[France24] South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will lead a delegation of African leaders on a peace mission to Ukraine and Russia this week amid attempts to assuage Western concerns that South Africa is siding with Russia in the conflict despite its proclaimed neutrality — which has Ramaphosa doing a round of diplomatic damage control.
Ramaphosa had a phone call with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Friday, June 9 to brief Beijing about the upcoming visit by seven African leaders to Ukraine and Russia to "find a peaceful solution" to the war in Ukraine.
In addition to Ramaphosa, the delegation will include the Republic of Congo’s Denis Sassou Nguesso, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Senegalese President Macky Sall, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema and Azali Assoumani, president of Comoros and current chairperson of the African Union.
These heads of state have, according to official South African statements, "agreed that they would engage with both President [Vladimir] Putin and President [Volodymyr] Zelensky on the elements for a ceasefire and a lasting peace in the region". Ukraine’s stated position for any peace deal is that all Russian troops must withdraw from all of its territory, including the Crimean peninsula occupied by Russia since 2014.
Zelensky will be the first to receive this delegation in Kyiv on June 16, followed by Putin on June 17 in St Petersburg.
[Newsweek] Multiple well-known pro-Kremlin military bloggers on Wednesday reported that an unspecified amount of Russian soldiers were killed by a Ukrainian HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems) strike while waiting for their commander to deliver a motivational speech. 200+ has been mentioned.
Newsweek was unable to independently verify the reports, but prominent Russian bloggers such as Rybar and Starshe Eddy wrote about the alleged incident they said occurred near Kreminna—a city in Ukraine's eastern region of Luhansk—on their Telegram channels.
The reports from the so-called "milbloggers" come as the Kremlin has increasingly acknowledged the influence of such voices. On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin personally met with several military bloggers to discuss his war in Ukraine. According to an assessment by the Institute for the Study of War think tank, Putin's goal of the televised event was to "assuage widespread discontent in the Russian information space" about recent attacks in the Belgorod region, drone strikes inside Russian territory and "border security in general."
Despite Putin's gesture of goodwill, the reported HIMARS strike resulted in anger from milbloggers.
"If by the middle of the second year of the war there are commanders who...build personnel in one big pile, and then wait for the enemy artillery to strike, then such commanders should be shot," Starshe Eddy wrote on Telegram.
"Near Kreminna, a tragic incident occurred in one of the divisions that were about to go on the offensive. For two hours, people stood in a crowd in one place and waited for the division commander to say his motivating word," Rybar wrote.
The blogger continued, "But instead of him, the HIMARS and enemy artillery had their say."
None of the bloggers named the division commander, who was accused of "criminal stupidity" by Rybar, nor did anyone provide an estimate of victims killed in their accounts. Major Gen Sakrrab Akhmedov, the subgenius of Vuhledar.
"Stand in a column for two hours in one place! Well, what are you doing, father commanders, you command people," the Russian Telegram channel Two Majors channel posted.
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I myself, with numerous others, have nearly died under similar circumstances. Of course, we were standing in formation in 95d heat while some REMF was trying to bore us to death. Very nearly succeeded.
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Shit happens. In war it happens a lot.
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I once had the opportunity to demonstrate my very poor ability to perform the manual of arms for three hours in the hot and humid weather of the Maryland summer for a CNO COC ceremony. I believe I and many of my classmates were hungover. Several of them had to be extracted by a Marine O-3 and accompanying Corpsman and Gunny over the wall of the ramps that slope down from the front doors of Bancroft Hall at USNA. By the end of it, I would have welcomed a bunker buster. Instead we likely went out drinking again that night.
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[ForeignPolicy] As Ukraine accelerates its counteroffensive across several sections of the front, a rational person might conclude that 2023 must surely be the last year of Russia’s war against its neighbor. Russian military resources are depleted, Moscow’s long and bloody winter offensive in the Donbas has yielded meager results, and Russian society longs for the return of prewar stability. Logic dictates that the Kremlin has no better option than to seize any opportunity to cut short its disastrous war, saving face as far as possible by clinging to the shreds of its territorial gains. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken echoed this line of thinking at a presser this week, when he said that a successful Ukrainian counteroffensive could have the effect of "causing Putin to finally focus on negotiating an end to the war that he started."
Such calculations, however, are based on rational cost-benefit analysis and underestimate the extent to which this war is the personal project of one man: Russian President Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... . He started it single-handedly, based on his own distorted perceptions and disregarding the opinion of Russian society and ruling elites. He has continued to wage it for more than a year, defying all common sense, and there is no indication that he will ever wish to stop it. Indeed, continuing the war brings him numerous political benefits, while stopping it would offer him little but new risks.
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It's all going his way. Why negotiate with western liars. Western credibility is shot. Most up to date army and equipment that has taken years to develop. Generals front line with troops. So a few are killed. Many available to replace them. Current kill ratio 10-8 to 1. Western haters of Russia have been around for many years. Just as they hate China. They want them back under control on the plantation but that will never happen now.The multi polar world is here deal with it.
1: Volodya has completely lost his Дерьмо.
2: He is not so crazy that he doesn't understand that any slacking off will lead to his quick 'retirement', and likely in a most terminal fashion.
3. He also understands that all he has to do is wait us out; and by us I mean the US and NATO. It might take years, but all he has to do is not lose.
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Current kill ratio 10-8 to 1.
People keep saying that. Historically Kill Ratios reported by one side in a war are 'guesstimates' at best and usually are low grade fecal material. The Roman Senate actually told aspiring young Legates (political generals) to stop sending back barbarian body count claims. The US Air Force in WW2 supposedly shot down twice (2X !) the number of German aircraft that the Germans had manufactured between 'confirmed kills' and 'probable kills'. Try something more believable...
Ghost of Kiev?
Putin's 10 year battle with cancer...
How Russians are out of ammo...
How Russians are shooting Wagner in the back...
UKR Summer Offensive...
Winning is losing 20% of your land...
Russia is losing b/c they didnt topple ukr in 1 week...
Bakhmut was important...
I tease, I tease.
From the article: "Logic dictates that the Kremlin has no better option than to seize any opportunity to cut short its disastrous war."
Logic dictates death to the new-nazis, and if that means To The Last Ukrainian, so be it. Like death to real nazis or jiahadis. If you dont kill them all, you allow the cancer to fester - all the above are not compatible with modern society.
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Such calculations, however, are based on rational cost-benefit analysis and underestimate the extent to which this war is the personal project of one man: Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Gee, I thought it was Baraq Obama's personal project to engineer the Maidan Coup in 2014. Then it was Joe Biden's personal project to extend NATO into Ukraine and establish a US military presence in Crimea. Silly me. What do I know?
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has said his country has started taking delivery of Russian tactical nuclear weapons, some of which he said were three times more powerful than the atomic bombs the US dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.https://t.co/JsV7aH9EGe
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[Twitter] This morning, stories emerged of Kadyrovs right hand Delimkhanov possibly being killed. Until now, we haven't see live footage of the man himself, while reports point towards a pinpoint strike on a Chechen base, badly wounding him.
Let the backstabbing, and front stabbing, commence.
[ZERO] Several Western media outlets reported Tuesday that the CIA warned Ukraine last year not to bomb the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines that connect Russia and Germany.
In recent months, US and other Western officials speaking to the media have suggested Ukraine was behind the Nord Stream sabotage. Most reports on the issue have ignored or dismissed the fact that journalist Seymour Hersh has sources who said President Biden ordered the bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines.
According to unnamed US officials speaking to The New York Times, Dutch intelligence officials told the CIA in June 2022 that they learned of a Ukrainian military plot to attack the pipelines. The CIA then warned Ukraine not to carry out the attack, and US officials now believe it was postponed to September 2022.
A European official told the Times that Ukraine’s original plan involved Ukrainian special forces renting a submersible vessel to attack the pipelines. The CIA was also said to warn Germany about a potential plot to sabotage Nord Stream.
The latest Nord Stream allegations were first reported by the news outlet Die Zeit and NOS, a Dutch broadcaster. They claimed that the Ukrainian plot was overseen by Valery Zaluchny, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces.
For his part, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied Kyiv was involved in the destruction of the pipelines. "I am president, and I give orders accordingly," he said. "Nothing of the sort has been done by Ukraine. I would never act that way."
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Alternatively, the European 'shakeup' and economic challenges sympathetic to Ukraine caused by the pipeline damage was achieved with no violation of sovereignty.
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Oh please. This again? We'll never know what the CIA knew. They keep it all classified and they spread lies to divert our attention. They use our tax dollars to fund their operations but they won't tell us what they're doing. Defund the bastards.
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As Abu Uluque said: "Oh, please. This Again?"
The Ukrainians are an obvious choice, so would thinking the inscrutable Chinese would want to weaken Russia to further their ambitions in the Far East or even the a fiendish plot of the Bavarian Illuminati... *Yawn*
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[LB] Employees of the forest farm were killed in Sumy, and a priest was killed in Kherson. The enemy also fought in Kirovohrad, Sumy, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya and Odesa regions.
by Iryna Lysohor
The Russians fired mortars three times during the day in the Chernihiv region . They were in Novgorod-Siversky district. Five houses were damaged in one of the villages of the Semenivska community, according to a report from OVA as of this morning.
In Sumy at night and in the morning, the Russians carried out eight shellings of border communities. 32 explosions were recorded. The communities of Vorozhbyansk, Bilopolsk, Seredino-Budsk, Znob-Novgorodsk, and Esmansk came under fire. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 21 shelling of the border.
A total of 101 explosions were recorded. Khotynsk, Myropilsk, Bilopolsk, Znob-Novgorodsk, Seredino-Budsk, Esmansk, Novoslobidsk and Velikopysarivsk communities were affected. In Seredyno-Budska, a shop and farm buildings were damaged as a result of the shelling. Employees of the State Forestry Service, who were driving a UAZ car at the time, died. The information is being clarified. As a result of another shelling, a private house was damaged.
In Zaporizhzhia, the enemy carried out 122 attacks on 20 settlements: six UAV attacks on Charivnoy, seven strikes from salvo rocket systems on Gulyaipol and Olhivskyi, and 109 artillery attacks on Gulyaipol, Orikhov, Kamiansky and surrounding front-line villages. A 78-year-old resident of Novopavlivka was injured during an enemy strike. Now he is in a medical institution. The destruction of 40 objects of civil infrastructure was recorded.
In Kirovohradsk , enemy anti-aircraft missiles hit a defunct enterprise in Oleksandriysky District this night. The fire was contained. There were no casualties or injuries.
In Dnipropetrovsk yesterday, the aggressor hit Nikopol twice with heavy artillery. A 35-year-old woman received a shrapnel wound. Will be treated at home. Four high-rise buildings, a library and a gas pipeline were damaged. At night, the enemy directed three unmanned aerial vehicles to the area. Defenders from PvK "Shid" shot them down. The aggressor also attacked with heavy artillery. Nikopol was hit. There were no casualties. Rescuers are examining the area and finding out the consequences of the shelling.
In Kharkivska, as a result of the shelling of Petropavlivka, a private house, a garage, an outbuilding and a car were damaged, and a fire broke out. No casualties. Yesterday, the enemy shelled Ivashki with mortars and artillery. The house was destroyed. Also yesterday, the occupiers from the VOG shelled Vesele. One person was injured. As a result of shelling in the city of Kupyansk, two private houses were damaged.
In Luhansk, the situation along the front line remains tense. Novoselivske, Nevske and Bilogorivka came under artillery fire. The Russians also struck from the air on the last one. During the day, the enemy fired 115 rounds (513 shells).
In the morning in Donetsk , the occupiers launched rocket attacks on Kramatorsk and Kostiantynivka. In Kramatorsk, two civilians were killed and two were wounded, five houses were destroyed and at least 24 were damaged (the count is ongoing). In Kostyantynivka, one civilian was killed and one was wounded, two private houses were destroyed and 55 were damaged.
In total, during the day, the enemy shelled 10 settlements in the region. Under fire: Avdievka, Kurakhove, Toretsk, Velyka Novosilka, Netaylove, Novy Komar, Andriivka, Kostyantynivka, Kramatorsk, Yasnohirka. 105 private residential buildings, the premises of the Akkhz PJSC thermal power plant, two workshops of the Akkhz PrJSC, a railway track, an outbuilding, an overhead power line, a gas pipeline, an official car, and the premises of the patrol police were damaged. In Donetsk region in a day: three dead, six wounded.
In Mykolaivska , residential buildings, a shop, a garage, and farm buildings were destroyed and damaged yesterday as a result of enemy shelling along Ochakov. There are no casualties. Also, yesterday evening, the enemy struck the open territory of the Kutsurub community. There were no casualties.
At Odesa, the enemy directed a missile strike with four "Caliber" from the Black Sea. Air defense forces shot down three, but there are also hits. Three people died, 13 were injured. As a result of the attack, a residential complex, an educational institution, a business center, cafes and shops in the city center were damaged. Six people were injured here - two guards and residents of a neighboring house. Russian militants aimed one of the rockets at a food warehouse of one of the retail chains. Three employees of the warehouse were killed, seven were injured. Debris analysis is ongoing. There may be people under them. 1000 square meters, 400 square meters were destroyed. m were engulfed in fire, the fire was extinguished. All relevant services are on site. The consequences of the attack are being clarified.
In a day on Khersonskayaoblast, the enemy launched 57 shellings (304 shells), including six artillery shells (17 shells) on Kherson. the Russian military targeted the districts of 23 settlements in the region. They shelled Bilozerka with artillery, hitting the church yard. The priest died. A 76-year-old woman was also injured. As a result of the Russian strikes, four residential buildings, the post office, administrative buildings, the central square, and critical infrastructure objects were damaged.
An enemy attack damaged at least four residential buildings in Kizomys. There were no casualties. During the day, as a result of Russian aggression, one person died, three were injured. Operational information regarding the elimination of the consequences of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP: the water level is at 2.13 meters. 28 settlements were flooded on the right bank. The water completely left the villages of Zapovit, Beaver Corner and Burgunka.
In total, 3,103 residential buildings remain under water, during the past day the water has receded from about 500 houses. Restoration work is ongoing in settlements where the level of flooding has decreased. The rescue operation is ongoing.
As of this morning, 2,779 people were evacuated, including 309 children and 78 people with reduced mobility. The epidemiological situation in the region remains stable. No outbreaks of infection have been recorded so far. Specialists continue to conduct constant monitoring and take measures to prevent the spread of dangerous diseases.
309 of them are children and 78 people with reduced mobility. The epidemiological situation in the region remains stable. No outbreaks of infection have been recorded so far.
The epidemiological situation in the region remains stable. No outbreaks of infection have been recorded so far. Specialists continue to conduct constant monitoring and take measures to prevent the spread of dangerous diseases.
We will remind you that during the past day, the Russian invaders launched a missile and air strike, using 16 Kh-101/Kh-555 air-based cruise missiles and 4 Iranian attack UAVs "Shahed" on critical infrastructure facilities in Kharkiv Region and residential buildings in Kryvyi Rih.
Our soldiers destroyed 11 cruise missiles and one attack drone. The enemy carried out 39 airstrikes and launched 62 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. The probability of further missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains very high.
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[VESTI] June 14 is the 476th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . Odessa region. At night, the Russians hit Odessa with "Caliber": 3 people were killed, 13 were injured, there may be people under the rubble. One of the rockets hit the warehouse of the trading network, causing destruction and a fire. The blast damaged a business center, an educational institution, a residential complex, food establishments and shops in the city center.
Dnipropetrovsk region. The number of victims as a result of the shelling of Krivoy Rog has risen to 12 . A 67-year-old man died overnight after suffering burns to 80% of his body. Another 38 people were injured. There are still 11 wounded in hospitals. 9 - heavy. On June 14, the Day of Mourning was declared in Krivoy Rog.
12 Air targets were destroyed in the sky over Ukraine . Air defense forces and means destroyed: three Kalibr cruise missiles and nine Shahed-136/131 Iranian attack drones.
08:00 . Donetsk region. The Russians fired rockets at Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka : two people were killed and wo wounded in Kramatorsk, one dead and one wounded in Konstantinovka. In Kramatorsk, five private houses were completely destroyed and 20 damaged; in Konstantinovka, two were destroyed and 55 were damaged.
Dnipropetrovsk region. At night, the Russian Federation attacked the UAV area. All three Shahed were shot down. Nikopol was attacked with heavy artillery. No casualties.
Kherson region. During the day, Russia carried out 57 attacks on the region, and fired 17 shells at Kherson. Residential areas, administrative buildings and the church of Belozerka were damaged. One person died and three others were injured.
Zaporozhye region. The Russian Federation carried out 122 attacks on 20 settlements in the region. A 78-year-old resident of Novopavlovka was wounded. The destruction of 40 civilian infrastructure facilities was recorded.
09:00 . Kirovograd region. As a result of a night attack, Shahed hit an infrastructure facility in Svetlovodsk. No dead or injured.
09:30 . Odessa region. In Odessa, they completed the removal of rubble after a night missile strike. As a result of the attack - three dead and 13 wounded.
10:00 Kherson region. Overnight, the level of flooding in the Kherson region decreased by 32 cm and is 2.13 m. The water has completely receded from the villages of Zavet, Bobrovy Kut and Burgunka. In total, 3103 houses remain under water. Over the past day, the water has broken from about 500 houses.
11:00 . Over the past three days, the Defense Forces managed to liberate about 3 square kilometers of the occupied territory , said the speaker of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Kovalev.
In some directions, during this time, Ukrainian troops advanced to a distance of 200 m to 1.4 km. In the Berdyansk direction, fighting is underway near the village of Makarovka. In the Mariupol direction, fighting continues near Novodanilovka and Novopokrovsk.
12:00 . Sumy region. The Russians fired on a car with civilians: six dead.
13:00 . Kharkov region. The Russian Federation once again tried to destroy the ammonia pipeline near Masyutovka, Kupyansky district. As a result of the shelling, no ammonia leaks were recorded.
14:00 . Donetsk region. During the day, the Ukrainian military advanced from 200 to 500 meters in different areas in the Bakhmut direction, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said. In the Zaporozhye direction, they traveled from 300-350 m.
15:00 . Belarus began to receive Russian nuclear weapons. Lukashenka said that the weapons provided by Russia are allegedly "three times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped by the United States on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945."
16:00 . Zaporozhye region. In Melitopol, there was an explosion on the railway, along which the Russians take out stolen goods towards the Crimea or Novoazovsk. On June 13, a train from Dneprorudny derailed with stolen iron ore.
17:22 . Patrol police publish footage of people being rescued from the rubble of a house in Kramatorsk. In the video, a woman can be heard screaming and asking for help. As a result of the rescue operation, a woman and a man were pulled out from under the rubble.
18:00 . The Russian Federation launched another missile and air strike on Ukraine, using six Kh-22 cruise missiles, four Kalibr missiles and 10 Shahed-131/136 drones. In total, during the day, the enemy launched 37 air strikes, and also made 32 shelling from the MLRS. Operational summary of the General Staff as of 18:00.
19:00 . As a result of a mortar attack in the Chernihiv region, a woman was killed. It is reported by OK "Sever".
"From 13:40 to 14:35, 13 arrivals were recorded, presumably from an 82mm mortar, in the area of the settlement of Yanzhulovka. A local resident was killed as a result of the shelling. Two private houses were also damaged."
16:00 . Jens Stoltenberg noted the high professionalism of the Ukrainian military during the counteroffensive and said that it was impossible to do without losses, including modern NATO equipment, including tanks. He stated this on June 14 at a press conference in Brussels.
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[Korrespondent] 22:47 The whole world is watching the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to Western estimates, since the beginning of the counter-offensive, Ukrainian forces have been able to advance about 7 km deep into Russian-occupied territories and liberate at least four settlements. About how the Ukrainian counter-offensive is assessed in the West - in the material It's hard, but there is progress .
22:36 Ukroboronprom and the Czech company VOP CZ have agreed to cooperate on the repair of T-64 tanks in the Czech Republic, the Czech Ministry of Defense reported. The Czech Novochinsk military repair enterprise will deal with the repair. The first work will start soon.
22:25 Head of the Ministry of Digital Development Mikhail Fedorov showed exclusive footage from the temporarily occupied left bank of the Dnieper, taken from a drone. Ukrainian strike drone Vampire delivers humanitarian aid to Ukrainians in the occupation.
22:02 The deputies of the European Parliament recognized the undermining of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station by the Russians as a war crime , which should be followed by punishment.
21:24 According to the estimates of the State Fishery Agency, the damage to the fishing industry as a result of the destruction of the Kakhovka reservoir could amount to more than 11 billion hryvnias.
20:35 In Iraq, about 600 militants have been trained to participate in the war against Ukraine,
Interesting. How will they get on with the Chechens?
recruiters in the country continue to conduct an overt advertising campaign, and on the streets of Baghdad you can see propaganda posters about a "common victory", Babel reports, citing intelligence sources. The militants, whose training is already coming to an end, are fighters from Khash al-Shaabi,
...the Russian transliteration of Al-Hashd Al-Sha'bi which in English translates to the Popular Mobilization Forces...
who fought on the side of the Iraqi government against the Islamic State, and subsequently fell under the direct influence of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
20:29 The governments of Iceland, Latvia and the Netherlands have made new grant contributions to the World Bank's Trust Fund for Support, Reconstruction and Reformation of Ukraine (URTF) - funding for this fund has exceeded $920 million, the WB said.
20:00 The Russians have been trying to destroy the ammonia pipeline in the Kharkiv region for two weeks now, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA. According to him, the invaders are aiming fire and trying to bomb the pipeline with ammonia in the Kupyansky district. Currently, experts do not fix leaks of technical ammonia remaining in the pipes, but the danger exists, Sinegubov stressed. He added that the Russians had also started spreading the IPSO about an allegedly toxic ammonia cloud in the region.
19:33 Estonia will provide Ukraine with equipment worth 457 thousand euros to eliminate the consequences of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, the country's government said.
19:26 Over the past week and two days, the current advance of Russian troops has not been recorded, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said: "For example, the Bakhmut direction - we are trying to advance there, and somewhere - the enemy. That is, we are advancing, the enemy is not advancing , because the Ukrainian troops do not give such an opportunity ... As of today, we are both on the offensive and on the defensive, just in different directions. The enemy increases the number of artillery and mortar attacks, and inflicts more air strikes, thus trying to stop our attack."
Malyar also said that in the south, Ukrainian forces are facing continuous mining of fields, so it is very difficult to advance: "It may be slow, if you look at the numbers, but this advance is confident." In addition, according to her, the enemy is actively using anti-tank guided missiles and kamikaze drones in an attempt to stop the Ukrainian offensive.
18:53 Russia has doubled the number of combat dolphins to protect the base of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, writes the specialized publication Naval News. Such actions are likely the Russian response to Ukraine's ability to strike at a strategic city. Analysts associate this step not so much with drones as with the fear of sabotage by divers. The publication received evidence that the Russian Federation keeps 6-7 dolphins in the bay of Sevastopol. In the Cossack Bay there is a specialized training center - a military dolphinarium.
18:39 In the Taurida direction, the losses of the Russian army over the past week were five times higher than the Ukrainian ones, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said: "As for Khortytsia, the enemy's deaths are 8.73 times more. If we talk about Tavria, the enemy's deaths there are 5 3 times more than ours.
18:22 The Netherlands will acquire four VERA-EG passive surveillance radar systems worth 150 million euros for Ukrainian air defense, Defense Minister Kaisa Ollongren said. Radars can be used to detect, locate, track and identify air, ground and sea targets.
18:00 Ukrainian intelligence officers most likely wounded Kadyrov's ally, but during the evacuation Delimkhanov disappeared in an unknown direction. Read more about what happened to him in the material Relatively Alive .
17:31 Training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighters will begin in August in Denmark, the Danish news agency Ritzau reported, citing sources in the country's Ministry of Defense. According to the publication, this decision will be officially announced at the next Ramstein meeting on June 15.
17:10 German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that Ukraine needs a just peace, so peace talks can only start when the appropriate conditions are created for this. "At present, it must be recognized that the situation for negotiations or a ceasefire has obviously not yet arrived," he said, adding that "if Ukraine ceases to defend itself, this will mean the end of Ukraine."
16:57 Kadyrov said that deputy Delimkhanov is alive and well and that he knew this from the very beginning of the "fake stuffing" about his death.
16:38 Stoltenberg said that at the July NATO summit he would "give a clear signal" that he was ready to accept Ukraine into the Alliance. The Secretary General also said that on June 15, NATO defense ministers will discuss a long-term program of military assistance to Ukraine. According to him, Kyiv is conducting a major counteroffensive, and "the more successes Ukraine has, the more opportunities it has at the negotiating table." As for the losses of Western equipment during the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, then, according to Stoltenberg, they were expected.
15:44 Peskov said that "gestures of good will" on the grain deal by Russia "cannot be endless" as long as there is no progress on the implementation of the unrealizable part of the deal.
15:40 A delegation of seven African countries will visit Kiev on Friday, June 16, to discuss their initiative for a "peace settlement", and the next day they will meet with Putin in St. Petersburg, said Yuri Ushakov, aide to the Russian president. The African delegation will include the presidents of South Africa, Zambia, Senegal, Uganda, the Republic of the Congo and the Prime Minister of Egypt. The delegation will be headed by the President of Comoros.
15:31 In the Rostov region, a strong fire at the Novocherkassk thermal power plant. Locals say they heard a "pop" before the fire started. And a number of Russian media outlets reported, citing a source, that an explosion was the cause of the fire, and three people were injured.
14:58 As a result of yesterday's explosion in Melitopol, a section of the railway was damaged. According to the mayor of the city, Ivan Fedorov, this happened at the moment when an enemy train from Dneprorudny with iron ore stolen by the Russians was moving along it. As a result, five wagons derailed, 50 meters of track were damaged, and the enemy's logistical route was blocked. The invaders traditionally rounded up the military to search for saboteurs.
14:32 Lukashenka believes that the war in Ukraine will end soon, there are supposedly big prerequisites for this: "I'm not a prophet, but in Ukraine we will end this war. There are already big prerequisites for this. But then these crazy ones from the West will create too many problems for us And if only they cross these lines, it will be very painful for them."
13:57 SBU detained a Russian agent in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who wanted to leak to the Russians the direction of the Ukrainian counteroffensive. The attacker turned out to be a resident of Energodar, who, even before the start of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There he did military service in one of the garrisons in the Dnepropetrovsk region. According to investigators, at the end of last year, he was remotely recruited by a Russian military intelligence officer. The perpetrator faces life imprisonment.
13:26 Western allies are pressing Washington to provide Ukraine with a clear plan and timetable for joining NATO, writes The New York Times. According to the publication, "Biden found himself somewhat isolated within the alliance," as he wants to give Ukraine a "vague promise" without a specific time frame, fearing a third world war.
Only one country is completely on the side of the United States in this matter - Germany. Whereas countries bordering Russia are putting pressure on Washington especially actively: they want specifics for Kyiv already at the July summit in Vilnius and offer to give Ukraine a clear entry plan, but only after the end of the war. The publication's sources also say that the White House wants to offer Ukraine a ten-year military support program based on the "Israeli model" instead of NATO membership.
13:01 The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to conduct an offensive operation, have a partial success, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. Over the past day, Ukrainian defenders advanced 200-500 meters in different sections of the Bakhmut direction and 300-350 meters in Zaporozhye. In the Berdyansk direction, fighting continues near the village. Makarovka, in Mariupol - in the areas of Novodanilovka and Novopokrovsk.
According to Malyar, the enemy suffers losses both in manpower and in equipment and weapons. So, just yesterday, the Russians lost an artillery battery of self-propelled guns, two electronic warfare systems, up to ten vehicles, a radar reconnaissance and fire control system, and an air defense system.
12:38 Germany for the first time in its history approved a national security strategy, in which Russia is designated as the "biggest threat" to peace and security in the foreseeable future, and the war in Ukraine is called "an epochal turning point in the European peace order." At the same time, the document emphasizes that neither Berlin nor NATO seeks a confrontation with the Russian Federation. Moreover, Germany is in favor of maintaining the channels of communication between NATO and the Russian Federation.
12:30 The Russian company Chernomorneftegaz, based in Crimea, is actively developing plans to evacuate its employees and their relatives from the peninsula, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported.
11:54 Russian media report that Kadyrov's right hand man Adam Delimkhanov was wounded "in the NVO zone". Political scientist Kirill Sazonov, who is fighting in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said that Delimkhanov's cortege was moving in off-road vehicles in the region of the occupied Primorsk, Zaporozhye region, and was attacked by gunners from the Banderlog MTR group. 12 helicopters arrived at the scene to secretly and promptly take out the dead and wounded.
11:21 The United States "changed the tone" on the issue of supplying Ukraine with long-range ATACMS missiles, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova said in an interview with The Page: "If earlier all the answers sounded like" forget about it ", then in May we first heard about that the issue is being discussed.
The Ambassador stressed that there are no insurmountable red lines in the issue of arms supplies to Ukraine, but there are a number of factors influencing the partners' decisions. In particular, one of the important factors is the political readiness of the United States, as well as the number of available missiles, training of the military, the integration of weapons with what is already in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the production complex and logistics.
11:15 Undermining the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station will create huge problems for food security in the world and lead to an increase in food prices, said UN Deputy Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths. He stressed that the country's main grain region, "which is a granary not only for Ukraine, but for the whole world," has suffered.
11:12 On June 13, Russians fired at a UAZ car moving through the territory of the Seredino-Budsky territorial community of the Sumy region - six people were killed, including two civilians and four forestry workers, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported.
11:07 In Kiev, the SBU exposed a company that helped Rosatom build five nuclear power plants in different countries. A large-scale scheme to circumvent anti-Russian sanctions was organized by the Kiev Central Design Bureau of Valve Engineering - a monopolist in the development, serial production and supply of pipeline valves for nuclear power plants.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the company has carried out 16 export operations in favor of Russia in the amount of about 42 million hryvnias. Attackers face up to 12 years in prison.
11:02 In the Kherson region, as of this morning, the average level of flooding is 2.13 meters, which is 32 cm less than last night. The dynamics of water decline is maintained, the OVA reported. 28 de-occupied settlements remain flooded. 3103 houses remain underwater. Over the past day, water has receded from about 500 houses.
Significant excesses of the content of hazardous substances in the rivers were not found. In particular, water samples were taken from the Dnieper in the area of Antonovsky Bridge and Ingulets in the area of Daryevka. The study showed an excess of suspended solids and iron, no oil products were found.
10:53 In Russia, the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station has been recognized as an "emergency of a federal nature," the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation said.
10:37 In each Kalibr rocket, with which the Russians fired at Odessa today, there are at least 40 foreign components, Yermak said: "Without microelectronics, Russia will not be able to produce them. Sanctions need to be strengthened, in particular, against those who help the terrorist country receive components for armaments".
10:20 The Pentagon cannot confirm Russian reports of heavy losses of American armored vehicles during the UAF counteroffensive, US Department of Defense Deputy Spokesperson Sabrina Singh said: "As for reports of the destruction of 16 vehicles, I saw the reports, but I cannot confirm some of the videos and images."
According to Singh, the Pentagon took into account during the deliveries that there would definitely be damage to equipment on the battlefield. She also confirmed US plans to replace damaged equipment, although it is not known if this replacement will be one-for-one.
10:01 British intelligence reports that over the past two weeks there has been an increase in the number of sorties of tactical aircraft of the Russian Federation, especially over the southern part of Ukraine. According to analysts, this was a response to the offensive operations of Ukraine. At the same time, the daily number of sorties by Russian aviation remains much lower than at the beginning of the invasion, when they made up to 300 sorties a day.
09:52 Over the past three days, during the offensive, Ukrainian forces have advanced 200-1400 meters in some directions and liberated about 3 square meters. km, said the speaker of the General Staff Andrey Kovalev. According to him, in the Berdyansk direction, the fighting continues in the area of the village of Makarovka in the south of the Donetsk region, and there are also fights in the area of the settlements of Novodanilovka and Novopokrovka in the north of the Zaporozhye region.
09:18 A Russian decree has been put into effect in the "LNR", which, according to the authors, should regulate the circulation of weapons, the Luhansk OVA reports. The document provides that until January 1, 2026, residents of the region who are citizens of the Russian Federation will be able to store, carry and use their weapons and ammunition. You do not need to pass any medical examination before the specified date. At the same time, ammunition owned by foreign citizens, that is, those who do not have a Russian passport, must be taken out of the Russian Federation within 30 days or voluntarily handed over.
09:14 At night, a Russian drone hit an infrastructure facility in Svetlodarsk, Kirovograd region, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Raikovich. The fire was quickly contained and no one was hurt.
09:10 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person died, three more were injured. In the Zaporozhye region, one person was injured, according to the IVA.
09:07 In the morning, the Russians launched rocket attacks on Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region - at least three people were killed and three were injured, said Pavel Krylenko, head of the OVA. In Kramatorsk, at least five private houses were destroyed and about 20 damaged, two people died and two were injured. In Konstantinovka, two houses were destroyed and 55 damaged, one person was killed and one was injured.
09:04 At the July NATO summit in Vilnius, members of the Alliance will strengthen long-term support for Ukraine and increase funding for the deterrence and defense program, Stoltenberg said at a joint speech with Biden at the White House. According to the Secretary General, the new program will include a more ambitious pledge by members of the Alliance to invest in defense with at least 2% of GDP.
09:00 France has exposed a large-scale disinformation campaign about the war in Ukraine, the country's Foreign Ministry said. So, during the year, 355 web domains operated on the Internet, which published pro-Russian content, masquerading as publications from Europe, the USA and the Middle East. In particular, 58 fake articles were found in four French media, including in the world famous newspapers Le Monde and Figaro. And a website similar to the website of the French Foreign Ministry wrote about a fake "security tax" to help Ukraine.
08:57 The death toll as a result of a missile attack on Krivoy Rog has increased to 12 - one more person died in the hospital at night, head of the Civil Aviation Administration Alexander Vilkul said.
08:46 At night, air defense forces destroyed three out of four Caliber cruise missiles and nine out of ten Shahed-136/131 attack drones, the Air Force command said. From the Black Sea, the enemy launched a strike with four Kalibr cruise missiles in the direction of the Odessa region. From the eastern coast of the Sea of Azov, the Russians attacked with ten Iranian strike UAVs in the southeast direction.
In addition, the enemy launched six Kh-22 air-launched cruise missiles from four Tu-22M3 long-range bombers from the Rostov Region. The blow was struck in the Donetsk region, the consequences are being specified.
08:30 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 14.
personnel - about 217,330 (+680) people liquidated,
tanks - 3943 (+8),
armored combat vehicles - 7653 (+11),
artillery systems - 3783 (+17),
MLRS - 603 (+2),
air defense systems - 364 (+1),
aircraft - 314 (+0),
helicopters - 300 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 3324 (+15),
cruise missiles - 1196 (+13),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 6482 (+9),
special equipment - 516 (+5).
07:47 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on attempts to completely occupy the Lugansk and Donetsk regions - over the past day, 28 military clashes occurred on the specified sector of the front, the General Staff said in the morning report .
In the occupied Zaporozhye region, from the village of Ocheretovatoye, in the direction of the city of Tokmak, the movement of Russian car columns with stolen household appliances, furniture and other property of local residents was recorded. Meanwhile, on the berths of the seaport of Berdyansk, dry cargo ships are being filled with grain stolen from Ukrainian farmers, which the occupiers plan to take to Russia.
07:18 Russians attacked Odessa with four Caliber missiles from a ship in the Black Sea: at least three people were killed and 13 injured , OK Pivden reported. One of the rockets hit the warehouse of one of the retail chains, a fire broke out on an area of 400 square meters. m. Three employees of the warehouse were killed, seven were injured. The rubble is being cleared, there may be people under them.
In addition, debris from downed rockets and the blast wave damaged a business center, an educational institution, a residential complex, food establishments and shops in the city center. Initially, six people were injured.
00:52 The Russian strike on a residential building in Krivoy Rog has become another proof of the deliberate destruction of Ukrainians, said US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller. He stressed that the killing of civilian Ukrainians is a typical behavior of the Russian army.
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The deputies of the European Parliament recognized the undermining of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station by the Russians as a war crime , which should be followed by punishment.
Yeah, if only they could figure out who dunnit.
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[RIA] At yesterday's meeting with war correspondents, Vladimir Putin said that during his counter-offensive, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost at least 160 tanks.
And a few hours before, German Defense Minister Pistorius said that the Bundeswehr would not be able to compensate Ukraine for all the tanks that were destroyed, destroyed or captured by the Russian Armed Forces. This statement was a response to the hysterical demands of the representatives of the Kyiv regime to "triple the supply" of Leopard tanks.
Between the lines of this statement, one can clearly read: "We did what we could, but you fell in love with all the polymers and now figure it out yourself." The Germans can be understood: they terribly did not want to send their tanks to Ukraine and resisted to the last, knowing full well that the burning "Leopards" in the fields of the remains of Ukraine are the worst possible advertisement for their prodigy. The Americans, who poked the Germans in the back with a stick, swore to send an armada of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, but, of course, they deceived - and now Germany is taking the rap for the shame of the "best in the world" Western tank building alone.
And it all started very, very well.
As soon as the announcements about the supply of "Leopards" to the Armed Forces of Ukraine were announced, a uniform bacchanalia began in the Western media, where German tanks were presented as manna from heaven, which could reverse the hordes of Russian orcs in one fell swoop and ensure the victory of Ukraine. NATO tabloids were full of headlines like
Numerous experts condescendingly and fingertips explained to the Western audience that the flow of German tanks "has the potential to change the course of the war", that "modern Western tanks are a generation ahead of (Russian) ones in destroying enemy positions", that "German tanks are definitely much better than Russian ones", because "The German Leopard 2 is considered one of the best tanks in the world in terms of its mobility, security and firepower."
But "one of the best tanks in the world" for some reason could not cope with Russian weapons and the Russian spirit, and the number of Leopards destroyed or disabled in recent days is already approaching two dozen. This means that out of 60 Leopard 2 tanks delivered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine by Germany as of the end of May, Russian soldiers destroyed a third in just three days.
The news about the burning "Leopards" became a real cold shower for the Western media. Articles about Russian soldiers fleeing at the sight of German tanks, jokes about combines that the Russian Defense Ministry passes off as wrecked "Leopards" have evaporated somewhere, and mournful and justifying passages began to appear instead:
"Even the most advanced battle tanks in their arsenal - the German-supplied Leopard 2A6 and the British Challenger 2 - are not indestructible."
“Main battle tanks help break through the line of invading troops, but they are not miracle weapons. Of course, Leopard 2s are also destroyed.”
"Ukraine sent German Leopard 2 main battle tanks into battle for the first time, and it ended in disaster. The loss of a battle group is the defeat of Kiev and the triumph of Russia."
In addition to the shameful situation in which Germany has fallen, the purely economic factor is also salt in the wound. Each Leopard 2 costs German taxpayers a minimum of $32 million. For comparison: the anti-tank missile "Kornet", excellent "clicking boxes" in Ukraine, costs no more than 80,000 dollars apiece ("Holy Javelina" - 600,000 dollars). In whose direction the balance is, even Klitschko understands.
It got to the point that menacing instructions began to come to the Armed Forces of Ukraine demanding "to find an excuse for the loss of modern samples of NATO equipment within five days."
There is no doubt that they will find excuses: the Armed Forces of Ukraine are famous for their creativity in the field of reports.
But it will not be easy to do this, taking into account the fact that the entire iron NATO international is now burning relish in the fields of the "Country 404" together with the "Leopards": Russian troops destroyed several dozens of various types of Western equipment in a couple of days, including the Leopard BMR supplied by Finland , French AMX-10RC tanks, Polish Crab self-propelled guns, American MaxxPro armored personnel carriers and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. The latter, according to information from Western sources, during the three days of the "counterattack" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 16 pieces were destroyed, that is, 15 percent of all delivered to Ukraine.
In total, according to various sources, since February 2022, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost about four thousand units of military equipment, which leads their Western curators to deep sadness.
In February, the German Ministry of Economy approved exports to Ukraine of up to 178 additional Leopard 1A5 tanks, but now - after the Leopard-colored disaster - one can reasonably expect these deliveries to either be delayed or cancelled.
But even if there are deliveries, it does not matter: we have once again shown that no Western miracle weapon can defeat a Russian soldier. And if we need to repeat, we will repeat.
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...There are indications that some - SOME - of the Leopard losses were decoys. Given that the Ukranians have shown a definite bent for tactical deception, I believe it. On the other hand, losses are to be expected, especially in the early stages of a fight. Let's see what happens.
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Buyers would only be hurt if they purchased the tanks and tried to use them in combat against the Russians. The people most hurt, if all the vehicles are rapidly destroyed, are the sellers. There are many recent civilian examples of the impact of poor marketing decisions. This deployment may prove to have been such a decision.
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2 Leopards were destroyed by artillery fire. They bunched up, stopped and the Russians made them pay for that mistake. Any modern tank will be destroyed by 155mm artillery, even the Abrams. Doubt this put a dent in the sales of the Leopard just like the ones Turkey lost in Syria didn't.
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[RIA] In the case of the explosion of the Nord Streams, a new twist. It would be more accurate to say that a new version was thrown in to distract from the main suspect - the United States.
Recall that in February of this year, the well-known journalist Seymour Hersh published convincing evidence that it was Washington that organized the undermining of the critical infrastructure of the European Union. The West initially tried to pretend not to notice this investigation . But when it became clear that it would not be possible to silence Hersh's article, the process of generating one crazy version after another began in order to drown the main one among them. Thus, a completely ridiculous story appeared that the sabotage was carried out by "pro-Ukrainian activists" who had nothing to do with the state.
Well, since this version did not fit in with the facts and looked too stupid, now they decided to improve it. An investigative media pool in Germany and the Netherlands, headed by the German newspaper Die Zeit and the Dutch state broadcaster NOS, published a new version: they say that the Dutch military intelligence (MIVD) knew three months before the attacks that Kiev was planning to carry out the attacks. Only now "pro-Ukrainian activists" are gradually turning into the military intelligence command of Ukraine under the personal supervision of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valery Zaluzhny.
Moreover, the "investigators" emphasize: no, no, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky did not know anything about the impending sabotage. It is even curious how this is theoretically possible and how the European media could find out about it. Apparently, the West realized that Zaluzhny was no longer a player, and thus decided to blame everything on him. Like, go to the bottom after the Nord Streams and don’t try to drag Zelensky along with you.
And it seems that this improved version really sounds more plausible than the outright profanity about "pro-Ukrainian activists": after all, military special forces have more opportunities to blow up an underwater object. True, here, too, a number of questions arise that baffle Western interpreters.
According to the "investigators", the secret services of the Netherlands, the United States, and Germany knew in advance about the impending terrorist attack. And how did it happen that they could not prevent the explosions? And even if they couldn't, why didn't they arrest the terrorists in hot pursuit, knowing perfectly well who was preparing the attacks? And why all the months after the explosions of the gas pipeline, the West pretended not to know their organizer?
The Dutch newspaper NRC, commenting on the new versions, laments the hard fate of a Western journalist: "Whoever did this, it's amazing how difficult it is to write or talk about it. Nobody wants to play into Putin's hands, even suggesting that the United States or Ukraine: At EU-NATO meetings, there is a motto: "Not a word about Nord Stream."
Here is the explanation for you! The Dutch journalist honestly and frankly admits: everyone understands who blew up the Nord Streams, but you can’t write so as not to “play into the hands of Putin.” One would like to ask: have you tried to write the truth? Like Seymour Hersh!
The improved version of "Pro-Ukrainian Activists - 2.0" raises another uncomfortable question. If earlier you tried to blame everything on a bunch of "terrorists-enthusiasts", then the new theory implies the participation of the armed forces of Ukraine in the attacks. In this regard, I would like to recall how, immediately after the explosions, the Western media habitually tried to shift the responsibility onto Russia. And then, I remember, a number of European newspapers hinted : isn't "damage to gas pipelines sufficient for the application of the Fifth Article of the NATO Charter?"
That is, to put it simply, there was a call to bomb Russia for undermining the critical infrastructure of the countries of the alliance. Well, well, let's say you agree there in Europe with the version that the attacks were carried out by the Ukrainian army - well, according to the same logic, we should now expect NATO bombings in Ukraine!
But we understand: "This is different!" They explained to us in an accessible way: you can’t play along with Putin. So they try to pretend that they do not understand obvious things. So this game is being played: let's blame anyone (partisans, Ukraine, Zaluzhny, Zelensky, UFO), if only the true organizer of the terrorist attacks is mentioned less.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:36 Work according to NATO standards - the landing of the padded American infantry fighting vehicle M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA pretends to be destroyed 21:36 What's wrong with the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: analysis of the military chronicle
Despite heavy losses and lost Western equipment, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing a regrouping and a new strike. However, there are many questions about the goals and objectives of the Ukrainian army.
Where are the Armed Forces trying to attack?
The main tactical groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South-Donetsk sector of the front are trying to attack in five directions: Priyutnoye - from the northwest and north, Rivnopol - from the north, Harvest - from the north and northeast, as well as Kremenchug and Novodonetsk.
The fifth direction of impact is south of the Vremevsky ledge from Makarovka. To break through these areas, the Armed Forces of Ukraine each time throw more and more new forces, but the result has not yet changed: company-tactical groups on infantry fighting vehicles, tanks and armored cars of foreign production are dying in minefields - both during the offensive and during the withdrawal, about which the Military chronicle reported earlier.
However, a detailed study of the direction of the strike raises doubts that this particular direction was chosen for the general offensive and the introduction into battle of all the reserves remaining in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
What is wrong with the direction of the main attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine?
If you carefully study the map of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Vremevsky ledge, you will find that there are only two large and relatively complete roads suitable for the transfer of reserves in the area. The first is the T-0518 highway (from Velikaya Novosyolka to Staromlynovka). The second is the T-0509 highway (Velikaya Novosyolka - Zolotaya Niva).
Both roads are under fire control of the RF Armed Forces. It should be noted that the development of the road network and geographical features in the areas of activity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not contribute to either the rapid advance of troops, or the deployment of formations or formations in battle formations, or the dispersal of troops.
At the same time, the rear areas of the AFU grouping are under surveillance and are regularly attacked by the RF Armed Forces. It is extremely difficult to use them to concentrate the forces and means necessary for the offensive.
At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue demonstrative attacks in this direction, however, in the event of a full-scale offensive in this segment, much larger forces would have to be used. According to the Military Chronicle, several units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this area do not have a single plan and operate on separate tactical tasks.
What else is wrong?
Despite significant losses in a number of areas, as well as the entry into battle of a unit armed with the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, Leopard 2A6 tanks, M109A6 Paladin self-propelled guns, as well as Mastiff, Wolfhound and Maxxpro MCIs, a significant part of the APU reserves have not yet appeared on the battlefield.
In addition, at the moment it is not known for certain where the remaining Bradley infantry fighting vehicles are located, and these are about 90 vehicles. It is also noteworthy that during all the days of the offensive, Ukrainian troops did not commit groups of more than two or three battalions into battle.
For several days, instead of the formations destroyed on the battlefield, reserves arrived, but now the situation with a shortage of people and equipment began to worsen. It is not easy to break through the defense with the current forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: in order to carry out a strike along the Velikaya Novosyolka-Staromlynovka line, presumably, a brigade-level unit is required - about 4 thousand people at a time.
What is the result?
A series of large-scale attacks in the South-Donetsk direction, probably serves as a cover. For what exactly, remains to be seen in the near future.
It is possible that attacks on villages, which cannot be taken without bringing up large reserves, are undertaken to form additional reserves that will be thrown into battle later.
According to another version, attempts to break through in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions may be a cover for preparing the main attack in another area. At the same time, the main part of the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine can probably be assembled at the site of the alleged strike at the very last moment.
20:12 Loitering ammunition “Lancet” struck quipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy region
20:11 During the counter-offensive in the Zaporozhye direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not advance a single step even in the gray zone, said Balitsky, Acting Governor of the region
19:07 Rocket strike for sures truck deployment point of the Armed Forces
19:07 TOS “Sunshine” fulfills according to the positions of the Armed Forces
17:57 Burning down after being hit by Ukrainian M-777 howitzers made in the USA
The result of another counterbattery fight. Russian gunners once again proved that they are the best.
16:59 Destroyed aviation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation the location of equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the directions of the NMD
16:57 Zelensky purposefully destroys GUR militants
A couple of days ago, a militant of the RDK (Ukrainian intelligence) D. Maznik was buried in Lvov. The funeral was attended almost in full force by the militants of another “special podrozdil” of the GUR “sun” (formed from Russian-Kharkovites and Hungarians).
It was in this unit that Maznik served, before he was dressed in the “Russian volunteer corps”.
“On the third of June, Daniil “Puck” Maznik accepted his last fight. It was he who commanded the assault on Novaya Tavolzhanka, which ended in success, but was doomed to failure ... ”- the militants complain at the funeral.
Thus, it becomes obvious that, on the orders of Zelensky, these Gurovites were initially doomed to die.
16:57 Right now, there was a mortar shelling in Korsunka village at the place where humanitarian aid was issued (from the bus)
The mine fell 50 meters away, no one was hurt.
The shelling continues.
15:44 Russian 220mm BM-27 "Hurricanes" of the Western Groupdemolishrockets accumulation of equipment and personnel of the Nazis
15:43 New briefing by the RF Ministry of Defense:
🔹In total, since June 4, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost about 7,500 people killed and wounded only on the line of contact, not counting the military dead as a result of the use of long-range precision weapons and aviation by the Russian Armed Forces in the depths of Ukrainian territory.
🔹Attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repulsed on the Vremevsky ledge. Four tanks and seven armored fighting vehicles were destroyed.
🔹Over 800 Ukrainian soldiers, 20 tanks, four infantry fighting vehicles, 15 armored fighting vehicles, two US-made M777 artillery systems, 152mm Msta-B and 122mm D-30 howitzers, a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle, as well as a warehouse ammunition.
🔹More than 205 military personnel, two armored combat vehicles, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, and two warehouses were liquidated in the Donetsk direction.
🔹In the Kupyansk direction, up to 30 Ukrainian soldiers, an armored combat vehicle, as well as self-propelled guns M109 "Paladin" made in the USA and "Krab" made in Poland were destroyed.
🔹In the Krasno-Limansky direction, up to 60 military personnel, infantry fighting vehicles, 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled guns, a D-20 howitzer, as well as a Grad MLRS combat vehicle were destroyed.
🔹In the Kherson direction, up to 50 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed, as well as the 152mm Acacia self-propelled guns.
🔹Air defense intercepted two Storm Shadow cruise missiles, four HIMARS MLRS rockets, and 20 UAVs.
14:41 Odessa region. According to preliminary data, as a result of a night strike by Caliber, a repair plant was hit, as well as parking lots of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
14:39 Since June 4, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost about 7,500 people at the front alone, not counting those killed as a result of missile strikes, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
13:52 Arrival according to the location of Georgian militants
Georgian terrorists fighting as part of the Main Intelligence Directorate are dissatisfied with the arrival at their location.
Outraged by destroyed cars, burnt personal belongings
13:50 Another American mercenary blown upon a mine in the Kharkiv region
Another militant of the "international legion" GUR Misha Montoya (USA) will go from Russian lands to his West "not fully equipped."
The fighter hit a mine. In the Kharkov hospital, he placed the Ukrainian flag in the same place.
12:53 Another destruction of BMP M2 Bradley militants
The equipment was hit by a missile of the Vikhr anti-tank complex from a Ka-52 attack helicopter. Zaporozhye direction.
12:53 WorkRussian drone on the fortified positions of militants
Scouts of the 37th Brigade of the RF Armed Forces covered Nazi shelters in the Ugledar direction from drones with VOG shells.
11:43 For the past day:
As a result of fire damage by the formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:
- the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Kutsurub, losses: 10 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; seven - received injuries of varying severity;
- the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the village of Kizomys, losses: seven servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; 11 - received injuries of varying severity;
- 4 enemy boats.
As a result of fire damage by the formations of the Dnepr grouping of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:
- the place of temporary deployment of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, losses: 10 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; seven - received injuries of varying severity, 1 unit. automotive equipment - disabled;
-120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it, losses: five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, two were injured of varying severity.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr grouping 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, losses: seven servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; 12 - received injuries of varying severity, 3 units. automotive equipment - disabled;
- 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it, losses: four servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, three were injured of varying severity.
10:39 Russian Armed Forces hit the locations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kharkiv
According to "Come and See", this night in Kharkov, the places of deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit.
“The Armed Forces of Ukraine have losses, at least a dozen people,” the channel’s interlocutor said.
According to him, strikes were also carried out on military-industrial facilities.
Note that there is no serious air defense over Kharkov.
10:39 appeared confirmation the destroyed launcher of the S-300PMU air defense system from the division transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine by Slovakia.
10:38 Air defense intercepted a Ukrainian drone in the Belgorod region
The reconnaissance drone "Fury" was shot down in the Shchebekinsky urban district at about seven in the morning. There were no casualties.
09:40 Odessa: air defense work and the results of the Caliber arrival -photo.
This night, several photographs of night “arrivals” in Odessa were published at once.
On the first - the result of the work of air defense. Apparently, one of the rockets hit the upper floors of the house on Shevchenko Avenue. Note that if it was the arrival of the “Caliber”, then the windows in the neighboring house would definitely not have survived.
In the second photo, a 400kg Caliber warhead hit an industrial enterprise near the Odessa-Malaya railway station. There were Western military equipment and at least several hundred UAF fighters there.
09:27240mm mortar "Tulip" calculationdestroysenemy facilities in the Krasnolimansky direction
After advancing to unprepared firing positions, mortars fire various types of ammunition, including active-reactive mines at a distance of up to 19 km. Shooting is carried out at the personnel and fortifications of the enemy with constant adjustment by UAV calculations.
Each hit from the "Tulip" is a real nightmare for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, so they strive to hit the crew of our gunners as quickly as possible. Knowing this, the gunners quickly change position after a few shots, so as not to get under return fire.
09:10 Operators of the 110th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the 100th Brigade of the NM DPR) continue to destroy the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
08:25 Artillery of the 6th Vrigade of the Southern Group of Forces in the Lisichansk direction destroyed the positions of the Ukrainian Nazis–video.
08:17 In Ukraine, there was again a restless night: "Geraniums" and missiles found their targets in Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd and other "square" regions.
At night, the Russian Armed Forces attacked targets in the Kharkiv, Zaporozhye, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Odessa regions, as well as the occupied part of the DPR, with Geran UAVs and missile weapons.
A powerful strike by sea-based missiles was inflicted on Odessa and the region. There are reports that the blow fell on the Krayan crane-building plant. In addition, powerful arrivals were recorded in Zaporozhye, Kherson, Kharkov, Tsirkuny, Kramatorsk.
08:10 Explosions are reported in the Sumy region.
07:55 Helicopters Ka-52 and Mi-28 of the Russian group "West" inflicted eight strikes on the positions of Ukrainian troops in the Kupyansk direction -video.
08:10 Russian Defense Ministry showed footage of work of artillery on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, shelling the Belgorod region
08:05 In the battles on the Zaporozhye Front on June 10, the Russian armydestroyedUkrainian air defense system and its anti-aircraft commander Denis Kuznetsov
02:42 Explosions thundered in Odessa:
Explosions thundered in Odessa, it is reported about the passage of missiles. An air alert has been declared in the region, and it also sounds in the Nikolaev and Kirovograd regions.
Prior to this, explosions thundered in the Dnepropetrovsk and Kirovograd regions, eyewitnesses saw Russian Geraniums in the sky
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:46 An air strike has been announced throughout Ukraine
alarm. 23:43 In Kyiv, air alarm.
23:39 To five strategic bombers TU-95MS VKS RF added two Tu-22M3 missile carriers.
22:46 To four bomber TU-95MS VKS RF added one more.
22:35 On Wednesday evening, Ukrainian troops fired six rounds of the “NATO” caliber of 155mm in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and the settlement of Netaylovo, reported in representation DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
22:20 Strategic bombers TU-95MS VKS RF sent to the line of launching missiles at the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
21:04 Ukrainian troops fired on Wednesday evening six rounds of "NATO" caliber 155mm in two districts of Donetsk and 35 rounds with a caliber of 152mm in Horlivka, reported in representation DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
21:04 Kherson direction at 20:13 14.06
Water in many areas has descended to a fairly acceptable level. The islands still do not exist, only the edges of the trees stick out from the water.
The enemy is working with mortars and cannon artillery in the alleged areas of accumulation of l / s and equipment. Our barrels counterbattery answer him, but in the maneuver they are shackled because of the wet ground.
Combat work does not stand still. Shot-answer, shot-answer. And so the whole day.
19:50 The enemy is advancing on the flank near Artemovsk, a fierce battle is going on.
The infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is attacking in groups towards Razdolovka, the landing force is fighting. The enemy was stealthily trying to approach our positions in order to attack unexpectedly, but was discovered by reconnaissance. Our soldiers repel the attack.
19:37 Battles on the Zaporizhia Front: East of Orekhov, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are attacking, preparing for the offensive:
Fighting continues east of Orekhov in the Vasilyevsky district of the Zaporozhye region. In the morning, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to attack the positions of Russian troops in the direction of the village of Verkhnyaya Krinitsa.
First, the enemy carried out artillery preparation, firing at the trenches for a long time. Then, from the side of Kamenskoye, the armored group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an attack on the advanced stronghold of the RF Armed Forces.
During the battle, Russian fighters destroyed several pieces of enemy equipment and assault infantry, the remnants of the attackers retreated to their positions. The enemy continues to carry out reconnaissance in force, trying to probe the line of defense of the RF Armed Forces in order to select areas for new offensive operations.
Do not stop positional in the direction of Kamenskoye - Pyatikhatki. The enemy continues to regroup and concentrate forces in the Kamenskoye area for further attempts to break through the Russian defenses in this area in the direction of Pyatikhatka-Zherebyanka. For the same purpose, the engineering units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to make passes in the minefields near Lobkov.
19:15 Ukrainian troops during the counteroffensive in the Zaporozhye direction did not advance not a single step even in the gray zone, said in an interview with RIA Novosti the acting governor of the region Evgeny Balitsky.
19:10 In the Zaporozhye direction, our troops continuehold backthe offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and this is the great merit of the Russian artillerymen. Here is what a serviceman with the call sign "Dnepr" said about the actions of our calculations:
“On June 6, at about 11 a.m., the enemy went on the offensive. We noticed him even earlier, before approaching our positions, and our artillery struck at him. Therefore, the enemy in the column did not reach us, he was forced to dismount ahead of time, which made it easier for us to defeat his infantry by fire.
The enemy later began to group up, pull up reserves, but thanks to the professional work of our gunners, he did not succeed. Now intense clashes continue, we expect a further offensive by the enemy.”
“Our crews are seriously trained and ready to work at such a pace – from shot to shot, it takes us from three to five seconds,” the soldier added.
19:01 Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district) under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, five rounds with a caliber of 152mm were fired.
18:50 Pologi were left without electricity as a result of artillery attack from the APU.
Ukrainian militants attacked Pologi, because of which high-voltage power lines were damaged. As noted in the operational services, the city is de-energized for a while. Now work is underway to restore the supply of electricity.
18:46 Ukrainian neo-Nazis again shelled the village of the mine. V. I. Lenin (Central-City district of Gorlovka).
18:19 Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the Donetsk People's Republic 23 times, firing 145 units of various ammunition. It is reported by the JCCC DNR.
As a result, two civilians were injured. There is damage to civilian infrastructure.
17:45 Donetsk and Luhansk are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 26 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
17:36 The enemy in the last three days has been taking active measures to transfer the forces of three brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the Zaporozhye and Donetsk direction from the territory of the Nikolaev region.
In particular, brigades equipped with M-55S tanks and American Stryker armored personnel carriers are deployed.
We can expect them to appear in the first line in the coming days in the Zaporozhye or Yuzhnodonets direction.
17:07 Statementhead of the press center of the group "Center":
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, the crew of the 300mm Smerch multiple launch rocket system of the Center group of troops hit the place where enemy equipment was concentrated.
The group's bomber aircraft destroyed three points of temporary deployment, a stronghold and places of accumulation of equipment.
Army aviation and artillery of the "Center" group of forces delivered strikes on manpower and equipment of 63 and 67 Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of settlements of Torskoye and Serebryanskoye forestry. The crew of the Verba MANPADS destroyed the Furiya unmanned aerial vehicle.
16:57 Right now, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are under artillery attack at Korsunka.
Ukrainian troops hit with a mortar at the place where the distribution of humanitarian aid takes place. One of the mines fell just 50 meters from the bus with food packages. No harm done. The artillery attack continues - the operational headquarters of the VGA NK
16:42 Consequences of flooding in Hola Pristan, Kherson region -video.
16:20 Artillery work of 132 Brigade (former 3 Brigade of NM DPR) –video.
16:03 Militants of the Kyiv regime fired 20 rockets from the MLRS at Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky Donetsk - DPR JCCC.
15:47 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for June 14, as of 15:30, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
d. Donetsk (Leninsky district): - on str. Bajova, 14, a man injured as a result of an explosion at the VOP, born in 1968.
Additional information has been received about the damage caused by the artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
n.p. Staromikhalovka:
- st. Lenina, 29 - a private residential building, a car and a utility building were also damaged;
- st. Lenina, 52, 56 - private residential buildings.
15:37 The criminal Kiev regime uses European weapons toblowson civilians in the Kherson region.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to shell civilian infrastructure facilities, where evacuated residents of coastal settlements are located. This time the strike was carried out by French SCALP missiles.
The point of temporary accommodation of refugees on the Arabat Spit in the Kherson region was hit with rockets made in France. The date of manufacture, as well as the names of the French manufacturer MBDA France, were found on the fragments of the rounds.
15:20 Under fire from Ukrainian militants, the Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, 12 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
14:49 The Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted to break through to the village of Kamenskoe in the Zaporozhye region, but were driven back with heavy losses. This was reportedTASSwith reference to the commander of the “Storm Z” unit with the callsign Ali. According to him, as a result, one enemy tank was hit, and the infantry platoon was thrown back.
14:40 Full descent of water in the Kherson region and the return of the Dnieper to the channel after the disaster at the hydroelectric power station is predicted by June 20 - local authorities.
14:24 Over the past day, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have made unsuccessful attempts at offensive operations in the South Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Donetsk directions, continuing to suffer significant losses in manpower and equipment - the Russian Defense Ministry.
13:40 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. Direct hit in a private residential building.
13:31 The work of the 152mm self-propelled artillery installation MSTA-S in the Zaporozhye direction -video.
12:47 The situation on the flanks of Artemivsk is successfully stabilizing, Pushilin said, noting that the pressure from the Armed Forces of Ukraine is serious, but they fail to advance
12:16 Su-25 pilot told how ground attack aircraft supports troops at the forefront.
The crews of Su-25 attack aircraft of the Eastern Military District carried out rocket air strikes on military facilities and equipment of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Missile launches were carried out in pairs from low altitudes.
After the use of aviation weapons, the crews performed a maneuver, releasing heat traps, and returned to the departure airfield.
As a result of combat use, camouflaged fortified field positions and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
12:08 Ukrainian militants continue artillery attack of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, five rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
11:42 Donetsk is under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 22 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
11:25 On the Zaporozhye front, the battles have shifted towards the junction with the Donetsk one, but the counter-battery fight does not subside here either -video.
11:10 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for June 14, as of 11:00, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Vladimirovka: - on the street. Embankment, 10 wounded man born in 1976
10:29 Vladimirovka and Donetsk are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 21 rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
10:14 The situation in Velika Novoselovka at 10:00 Moscow time:
Until now, having not passed through Makarovka, the enemy is pulling his equipment out of the range of our artillery. Active fighting continues in the village itself.
During the night, the front line in this direction did not change significantly, the withdrawal of heavy equipment and the concentration of manpower in Makarovka itself suggests that the enemy is again preparing to attack with large forces.
10:05 Ukrainian militantsfired uponLugansk. The hit was on an asphalt concrete plant. There are people injured.
10:00 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for June 14, as of 10:00, information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack by the AFU of the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kiev region): - st. Novoyasinovatskaya, 18, 18 "a", 20 - private residential buildings, the gas pipeline was also damaged.
09:56 Yelenovka is under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, six rounds with a caliber of 152 mm were fired.
09:35 Enemy offensive on the Vremevsky ledge: reinforcements of the Russian army entered the battle, stopping and discarding the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Operational situation in the South-Donetsk direction:
Fierce battles have been going on for three days in the area of Makarovka, Harvest, Rovnopol, Staromayorsky, in a number of areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine they have been thrown back. Significant reserves of the Russian army approached along the Urozhainoye-Novodonetskoye-Novomayorskoye line entered the battle, stabilizing the situation, according to enemy reports. Reinforcements are coming to other areas as well.
Fighting continues near Urozhainoye, where part of the district is still in the gray (disputed) zone.
At Makarovka, our troops do not stop attacks from the heights, trying to push back the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The enemy reports numerous attacks by the RF Armed Forces south and southwest of the village.
At the top of the Vremevsky ledge, the RF Armed Forces are holding the area of the settlement. Rivnopol, the enemy is attacking with armored groups of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, the attacks are repelled. Also, the enemy attacks along the Prechistovka-Staromayorskoe line with the forces of company tactical groups with infantry fighting vehicles, but is not successful.
After a three-day lull near Levadny, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to move cautiously south and east of the village, located in the gray zone. Along the front, units of the RF Armed Forces concentrate on holding the main heights, which gives them an advantage for fire damage and counterattack actions.
The enemy also continues to transfer forces in order to build up offensive potential and increase pressure on the front. There is a transfer of parts of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade from the Zaporozhye direction to the South-Donetsk direction. The engineering and sapper units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not stop trying to clear mines for new attacks on our positions in a number of areas, including the Novodarovka area.
09:30 Under fire from Ukrainian militants, the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, five rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
09:20 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. Korsunka fired 12 rounds;
-- Eight rounds were fired at the village of Podleskoye;
-- Nine rounds were fired at the settlement of Sagi;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan fired seven rounds;
-- n.p. Peski fired six rounds;
-- n.p. Solontsy fired eight 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 Sofiyivka, settlement Staraya Zburyevka firing a total of 26 cannon artillery rounds
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
09:16 Zaporozhye direction, it's raining, the enemy is waiting for good weather for the next offensive. At night, Ukrainian militants remotely threw mines at Russian positions. According to the military of the RF Armed Forces, they are training, flying quadcopters, changing frequencies - conducting radio training.
At 04:00, the enemy tried to jump out in a tank with infantry at the positions of units of the RF Armed Forces, but was destroyed with the help of flamethrowers and BMP-3.
The difficult situation around Velyka Novoselovka, there are fierce battles. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are accumulating reserves for the next breakthrough and offensive, the situation around the settlement. Makarovka remains heavy, fighters from the field destroy the enemy and do not allow to break through.
09:05 Over the past 24 hours, 30 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU - the Representative Office of the DPR in the JCCC.
Ukrainian nationalists fired from 152mm and 155mm artillery, firing 168 different types of ammunition across the territory of the Republic.
Horlovka (Nikitovsky District), Yasinovataya, Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky Districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky District), Aleksandrovka, Staromihailovka, and Urozhainoe were under fire.
As a result of the shelling, two people were injured in Urozhayne.
Damage to residential buildings and civilian infrastructure was not recorded.
08:47 Information on the artillery attack of Gorlovka as of 08:00 on 06/14/2023
08:41 Under fire from Ukrainian militants Kyiv district of Donetsk. According to the DPR JCCC, five rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired.
08:24 Brief summary on the situation on the Zaporozhye front "Vremievsky ledge":
The enemy attacked in the direction of the village of Makarovka with the forces of the BTGr 35 detachment, at the moment they have entrenched themselves in the territory of the village and are regrouping.
Also, the enemy made two attacks:
- To the south-east of the Levadnoe settlement, with forces up to the MPV from the 23rd Separate Mechanized Brigade - had no success, suffered losses, retreated to previously occupied positions.
- In the direction of Novodarovka - Priyutnoye, with forces up to the Ministry of Defense from the composition of the 31st Separate Mechanized Brigade - he had no success, suffered losses, retreated to previously occupied positions.
In summary: The enemy still cannot develop the pace of the offensive that he was counting on.
The number of losses in manpower and equipment is disproportionate to the modest tactical success expressed in the occupation of several villages that are located north of the main defensive line.
Nevertheless, at the disposal of the enemy command there are still enough reserves in manpower and equipment, the offensive potential has not been exhausted.
08:15 Frontline summary on the morning of 14.06.2023:
On the Zaporozhye direction, Ukrainian troops tried to attack at Pyatikhatki. No success. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kamensky, Lobkovo, Orekhovo, Malaya Tokmachka, Gulyaipolsky, Zheleznodorozhny, Gulyaypole and Malinovka.
In the Ugledar sector, Russian troops, after air strikes, counterattacked near Blagodatny (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name west of Soledar). The Armed Forces held their positions. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit Ukrainian units in Levadny, Novopol, Zeleny Pole, Vremevka, Bolshaya Novosyolka, Zolotoy Niva, Shakhtyorsky, Prechistovka, Bogoyavlenka, and Vugledar.
On the Donetsk front, Russian units once again, with the support of artillery, conducted assault operations in Maryinka. They also tried to advance on the northwestern approaches to Avdiivka. No positive result. Under shelling, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, Maksimilyanovka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Sukhaya Balka, Yuzhny, Toretsk and Druzhba. The Ukrainian army attacked Staromikhailivka, Donetsk and Gorlovka.
In the Bakhmut direction of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, after artillery strikes, offensive operations were carried out in the Andreevka area, near Kleshcheevka, Yagodnoye and Berkhovka. No promotion.
Russian artillery fired on Ukrainian units in Belaya Gora, Ivanovskoye, Kalinovka, Novomarkovo, Vasyukovka, Rozdolovka, Vesyoloye, Controversial and Verkhnekamensky. The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in Bakhmut and Blagodatny (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name to the west of Vugledar).
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops, supported by artillery, tried to advance near Belogorovka. No success. According to the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Yampol, the Russian Aerospace Forces worked out, and artillery - in Torsky, Yampolevka, Nevsky, Novoselovsky, Berestovoy, Tabaevka, Kislovka and Dvurechnaya. The Ukrainian army launched a missile attack on Lugansk. Artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the Pervy Liman and Masyutovka.
08:10 MLRS knocks out Ukrainian fighters from the forest belts in the Krasno-Limansky direction. 122mm BM-21 “Gradov” crews, adjusting my fire with the help of a drone, struck at the strongholds of the 80th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
08:02 UAF shelled Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson region in the morning, a residential building was damaged, there is a victim, the administration of the city district said
The power supply in Plodovoy was also disrupted, the emergency service of the Novokahovsky Distribution Zone is working to eliminate the damage.
07:42 Acting head of the Kherson region Volodymyr Saldo said that the water level in Aleshki and Hola Pristan had dropped to almost zero.
In Novaya Kakhovka, the water level remains at around five meters.
06:53 Donetsk and Mikhailovka are under fire from Ukrainian militants. According to the DPR JCCC, 12 rounds with a caliber of 155mm and 152mm were fired.
06:22 Ukrainian militants are artillery attack the village of Mikhailovka (Central City district of Gorlovka).
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[REGNUM] On June 14, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg officially confirmed the loss of Western military equipment by the Ukrainian army. The day before, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that not only wrecked NATO vehicles, but also completely intact German Leopard 2 tanks and American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles abandoned during an unsuccessful offensive, were at the disposal of our military. The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage of the military inspecting captured Western equipment.
The video immediately spread across the web and caused a reaction in the Western media. The Berlin publication Bild criticized the Ukrainian military for the loss of expensive German-made armored vehicles. The authors of the material note that the Ukrainian crew abandoned the tank without attempting to destroy or damage it. Thus, the Leopard 2 tank in one of the most modern modifications, the A6, which is in service with the Bundeswehr, could fall into the hands of the Russian military.
If the Bradley infantry fighting vehicles delivered to Ukraine are for the most part rather outdated, then the Leopards of the 2A6 modification have been at the disposal of the Bundeswehr since the zero years.
Tanks may be evacuated from the battlefield and brought to Russian territory for study, Bild sources believe. According to the publication, fire control systems, chassis and transmission of German tanks may be of particular interest to the Russian military-industrial complex. In the future, these technologies can be studied and adapted to Russian armored vehicles.
In total, Germany, we recall, transferred to Ukraine 14 Leopard 2 tanks in the A6 modification. At least one of these vehicles was abandoned by Ukrainian crews during the battle near the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka.
According to the latest data, abandoned NATO-made armored vehicles were not removed from the battlefield by either side.
Therefore, the fears of German journalists can still be considered premature. But the trouble is the beginning.
WHAT IS PRIMARILY INTERESTING IN TROPHIES
If one of the abandoned "Leopards" is delivered to the rear, in the future the studied technologies can really be used in the development of new Russian weapons, and in particular armored vehicles, military expert Alexander Dolbysh noted in a commentary to IA Regnum .
“If we are talking about Leopard 2 A6 tanks, then here, first of all, the electronics are of interest, without which the tank is just a piece of iron. These are guidance systems in the first place, night thermal imaging sights, sights with a laser rangefinder and the like. Frankly speaking, in electronics, our tank developers often lagged behind, so there is a good opportunity to catch up , ”said the military expert.
When upgrading the Leopards-2 to the A6 level, the base model received a number of new products from modifying the fire control system (FCS) to improving the tank barrel, Dolbysh also pointed out. Tanks, in particular, are equipped with panoramic sights, and the image from the rear view cameras is displayed on the tank commander's display. However, designers will primarily be interested in various non-obvious solutions and technological subtleties.
COPY - BUT ONLY THE BEST
A number of countries are actively using "reverse technologies" for the production of their own military equipment, Dolbysh recalled. An example is Iran, which has developed the production of drones using captured intact examples of drones made by the United States and Israel. As a result, Iran has become one of the leading manufacturers of drones that are used around the world. Therefore, it is definitely not worth underestimating the opportunities that the “reverse” gives.
“Copying is always easier when you have a finished sample, not drawings,” the expert noted. - Many countries are engaged in industrial espionage, stealing development plans.
But it is the captured whole sample of equipment that makes it possible not only to study technical solutions “in practice”, but also to see how this or that equipment works in general, how it behaves in various conditions .
As already noted, not all Western armored vehicles are of interest to the Russian defense industry. For example, the French AMX-10 wheeled tanks, which are used by the Marine Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, performed extremely poorly in combined arms combat. According to The Washington Post , citing the Ukrainian military, French-made tanks easily break through, which leads to heavy losses among the personnel. And it is unlikely that such design solutions should be used in Russian industry.
The capture of entire samples of Western armored vehicles makes it possible to use them not only for study, but for the purpose of training crews at training grounds. For example, the Pentagon buys Soviet-made armored vehicles to train its troops. Separate formations of the US Army are conducting exercises with countries that have Soviet military equipment. Even units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine acted as "Russian troops" during the exercises.
SUPPLIERS TRIED TO PLAY IT SAFE - BUT NOT IN THE CASE OF "LEOPARDS"
It is noteworthy that the US military anticipated the possibility of falling into the unreliable hands of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of modern armored vehicles. That is why all modern equipment will be removed from the Abrams M1A2 tanks, which are planned to be transferred to the Ukrainian army, as RIA Novosti noted . This, apparently, is the reason for the delay in the supply of American tanks to Ukraine, which is expected no earlier than the end of summer.
But modern equipment was not removed from the Leopards.
“Hypothetically, you can take the same Leopard 2A6, replace all the equipment in it with less modern ones. That is, "roll back" it to earlier models. But this is very difficult and requires a long time, which they did not have, since the preparation of vehicles for delivery and the training of crews took place in the shortest possible time, ” notes Alexander Dolbysh. It is unlikely that such work has been carried out, the expert believes.
Moreover, the removal of all modern electronics from the car, in fact, turns it into the same piece of iron. “The very delivery of modern tanks simply loses its meaning in this case. It's easier to put outdated armored vehicles. Therefore, on those tanks that the Armed Forces of Ukraine now have, there is standard equipment, ” adds the expert.
WHEN WILL REVERSE TECHNOLOGIES PAY OFF?
At the same time, the specialist admits that the study of foreign technologies and their adaptation at the enterprises of the Russian defense industry can take a long time. However, this task does not seem unsolvable.
“Here it is important to understand one point. The same Iranian drones that are made using Israeli or American technology differ from their prototypes. But there is a saying: "Everything that China copies is bad, but what they do themselves is even worse." Here you can apply the same principle,” says Dolbysh.
Relatively speaking, Zeiss optics will not be reproduced one-on-one in our country, but they can produce their own using foreign technologies, the interlocutor explains. “Of course, it takes time to study and implement new technologies. The equipment necessary for production will still need to be found, tested, understood whether we need it or not, then develop a plan for the introduction of foreign technologies at the domestic level, having studied the very possibility of producing and introducing technologies in the domestic military-industrial complex, ”the expert said.
Only after that can we talk about the introduction of "reverse" technologies on new models of military equipment. But at the end you can get a very worthy result, Alexander Dolbysh emphasized.
By the way, of the armaments supplied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine manufactured by NATO countries, the Bradley BMP may also be of some interest - if we are talking about modern modifications, the expert added. It would also be "desirable" to capture the French-made Caesar self-propelled artillery mounts and the German PzH 2000, since they are equipped with advanced guidance and fire control systems.
Text taken from an article by Russian blogger Multi-XAM.
Map references in the link, and are in English
[Telegra.ph] Continuing to analyze the situation in the South-Donetsk direction, we note the increased activity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Velika Novoselovka, the Vremievsky ledge in the direction of the settlements of Storozhevoye, Blagodatnoye, Makarovka, Staromayorskoye and Urozhaynoye, which are located along the route T-05-18 in order to reach the border Staromlynovka and further south to Rozovka, which will allow him to block the highway to Melitopol.
Kyiv understands that by gaining a foothold here, it will be able to create a full-fledged springboard for developing an offensive in an eastern direction. At the same time, while covering the right flank of the armored units attacking Novodonetskoye, at the same time ensure the transfer of reserves to the southeast in the direction of Mariupol.
At the same time, after analyzing publications in Western analytical publications, we come to the conclusion that with objective activity in this area, the possible successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are clearly overestimated. The enemy, indeed, is rushing towards Staromlynovka and the Wet Yaly valley, seeking to create a threat to the Russian forces in Volnovakha.
The indication that Staromlynovka is currently under the control of the enemy is untenable, since it is not even confirmed by Ukrainian sources.
We note that, oddly enough, the activists of the Finnish OSINT-community Black Bird Group, who analyze both Ukrainian and Russian sources in danimic, demonstrate the situation on the LBS more or less objectively.
As of June 14, Russian troops continue to counterattack in this area with the forces of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division and the Kaskad OBTF. The enemy, indeed, managed to partially gain a foothold in the area of the settlements of Storozhevoye and Makarovka with advanced units of the 35th and 37th Separate Naval Infantry brigades, the 4th Separate Tank Brigade, the 68th Separate Jaeger Brigade, as well as the 129th separate Territorial Defense Brigade.
According to our information, in the Zaporozhye sector of the front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, acting from the positions of the Gulyai-Polye bridgehead, created a threat of blocking the supply center of the RF Armed Forces in Pologi. Obviously, the enemy does not seek to attack in a wide zone (the conditions of the flat terrain leave their mark). Therefore, it focuses its main efforts on seizing the initiative in the area of key settlements in the LBS band. Thus, trying to block the transport and communication nodes.
In our opinion, if the enemy manages to gain a foothold in key areas, he will create favorable conditions for breakthroughs of tank units. And here, as we informed you earlier, it should be taken into account that the enemy has not yet committed the main reserves to the battle, counting on a debilitating effect.
Summing up the data on the situation that come from the field and supplemented by information from Western sources, we can conclude that the offensive is still proceeding in the same format. The statements of official representatives of the Western authorities that the enemy is preparing a strike in the Donbas in the near future should be considered as an element of information confrontation in the context of increased activity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction.
Precision strikes with long-range precision weapons on Russian air defense facilities in Genichesk, in the context of the continued shallowing of the bottom of the Kakhovka reservoir (drying quickly in southern climates), suggests a possible enemy attempt to force the Dnieper in this area.
The situation is as follows: so far, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, acting as company-tactical groups reinforced with armored vehicles, are unsuccessfully trying to capture the advanced Russian defensive lines, losing a large number of armored vehicles. We record the constant transfer of new forces to the initial areas for the offensive, which indicates a steady desire to gain a foothold in the above areas.
Since the section of the T-0509 highway (Velikaya Novosyolka - Zolotaya Niva) is under tight fire control of the RF Armed Forces, the enemy is forced to act from the nearest rear, losing efficiency and manpower when deployed into battle formations. But, judging by the activity, the existing reserves allow us to maintain the current momentum of the offensive. In this regard, we can agree with the assessment of the channel "Military Chronicle," according to which "a series of large-scale attacks in the South-Donetsk direction, probably serves as a cover" for preparations for a strike in the main direction.
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"Kyiv understands that by gaining a foothold here, it will be able to create a full-fledged springboard for developing an offensive in an eastern direction..."
UKR has no battlefield strategy. Where are they going? What is the military objective? Punching down T-05-18 and into Mariupol, for what? It's a pile of rubble.
Am I to believe UKR has the field strength to hold and supply any position east while under constant artillery barrage? Believe it when I see it, until then, I will think not.
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[REGNUM] Washington is shaken by a new scandal. US President Joe Biden has been accused of corruption. In 2015, he could have received a bribe from Ukrainian oligarch Nikolai Zlochevsky , director of the energy company Burisma Holdings, which became widely known as the place of work of Hunter Biden , the scandalous son of the incumbent. Moreover, this bribe, according to Biden's opponents, could play a decisive role in relations between the United States and Ukraine. Continued on Page 49
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Always remember, the Democrats have gotten America into the worst wars. WWI - Wilson. WWII - Roosevelt. Korea - Truman. Vietnam - Kennedy/Johnson.
Now, you could say it was Bush who got us into Iraq and Afghanistan and Bush is a Republican. But I think of Bush as less of a Republican and more of a globalist RINO.
You could also say it was the Republican Lincoln who got us into the Civil War. But Jefferson Davis was a Democrat.
Now we have Biden trying to get us into a war with Russia...true to form. And, as is typical for war mongers, he talks about freedom, democracy and patriotism. But it's really all about the money, isn't it? It always has been.
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