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DeepState Assesses Russia's Pace of Advance in June
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] The greatest progress occurred in the directions of Novopavlovka and Pokrovsk, analysts claim.

In June, the Russian army occupied 556 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory, the analytical project DeepState reported on Tuesday, July 1.

It is indicated that we are talking about the worst indicator in 2025. The dynamics of May, unfortunately, remained. At the same time, in the most critical November for us, the Russians advanced by 730 sq. km.

"The biggest advances were in Novopavlovsky and Pokrovsky sections - 29% and 27%, respectively. Sumy region is also among the leaders with an indicator of 18%. That is, three quarters of all advances were in three places. The last quarter falls on other sections of the front in almost equal proportions (4-6% per section)," the report says.

According to analysts, the enemy's advance is due to problems with people, which are now critical for both sides.

"But the Russians, as is obvious, still have reserves of personnel. The decline in the mechanization of attacks is another confirmation of the enemy's problems with equipment, which they are trying to replace with motorcycles and buggies. And the enemy's assault actions with forces of 1 or 3 infantrymen are no longer a surprise. At the same time, the number of these groups remains significant," DeepState added.

Let us recall that in the first half of this year, sanitary and irreversible losses of personnel of the Russian army in Ukraine amounted to 230,180 people , which is conventionally equal to 19 divisions. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense.


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Offensive on Dnepropetrovsk region: what is Russia's goal?
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] So far, the presence of Russian troops has not been recorded in the Dnipropetrovsk region, but there is a threat that this could happen, the Ukrainian Armed Forces say.

The day before, information appeared about the breakthrough of the Russian army into the territory of Dnepropetrovsk region. In particular, Deepstate analysts stated that a "gray zone" had appeared in the region, the length of which in some places was more than 800 meters.

Later, the representative of the Operational-Strategic Group of Forces Khortitsa Viktor Tregubov denied this information and added that no breakthrough of Russian troops into the territory of Dnepropetrovsk region was recorded.

However, today Tregubov stated that the threat of occupiers entering the region has increased significantly. What is the purpose of this enemy operation – further in the story.

"THERE IS A SERIOUS THREAT"
Thus, according to the representative of Khortitsa, at the moment very active fighting is taking place almost along the entire Novopavlovsk direction and part of the southern part of the Pokrovsk direction.

"This is Bagatyr, Constantinople, Zelenoye Pole. There, in fact, the entire line approaching the administrative border is subject to very strong pressure from Russian troops. At the moment - this evening and this morning - there have not yet been any Russian troops on the territory of Dnipropetrovsk region, but there really is a serious threat that this will happen," the soldier said on air at Hromadske Radio.

The representative of the OSUV Khortytsia added that fighting is currently continuing on the border of Dnepropetrovsk region and it is difficult to say how exactly the situation will develop.

"The Russians are putting a lot of effort into this direction, completely ignoring the human losses. At the moment, they are being held back, but under such pressure, the situation can develop in different ways. However, we are making every effort to prevent them from getting there," Tregubov explained.

PROBLEM WITH DRG
The Russians are indeed very close to the Dnipropetrovsk region. In any place on the front line where the enemy comes close, there is a threat of his sabotage and reconnaissance group activity, notes political expert and serviceman Alexander Musienko.

"Measures are currently being taken to contain them, but there are risks that Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups will appear, that enemy UAVs may fly into the territory of Dnipropetrovsk region. This presents risks, challenges and dangers," Musienko said on his YouTube channel.

The main task for the Russians in the Dnipropetrovsk region is an attempt to expand the "gray zone" in order to complicate logistics for the part of the Ukrainian Defense Forces that is holding back the enemy in the Pokrovsk direction in the Donetsk region.

In addition, according to Musienko, traditionally the Russian command sets its troops more informational and propaganda goals than military ones.

The enemy’s entry into the region is an attempt to demoralize Ukrainian society and the army, the expert adds.

SPECIFIC PURPOSE
This opinion of Musienko is shared by a retired colonel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, pilot instructor, military expert Roman Svitan. According to him, the breakthrough of the administrative border of the Dnipropetrovsk region has a specific purpose - information noise for internal propaganda.

The expert recalled that Russia still does not control even those regions that it included in its constitution – Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhia.

"Imagine if the Russians had not entered the Sumy and Kharkiv regions for several kilometers and had not hung around near the Dnepropetrovsk region, then what would Skabeeva have said? She would then take the Russian constitution and say that Ukraine controls a significant part of the territories that they have entered into. And this is a shock for the Russians. Therefore, they need some kind of information flow. At least something to cling to, that they have captured something," Svitan told Channel 24.


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Current information on the situation on the front line on July 1 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:26 Servicemen of the 91st Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the "Sever" continue to destroy explosive devices in the Sudzhan border area.

On frames: a grenade discovered by our servicemen on one of the country roads.

19:57 Servicemen of the 44th Army Corps of the North Group of Forces opened a temple in the rear area of ​​the North Military District in the Khar'kov direction.

During the festive liturgy of the opening of the church in honor of Saint Ignatius (Brianchaninov) - Bishop of Stavropol and the Caucasus - the soldiers took part in Holy Communion and also talked with the priest.

18:26 FPV drone operators of the 42nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed mortar and fortified dugouts with Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Zaporizhia region.

Servicemen of the 6th Motorized Rifle Division of the "Southern" group of forces destroyed two enemy ground robotic systems in the Kramatorsk-Druzhkovsky direction.

17:02 Captured tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces "Leopard 2A6" of German production evacuated to the location of the Guards Parachute Regiment from the area of ​​the settlement of Darino in the Kursk region.

16:32 Situation in the Kupyansk direction:

Our troops have driven the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of Zagryzovo and continue to advance towards Boguslavka and Kruglyakovka;

In the eastern part of Kruglyakovka our troops are gaining a foothold, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are counterattacking from the direction of Senkovo;

West of Lozovaya we advance south, encircling Boguslavka from the southern flank;

14:18 Calculation of the 122mm MLRS "Grad" of the tank unit of the group of forces "Center" destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.

12:52 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of July 1, 2025

Units of the North group of forces improved the situation along the front line. They defeated the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, ranger, airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two territorial defense brigades and the special forces unit "Khimera" of the GUR in the areas of the settlements of Varachino, Sadki, Khrapovshchina, Bessalovka, Novonikolaevka and Yunakovka in Sumy Oblast.

In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Okhrimovka, Ogurtsovo, Olkhovatka and Volchansk in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 180 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, six cars, four field artillery pieces and a Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple launch rocket system launcher.

Units of the "West" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of two mechanized, airmobile, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Petrovka, Kupyansk, Gorokhovatka, Nizhneye Solenoye, Dvurechanskoye, Putnikovo, Petrovpavlovka, Sobolevka, Peschanoye and Borovskaya Andreyevka in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 220 servicemen, a tank, 12 vehicles and a Western-made artillery piece. An electronic warfare station and four ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the "Southern" group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, assault, mountain assault and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Zvanovka, Serebryanka, Shcherbinovka, Chasov Yar, Predtechino, Konstantinovka, Verkhnekamenskoye and Petrovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost over 160 soldiers, a pickup truck, four field artillery pieces and an ammunition depot.

Units of the "Center" group of forces improved their position along the front line. They defeated formations of the mechanized, mountain assault, airborne assault brigades, unmanned systems brigade, assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, naval infantry brigade and national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Udachnoye, Novosergeevka, Petrovskoye, Novoukrainka and Dachnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 500 servicemen, an armored vehicle HMMWV and an armored vehicle "MaxxPro" made in the USA, as well as 11 pickups.

Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Zelenoye Pole, Shevchenko, Voskresenka, Chervona Zirka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Novodarovka and Levadnoye of the Zaporizhia region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 215 servicemen, six vehicles, two field artillery guns and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the mechanized, mountain assault brigades and two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Kamenskoe, Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhia region, Antonovka, Prydniprovskoe, Zolotaya Balka in the Kherson region, Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region and the city of Nikolaev.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 90 Ukrainian servicemen, a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, seven vehicles, and a field artillery gun. Nine electronic warfare stations, two ammunition depots, and two military-technical equipment depots were destroyed.

Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted damage on the control system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, production workshops, assembly sites, storage and control points for strike unmanned aerial vehicles, ammunition depots and military-technical property, as well as temporary deployment points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 148 districts.🎯

Air defense systems shot down three British-made Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles, five JDAM guided air bombs, three US-made HIMARS multiple launch rockets, and 173 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.

12:07 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces towards Kleban-Byk in the Konstantinovsky direction –MAP

11:19 Crew of the automatic grenade launcher AGS-17 "Flame" provided advance of motorized riflemen, hitting the firing points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The soldiers used a modernized grenade launcher with a modified flame arrester, which allowed them to covertly fire at fortified enemy positions.

“With a flame arrester on the AGS, shots are practically inaudible, and the flame when firing is noticeably reduced – especially at night,” said the commander of the grenade launcher platoon with the call sign “Husky.”

10:48 In the area of ​​the settlement of Raiskoe in the DPR, unmanned aerial vehicles "Geran-2" destroyed temporary deployment point of the 143rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

09:42 Servicemen of the 29th Army of the Vostok group told how they liberated the settlement of Chervona Zirka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Continuing to develop the success after the liberation of the villages of Zaporozhye and Yalta, the assault troops of the 36th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade entered the settlement and drove the enemy from their firing positions.

07:33 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:➡️

Advance in the Belaya Gora area in the Seversky direction➡️

Expansion of the control zone in Kamenskoye

Advance in the Maliyevka area➡️

Dachnoe in Dnepropetrovsk region liberated

07:14 During the night of July 1, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 60 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

  • 17 UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,

  • 16 UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Rostov Region,

  • 11 UAVs were destroyed over the waters of the Sea of ​​Azov,

  • Five UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Kursk Region,

  • Four UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Saratov Region,

  • Three UAVs were destroyed over the waters of the Black Sea,

  • Two UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod Region,

  • One UAV was destroyed over the territories of the Voronezh and Oryol Regions.

06:23 Servicemen of the mobile air surveillance posts of the "Center" group of forces are destroying dozens of enemy UAVs, covering the actions of our troops in the SVO zone.

05:02 Crews of 152ms towed guns "Giatsint-B" of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the "West" group of forces destroyed ammunition depots and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the area of ​​the special operation.

The target coordinates were received from the Orlan-10 UAV operators.


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'The map update will be disappointing.' The Ukrainian Armed Forces are being pushed back in three directions
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Sergey Adamov

[REGNUM] The territory of the Luhansk People's Republic has been completely liberated from the Ukrainian Armed Forces — this was announced by the head of the LPR Leonid Pasechnik on July 1. According to him, the report on the 100% liberation of the republic came "literally two days ago."

On June 23, there were reports that our troops had driven the enemy out of the village of Petrovskoye (in Ukrainian terminology, Grekovka) near the border of the LPR and Kharkiv Oblast. Reaching this line allows our military to develop a further offensive both in the Kharkiv Oblast — to consolidate along the Oskol River — and in the DPR — in the direction of the city of Krasny Liman.

Russian military forces continue to push back the enemy in other areas - in Donbass and Sumy Oblast, where the outlines of border buffer zones are gradually taking shape.

WEST OF THE DPR: THE FRONT BEGINS TO CRUMBLE
As before, the situation on the front section 80-85 kilometers west of Donetsk is actively changing in our favor. After the liberation of the village of Komar near the border with the Dnepropetrovsk region, fighters of the "Vostok" group crossed the Mokrye Yaly River and took a bridgehead on the right bank.

During the assault, our military managed to quickly drive the enemy out of the village of Krasnaya Zvezda (in Ukrainian documents the village is called Zirka - Star). This is already the fifth settlement occupied by Vostok units over the past week - after the villages of Komar, Perebudova and two settlements - "namesakes" of famous cities - Yalta and Zaporozhye.

The rapid pace of the offensive allowed them to take control of the military-important area between the Volchya River and its left tributary, Mokrye Yalami. The Ukrainian Armed Forces command planned to turn both water barriers into defensive lines, but the rapid "rollback" of the front prevented this from happening.

Our troops are advancing in the direction of several villages near the border of the DPR with the Dnepropetrovsk region: Shevchenko, Burlatskoye and Volnoye Pole.

Enemy sources admit that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defense in the southwest of the former Donetsk region has begun to crumble. "The next map update will be disappointing," notes the Kiev-based analytical resource DeepState.

According to information from the field, the enemy is trying to stabilize the defense in the Poddubnoye-Mirnoye area, where units that retreated from the Komar village area are gathering. In order to complicate the supply of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this area, our aviation is constantly striking rear communications. Thus, the bridge over the Volchya River on the N-15 highway, along which supplies were coming from the Dnipropetrovsk region to the Ukrainian Armed Forces group in the far west of Donbass, was destroyed.

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION: THE FIRST VILLAGE IN THE "BUFFER"
In parallel with the liberation of the western regions of the DPR, our troops are advancing on the adjacent territory, forming a protective "buffer". According to information from the field, the village of Dachnoye was captured - the first settlement in the territory of the Dnepropetrovsk region.

The Ukrainian military did not try to hold the village and retreated quickly, informed sources of the Regnum news agency report. "Everything was done according to proven tactics, with the coordinated work of all forces: artillery, drone operators and, of course, assault infantry. The pockets of resistance were identified and suppressed in advance, after which the enemy began a retreat, which cost him dearly," the source said.

With the liberation of Dachnoye, our military expanded the buffer zone by 4 kilometers. At the same time, Kiev, as usual, ignores the problem. Viktor Tregubov, a representative of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group "Khortytsia", said that a breakthrough of Russian troops in the Dnipropetrovsk region "has not been recorded". However, sources from the field note that in fact, the enemy commanders soberly assess the situation and are preparing for defense. The new fortification line of the Ukrainian Armed Forces runs at a distance of 5-10 km from the front line. Defensive structures have been erected along the Volchya and Kamenka rivers. The center of defense has become the large village of Novopavlovka, divided into two parts by the Volchya River.

The second defensive line in the Dnepropetrovsk region is being built 5-10 kilometers west of the first. Reserves are being concentrated here. At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces units, which are retreating from the adjacent areas of the DPR (from the same village of Komar), are trying with all their might to delay the advance of the Russian Armed Forces - to give them the opportunity to build new fortified areas.

KONSTANTINOVKA: JUST A FEW KILOMETERS TO THE OUTSKIRTS
In recent days, there have been increasingly frequent reports from the city of Chasov Yar, west of Artemovsk. The battles for the liberation of Chasov Yar have been going on since April 2024. Most of the city is already under the control of our troops, but the enemy continues to stubbornly resist. Over the past week, the front line in Chasov Yar and west of the city has begun to move, stated the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.

The enemy was driven out of most of the Shevchenko district in the western part of Chasov Yar. This district is located far from the main part of the city, so the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to keep it under control, sources from the field say. "When the main part of the Chasovyarsky refractory plant was liberated this spring, the enemy withdrew its forces to the Shevchenko district, and its cleanup continues. The enemy also holds part of the Yuzhny microdistrict," the source explained to IA Regnum.

The front is gradually moving toward the city of Konstantinovka, 14 kilometers southwest of Chasov Yar. " Actually, there are only a few kilometers left to the outskirts of Konstantinovka," the source noted.

According to information from the field, the front line has begun to move along the line from the village of Mayskoye (north of Chasov Yar) to the settlement of Stupochki located south of the city, which was liberated at the end of May. Medium-intensity fighting continues on the western outskirts of Chasov Yar - in the villages of Nikolaevka and Chervonoe. Here the enemy is trying to stabilize the front line by introducing reserves into the battle. Ukrainian sources admit that the advance of the Russian Armed Forces from the Chasov Yar area creates a threat of encirclement of Konstantinovka.

Earlier, our troops approached the eastern outskirts of the city - from Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) and from the south - from the Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk) area. The enemy is preparing Konstantinovka for defense, equipping "fortifications" in the city's industrial zone and residential areas. If the city falls, this will provide an opportunity to advance through Druzhkovka to Kramatorsk.

FIRE CONTROL OVER SUMY
The past few days have been marked by reports from a new direction - Sumy, where the Russian Armed Forces, advancing from the borders of the Kursk region, are creating a security zone.

Fierce fighting continues in the Yunakovka area, 6 kilometers south of the Russian border. The front line runs through the central part of the village. Clashes are taking place in the villages of Varachino and Andreyevka.

The infantry and equipment offensive is actively covered by aviation. Thus, the VKS frontline bombers dropped several FAB-500 aerial bombs on the enemy concentration in Andreyevka. Local sources report that after the "arrivals" there were several strong explosions, apparently an ammunition depot was destroyed.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces Command continues to throw new reserves at this section of the front to prevent our troops from breaking through to Sumy — the distance from the border to the city in a straight line does not exceed 30 kilometers. A new line of defense north of Sumy is being built with support from the dominant heights along the Oleshnya River. Fortifications are being built in the area of ​​three villages on this river — Khoten, Pisarevka, and Ivolzhanskoye.

Even if the Ukrainian Armed Forces manage to stabilize the front along the Oleshnya River, our military has the ability to establish fire control over the enemy supply routes in Sumy. According to Ukrainian sources, on June 22–23, our artillery already hit Ukrainian Armed Forces positions near the village of Peschanoye, less than a kilometer from the northern outskirts of Sumy.

As in other areas of the front, in the Sumy area, Ukrainian troops are facing a shortage of trained reserves, weapons and ammunition. Ukrainian sources summarize: if the fighting in the Sumy direction continues with the same intensity, this will create serious problems for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.


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Offensive of the Russian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction. June 2025
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.

[ColonelCassad] Results of the offensive of the "East" group of the Russian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction during June 2025.



Liberated territories and settlements. The most important achievements are Komar, Shevchenko (along with the lithium deposits that Kiev sold to the Americans), Malinovka.

Since the LJ video hosting site has run out of space and won't let me upload new videos, I'll be uploading videos to Rutube for now and embedding them into the journal from there using code.

The broadcast of military operations in Ukraine is here as usual (if you're interested, subscribe)

P.S. Regarding yesterday's statement by LPR head Pasechnik about the complete liberation of LPR territory. This is not quite true yet. It remains to liberate Nadiya and Novoyegorovka (or rather their ruins) at the westernmost border of the LPR. In general, there's still work to do.

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Pasechnik reports the complete liberation of the LPR territory - the 1223rd day of the SVO
The new, 1223rd day of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine was marked by the news of the complete liberation of the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) from enemy forces. The region's governor Leonid Pasechnik reported this to a Channel One correspondent on the evening of June 30, citing a report he had received. No official information has yet been received from the Ministry of Defense.

Referendums on the return of the Luhansk and Donetsk Republics to Russia took place in September 2022. This was preceded by the recognition of the state sovereignty of the DPR and LPR in May 2014.

And on February 21, 2022, against the backdrop of a sharp increase in aggression from Ukraine, the heads of the LPR and DPR Pasechnik and Denis Pushilin appealed to the President of Russia with a request to recognize the independence of the republics. Putin signed the corresponding decrees on the same day. Already on February 24, in response to the request of the republics' leadership for help, Russia began a special military operation in Ukraine.

At the end of March, at a meeting with sailors of the nuclear submarine Arkhangelsk in Murmansk, the Russian leader reported that the strategic initiative was under the control of the Russian army along the entire front line and that the LPR had already been liberated by 99%. Also, according to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the territories of the Donetsk People's Republic, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions at that time were cleared of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) by more than 70%.

Further, according to military expert Igor Korotchenko, the Russian army will begin to form a powerful buffer zone up to 120 kilometers deep.

“Such a ‘sanitary cordon’ will forever close off the Ukrainian army’s ability to carry out terrorist attacks on our cities,” Korotchenko notes.

Meanwhile, on June 30, Vladimir Putin held a meeting where issues of restoration, development of the economy, social, transport and other infrastructure of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions were discussed.

“The main thing is that people see changes for the better, return home, work on their native land, study, raise children and make plans for the future,” the head of state emphasized.

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Former Russian First Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov was sentenced to 13 years in prison for corruption
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Ukrainian drone attack tonight appears to be a massive one
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Cyber
US imposes sanctions on four Russians suspected of cybercrimes
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions against four Russians due to suspicions of involvement in alleged cybercrimes. Information about this appeared on the official website of the department.

Washington alleges that Russians operate Aeza Group, a company that provides hosting services “in support of cybercriminal activity targeting victims in the United States and other parts of the world.” The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement that the IT company is allegedly based in St. Petersburg.

The restrictions are being introduced against Aeza Group itself, as well as against Arseniy Penzev, whom the US authorities consider to be the CEO. The department's statement claims that he was previously accused of drug trafficking in Russia. Also on the sanctions list were Yuri Bozoyan, Vladimir Gast and Igor Knyazev, whom the US authorities named as the company's management.

The restrictions include freezing the assets of the individuals in the US and prohibiting transactions with the company. The measures were taken jointly with the UK National Crime Agency.

Following negotiations between delegations from Russia and Ukraine, US senators have stepped up calls for the US Congress to impose anti-Russian sanctions. In April, Washington added three Russians and three Russian companies to the sanctions list. In addition, one dry cargo ship registered in the Russian Federation was included in the sanctions list.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin previously noted that the West had already imposed 28,595 sanctions against the country. Before this, the head of state had repeatedly indicated that Western countries had counted on Russia being weakened by the sanctions, but they had brought the opposite result.


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