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Operation to denazify Ukraine: operational summary June 19 (updated)
2023-06-20
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

[NewsFrontInfo] 22:19 Explosions occurred in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, Klymenko Time reported.

Details of what happened are not given.

21:48 Anti-aircraft gunners in the NVO zone receive new weapon.

One of the anti-aircraft divisions was re-equipped with TOR-M3U complexes. At a distance of 30 km, they detect up to 48 targets.

20:14 In the village of Ivanovka, Zhytomyr region, flags were mutilated on the grave of a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and their holders were stolen. This was reported by the wife of the deceased.

“Such gratitude to the deceased defender from the locals. In the village of Ivanovka, the monsters stole poles for flags from the grave of my husband Roman Kuzmenko, and also trampled on the flag and threw it in the trash, ”the woman wrote

20:13 Hit precision-guided munitions against enemy self-propelled guns

19:10 “The Lancet” destroyslauncher of the S-300 air defense system of the enemy in the Kherson region

18:00 Torn Dutch armored personnel carriers YPR-765 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region. Nearby lies the crew of an armored vehicle.

17:59 Russian artillery fulfills positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​the Southern Dachas in the area of ​​Vugledar

16:48 Night frames of combat work of Russian artillery, including incendiary ammunition

16:47 Personnel defeat of a Western-made APU tank by a kamikaze drone. Zaporozhye direction

15:53 ​​The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue active attempts to attack in the Yuzhno-Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Donetsk directions;

🔹The Russian Armed Forces launched a strike with high-precision weapons from the sea at the places of storage of foreign military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, all objects were hit;

🔹During the fighting in the Donetsk direction, more than 340 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed in a day;

🔹The activities of three sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stopped in the Krasnolimansky direction during the day;

🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation repelled four attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction in a day;

🔹Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter in the Zaporozhye region;

🔹The troops of the Russian Federation destroyed up to 105 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two 122mm self-propelled guns "Gvozdika" of the enemy in a day;

🔹The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yuzhno-Donetsk direction per day amounted to more than 100 military;

🔹The RF Armed Forces repulsed two attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​Malaya Tokmachka, Zaporozhye region, two tanks, 10 infantry fighting vehicles and 2 armored vehicles were knocked out;

🔹Russian air defense intercepted five HIMARS MLRS shells, shot down 14 APU drones.


14:20 Russian artillery and kamikaze drones prevented the Armed Forces of Ukraine from evacuating equipment abandoned in the Zaporozhye region

A Ukrainian tank crushed an American armored car Oshkosh M-ATV.

14:19 Combat work Su-25 attack aircraft in the Krasnolimansky direction

Pilots in combat pairs approached the line of contact and struck at manpower, fire weapons and lightly armored vehicles of Ukrainian militants.

The command of the Central Military District notes the high efficiency of the Su-25 crews.

13:06 Personnel combat work of the crew of the Kornet ATGM of the Osman army special forces unit to destroy the BMP M2A2 Bradley in the Zaporozhye direction

13:05 Mobilization in Ukraine continues, people are simply caught on the street and there they write out, literally on their knees, subpoenas to the draft board

13:04 Russian military showed photo of another destroyed Leopard 2A6 tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which remained standing in the Zaporozhye region

11:54 Russian artillery destroyed self-propelled guns of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region using the Krasnopol high-precision munition

11:53 Russian drone "Orlan 10" discovered enemy, who settled in one of the warehouses on the northern outskirts of Kherson

The result of a powerful artillery strike was the destruction of one gun, two trucks and up to 10 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

11:52 Over the past day:
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnipro group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:

- a warehouse with ammunition in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Ochakov;

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

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

- two 120mm mortar crews and ammunition for them, losses: 10 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, six were injured of varying severity;

- the place of temporary deployment of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, losses: 10 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; 12 - received injuries of varying severity, two units. automotive equipment - disabled;

- FH-70 howitzer with ammunition, losses: four servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, three were injured of varying severity.

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

- the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, losses: 10 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; five - received injuries of varying severity;

- the place of temporary deployment of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, losses: eight military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; 12 - received injuries of varying severity, five units. automotive equipment - disabled.


10:28 the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation squeeze out Ukrainian fighters from Maryinka

Russian fighters strike from tanks, mortars, artillery on the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction.

Despite heavy fighting, the situation in Maryinka is completely controlled by Russian troops.

09:42 A Nazi from the Kyiv Terodefense, commenting on the current results of the counteroffensive, draws attention to the low level of training of the armored forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Officers from military departments who were sent to Germany for training were ridiculed on the ground by German instructors. Also, the Ukrainian General Staff does not surprise with the power of military thought and ingenuously sends foreign equipment to the prepared defensive lines.

As the Teroboronovets writes, the tankers of the Third Reich (onphoto: Kurt Knispel, Otto Carius, Michael Wittmann, Hans Bölter) knew how to fight the Soviet Army for real.

09:20 Odessa direction on 19.06:

As a result of the night work of the Geraniums, several objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit. It is reported that after the arrival, repeated sounds of explosions were heard.

09:07 Our fighters inspect trophies. There are more than 50 units of immobilized enemy equipment on the outskirts of Novodonetsk.

“Here is your tank. France is a force, you say?

Nearby on the ground is a detailed instruction manual for the combat vehicle.

08:45 Sergeant Sadik Oleg Anatolyevich with the call sign “Hammer” was liquidated in the NMD zone. Azovets, who was exchanged in September.

08:30 Artillerymen of the Russian Federation destroyed a convoy with equipment and soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kremennaya in the LPR, retired Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrei Marochko said.

08:15 Gladkov said that as a result of the shelling of the Valuysky urban district, seven people were injured, including a child.

08:10 At night, the RF Armed Forces launched a combined attack on Zaporozhye, Kherson, and Odessa.

A missile threat was announced from about two in the morning in the Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa, Nikolaev and Sumy regions. Combined missile strikes were launched against enemy targets in Odessa and the region.

Explosions also thundered in Zaporizhia, in this direction ours worked with missiles behind enemy lines. Enemy channels reported that the strikes were delivered in three waves.

Numerous explosions also thundered in Kherson and the Sumy region. They were also recorded on the right bank of Kyiv, but no air raid alert was announced in the capital.

08:12 This morning APU fired upon settlements of Tyotkino and Popovo-Lezhachi, Glushkovsky district. There were no casualties. This was reported by the Governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoit.

“In Popovo-Lezhachi, due to damage to power lines, there is no electricity in some of the houses. Crews will begin repairs as soon as possible.

Outbuildings in three households and several cars were also damaged. We will assist everyone in the restoration, ”the governor wrote in his TG channel.

08:05 At night, in the north of Crimea, air defense was regularly performed on two UAVs flying at low altitude - Sergey Aksenov.

08:00 Artillerymen of the 4th Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces in the Svetlodar direction destroy enemy equipment and personnel -video.

07:34 Zerkalo Nedeli again reports explosions in Kherson.

07:10 Since early morning, the city of Valuiki, Belgorod Region, has been under heavy shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Personnel consequences are published in social networks by local residents.

05:07 Troops of Ukraine, trying to advance in the South-Donetsk direction, lost more than half of the personnel - the head of the press center of the group of troops "Vostok" lieutenant colonel Oleg Chekhov.

03:52 Ukrainian channels report powerful explosions in Kherson. A fire broke out at the site of the likely hit.

02:44 Ballistic missiles hit the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the territory of the Zaporozhye region controlled by Kyiv.

02:30 Explosions in Zaporozhye. Authorities say air defense is working on Russian drones. In the south of Ukraine air raid alert. They report missile launches from the Black Sea.

02:20 Explosions are heard in Odessa - Russian missiles probably flew there.

It is reported that Geraniums were first seen in the Odessa region. Ukrainian media announce the appearance of missiles.

02:15 An air raid alert has been announced in four regions of Ukraine. Sirens sound in Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolaev, Odessa and Sumy regions.

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