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[Regnum] Near one of the schools in Kolpino, plumbers found a wooden box with a human skull and bone fragments. This was reported on June 18 by the press service of the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Saint Petersburg.
“During excavation work on Vavilov Street in the city of Kolpino, the remains of a wooden box containing a human skull and bone fragments were discovered at a depth of about 2 meters,” follows from the department’s publication on the Telegram channel.
A procedural investigation was organized into this fact. Investigators examined the scene of the incident, the bone remains were sent to an expert institution to establish the person's gender, age, and how long the remains had been in the ground, the Investigative Committee concluded.
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[Regnum] On June 18, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg Conservatory, where large-scale restoration work was completed. The conservatory, founded in 1862 by Anton Rubinstein, is the first higher music educational institution in Russia.
In March 2015, the historic conservatory building was closed for reconstruction. In September 2020, Putin ordered the reconstruction to be completed.
The building's facades are painted in the historical light beige color, the house church has been restored to its paintings by Andrei Ryabushkin and Vasily Belyaev. The Rubinstein Great Hall for 1,100 seats is equipped with variable acoustics technology.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, in 2021, after a year of scientific research, building inspection and project update, workers began restoration of the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory. The conservatory was founded in 1862 and is located in the building of the Bolshoi (Kamenny) Theater, which was completely rebuilt in 1896 by the architect Vladimir Nikolay. In fact, the walls and foundation of the theater were included in the new building.
In 2015, the Main Directorate of State Expertise of Russia issued a positive conclusion on the restoration of the building, but due to problems with contractors, work on the site was stopped several years later. Following the intervention of federal authorities in 2021, the site was transferred to the management of the Single Customer in the Sphere of Construction (SCC) and underwent a re-examination in connection with the updating of design solutions.
A year after the survey, work began, and restorers began work on the facade of the historic building.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding back the Russian offensive in the east and south of Ukraine.
The enemy organized the largest number of attacks in the Pokrovsky direction. There, fighting continues in the areas of 10 populated areas.
Since the beginning of the current day, the total number of combat clashes on the front has reached 95. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report on the situation as of 16:00 on Wednesday, June 18.
Thus, in the Severo-Slobodskoy and Kursk directions, our soldiers repelled 17 enemy attacks, and four more clashes continue.
In the Yuzhno-Slobodskoy direction, the Russians attacked three times in the areas of Vovchansk, Liptsy and Dolgenkoye.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy twice advanced in the direction of Stepova Novoselovka and near Zagrizovoye. One combat clash continues.
In the Liman direction, the invading army carried out eight attacks in the areas of the settlements of Novy Mir, Olgovka, Grekovka, Lipovoe, Zelenaya Dolina, Torskoye and in the direction of Karpovka. Two combat clashes are currently ongoing.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy twice attacked the Grigoryevka area.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy is trying to advance in the areas of Orekhovo-Vasil'evka, Belaya Gora, Kurdyumovka, Predtechnoye, Novomarkovoye, Bondarnoye and Stupochki. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have repelled all 12 attacks.
In the Toretsk direction, the Russians are trying to penetrate the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defense in the areas of Toretsk and Dilievka. Five assaults have been stopped.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the Russians organized 24 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Malinovka, Mirolyubovka, Mirnoye, Promen, Mirnograd, Udachnoye, Novosergeevka, Kotlyarovka, Alekseyevka and in the direction of Novopodgorny. The defense forces have already repelled 19 attacks.
Eight assaults were stopped in the Novopavlovsk direction , three more clashes are currently ongoing. The enemy tried to advance in the areas of Zaporizhzhia, Veseloye, Mirny, Volny, Novosyolka, Volny Pole and Shevchenko.
In the Orekhov direction, one enemy attack in the direction of Shcherbaki was repelled.
Let us recall that in one day on June 17, Russia lost more than 1,000 soldiers and dozens of armored vehicles on the front. The total number of Russian losses exceeded 1 million people.
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[NewsFront] 20:41 In the area of Pokrovsk and Novoekonomichesky, camouflaged launch and control points for Ukrainian Armed Forces UAVs were discovered and destroyed —video. 20:25 Russian military saved residents of Fedorovka. Servicemen of the 5th Guards Tank Brigade of the "East" group of forces evacuated eleven residents from the village of Fedorovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Constant attacks on the village by Ukrainian militants using artillery, heavy hexcopters "Baba Yaga" and FPV drones forced local residents to leave everything and flee their homes. Taking only the most necessary things with them, people were forced to flee from enemy drones, hiding in dilapidated houses and buildings.
During the conversation, residents said that Ukrainian servicemen regularly fired and aimed attack drones at houses and shelters in which people who refused to be evacuated to Ukrainian territory lived.
19:59 The Russian Aerospace Forces hit a temporary deployment point of the 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with an RBK-500 aerial bomb with a universal planning and correction module and a cluster warhead.
The area of the settlement Malaya Tokmachka, Zaporizhia region —video.
19:26 The 152mm 2S5 Giatsint-S gunner with the call sign "Stepan" told how the aiming mechanism of the gun entrusted to him works. According to him, it is not difficult to figure it out, but for effective work the gunner needs to be especially attentive.
He is confident that in the hands of a competent specialist, the Giatsint works like a sniper rifle: it is capable of hitting even a small target, such as a mortar. video.
18:22 Russian Ministry of Defense:
From 14:25 Moscow time to 15:15 Moscow time, air defense systems on dutyintercepted and destroyed five Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
– Two UAVs each – over the territories of the Kaluga and Oryol regions,
- One UAV - over the territory of the Kursk region.
17:57 Destruction of a Ukrainian UAV control point in the area of the village of Kleshcheyevka by drone operators and artillerymen of the “Yug” group —video.
17:26 Drone operators from one of the tank battalions of the Russian army armed themselves with kamikaze drones "Molniya", loaded them with explosives and went to destroy various targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces —video.
16:54 Iskander OTRK calculation inflicted a missile strike on the permanent deployment point of the 58th Separate Motorized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Konotop area of Sumy Oblast.
As a result of the strike, the following were destroyed:
- Four warehouses of military-technical property,
- Two trucks,
– More than 60 Ukrainian nationalists.
A total of 13 control points for unmanned aerial vehicles and up to 50 units of Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles were damaged.
16:25 Russian Ministry of Defense:
From 11:05 Moscow time to 14:20 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 13 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
- Seven UAVs - over the territory of the Kursk region,
– Four UAVs – over the territory of the Oryol region,
– One UAV each – over the territories of the Belgorod region and the Republic of Crimea.
15:52 Guards Junior Lieutenant of the 10th Guards Tank Regiment with the call sign "Realist" started his service on the Varshavyanka-class submarines of the Black Sea Fleet. After the end of his contract, he decided to go to the special operations zone to carry out tasks as part of the Ground Forces.
The unit in which the serviceman operated clashed armour to armour with the enemy in a tank duel, repeatedly covering and taking our attack aircraft out from under fire, and also liberating populated areas from the enemy. The tanker remembered one of the battles well. Then they reported over the radio that our soldiers had ended up in a fire trap.
"We're driving, but we don't see our own. I ask the guys on the radio to let out smoke so they can be identified. We see smoke coming from behind. By this time, we've almost reached the forest belt occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Everyone was picked up and taken away," says "Realist."
Read more about the daily combat life of tank crews in material newspaper correspondent "Red Star" Yuri Borodin.
15:21 Servicemen of the 114th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Combined Arms Army told about the storming of Alekseevka in the DPR.
The offensive was conducted using covert force accumulation tactics and methodical assault, which allowed for minimizing losses and effectively suppressing the enemy's defense. Before the assault, the fighters crossed open areas surrounding Alekseyevka, using individual camouflage equipment - anti-drone ponchos and blankets.
"You put on a poncho, and you can't see the person. That is, you can't see them with a thermal imager. The servicemen sewed them themselves to fit their height. They sewed them themselves for themselves, so that their hands, as you say, and their faces wouldn't show," said Nikita Galik, commander of the assault company.
Immediately before the assault, artillery, FPV drones and tank crews struck the enemy fortifications and suppressed the identified firing points. This allowed the assault groups to enter the settlement. The enemy suffered significant losses and retreated.
14:54 Assault groups advanced in the Shevchenko area along Konstantinovskaya Street, –MAP.
13:22 FPV drone operators of the "Southern" group of troops destroyed mortar crew, pickup truck and armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
– Drone operators of the Center group of forces destroyed camouflaged enemy equipment near Krasnoarmeysk.
– Operators of attack drones from the Vostok group of forces destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces truck transporting ammunition.
13:18 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of June 18, 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct the Special Military Operation.
Units of the North troop group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses and liberated the settlement of Novonikolaevka in Sumy Oblast.
Concentrations of manpower and equipment of three mechanized, motorized infantry, ranger, three airborne assault brigades, an airborne assault and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as the center of special operations forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) in the areas of the populated areas of Novaya Sich, Andreyevka, Alekseyevka, Konotop, Leninske, Varachino, Mogritsa, Sadki, Ryzhevka, Bessalovka and Kondratovka in Sumy Oblast were defeated.
– In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and five territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk, Komissarovo, Udy and Gatishche in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 165 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, three automobiles, six field artillery pieces, two ammunition depots and a warehouse of logistics equipment.
As a result of decisive actions by units of the "West" military group, the village of Dolgenkoye in the Khar'kov region was liberated.
Formations of two mechanized brigades, a regiment of unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Boguslavka, Shiykovka, Peschanoye, Novosergeevka, Kupyansk, Kovsharovka in the Khar'kov region and Kirovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 220 servicemen, a Cossack armored vehicle, eight vehicles, two artillery pieces, two electronic warfare stations, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station, and four ammunition depots.
- Units of the "Southern" group of troops improved their tactical position. They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of eight mechanized, mountain assault, assault, airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Zvanovka, Serebryanka, Pazeno, Ivanopolye, Vyemka, Minkovka, Fedorovka, Dyleevka, Aleksandro-Kalinovo, Kleban-Byk and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 175 servicemen, three field artillery guns and four pickups. A warehouse of materiel was destroyed.
- Units of the "Center" group of forces have taken up more advantageous lines and positions. They have defeated the formations of four mechanized, airborne assault, ranger, assault brigades, a brigade of unmanned systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two brigades of naval infantry and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Petrovskoye, Dimitrov, Novonikolayevka, Grodovka, Krasnoarmeysk and Novotoretskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to 490 servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, four US-made M-113 armored personnel carriers, seven armored combat vehicles, four automobiles and two field artillery pieces, including a 155mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery unit.
– Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense, inflicting losses on the manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Veseloye in the Donetsk People's Republic, Gulyaipole, Poltavka and Temirovka in the Zaporizhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 185 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, six cars, three artillery pieces, including a British-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, and an electronic warfare station.
– Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized, mountain assault brigades, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and four territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Kamenskoye, Mala Tokmachka, Novoandriyevka in the Zaporizhia region, Otradokamenka, Belozerka and Antonovka in the Kherson region.
Up to 80 enemy servicemen, 15 vehicles, a field artillery gun, an electronic warfare station and two ammunition depots were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups have damaged workshops for the production and assembly of strike unmanned aerial vehicles, their storage sites, ammunition depots, as well as temporary deployment points of Ukrainian Armed Forces units and foreign mercenaries in 147 districts.
Air defense systems shot down four JDAM guided aerial bombs and seven US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets, as well as 236 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
12:43 Ministry of Defense RF:
From 09.30 to 11.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 14 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
– 12 UAVs – over the territory of the Kursk region,
– 2 UAVs – over the territory of the Oryol region.
11:45 How the paratroopers stormed Yablonovo in Sumy region.
Artillery and UAV crews of the 11th Separate Guards Airborne Assault Brigade destroyed enemy command posts and firing points in forest plantations adjacent to the settlement.
After that, the paratroopers went to storm the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in small groups. Drone operators accompanied the assault units and adjusted their actions.
The fighters of the "winged infantry" captured the settlement. The enemy fled, and some of the fighters laid down their arms and surrendered.
11:12 Governor of Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov:
Information about inflicted Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes in the region over the past 24 hours:
– In the Belgorod district, seven drones attacked the villages of Dubovoye, Oktyabrsky, Razumnoye, the villages of Solomino, Solokhi and the farm Tserkovny, of which four were shot down by the air defense system.
In the village of Oktyabrsky, the fence of a private house was damaged, in the farm Tserkovny - the building of an agricultural enterprise.
– In the Valuysky municipal district, the settlement of Urazovo, the villages of Borki, Dvuluchnoye, Dolgoe and Kukuyevka were attacked by 17 drones, 13 of which were suppressed. In the village of Dvuluchnoye, a warehouse was damaged on the territory of a social facility.
– In the Volokonovsky district, the villages of Volchya Aleksandrovka and Grushevka were attacked by three drones. In the area of the village of Volchya Aleksandrovka, the equipment of a commercial facility was damaged, in the village of Grushevka – a power line.
– In the Grayvoronsky municipal district:
Four munitions were fired at the city of Grayvoron, the villages of Gora-Podol, Novostroyevka-Vtoraya and Spodaryushino, and 11 drone strikes were carried out.
In the city of Grayvoron, three women were injured by a drone detonation near a commercial facility. Doctors at Belgorod City Hospital No. 2 conducted the necessary examinations, but the barotrauma diagnoses were not confirmed. Another victim later sought medical help on his own. He was diagnosed with a closed craniocerebral injury and barotrauma. He is being treated on an outpatient basis. A commercial facility and five vehicles were damaged in the city. This morning, a car was damaged by a drone strike in the village of Gora-Podol.
– In the Krasnoyarsk region, the village of Prilesye, the villages of Vyazovoe, Grafovka, Demidovka, Kolotilovka, Popovka, Staroselye, Terebreno and the village of Vysoky were subjected to 14 attacks with the use of 70 rounds of ammunition and attacks by eight drones. Information about the consequences is being clarified.
– In Rakityansky district:
The villages of Boryspil and Ilek-Koshary were attacked by 3 FPV drones. In the area of the village of Boryspil, the head of the Goncharovskoye rural settlement of the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region died from a drone strike on a passenger car. The car was damaged.
In the village of Ilek-Koshary, the roof of a private house caught fire - the fire was extinguished. In addition, yesterday evening in the village of Boryspil, an emergency power outage was recorded. Emergency services restored the power supply.
– In the Shebekinsky municipal district:
In the city of Shebekino, the villages of Voznesenovka, Dmitrievka, Dobroe, Murom, Starovshchina, and the hamlets of Rzhavets and Stadnikov, 11 drones were attacked, one of which was suppressed.
In the city of Shebekino, a man was injured as a result of an FPV drone attack. The victim received medical care at the Shebekinskaya Central District Hospital and continues to receive treatment on an outpatient basis.
In the city, a GAZelle, 5 cars, a commercial property, and 2 private homes were damaged, in the village of Starovshchina — a truck, in the village of Voznesenovka — a power line and a private home, and in the village of Murom — a private home. Yesterday evening, there was an emergency power outage in the area. The villages of Dmitrievka, Dobroe, and Yablochkovo remain without power. Emergency services will begin restoration work after coordination with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
– Five aircraft-type drones were suppressed over the Yakovlevsky municipal district. There were no consequences.
10:48 Criminal Kyiv regime continues shelling civilian infrastructure of populated areas of the left bank of the Kherson region
Yesterday, during the day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces released:
– Six rounds in the village of Novaya Kakhovka;
– According to n.p. Kakhovka seven rounds;
– Three rounds to the settlement of Dnepryany;
– Three rounds to the village of Knyaze-Grigorovka;
– Four rounds to the settlement of Velikaya Lepetikha;
- Five rounds to the village of Aleshki.
As a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the village of Aleshki, two civilians were injured. In the village of Korobki, a civilian was killed as a result of an attack by Ukrainian drones on a civilian car.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the villages of Kakhovka, Kazachi Lagerya, Mala Lepetikha, Aleshky, and Dnepryany, firing a total of 19 rounds from cannon artillery. Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being clarified.
10:04 Fearless motorized riflemen brok stubborn resistance of the enemy and liberated the settlement of Novonikolaevka in the originally Russian Sumy region.
09:55 Yablonovka under control: Sever paratroopers released a settlement in Sumy region
Units of the 11th Separate Guards Airborne Assault Brigade of the Northern Group of Forces liberated Yablonovka, expanding the security zone in the Sumy region.
09:21 Published frames of defeats of the antitank missile system of the 118th separate brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using the RBK-500 in the area of the settlement of Malaya Tokmachka in the Zaporizhia region.
07:49 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 48 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
- 14 over the territory of the Bryansk region,
- 11 over the territory of the Kursk region,
- 10 over the territory of the Oryol region,
- Five over the territory of the Belgorod region,
- Three over the territory of the Tula region,
- Two over the territories of the Kaluga region and the Moscow region,
- One over the territory of the Lipetsk region.
07:34 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:
Advance in the Fedorovka area
Control zone in the Dyleevka area has been expanded
Control zone in the Fedorovka area has been expanded
05:11 Calculation of the 152mm Msta-B of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed storage point for ammunition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region.
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[Regnum] The Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Valery Gerasimov, visited the fighters of the Center group of forces and set them new tasks, one of which is the complete liberation of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry on its Telegram channel.
"Valery Gerasimov checked the progress of combat missions by the combined arms army units and military units of the Center group of forces operating in the Red Army direction in the area of the special military operation," the statement said.
It is specified that the Chief of the General Staff heard reports from the army commander, commanders of units and other officials on the results of the tasks in the area of responsibility. After that, he summed up the interim results with the command of the "Center" group of forces and set tasks for further actions.
The Defense Ministry also added that Gerasimov presented state awards to the servicemen of the Center group of troops who distinguished themselves most in the liberation of the DPR, and praised them for their courage and valor.
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