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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Dangerous weather conditions are expected in eight regions of Russia
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Showers, thunderstorms and strong winds are forecast in eight regions of Russia in the coming days. This was reported on June 11 by the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of the Russian Federation Roman Vilfand.

"A dangerous phenomenon in the form of heavy rainfall combined with thunderstorms and winds up to 22 m/s is expected in the Rostov Region on June 11-12. Cyclonic activity prevails in the Northwestern Federal District, so in Komi there will be heavy rainfall with thunderstorms, hail, and winds up to 23 m/s, and a similar situation will occur in the Vologda Region," TASS quoted him as saying.

The weather forecaster specified that heavy rainfall is forecast for the Murmansk Region at this time, and rainy weather is forecast for the Leningrad Region. In the regions located on the Volga — Tatarstan, the Ulyanovsk Region and the Perm Region — heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and winds up to 21–23 m/s are expected during this period.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on June 8, a heavy downpour damaged the roof and flooded the terminal at Moscow's Vnukovo airport. The airport's services deployed all resources to eliminate the consequences of the bad weather.

Later that day, Anatoly Tsygankov, head of the crisis management department at Roshydromet, told Regnum that the weather in Moscow that surprised many was not abnormal for the summer and the region, and would continue to be observed with varying frequency until autumn. According to him, a climatic "squiggle" is passing through the Russian capital.


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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russians have 10 km left to the border with Dnipropetrovsk region - Ukrainian General Staff
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] Defense forces hold back the enemy in the Novopavlovsk direction
In the Novopavlovsk direction, Russian troops still have about 10 kilometers to cover to the administrative border of the Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions.


In the Novopavlovsk direction, Russian troops are trying to advance towards the administrative border of the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions. They have about 10-15 kilometers to go before they reach it. This was stated by Vladislav Voloshin, a representative of the Southern Defense Forces, on the air of a telethon on Wednesday, June 11.

"This is the direction from the southeast of Dnipropetrovsk region. For the enemy in our Novopavlovskoye direction to reach the administrative border of Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions, he has much more than 600 meters left. He has several settlements left, in particular: Zelenoye Pole, Novopol, Volnoye Pole, Novosyolka. Therefore, it is not far in principle, it is somewhere around ten, or even fifteen kilometers," Voloshin noted.

He also added that the Russian army is actively operating in this direction, using infantry assaults in small groups. Over the past 24 hours alone, 35 attacks have been recorded there.

"The enemy is maintaining a high intensity of such assaults there, trying to break through to the Dnepropetrovsk region. In other directions, perhaps there are 600 meters left, I am only talking about our direction, and the enemy still has about 10 kilometers left," the representative explained.

Let us recall that since the beginning of the current day, 99 military clashes have occurred on the front in 11 directions.


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220 battles at the front, the most in the Pokrovsky and Novopavlovsk directions - Ukrainian General Staff
The defense forces struck 14 areas of concentration of personnel and equipment, 5 artillery pieces, a UAV control point, and another important object of the invaders.

by Tetyana Boyarchuk

[LB] The 1204th day of the Russian Federation's large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun. In total, 220 combat clashes were recorded yesterday. The largest number of battles took place in the Pokrovsky and Novopavlovsk directions.

The General Staff reported this.

The enemy launched four missile and 90 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, using 11 missiles and dropping 141 guided bombs. In addition, it carried out more than 5,279 attacks, of which 105 were from multiple launch rocket systems, and used 3,158 kamikaze drones to destroy them.

The aggressor carried out air strikes, in particular on the areas of the settlements of Tsupivka, Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region; Ivano-Frankivsk, Novopil in the Donetsk region; Olhivske, Malynivka, Hulyaipole, Mala Tokmachka in the Zaporizhia region; and Veletenske, Odradokamyanka in the Kherson region.

Over the past 24 hours, the Defense Forces' aviation, missile troops, and artillery have struck 14 areas of concentration of personnel and equipment, five artillery pieces, a UAV control point, and another important facility of the Russian invaders.

In the Kharkiv direction, our troops repelled three enemy attacks in the areas of Vovchansk, Dvorichnaya, and towards the settlement of Lyptsy.

In the Kupyansk direction, 12 attacks by the invaders took place over the past 24 hours. Defense forces repelled enemy assault actions near Stepovaya Novoselivka and Zeleny Gay.

In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 22 times. They tried to advance towards the settlements of Hrekivka, Nadiya, Karpivka, Torske, Yampolivka, and Zelena Dolyna.

In the Siverskyi direction, Ukrainian soldiers repelled 14 enemy attacks over the past day. Units of the occupiers tried to advance towards Hryhorivka and near Verkhnyokamyanske.

Five clashes were recorded in the Kramatorsk direction, the aggressor tried to advance towards Bila Hora.

In the Toretsk direction, the enemy carried out 17 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Diliivka, Toretsk, Leonidivka, and Yablunivka.

In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 57 assault and offensive actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Poltavka, Myrolyubivka, Myrne, Yelizavetivka, Lysivka, Kotlyne, Udachne, Novoserhiivka, Horikhove, Kotlyarivka, Bohdanivka, and Kostiantynopol.

In the Novopavlivske direction, the Defense Forces repelled 35 enemy attacks near the settlements of Bahatyr, Konstantinopol, Odradne, Komar, Vesele, Novosilka, Vilne Pole, and Burlatske.

In the Hulyaipil direction, the invaders carried out six attacks in the Malynivka area.

In the Orikhiv direction, the enemy conducted five attacks in the area of ​​the Stepove settlement and towards Novodanylivka and Novoandriivka over the past day.

In the Dnieper direction, the aggressor made three futile attempts to advance towards the positions of our defenders.

In the Kursk direction, 28 combat clashes of varying intensity took place over the past 24 hours. In addition, the enemy carried out 28 air strikes using 53 guided bombs, as well as 231 shelling of our troops' positions and settlements, including six from multiple launch rocket systems.

No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Polissya directions.

Our soldiers inflict significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupation forces and actively undermine the enemy's offensive potential in the rear.

In total, the losses of the Russian invaders last day amounted to 1,120 people. Ukrainian soldiers also neutralized 8 tanks, 15 armored combat vehicles, 34 artillery systems, one multiple launch rocket system, 240 operational-tactical unmanned aerial vehicles, seven missiles, 124 vehicles and two units of special equipment of the invaders.


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Current information on the situation on the front line on June 11 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:20 The 114th Motorized Rifle Brigade immediately broke through Zelenyi Kut and Novoukrainka and entered the Dnepropetrovsk region, –MAP.

21:08 In the Krasnoarmeysk direction, Orlan-10 operators of the Center troop group provided precision artillery guidance.

20:44 Assault groups have taken up new positions in Novonikolaevka, –MAP.

19:55 Scouts of the 1434th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the "North" group opened movement of an enemy assault group in an M-113 armored personnel carrier (USA) along a rural road between Varatino and Yablonovka.

19:08 Artillerymen destroyed command and observation post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

17:37 From 13:00 to 16:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:

Four over the territory of the Belgorod region and
One over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

17:06 Offensive on Kupyansk: "Groza" burns Ukrainian Armed Forces tanks on the approaches to the city –VIDEO

16:51 Published frames on use of drones against targets in the area of ​​the Special Military Operation.

15:38 GV "Vostok" today reached the border with the Dnipropetrovsk region in the area of ​​Dachnoye. Also, the Far Easterners are approaching Komar from the east -MAP

15:24 Krasnolimanskoye direction. The situation in Torskoye has been clarified. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are managing to control the northeastern part of the village, preventing the assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces from entering the settlement –MAP

14:07 UAV operators of the "East" group of forces told, how they defeated the Ukrainian Armed Forces unit “Babylon”, which operated in the South Donetsk direction.

12:41 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of June 11, 2025

Units of the North group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense, defeating concentrations of manpower and equipment of four mechanized, assault, ranger, three airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and three territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Vakalovshchina, Khoten, Pisarevka, Ryzhevka, Pavlovka, Andreevka, Kondratovka, Novaya Sich and Sadki in Sumy Oblast.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 165 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, three cars and three field artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm M-777 howitzer. An ammunition depot was destroyed.

Units of the "West" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions. They defeated formations of three mechanized, airmobile, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk, Andreyevka in the Khar'kov region, Karpovka, Yampol, Volchiy Yar and Kirovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 220 servicemen, a combat armored vehicle "Kazak", seven cars and two artillery pieces. An electronic warfare station "Oktava-S" and three ammunition depots were destroyed.

Units of the "Southern" group of forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the manpower and equipment of three mechanized and airmobile brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the special forces brigades "Azov" and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Serebryanka, Vasyukovka, Seversk, Petrovka, Chasov Yar, Belaya Gora, Pleshcheyevka and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

*The Azov Special Forces Brigade is an organization that is recognized as terrorist and banned on the territory of the Russian Federation.

The enemy lost up to 135 servicemen, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, a pickup truck and two field artillery pieces, including a Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled gun.

📍The "Center" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. Units of the 55th Motorized Rifle Brigade reached the western border of the Donetsk People's Republic and, together with assault detachments of the 90th Tank Division, continue offensive operations on the territory of the Dnepropetrovsk region.

Formations of seven mechanized, mountain assault, two airborne assault brigades, a brigade of unmanned systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two brigades of naval infantry were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Novopodgorodnoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Stepanovka, Krasnoarmeysk, Dimitrov, Petrovskoye, Novopavlovka, Novonikolaevka and Alekseevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy's losses amounted to 460 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, three cars and three artillery pieces.

As a result of active operations on a broad front, units of the "East" military group have reached the western border of the Donetsk People's Republic and are developing an offensive on the territory of the Dnepropetrovsk region.

The manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Shevchenko in the Donetsk People's Republic, Gulyaipole and Malinovka in the Zaporizhia region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 225 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, five cars, four field artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilovka, Pavlovka, Kamenskoye in the Zaporizhia region, Nikolskoye, Veletenske in the Kherson region.

Up to 70 servicemen, two pickup trucks, two US-made 155mm M-777 howitzers and three electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

11:15 FPV drone operators at the Rubicon Center continue to destroy equipment, personnel and positions of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

10:53 Sumy region. Northern assault groups are advancing in the forests east of Yunakovka –MAP

10:45 Sumy region. Northern assault groups are advancing in the forests east of Yunakovka –MAP

08:33 Around 07:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.

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

Advance to the outskirts of Novonikolaevka

Advance towards Nelepovka➡️

Russian Armed Forces advance to Belaya Gora settlement.

07:09 In the period from 20:00 Moscow time on June 10 to 7:00 Moscow time on June 11, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 32 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:

16 UAVs - over the territory of the Voronezh region,
Eight UAVs - over the territory of the Kursk region,
Five UAVs - over the territory of the Tambov region,
Two UAVs - over the territory of the Rostov region,
One UAV - over the waters of the Black Sea off the coast of the Republic of Crimea.

06:43 Attack drone operators are being destroying enemy equipment, personnel and fortifications.

FPV drone crews of the Center group of forces destroyed camouflaged Ukrainian Armed Forces fortifications on the approaches to Krasnoarmeysk.

Operators of the Southern Group of Forces' attack UAVs destroyed two enemy armored personnel carriers near the settlement of Seversk.

Drone operators of the "East" group of forces destroyed heavy hexacopters "Baba Yaga" in the air in the South Donetsk direction - VIDEO

05:00 Jet fighters of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed storage point for Ukrainian Armed Forces ammunition in Zaporizhia Oblast.

A 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crew of the Zapad troop group destroyed an enemy stronghold in the Krasnolimansk direction – VIDEO


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Commander-in-Chief of Ukrainian Ground Force Drapatiy resigns
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Commander-in-Chief of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Mykhailo Drapatiy announced on June 11 that he had left his post.

"I have completed six months of work as commander of the ground forces. I am leaving the post with a clear conscience... This is not the end. This is a transition to the next stage," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

According to Drapatogo, when he took up the post of commander-in-chief of the ground forces, he saw that the command was in a state of managerial stagnation, so he had to work to change the situation. The process is still only in its initial stages.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, Drapatiy announced his decision to resign on June 1, after a missile strike by Russian troops on a Ukrainian Armed Forces training center. He said the reason was that he was unable to ensure that his orders were carried out. The Ukrainian army reported that the attack resulted in deaths and injuries, but did not provide exact casualty figures.

On June 3, the head of the Kyiv regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, announced that he had decided to appoint Drapatiy as the commander of the joint forces. In this position, he noted, he would be able to fully focus on the front.

At the same time, the Russian army continues to advance in different directions. On June 11, the 55th Motorized Rifle Brigade and the 90th Tank Division of the Center military group of the Russian Armed Forces reached the western border of the Donetsk People's Republic and began to advance in the Dnepropetrovsk region. Units of the Vostok group also entered this Ukrainian region.


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Phantom arsenals: Israel again caught in scandal over arms supplies to Kyiv
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Leonid Tsukanov

[REGNUM] The Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Brodsky recently stunned the press with unexpected revelations. The diplomat stated that the Patriot anti-aircraft systems that Tel Aviv received from the US in the early 1990s “are now in Ukraine” and are involved in “protecting its skies.”

Considering that Israel had kept its distance in the Ukrainian conflict in the previous years and publicly avoided providing military support to Kyiv, Brodsky’s statement had the effect of a bomb going off.

And although the Israeli Foreign Ministry quickly backed down, calling the ambassador’s statements “personal speculation,” there were only more questions for Tel Aviv.

SCHRODINGER'S SUPPLIES
This is not the first time that the Israeli defense sector has found itself in trouble in the Ukrainian direction – and once again because of the talkativeness of diplomats.

For example, in January 2025, journalists already caught Tel Aviv trying to organize the supply of captured Russian-made weapons to the Ukrainian army.

Small arms and ammunition (including, for example, the Kornet ATGM) captured by the Israeli army during operations in Lebanon and Gaza were supposedly supposed (after initial sorting in Germany) to be transported to Rzeszow, Poland, and from there transferred to Ukraine along with other batches of foreign aid.

Such a big detour was necessary so that Tel Aviv could formally fulfill its obligations to its partners without officially joining Kyiv’s weapons donor club.

However, the Ukrainian ambassador to Israel, Yevgeny Korniychuk, who was privy to the details of the scheme, revealed the cards before Tel Aviv had time to put the arms shipments into production. As a result, the Israelis, who did not want to spoil relations with Moscow, had to urgently wind down the behind-the-scenes deliveries that had not yet begun and justify themselves in the press.

And Brodsky, the main "hero" of the current scandal, is not raising the uncomfortable topic for the first time. Thus, back in August 2024, the diplomat admitted in an interview that the Israeli government had "long been talking" about writing off the outdated Patriot batteries and then transferring them to Kyiv.

The decision was postponed for a long time due to the fundamental disagreement of high-ranking security officials - Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Chief of General Staff Herzi Ha-Levi. However, after their resignations and the subsequent appointment of pro-Kiev "hawks" to key positions, the formal restrictions were de facto lifted.

TIME FOR EXCHANGE
At first glance, Tel Aviv's hypothetical decision to transfer its missile systems to Ukraine seems illogical. Especially since, in the context of the ongoing asymmetric conflict with Iran, weakening the density of the "air dome" could cost the country dearly.

Even taking into account the somewhat increased sympathy for Kyiv in the Israeli military departments, local security forces would hardly dare to take the risk.

However, the real reasons for such an escapade are quite prosaic: the United States advised Israel to give the old systems to Kyiv. Thus, back in the summer of 2024, it became known about negotiations between Washington and Tel Aviv on the modernization of individual units equipped with Patriot systems.

According to the agreement, the Pentagon assumed obligations to replace four to eight batteries if Israel was ready to transfer the decommissioned systems to a “third country.”

The agreements were not finalized due to the change of presidential teams in the United States, but Donald Trump's supporters, apparently, have not abandoned the idea of ​​their predecessors.

Moreover, at the beginning of 2023, the US was already resorting to trickery and “profitably exchanging” outdated “Patriots” with the Arabian monarchies for subsequent independent dispatch to Ukraine. While the Gulf countries formally remained “above the fray.” The scheme did not promise the Israelis great risks, but it did promise significant dividends.

Volodymyr Zelensky also unwittingly highlighted some of the contours of the hypothetical deal. A few days before the scandal, he publicly complained that the US, contrary to agreements with Kiev, “decided to transfer 20,000 missiles to the Middle East to combat kamikaze UAVs.”

Considering that it was drones that caused the most damage to Israeli facilities during short-term skirmishes with Iran, it is not difficult to determine the final recipient of strategic supplies. Massive supplies of consumables for combating UAVs could well have become an additional incentive for Tel Aviv to conclude a deal.

However, premature public triumph once again spoiled the game for some businessmen.

RIGHT OF REPLY
The new fact of Israel's violation of its own "weapons taboo" did not go unnoticed by Moscow. Unlike the January incident, when Tel Aviv's secret supplies through the Polish arms hub could only be judged by indirect signs, the current scandal was perceived more harshly.

For example, parliamentary circles have already stated that Russia, in response to the creation of conditions for further escalation of the Ukrainian conflict, may well arm “some countries” in the Middle East, acting on the principle of “an eye for an eye.”

And although this was said in passing, without the appropriate authority and without mentioning potential recipients of targeted assistance, the statements caused nervousness in official Tel Aviv. Moscow's most promising partner in the region is clear even without additional explanations.

Israeli newspapers loyal to the opposition camp even demanded that the authorities "immediately and convincingly refute" the fact of deliveries, and that diplomat Brodsky be demonstratively removed from office, so as not to deepen the conflict with Moscow and return to the previous status quo.

However, for now the authorities are in no hurry to develop the controversial topic too much, limiting themselves to denials through the Foreign Ministry. And partly this strategy is also correct: overly active justifications by Israeli officials may well be considered a sign of lies.


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#1  Small arms and ammunition (including, for example, the Kornet ATGM) captured by the Israeli army during operations in Lebanon and Gaza

"Nothing personal, just business", Lenya.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 06/12/2025 5:50 Comments || Top||

#2  How much of a scandal is it?

I recall the Patriot Missiles for the Patriot Batteries in Israel were held up by the Obama-Biden regime, along with other bombs, missiles, and arms.

I recall some Jew talk about moving away from American Missile Dependence to self reliance on domestically produced munitions.

Recall too with all their layers of AMD, Patriots are pretty much a bottom tier legacy system in Israel anymore.
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