[Rolling Stone] RADY KURPASI AND Andy Hill dove to the ground as the forest around them exploded. There was a rapid pop, pop, pop as rifle fire pounded the dirt and trees and Russian infantry edged closer and closer. Kurpasi, a 49-year-old American former Marine sniper who volunteered to fight with the Ukrainian International Legion, and Hill, a 35-year-old British volunteer, desperately returned fire. Kurpasi called for help on a hand-held radio. But Kurpasi and Hill were on their own.
The two men crawled on their stomachs trying to make it back to their team roughly 600 meters away. Suddenly, another burst of fire. Hill saw Kurpasi get hit. A split second later, a bullet shattered Hill’s left arm. Before Hill could react, a Russian soldier jammed a gun barrel to his head.
Hill was led by the Russians back to their armored vehicle, where a tourniquet was applied to his arm. Still dazed, he realized he’d been separated from Kurpasi and had no idea if he survived.
Later that evening, in Wilmington, North Carolina, Kurpasi’s wife, Heeson, got a call from someone claiming to be from the Ukrainian International Legion. Kurpasi was dead, killed fighting in the south of Ukraine, they told her. But Heeson refused to believe it. Her husband had come home from so many deployments to Iraq, even surviving a suicide bomber.
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[LB] Lviv, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Kherson and Donetsk regions also came under fire.
As a result of the attack by cruise missiles in Lviv , the premises of a critical infrastructure building and an apartment building were damaged. There are dead and wounded. Another 27 houses and more than 50 cars were damaged. Rescue operations are ongoing, according to a summary from OVA as of this morning. The State Emergency Service reported four dead and 37 wounded.
In the Chernihiv region, the Russians fired six times during the day. The Novgorod-Siverskyi and Koryukivskyi districts are under fire, mortars, artillery, and automatic grenade launchers are under fire. A total of n54 explosions were recorded. No information was received about losses among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure. Data on the consequences are being clarified.
In Zaporizhzhia, Russian troops fired 76 rounds at 14 settlements over the past 24 hours. An airstrike hit Novodarivtka, drone attacks on Levadny and Olhivskyi, five volley missile strikes on Novodarivtka, Chervony, Levadny, 68 artillery strikes on Gulyaipol, Orikhov, Levadny, Novodarivtka, Malynivtsi, Preobrazhentsi, Malya Tokmachka, Novopavlivtka, and Biloghirye and other frontline villages.
Fortunately, no one was hurt. The destruction of 27 civilian objects was recorded: housing, farm buildings, cars and other property of the population.
In Cherkasy, the roofs of two buildings and the power grid were damaged as a result of falling fragments of a downed enemy target on the territory of the Zvenigorod district. It has already been restored. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
In Luhansk, the Russians advanced north and south of Svatovo, trying to advance towards Novoselivskyi and Novoyehorivka. Our military stopped these hostile attempts. The occupiers attacked Bialohorivka from the sky and artillery. The long-suffering Nevsky was also shelled. During the day, the enemy fired 98 rounds (480 shells).
In Kharkiv, the occupiers carried out airstrikes in the Pletenivka area. During the day, he carried out mortar and artillery shelling of Gatyshch of Chuguyiv district, Veterinary Kozachoi Lopan, Zeleny of Kharkiv district. In the Kupian direction, the occupiers launched airstrikes in the Ivanivka and Kislivka districts. Petro-Ivanivka, Figolivka, Monachynivka, Husynka, Novomlynsk and Kislivka were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar attacks.
In Kozachia Lopan, a residential building was damaged as a result of enemy shelling, and there were no casualties. In Vovchansk, as a result of shelling by the Russian military, houses, farm buildings and a car were damaged. A 54-year-old man was injured and hospitalized. In Dergachy, a house was damaged as a result of mortar shelling, but there were no casualties.
In Dnipropetrovsk, the Marganets community was under attack yesterday. The aggressor covered it with artillery fire. Fired half a dozen shells. At night, the aggressor struck the Nikopol district three times. Aimed from heavy artillery at Nikopol itself and the Chervonogrigorivska community. There were no casualties. A private house, farm buildings, and a power line were damaged. Over the region, defenders from PvK "East" shot down an enemy drone.
In Sumy, the enemy fired three rounds at night and in the morning. Three territorial communities - Krasnopilsk, Khotinsk, and Yunakivsk - were shelled. In advance - without consequences. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 36 shelling of the border.
A total of 279 explosions were recorded. The communities of Bilopolska, Velikopysarivska, Esmanska, Znob-Novgorodska, Krasnopilska, Seredino-Budska, and Khotinska came under fire. Krasnopil community: unguided aerial missiles were fired from a helicopter, as well as artillery and mortar fire. As a result of one of the artillery shells, ten cars and a private residential building were damaged. Seredino-Budsk community: a grenade attack was carried out, as a result of which two private residential buildings and the premises of a grocery store were damaged.
In Donetsk last day, the Russians shelled 12 settlements. Among them: Druzhkivka, Kostyantynivka, Toretsk, Avdiyivka, Kurakhove, Illinka, Velyka Novosilka, Solovyove, Novoselidivka, Vovchenka, Kostyantynivka, Maksimivka. 23 residential buildings (two of them multi-apartment buildings), the Druzhkivska MBA building, seven garages, the "Centralna" mine substation, PF-6 Kv, two wheat fields of 12 hectares, the administration building of the rehabilitation center, a shop, a civilian car were damaged. In Donetsk region, five civilians were injured in one day.
In Mykolayivsk, the air defense forces and means of air defense of the "Southern" air command destroyed eight enemy UAVs over the area last night. Yesterday, during the day, enemy artillery and mortar shelling of the water area of the Ochakiv community was recorded. There were no injuries or damage. Also yesterday, the settlement of the Kutsurub community came under enemy shelling. There was a dry grass fire. The fire was quickly eliminated. No casualties. Yesterday and tonight - enemy artillery bombardment of Ochakov. There were no injuries or damage.
In Khersonskaduring the day, the enemy carried out 84 shellings (430 shells), of which eight shellings (38 shells) were fired at Kherson. The Russian military targeted the districts of 31 settlements in the region. During the day, two people died due to Russian aggression, ten more (one of them a child) were injured. the Russian army struck residential buildings in Bilozerka. It is known that six civilians were injured.
A 58-year-old man who was in the garage received non-life-threatening injuries. A fire broke out in the house itself. A 10-year-old boy and a 56-year-old woman were also injured. A 51-year-old man, as well as two women, 70 and 41 years old, were slightly injured as a result of an attack on another house. The enemy also fired mortars at Ivanovka. A 58-year-old man was injured. Two women, 52 and 57 years old, were injured as a result of enemy artillery shelling of Sadovoi.
It will be recalled that during the past day, the Russian occupiers struck with five Iranian attack UAVs of the "Shahed" type. Two kamikaze drones were destroyed by our air defense. Also, the Russian occupiers carried out 59 airstrikes and fired 65 rocket salvo fire systems at the positions of our troops and populated areas. The probability of launching missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high.
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[Korrespondent] 22:51 Reznikov said that he had a telephone conversation with the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin: "We discussed the current situation on the front line and further steps in the counter-offensive operation, as well as other topical issues. We checked the clock before the next meeting in the Ramstein format, which will be held shortly after the Vilnius NATO summit "We also talked about new projects related to the supply of various types of ammunition. Wait for good news..."
22:27 In Lviv, the number of victims of a nighttime missile attack has increased to six - during the analysis of the rubble, rescuers found another body. Already dismantled 70% of the destruction, the services will work all night, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky.
22:25 Romania plans to open a training center for F-16 pilots, which will be available to NATO allies and Ukraine, the country's Supreme Defense Council said. At the same time, it is not indicated what timeframe is in question.
21:23 Zelensky paid a visit to Bulgaria, where he held talks with the country's leadership on providing Ukraine with weapons and on supporting its entry into NATO and the EU. A visit to Sofia could be of great importance, first of all, for the Ukrainian army. For more details, see Key Arms Base .
20:29 Zaluzhny said that he had a telephone conversation with the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley: "He spoke about the operational situation at the front. The Ukrainian military continues to conduct active offensive operations. The situation is developing according to plan, the initiative is in our hands."
20:02 On the night of July 6, Russia launched the largest attack on Lviv since the beginning of the war. As a result, part of an apartment building collapsed, killing five people, injuring more than 40, and the rubble is still being cleared. Read more about the tragedy in the material Consequences of the strike on Lviv .
19:56 Zelensky said that after a visit to Bulgaria he was going to the Czech Republic: "I will hold substantive negotiations with President Petr Pavel, Prime Minister Petr Fiala, heads of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies of Parliament Milos Vystrcil and Marketa Pekarova Adamova, I will meet with members of the parliamentary government, representatives Media: The focus is on defense support, European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine and the Vilnius NATO summit, the situation around the ZNPP, the implementation of the Peace Formula, the restoration of Ukraine."
19:35 Bulgaria plans to sell two Russian-made nuclear reactors to Ukrainian Energoatom, writes The Wall Street Journal. According to the publication, we are talking about equipment from the unfinished Belene nuclear power plant, the cost of which is at least 600 million euros. The construction of this station began in 1987, and then it was completed by Rosatom. However, in 2012 the project was closed amid a change of government in Bulgaria and disagreements over the cost of the work. The WSJ notes that this indicates a significant decrease in Russian influence in the eastern countries of the European Union.
18:41 Representatives of the IAEA are at the Zaporozhye NPP, but they are limited in access and receive information only from the Russians, an employee of the plant said in an interview with Suspіlny on condition of anonymity. In his opinion, the risks for the population are now minimal, since the units do not work and do not produce radioactive substances.
18:20 In Lviv, all shelters must be open around the clock - the Commission for Emergency Situations made the corresponding decision, Mayor Andriy Sadovy said.
17:58 Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, at a joint press conference with Zelensky in Sofia, said that Russia must, without any conditions, withdraw from the territory of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders and be held accountable for the crimes committed. "Bulgaria consistently supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, because we are confident that an independent and sovereign Ukraine is the key to Euro-Atlantic security in this region," he stressed.
17:37 The Russians fired artillery at the private sector with. Novomikhailovka, Pokrovsky district, Donetsk region - two people were injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General said. In addition, the enemy attacked Toretsk - one person was killed, two more were injured.
17:10 The New York Times writes, citing sources, that the United States has already decided to supply cluster munitions to Kiev and will announce it in the near future. In turn, the human rights organization Human Rights Watch urged Washington not to do this, since such a step would allegedly lead to "suffering of the civilian population," and their use "is almost guaranteed to be a war crime."
16:26 Ukraine and Bulgaria signed a joint declaration, which refers to the support of Kiev's membership in NATO. It became the 22nd such document. The declaration makes it clear that Bulgaria supports Ukraine's NATO membership as soon as conditions permit.
16:21 The Russians hit Kherson again - three people were injured, the OVA reported.
16:12 Ukraine returned 47 of its citizens from Russian captivity, including two children , the Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said. In particular, 43 servicemen and two civilians were released. Representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - 28 (among them from the terrorist defense - ten), the National Guard - ten, border guards - four, military sailors - one. The mother of the two released children, a combat medic, was released from captivity in October last year.
Most of those released from captivity are privates and sergeants, two are officers. They defended Ukraine in Mariupol, in the Donetsk, Zaporozhye, Kharkov and Kherson directions.
15:23 The SBU reported suspicion of high treason to blogger Anatoly Shariy. According to the investigation, he organizes pro-Russian PR campaigns and creates and distributes politically biased anti-Ukrainian stories. The investigation also established that in the spring of 2022, Shariy entered into an agreement with the former head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Vinnitsa region, who has been working for the FSB of the Russian Federation since 2018.
15:21 The death toll due to a nighttime missile attack on Lviv has grown to five - the body of another person was removed from the rubble, said the head of the OVA Maksim Kozitsky. Rescuers continue to work at the scene of the tragedy. The number of injured has risen to 40.
15:14 Finland announced the provision of the 17th military assistance package to Ukraine for 105 million euros, which will include air defense equipment and ammunition, the country's Ministry of Defense reported. In total, Finland has provided Ukraine with military assistance worth about 1.2 billion euros.
15:10 Ukraine nationalized the AN-140-100 aircraft of the Russian aircraft manufacturer Rostec worth 150 million hryvnias, the SBU reported. Prior to the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, the aircraft was handed over to Antonov State Enterprise for technical adjustments, testing and subsequent return to Russia.
14:57 Zelensky will meet with Erdogan in Istanbul before the NATO summit, the Turkish edition of Sabah reported, citing sources.
14:54 As a result of the strike on Makiivka, a large warehouse of the Russian army was destroyed, where a significant number of artillery shells and missiles for the BM-21 Grad MLRS were stored, Anna Malyar reported. "This is a vivid example of the effective work of Ukrainian artillerymen, who inflicted a fire defeat, and aerial reconnaissance officers, who corrected the strike," she said.
The Deputy Minister of Defense stressed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine daily find and destroy warehouses and logistics hubs of Russians. In the past 24 hours alone, six ammunition depots have been destroyed in the Tauride direction alone. "This is our response to the frontal assaults of the enemy. We inflict effective, painful pinpoint strikes, bleed the occupier, for whom the lack of ammunition and fuel will sooner or later become fatal. In modern warfare, logistical goals are key," Malyar added.
14:52 Budanov said in an interview with The Times that Russian society is torn into two parts and the Russian Federation is on the brink of civil war. The head of the GUR spoke about the intercepted secret data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, which reflects the mood of the population during the Prigozhin rebellion. According to them, Prigozhin had the support of the population of 17 out of 46 regions of Russia, and Putin - 21 regions.
In particular, the head of the Kremlin could count on the loyalty of Moscow, but not St. Petersburg, and the lowest support for Putin was recorded in Dagestan. "We need a small internal 'affair', and the internal conflict will intensify," Budanov added.
14:39 Lukashenka said that the use of nuclear weapons by Russia during the war in Ukraine is possible only in the event of "aggression by NATO." He also believes that peace talks on Ukraine may begin by autumn, and the Europeans are ready for them, but not Zelensky. At the same time, Lukashenka called on Kyiv to start peace negotiations now, because after the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Moscow may not agree.
In addition, Lukashenka said that the process of transferring Russian nuclear warheads to Belarus would allegedly be completed by the end of the year. "But I think much sooner we will completely move the warheads that are designed for this," he added.
14:34 The Russians fired at Antonovka in the Kherson region in the morning, one person was injured. Two more people were wounded during the shelling of the village of Priozernoye. In Kherson, as a result of enemy shelling, two people were also wounded, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin.
14:12 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that tonight a blow was allegedly struck "at points of temporary deployment of personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries, as well as at places of storage of foreign-made armored vehicles." According to Moscow, "all designated facilities were hit."
14:03 Peskov said that the Kremlin does not follow the movements of Prigozhin, "has neither the ability nor the desire to do so."
13:55 Ukraine now has more tanks than Russia, Bloomberg calculated. The publication notes that after 16 months of war, the balance of power has changed. So, now Ukraine has about 1,500 tanks (987 before a full-scale invasion), and Russia has 1,400 (3,400 before a full-scale invasion).
13:29 During the night attack on Lviv, at least ten shelters were closed in the city - the police opened production, Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said.
12:46 After the war in Ukraine, they will abandon the draft that was earlier. The basis of the state's defense will be a professional army, Shmyhal said. According to him, all those liable for military service will continuously undergo compulsory exercises in certain military specialties. Two reserve components will be created.
12:41 Two days of mourning has been declared in Lviv in memory of those who died as a result of a rocket attack on the city, Mayor Andriy Sadovy said.
12:24 Zelensky announced that he had arrived in Sofia, Bulgaria: “I will hold thorough negotiations with Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov, meet with President Rumen Radev, officials, parliamentarians, politicians, journalists. Defense support, Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine, NATO summit, security guarantees and realization of the Peace Formula".
12:08 In the Kleshcheevka area south of Bakhmut, heavy battles are now underway, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Cherevaty said: “There are powerful battles, we can’t disclose details yet. But judging by how panic is being whipped up in enemy publics, I think that the name Kleshcheevka would be very symbolic for them."
11:45 In Lvov, according to preliminary data, as a result of a rocket attack, four people were killed, 37 were injured, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. At the site of the enemy strike, rescue and search operations are being carried out in the 1st, 3rd and 4th entrances of the destroyed house.
11:09 A court in Rostov sentenced Ukrainians accused of allegedly attempting to assassinate the "first deputy head of the administration" of the occupied Kherson region in December 2022 to 23 and 24 years in prison, Russian media write.
10:57 Lukashenka said that now Prigozhin and his mercenaries are not in Belarus: "As far as I am informed, the fighters are in their camps. As for Prigozhin, he is in St. Petersburg. He is not on the territory of Belarus."
10:22 In the occupied territory of the Kherson region, the death toll as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station has grown to 53, emergency services of the Russian Federation reported.
10:16 British intelligence notes that Russia has pulled together military formations from all over the country to counter the Ukrainian counteroffensive. Thus, the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Federation operates in the Zaporozhye region, which usually deals with security in the Caucasus region. In the area of Velika Novoselka, Donetsk region, the positions are held by the 5th combined arms army and the marines. This formation of the Russian Federation was used as a counteraction to China.
Around Bakhmut, the defense is now dominated by the airborne forces, which are usually deployed in the west of Russia and act as an elite rapid reaction force in case of tension with NATO. Analysts noted that this shows how the war against Ukraine has shifted Russia's well-established national strategy.
09:58 The missiles that the Russian Federation fired across Ukraine today seemed to be flying to Kiev, but turned sharply in the direction of Lviv, Air Force speaker Yuri Ignat said. He explained that the missiles were flying from the sea, "the enemy worked out the route, using both the terrain and the river beds, in this case the Dnieper." "They could be intercepted by fighters. And some of the missiles were intercepted by fighter aircraft, but this is a very small part. The F-16 could handle this," he stressed.
09:39 As a result of a nighttime missile attack on Lviv, 35 houses, schools, student dormitories of the Lviv Polytechnic, an office complex were damaged, Mayor Andriy Sadovy said. 33 people asked for medical help, 13 are in hospitals, some are in serious condition. The death toll may still increase - search work continues, there are people under the rubble.
09:27 Fresh satellite images of the Zaporozhye NPP show the appearance of new objects on the roof of the fourth power unit, the mining of which was reported by the General Staff. Radio Liberty showed photos taken on the morning of July 5. The resolution of the image does not allow us to understand what exactly appeared on the roof.
09:01 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, five people were injured, in Kherson and Kharkiv - one at a time, according to the OVA.
08:56 The number of wounded as a result of the attack on Lviv has increased to 32 , of which one is a child. Four people were killed, rescue work continues, the Interior Ministry said.
08:51 Air defense forces shot down seven out of ten Caliber cruise missiles at night. There are missile hits on civilian targets in Lvov. According to the command of the Air Force, the missiles were launched from the Black Sea, from surface carriers and submarines. Several groups of missiles were recorded, which first headed north, using the terrain and the channel of the Dnieper, and then abruptly changed course to the west.
08:45 The Ukrainian military are moving north and south of Bakhmut, spokesman of the General Staff Andrei Kovalev said. The Defense Forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol, Berdyansk and Bakhmut directions and hold back the offensive of Russian troops in the Limansky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions.
08:39 Ukraine's counteroffensive was supposed to start earlier, but was delayed due to the timing of the delivery of weapons, Zelensky said in an interview with CNN. According to him, due to the later start, the counteroffensive is moving more slowly than it could, because the Russian army had more time to mine vast territories and create defensive lines.
In some areas, Ukraine "can't even think" about launching a counter-offensive, as there is no appropriate weaponry, Zelensky added: "Throwing our people to be torn to pieces by Russian long-range weapons would be simply inhumane."
08:27 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 6.
personnel - about 232,300 (+600) people liquidated,
tanks - 4068 (+6),
armored combat vehicles - 7932 (+15),
artillery systems - 4310 (+22),
MLRS - 657 (+1),
air defense systems - 404 (+9),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 309 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 3635 (+21),
cruise missiles - 1264 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 6888 (+23),
special equipment - 605 (+7).
08:18 Russia during the night attack involved six launch vehicles with a total salvo of 36 missiles. Caliber hit Lvov, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden.
07:50 The Russian army continues to concentrate its main efforts on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - 38 military clashes have occurred over the past day, the General Staff said in the morning report .
07:29 In Lvov, as of 7:00 am, four people were killed and nine wounded as a result of a Russian night attack. There are still people under the rubble, Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said. Employees of the State Emergency Service rescued seven people, 64 were evacuated. As a result of rocket attacks, an apartment building was damaged, the 3rd and 4th floors were destroyed in two entrances.
07:24 Zelensky showed the consequences of a night strike on Lviv.
05:25 Budanov said in an interview with The Times that the threat of a catastrophe at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is decreasing. He declined to give the reasons for this conclusion, but said that "certain public and non-public actions in this area" led to this. "And I think that now the danger of an artificial man-made disaster is slowly subsiding," the head of the GUR noted.
04:20 The Russians attacked Lvov with missiles: a critical infrastructure facility and an apartment building were damaged, there are wounded, said the head of the OVA, Maxim Kozitsky.
00:49 The decision on Ukraine's entry into NATO will be made with the consent of all member countries after Kiev carries out reforms and meets all the requirements of the Alliance, said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre: "President Biden repeated that Ukraine, before joining the Alliance, you will have to implement reforms to meet the standards that NATO member countries have."
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:37 In Ukraine, an air alert was announced in the Dnepropetrovsk and Nikolaev regions. This is evidenceddata online maps of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.
In addition, alarm sirens sound in parts of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions controlled by the Kyiv authorities.
22:00 Video– 1 Slavic Brigade works on Ukrainian armored vehicles with FPV drones.
21:24 In the war zone eliminated battalion commander of the Zhytimir Troops, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Verbilo.
The ATO officer participated in the punitive operation in Donbas for several years.
20:51 Video- Covering the point of temporary deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the settlement. Karaichnoye Kharkiv region.
20:24 Video- In the Kherson region, the Lancet destroyed the M777 with ammunition.
19:50 Video- The 6th Army attacked the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction with VOGs from drones and finished off with mortars.
19:29 A very useful trophy -video
Storm Shadow rocket fell into the hands of our fighters
The Armed Forces tried to prevent the capture of the trophy and sent a group to intercept the DRG, which was destroyed.
Now the rocket will go to the study, and all the information received will be transferred to the guys from the air defense.
19:28 Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces constantly nightmare the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
18:36 Another UkroTank destroyed by a precise hit by a Russian shell in the Zaporozhye direction -video
18:35 At night, the RF Armed Forces attacked the points of temporary deployment of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries, as well as places of storage of foreign-made armored vehicles -video
All assigned objects are hit. The purpose of the strike has been achieved - significant damage has been done to the enemy's strategic reserves.
In the areas of the settlements of Yampolovka, Torskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, Novoegorovka and Chervonaya Dibrova of the Lugansk People's Republic, accumulations of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were struck.
Sources also report that with a high probability on the territory of the academy in Lviv, according towho has been hit, there were British Challenger tanks.
17:39 Ukrainian military commissars continue to "mobilize" men - now they are waiting for them in parking lots near houses -video
Ukrainian military commissars cannot be stopped at anything in sending their compatriots to the slaughter - they "pack" men in parking lots next to their houses. The announced general mobilization became a conveyor belt for twisting one civilian by the whole crowd.
The result is not long in coming: Ukrainian warriors surrender en masse to Russian captivity. The publicized offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine leads only to huge losses in their ranks and the indignation of the Western masters.
17:35 First recorded destruction of nSwedish BMP Strf 90 by our fighters near Kremennaya
The first shots from the Svatovo-Kremennaya front, where an infantry fighting vehicle transferred by Sweden was destroyed with a precise blow.
16:39 "Grenades are flying, crests are running" -video
Footage of the assault on the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the 2nd Army Corps of the RF Armed Forces.
Seversk direction
16:35 For every enemy target there is a projectile -video
240mm mortar "Tulip" of our brothers is working on Khokhols in the area of the DFS in the Avdeevsky direction.
15:22 Footage of the combat work of the ATGM crews of the Southern Group of Forces to destroy the UkroTank -video
Lugansk direction
15:19 Our landing took by storm enemy positions on the front near Kremennaya, destroying the militants
Caution: brutal footage after the fight.
Airborne soldiers attacked the enemy opornik and laid down the enemy unit.
14:34 Highlights new Briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
During the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued to attempt offensive operations in the Donetsk, Krasnolimansk and Kupyansk directions;
In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, up to 165 Ukrainian servicemen, Stryker armored personnel carriers, 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS, Cezar self-propelled guns, 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled guns were destroyed;
Nine attacks were successfully repelled in the Donetsk direction, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 385 Ukrainian servicemen, a tank, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, two Polish-made Krab self-propelled guns;
An attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine was repulsed in the Kupyansk direction, the DRG was destroyed, the enemy’s losses amounted to 40 Ukrainian servicemen;
Four enemy attacks were repelled in the Krasnolimansky direction, Kyiv lost more than 90 military men and three armored vehicles;
Up to 130 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed in the Kherson direction;
During the day, four rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, four rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were intercepted.
14:32 Helicopters of the army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the zone of the NMD —video
13:26 The crew of the Ka-52 "Alligator" helicopter in the South Donetsk direction destroyed an armored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine moving at high speed with a guided missile -video
13:24 Fighting on the flank of Artyomovsk: the 123rd Brigade is destroying the positions and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Seversky direction -video
Our troops are eliminating military equipment, positions and militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with accurate artillery fire when adjusted from drones, preventing enemy attacks.
12:17 French wheeled tank AMX-10RC destroyed by naval infantry of the group V on the Vremevsky ledge -video
Fighting at the junction of the Zaporozhye Front and the DPR.
Two light wheeled tanks from France advanced towards the positions of the 40th Naval Infantry Brigade. Oncoming fire from the marines one wheeled tank was hit, the second still managed to retreat.
12:14 " Lancet" burned down the German "super-howitzer" PzH 2000 —video
UAV operators uncovered the firing position of the German Panzerhaubitze-2000 self-propelled gun, disguised in a forest belt. The hit of the loitering ammunition caused the detonation of the howitzer ammunition, which led to its complete destruction.
11:28 In touch Zaporozhye -video
Soulhunters from the TCC got to the bottom of a dill clapper in a trolleybus, but they received a worthy rebuff
11:26 In the NWO zone eliminated 32-year-old Ukrainian nationalist Volodymyr Trisch with the call sign Raven.
In 2014, he participated in the coup d'état in Kyiv. He fought in the Donbass as part of the 5th separate battalion of the Right Sector DUK (recognized as terrorist and banned in Russia).
Then he served in the punitive battalion "Harpoon". Involved in crimes against civilians.
10:33 Meanwhile, mass graves of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in full swing in Ukraine -video
The policy of the West to “fight to the last Ukrainian” is being steadily implemented
Unfortunately, the realization of the “stupefaction” of the population by the leadership of Ukraine comes to the Ukrainian resident only with the loss of his loved ones
10:31 Frontline summary from Kherson direction on the morning of July 06, 2023.
Over 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:
- 152mm howitzer Msta-B with ammunition.
Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zh.s.: four KIAs; wounded.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:
- Five boats and five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, in the area of the settlement. Antonovka.
- the place of temporary deployment of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the area of the settlement. Antonovka.
Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zh.s.: five KIAs; 12 wounded.
Disabled 2 units. automotive technology.
- two 120mm mortar crews and ammunition for them.
Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zh.s.: nine KIAs; seven wounded.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group 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, in the area of the settlement. Gavrilovka.
Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zh.s.: six KIAs; eight wounded.
Disabled one unit. automotive technology.
- the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zh.s.: eight KIAs; six wounded.
09:28 Troops of the "Brave" destroyed mercenaries from the USA in the attack near Kremennaya
Soldiers of the Pskov Airborne Division attacked enemy positions and destroyed a group of militants, among whom were foreign mercenaries.
To be continued…
PS The guys say that with more drones, they would be even more effective at the front.
09:25 Enemy power steering released a propaganda video about how particularly distinguished Nazis are rewarded in Ukraine. In the text of their official message, they write:
“...was awarded the medal "Ukraine Above All"
Direct copy of one of the Nazi slogans Deutschland ûber allés (Germany is above all) and the first lines of the anthem of the Third Reich
08:28 Relatives of the Azov veteran report that the Nazi refuse to assign the status of a prisoner of war, for which they will be entitled to payments
Photographs from Rostov-on-Don, where the militant is on trial for war crimes, were attached as evidence.
The Kiev regime considered the collected materials for recognizing the “Azov” as a prisoner of war insufficient, leaving the Nazi on the list of missing persons.
08:16 This night in Lviv damaged an object of critical infrastructure, said the head of the Lviv Regional Military Administration Maxim Kozitsky
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 07/06/2023 to 00:00 07/07/2023
Over the past day Representation reported about 57 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 26 attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 31 artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 152mm.
On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from MLRS. Having fired 336 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of five settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Central City, Kalininsky, Nikitovsky districts), Ozeryanovka, Yasinovataya, the capital of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
Over the past day, information was received about the death of two civilians in the Central City district of Gorlovka and Naberezhny.
Eight civilians received injuries of varying severity, incl. girl born in 2019 in Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka and Yasinovataya.
A total of 36 residential buildings were damaged in Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Nikitovsky and Tsentralnogorodsky districts of Gorlovka, Yasinovataya, as well as seven civil infrastructure facilities.
In the previous24 hours, 18 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
21:55 The most powerful blow on the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Sumy.
A series of arrivals of Geran-2 loitering ammunition is reported, followed by an air strike.
21:44 The enemy started a new wave offensive near Orekhov on the Zaporozhye Front: right now, the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are attacking in a number of directions at once
In the evening, Ukrainian militants again began offensive operations in the Orekhovskoye direction at the already famous Kopani-Rabotino-Verbove line.
The infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is rushing to break through in small assault groups, but there are a significant number of these groups and they go on a fairly wide front, attacking various Russian strongholds.
Soldiers of the 291st, 70th and 71st regiments, special forces, marines, artillerymen and regiments mobilized from Moscow and the Moscow region again meet the attacking enemy with fire.
21:23 Meat grinder in the Krasno-Limansky direction: "Brave" hold back pressure the enemy
– In the area of N. p. Makeevka, our fighters repulsed the attack of the armored group of 66 Separate Mechanized Brigade.
– In the area of N. p. Chervonaya Dibrova, the enemy, with the support of infantry fighting vehicles from the 100th Brigade of Teroborona, made two attacks on our positions. The enemy was driven back by artillery and tank fire.
- From the side of N. p. Yampolovka militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of infantry fighting vehicles from the 25th Brigade, launched an attack on our borders. The enemy is broken.
In the area of N. p. The Torsk Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of infantry fighting vehicles from 125 combat units, attacked our oporniks. The enemy was destroyed by artillery fire.
– In the area of N. p. Novovodyanoe, Nevskoye, Torskoye and Belogorovka reconnaissance groups discovered four DRGs. During the shooting battle, the militants were destroyed.
- In the areas of n.p. Yampolovka, Torskoye and Chervonaya Dibrova revealed the movement of vehicles 112 Brigade, 67 Separate Mechanized Brigade and 95 Separate Air Assault Brigade. The enemy was defeated by aviation and TOS1A fire.
Four militants of the air assault brigade surrendered.
In the area of N. p. Belogorovka TOR-M1 air defense system shot down two UAVs of the aircraft type of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
20:48 Orehovskoe direction at 20:30
At 19:00, an enemy of 40 people advanced to Rabotino. All foot soldiers without equipment were stopped by AGS, heavy machine guns and mortars. At the moment, they settled in a forest plantation to the north. There is a fight.
20:22 Operational lines On July 6, as of 19:00, the DPR JCCC received additional information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- on sq. Victory, 13 wounded child - a girl born in 2019
- on sq. Victory, 12 wounded man born in 1982 and a woman born in 1984
- on the street. Alyabyeva, 10 wounded man born in 1962
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district:
artillery attack at 15:20:
- st. Lunina, 24 - a private residential building;
- st. Granovsky, 27 - a private residential building.
artillery attack at 17:20:
- per. Zvenevoy - a direct hit in a private residential building with subsequent ignition;
- sq. Victory, 12 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Romanian, 6 - a private residential building.
n.p. Gorlovka (Central City District):
- per. Yablonevy, 10 - a private residential building.
19:50 Enemy continues offensive on the left flank of Zaporozhye: already five “meat wave” rushing under fire into the attack
The operational situation in the Vasilevsky district in the Kamensky direction at 19:00. Defense zone of the 19th Motorized Rifle Division of the 58th Army of the Southern Military District.
- The day after the artillery preparation of the infantry, the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade sends wave after wave of infantry into the attack from Pyatikhatka to Zherebyanki.
- The first four waves were partially blown up by mines, partially destroyed and dispersed by artillery fire and our fighters, the surviving AFU every time fled to the outskirts of Pyatikhatka.
- Now the biggest wave is coming - up to 200 militants of the 128th Guards Brigade are again walking like zombies under fire without armored vehicles.
- In the morning, enemy attacks are repelled by 429 Infantry Regiment, Sudoplatov's detachment and artillery.
During the battles, the enemy suffers heavy losses, but continues to throw infantry into battle, the battles continue.
19:26 Ukrainian formations inflicted massive strike on Belgorod with the help of UAVs. Air defense continues to operate actively in the region.
Photos and videos of anti-aircraft missile explosions are multiplying on the Web. According to official information, several air targets were shot down on approach to the city.
Earlier, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the settlement of Novopetrivka: one man died from his wounds.
18:55 Above Belgorod more shot down on the approach several Ukrainian drones.
18:20 Video- Archival footage of the battles of the 114th brigade in Krasnogorovka in the Avdeevsky direction in April.
17:34 Video- Our landing force stormed the enemy positions at the front near Kremennaya, destroying the militants
Caution: brutal footage after the fight.
Soldiers of the Airborne Forces attacked the enemy opornik in the Krasnolimansky direction and laid down the enemy unit.
17:03 Video- Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group.
In the Krasnolimansky direction, the crew of the Smerch multiple launch rocket system and the crew of the Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower system inflicted a defeat on the areas of concentration of enemy manpower and firepower.
In addition, the Tor-M1 anti-aircraft missile system shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Bomber aircraft carried out strikes on the command and observation post, the point of temporary deployment and the stronghold of the nationalists.
On the Torsky site and in the area of Serebryansky forest, air strikes and artillery fire from the Center group repelled attempts by units of the 95th Air Assault Brigade and 42 Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The enemy suffered significant losses in manpower and equipment, four militants of the air assault brigade surrendered.
16:39 Video– Another exchange of prisoners of war.
Today, representatives of Russia and Ukraine carried out another exchange of prisoners of war in the border area, this time according to the formula "45 to 45".
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that all the released were provided with the necessary medical and psychological assistance, and later they would be delivered to the medical institutions of the department.
Ukraine was given 41 privates and sergeants, two officers, one employee of the "Territorial Defense" and a certain employee of "Azovstal." Most of them surrendered last spring in Mariupol, as well as in the Kharkov, Bakhmut and Zaporizhia directions.
The previous exchange took place (https://t.me/rybar/48385) almost a month ago, on June 11: then 94 Russian servicemen returned to their homeland, and 95 members of the Ukrainian military departed in the opposite direction.
16:05 Video– The result of the work: another Ukrainian copter did not return to the base.
Our paratroopers managed to shoot down an enemy drone in the sky over Artemovsk. Having captured and blocked the drone in the air with the help of an anti-drone rifle, the fighters of the “winged infantry” hit it with a well-aimed shot from small arms.
The paratroopers dismantle each downed copter, checking for the presence of explosives and beacons, and then study the information recorded on the flash drive. There, often, it is possible to detect footage from the launch site, which makes it possible to accurately aim artillery at enemy positions.
15:35 APU continue to inflict attacks on the Valuysky urban district in the Belgorod region.
The village of Novopetrivka came under fire: civilian buildings were damaged, one man received a penetrating shrapnel wound to the abdominal cavity.
The victim was taken to a medical facility, his condition is assessed as serious.
15:22 Enemy threw already three “meat waves” of infantry on the left flank of the Zaporozhye Front, falling under devastating fire
The operational situation in the Vasilyevsky district in the Kamensky direction. Defense zone of the 19th Motorized Rifle Division of the 58th Army of the Southern Military District.
In the morning, after artillery preparation of the infantry, the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade launched an attack from Pyatikhatka towards Zherebyanki. Later, the second began with an attempt to reach our flank by the company tactical group 128 Separate Mountain Assault Brigade and again without armored vehicles.
The militants were partially blown up by mines and partially destroyed by artillery fire, the survivors fled to the outskirts of Pyatikhatka. Now the third wave is beginning: the infantry is disembarking from trucks and trying to advance towards our positions.
In the morning, the enemy was met with fire by 429 SMEs, Sudoplatov's detachment and artillery. During the battles, the enemy suffered significant losses, the fighting continues, the artillery is actively working.
15:00 Summary Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of July 6, 2023)
Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a concentrated strike with sea-based long-range high-precision weapons at points of temporary deployment of personnel of the armed forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries, as well as at places of storage of foreign-made armored vehicles.
All assigned objects are hit. The target has been reached. The strategic reserves of the enemy suffered significant damage.
During the day, the armed forces of Ukraine continued to attempt offensive operations in the Donetsk, Krasno-Limansky and Kupyansk directions.
- In the Donetsk direction, the active actions of the defending units of the "Southern" group of forces successfully repelled nine enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Pervomaiskoye, Vodyane, Opytnoye, Krasnogorovka, Severnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic and Zolotarevka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
In addition, to the west of the settlement of Kleshcheevka of the Donetsk People's Republic, accumulations of enemy manpower and equipment were hit.
During the day, up to 385 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, three armored combat vehicles, eight vehicles, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, as well as two Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mounts were destroyed.
- In the Krasnolimansky direction, the coordinated actions of units of the "Center" group of troops, strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems repelled four attacks by enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Yampolovka, Torskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic and Kovalevka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
In addition, in the areas of the settlements of Yampolovka, Torskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, Novoegorovka and Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic, accumulations of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit.
In the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye and Belogorovka of the Lugansk People's Republic, the activities of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped.
During the day, the enemy’s losses in this direction amounted to more than 90 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, three armored combat vehicles, and four pickup trucks.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, the actions of the defending units of the Vostok group of troops, air strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems defeated accumulations of enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Rovnopol, Makarovka, Novodonetskoye and Harvest of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Also, in the areas of the settlements of Urozhaynoe in the Donetsk People's Republic and Dorozhnyanka in the Zaporozhye region, the activities of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped.
During the day, up to 165 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, including the US-made Stryker armored personnel carrier, three vehicles, a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle, a French-made Cezar self-propelled howitzer, and a 122mm self-propelled Artillery mount "Gvozdika".
– In the Kupyansk direction, the actions of units, strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the “Western” group of forces repelled an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Novoselovskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic.
Also, enemy units were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Novomlynsk, Petropavlovka, Timkovka, Berestovoye of the Kharkov region and Stelmahovka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
A Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group was destroyed in the area of the settlement of Novoselovskoe in the Luhansk People's Republic. Up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, as well as a US-made M777 artillery system were destroyed.
- In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, up to 130 Ukrainian servicemen, eight vehicles, as well as a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, were destroyed in a day.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated 86 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 119 districts.
In the areas of the settlements of Stupochki, Vyemka and Zvanovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, three command posts of the 118th Territorial Defense Brigade, the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 4th National Guard Brigade were hit.
- Air defense systems shot down two Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the areas of the settlements of Novoandreevka and Georgievka of the Donetsk People's Republic. During the day, four Storm Shadow cruise missiles were intercepted, as well as four HIMARS multiple rocket launchers.
In addition, fifteen Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Kremennaya, Privolye of the Lugansk People's Republic, Oleksandrivka, Vesele, Rivnopol, Orlinskoe, Volodino of the Donetsk People's Republic, Dniprorudnoye, Chistopolye of the Zaporizhia Region and Konstantinovka of the Kherson Region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 451 aircraft, 241 helicopters, 4,908 unmanned aerial vehicles, 426 anti-aircraft missile systems, 10,547 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,135 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 5,356 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 11,468 units of special military vehicles.
14:45 Two days ago, Ukrainian formations once again massively shelled Donetsk agglomeration. In just one day, the enemy fired more than 280 units of various munitions at eight settlements in the region.
The inhabitants of Makiivka had the hardest time: at night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a strike from the HIMARS MLRS on the Chervonogvardeisky district of the city, some of the missiles were intercepted by Russian air defense systems.
One of the rounds hit the territory of an unfinished and deserted area, where an ammunition depot was located. As a result of this, the ammunition was detonated, followed by an explosion. Other enemy missiles fell in close proximity to city hospitals.
According to the JCCC, several dozen residential houses, nine medical facilities, a kindergarten and a school were damaged. One man was killed, at least 68 people were injured, including three children.
However, the very next day, Makiivka was shelled again: a major fire broke out at one of the oil depots. According to official figures, at least 84 civilians have suffered from Ukrainian aggression in the DPR over the past two days, three people have died.
As we have repeatedly noted, the liberation of Avdiivka and the creation of a buffer zone within a radius of 15-20 km will not secure the inhabitants of the republic. The level of their security directly depends on the remoteness of the front line.
Therefore, this problem can only be solved by pushing Ukrainian formations as far as possible, as well as depriving the enemy of the opportunity to conduct offensive operations and indiscriminate shelling.
14:20 Video- Statement by the head of the press center of the West group.
During the hostilities in the Kupyansk direction, the crews of the Mi-28, Ka-52 attack helicopters and Su-25 attack aircraft of the Zapad group of forces launched eight air strikes on the concentration of manpower, weapons, military and special equipment from the 14 Separate Mechanized Brigade and territorial defense units.
In the defense zone of the 1st Tank Army in the area of the settlement of Noselovskoye, the enemy made an attempt to attack the positions of our troops. During the shooting battle, the servicemen of 7 SMEs destroyed before the detachment of manpower, as a result of which the enemy was forced to retreat to previously occupied positions.
In addition, in the course of counter-battery fire from the self-propelled artillery mount 152mm "Msta-S" under the command of Corporal Sergey Chernetsov, the artillery of the group destroyed the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Peschanoe.
In the course of reconnaissance and search operations by a special forces group in the area of the settlement of Lozovaya, the self-propelled gun of the enemy 152mm 2S5 "Hyacinth-S" was destroyed by loitering ammunition "Lancet."
13:52 Video- "Reservoir Dogs" of the group "Brave" storm the positions of the Nazis in the Krasnolimansky direction.
In a panic, the militants try to shoot back from RPGs at individual soldiers, but they only hit trees. Even nature was on our side.
"Reservoir Dogs" is the self-name of one of the brigades of the Central Military District.
13:23 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group
- In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the group of forces "Vostok" repelled several enemy attacks in the Makarovka area. Having suffered losses, the enemy retreated.
The artillery of the group inflicted a fire defeat on the accumulations of manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine north of Nikolsky and north of Pavlovka. A pickup truck with militants in the area of Zolotaya Niva, two 152mm Msta-B howitzers in the area north of Shevchenko and Volnoye Pole, as well as an electronic warfare station in the Makarovka area were destroyed.
- In the Zaporozhye direction, an attack of nationalists was repelled in the Pyatikhatki area. The 152mm Msta-S crews of the group inflicted fire damage on two points of temporary deployment of militants in the Gulyai Polya area, destroyed the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Lugovskoye, and Akatsiya in Novoivanovka.
The fire of the Hyacinth guns destroyed a towed howitzer in the Gulyai Polya area and a mortar crew in the Novodanilovka area. ATGM crews destroyed an infantry fighting vehicle and a pickup truck with nationalists in the Zherebyanka area. Helicopters of army aviation destroyed enemy infantry fighting vehicles and hit the places of accumulation of manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Pyatikhatki area.
The military personnel of the Vostok group of troops show courage and heroism in the performance of combat missions.
The deputy chief of staff of the battalion of the tank regiment, senior lieutenant Yevgeny Vavrenchuk, with the beginning of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Vremevsky ledge, led the actions of the armored group in one of the most dangerous areas.
During the positional defense, the personnel of the unit under the command of senior lieutenant Vavrenchuk fired at the advancing enemy column.
A qualitative assessment of the situation and well-organized actions of the military personnel made it possible in a short time to hit several foreign-made armored combat vehicles at once and destroy several dozen nationalists. The remaining forces of the Ukrainian troops fled.
Thanks to the experience, courage and combat skills of Senior Lieutenant Yevgeny Vavrenchuk, the enemy offensive in the indicated area was failed, and the positions of the Russian troops were held.
12:50 Powerful aircraft carriers for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson.
Apparently, it is actively flying both over enemy concentrations on the right bank and at boat stations near Antonovka, from which Ukrainian infantrymen are trying to slip to the right bank in motor boats.
By the nature of the arrivals, it can be assumed that the FAB-250 guided bombs with planning and correction modules are again in business.
12:21 Vremievsky ledge condition at 12:00 6 July 2023
Yesterday, Ukrainian formations were restoring their strength after massive attacks by Russian aircraft and artillery on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the forest belts northwest of Staromayorsky.
Losses in the 35th Infantry Regiment and 128th detachment of the TRO are so high that now reinforcements from the 1st rifle battalion of the 1st detachment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been deployed in the landing to strengthen the defense. ATGM and MANPADS crews are located at the strongholds.
To the west, preparations are also underway to storm the positions of the Russian army in the area of the Grusheva beam. Reinforcements of the 31st Brigade and 36th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were moved from Novodarovka to Rivnopol. It is likely that enemy attacks will resume in the near future.
In addition, a large convoy of military equipment arrived in Komar. Presumably, marines of the new 38th Infantry Regiment from the Nikolaev region arrived in the direction. The brigade is armed with T-72EA and BBM Viking tanks.
Komar itself in recent months has been a testing ground for coordinating dissimilar formations, as well as a transshipment point before being transferred to the Vremievsky or Ugledarsky sections.
11:53 Operational lines On July 6, as of 11:30 am, the DPR JCCC received additional information about the damage caused by the artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- st. Krasnolesnaya, 5 - a direct hit in an apartment building.
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
- the housing estate "Komsomolets" is de-energized.
11:28 Video- Becoming a "hunter"
Snipers of the Central Military District are trained for long-range shooting in the rear area of the North Military District
Classes are conducted under the guidance of experienced instructors, who in the smallest detail explain to the military personnel the correct aiming, applying adjustments and taking into account various amendments. In practice, snipers hit targets, the distance to which reaches one and a half kilometers. The instructors also show how to use the equipment, different types of sights and special weather stations.
Snipers are trained with various types of sniper weapons - from the Dragunov rifle to the most modern models: the Orsis, Lobaev, Urbana and Retribution rifles.
The training course is designed for four weeks, after which the servicemen leave for their units to perform special tasks.
11:00 Video– Sappers of the Western Military District neutralize the territory of Belgorod Valuyki from explosive objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
After artillery attack by Ukrainian artillery, dozens of households and private cars of civilians were damaged.
When explosive objects are found, civilians turn to the district police officer, and then a group of sappers neutralizes and takes away dangerous objects to a safe distance, or destroys them on the spot.
10:32 Artemovsk direction
Since yesterday evening, our troops have been conducting a counterattack on the northern flank in the area of the settlement. Berkhovka. The enemy partially retreated from their previously occupied positions. The battle continues. In the Kleshcheevka area in the morning without significant changes, active hostilities also continue
10:00 Video- Statement by the head of the press center of the "South" grouping.
The units of the "Southern" group of forces successfully repelled the attacks of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Soledaro-Artemovsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. The enemy suffered significant losses in manpower and equipment.
The aviation of the group carried out rocket and bomb strikes on concentrations of manpower in the area of the settlement of Kleshcheevka, the launch of an anti-tank guided missile by the crew of a Mi-35 helicopter destroyed an armored personnel carrier of nationalists.
During the counter-battery fight, artillery destroyed two 152mm D-20 howitzers, M777 self-propelled guns and two mortars at the firing positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlements of Serebryanka, Disputed, Svetlogorsk.
Also destroyed were self-propelled guns Pantsir House-2000 in the Druzhkovka area, a 122mm D-30 howitzer near the Fedorovka settlement, and an enemy infantry fighting vehicle in the Nevelsky area. The calculation of the Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system hit the ammunition depot in Druzhkovka.
09:34 Chronicle special military operation: the events of July 5, 2023.
On the night of July 5, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched strikes from the HIMARS MLRS on the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka.
Several dozens of residential houses, nine medical institutions, a kindergarten and a school were damaged. One man was killed, at least 68 people were injured.
- In the Svatovsky area, active hostilities continue in Novoselovsky.
As a result of the fighting, the depot and the industrial zone near the railway, located on the dominant heights, came under the control of the Russian forces.
- In the Soledar direction, the enemy continues to advance near Razdolovka.
The units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operate in small groups without armored vehicles, which leads to serious losses in personnel.
- On the flanks of the Bakhmutsky sector, heavy fighting continues near Berkhovka and Kleshcheevka.
Despite the difficult situation and the numerical superiority of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russian units hold defensive lines.
- At the Vremyevsky sector, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to try to attack in the direction of Staromayorsky and Urozhayny.
Operating in small groups, the enemy is most likely trying to study the Russian defenses in preparation for a large-scale offensive.
- A relative calm has been established in the Zaporozhye direction: the fighting is mainly positional in nature.
Nevertheless, the enemy is actively transferring forces. Columns with personnel and armored vehicles are moving from various sectors to the front line.
The situation near the Antonovsky bridge remains tense, Russian troops have not yet been able to establish control over the site.
Despite periodic strikes by Russian aircraft, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to transfer forces to the other side of the Dnieper.
09:17 Criminal Kyiv 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 fired from barrel artillery:
-- n.p. Krynki fired 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Aleshki fired 23 rounds;
-- n.p. Sagas fired nine projectiles;
-- 15 rounds were fired at the settlement of Golaya Pristan;
-- Kazachi Lagery fired 14 rounds along the settlement.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being
specified Kakhovka, Solontsy settlement, Aleshki settlement firing a total of 36 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified
09:15 Footage of the consequences of the artillery attack in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk -video
The number of victims due to strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Donetsk increased from seven to eight, according to the Telegram channel of the DPR representative office in the JCCC, related to war crimes in Ukraine.
Due to the shelling, four residential buildings and five civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.
08:18 Kyiv regime continues terror of the civilian infrastructure of the left bank of the Kherson region - emergency services
Yesterday, fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 73 rounds from cannon artillery at the settlements: Krynki, Alyoshki, Sagi, Golaya Pristan, Kazachi Lagery.
The artillery attack did not stop at night - the Ukrainian fired 36 rounds from cannon artillery at Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Solontsy and Aleshki.
08:05 Summaryon the morning of July 6, 2023
At night, there were reports of Russian strikes on targets in the Lvov and Ternopil regions. Enemy resources wrote about Caliber launches from the Black Sea.
On the southern flank of the Bakhmut direction, heavy fighting continues for the heights and forest plantations near Kleshcheevka.
On the Orekhovsky section of the Zaporizhzhya Front, the enemy does not stop artillery strikes, they are transferring equipment to the line of contact. In the evening, the enemy went on the attack. The infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is being brought in, and strikes are being made on the identified targets of the Russian Armed Forces. Attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlement Workers repulsed.
In the Yuzhnodonets direction in the area of the Vremevsky ledge, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked near Staromayorsky and Urozhayny, but did not achieve success.
The enemy is also concentrating forces in the Kamensky direction of the Zaporizhzhya Front, it is likely that the direction of the main attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be shifted in order to reach Vasilyevka. Yesterday, near N. p. Pyatikhatki destroyed up to four waves of attacking forces of the enemy, which involved from a platoon to a company of each of the attacks.
In the area near Kreminnaya, the Russian Armed Forces continue to restrain enemy attempts to break through the front with the support of armored vehicles. Our TOS "Solntsepek" is working.
Artillery attack of the Kursk and Belgorod regions continues.
In the DPR, Gorlovka, Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Makeevka, Yelenovka, Volnovakha are under shelling. During the day, eight civilians were injured.
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[REGNUM] Over the past weeks, Russians and the whole world have been convinced that the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is about to blow up. Moreover, both the potential terrorist (that is, Ukraine) convinces, and Europe, which simultaneously sponsors this terrorist and is at the same time one of the victims of a potential terrorist attack.
The night from 4 to 5 July passed in Russia, to put it mildly, restlessly. The reason for this is the fear that Ukraine may realize its threat - either to blow up or seriously damage the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. “On July 5, literally at night, in the dark, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will try to attack the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant,” Renat Karchaa, an adviser to the head of Rosenergoatom, said on July 4.
As a result, the attack did not happen - according to rumors, due to a series of calls to the Kiev leadership from various EU leaders and European officials who did not want their country to be covered with a nuclear cloud. The head of the Kyiv regime could not ignore the calls of his sponsors, who supplied him with money and weapons.
However, the end of the terrorist attack does not mean Kyiv's refusal from the information campaign to inflate the threat. In Ukraine, they are still talking about the possibility of undermining the station (naturally, the Russian side is called the executor of the undermining), they are conducting various exercises to neutralize the consequences of the undermining. Moreover, the European media here continue to relay the nuclear myths of Ukrainian propaganda.
And in this regard, two questions arise. First, why is Ukraine engaged in nuclear blackmail, constantly exaggerating the topic of a terrorist attack at a nuclear power plant? Second, why is Europe playing these nuclear games, supporting the Kyiv games and at the same time risking a real explosion near its borders?
Kiev faces several challenges. The conditional optimum program is to create a situation of a kind of "principle of guaranteed retaliatory destruction" at the minimum. The fact is that during the Cold War, peace was maintained precisely due to this principle. Each side understood the impossibility of victory (including through a nuclear strike) over the other side simply because the other side could inflict unacceptable damage on it. That is why the Soviet Union did not attack the US, and that is why the US is not attacking North Korea now.
Ukraine does not have nuclear weapons, but it is possible to inflict this unacceptable damage through nuclear terrorism, that is, the contamination of vast Russian territory. Yes, here, in addition to the possibility, the opponent’s faith in your readiness to deliver this blow is also needed - but Kyiv has no problems with this.
The recent destruction by the Ukrainian side of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, which caused serious damage to the regional ecology, showed that the Kiev regime is quite capable of taking radical inhuman steps. So, according to this regime, Moscow should be afraid and abandon plans for its own large-scale offensive. Must sit down at the negotiating table with nuclear terrorists and at least guarantee the survival of this terrorist regime.
The maximum program is through nuclear blackmail to achieve not only its own survival, not only Moscow's refusal from offensive operations, but also to force Russia to make territorial concessions. In particular, to transfer the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant under the control of the Kyiv regime.
In 2022, the Kiev regime tried to pull off this scheme with the help of the IAEA - first it shelled the station, and then international officials put forward the idea of its demilitarization. And if Moscow had agreed, then immediately after the withdrawal of Russian units from there and the transfer of the station to the control of the IAEA, it would have been occupied by the Ukrainian military.
Finally, the minimum program is not blackmailing Russia (which does not succumb to it), but Western allies. The Kiev regime is making it clear that the West, which is becoming more and more concerned about how effective its financial and political investments in Ukraine are, should not refuse to support the regime. That the regime, if you do not talk to it and if you do not feed it, is quite ready to arrange a nuclear terrorist attack. That the regime, strictly speaking, does not care about the lives and health of not only the “Russian aggressors”, but also European sponsors.
Europe understands all this, which is partly why it feeds. But why then do the European media and some politicians help the Kyiv regime to disperse the stories around the alleged readiness of Russia to blow up the nuclear power plant? Apparently, for the sake of the effect of demonization and mobilization.
The fact is that Western leaders have invested a huge amount of money in denigrating the global image of Russia. They tried to present Moscow as a barbaric aggressive country, opposing everything human and civilized. To date, however, this campaign has been only partially successful.
Polls indeed showed a serious drop in sympathy for Russia, but only in the countries of the Western coalition. In the states of the Global South, Moscow is treated either neutrally or positively. They are absolutely unmoved by Western "human rights", "liberal" or "democratic" narratives. But the nuclear narrative may well have an impact on them.
It is no coincidence that one of the main factors preventing Russia from using tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine is the position of the Global South - Africa, Asia and Latin America (which for the most part do not have their own nuclear bomb) fear that the use of any nuclear weapon in Ukraine will release post-nuclear world a genie in a bottle. It will become a dangerous precedent.
The West needs mobilization for domestic consumption. Yes, the image of Russia in the eyes of European residents has suffered, but now the Ukrainian one is also suffering. Its own economic crisis, the inappropriate behavior of the Kyiv regime, Russian victories - all this makes European politicians and ordinary people more and more doubt the advisability of further support for Ukraine.
Groundless arguments that “Russia is going to go to Berlin” do not impress them, so they need to somehow prove that the Russian government poses a real existential threat to Europe. Therefore, the Ukrainian narrative was picked up that Moscow allegedly threatened to blow up the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
Yes, Europe is playing with fire here. Yes, it relays the propaganda of a nuclear terrorist who is trying to shift the blame for his terrorism onto a potential victim - and at the same time is trying to prevent this terrorist attack. But what else is left for European leaders? To admit that all these years and a half they openly sponsored the war of a terrorist organization against the Russian state? None of the leaders of the EU member states is ready to go for this. At least for now.
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[Regnum] Evgeny Prigozhin was a person who created his own business empire and enjoyed all the benefits that the state could give, and as a result used it to his advantage and began to violate the laws, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy Konstantin Dolgov told IA Regnum, commenting on the results a search in the office of PMC "Wagner" and Prigozhin's mansion.
“A person must have one passport in his name, and if he has a passport with his photo, but in the name of another person, then this is a forgery of documents, which is punishable by law, this is a criminal offense,” he stressed .
Dolgov paid special attention to the fact that during searches in a luxurious mansion (with a helipad and a private helicopter in the yard), large amounts of cash were found , including foreign currency, gold and weapons. But documents with different names were also found .
There was also a powder, which could be a drug.
The senator drew attention to the fact that Prigozhin, who publicly condemned the oligarchy and criticized the inhabitants of the cottages on Rublevsky Highway, turned out to be a secret oligarch himself, who violated the law.
“And now I’m not talking about the criminal case against the members of the PMC, which was terminated,” the source clarifies.
According to Dolgov, published testimonies about the life of the head of Wagner PMC indicate the hypocrisy of a public figure who diligently created for himself the image of the moral leader of the nation.
One more detail is striking, Dolgov noted.
“In Prigozhin’s house, judging by the photographs, there is also a chapel with many icons, but there is also a souvenir sledgehammer “In case of important negotiations”, which, in principle, looks like a symbol,” the source said . - If you position yourself as a church person, then it is very important to take a Christian position. But this person does not really have clear moral principles and guidelines.
In addition, according to the publication "Fontanka", during the search, a photograph with the image of severed heads was found.
Neither the aforementioned sledgehammer, nor even more so the photograph in a frame depicting severed heads (if it was actually found during a search) correspond to neither traditional morality, nor the understanding of the right to violence, which is well-established in modern society, as well as the forms of its application, the senator emphasized.
If it turns out that the owner of the photo himself is related to the infliction of acts of violence, the results of which are captured in the image, then there will be an additional subject for study by criminal law and, it is possible, forensic psychiatry.
“In any case, these searches are a certain edification to other businessmen, including large ones,” Dolgov believes.
The interlocutor of IA Regnum pointed out that there are all legal possibilities for the proceedings in this case, there is a continuous improvement of legislation, including criminal law. And it is only necessary to enforce the laws.
However, according to Dolgov, there is a certain line that separates formal compliance with the law from conscious compliance, which requires a high degree of maturity not only of the state, but also of business, especially large ones. And in the situation that arose around Prigozhin's personality, the senator saw a kind of edification for those who have great opportunities.
“There must be a responsible civic position, desire and readiness to constantly work in the interests of your country, your people,” the senator noted.
He added that it is important to support as much as possible, including representatives of law enforcement agencies, and separately noted those who adequately performed their duty on June 24.
“It is very important that the country knows its heroes.” And “anti-heroes,” the interlocutor of IA Regnum clarified.
Footage of the searches at Prigozhin's mansion and at the Wagner PMC office appeared on July 5. It was reported about the discovery of weapons and cartridges for them, several passports, wigs, gold bars, as well as money in various currencies.
Earlier, at the time of the armed rebellion of the "Wagnerites" on June 24, law enforcement officers searched the Trezzini Hotel, which is located near Prigozhin's office in St. Petersburg. Police officers found a car in the backyard, where, according to law enforcement officials, there was a total of about 4 billion rubles . Later it became known that 10 billion rubles seized during the searches were returned to Prigozhin.
The founder of Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is not in Belarus, but in Russia - in St. Petersburg. This was stated by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on July 6 at a meeting with representatives of foreign and Belarusian media.
“As for Yevgeny Prigozhin, he is in St. Petersburg. Maybe he left for Moscow, but he is not on the territory of Belarus,” Lukashenka said.
According to the Belarusian leader, PMC fighters are in their permanent camps, where they were sent to recover after being withdrawn from the front. They were taken to their camp after the fighting in Artyomovsk, he added.
The movement of the "Wagnerites" to Belarus depends on the decision of the leadership of the PMC and the Russian authorities. If they consider that a certain number of fighters need to rest or undergo training on Belarusian territory, Minsk will honor its decision and allow them to do so, Lukashenka said.
As IA Regnum reported, on June 24, PMC Wagner, founded by businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, tried to stage an armed rebellion in Russia. PMC fighters on heavy equipment arrived in Rostov-on-Don, and then some of them headed towards Moscow in a column.
President of Belarus Lukashenko, in agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin, held talks with Prigozhin. The parties agreed that the armed fighters would stop moving across the territory of the Russian Federation, and further steps would be taken to de-escalate the tension. The PMC column stopped the movement, the fighters left Rostov-on-Don.
The Wagnerites were offered to conclude a contract with the Ministry of Defense, return to their families or go to Belarus. On June 27, Lukashenka confirmed that Prigozhin had arrived on Belarusian territory, he was provided with security guarantees.
Footage of a security forces raid on a mansion in the Northern Versailles cottage village near St. Petersburg appeared in the media . The house is reportedly owned by Wagner PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin. A search was also carried out in the office of a private military company.
Law enforcement officers carefully studied the businessman's personal household, which, as it turned out, includes, in addition to the pool, sauna and gym, a separate medical office and a special prayer room. In the courtyard of the mansion, even a helicopter was found on a specialized site.
They found military weapons and cartridges for them, several fake passports, wigs of different colors, false beards and mustaches, as well as cash in various currencies (at least 500,000 dollars, not counting separately packaged euros), gold bars and much more.
Searches of Prigozhin's property were a direct consequence of the events of June 23–24 . On the evening of June 23, on social networks, on behalf of the head of the Wagner PMC, reports began to circulate about an alleged strike by the Russian Armed Forces on the camps of the company's employees, which were refuted by the Ministry of Defense.
On June 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin appealed to citizens, law enforcement officers and the military in connection with an attempted armed rebellion organized by the leadership of PMCs. As a result of negotiations between the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko and the head of the PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, an agreement was reached on actions aimed at de-escalating tensions.
“Events took place on June 23 and 24 when, due to the ambitious, and in fact treacherous actions of the Wagner PMC leadership, the country actually found itself on the verge of being drawn into a civil conflict,” said Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, summing up what had happened , speaking on6 July.
In the midst of the events, on June 24, law enforcement officers searched the Trezzini Hotel, which is located near Prigozhin's office in St. Petersburg. Police officers found a car in the backyard, where, according to law enforcement officials, there was a total of about 4 billion rubles . Later it became known that 10 billion rubles seized during the searches were returned to Prigozhin.
Later, it was reported about the decision, following the results of agreements with Prigozhin, to terminate the criminal case against him on the fact of an armed rebellion. The company's employees were given a guarantee that they would also not be prosecuted for their participation in the June 24 events.
Later, President Putin said that the PMC "Wagner" was fully provided by the state, and for the period from May 2022 to May 2023, more than 86 billion rubles were allocated for its maintenance.
THE APPLICANT FOR MORAL PURITY TURNED OUT TO BE A SECRET OLIGARCH
“A person who was actually an oligarch himself (and the president announced how much Prigozhin received for the maintenance of PMC Wagner under contracts from the Ministry of Defense is tens of billions of rubles), and at the same time criticized the oligarchs, is, of course, a great surprise,” Maxim Grigoriev, a member of the Public Chamber of Russia, told IA Regnum.
Senator Konstantin Dolgov, deputy chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy, also noted that Prigozhin, with his public criticism of the inhabitants of the palaces on the conditional Rublyovka, himself turned out to be a secret oligarch who violated the law.
According to the senator, published testimonies about the life of the head of the Wagner PMC indicate the hypocrisy of a public figure who diligently created for himself the image of the moral leader of the nation.
Prigozhin created his business empire, taking advantage of all the benefits that the state could give, and in the end he used it to his advantage and began to violate the laws, Dolgov told IA Regnum .
"And now I’m not talking about the criminal case against the PMC members, which was terminated," the interlocutor specified. "A person must have one passport in his name, and if he has a passport with his photo, but in the name of another person, then this is a forgery of documents, which is punishable by law, this is a criminal offense."
Let us explain - in the publication of Izvestia it is reported: during the search, passports were found issued in the name of Evgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin, but not with his photographs, as well as documents with Prigozhin's photo, but with someone else's passport data
Among the items found by the security forces, judging by the photographs, there was also a certain powder, which could turn out to be a narcotic drug, Dolgov noted. But there is one more detail.
“In Prigozhin’s house, judging by the photographs, there is also a chapel with many icons, but there is also a souvenir sledgehammer
"In case of important negotiations," which, in principle, looks like a symbol," the source said. The sledgehammer, most likely, refers to the episode with the "execution of the ex-fighter of the Wagner PMC" - an incident that Prigozhin did not condemn.
“If you position yourself as a church person, then it is very important to take a Christian position. But this person actually does not have clear moral principles and guidelines, ” said Senator Dolgov.
FIELD OF PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOANALYSIS
During the search of the mansion, among other things, according to the Fontanka publication, a photograph was found showing severed heads.
Neither the aforementioned sledgehammer, nor even the photograph in a frame depicting severed heads (if it was actually found during the search) do not correspond to traditional morality or the understanding of the right to violence, as well as the forms of its use, that is well-established in modern society, the senator emphasized.
If it turns out that the owner of the photo himself is involved in causing acts of violence, the results of which are captured in the image, this will become an additional subject for study by criminal law and, it is possible, by forensic psychiatry, Senator Dolgov notes for his part.
In any case, taking into account the specific attitude of such people to their own (as well as to someone else's) life, the main thing is to eliminate the risks for society emanating from such persons. “People who create structures such as PMC Wagner, enjoy similar preferences from the state, carry out similar work, should be attached to the FSB, FSO, who would be given the authority to isolate the relevant persons if necessary,” Maxim emphasized . Grigoriev.
“HIS EXAMPLE IS SCIENCE TO OTHERS”
“These searches are a certain edification to other businessmen, including large ones,” Dolgov emphasizes.
The senator notes that there are all legal possibilities for investigating this case, there is a continuous improvement of legislation, including criminal law. And what is needed is a clear implementation of the laws.
Effective prevention is quite possible within the framework of existing laws, Grigoriev agreed. But this prevention must take into account the exceptional conditions in which the country now finds itself. At the same time, some amendments to the legislation regarding, among other things, PMCs are not ruled out.
And the PMCs themselves, perhaps, should not work within their own country, Grigoriev admitted. “Or they should work in Russia – according to the current form, through an agreement with the Ministry of Defense and, possibly, with other law enforcement agencies, for example, with the Russian Guard, the FSB,” notes a member of the Public Chamber of Russia.
However, as Dolgov pointed out, there is also a certain line that separates the formal observance of the law from the conscious observance of the laws. The latter requires a high degree of maturity not only from the state, but also from business, especially large ones. And in the situation that arose around Prigozhin's personality, the senator saw a kind of edification for those who have great opportunities.
“There must be a responsible civic position, desire and readiness to constantly work in the interests of your country, your people,” the senator noted. Dolgov added that it is important to support as much as possible, including representatives of law enforcement agencies, and separately noted those who adequately performed their duty on June 24. “It is very important that the country knows its heroes,” the parliamentarian said. And “anti-heroes,” he added.
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[Regnum] Russian servicemen from the BARS-11 volunteer detachment and the command of the Tsarist Wolves unit took possession of an almost complete British Storm Shadow cruise missile. This was announced in his Telegram channel by the head of the Military-Technical Center "Tsar's Wolves" Dmitry Rogozin.
According to him, the rocket was only partially destroyed, it successfully fell flat. Technical specialists divided it into several parts directly in combat conditions and folded it for ease of transportation.
Rogozin added that high-level electronics were used in the rocket, which was able to withstand overloads during a fall. It took two days to evacuate the trophy.
A GPS beacon was installed on the rocket, which could guide the enemy capture group, said the head of the Tsarskie Wolves military-technical center. The fighters were able to block it, but they practically did not manage to sleep, they had to move all the time. They even had to fight when the enemy DRG tried to intercept vehicles with a missile and escorts on the road, Rogozin said.
The missile was handed over to specialized specialists for study, this will allow the Russian military-industrial complex to develop the most effective ways to deal with Storm Shadow.
Rogozin noted that he was pleased with the operation, now the Russian air defense system will gradually make this missile useless.
As IA Regnum reported , the United States admitted that the Russian army, thanks to electronic warfare systems, is effectively jamming Western "smart" bombs used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Russia's anti-GPS efforts are part of a massive electronic warfare campaign that also disrupts Ukrainian forces' radio communications and drones, Business Insider writes.
On June 28, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Russian Armed Forces shot down three Storm Shadow cruise missiles and six HIMARS MLRS shells. Russian air defense systems worked on Ukrainian missiles and drones near Experienced in the DPR, Karmazinovka, Privolye, Ploschanka and Oborotnovka in the LPR, as well as near the villages of Balochki and Peremozhnoye in the Zaporozhye region.
Russian Armed Forces shot down three Storm Shadow cruise missiles and six HIMARS MLRS shells
One storm shadow missile either was intercepted or just went "GUUUUAH" and failed. Hard to tell from the debris. No HIMARS have been intercepted. Jammed, yes. That actually has been a problem. But stop stroking your interception cock as it is still flaccid as cooked spaghetti. Getting embarrassing at this point.
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...I'm wondering if - were we to go back and total up all the shot down claims for StormShadows and HIMARS - the total would actually exceed the number delivered.
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...I'm wondering if - were we to go back and total up all the shot down claims for StormShadows and HIMARS - the total would actually exceed the number delivered.--Mike
Probably by '8-10 to 1', no, the latest ratio has to be by '17 to 1'.
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[Regnum] Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called disinformation and fake reports that former United States officials allegedly held secret talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in April.
She recalled that NBC previously reported, citing unnamed sources, that ex-US officials allegedly held secret talks with Lavrov in April to lay the groundwork for negotiations to end the conflict in Ukraine.
"Fake! This misinformation has been launched in Western media," she wrote in her Telegram channel.
As IA Regnum reported, on June 30, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that in the conflict in Ukraine, Russia is fighting not for territories, but for the Russian people, as well as for its history, religion and for the Russian language. As the head of the Foreign Ministry noted, answering the question of whether there could be “peace in exchange for territories” in this conflict, such an approach based on the principle of “I for you, you for me” is more suitable for a bazaar.
“We [fight] not for territories, but for people, for our history, religion, the Russian language, which is the official language of the entire UN system and which is now simply crushed, and not only in Ukraine, but also in other European countries, in the Baltics," he said.
Lavrov stressed that everyone is silent on this issue and does not answer the question about this situation in any way, and clarified that it is impossible to imagine a situation when some other languages will be banned in some states.
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Zakharova obviously is reticent to become the next high level Russian minister to test the possibility of non-powered flight from upper story hotel windows.
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[REGNUM] There are many countries wishing to become partners of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), their applications will be considered upon completion of the modernization of this international structure, TASS quoted Bakhtiyor Khakimov , Special Representative of the President of Russia for SCO Affairs, on July 5.
An important step towards "restarting" the Shanghai Organization - which seems to be encouraging other countries to consider joining the SCO - was taken on July 4 at the SCO summit. Iran has been added to Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran will now participate in our organization in a full-fledged format. I want to sincerely congratulate on this and from the bottom of my heart greet the President of Iran, Mr. Ebrahim Raisi," Vladimir Putin said . The Russian leader noted that the Iranian partners joined the SCO quickly - less than two years passed from the declared intention to the completion of all necessary procedures.
"Full membership in this important organization will provide Iran with conditions for collective security, opportunities for sustainable economic development, for ensuring sovereignty to a greater extent than before," Ebrahim Raisi welcomed new colleagues.
"I am pleased to say that Iran is joining the SCO family as a full member," said the nominal host of the summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi . This statement is hardly just a diplomatic figure of speech.
The expansion of international clubs is not always a good thing. If a country joins the organization that is not ready for collective action, then it paralyzes the work of the organization. So, for example, Poland acted in relation to the EU, regularly vetoing the development of cooperation between Brussels and Moscow. If countries join the organization that do not share its goals and objectives, then the organization is not only paralyzed, but also falls apart, which is what happens with the same European Union, which is still unable to recover after the entry of the Eastern European states.
But Iran in the SCO is not the case, experts say. In their opinion, the replenishment of the Shanghai Organization is beneficial not only for Tehran, but also for partner countries, this will bring the organization to a new and extremely beneficial level for Russia.
WHY IS TEHRAN INTERESTED
Actually, Iran's interest is very simple. First, safety. The SCO was originally created with a focus on ensuring collective security in the Central Asian region (Central Asia and Afghanistan). Iran is also interested in this security - and not only in terms of providing, but also participating in the process of forming the rules of the game.
Given the problems with Afghanistan (for example, recent border skirmishes over the division of water resources, Afghan drug trafficking, terrorists entrenched in adjacent territory), difficult relations with Tajikistan, a potentially unstable border with Pakistan, the Islamic Republic wants to be a player, not a spectator in the Central Asian chess board. And to play it is necessary to participate in the SCO, a key structure for ensuring regional security.
The second reason follows from this - status. “Membership in the organization is quite prestigious for Tehran. This is a demonstration that the country, despite all the efforts of opponents, is not in isolation, ” Fyodor Lukyanov, editor-in-chief of the Russia in Global Affairs magazine, told Vzglyad . Moreover, this is not about status for the sake of status, but about obtaining tools for constructing the space around oneself.
For a long time, the Iranians were in fact in international isolation, surrounded by hostile countries (Azerbaijan), partners of hostile countries (Pakistan, which is an ally of Saudi Arabia) or states that were weary of the Iranian presence (Iraq).
This isolation has led to the fact that Iran - for all its potential - has always been tried to keep it out of Middle Eastern affairs. Local countries viewed it as a foreign element. Now the Iranians are becoming full members of an organization that ensures security in the vast Central Asian region, and in the future (in the event of further expansion of the SCO) can also provide security in the Middle East.
Third, the Iranians are counting on economic benefits. “Iran is getting additional opportunities for the economy suffering from sanctions,” Middle East political scientist Abbas Juma explains to IA Regnum . Through participation in the SCO, the Iranians plan to be more actively involved in various infrastructure projects that Beijing is promoting in the Eurasian direction. “By actively participating in SCO initiatives, Iran can use its geographic advantage to become a vital transit hub and facilitate trade between East and West,” said Mohsen Bakhtiar, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to China .
In addition, the Iranians get the opportunity to participate in ridding the global economy of the dominance of the dollar. “The hegemony of the Western world contributes to the hegemony of the dollar. In order to create a new economic order, it is necessary to remove this instrument of hegemony in world practice, to use national currencies in settlements between countries,” Raisi said.
In fact, the participants of the SCO summit also spoke about the de-dollarization of world trade. In particular, Putin, who said that 80% of all commercial transactions between the Russian Federation and China are in rubles and yuan, as well as Xi Jinping , who called on all member countries to increase trade in national currencies. And this is not just about changing the order of trade, but about rewriting the rules of global economic relations. “Tehran believes that the new economic order in the world will be arranged by the heads of the SCO member states,” Juma says. Therefore, it is necessary to participate in the SCO.
NEW PLAYER CHANGES THE WHOLE TEAM
In turn, including Iran in the SCO, the member countries of the Organization follow one of the basic laws of international relations. Namely, not to exclude the most important regional player from regional security structures.
Otherwise, the real balance of power, coming into conflict with the artificial structure of security, sooner or later breaks it — as happened with the European system, from which the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia were excluded after the Crimean, World War I and Cold Wars.
Now, after the inclusion, Iran will not oppose the Shanghai Organization, but will direct all its resources to achieve common goals. “Iran's full membership in the SCO will, of course, strengthen the organization and make a tangible contribution to collective security. Iran's capabilities surpass those of many members of the organization,” Abbas Juma explains. In this case, the common goals are the fight against terrorism, the establishment of bilateral ties between member countries and, of course, the formation of a new world order.
It was the formation of a new order, and not the creation of an alternative or reserve order, which some countries - members of the SCO used to count on. To some extent, Iran's entry into the organization has become a symbol of the evolution of the worldview of its members, the transition from attempts to avoid an open conflict with the West to the realization of the inevitability of this conflict.
“Iran has been languishing for a long time“ in the waiting room ”of the SCO. Moscow has always been in favor of full participation in the team, but there were those who were skeptical about the entry process. First of all, China, Juma notes. —
Beijing did not want to turn the SCO into an anti-NATO, and the entry of Iran would automatically give the SCO an anti-Western coloring.
The fact that Iran joined demonstrates that Beijing has decided to actively resist Western hegemony. “And here Iran already looks organically - in the new context of the fight against the dollar, the formation of an alternative economic system to the West, and the like,” the source notes.
In fact, Iran is actively integrating into the new Eurasian order, which is being formed by China and Russia.
“Based on the name, it is clear that the SCO is a structure that primarily corresponds to China’s strategic long-term interests and its plans, such as One Belt, One Road,” political scientist Yevgeny Satanovsky told Expert . - Those states that benefit from participating in such projects join the organization. SCO members have the opportunity to trade more without looking back to the US, the EU and pro-Western structures like the G7. In this sense, the SCO works best for countries that have problems with the West, and now it is Russia.”
Given this transformation of the SCO, Iran will not be its last acquisition. “The authority and influence of our association continue to strengthen, interest in its activities from other states and international structures is growing. Many of them are striving to establish an equal dialogue with the SCO and are considering the possibility of joining its work. They trust us, they want to be friends and cooperate with us,” Vladimir Putin said.
First in line is Belarus, which signed a memorandum of intent. Its inclusion in the Organization will make the SCO a player defending its interests from Western encroachments not only in Central Asia and the Middle East, but also in Europe.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
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