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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief June 12th (updated)
2023-06-13
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 21:51 Video– The crew of the T-90M “Breakthrough” of the Western Military District destroyed an enemy group during rotation at the forefront in the direction of Svatovo.

21:45 Video– Burning of Ukrainian armored vehicles near Soledar.

21:39 Video- Destroyed Polish SAU Krab in Chasow Yara district.

21:28 Video– the Ka-52 “Whirlwind” attack helicopter missile makes a boom in Ukrainian technology.

21:12 Video– Destruction of the Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle in the area of ​​Belogorovka LPR.

20:34 Video- Drops from the copter of the 6th Army on the airfields in the Kupyansk direction.

19:40 Explosion on mines of two cars with Ukrainian scouts on the road in the direction of Lobkove, Zaporozhye region -video.

19:31 Rare personnel. On the northern flank of the Artyomovsky direction, in the village of Vasyukovka, Ukrainian militants deployed a mortar, but were discovered by our "bird". According to the coordinates, the gunners of the “Nevsky” detachment from 122mm D-30 howitzers worked out exactly. Ukrov have losses.

19:20 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost half of the Leopard 2R HMBV armored demining vehicles delivered to Ukraine from Finland.

On the footagevideo, taken from a copter by the 22nd Separate Brigade of special forces, another broken Ukrainian column is visible, at the head of which the charred skeletons of three BMRs froze. Obviously, these vehicles punched through a corridor in a minefield for friendly vehicles, but did not fully cope with their task and were destroyed. Perhaps they themselves were blown up by mines, perhaps they were covered with artillery, perhaps they received a missile from a Russian helicopter in the roof of the MTO.

18:45 The Russian army on the Zaporozhye front destroys American "Three axes". UAV-kamikaze "Lancet" hit the artillery system from the US M777.

The gun was destroyed along with ammunition.

18:25 June 7 in the vicinity of Artyomovsk was eliminated militant Gennady Kolesnik, call sign Podkova.

He fought in the Donbass since 2015 as part of the Azov Regiment (the organization is recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in the Russian Federation), and is involved in crimes against civilians. Kolesnik was awarded the Ukrainian Steel Cross.

17:30 Personnel destruction of the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South-Donetsk direction.

UAV operators uncovered the location of the Armed Forces stronghold with machine-gun emplacements and anti-tank weapons, after which a quadrocopter-type attack drone was used at the stronghold.

As a result of the strike, the stronghold with the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and weapons was destroyed.

17:15 Artillerymen of the 85th brigade of the Southern Group of Forces continue destroy positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Belogorovsk direction.

16:40 “Mogilization” in Ukraine continues, men are stupidly grabbed on the street and taken away.

16:27 On the flank of Artemivsk, the 200th Brigade shot down a Ukrainian helicopter -video.

16:06 Moment of detonation on a mine of an American armored car "Humvee" (HMMWV) under the control of the Ukrainian crew during one of the recent attacks on the positions of the Russian Armed Forces.

15:40 At the end of March was eliminated commander of the Nazi reconnaissance detachment "Beshketniki Sirk" Ivan Shchegolev (call sign Shchegol). He was born on July 6, 1998. He was fond of football - he was a fan of Metalist Kharkiv. Participated in street riots.

In 2016, he took a course of a young fighter in the Azov regiment. He served in the DaVinci Wolves detachment of nationalists, commanded by the famous Ukrainian nationalist Dmitry Kotsyubaylo. The DaVinci squad is involved in the torture and murder of civilians in Donbass.

After the start of the SVO, Shchegolev led the Sirk Beshketniki detachment, which is part of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and performs reconnaissance missions. "Beshketniki" translated from Ukrainian "debauchery".

In the social network, the militants often posted videos of Russian soldiers being killed. For example, in one of the videos, the Nazis bombed Russian fighters from a quadrocopter to satirical music. The last frames show the corpses and end with a screensaver from Yeralash "That's it!".

On March 25, 2023, Goldfinch was eliminated in the vicinity of Svatov as a result of an attack by Russian troops from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

14:27 APU equipment continues slowly but surely turn into scrap metal.

Russian fighters opened the firing positions of an enemy anti-aircraft missile battery in the South-Donetsk direction. By simultaneously using high-precision munitions, the gunners hit the starting positions of the Buk battery of the enemy.

14:15 Highlights from the briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:

- In the Donetsk direction, the most active hostilities were in the areas of Avdievka and Maryinka.

- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed more than 55 Ukrainian military personnel, self-propelled guns 152mm “Akatsiya”, 122mm “Gvozdika” and a 122mm D-30 howitzer in a day in the Krasnolimansk direction.

- Artillery fire from the Vostok grouping of forces repelled two enemy attacks from the direction of Velyka Novoselka (DPR).

- In the areas of Prechistovka, Velyka Novoselka and Neskuchnoe, accumulations of manpower and equipment of the 1st separate brigade of the President of Ukraine, the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade, the 31st Mechanized and 1st Tank brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit.

- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the ammunition depot of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Torskoye area.

- Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions for the day amounted to up to 250 military, in Donetsk - up to 140 militants.

- In the area of ​​​​Grygorovka, the activities of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were stopped.


13:40 In the Belgorod region, the train derailed due to the attack of two drones, media

According to media reports, the explosion of a freight train occurred on the evening of June 10. According to the driver of the Liski-Stary Oskol train, at about 10 p.m., the locomotive was attacked by kamikaze drones. As a result of the attack, 15 empty wagons overturned.

The railway track and contact supports were also damaged. There were no casualties.

13:16 Destruction of enemy personnel by artillery of the 132nd Brigade (former 3rd NM DPR) -video.

12:50 In the Belgorod direction at night, the enemy concentrated in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Strelechya. Our artillery worked, including Tulip. After that, the Ukrainian militants calmed down a bit, now they are sitting quietly.

12:45 Personnel destruction of an armored fighting vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction.

The crew of the Ka-52 reconnaissance and attack helicopter discovered a moving APU armored personnel carrier and struck with a guided missile.

A direct hit armored fighting vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed along with the crew.

11:50 Ukrainian formations continue to strike at the border in the Belgorod region.

The village of Vyazovoe was under enemy fire. As a result of the attack, the hay storage and other outbuildings were damaged, but civilians were not injured.

11:25 Footage of the destruction by aircraft of the RF Armed Forces of air defense equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the settlement. Gulyaipole in the Zaporozhye direction -video.

10:25 Consequences APU strike on an apartment building in Shebekino, Belgorod Region.

10:20 The advancement of the Armed Forces on the Vremievsky ledge was costly for them - the helicopter pilots on the Ka-52 did not doze off. On this framethere is no destruction of equipment - however, there is a missile attack from a helicopter on the assault group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

10:15 In the Artemovsk direction, intelligence of the RF Armed Forces discovered and destroyed a convoy of armored trucks “Oshkosh” with artillery systems M-777 of a Ukroreich, made in the USA -video. 18+ on the frames there is profanity.

10:00 Photo from the division of the army special forces of Russia.

Destroyed equipment in the lens of a copter of the 22nd Guards. Order of Zhukov special forces brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Leopard 2A6 tanks, BMP M2 Bradley, German ARV Bergenpanzer, several units of Leopard 2R HMBV demining vehicles, as well as MRAP International MaxxPro remained in the fields of Zaporozhye.

09:33 Destruction personnel and equipment of the Nazis. The work of the fighters of the OBTF "Cascade" with the shock UAV "Lancet" always hits the enemy clearly on target.

09:10 Brigade 110 destroys Starlink antennas in Krasnogorovka with drones -video.

08:18 Russian army eliminated Ruslan Sheremet, officer of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine. He was 28 years old.

08:04 Exterminating armored vehicles. At present, in the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy armored forces are undertaking more and more new attacks. However, Russian anti-tankers stand in their way, cold-bloodedly turning Western armored vehicles into a pile of scrap metal.

“Two units came out - the calculation worked out regularly. They saw them and, accordingly, made two launches - two targets ... While we are on duty, they will not succeed, ”says Pepel, the commander of an anti-tank platoon.

Its units are armed with Kornet anti-tank missile systems. As Pepel says, this weapon is capable of penetrating any enemy armor: “In principle, it doesn’t make any difference to him - either in the side or in the forehead. That is, it penetrates 1300 mm behind dynamic protection.

07:34 The crew of the T-90M “Breakthrough” of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Western Military District of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed an enemy group during rotation at the forefront in the direction of Svatovo–video.

07:08 Zaporozhye. When trying to land Ukrainian troops, our forces destroyed two American International MaxxPro APU -video.

06:15 In the Belogorovsk direction, artillerymen of the 85th brigade of the Southern Group of Forces destroy positions of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The enemy in this direction accumulated people and equipment, but our artillery thinned out the ranks of the Nazis a little.

03:14 Explosions are reported in the Kharkiv region.

01:58 An air raid alert has been announced in the Dnepropetrovsk region of Ukraine.

Posted by:badanov

#1   I am skeptical of any prisoner of war statements, but, knowing Russians and their history, I have high confidence these guys are speaking truthfully. Stupid me assumed Joe Stalin is why the USSR was scary, it wasn't, it was Russian culture:
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1668575087786639361
Posted by: Flater Forkbeard8651   2023-06-13 15:06  

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