around 01:30 Moscow time, the ship was performing tasks to control the situation and ensure security on the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines;
- All enemy boats were destroyed by fire from the standard weapons of a Russian ship 300 km southeast of Sevastopol;
- During the attack over the Black Sea, the US Air Force RQ-4B Global Hawk drone was conducting reconnaissance.
15:31 Yelenovka is under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, three rounds with a caliber of 152mm were fired.
15:01 In the area of the Vremevsky ledge, strikes from operational-tactical and army aviation defeated accumulations of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
14:58 In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian military repelled three enemy attacks from the directions of Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka and Novopokrovka in a day. This is reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
14:51 The most active hostilities were conducted in the areas of Marinka and Avdievka in the Donetsk direction, the Russian Ministry of Defense said.
14:43 Under fire from Ukrainian militants, the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, five rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
14:05 The Russian military is holding back the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction, Rogov said. According to him, during the fighting, the Russian Armed Forces recaptured the settlement of Neskuchnoye, which is now being held.
In the Orekhov area, Russian volunteers from the BARS-3 battalion repelled an attack by six Ukrainian tanks and infantry during a direct clash, knocking out one of the tanks from an ATGM, the soldiers said.
14:03 According to the situation in the direction of Malaya Tokmachka from the front line:
“We are holding brother, again they perlied all night like cockroaches, we beat them off, there is still a loss in technology for them and people.”
Along Lobkovy on the one hand and Neskuchny on the other side of the LBS in Zaporozhye - well, it was a great victory to enter the villages located in the lowlands surrounded by the heights we control. Reminiscent of the battles for Belogorovka or Grigorovka in the Seversky direction - whoever goes there will be destroyed from the air.
13:10 On the situation in the eastern part of the Zaporozhye Front:
Heavy fighting continues at the junction of the Zaporozhye region and the DPR. Having no success in frontal attacks, the enemy is attempting to encircle our units on the Vremevsky ledge, making strikes on the flanks.
So, as a result of enemy maneuvers, our fighters were once again forced to leave the settlement. Neskuchnoe, retreating to pre-prepared positions.
At the beginning of the large-scale offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy also managed to enter Neskuchnoye for a short period, after which he was driven out of there by a counterattack. The village is located in a lowland and keeping it under artillery fire is not an easy task.
12:50 Zaporozhye Front, reports Blue Beard:
Guys from 42 Motorized Rifle Division are in touch. From the good: Breakthrough is not allowed in any area. Pubic and Levadnoe - gray zone. The ukry tried to climb from the direction of Rabotino, albeit less intensively, raked, rolled back to the original ones.
From the bad: Hymars do not save. They beat on trenches, dugouts and emerging equipment. This speaks of the irreducible seriousness of the intentions to break through our line of defense. Though in the forehead, and with heavy losses.
12:43 Disruption of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction and the feat of Corporal Sovkov: the situation in the zone of responsibility of the East and West groups
- In the South-Donetsk direction, the units of the Vostok group thwarted an attempt by the enemy to conduct active operations in the area of the Oktyabr state farm;
- Destroyed three combat armored vehicles of a platoon of nationalists;
- An attempt by the enemy to conduct reconnaissance in force in the Levadnovo area was suppressed;
- Artillery fire destroyed an 152mm MSTA-B howitzer in the Burlatsky area, a mortar crew in the Stepovoe area, an enemy electronic warfare station in Zagorny;
- TOS "Solntsepek" struck manpower at positions in Novomikhailovsky, Storozhevoy and the Oktyabr state farm;
- Loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed a 122mm D-30 howitzer in the Gulyai-Pole area;
- The calculation of the Osa air defense system shot down two UAVs Fury and Leleka;
- In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy continues to attempt to conduct offensive operations, but is not successful;
- The motorized riflemen of the Vostok group destroyed 4 tanks, 9 infantry fighting vehicles, five combat armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Malaya Tokmachka, Yablonevka, Novodanilovka;
- TOS "Solntsepek" hit points of nationalists in Novodanilovka and Storozhevoe and manpower in Novodarovka;
- The driver of the artillery platoon of the motorized rifle brigade, corporal Vitaly Sovkov, on a truck with personnel, took the car out of the artillery attack of the nationalists, saving the lives of the personnel and entrusted military equipment;
- In the Kupyansk direction, the artillery of the Zapad group opened and destroyed the DRG from the 14th nationalist Mechanized Brigade in the Olshany area;
- In the area of Kopanka and Ivanovka, two enemy mortar crews were destroyed by the fire of the Msta-S self-propelled guns and the Rapira air defense;
- The air defense grouping in the area of Olshany and Novoegoryevka, the crews of the Tor air defense system, destroyed two UAVs Furia and ANSER;
- The crews of Ka-52 and Mi-28 attack helicopters and Su-25 attack aircraft attacked temporary deployment points, manpower and military equipment from the 14th and 92nd Mechanized brigades and territorial defense units.
13:36 The Armed Forces of Ukraine began to remotely mine territories along the entire front with the help of the German MLRS “Mars”. The sapper of the engineer-sapper company of one of the units of the Russian Armed Forces in the Donbass told.
“I had to deal with“ AT2 ”, recently they began to shower along the entire front line. These are anti-bottom mines, they can also be anti-personnel. They are remotely launched from the Mars MLRS, they have a motion sensor, you can’t touch it, it can also react to metal,” he said.
12:26 Under fire from Ukrainian militants, the Kuibyshevsky and Kyiv districts of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, six rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
12:10 More than 23,000 residential buildings were flooded in the Kherson region after the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, 320 were freed from water, emergency services told us. The territories of flooded settlements were freed from water by 10-15%.
The number of residential buildings freed from water after flooding will be clarified after the demining of the territories, the emergency services reported.
11:59 Kherson direction, night in the area of the Kazachi Lagery, the situation is as follows:
The water level is falling, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are fixed in their previous positions.
Civilians complain about the fascist government and ask for help. The Russian military helps civilians, at the same time they are on round-the-clock duty and are engaged in the additional equipment of observation posts, dugouts, etc.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine rarely use artillery, due to the flood, the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine pulled back. There was a regrouping of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and thrown into other areas, where battles are now taking place and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are holding back the enemy.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conduct aerial reconnaissance and observe all the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
It rains according to the weather, it is in the hands of the civilian population. Fires are extinguished in the forests, fields with a harvest of civilians.
11:03 Yasinovataya is under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, five rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
10:50 South Donets Front, Vremievsky ledge area:
An enemy attack was repelled in the sector of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division. The enemy changed tactics: he lets the infantry forward, only then the equipment. The infantry units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine came under heavy mortar fire from our troops and retreated. A second wave of attacks is expected.
10:47 Over the past day, 35 facts of firing by the AFU were recorded.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 21 artillery attack from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 12 attacks from MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm.
On Yasinovatsky two artillery attack from 155mm artillery. Having fired 222 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of nine settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Central City, Nikitovsky districts), Golmovsky, Ozeryanovka, Mineralnoe, Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Luhanske, Aleksandrovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of a civilian - a man, in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
Two civilians received injuries of varying severity in the Central City district of Gorlovka and Aleksandrovka.
Four residential buildings were damaged in the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka and Aleksandrovka, as well as four civil infrastructure facilities.
10:20 Yasinovataya is under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, six rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
10:15 Counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: the enemy is regrouping and preparing new strikes near Orekhov
- After the 4th failed offensive attempt along the Orekhov-Rabotino line, the enemy changed tactics and stopped frontal assaults.
- AFU disperse units to test the strength of our defensive orders
- The artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is actively working, the Russian army is conducting a counter-battery fight.
- DRGs are climbing the landings, conducting reconnaissance and waiting for an opportunity to attack unexpectedly.
- The enemy is regrouping for a new breakthrough attempt.
- In the neighboring Gulyai-Polye direction, low-intensity positional battles.
- In the landings, hiding units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were noticed (perhaps they are pretending to distract that they are concentrating for attacks).
Thus, on a day ago, the Rabotino-Verbovaya sector, which was ablaze from hostilities, greatly decreased the intensity of the enemy. The enemy builds up strength, pulls up reinforcements and chooses a new point to strike.
Orekhovskoe direction, the enemy was seen but did not stick out after being hit by our Ka-52s. At night, they are active because Western technology has thermal imaging and night firing systems. According to the marines, there is no enemy activity in Velikaya Novoselovka either, probably at night they will try to do something.
09:50 Vremievsky ledge situation by the end of June 10, 2023:
In the area of ??the Vremievsky ledge, the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the 23rd and 31st Separate Mechanized brigades, as well as the Marines of the 37th Naval Infantry Brigade, resumed attacks on Russian positions. On the right flank, the enemy infantry landed in a forest belt and was able to advance to Harvest.
Now the fighting is going on near the village. At the same time, the formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to reach the approaches to Novodonetskoye, but fighters on the front line and artillerymen are successfully operating in this area, preventing the Armed Forces of Ukraine from approaching the village.
At the same time, on the ledge itself, Ukrainian units occupied Neskuchnoye and Blagodatnoye almost without a fight - the servicemen of the Kaskad OBTF retreated to more advantageous positions due to the threat of being surrounded.
Also, enemy attacks in small groups were noted on the left flank at the Novodarovka-Rovnopol line. Judging by the almost synchronous attack on Urozhaynoye and from Bolshaya Novoselka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to penetrate the rear of the Russian group on the Vremievsky ledge.
At the same time, against the background of attacks in this area, the activity of Ukrainian artillery in the Zaporozhye direction increased, and an armored fist is concentrated near Malaya Tokmachka. This indirectly indicates preparations for the next night attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine south of Orekhov.
09:26 Defensive actions in the Soledar direction. The RF Armed Forces successfully repelled two attacks by assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Soledar-Artemovsk direction
"Subdivisions of the Southern Group of Forces successfully repelled two attacks by assault groups of formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Soledar-Artemovsk direction," Astafyev said.
According to him, the group's aviation hit the enemy's strongholds in the area of the settlements of Belogorovka, Krasnoye, Kleshchievka and Novgorodskoye. Artillerymen destroyed three firing positions of 120mm mortars in Verkhnekamenskoye and Krasnoye, as well as an ammunition depot in the Belaya Gora area and an AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar station in Avdievka.
“The command post of the 10th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was struck in the Ray-Aleksandrovka area. Also, rocket strikes by multiple launch rocket systems "Tornado-S" were carried out on the accumulation of enemy manpower in the area of the settlement of Druzhkovka, on the point of temporary deployment of the 116th brigade of the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kalinovka area, on the accumulation of enemy manpower, weapons and military equipment in the Elizavetovka area," said the head of the press center.
09:22 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 barrel artillery:
-- n.p. Peski fired 7 rounds;
-- Eight rounds were fired at the Kazachi Lagery;
-- Seven rounds were fired at Staraya Zburyevka;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan fired 18 rounds;
-- n.p. Nechaevo fired 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Aleshki fired 14 rounds.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Novaya Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, settlement Velikaya Lepetikha, settlement Sofiyivka, settlement Sagi firing a total of 30 rounds from barrel artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
09:17 Orekhovskoe direction. The enemy attempted to storm but was quickly repulsed and pulled back, now stands still, no movement. Most likely, they are accumulating strength and pulling up reserves. Judging by the radio interceptions, everything is sad with the 47th and 82nd brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and there are many 200th with the wounded, whom they cannot evacuate, because “the russet artillery is choking”.
08:50 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district). According to the DPR JCCC, five rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
08:10 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on June 11, 2023
08:00 Acting Governor of the Kherson region Vladimir Saldo said that almost 7,000 people were evacuated from the flooded areas of the region, the number of hospitalized increased to 77.
01:37 Under fire from Ukrainian militants, the Kuibyshevsky and Kyiv districts of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, five rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. By Aleksandr Kots
[KP] Communication with the front line is now sporadic. Guys don't have time to talk. But when a free minute is issued, acquaintances talk about how things are progressing in the most difficult section of the Zaporozhye direction.
A voice message sent back on June 8 did not reach me until Saturday. In it, a comrade talks about how Russian troops fought off the first onslaught of the enemy.
- The heat is specific. The neighbors also had an attempt to break through, they went there to correct it. The bastards approached our positions at 100 meters. Can you imagine 12 hours of combat? Three hours of artillery preparation, when you simply cannot raise your head. The night was fun. But, thank God, they survived. Not without loss. But we also burned six of their cars. Three "Bradley", "Leopard" did the second.
Two more minesweepers were going - theirs too. Those who were blown up by a mine were already finished off with ATGMs. Now it’s not a rod, they’re firing harassing artillery, they’ll regroup and they’ll probably go again. Pull, the Germans (as our soldiers call the enemy on the front end), reserves.
To the next question, “How are you?” the answer comes the next day.
- Hi brother! Starship specific! The battle has already been going on for days, several brigades are fighting, the equipment is immeasurable. It's hard, but we stand! We beat the German as best we can, and hold on. The next day, another 12 units were hammered. They stopped us 400 meters before us. Three "Leopards" have already entered. One on that point (where several more Bradleys were destroyed ), and two more on the other flank.
- They say they are now letting Soviet technology go forward?
- No, everything is Pindos, Western. His is no longer there. But the projectile doesn't care whose. Humanitarian copters - day and night - help fucking. We cut off all approaches, if possible, with artillery.
- Doesn't the enemy crush our "birds" with electronic warfare?
- We do not let them go far, they drag it, of course.
The connection was interrupted again. Behind short but valuable messages from the very "front end" - sleepless nights, the smell of smoke and gunpowder burning, round-the-clock combat work and close proximity to death. These heroic people do not yet realize that they are actually making history. As their grandfathers once did on the Kursk Bulge. Gotta hold on guys! God help us...
Like 80 years ago, the Nazis (German tanks, Nazi regime in Ukraine) with crosses are burning in Ukraine.
But this is not only a coincidence. Like 80 years ago, these Nazi tanks are taken as trophies.
Military correspondent Alexander Kots writes:
The first "Leopards" were captured
Journalists are at a low start. constructors too. And the military can’t wait until they can feel the hyped tank with their hands. But perhaps most of all, millions of ordinary Russians, who have been anxiously reading the news reports, want to get to know him better.
The West has decided to supply Leopards to Ukraine.
"Leopards" photographed on railway platforms.
"Leopards" seen in a forest plantation.
And, finally, the long-awaited: we burned the first Leopards!
It is clear that sooner or later one of the tanks abandoned by the crew will be pulled from the front of our tanks. And maybe not just one. It is clear that first of all it will fall into the hands of specialists who will disassemble it to the screw. And they will perform these manipulations in deep and secret silence. But already now we need to think about how to inflict an open information strike on the Leopards.
And this is the case when TV channels, newspapers, leading military bloggers do not have to chase exclusive. And vice versa - to unite under the leadership of the Moscow Region and to acquaint the country with the bulky trophy as detailed as possible. How terrible is this devil? And is it as much as it is painted?
Already now it is necessary to draw up a pool of writers and filmers for the “leopard hunt”. Identify designers who will talk about its strengths and demonstrate vulnerable areas.
Determine the range where specialists from Uralvagonzavod drive the Leopard along an obstacle course, through water barriers, in different engine operating modes. And they will arrange a kilometer race between the T-90M and the Leopard, and then answer the questions of journalists.
And at the training ground of the Ministry of Defense, prepare equipment in order to sequentially fire at the captured tank under the lenses of photo and movie cameras with all the anti-tank weapons that we have - from RPGs and ATGMs to 125-mm shells. And give the floor to the gunners from the front.
Captured German tanks are our trump card in the information war. The news about the defeat of the Ukrainian armored group made a lot of noise in the Western media and the blogosphere. And even the Russophobe Julian Roepke from Bild is naturally hysterical. So let's milk these Leopards dry. Let's reveal all their secrets. Perhaps then the West will once again think before giving us their military technology.
Say, I am engaged in hat-taking? In no case. In recent days, there have been good trends in the information support of the SVO: a lot of up-to-date video, comments by military leaders on the events of the day, live portraits of soldiers and officers. It is necessary to develop this offensive, especially against the background of the stupor of Ukrainian publics. It's temporary, no doubt. They will come to their senses and again will inflate every tiny win by 200 percent.
It doesn't seem to me impossible to quickly print several thousand posters with infographics of Western technology - strengths and weaknesses, And the most vulnerable points for our shells and missiles. So that these posters hang in every dugout at the front and at every training ground in the rear. And share them online. And in general, I would like to see the "Leopard" in Moscow's Gorky Park, at the same place where the defeated German equipment was exhibited during the Great Patriotic War. Having previously driven the Leopard along the Garden Ring with a photo session at the US Embassy.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
German military historian Paul Carrell (pen name of German SS major Paul Schmidt) in his book Scorched Earth mentions the capture of Bruno Formello, saying the information provided was so reliable, the Soviets launched a preemptive artillery strike on German start positions.
[ColonelCassad] These are the guys who grabbed a valuable prisoner, information about which reached the headquarters of the front and personally K.K. Rokossovsky, and it was decided to counterstrike.
The name of the prisoner was Bruno Formel, a sapper of the 6th Infantry Division. In addition to the message that "it will begin now," he told how demining was carried out on a regular basis then, in the hours before the "Citadel".
At night, sappers crawled to look for mines and neutralize them. First their own, then others.
Formel testified: “It was ordered to make one passage 3-5 meters wide for each advancing company. For this purpose, a sapper group consisting of 3-5 soldiers and a cover group consisting of 7-10 soldiers (infantry) headed by a junior commander were allocated. After arranging the passage, the sapper group with a Russian mine as material evidence [they did not trust the comrades for a word, yes - the Iron Wind] should return to their original position, and the cover group remained in place to guard the passage.
Now you don’t crawl like that under a copter with a thermal sight, of course.
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And not only. Now the passage in the minefields can be filled up remotely with mines. The same "Agriculture" or "Mars-II". "Agriculture" is remote mining complex, field artillery scatterable mines (FASCAM). MARS II is an MRLS.
Well, engineering equipment for breaking through minefields and tanks with minesweeps, as practice shows, is very vulnerable in open areas and is affected by artillery, aviation and drones.
Commentary from the telegram Channel of Periscope. Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] As for the events at the front, I try not to comment once again: since telegram users and telegrammers-authors of channels are constantly spinning the wheel of fortune. Either they hysteria mercilessly, yelling like dogs that have pinched their paws - for example, the DRG in the Belgorod region, the downing of planes in the Bryansk region, etc., then they enthusiastically admire the video with "Leopards" and other Bradleys, forgetting that this is only the beginning of a counterattack and there is still a lot to come problem moments.
It is more interesting to pay attention not to momentary, but to long-term trends. And what do we see? And the fact that the Russian army has become more professional, meaner and harsher. As you can see, she is trained on the battlefield, paying with blood and iron for mistakes.
In August and autumn of last year, the Hymars and its targeted raids were a nightmare, and now - have you noticed that reports about him have become routine and commonplace? Those. the army adapted to dispersal and camouflage. They wrote that we do not have guided bombs like JDAM?
Pity: in the spring of 2023, they appeared on the battlefield and quickly became a significant factor. At the same time, both armies are learning: for some time, on our side, the dill in the rear was specifically terrified by "Geraniums" and at first it was poorly parried. Then they also learned. Our enemy is strong and not a fool either.
What is gratifying is that there have been shifts in the struggle for minds and in the DIMK MO, something began to shift, albeit slowly. They began to react faster, speakers appeared at the groupings of troops, and even the video with burned cats on the battlefield became a hit not only in RuNet, but also in the Western media.
It is very beautiful, of course, when, after 80 years, German tanks are burning in approximately the same place where they once burned in the forties. And it's symbolic. And against this background, the annoying jamb with the "combines" was almost forgotten, as well as the media war with the "Wagners", which went to the rear and ceased to compete for the attention of the audience.
Therefore, as a conclusion, I repeat once again: Ukraine has no chance of winning in its sense (reaching the borders in 1991), if the situation inside Russia is stable, in the sense of a strong rear. The only hope of crests and their handlers is instability in the rear, unrest and activation of trans-Ukrainian elements that have been hiding (mainly among the elite, of course, which is suffering from the destruction of the former world order). And if this does not happen - and the defense industry will catch up - unlike Ukraine, we have it and it is rather big; and the army will learn, and interaction will improve. So Ukraine has no chance in the war for a long time either. None at all, if the Russian rear is strong.
(c) Periscope
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PS. I fully agree with the opinion that the main bet of the United States is on the internal destruction of Russia.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Heavy losses forced the enemy to subject plans to a sharp adjustment:
The reserves deployed in the Krivoy Rog, Sumy, Kharkov directions are being transferred to the directions:
1). settlements Gornyak, Kurakhovka, Krasnogorovka, Staromikhaylovka, Marinka;
2) settlements of Nevelskoye, Pervomayskoye, Vodyanoye;
3) n.p. Dzerzhinskoye, at least 2 brigades were deployed in the direction of Mayorsk and Gorlovka.
The reserves go through the Kramatorsk-Slavyansk transport hub, entering each direction in the Zaporozhye and Donetsk regions to reinforce the existing groupings.
For the current groupings, it is currently established:
According to the strategic plan of the enemy, it is planned to push through the front line of defense along the Nesteryanka-Novoselovka line and to the south, with the forces of four brigades: 65 Separate Mechanized Brigade, 128 Separate Brigade, 108 Separate Brigade, 15 Obr NSU), and provide a bridgehead for the introduction of the main forces of the strike force.
The main strike force is aimed at the direction of Orekhov - Tokmak - Melitopol, it is planned to ensure the advance with the forces of 10 Army Corps, the basis of the shock fist should be: 115, 116, 117, 118 Separate Mechanized Brigade, which we talked about earlier.
Task: access to Melitopol from the north.
A flank attack is planned in the direction Malaya Tokmachka - Berdyansk, with the forces of 82 Separate Air Assault Brigade, 71 oembr, and 46 Separate Air Mobile Brigade, with the task of seizing control on the line of the settlement of Urozhaynoye, Novopoltavka, Semyonovka.
Task: Covering the left flank of the main group.
In the future, it is planned to conduct raid operations as part of battalion-tactical groups with the forces of: 46 detachments and 1 Special Forces "Azov" in the directions of the settlement of Mordvinovka, Novovasilevka, Botieva.
Objective: to capture the frontier along the coast of the Sea of Azov Stepanovka the first, Botievo and prevent the landing of amphibious assault forces of the RF Armed Forces.
The forces of the main offensive grouping up to 12 brigades (47, 66, 115, 116, 117, 118 ombr, 128 Separate ountain Assault Brigade, 108 obrtr, 15 guard NSU, 82 Air Saault Brigade, 71 oebr, 46 Separate Air Mobile Brigade) Total for the offensive operation, including reserves (in including marine brigades, as well as units located in the Kryvoy Rog direction, included in the single plan of the operation in the Zaporozhye direction) at the moment the enemy has prepared:
Manpower- up to 56 thousand people (68 battalions)
Tanks - up to 350.
AFVs of all types - up to 1000
Field artillery guns and mortars - up to 500.
MLRS - up to 140 units.
(From these figures it is necessary to subtract the number of those destroyed in recent days)
IMPORTANT. The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine is carrying out information sabotage, spreading information that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are finally bogged down due to lack of funds to continue the offensive operation.
Under no circumstances can you trust this information, it is designed to weaken the vigilance of the RF Armed Forces, the enemy has more than enough forces.
The enemy will throw everything he has into battle, regardless of losses, you must use this to inflict critical damage on him.
So, what is happening on this section now. The enemy made an attempt to break through in the evening, striking at the junction of the positions of our marines 5A and 1 Army Corps (OBTF "Kaskad"). It goes along the riverbed of the Mokrye Yala River, but so far it cannot go to the heights. APU desperately need to gain a foothold onheights, in order to go further to Staromlynovka - the goal of the whole strike.
Here is a local logistics hub and with a simultaneous strike from the west of Levadnoe, the entire so-called. Vremeevsky performance.
For now, the enemy has been stopped in the area of the settlement. Harvest. Fights are going on for Makarovka (by the way, it is also below, and not on the heights). If he cannot break through, then most likely, having wasted his strength, he will roll back. Being in these positions (without occupying the prevailing heights) puts him at an extremely disadvantageous position. Here we must either go forward to the end, or we will have to retreat. From here, the night will be decisive in many ways.
Heavy fighting continues on the Vremievsky ledge. Russian units were forced to retreat to the Makarovka-Urozhaynoye line. Despite the advance of the Russian assault groups to the north and the temporary return of control over Neskuchny, the Russian units failed to gain a foothold.
▪Ukrainian formations accuse the Russian side of blowing up a dam across the Wet Yaly River: most likely, the blowing was carried out to slow down the advance of the enemy.
▪The settlements of Makarovka and Urozhaynoye are under the control of Russian units: the fighting is taking place on the near approaches to the settlements.
▪To the east, Ukrainian formations attempted to break through Russian positions at the Novodonetskoye-Novomayorskoye line, but were forced to retreat.
🔻Ukrainian formations are advancing in waves. Tactics usually come down to throwing assault units into the forest belt on armored vehicles: a foot offensive as part of squads and platoons with artillery support, and armored vehicles follow the infantry.
We believe that the offensive potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is still far from being exhausted, and in the near future we should expect an increase in the onslaught.
Due to bad weather, the situation on the Vremievsky ledge worsened: the ability to use drones and aviation was reduced. Russian units, leaving their positions in the destroyed frontline villages, were forced to retreat to the next line of defense.
The Zaporizhia sector of the front from the Kherson region to the Donetsk region is stable. Powerful attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Orekhovo have been stopped for the time being. The junction of the Zaporozhye region and the Donetsk region - fighting is underway.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to break through to Staromlynovka. Night events will show either the stability of our defense, or the performance of the enemy. The infantry is fighting, our artillery is working, we are in advantageous firing positions.
The Donetsk sector of the front is stable. Under Bakhmut too.
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