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[LB] The defense forces struck 6 areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, 2 artillery pieces and an enemy air defense system.
by Tetyana Boyarchuk
The 1216th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun. Ukrainian defenders are steadfastly holding back the onslaught of the occupiers, inflicting significant losses on the enemy. In total, 142 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.
The General Staff reported this.
According to the updated information, yesterday the enemy carried out four missile and 63 air strikes, used ten missiles and dropped 76 guided aerial bombs. In addition, it carried out 6,132 attacks, including 118 from multiple launch rocket systems, and engaged 3,416 kamikaze drones for destruction.
The aggressor carried out airstrikes, in particular, on the areas of the settlements of Yastrubyne, Nova Sich, Sadky in Sumy region; Prykolotne in Kharkiv region; Myrne in Donetsk region; Kamianske, Novodanylivka in Zaporizhia region; Mykolaivka in Kherson region.
Over the past day, the Defense Forces' aviation, missile forces, and artillery have struck six areas of concentration of personnel, weapons, and military equipment, two artillery pieces, and an enemy air defense system.
In the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, Ukrainian defenders repelled 20 attacks by the invading forces. The enemy also launched ten air strikes, using 17 guided bombs, and carried out 257 shellings, 8 of which were from multiple rocket launchers.
In the South Slobozhansk direction, the enemy tried seven times to break through the defensive lines of our defenders in the areas of the settlements of Vovchansk, Stroivka, and Figolivka.
Three enemy attacks took place in the Kupyansk direction yesterday. Our defenders repelled enemy assault actions in the areas of Stepovaya Novoselivka, Zeleny Gay, and in the direction of Golubivka.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 17 times. He tried to penetrate our defenses in the areas of the settlements of Novyi Mir, Karpivka, Ridkodub, Tverdokhlibovo, and Kolodyazi.
In the Siversky direction, the enemy made four attempts to advance in the areas of Hryhorivka and Ivano-Daryivka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the occupiers attacked six times near Chasovy Yar and in the direction of Predtechyny and Bila Hora.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 21 attacks in the areas of Diliivka, Toretsk, Leonidivka, Rusyny Yar, and Yablunivka. In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 44 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Malynivka, Myrolyubivka, Myrne, Promyn, Novoserhiivka, Udachne, Kotlyarivka, Muravka, and Oleksiivka.
In the Novopavlivske direction, the enemy carried out ten attacks in the past day near the settlements of Vesele, Shevchenko, Bahatyr, and Vilne Pole.
In the Orikhiv direction, the occupation troops once tried to advance on the positions of our defenders in the direction of Novoandreyevka.
In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 44 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Malynivka, Myrolyubivka, Myrne, Promyn, Novoserhiivka, Udachne, Kotlyarivka, Muravka, and Oleksiivka.
Last day, in the Dnieper direction, the enemy made two futile attempts to attack the positions of Ukrainian units.
No clashes were recorded in the Hulyaipil direction.
No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissya directions.
Our soldiers inflict significant losses on the occupation forces in manpower and equipment, and actively undermine the enemy's offensive potential in the rear.
In total, the losses of the Russian invaders last day amounted to 1,010 people. Ukrainian soldiers also destroyed a tank, five armored combat vehicles, 58 artillery systems, two multiple launch rocket systems, 138 unmanned aerial vehicles, and 127 units of automotive equipment of the invaders.
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[NewsFront] 21:44 From 18.50 Moscow time to 21.00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type: one over the Moscow region and two over the territory of the Kursk region. 21:14 In the south of the DPR, the Russian army is building on its success, continuing its offensive in the direction of Voskresenka, –MAP.
20:34 FPV drone operators of the Dnepr group destroyed enemy signal amplifiers in the Zaporizhia region.
During aerial reconnaissance, UAV operators of the 42nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division discovered remote antennas designed to amplify the signal of Ukrainian Armed Forces drones.
19:33 A drone operator tracked a Baba Yaga hexacopter returning to the enemy drone control point. Artillerymen of the 35th Army of the Vostok group inflicted precise strikes on enemy positions.
19:23 Correction of the LBS north of Novosergeevka and in Udachny –MAP
18:05 From 11:00 Moscow time to 16:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territories of the Belgorod and Kursk regions.
17:28 UAV crews of the Southern group of troops destroyed a multi-purpose lightly armored tractor of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkovsky direction, and in the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction, operators shot down three Baba Yaga-type hexacopters.
FPV drone crews of the Center group of forces disrupted the rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
15:26 The intermediate point for the transfer of personnel and supplies was covered with precise artillery fire in the direction of Chasov Yar, – video.
14:33 Crew of the 152mm Msta-B gun inflicts Fire damage to Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in Sumy Oblast.
A camouflaged Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold was discovered in a forest plantation, where covert movement of enemy personnel was observed. After further reconnaissance, the coordinates were transmitted to the gun crew for fire damage.
13:14 UAV "Geranium-2" struck temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the area of the settlements of Razino, Sofievka and Sosnovka.
12:35 Calculation of the Iskander OTRK struck training center for mobilized servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy region.
As a result of the strike, up to 100 militants and up to 14 vehicles and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including foreign-made ones, were destroyed.
12:15 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of June 23, 2025
Units of the North group of forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the manpower and equipment of four mechanized, three airborne assault brigades and three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Bessalovka, Yastrebinoye, Novaya Sich, Pisarevka, Khoten and Sadki in the Sumy region.
💥In the Khar'kov direction, units of the motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Udy, Sliznevo, Ivashki, Neskuchnoye and Volchansk in the Khar'kov region. The enemy's losses amounted to over 180 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, three cars and six field artillery guns.
Units of the "West" group of troops took up more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the formations of four mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novaya Kruglyakovka, Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, Shandrigolovo, Srednee, Zelenaya Dolina and Novoselovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 110 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, eight pickups and an artillery piece. Three electronic warfare stations and five ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the "Southern" group of troops improved their tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment of four mechanized, assault, airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Vasyukovka, Tikhonovka, Chasov Yar, Dyleevka, and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to more than 170 servicemen, three vehicles, four field artillery guns, an electronic warfare station, an ammunition depot and four supply depots.
Units of the "Center" group of forces continued to advance deep into the enemy's defense. They defeated formations of five mechanized, airborne assault, two assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two brigades of naval infantry, a territorial defense brigade, two brigades of the national guard and the joint police brigade "Khizhak" in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Novosergeevka, Muravka, Dachnoye, Novopavlovka and Lenina of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 490 servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, five pickup trucks and four field artillery pieces.
Units of the "East" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Voskresenka, Chervona Zirka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Gulyaipole of the Zaporizhia region and Maliyevka of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 185 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, three cars, an artillery piece, and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized, mountain assault brigade, three coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Preobrazhenka, Malye Shcherbaky, Kamenskoye in the Zaporizhia region, Ponyatovka and Antonovka in the Kherson region.
Up to 80 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, six vehicles, two artillery pieces, two electronic warfare stations and four ammunition depots were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups have damaged ammunition depots, training sites for FPV drone operators and technicians, as well as temporary deployment points for Ukrainian Armed Forces units and foreign mercenaries in 137 districts.
Air defense systems shot down seven US-made JDAM guided aerial bombs and 123 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
12:03 Tonight the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a group strike with high-precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles on enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine in the Kyiv region, the infrastructure of a military airfield and the arsenal of mine and torpedo weapons of the Ukrainian Navy.
11:01 Soldiers of the 36th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the "Vostok" group shared details of the liberation of the settlement of Zaporozhye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
09:54 Published frames of destruction of assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the way to Andreevka.
08:12 Footage released works calculation of the Guf UAV operators.
07:31 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:
Np Perebudova released➡️
Advance in Chasovy Yar
Control zone in Shevchenko has been expanded
07:13 In the period from 22:00 Moscow time on June 22 to 07:00 Moscow time on June 23, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 16 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
13 UAVs – over the territory of the Rostov region,
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Astrakhan region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Volgograd region.
A total of 23 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted and destroyed overnight:
14 UAVs – over the territory of the Rostov region,
Five UAVs – over the territory of the Volgograd region,
Four UAVs – over the territory of the Astrakhan region.
06:13 Servicemen of the rear support unit of the "West" group of forces deliver food and ammunition using FPV drones in the Krasnolimansk direction.
05:07 Crew of the T-80BVM tank of the Center group of forces destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
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[Regnum] Russia's nuclear forces will be replenished with Yars strategic missile systems and Tu-160M missile carriers in 2025. This was announced on June 23 by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting with graduates of military universities in the Kremlin.
Putin noted that one of the priority areas continues to be the technical modernization of the Russian ground forces and navy, primarily within the framework of a new large-scale and long-term state armament program.
"We will pay special attention to our "nuclear triad". Thus, modern "Yars" systems will be delivered to the strategic missile forces, and the aviation component of the strategic nuclear forces will be replenished with modernized Tu-160M missile carriers this year," the head of state specified.
He added that the country is also launching serial production of the Oreshnik medium-range hypersonic missile system, which has proven itself well in combat conditions.
In addition, the President stated that new ships and submarines will be added to the Navy.
On June 11, Putin said that the share of modern weapons in Russia’s nuclear triad is 95%, the highest figure in the world.
The head of state also stressed that special attention should be paid to the country's nuclear triad. He recalled that it was and remains the guarantor of Russia's sovereignty, and also plays a vital role in ensuring the balance of power in the world.
On December 16, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov announced that four Tu-160M missile carriers would be delivered to the troops in 2025. Along with them, the strategic nuclear submarine Prince Pozharsky and new models of high-strength equipment for soldiers will be transferred.
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[Regnum] The Russian medium-range hypersonic missile system Oreshnik has proven itself well in combat conditions. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin on June 23 at a meeting with the best graduates of military universities in the Kremlin.
“Serial production of the latest medium-range missile system ‘Oreshnik’ is underway, which has proven itself very well in combat conditions,” the head of state specified.
Putin added that the Navy will include new ships and submarines equipped with the latest generation of high-precision weapons.
In addition, according to the president, Russia pays special attention to its strategic nuclear forces.
“Thus, modern Yars systems will be delivered to the strategic missile forces, and the aviation component of the strategic nuclear forces will be replenished with modernized Tu-160M missile carriers this year,” the Russian leader added.
On November 21, 2024, the Russian military used the Oreshnik missile system for the first time, striking the Yuzhmash military plant in Dnepropetrovsk. The attack was carried out in response to the Ukrainian army's use of NATO ATACMS systems. The Oreshnik has no analogues.
The missiles can hit highly protected targets and objects located at great depth. Dozens of self-separating warheads of the missile develop a speed of about 3 km/s, and the temperature of the striking elements reaches 4 thousand degrees.
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