[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Belarus despot Alexander Lukashenko 'passed out' and was 'bleeding from everywhere' after a recent visit to ally Vladimir Putin, startling new claims have alleged.
The tyrant was suddenly taken ill in Moscow last month in an incident which is purported to have been covered-up.
Now opposition politician Valery Tsepkalo
...we can believe everything he says because he’s in the Opposition? Okay...
says he has received lurid details of Lukashenko's 'incurable' condition from Russian doctors who were ordered to treat him at the Kremlin hospital.
It would have been the second time in a month that the Belarusian leader was taken ill while visiting Putin, triggering claims of poisoning by the Russians.
But Tsepkalo says his medical sources indicate Lukashenko, 68, has a serious genetic cardiovascular disease and is expected to 'relapse'.
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[Korrespondent] 22:43 Governor of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Gladkov said that during the shelling of the village of Sobolevka near Belgorod, two people were killed and six were injured.
21:45 The "authorities" of the occupied Zaporozhye region said that in Mikhailovka, previously, the car of a local "entrepreneur" was blown up, the owner of the car was in it, he died, and three more passengers.
21:20 Chinese Special Representative Li Hui called for "stop sending weapons to the battlefield" and hold peace talks: "China believes that if we really want to end the war, save lives and establish peace, it is important for us to stop sending weapons to the battlefield, Otherwise, the tension will only grow." He also made it clear that his recent mission did not bring any tangible results, so Beijing is considering further trips.
21:11 The Ministry of Defense of Belarus announced the completion of the delivery to the country from the territory of the Russian Federation of the next set of the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system.
21:07 The "authorities" of the occupied Zaporozhye region announced a "terrorist attack" in the center of Mikhailovka - an explosion thundered there. The mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, said that a car with four occupiers and collaborators was blown up near a cafe where they were going to rest. According to preliminary information, among them was a local "businessman" Didovodyuk - the owner of the Getman cafe, which fed the Russians. Information about the dead and wounded is being specified.
20:12 The Kiev police reported suspicion to four people because of the death of people near the shelter on June 1. Law enforcement officers on the spot found keys that could open the shelter from both sides, and also found out that the front door was indeed closed. Suspicion was received by the first deputy head of the Desnyansk regional state administration, the director of the hospital. deputy director for technical issues and a security guard.
19:23 Fighters of the Legion of Freedom of Russia and the Russian Volunteer Corps are conducting a raid in the Belgorod Region for the second day. One of the hottest spots was the neighborhood of Shebekino. The Russian military has already closed the entrance to the city and stopped the movement of trains in the area. And the Russian rebels say they are determined to go ahead, and are actively using tanks. Read more in the material New breakthrough of the Russian border .
19:14 The Russians attacked the village of Kovsharovka in the Kupyansky district of the Kharkiv region with two guided bombs: a residential building was damaged, two people died, four were injured, including a three-year-old child, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
18:53 US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called the Russian Armed Forces "the second army in Ukraine": "The Kremlin has often stated that they have the second strongest army in the world. And many believed in it. Today, many consider the Russian army the second strongest ... in Ukraine "Their equipment, technology, leadership, troops, strategy, tactics and morale are examples of failure."
Blinken also advocated a just and lasting peace for Ukraine, in which Kiev will not be forced to give up its territories: "A ceasefire that will simply freeze the existing lines in place and allow Putin to consolidate control over the territory he seized, rest, rearm and attack again is not a just and lasting peace." He added that the US will support the talks "if and when Russia is ready to work for real peace."
In addition, the Secretary of State stressed that the United States will help Ukraine build an "army of the future" - we are talking about modern air forces, weapons, etc. According to Blinken, the prerequisite for negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow is a strong Ukraine that is able to deter and defend itself against any aggression. He also added that investments in the strength of Ukraine do not harm diplomacy, but, on the contrary, pave the way to it.
18:17 The Russians launched a missile attack on the forest area of the Zmievskaya community of the Chuguevsky district of the Kharkiv region. The strike of two missiles, previously S-300, was recorded, without large-scale destruction and casualties, said the head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov.
17:42 Reznikov announced that he is visiting Singapore to participate in the Shangri-La Dialogue international conference and has already held a number of meetings. In particular, he met with his colleagues from Singapore, Australia and New Zealand and declared their support for Ukraine. "The main point of agreement at all meetings is that the rule of law must prevail over the rule of force. Ukraine must win this war that Russia started. So be it," the Ukrainian minister stressed.
17:33 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that his country does not support Russia's war against Ukraine. He lamented that the war has a very strong influence on all international relations of Armenia. According to Pashinyan, the West believes that Armenia is an ally of Russia, but Yerevan does not support the war. Peskov, in turn, noted that Moscow "took this into account."
16:49 Ukraine is discussing the creation of a Patriot coalition with Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands. Also, those countries that do not have these air defense systems, but can still help, can join the initiative, Zelensky said. According to him, some countries have the Patriot systems themselves, while others have different possibilities - "political, personal relations with states that have the appropriate air defense systems, finances or this or that influence."
“We already see how many Patriots it will be difficult for us to do without. Our task is not 70-75% of hitting targets, but 100%,” the president stressed.
16:24 Ukrainians will understand that the counteroffensive is already underway when the Armed Forces of Ukraine begin to liberate territories, Zelensky said: “This is not a movie, it’s hard for me to say how you will see the counteroffensive. The main thing is that Russia should see it, and not only see it, but also feel it. ... We are especially talking about those troops that occupied our territory. The de-occupation of our territories is the result of the counter-offensive."
16:07 Ukraine will receive modernized German TPz 1 Fuchs armored personnel carriers, ESUT reports. The modernization will take place at a joint venture created by the German concern Rheinmetall together with Ukroboronprom. The start of work is scheduled for mid-July.
15:56 Ukraine does not intend to involve any NATO member country in the war with Russia and understands that there can be no full-fledged membership in the Alliance yet, Zelensky said: "We are adequate people, we understand that we will not involve a single NATO country into the war. Therefore, we understand that we will not be members of NATO while this war is going on. Not because we do not want to, but because it is impossible."
At the same time, the president stressed that Ukraine is not looking for alternatives to NATO membership, but requires security guarantees until the end of the current war: "Today, when we talk about security guarantees for Ukraine, these are sanctions, financial guarantees, and weapons, something that If we want to have them on paper, it must be clearly stated there, or accompanied by something specific, that these security guarantees are valid until Ukraine receives the main security guarantees, namely membership in NATO.
15:31 In the Kharkiv region, near the villages of Morozova Dolina and Lemishchino, Bogodukhovsky district, a car was blown up by an unknown explosive device, in which a family with three children was traveling. The woman died on the spot, three children aged 12-15 were seriously injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
15:27 Tanks will play a decisive role in Ukraine's counteroffensive, Mark Milley, head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, is sure: "Tanks are very important for both defense and offensive. Upgraded modern tanks, appropriate training on them, and the ability to use them will be a fundamental component of success Ukraine".
15:09 Peskov said that Russia "will seek to ensure its security - this excludes Ukraine's membership in NATO." According to him, Ukraine's intentions to join the Alliance "speak of Kyiv's inability to solve problems at the negotiating table." At the same time, the Kremlin speaker said that "there are no prerequisites" for negotiations with Kiev now.
14:52 The Russians fired at a multi-storey building in Kamyshevakh, Zaporozhye region - two people were killed, four were injured, said the head of the OVA Yuriy Malashko.
14:15 Estonian President Alar Karis is visiting Ukraine, Zelensky said.
14:11 The United States does not seek to overthrow the government in Russia, said Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. According to him, it is in Washington's interests that Russia be a safe and prosperous country: "For 30 years, we have maintained a stable relationship of cooperation with Moscow, because we believe that a safe and prosperous Russia is in America's interests." Blinken also noted that the United States welcomes any peace initiative on Ukraine that will bring Russia to the negotiating table.
13:57 Zelensky said that during a meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, he instructed the Minister for Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin to conduct a complete audit of all protective structures in Kiev within ten days, and Interior Minister Igor Klymenko - the same for Ukraine.
The second issue of the meeting was a comprehensive review of the state of Ukrainian air defense, its need to repel threats from land, sea and air, ways of improvement. The meeting participants also heard a "comprehensive" intelligence report on countries that help the Russian Federation not only to circumvent sanctions, but also to increase the production of missiles and drones in a war. "We are preparing appropriate decisions," the president added.
13:38 British Defense Minister Ben Wallace admits that Ukraine will be able to de-occupy Crimea this year, as the Russian troops are running out of the necessary equipment.
13:29 In May, Ukraine experienced 24 missile and drone attacks, most of them in Kiev. During this month, air defense forces shot down more than 130 cruise missiles, seven Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles, more than ten Iskander ballistic and cruise missiles and 371 Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones, the Air Force Command said.
13:02 The "authorities" of Berdyansk said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck at the territory of the seaport, "there are no casualties and destructions," preliminary. Meanwhile, a video with a column of smoke that rose after the explosion is published in local publics. The head of the Berdyansk GVA, Victoria Galitsyna, said that Ukrainian defenders hit the positions of the Russians in the port.
12:46 Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki believes that the war in Ukraine gives a chance to expand the EU to the geographical borders of Europe: in this case, Ukraine will receive sovereignty, Poland - security on the borders, and Europe as a whole - "centuries of peace without the threat of Russian imperialism." According to Morawiecki, this is "a one in hundreds of years chance" to draw a new map of Europe, free from the threat from Russia.
12:23 The court placed under round-the-clock house arrest two bloggers Daria Semenchenko and Inna Chernetskaya, who filmed air defense on May 16 during the Russian strike on Kiev. They are suspected of disseminating information about the movement or location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine under martial law, for which they face five to eight years in prison.
12:21 Explosions were heard in occupied Berdyansk. The occupying "authorities" announced "an attempted rocket attack and the work of air defense."
12:10 British intelligence believes that after the second raid of saboteurs in the Belgorod region, Russia faced a dilemma: to strengthen the defense in its border areas or positions in the occupied territory of Ukraine. At the same time, according to analysts, the Russian Federation was able to more successfully contain the June 1 raid compared to the previous one. For this, according to the statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense itself, the entire complex of combat means was deployed, including attack helicopters and the Solntsepek heavy thermobaric rocket launcher.
12:04 Kyiv city authorities have decided on round-the-clock access to shelters for the population. Mayor Vitali Klitschko stressed that this decision is mandatory for all institutions and institutions, and also mandatory for control by all responsible services.
11:57 The governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that allegedly the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on the road in the Shebekinsky urban district, two people were killed, two more were injured.
11:34 The Legion of Freedom of Russia reports that it is actively fighting on the outskirts of the village. New Tavolzhanka, there are wounded soldiers. At the same time, Russian troops cover from artillery any points where they detect the movement of legionnaires and RDK. Near Tavolzhanka, they destroyed a car with civilians, mistaking it for a car with a DRG, at least two people died, according to the Legion.
11:10 In the process of mobilization in Russia, more than 280 military units and divisions were formed, said Yevgeny Burdinsky, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces. According to him, there has not been a mobilization of this magnitude since the Second World War.
11:06 NATO countries have exhausted their stocks of ammunition, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with Bloomberg and called on members of the Alliance to increase their arms spending to at least 2% of GDP as soon as possible and sign more contracts with defense companies.
“What we really need is the signing of contracts, because then the industry will be ready to invest and increase production. At the moment, the allies have depleted reserves in order to be able to support Ukraine, this is not a sustainable path, so we need to increase production in order to fulfill these new and more ambitious goals," the Secretary General explained.
10:53 In Russia, the conflict between Kadyrov's associates and the leadership of PMC Wagner is gaining momentum. The Chechens even hinted at Prigozhin's physical elimination. More details - in the material Purely in a boyish way .
10:35 The "coalition of fighters" for Ukraine currently includes eight countries - Great Britain, the Netherlands, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Portugal and France. Subsequently, their number may increase, said Igor Zhovkva, deputy head of the Presidential Office.
10:32 Orban urged to prevent the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, because it will only lead to new victims, primarily from Ukraine. The Hungarian prime minister called the offensive a "bloody massacre", since the attacking side suffers greater losses than the defending side. "Before the Ukrainians launch a counterattack, we must do everything in our power to achieve a ceasefire and start peace talks," he said.
10:28 The Russians attacked Toretsk in the Donetsk region at night - they hit the school where the Invincibility Point is located, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko. According to him, this is not the first hit in this school - the enemy is deliberately shelling a facility that provides humanitarian aid and support to civilians. Also, 15 high-rise buildings, five private houses and seven administrative buildings were damaged in the city, two people were injured.
10:01 The lower house of the Swiss parliament voted against an amendment that would allow third countries to re-export Swiss-made weapons, in particular to Ukraine.
09:57 Russians may be preparing provocations at a chemical plant in Armyansk in the occupied Crimea, said Alexander Prokudin, head of the Kherson OVA. He confirmed that the invaders had brought explosives to the Crimean Titan plant and were mining the territory. According to Prokudin, residents of Crimea, seven regions of Ukraine, Turkey and the Russian Federation itself may suffer because of the explosion.
09:25 The Russians attacked Kiev at night with 15 cruise missiles and 21 attack drones - they were all destroyed , the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. First, the enemy attacked with Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones from the south, using the terrain and the bed of the Dnieper. Then Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles were fired from Tu-95ms strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea. They entered from the northern direction, maneuvered, trying to mislead the air defense.
08:51 In the Kiev region, as a result of a night attack by drones and missiles, private houses, outbuildings and cars were damaged, two people were injured, including an 11-year-old child, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
08:47 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed (in Avdiivka and Chasovoy Yar), it was also possible to establish information about one who died in Vugledar. Another 12 people in the area were injured.
In the Kherson region, 16 people were injured as a result of shelling, in the Kharkiv region - five, and another person was blown up by a mine. In the Zaporozhye region, one person was killed as a result of the shelling of Huliaipole, two more were injured, according to the IVA.
08:39 According to the World Bank, as of June 1, 2023, direct losses to the Ukrainian housing sector as a result of the Russian invasion reached $39.2 billion. Recovery needs are $69 billion.
08:34 The authorities of the Smolensk region of the Russian Federation announced the attack of two drones on the objects of the fuel and energy complex - there were no critical damages, fires and no casualties.
08:29 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that what the Russian authorities call an attempted invasion of the Belgorod region, in fact, according to military doctrine, is a raid. Analysts pay attention to the number of "intruders" - figures in Russian sources vary from ten people to about a company.
From the point of view of military doctrine, these actions are defined as raids - in the charter of the US Army, a raid is a small-scale offensive operation that includes the rapid penetration of enemy territory to obtain information, disrupt enemy forces, or destroy objects. The raids end with a planned withdrawal from a narrowly defined area and do not pursue the goal of long-term retention of the territory. The actions of the fighters of the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Legion of Freedom of Russia, contrary to their statements, are fully invested in this definition, ISW notes.
08:11 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 2.
personnel - about 208,910 (+540) people liquidated,
tanks - 3819 (+15),
armored combat vehicles - 7490 (+12),
artillery systems - 3501 (+27),
MLRS - 575 (+0),
air defense systems - 335 (+2),
aircraft - 313 (+0),
helicopters - 298 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 3137 (+6),
cruise missiles - 1117 (+10),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 6267 (+28),
special equipment - 465 (+7).
08:04 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on attempts to completely occupy the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. Over the past day, units of the Defense Forces repelled 25 enemy attacks, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
In the occupied territories of the Kherson region, the Russian authorities set September 1 as the deadline for obtaining a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation with a mandatory written waiver of a Ukrainian passport. Also, local energy companies report the mandatory re-signing of new contracts for the supply of electricity only with a Russian passport. All Ukrainians who refuse to receive Russian documents are threatened with power cuts, deportation, confiscation of property and forced eviction.
07:21 Deputy Head of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces Yevgeny Burdinsky said that the Russian armed forces this year will form a combined arms and air army, an army corps, the Azov naval region, five divisions, 26 brigades and two military districts - Moscow and Leningrad.
04:58 The Russians again terrorized Kiev, this time the attack was combined - drones and cruise missiles at the same time, said the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko. The missiles were launched from Tu-95MS strategic bombers from the Caspian region, probably by Kh-101/555 type cruise missiles. Simultaneously, from different directions, Kyiv was attacked by UAVs, probably Shahed. According to preliminary information, more than 30 air targets of various types were detected and destroyed in the airspace over Kiev and around Kyiv. No damage or casualties.
01:35 Residents of Russian Kursk report explosions. Governor of the Kursk region Roman Starovoit said that the air defense system allegedly shot down several Ukrainian drones near the city.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:29 An explosion occurred in the center of Mikhailovka, Zaporozhye region, according to preliminary information, a terrorist attack, Rogov said 20:30 Air defense systems worked in the Korochansky district of the Belgorod region - governor
The governor of the Belgorod region reported that shell fragments damaged the roof of a private house in the village of Melikhovo, and in the village of Murom, a residential building caught fire from a direct hit by a shell. In the Korochansky district, air defense systems went off due to shelling from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
19:11 Combat work of mortars of the Southern Group of Forces in the Seversk direction
18:08 ParatroopersThe 76th Guards Airborne Assault Division of the Airborne Forces took the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
According to the troops, the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered significant losses. The fortified area completely came under the control of the RF Armed Forces.
17:16 Fighters complain that the inhabitants of Chasov Yar are waiting for Russian troops
Soldiers of the 93rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that the majority of the city's residents are “waiters”. According to them, civilians are leaking Ukrainian positions and correcting the fire of Russian troops.
17:16 A widow with three minor childrentryingget the truth from the authorities.
She does not understand why her husband died, he was called without any trial. He had three children, one lung was missing, but the doctors still wrote that he was healthy and sent him to the 93rd brigade for slaughter near Artemovsk.
No one will hear her, because it is not profitable for either the authorities or the command to investigate the death of soldiers, and even more so to search for the missing.
16:33 FPV drone destroys APU car disguised in landing
16:33 Tanks of the RF Armed Forces clean up Marinka streets
The Russian army continues to advance through the ruins of Maryinka near Donetsk. According to the military, the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffer significant losses here, but the reserves again and again come to the aid of fellow militants.
15:23 Destroyed ammunition depot of the 92nd Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Kislovka, Kupyansky district, Kharkiv region.
15:22 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense:
🔹Units of the special forces detachment "Akhmat" are conducting an offensive in the Maryinsky tactical direction;
🔹Russian air defense shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft in the Kherson region;
🔹During the day, Russian troops destroyed more than 60 soldiers and two 122mm 2S1 self-propelled guns "Gvozdika" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;
🔹More than 50 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed in the Donetsk direction in a day;
🔹Russian air defense shot down 29 Ukrainian drones in a day;
🔹The southern grouping of troops is conducting the most active operations in the area of the settlement of Avdievka in the Donetsk direction;
🔹The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction per day amounted to 70 soldiers, the ammunition depot of the defense was destroyed;
🔹The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 150 military Armed Forces of Ukraine and Krab self-propelled guns of Polish production in a day in the Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
🔹The RF Armed Forces destroyed more than 30 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the M777 system in the Kherson direction in a day.
14:04 A series of powerful explosions in Kherson
According to "Come and See", strong explosions are heard in Kherson.
“There are a series of arrivals in the city, very powerful,” the channel’s interlocutor said.
Currently, Kherson is under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13:03 Russian Armed Forces hit the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Berislav
According to "Come and See", a series of strikes were inflicted on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Beryslav district of the Kherson region.
“Military depots and other facilities were hit in Berislav,” a channel source said.
Currently, Kherson and Berislav are under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13:02 The Armed Forces of Ukraine struck a hospital campus in the village of Rozovka, Zaporozhye region. This is reported by Vladimir Rogov.
12:12 AFU fired at the road in Shebekino, Belgorod Region
Two women died, two more people were injured, said the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov.
12:09 Warriors of the Armed Forces of Ukrainecontinueto drink from hopelessness, realizing that neither the state nor the people need them, since they are thrown to the front line like cannon fodder.
12:08 In Ukraine continues to grow anti-government mood, both among the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and ordinary citizens.
Tariffs for utilities have doubled, cards are being blocked and money is being withdrawn, they do not pay the due payments after injuries, and much more.
10:36 According to information from a source from the close circle of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, tonight in the area of the settlement. Belozerka (Kherson region) an artillery strike was carried out on the position of one of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result of which152 mm was destroyed. howitzer 2S3 "Acacia" with a crew of five people and ammunition
10:34 APU, under pressure from Russian units, continue to leave their positions, realizing that death is inevitable
09:32 Video- Artillery of the “O” group, with the help of a tip from the special forces, drove the 114th Arr. troop crests a little through the forests.
09:00 Soldiers of the Air Defense Forces of the Russian Armed Forces successfully hit Ukrainian equipment on 122mm self-propelled guns 2S1 "Gvozdika".
This time the purpose of the calculation of the ACS is the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine not far from Vugledar. Intelligence transmitted the coordinates, the gun descends to the prepared firing point, from where it is almost imperceptible.
08:34 In Kharkiv region eliminated Ukrainian officer Vitaly Korovyansky.
08:22 Video- After the departure of the reconnaissance drone with the call sign Focus, Russian artillery destroyed the fortified area and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the flank of the Artyomovsky direction.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:50 Operational lines The DPR JCCC for June 2, as of 23:50, received additional information about artillery attack in the direction of:
– n.p. Tonenkoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
23:45 Operational lines On June 2, as of 23:45, the DPR JCCC received additional information about artillery attack in the direction of:
n.p. Thin - Donetsk (Kiev region): Five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
23:40 Operational lines On June 2, as of 23:40, the DPR JCCC received additional information about artillery attack in the direction of:
– n.p. Maksimilyanovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): Seven rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
23:35 OperationallinesOn June 2, as of 23:35, the DPR JCCC received additional information about artillery attack in the direction of:
n.p. Tonenkoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kyiv districts): seven rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
23:15 Operational lines On June 2, as of 23:15, the DPR JCCC received additional information about artillery attack in the direction of:
– n.p. Netailovo - Donetsk (Kirov district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
23:09 Ukrainian TG channels report that the number of Geraniums is increasing and they are all heading north.
22:46 Ukrainian TG channels report on air alert in Kyiv.
22:45 Also reported about missiles flying towards the Dnepropetrovsk region.
22:44 Ukrainian TG channels report about the flight of the Geran UAV towards Zaporozhye (occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine).
22:22 Ukrainian TG channels report on launches of corrected aerial bombs of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Berislavsky district of the Kherson region (occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine).
21:05 Ukrainian troops fired 24 “NATO” caliber 155mm rounds in Donetsk in three hours, the representation of the DPRat the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
19:54 On the road sections of the Shebekinsky urban district introduced a temporary ban on the movement of vehicles, the restrictions will be in effect until June 30, according to the government of the region.
19:30 Video- Unique footage of the Pantsir-S1 air defense missile system firing on the move at the Switchblade-600 kamikaze UAV (in any case, it is very similar to it). Unfortunately, it was not possible to shoot down a small drone and it flew into the car. But fortunately the car withstood the hit, although not without damage. The crew is alive, and the installation can be repaired.
The car has already been repaired and is in service - the damage was minor.
18:50 Video- Soldiers of the 76th Division in the captured Ukrainian trenches.
18:30 Operational lines The DPR JCCC for June 2, as of 18:30, received additional information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Novopetrikovka: - on the street. Sovetskaya, 38 wounded woman born in 1975 and a man born in 1987
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuybyshevsky district): - a direct hit was recorded on the building of the MBOU “School No. 41 in Donetsk” along Kolkhozny Ave.;
- Damages were recorded to the KU of the State Budgetary Institution “City Clinical Hospital No. 21 of Donetsk” along Kremlevsky Ave.;
- st. Luzina, 14 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Urgalskaya, 43, 45 - private residential buildings.
n.p. Gorlovka:
Nikitovsky district:
- fixed damage to the building of the boiler house number 48 on the street. Fadeev;
- st. Fadeeva, 29 - apartment building;
- st. Fadeeva, 25 - a private residential building;
- the village of Zaitsevo is de-energized.
- st. Tavricheskaya, 11 - a private residential building, a fire of an outbuilding was recorded.
Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.
18:20 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group
- In the South-Donetsk direction, artillery fire from the Vostok group hit a stronghold of militants in the Vremovka area, self-propelled mortar crews hit the enemy’s manpower at a temporary deployment point in Velika Novoselka.
- During the counterbattery fight, two mortar crews in Novomikhailovka and Ugledar, as well as a 152mm Msta-B howitzer in the Burlatsky area, were opened and destroyed by artillery fire.
- In the Zaporozhye direction, advanced units opened and destroyed an enemy reconnaissance group in the Mirny area.
- Howitzer artillery fire hit the militants' temporary deployment point in Poltavka and a mortar crew in the Lugovskoye area.
Operators of the Igla MANPADS shot down a Su-25 aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Novoandreevka.
17:35 Video– The crew of the Su-35 Russian Aerospace Forces discovered and destroyed the enemy aircraft in the special operation zone
In the course of performing combat missions, the crews of multirole fighters practiced patrolling in a given area and covering the actions of bomber and ground attack aircraft.
During one of the sorties, an enemy aircraft was detected and destroyed in a timely manner.
Flights of Russian Aerospace Forces fighters were carried out with suspended missiles of various classes.
17:00 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction in the area of Serebryansky forestry, units of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine made three attempts to regain their lost positions. As a result of the infliction of fire damage by artillery of the "Center" grouping of troops, the enemy suffered significant losses and retreated.
- Crews of Buk-M3 and Tor-M1 anti-aircraft missile systems destroyed a Heimers-type rocket and an unmanned aerial vehicle of nationalists in the area of Rubizhne and Zhitlovka settlements.
- The aviation of the group carried out rocket and bomb strikes on the strongholds, the concentration of manpower and firepower of the enemy in the areas: Serebryanka, Kremennaya, Chervonaya Dibrova.
16:27 What is going on on the Kupyansky sector of the front?
In the past few days, Russian fighters have resumed their assault on Ukrainian positions north and northeast of Kupyansk. Recall that as a result of the sortie on May 15, the RF Armed Forces were able to gain a foothold on the opposite bank of the Oskol River.
On the right bank of the Oskol, advanced reconnaissance groups of the RF Armed Forces attacked the positions of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Dvurechnaya. Simultaneously with the attack from the south, artillerymen massively fired on Ukrainian strongholds from Tavolzhanka.
A favorable tactical position at a height allows you to put pressure on Dvurechnaya, which is located in a lowland. The firing positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are located in the village, therefore, in order to further cover Kupyansk, the liberation of the settlement is necessary.
A couple of days before that, servicemen of the RF Armed Forces knocked out units of the 20th Rifle Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the outskirts of Sinkovka. Because of the imminent threat of breaking through the defenses, French-speaking mercenaries arrived at the front line.
Positional battles near Kupyansk are important - thanks to the actions of Russian fighters, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are forced to strengthen the defense of the city and keep forces in this area. This has already affected the plans of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to march on Svatovo, which were postponed indefinitely.
16:12 More consequences of shelling Gorlovka.
15:40 A house is on fire in Shebekino, presumably after shelling. There are no details yet.
15:24 Nine people suffered when the APU hit the seaport of Berdyansk-Rogov.
15:13 Psycho-operation: Ukrainians inflicted a blow to Kherson with the help of “Telegrams”.
The photos circulated by the Ukrainian media and TG channels allegedly from the site of a powerful strike on the city of Genichesk, where the authorities of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation are located, are fake.
Our comrades from the city report that there were no explosions.
The emergency services also denied the fact of the explosion.
The enemy continues active psycho-operations to sow panic.
14:30 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (2.06.2023)
“Tonight, the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a group strike with long-range precision-guided air-launched weapons against enemy air defense systems covering key critical military infrastructure facilities in Ukraine. All assigned objects are hit.
- In the Kupyansky direction, air strikes and artillery fire from the "Western" group of forces hit enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Berestovoe and Masyutovka, Kharkov region. In the area of the settlement of Novoselovskoe of the Lugansk People's Republic, the activities of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were stopped.
During the day, up to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, three vehicles, a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle, as well as 122mm D-30 and 152mm Msta-B howitzers were destroyed.
- An ammunition depot of the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the settlement of Kislovka, Kharkiv region.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of the group of troops "Center" defeated the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Kuzmino of the Luhansk People's Republic and Torskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
More than 60 Ukrainian servicemen, two pickup trucks, two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, two 152mm D-20 howitzers and one Msta-B were destroyed.
- In the Donetsk direction, the most active operations of the "Southern" group of troops were carried out in the area of the settlement of Avdievka.
The subdivisions of the special purpose detachment "Akhmat" continue offensive operations in the Maryinsky tactical direction.
- During the fighting, more than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, three 152mm D-20 howitzers, two Grad MLRS combat vehicles, two M777 artillery systems, as well as a US-made Paladin self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, air strikes and artillery fire from the Vostok group of troops defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Vodiane, Pavlovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Malaya Tokmachka and Shcherbaki of the Zaporozhye region.
During the day, up to 150 Ukrainian servicemen, two vehicles, a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, as well as a UAV ground control station were destroyed in these areas.
- In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, the enemy’s losses amounted to more than 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two pickup trucks, an Msta-B howitzer, and an M777 artillery system made in the United States.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit 96 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 73 districts.
A Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by means of air defense in the area of the settlement of Zolotaya Balka, Kherson region.
- During the day, eight HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and one HARM anti-radar missile were intercepted.
- In addition, twenty-nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Novodruzhesk, Kremennaya, Verkhnekamenka of the Lugansk People's Republic, Novobakhmutovka, Vladimirovka, Staromayorskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, Sinkovka of the Kharkiv Region, Novaya Kakhovka of the Kherson Region and Gulyai Pole of the Zaporozhye Region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 431 aircraft, 235 helicopters, 4,436 unmanned aerial vehicles, 424 anti-aircraft missile systems, 9,356 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,108 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,971 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 10,598 units of special military vehicles.
13:58 Consequences of artillery attack of Kurakhovo DPR by Ukrainian militants.
13:31 Video- More consequences of the artillery attack of the Chervonogvardeysky district of Makeevka.
13:10 Video- Just like yesterday, our falcons on the Su-25 were chasing Ukrainian terrorists 2.0, who were planning to break into the Belgorod region again.
12:47 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the “South” group
- The units of the "Southern" group of troops prevented an attempt by the enemy to conduct reconnaissance in force in the Avdeevsky direction.
- Also in the Maryinsky direction, artillery crews of the motorized rifle division of the Southern Military District disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian units on the line of contact.
- In the course of repulsing
...I suddenly see repulsing everywhere now, instead of the old fashioned repelling. Why did it change?
the means of attack unmanned aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the air defense units of the group destroyed two unmanned aerial vehicles. On the Lisichansk direction - "Leleka-100", on the Avdeevsky direction - "Furia".
- The crew of the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system of the radiation, chemical and biological defense unit of the Southern Military District inflicted a defeat on the platoon stronghold of the 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Maryinka area.
- As part of the counter-battery fight, the artillery of the group destroyed the German 155mm howitzer of the enemy "Shell House - 2000" near the settlement of Minkovka.
- Special forces destroyed three pickup trucks and an enemy dugout near the village of Krasnoe.
12:10 Operational lines SCKK DPR for June 2, as of 12:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Alexandrovka: - on the street. School, 139 wounded man born in 1980
n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardei district):
- on st. Taimyrskaya, 76, a woman born in 1959 died, a girl born in 2019 was injured. #ChildrenNotTarget
- on the street. Gagarin, 6, a woman born in 1974 died.
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
– fixed damage to the building of the store on the street. Gagarin;
- st. Taimyrskaya, 76 - a private residential building.
Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.
11:47 Consequences of today's artillery attack of the Kursk region.
Everything according to the classics, the entrance of a residential building and the private sector.
11:25 Video- Field training with RPO "Shmel" in the rear zone of the NWO.
11:10 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Zapad group
- In the course of hostilities in the Kupyansky direction, the RCB units of the protection of the group of troops "West" with strikes from the TOS "Solntsepyok" destroyed a tank in the defense zone of the 1st Tank Army to a platoon of enemy manpower.
- In the area of the settlement of Molchanovo, two attempts to attack the enemy from the composition of the 70th Separate Rifle Brigade on foot were repelled. The enemy launched strikes from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS on their retreating units, the losses of which amounted to a platoon of personnel, seven servicemen surrendered.
- The group's aviation continues to deliver missile and bomb strikes against temporary deployment points and areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment of the 14th, 92nd Separate Mechanized brigades and territorial defense units.
10:45 Kherson direction
The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from cannon artillery and MLRS:
-- n.p. Novaya Kakhovka fired 12 rounds from cannon artillery and 2 RS from the Alder MLRS;
-- Nine rounds were fired at the village of Korsunka;
-- 11 rounds were fired at the Kazachi Largery;
-- n.p. Kardashinka fired six rounds;
-- n.p. Peschanovka fired nine rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepnoye fired nine rounds;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan fired seven rounds;
-- n.p. Sagas fired six projectiles.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, the settlement of Gornostaevka, the settlement of Zabarino, the settlement of Cairo, having fired a total of 32 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
Yesterday an artillery strike was carried out in the area of ??the settlement. Yantarnoye, as a result of which a 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it were destroyed, three servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, four were injured of varying severity At night, artillery fire in the area of Belozerka settlement destroyed 152mm self-propelled guns 2S3 "Akatsiya" with a crew of five people and ammunition.
10:27 No rights to mistake: sappers of the "Western" group continue to clear the territories of settlements from explosive objects
In the Kupyansk direction, servicemen of engineering and sapper units are engaged not only in their immediate duties, but also fulfill the requests of local administrations: soldiers give advice to residents on what to do when suspicious objects are found.
“We interact with military engineers. The territory is located in the war zone, arrivals are often here. There are unexploded rounds,” said Lyudmila, the acting head of one of the districts.
The sappers carefully examine the area with the help of a mine detector and a probe, and each time they make more and more dangerous finds. You can't hurry. Any negligence can cost lives.
Finding mines is not easy. Step by step, centimeter by centimeter, the units are probing the ground. The sappers carefully place all the finds in one of the funnels in order to destroy them in an overhead way.
Some ammunition that cannot be carried and handled must be destroyed on the spot. They are undermined by fire.
During the day, sappers make more than a dozen such explosions, and each of them brings the inhabitants of the liberated territories closer to peaceful life.
10:02 Video- Each calculation is a small family
Every day, in the special military operation zone, artillerymen perform hard and dangerous work, hitting the enemy’s manpower and equipment.
Calculating the coordinates, aiming and hitting the target is not an easy task, which must be completed without delay, because the score often does not even last for minutes.
“A lot depends on the coherence of the team. Each performs its function, which means the work is going faster,” said the commander of the cannon platoon with the call sign “Zak”.
His crew has been at the forefront for more than six months. “We got used to each other, everyone knows their place in the combat formation, their duties,” says the commander.
The “elephant” helps the artillerymen to successfully carry out combat missions. So they affectionately call a weapon that is not at all cute in appearance.
The favorite delicacy of this iron pet is high-explosive fragmentation rounds. The “elephant” is pampered with them regularly, and he, in turn, does not fail. “A very reliable thing,” the commander says about his gun.
And today, the well-coordinated work of the gunners and the reliability of the “elephant” ensured the successful completion of the combat mission. “We worked on the enemy, on sheltered infantry. Our intelligence reported to us that we had successfully hit the target, ”said Zak.
09:41 Video- The commander of the "Crimea" battalion talks about the tactics of maintaining a database by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“You can see both the Soviet school and NATO methods. The equipment is Soviet, but the rounds are NATO.”
09:30 Video- Cleaning of the rear areas in the Kupyansky direction from the ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the military personnel of the Western Military District.
09:15 Yesterday morningdivisionsThe Border Service of the FSB of Russia and the Russian Armed Forces repelled an enemy attack, which, with the help of up to two motorized infantry companies, with the support of tanks and artillery, acted in the direction of the Shebekino checkpoint in the Belgorod Region. The Russian Defense Ministry has defined the enemy's actions as a "terrorist act." The enemy used traitors from the terrorist "Russian Volunteer Corps" in the information space. At least 14 civilians were injured from shelling.
At night, the Russian Armed Forces launched strikes with missiles and Geran UAVs against targets in the Zaporozhye, Kharkiv, Nikolaev, Kyiv, Cherkasy, and Kirovohrad regions.
The Russian Armed Forces approached Kupyansk in the Kharkov region, according to other estimates, the progress is insignificant.
They report on the successes of the Russian Army in the Maryinsky direction. In the information field, through the federal media, there is an active pumping up of the reputation of the Chechen divisions of Akhmat, whose leaders yesterday entered into a media conflict with Prigogine.
In the Zaporizhia direction, the Russian Armed Forces launched massive artillery strikes last night on exposed enemy targets along the entire front line.
In the Kursk region, several Ukrainian UAVs were shot down by an air defense system. In the village of Gogolevka in the Sudzhansky district, a drone dropped an explosive device at an electrical substation.
In the Bryansk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the village of Lomakovka, Starodubsky municipal district. There were no casualties.
The enemy fired 575 rounds of ammunition into the DPR. Gorlovka, Golmovsky, Yasinovataya, Donetsk, Novotroitskoye, Olginka, Vladimirovka were under fire. Three civilians were killed, four civilians received injuries of varying severity, incl. children born in 2008 and 2013
08:58 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 06/01/2023 to 00:00 06/02/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 84 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 19 attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 57 attacks from MLRS, artillery 152mm.
On Yasinovatsky five artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Volnakhsky three artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
Having fired 575 units of various ammunition.
Seven districts of the Republic were under enemy fire: Horlovka (Central City, Nikitovsky district), Holmovsky, Yasinovataya, the capital city. Donetsk (Kuybyshevsky, Kievsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Novotroitskoe, Olginka, Vladimirovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of three civilians in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk and the Central City district of Horlivka.
Four civilians received injuries of varying severity, incl. children born in 2008 and 2013 #ChildrenNotTarget, in the Kievsky district of Donetsk, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka and Khartsyzsk.
A total of 34 residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, Yasinovataya, Nikitovsky and Central City districts of Gorlovka, as well as seven civilian infrastructure facilities.
In the previous day, 38 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
08:30 Video- Cleaning of the rear areas in the Kupyansky direction from the ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the military personnel of the Western Military District.
08:25 Frontline summary on the morning of 06/02/2023
- In the Ugledar direction, the Ukrainian army is attacking in the direction of Vladimirovka. There is a promotion. Several highways intersect in this village. One of them leads to the most important logistics hub of the Russian army in Volnovakha. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired at Novopol, Zeleny Pole, Novoselka, Volnoye Pole, Vremevka, Bolshaya Novoselka, Zolotoy Niva, Shakhtyorsky, Prechistovka, Novoukrainka, Bogoyavlenka and Ugledar.
- On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, again tried to advance in Maryinka. No success. This is the only area where they conducted active offensive operations. Encounter battles in the Experienced area. Under shelling, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Yekaterinovka, Elizavetovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, Maksimilyanovka, Nevelskoye, Pervomaisky, Karlovka, Netaylov, Severny (a settlement west of Avdiivka), Avdievka, Thin, Orlovka, Novokalinovo, New York and Zhelezny. The Ukrainian army hit Donetsk and Gorlovka.
- To the south-west of Bakhmut, Russian troops, after artillery strikes, tried to counterattack in the direction of Belaya Gora and Orekhovo-Vasilyevka. No advance. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired on Predtechin, Ivanovsky, Chasov Yar, Grigorovka, Novomarkov, Vasyukovka, Spornoyoe and Seversk. The Armed Forces of Ukraine beat Bakhmut.
- In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops, with the support of artillery, conducted assault operations in the area of Belogorovka. They also carried out a ground attack in the direction of Stelmakhivka. After artillery strikes, they tried to advance in Novoselovsky and from Masyutovka. In all areas, Ukrainian units held their positions. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired on Torsky, Ternov, Novosadovoye, Nevsky, Berestovoye, Kotlyarovka, Kislovka, Zapadny, Novomlynsk, Figolevka and Krasny Pervy.
#1
...I suddenly see repulsing everywhere now, instead of the old fashioned repelling. Why did it change?
I think Google Translate mostly is a group effort, so my guess is that the "repulsing" camp has won the debate on which word to use.
As an aside, if you have read past renditions of the Russian news compilations and compare them to now, you will see that the Russian, Donetsk and Lugansk ministries of defense have changed how they describe equipment lost. I add additional descriptors, especially as they apply to artillery, so they mostly have changed their descriptions to reflect that.
Not all the time, mind you.
I think that this is through my efforts. No question the Russian military monitors what we do here.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] The 464th day of the special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine has come. It is marked by the news that by the end of 2023, two armies, an army corps, a new naval area, five divisions, 26 brigades and two military districts will be formed in the Russian Armed Forces. According to Deputy Chief of the General Staff Yevgeny Burdinsky , the tasks of increasing the number of armed forces in 2023 must be completed as soon as possible. Formation of a new military district is significant. In 1991, Russia had 16 military districts. Until this year they had four military districts. This adds another 500,000 men under arms and the resources for an additional 600 combat aircraft.
Also on June 2, it became known that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of the Hi-82 aircraft type had successfully passed all the necessary tests. TASS, citing the Oko design bureau, informs that the equipment was tested in the NVO zone on the territory of the Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics, and after equipping it with a warhead, it will be fully ready for use in the near future. A total of 12 Hi-82 UAVs will be delivered.
Meanwhile, early in the morning explosions thundered in Kiev and the Cherkasy region. According to the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, Vitali Klitschko , air defense systems are operating in the city, and a "wave" of drones is expected. Today, the Kursk region is also restless: several Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by an air defense system near Kursk.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Personnel units, special equipment and combined arms weapons of the Russian Armed Forces arrived in Belarus as part of the planned rotation of the regional group of troops. This was reported on Friday, June 2, in the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus.
“Currently, in the interests of increasing the defense capability of the Union State, the implementation of measures to increase the combat capabilities of ... units on the territory of the Republic of Belarus continues,” the widespread message says.
According to the Ministry of Defense of the Republic, the S-400 anti-aircraft missile system arrived from the territory of the Russian Federation. In addition, the personnel, weapons and equipment of combined-arms tank formations of the Russian Armed Forces arrived in Belarus in a combined way.
As IA Regnum reported , earlier the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Belarus reported that a joint staff training of the joint command of the regional group of troops of the Union State began in the republic.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Oleg Krivoshapov
[REGNUM] Two key Western politicians responsible for supplying Ukraine with weapons simultaneously announced the same thing - NATO arsenals are being depleted, therefore, the supply of weapons (and especially ammunition) to the Armed Forces of Ukraine is in question.
"The reality is that we are all running out of defense weapons that can be donated," British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace admitted in an interview with The Washington Post. Almost simultaneously, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on NATO countries to increase the production of ammunition, as their stocks have dried up, Bloomberg reported.
According to Stoltenberg, the leadership of the alliance invited representatives of the military-industrial complex to take part in a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, which is to be held in June, in order to facilitate the conclusion of new contracts with ammunition manufacturers.
In early May, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, also called (addressing the participants in the meeting of the EU chiefs of staff) to increase urgent deliveries of ammunition to Kiev from reserves. “Since February 9 this year, when our ammunition plan began to be implemented, we have already delivered more than 1,000 missiles. I know that this is not enough, and I called on the chiefs of staff ... to supply more, ” RIA Novosti quoted Borrell. The head of EU diplomacy at the same time shared the plans of the Europeans to supply Ukraine with 1 million units of 155-caliber ammunition.
The current lamentations of Stoltenberg and Wallace about the depletion of NATO arsenals were voiced simultaneously with the announcement of the decision of the deputies of the Swiss Parliament to reject a proposal to allow the re-export of Swiss-made weapons to Ukraine. A neutral (though not completely) state, which is outside NATO and the EU, has not the last military-industrial complex by European standards. In particular, it exports to 60 countries of the world (including not only Saudi Arabia and Qatar, but also Germany and the USA) armored vehicles, small arms and the same ammunition. Nevertheless, contrary to the recent appeals of the NATO countries - Germany and Spain, the "neutrals" did not give permission for the re-export of the delivered weapons to Ukraine.
GIVE THE BARE MINIMUM AND NOT YOUR OWN
"The Europeans have “disarmed” to such an extent that they have already, so to speak, turned out all their pockets . And it’s impossible to “fire up” production quickly, it takes time," Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, told IA Regnum. At the same time, the United States, as he clarifies, takes a rather restrained position on this issue.
“If they wanted to, then within a month they delivered a hundred F-16s and five hundred tanks," Pukhov believes. "Americans are still trying to give as little as possible. Why they act this way is a separate issue."
At the same time, the oral statements of such a person as Stoltenberg, in principle, do not deserve attention, Pukhov is sure. He notes that the European countries supplying Ukraine with weapons, military equipment and ammunition can be divided into those that take a “more proactive and less proactive position” (although there are also Austria, Hungary and the aforementioned Switzerland, which generally refuse to supply, citing unwillingness to stir up conflict).
“That is, relatively speaking, there is Poland, Denmark, the Netherlands, ready to supply very actively, including buying in third countries with their own money, ” the expert recalls. “ But there are also countries that are taking a more reserved stance.”
SMALLER, LONGER AND MORE EXPENSIVE
Given the current situation, no breakthrough in overcoming Ukraine's "shell hunger" will be achieved following the results of the June meeting of NATO defense ministers, predicts military-political observer Mikhail Onufrienko.
“Before the start of the special operation, in a period of relatively peacetime, the production of armored vehicles, defense spending in general were relatively small in NATO countries ,” said the expert IA Regnum . “Now they are building up, funding has been increased.” But this system is very inert, Onufrienko points out.
"First, you need to allocate money, then you need to open mothballed production lines," the source lists. - In the case of the United States, it was necessary to move, roughly speaking, from 30,000 shells for 155-mm howitzers to 300,000. It takes a year and a half, it is impossible to resolve the issue within a month.
Therefore, now senior officials in the NATO structure are trying to extract the maximum amount of stocks (including Soviet-style equipment and ammunition) that are available in the EU countries, including those that are not members of the military alliance.
"This means that then there will be an increase in production in the United States and Great Britain, the supply of weapons from there for a lot of money," predicts the interlocutor of IA Regnum. This is the same practice that they used in the First World War and the Second. It allows local transnational corporations and the military-industrial complex to enrich themselves at the expense of their allies. This is a standard scheme that they will not refuse."
At the same time, such a scheme, according to Onufrienko, will not bring a multiple increase in supplies to Ukraine. "Because the Europeans, with all the pro-Ukrainian statements that are heard today, understand all the financial background," the expert believes.
They are forced to do it through “I don’t want to”. Deliveries are increasing, more and more heavy weapons are being delivered. But decisions are made overseas. And the question of what to supply is also decided there.”
Due to the fact that the NATO leadership has to force the Europeans to supply military equipment and ammunition to Ukraine, the supply process itself is slowing down.
Onufrienko cites Poland as an example, from where more than 200 T-72 tanks were sent to Ukraine. At the same time, in Warsaw, they decided to buy American Abrams to replenish the tank fleet.
"Which, of course, is much more expensive," notes the interlocutor. "Abrams" for Poland will cost about 10.5 million dollars apiece. This is a fabulous price, five times higher than the price, for example, for Russian T-90s delivered to India. Moreover, the Abrams is no better. However, before the start of the special operation, the first contract was concluded, then the second. And this scheme is the standard of the whole mechanism, it is a clear example .
SHELL HUNGER TAKES ON AN AMERICAN ACCENT
Now it is quite possible to link the lack of shells of the Ukrainian armed forces with the lack of ammunition, both Soviet and NATO-style, experts say.
Ukraine is gradually switching to Western models of weapons and equipment, Ruslan Pukhov noted. "There are fewer and fewer 152mm guns and more and more 155mm guns," he gives an example. "The old Soviet systems are being killed, the number of delivered samples that are created according to Soviet patterns is decreasing, and the number of Western weapons is increasing."
For more than a year since the beginning of the SVO, due to the elimination and destruction of the RF Armed Forces in the arsenal of Ukraine, the balance between Soviet and Western weapons has changed dramatically. Accordingly, now the Ukrainian formations no longer have enough Western ammunition.
In Bulgaria, according to the expert, factories producing weapons and ammunition using Soviet technologies were reanimated, which were then supplied to Syrian militants who fought against official Damascus, as well as to Armenia and Azerbaijan.
"Relatively speaking, the defense industry in Bulgaria by 2012, by the beginning of the civil war in Syria, should have already died, but in the end it got a second wind," Pukhov notes. "But the scale and intensity of hostilities in Ukraine are now such that everything supplied by the same Bulgaria is absorbed."
Onufrienko agrees: "The lack of large-caliber shells, that is, shells of 152 mm and above, was felt in Ukraine back in 2015. Therefore, already after the start of the special operation, the problem was solved largely at the expense of Bulgaria, from where unrealistically large volumes were supplied, this is confirmed. But now the problem will still arise, because Soviet samples are not produced in sufficient quantities for Ukraine . At the same time, the delivered ammunition was of rather poor quality, sometimes expired," Onufrienko notes. "Therefore," he added, "now we are witnessing the de facto transition of Ukraine to NATO ammunition."
SOLVABLE - BUT NOT IN THE SHORT TERM
Pukhov assumes that the European defense industry, with all its shortcomings and problems, will still be able to provide Ukraine with the amount of weapons it needs within one and a half to two years.
Onufrienko also urges not to flatter yourself about the lack of shells in Ukraine. "Unfortunately, this is a solvable problem ," he states. "It's not that the West can't produce that amount of ammunition. We must not forget that against us is a coalition of about fifty countries, many of which have serious military-industrial complex.
"Only in the United States, there are something like 300 factories for the production of ammunition," the expert notes. Most of them are frozen. It is clear that some produce capsules, others produce shells, gunpowder, and still others produce the shells themselves. But in general, this system works.
Of course, the vast majority of the funds that are allocated as part of military assistance to Ukraine do not go to her, but to the US military-industrial complex, Onufrienko argues. Decisions on further deliveries and their volumes are again made overseas, based on political expediency - in order to keep the current Kiev regime.
The need of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for ammunition can be resolved within one and a half to two years, but not the next few months, in turn, indicates Pukhov. And this turns into a serious problem for Kyiv.
"One of the reasons why Ukraine does not launch the offensive that has been announced many times is that the promised weapons arrive with a delay," Pukhov said. "The brigades formed for the offensive have not yet received either the number of tanks that were planned for the offensive, or armored vehicles. And if you attack, especially somewhere, for example, near Kherson, on ordinary trucks, with an unfired train, and the aviation and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces work effectively, then the offensive will bog down."
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