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Operation to denazify Ukraine: operational summary June 16 (updated)
2023-06-16
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level


23:38 APU advancing from Tokmachki and Orekhovo.

23:35 "Geranium" flew to Ukraine.

Monitoring resources report UAVs in the south direction - Nikolaev, Kherson.

23:08 Enemy in the Zaporozhye direction from Orekhov, it throws minefields with its cluster mines with self-destruction. The nature of the mining suggests that they are preparing passages for an attack with heavy equipment. The preferred time for their advance is night, as all Western armor supplied by him is equipped with night optics.

22:54 Kherson direction:

The call sign Ossetian informs about the landing of a small group of enemy troops on the islands in the floodplain of the Dnieper River, which are located near our coast.

Now fire weapons are being allocated to destroy the enemy, and at night the enemy landing is planned for destruction. During the landing on boats, the landing failed to be destroyed in a timely manner.

22:48 "Enemy in the Zaporozhye direction from Orekhov, it throws minefields with its cluster mines with self-destruction. The nature of the mining suggests that they are preparing passages for an attack with heavy equipment. The preferred time for their advance is night, as all Western armor supplied by him is equipped with night optics. So, soon they will try to break again. Now with fresh, previously uncommitted reserves.”

22:37 Powerful hit inflicted on the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Beryslav in the Kherson region.

At the local machine-building plant, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are deploying equipment and weapons in order to hold the right bank of the Dnieper.

21:19 Mi-8 helicopter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was shot down in the Kherson direction (15.06. 2023)

At 10.16 on June 15, the enemy launched an air strike with two Mi-8s using NAR in the direction of the settlement of Mikhailovka-Sergeevka against units of the Dnepr group of troops. The enemy aviation did not fulfill the combat mission, the NAR fell into the water with a shortfall of 200 meters to the coastal strip.

One helicopter was shot down by skillful and well-coordinated actions of anti-aircraft gunners. The helicopter was hit at a distance of seven km from the unit's defense line. Shooting was carried out on a pre-running course using one SAM MANPADS "Igla".

20:04 Personnel the most powerful strikes of Russian artillery on the positions of the RF Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye direction

19:03 An air alert has been announced throughout Ukraine, according to the official resource for alerting

19:02 Fighters trying to save another tank that ran into a Russian mine

17:50 RF Armed Forces destroy “Whirlwinds” of two Ukrainian tanks standing side by side from the side of the Ka-52 in the Yuzhnodonetsk direction

16:54 Another padded BMP M2A2 Bradley

The enemy managed to evacuate the car for repairs. The BMP was hit by artillery fire in the Zaporozhye direction.

16:53 Loitering ammunition "Lancet" hits the enemy's Acacia self-propelled guns

Personnel epic detonation of ammunition

16:00 Artillery strikesa boat from the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which is trying to cross the Dnieper in the Kherson region

16:00 Air raid alert sounds throughout Ukraine

14:55 Highlights from the new briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:

🔹Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the area of ​​N. p. Kamyshevakh DPR hit the command post of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;

🔹During the fighting in the Donetsk direction, up to 340 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed per day;

🔹Russian troops repulsed five attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction in a day;

🔹Russian troops destroyed the ammunition depot of the 65th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region;

🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Novomikhailovka, Novgorod and Slavny regions in the DPR;

🔹The Russian Armed Forces destroyed two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the Kupyansk direction;

🔹The Russian Armed Forces shot down two Ukrainian Su-27 aircraft in the DPR.


13:41 Ukrainians every day suffer huge losses of dead and wounded during a suicidal counter-offensive.

On video the work of the point of stabilization of the wounded of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is shown

13:41 Another minus one destroyed and the Turkish armored vehicle Kirpi, abandoned in the zone of the NWO, handed over to the Ukrainian army

12:38 Russian attack helicopters Mi-28N work anti-tank missiles on the equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

12:33 The Russian military may start using an improved version of the AK-12 assault rifle in the NVO zone this year, Kalashnikov reported

11:32 Another Leopard 2A4 tank was blown up by mines in the Zaporozhye direction

Judging by personnel militants, a German tank was blown up in a minefield and abandoned by the crew. It is too early to talk about the complete destruction of this "Leopard", but once again the Nazi attempt to attack ended in the loss of combat potential, so willingly built up by the West.

11:32 AFU during their failed counteroffensive continue to lose equipment in the South Donetsk direction

Another destroyed Artillerymen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation APU tank

10:01 For the past day:

As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:

- 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" with a crew of three people and ammunition;

- 122mm D-30 howitzer with ammunition, losses: five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, two were injured of varying severity.

- the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, losses: eight servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; 12 received injuries of varying severity.

As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:

- 122mm ACS 2S1 "Gvozdika" with a crew of five people and ammunition;

- 120 mm mortar crew and ammunition for it, losses: three servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, four were injured of varying severity;

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. Cossack, losses: six servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed; 10 - received injuries of varying severity, four units. automotive equipment - disabled;

- the place of temporary deployment of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​the settlement. Vesele, losses: 10 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; 14 - received injuries of varying severity, three units. automotive equipment - disabled.


09:49 Another disabled "Leopard" in the Zaporozhye direction. A Leopard 2A4 tank hit an anti-tank mine and was abandoned by Ukrainian militants.

09:36 As a result of a night strike in Krivoy Rog destroyed repair shops and warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

09:29 Artillerymen of the 132nd Brigade destroy enemy infantry and their positions

Artillerymen of the 132nd Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (former 3rd Brigade of the NM of the DPR) are destroying Ukrainian militants and their positions in the Novgorod-Dzerzhinsky direction with accurate fire. Adjustment of artillery fire was carried out with the help of BPA.

09:05 Footage of well-coordinated combat work of a unit of the army special forces of the 58th Army with the call sign “Osman” with artillerymen of the Southern Military District on the destruction of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction–video.

08:36 In Ukraine, it was again a noisy night: missiles and Geraniums were fired at enemy targets.

Against the military targets of the enemy, a combined strike was again inflicted using missiles and Geraniums. Explosions were recorded in Kharkov, Krivoy Rog, Vinnitsa, Sumy region. Particular attention was paid to Odessa - numerous explosions sounded there.

"Geranki" worked in the Beryslav district of the Kherson region on the right bank. Arrival in Kharkov to the airport. People from Kharkiv report that a blow was struck on the positions of the Ukrainian S-300 air defense.

08:17 Head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov reports:

During this night and morning, nine UAVs were recorded over the territory of the Republic of Crimea: six devices were shot down by air defense forces, three were jammed and landed by electronic warfare. One drone detonated in the Krasnogvardeisky district, the village of Dokuchaevo. There were no casualties, windows were broken in a number of houses. All services have left. Please remain calm and trust only trusted sources of information.

04:32 Powerful explosions in Odessa and the region.

03:54 Explosions in Krivoy Rog and Odessa.

03:50 Again explosions in the Odessa region.

03:30 Explosions are reported in the Odessa region.

02:18 Explosions again in the Kharkiv region.

01:39 Massive explosions are reported in Kharkiv. Two arrivals in the Kulinichi area.

01:22 Explosions are heard in the Kharkiv region.

01:02 There are powerful explosions in the Kupyansky district of the Kharkiv region.

0:51 Ukrainian TG channels report explosions in the Sumy region.

0:39 Explosions are heard in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

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