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Russian Su-25 Shoots Down OWN Wingman with Unguided Rockets

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#1  Atleast he didn't shoot down himself.
Posted by: ed in texas || 06/13/2025 18:22 Comments || Top||

#2  Well, he does have a confirmed kill.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/13/2025 20:14 Comments || Top||

#3  "My bad" seems.....insufficient
Posted by: Frank G || 06/13/2025 20:15 Comments || Top||

#4  You! You can be my wingman anytime.

Bullshit! You can be mine.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/13/2025 20:44 Comments || Top||


Ukrainian armed forces repel attacks of Russian army in 11 directions
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian Armed Forces are engaged in heavy fighting in the east and south of Ukraine.

Most of the fighting continues in the Pokrovsky direction, where the enemy is attacking in the areas of 11 populated areas.


Since the beginning of the current day, 118 combat clashes have occurred on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report as of 16:00 on Thursday, June 12.

Thus, in the Kupyansk direction, the invading army carried out eight attacks in the directions of Peschanoye and Novoplatonovka.

In the Liman direction, the enemy attacked 11 times in the areas of the settlements of Nadezhda, Novy Mir, Yampolovka, Torskoye and in the direction of the settlement of Shandrigolovo. Four combat clashes continue.

In the Seversky direction, the enemy carried out two offensive actions in the areas of Serebryanka and Verkhnekamyansky.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled six assaults. The enemy is trying to break through in the area of ​​the Belaya Gora settlement. Two combat clashes are still ongoing.

In the Toretsk direction, our defenders are repelling 16 attacks by the occupiers near the settlements of Dilievka, Toretsk, Shcherbinovka, Romanovka and in the direction of the settlements of Rusin Yar, Aleksandro-Kalinovoye and Yablunovka. Three combat clashes are currently ongoing.

In the Pokrovsky direction, Russian invaders carried out 32 assaults in the areas of the settlements of Mirolyubovka, Malinovka, Mirnoye, Elizavetovka, Promen, Udachnoye, Novosergeevka, Gorekhovoye and in the directions of Alekseyevka, Poltavka and Muravka. The defense forces are holding back the onslaught and have already repelled 19 enemy attacks.

In the Novopavlovsk direction, the enemy tried 22 times to break through the defense of our defenders in the areas of the settlements of Vesyoloye, Bogatyr, Skudnoye, Dneproenergiya, Fyodorovka, Novosyolka, Volnoye Pole, Novy Komar, Shevchenko and in the direction of the settlements of Mirnoye, Zaporozhye, Komar. One combat clash continues.

In the Gulyai-Polye direction, the enemy carried out one assault near Malinovka.

In the Orekhov direction, our soldiers repelled three enemy assaults in the Novoandreyevka area and in the direction of Pavlovka.

In the Dnieper direction the enemy attacked unsuccessfully once.

In the Kursk direction, 12 armed clashes have occurred since the beginning of the day, one of which is still ongoing.

Let us recall that over the past 24 hours, 220 combat clashes occurred on the front. The enemy was most active in the Pokrovsky direction, where 62 battles were recorded.

Earlier it became known that Russian losses exceeded 1 million killed and wounded since the beginning of the war. In just one day on June 11, more than 1,100 "good" Russians were added.


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Current information on the situation on the front line on June 12 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 20:51 Severskoye direction. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have been driven out of Grigorovka, –MAP.

19:51 GV Vostok occupied half of Komar and advanced along the Volchya River –MAP

18:02 UAV operators of the 14th Separate Guards Special Forces Brigade of the Vostok group destroyed two enemy armored vehicles in the Shakhtyorsk direction.

17:57 Chasov Yar. The enemy was surrounded in the Levanevsky microdistrict. The situation of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has worsened compared to last month –MAP

17:02 Servicemen of the "West" group passed training in working with modern means of communication in the rear area of ​​the North Military District.

During the training, techniques for increasing the range of radio reception, actions inside shelters, and assembly and minor repairs of radio equipment were practiced.

14:26 Calculations of FPV drones of the Rubicon Center continue to precisely target armored and automotive vehicles, communication systems and drones of the enemy, as well as areas where Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel are concentrated in the area where the special operation is being conducted.

13:29 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of June 12, 2025

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.

Units of the North group of forces defeated concentrations of manpower and equipment of a heavy mechanized, three mechanized, two airborne assault, and Jaeger brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and four territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Khoten, Pisarevka, Varachino, Bessalovka, and Sadki in Sumy Oblast.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 155 servicemen, two tanks, two armored combat vehicles, two cars and ten field artillery guns. An ammunition depot and two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

Units of the "West" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of two mechanized, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Moskovka in the Khar'kov region, Karpovka, Kirovsk and Yampol in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 240 servicemen, two tanks, 12 vehicles and six artillery pieces, including four produced by NATO countries. Four electronic warfare stations and five ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the "Southern" group of troops improved their tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, motorized infantry, airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the territorial defense brigade and the national guard brigade "Azov*" in the areas of the settlements of Minkovka, Fedorovka, Serebryanka, Kleban-Byk, Petrovka, Chasov Yar, Belaya Gora and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy lost more than 190 servicemen, two vehicles, a field artillery gun, an electronic warfare station and two ammunition depots.

Units of the "Center" group of forces actively liberated the settlements of Petrovskoye and Alekseyevka of the Donetsk People's Republic. Defeat was inflicted on the formations of the heavy mechanized, four mechanized, mountain assault, airborne assault, ranger brigades, the unmanned systems brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Stepanovka, Krasnoarmeysk, Dimitrov, Grodovka, Novonikolayevka, Novopavlovka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Novopodgorodnoye of the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The enemy's losses amounted to 500 troops, five armored combat vehicles, including a US-made M-113 armored personnel carrier, four cars and six artillery pieces.

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, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Zaporizhia, Shevchenko, Komar of the Donetsk People's Republic and Gulyaipole of the Zaporizhia region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 205 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, five cars, four field artillery guns and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized brigade, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Dudchany, Zmiyevka, Ponyatovka, Tyaginka and Antonovka in the Kherson region.

Up to 90 servicemen, 11 vehicles, three artillery pieces, two electronic warfare stations, an ammunition depot and an Israeli-made RADA RPS-42 counter-battery radar station 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 have damaged ammunition depots, workshops for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles, storage sites for unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned boats, as well as temporary deployment points of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries in 152 districts.

Air defense systems shot down two JDAM guided aerial bombs and a US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, as well as 260 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles, including 62 outside the special military operation zone.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed:

663 aircraft,

283 helicopters,

63105 unmanned aerial vehicles,

611 anti-aircraft missile systems,

23874 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,

1572 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems,

26,088 field artillery pieces and mortars,

36,763 units of special military vehicles.

12:46 In the period from 8.40 to 11.40 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type: two UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region and one UAV over the territory of the Kursk region.

11:40 Krasnolimanskoe direction.

According to updated information, Torskoye is behind the Ukrainian Armed Forces. We hope that other ways will be found to dislodge the enemy from this village, since a frontal assault on this section of the front is impossible due to the high saturation of enemy drone operators.

10:19 FSB special forces and army men are cleaning up from the enemy in the vicinity of Dzerzhinsk

Anti-terrorist units of the FSB and Russian military personnel are clearing the outskirts of Toretsk (Dzerzhinsk) of Ukrainian militants.

UAV operators destroyed three camouflaged mortar crews of Ukrainian Armed Forces sabotage groups, from which the militants were shelling the outskirts of the city.

Russian soldiers also destroyed Ukrainian vehicles intended for rotations.

09:20 Sappers use robotic kits to demine In the Kursk border area. Demining teams inspect every centimeter of the terrain using the Uran-6 robotic complex, mine detectors and engineering probes.

09:14 Sappers of the "North" group demining Kursk borderland

Mine clearance teams inspect every centimeter of the terrain using the unique Uran-6 robotic complex, mine detectors and engineering probes.

08:19 Novopavlovskoe direction / Dnepropetrovskoe direction

Units of the Guards "Center", in cooperation with units of the Guards "East", continue to break through the enemy's defenses along the banks of the Volchya River.

Units of the 114th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade and other units/subunits continued their offensive west of Alekseyevka along the right bank of the river and are fighting for Zeleny Kut and a stronghold to the north.

The units of the GV "Vostok", advancing along the left bank, reached the border on the right bank through the Volchya River and crossed the border of the Dnepropetrovsk region between the villages of Novoukrainka (DPR) and Dachnoye (Dnepropetrovsk region).

Further north, to Orekhovo, there are battles in the plantings. Our assault units are digging the enemy out of their holes and continuing to advance toward the border of the Dnepropetrovsk region.

South of the Volchya River, our units advanced in the direction of Zaporozhye (DPR), Perebudova and south of the H-15 highway from the east to Komar. A stronghold and landings east of the latter were taken.

In Komar itself there is fierce fighting.

07:41 During the past night from 21:00 Moscow time on June 11 to 4:10 Moscow time on June 12, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed and 52 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:

41 over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Six over the territory of the Bryansk region,
Three over the Moscow region,
Two over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

07:30 Changes to map over the past 24 hours

Advance east of Yunakovka

Control zone south of Malaya Tokmachka has been expanded

Russian Armed Forces reached the border of the Dnepropetrovsk region south of the settlement of Dachnoye and also advanced in the area of ​​the settlement of Komar

Control zone in Novonikolaevka has been expanded➡️

Russian Armed Forces liberated Zeleny Kut and Novoukrainka and crossed the border of the Dnepropetrovsk region east of Dachnoye

Enemy controls the north-eastern part of Torsky

06:04 Crew of the 2S4 240mm Tyulpan mortar defeated fortified enemy positions in the South Donetsk direction.


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The first battle in the Dnepropetrovsk region
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Text taken from the Telegram channel of urga_74

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.

[ColonelCassad] Ground war has come to Dnipropetrovsk region.

First video of fighting in Dnipropetrovsk region



The enemy stronghold in the forest, which was defended by 8 Ukrainian militants at once, was taken in a semi-circle. The Ukrainian Armed Forces were offered to surrender, but they decided to play heroes - they started shooting back. It was decided to take the fortifications. The first to work on them was the UAV company of the assault regiment - having opened the entrance to the shelter with FPV drones, they were able to throw tear gas inside.

While the invaders were suffocating and trying to understand what was happening, ours had already begun to reach the distance of fire contact. When the Ukrops began to fall out of the dugout, greedily grabbing air - at some point our guys started working. We managed to kill two of them, the rest fled to the neighboring fortification. The wounded fighters were finished off with airdrops. Our attack aircraft cleared and occupied the stronghold without a single loss.

The first stronghold in the Dnepropetrovsk direction is under control. We are working

Happy start.

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Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin

They came out on a broad front...

SOUTH DONETSK DIRECTION.
Areas of the Russian troops' exit to the DPR borders. They actually exited in two areas - in the Orekhovo area (near Troitskoye) in the direction of Novopavlovka (already in the Dnipropetrovsk region) and in the area of ​​Dachnoye, Novoukrainka and Zeleny Ugol, where our troops advanced after the liberation of Alekseyevka.

The enemy recognizes the entry of our troops into the territory of the south-eastern part of the Dnipropetrovsk region, but so far has not lost any settlements on its territory. For now.

South of Dachnoye, the assault on Komar continues (which is already more than half ours). After its liberation, our troops will be able to advance in this direction to the border of the Dnipropetrovsk region (Komar is the last major obstacle).

The enemy's resources have recently begun to actively complain that the fortifications in the Dnipropetrovsk region on the border are mediocre, part of the money for their construction was traditionally stolen, there are not enough minefields, concrete shelters and, most importantly, personnel to hold them. In the directions of the main attacks, the Russian Armed Forces have an advantage in people, equipment and drones.

In general, the Russian Armed Forces are now quite successfully solving the tasks of liberating the southwestern part of the DPR and entering the Dnipropetrovsk region.

After occupying several settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the issue of creating the Dnipropetrovsk military-civil administration will be on the agenda. Similarly, the creation of the Sumy VGA suggests itself, since a lot of settlements have already been recruited there.


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