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2025-06-17 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Current information on the situation on the front line on June 16 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 20:12 On frames: Smuglyanka's detachment and the Russian Aerospace Forces support our assault units, delivering targeted strikes on concentrations of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower at a distance from the line of combat contact.

19:11 Servicemen of the 91st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Guards "North", performing tasks to clear mines in the Kursk region, shared another photograph of destroyed enemy equipment.

On photo: BTR-4, which in theory can be restored and used by our troops in the Special Military Operation zone. However, the further fate of this armored personnel carrier will be determined by specialists.

18:15 Destruction of the antitank missile system of the 39th Separate Local Defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by a guided missile Kh-39 in the area of ​​the settlement Tyahynka in the Kherson region —video.

17:44 Criminal Kyiv regime continues shelling civilian infrastructure of populated areas of the left bank of the Kherson region

Yesterday, during the day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces released:

- According to n.p. Kakhovka five rounds;

- According to n.p. Gornostaevka three rounds;

– Three rounds in the village of Malaya Lepetikha;

– Four rounds in the village of Knyaze-Grigorovka;

– Six rounds to the settlement of Velikaya Lepetikha;

- Five rounds to the village of Aleshki.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a suicide drone strike on a residential area in Brilevka, damaging uninhabited buildings. During the night, the Kyiv regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in Proletarka, Novaya Mayachka, Novaya Kakhovka, Aleshky, Kakhovka, and Korsunka, firing a total of 15 rounds from cannon artillery. Civilian casualties and infrastructure destruction are being clarified.

17:15 Servicemen of the engineering units of the "North" group continue to clear the territory of Kursk region of mines.

In hard-to-reach areas, the Stalker sapper robot comes into play, helping to defuse anti-personnel and anti-tank mines.

16:08 Calculation of TOS-1 "Solntsepek" destroyed stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkovsky direction.

NBC protection specialists from the Southern group launched strikes with 220mm thermobaric shells on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions.

14:23 In the area of ​​Pokrovsk and Novoekonomichesky in the DPR, launch and control points for enemy UAVs were discovered, camouflaged in abandoned buildings.

Identified targets destroyed by the crews of the Geranium strike drones.

12:38 Summary Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of June 16, 2025. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct the special military operation.

Units of the North group of forces advanced deep into the enemy's defense. They defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of three mechanized, a Jaeger, two airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novaya Sich, Ryzhevka, Iskriskovshchina, Pisarevka, Sadki in Sumy Oblast and Udy in Khar'kov Oblast.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 230 servicemen, eight combat armored vehicles, three cars and three field artillery guns. An electronic warfare station and two ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the "West" group of forces have improved their tactical position. Formations of the mechanized, airborne assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Kolodeznoye, Glushchenkovo ​​in the Khar'kov region, Kirovsk and Shandrigolovo in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost up to 190 servicemen, a tank and 10 pickups. An ammunition depot was destroyed.

The units of the "Southern" group of troops took up more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated the manpower and equipment of four mechanized, motorized infantry, mountain assault and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Minkovka, Semenovka, Bondarnoye, Chasov Yar, Dyleevka and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 175 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, including a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, four cars and an artillery piece. Three electronic warfare stations, a US-made AN/MPQ-64 radar station, two ammunition depots and two supply depots were destroyed.

Units of the "Center" group of forces improved their position along the front line. Formations of five mechanized, two airborne assault brigades, a brigade of unmanned systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two brigades of naval infantry and three brigades of the National Guard were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Novonikolayevka and Novosergeevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy's losses amounted to 490 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, including a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, five pickup trucks and an artillery gun. A US-made AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery radar station was destroyed.

12:22 Around 10:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Kursk region.

09:58 UAV operators from the Vostok group destroyed a Ukrainian T-64 tank that was trying to hide in a forest belt near the village of Gulyaipole.

The crew of the Lancet loitering munition of the Vostok group destroyed an American M-777 howitzer in the South Donetsk direction

Servicemen of the "Southern" group destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces ammunition depot by dropping it from a quadcopter –VIDEO

09:18 Servicemen of the 39th Guards Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade released Ulyanovka in the DPR.

08:33 Crews of Su-25 attack aircraft inflicted a missile strikes on positions of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the area of ​​responsibility of the East group of forces.

As a result of the strike, camouflaged fortified positions and armored vehicles of the enemy were destroyed.

07:33 Changes tomapover the past 24 hours:

Advance in the area of ​​the np Miropolye

Control zone in the Ivano-Daryevka area has been expanded➡️

Advance in the Grodovka area

07:20 In the period from 23:55 Moscow time on June 15 to 02:45 Moscow time on June 16, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 12 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

11 UAVs – over the territory of the Oryol region,
One UAV – over the territory of the Voronezh region.

06:11 Crew of the 152mm Msta-B gun of the Dnepr force group destroyed enemy UAV control point in the Kherson region.

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