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From the Russian Perspective: Operation on Denazification of Ukraine: operational summary June 15th (updated)
2022-06-16
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:58 In Kharkiv, ads began to be posted at the entrances with a demand to leave apartments open for access by terrorist defense militants and placement of firing positions.

21:20 In August, Russian textbooks will be delivered to Kherson from the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation - Head of the Department of Education and Science of the Kherson Regional State Administration Tatyana Kuzmich. She also added that the Ukrainian language and literature will remain in the work plans, but with adjustments.

21:18 The US announced that the West will agree with Turkey on NATO through the supply of weapons.

21:18 In the United States, they believe that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are losing about 100 people killed per day, 100-300 wounded.

20:29 Ukrainian Major General Dmitry Marchenko threatens to destroy the Kerch bridge. According to him, after Ukraine receives the necessary weapons, the object will become a priority target.

20:26 The details of creating a grain corridor can be discussed at a meeting of Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and the UN in Istanbul, Cavusoglu said.

20:25 Reuters: the head of the German Defense Ministry said that Germany will supply Ukraine with three Mars-II MLRS.

19:37 To the maternity hospital of Melitopol today delivered humanitarian aid for women in childbirth. Boxes with everything necessary for newborns will be given to mothers upon discharge

19:36 Crimea is quickly restoring trade ties with the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, agricultural products are already in transit through Crimea to the mainland of Russia, Vladimir Konstantinov, head of the Crimean parliament, told RIA Novosti at SPIEF.

19:36 Joe Biden announced the allocation of a new $1 billion military assistance package to Ukraine - White House.

18:16 The United States of America wants to transfer new weapons worth over $650 million to Ukraine. Writes about this agency Bloomberg.

17:50 Responsibility for the deaths of civilians in Ukraine lies with Western countries that supply weapons to Kyiv - Nebenzya.

17:49 Facts refute Zelensky's statements that Kyiv allegedly does not intend to carry out strikes on civilian targets - Nebenzya.

17:49 The goal of Kyiv is to cause as much damage as possible to civilians in the Donbass - Nebenzya.

17:48 The passenger train is planned to be launched from July 1 between Crimea, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions - the head of the Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov. According to him, one test pair will go: 160 passengers in one direction, 160 in the other.

16:30 The SBU announced the exposure of a scheme for the theft of humanitarian aid in the Lviv region: 3,000 bulletproof vests worth UAH 25 million were seized.

According to investigators, the scheme was organized by the 42-year-old head of one of the advertising holdings in Ukraine, who, together with accomplices, imported military products into the country under the guise of humanitarian aid to the army. According to the National Police, they sold protective equipment on the Internet at a price of UAH 10,000 per bulletproof vest.

16:29 In the Kharkiv direction, heavy fighting continues in the area of ​​the settlement. Ternovaya, Rubezhnoye and Stary Saltov. The Ukrainian offensive on this sector of the front has fizzled out, now we are step by step trying to recapture the positions lost more than a month ago.

That night and early in the morning, the village of Sereda in the Belgorod province was once again subjected to heavy shelling. In response, the cannon and rocket artillery of the Russian Federation hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In general, of course, the next battle after the general battle for the Donbass will be the Kharkov-Sumy operation. Without the liberation of this region and the destruction of the Kharkiv-Sumy grouping of the enemy, there can be no talk of any calmness in the border regions of the Russian Federation.

16:29 Kherson Commercial Sea Port has resumed work and is preparing for cargo transshipment.

16:28 Ukrainian sources report that during the battles for Kyiv, as a result of "friendly fire", about 100 soldiers were killed in total.

Three events on the outskirts of Kyiv turned out to be one of the most publicized incidents with the opening of fire on friendly troops in the Ukrainian army at that time: the destruction of a convoy of trucks near the Beresteyskaya metro station, the shooting of a Ural from a Zu-23-2 in Obolon, and the shelling of the Strela- ten."

All these incidents were presented by Ukrainian propaganda as the destruction of the mythical "Russian DRGs". In fact, the root cause of these executions was the wholesale sabotage caused, firstly, by the uncontrolled distribution of weapons, and secondly, by the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Anna Malyar, who made up a story about how Russian soldiers seized Ukrainian equipment and move to the side. Kyiv (for which the star of the Hero of Russia is crying for her, please come and receive).

In addition to shooting at each other by the Ukrainian military, there have also been tragedies, such as the shooting of an entire family with civilians in Kyiv.

16:28 Task Force Baguette - a group of foreign mercenaries, howling on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, consist mainly of Americans. As we can see, there are now less than two American citizens in this group.

16:27 Ukraine, Russia and Turkey have formed an emergency communication channel through the ministries of defense for the export of grain from Ukrainian ports. Representatives of departments with the rank of generals will communicate on this issue. This was reported by the Turkish TV channel TRT.

“We have intensive negotiations with both Russia and Ukraine. Both sides have some reservations. We are working to eliminate them,” Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said.

15:45 Bus service between Crimea and the liberated regions of southern Ukraine is planned to open before the end of the month, the schedule will be published before June 20.

15:43 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have mobilized hundreds of thousands of people. Hundreds of thousands more people are planned to be drafted, Deputy Defense Minister Malyar said.

“The mobilization is proceeding according to plan, the citizens are very motivated,” she stressed.

The motivation of citizens is shown onvideo.

14:57 Huge losses were suffered by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv direction. According to “Come and See”, the Ukrainian army suffers especially heavy losses in Tsirkuny, Zolochiv and in the Saltov direction.

“There are a lot of wounded of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Zolochev, Saltovskoye direction, Tsirkuny,” the source of the channel said.

According to him, the Ukrainian army is losing Saltov and Tsirkuny. Due to the complication of the situation in the Donetsk direction, a grouping in the north of Kharkov begins to crumble. There are also reports of heavy losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Chuguev.

14:03 Berdyansk region is cleared of Ukrainian symbols. Residents of the village of Osipenko dismantled the Ukrainian coat of arms, which became a symbol of Nazism, and installed the flag of the Russian Federation on the building of the village administration.

14:03 In August, Russian textbooks will be delivered to Kherson from the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation - Head of the Department of Education and Science of the Kherson Regional State Administration Tatyana Kuzmich. She also added that the Ukrainian language and literature will remain in the work plans, but with adjustments.

13:51 The United States continues to play with fire in the situation with Ukraine, the Russian Federation warns that Western countries should refrain from escalation - Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov.

13:51 Russia denies the very ideology of the use of nuclear weapons, which the United States adheres to - Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov.

13:49 The Russian Federation is extremely negative about the supply of heavy weapons by Washington to Ukraine, including the RZSO, this position is being conveyed to the United States - Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov.

13:47 Russia holds the West responsible for the fact that peace has not yet come to Donbass - Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov.

13:47 Voting has started in the Ukrainian application "Kyiv Digital" to rename the capital's toponyms, which are "connected with Russia."

In the application, you can select a street, evaluate the proposed names and choose one of them. Among all the options, those recommended by the expert commission of the Kyiv City Council are highlighted.

So, for example, the expert commission recommends renaming Vatutina Street in honor of the head of the UPA headquarters Dmitry Gritsay, and the street named after the Ukrainian (Soviet and Russian, born in Gorlovka, now the DPR) cosmonaut Alexander Volkov - in honor of another Soviet cosmonaut of Ukrainian origin - Pavel Popovich.

The street, named after the first man in space - Gagarin, the expert commission proposes to rename in honor of the first man on the moon - Armstrong.

12:47 Applications for Russian passports in the Kherson region began to come not only from residents of the regional center, but also from the districts of the region

“Residents not only of Kherson, but also of the region want to get a Russian passport and come to the city to submit documents, despite any difficulties. They come from all areas - who has such an opportunity. Of course, there are more people from nearby areas than from remote areas, because transport is worse somewhere else. And those who have their own cars — it’s easier for them, ”-toldpress secretary of the region's CAA Sergey Moroz.

12:47 In Melitopol continues issuance of targeted humanitarian aid. The Russian military is helping to deliver food packages to those in need.

12:10 Combat work of the crews of the Osa-AKM air defense system Brave during a special operation.Osa-AKM crews conduct reconnaissance of the air situation, quickly determine the coordinates of targets and effectively destroy them, including UAVs of various types.

“The activity of drones has decreased in recent months,” says the commander of the Osa-AKM air defense system division.

12:10 Combat footage: Caliber strikes from a ship of the Russian Navy, as well as the Tornado-G MLRS and Brave air defense systems during a special operation.

11:32 Operational-tactical, army and unmanned aircraft hit 24 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

11:30 In the areas of the railway stations Dobropolye, Pokrovsk DPR and Orolovshchina of the Dnipropetrovsk region, a large number of weapons and military equipment from the United States and European countries were destroyed.

11:29 High-precision air-based missiles in the Nikolaev region at the Voznesensk military airfield destroyed the aviation equipment of the air forces of Ukraine.

11:28 High-precision long-range missiles "Caliber" in the Lviv region destroyed an ammunition depot for foreign weapons transferred to Ukraine by NATO countries, including 155mm M777 howitzers.

10:19 Ukrainian militants once again fired at Chernobaevka near Kherson. Two people died - a peaceful man and woman. Five more people were injured. The rocket attack on the suburbs of Kherson was carried out from the side of Nikolaev.

10:18 US supports uniting Britain, Poland, Ukraine and the Baltic states into a separate alliance to strengthen defense capabilities, said US Permanent Representative to NATO Julianne Smith

10:18 NATO Secretary General said that it is necessary to increase the supply of heavy weapons to Kyiv

“Ukraine should get more heavy weapons. NATO allies and partners have provided such weapons and are stepping up these efforts,” Stoltenberg said.

The Secretary General said that today's meeting in the Ramstein 3 format will be "historic and transformative" and announced decisions "on supporting Ukraine in the short and long term."

09:12 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports:

1. Fighting continues for Rubizhne in the north of the Kharkov region, where the Russian army is advancing from the border.
2. The enemy (we!) is advancing on Krasnopolye - a settlement near the Valley, for which fighting has been going on in recent days. Both Krasnopolye and Dolyna are located right on the Kharkiv-Rostov highway passing through Slovyansk.
3. Fighting is underway in the Vrubovka area of ​​the Luhansk region.
Last night, Russian telegram channels announced that Vrubovka had been completely captured, but Kyiv did not confirm this information.
Through Vrubovka, the grouping of Ukrainian forces in Gorsky and Zolote communicates with Nikolaevka, from which there is an exit to the Bakhmut-Lysichansk highway. If Vrubovka is captured, this may mean a partial encirclement of the Gorskoe-Zolotoe fortified area.
4. Zolotoe also stormed, but the enemy retreated. A similar story with Nikolaevka - there was an attempt to capture, but we had to retreat, now there is a regrouping to resume the enemy (our) offensive there.

There is no talk of a counteroffensive.

09:02 As soon as the Kherson region is integrated into the Russian Federation, the border with Crimea will cease to be a border - Kirill Stremousov

09:02 Applications for Russian passports in the Kherson region began to come not only from residents of the regional center, but also from the districts of the region - press secretary of the military-civilian administration of the region Sergey Moroz

08:19 In the Vasilyevsky district of the Zaporozhye region, the issuance of one-time material assistance continues. Retirees in the village of Malaya Belozerska received a payment of 10,000 rubles and food packages.

08:14 AFU fired at the village of Chernobaevka in the Kherson region, two people were killed, five more were injured, the authorities of the region reported.

07:40 In Odessa, subpoenas continue to be handed out on the beach. And the patrol police conduct an "educational" conversation with vacationers.

07:48 in the Kherson region there was a rush demand for Russian passports, said the deputy head of the military-civilian administration of the region Kirill Stremousov;

0:17 Zelensky said that Ukrainian troops suffered "painful" losses in Donbass and Kharkiv region in a day

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