The enemy also attacked the Lviv, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhya, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Kherson regions.
This night, Russian terrorists again resorted to a massive attack on the Kyiv region . It was attacked by drones in several waves. The air alert lasted more than four hours. According to operational information, as a result of the attack on the territory of one of the districts, non-residential buildings, several private buildings and an administrative building were damaged. In addition, as a result of falling debris, the burning of the grass litter was recorded. There are no victims or injured. Information about the damage is being updated, says the summary from OVA as of this morning.
In Lviv this morning, as a result of an enemy strike by drones, a critical infrastructure facility was damaged. A fire broke out on the roof of the building. There are no casualties.
In Sumyat night and in the morning, the Russians carried out 10 shelling of the border. 55 explosions were recorded. Myropil, Bilopol, Yunakiv, Esman, Seredino-Bud, Znob-Novgorod, Novoslobid communities came under fire. In advance - without consequences. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 16 shelling of the border.
A total of 101 explosions were recorded. The communities of Myropilsk, Khotynsk, Krasnopilsk, Bilopolsk, Yunakivsk, Shalyginsk, Novoslobidsk were attacked. The enemy fired mortars and artillery at Krasnopilsk. As a result of one of the artillery shells, a residential building was directly hit, two people were injured, including a child born in 2010. A residential building was damaged. A private house and a garage were damaged in the Myropil community. In Yunakivska, a residential building was hit, as a result of which one person died and one person was injured.
During the day, the Russians hit Chernihivska three times with mortars in the Novgorod-Siversky district. In one of the villages of the Semenivska community, a residential building and an outbuilding were destroyed by shelling. It passed without casualties.
In Zaporizhzhia, the occupiers launched 72 attacks on civilian objects and communications in 19 towns and villages. Rockets hit Zaporizhzhia and Rozumivka, aviation hit Orikhov and Preobrazhenka, drones attacked Magdalinivka, salvo rocket systems hit Gulyaipol, Levadny, Lobkovo, 65 artillery strikes hit Gulyaipol, Novodarivka, Zaliznychny, Novoandriivka, Malya Tokmachka, Novodanilivka and other frontline villages.
So far, 50 reports of destruction have been registered: apartments, houses, cars, administrative and commercial buildings. A 54-year-old man received mine-explosive injuries in Orichov. He was promptly taken to the hospital. Other data on the consequences are being clarified.
In Dnipropetrovsk at night, the aggressor opened fire on Myrivska community of Nikopol district. He was from heavy artillery. It passed without casualties. Rescuers are examining the area, establishing the consequences of the shelling. Yesterday, the occupiers hit Nikopol with heavy artillery. A 73-year-old man was injured. He was hospitalized in moderate condition. 16 private houses were damaged, two farm buildings were destroyed, and nine more were beaten. The gas pipeline and power line were also damaged.
In Luhansk yesterday, west of Dibrova, in the Kreminnaya area, the enemy launched attacks, but did not succeed. During the day, the enemy fired 115 rounds (512 shells).
In Kharkiv last night, the occupiers shelled a number of settlements, including Guryiv Kozachok, Kivsharivka, and Hlushkivka. The enemy struck Novoosynovo with a roughly guided aerial bomb. There were no casualties. As a result of shelling in Vovchansk, an apartment building, a private household was damaged, and a fire broke out.
The Russians also shelled Lyutivka and Ivashki with artillery. No casualties. In Izyum, during the burning of garbage in the yard, an explosive object detonated. A 52-year-old man was injured and hospitalized in a moderate condition. A 32-year-old man was blown up by an anti-personnel mine on the bank of the river in Oskol. Hospitalized with an injury.
In Donetsk, the occupiers carried out 23 shellings on 15 settlements. They beat in Rai-Olexandrivka, Lyman, Zalizny, Chasovoy Yar, Avdiivka, Velyka Novosilka, Kurtivka, Lastochkino, Stupochky, Chervony, Novobakhmutivka, Virolyubivka, Mykolaivka, Novy Komar, Toretsk. As a result of attacks in the region: five civilians were injured. Six residential buildings, two civilian cars, a gas station, a kindergarten, an official vehicle of the National Police Service, and a power line were damaged.
In Mykolaivska, forces and means of air defense destroyed three Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs at night. Yesterday, the enemy carried out artillery strikes on the coastal and port area of Ochakov. There are no casualties. Also yesterday, as a result of the shelling of the Kutsurub community, a wheat field was set on fire. No casualties.
During the day, the enemy fired 57 shells (275 shells) at Khersonska, including seven artillery shells (28 shells) at Kherson. the Russian military targeted the districts of 22 settlements in the region; administrative buildings of Kherson and Burgunok, in the building of the gas station and utility company of Kherson. As a result of Russian aggression, five civilians were injured.
The liquidation of the consequences of the explosion of the Kakhovka Dam continues. The water level is decreasing. And now it is 62 centimeters. On the right bank, 818 houses in four settlements were flooded.
It will be recalled that during the past day, the enemy used four Kalibr cruise missiles and four Iranian attack UAVs "Shahed-136/131". All eight aerial targets were destroyed. In addition, the enemy carried out more than 45 airstrikes, carried out about 70 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas. Unfortunately, civilians suffered. The probability of launching missile and air strikes on the entire territory of Ukraine remains high.
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Not meaning to be pedantic or anything but standard fare for the Russian soldier is the same as it has been for 100+ years: black bread, soup and tea.
22:49 The United States initially understood that the Ukrainian counteroffensive would be difficult, said Deputy Pentagon Speaker Sabrina Singh: “Our assessments were initially quite clear. We understood that it would be a difficult battle ... We counted the losses. We know that there will be losses on the field combat. Unfortunately, this is part of the war." She added that Kyiv needs time to succeed, but Washington is confident that the Ukrainians "have the necessary capacity" to launch a counteroffensive.
22:41 Zelensky said in an evening video message that now the Defense Forces in the south, in the east "are very actively destroying the enemy, physically clearing Ukraine, and this will continue." The President also said that tomorrow at the London conference he will present some aspects of the philosophy of Ukraine's transformation. "The full meaning will be presented later this month, and already in Ukraine," he added.
21:58 In the Kherson region, as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, 21 people died, five of them were due to shelling. Another 28 people were injured, 16 of them were liquidators, the interior ministry said.
21:07 Portugal will transfer 14 more M113 armored personnel carriers and nine 105-mm towed howitzers to Ukraine. In total, Portugal transferred 45 vehicles of the M113 family to Ukraine, the country's Ministry of Defense reported.
21:03 In Belarus, the preparation of storage facilities for storing nuclear weapons continues, but Russia has not yet transported a single nuclear warhead, Budanov said: “The process of preparing for a possible transfer is really underway. Storage facilities are being prepared. But as of now, not a single warhead has been moved ".
20:24 Kiev is negotiating with manufacturers from Germany, Italy, France and Eastern Europe regarding the production of drones in Ukraine, Sergey Boev, Deputy Minister for Strategic Industries, said in a comment to Reuters. "We are having very detailed discussions with them. And we are confident that we will have contracts signed within the next few months," he added.
20:19 France changed its position and decided to support Ukraine's membership in NATO on the model of Poland and the Baltic countries, writes Le Monde, citing sources. According to the publication, at a meeting of the Council of Defense in the Elysee Palace on June 12, the possibility of Ukraine's entry into NATO "as an independent guarantee of security" was considered. "This could deter Russia from continuing the war or, in the event of an end to the conflict, prevent further aggression," the newspaper notes.
In addition, Paris believes that a hint at the prospect of Ukraine's membership in NATO could convince Zelensky to start negotiations with Russia when he decides the time is right.
20:15 During the day, the Russians fired four times at Nikopol and the Marganets community of the Dnipropetrovsk region. One person was injured, a canteen, an administrative building, a sports facility, eight private houses, cars, power lines were damaged, said the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak.
20:02 In the south, the offensive of Ukrainian forces continues in several directions, there "everything is going according to the plan established by the military," Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said. She clarified that there are “certain advances” in all directions where the Ukrainian military is moving. "But the enemy will not just give up their positions, and therefore fierce battles and a very powerful duel continue," she added. Also, the enemy mines fields and even settlements.
At the same time, the Russians are advancing in the Kupyansky and Limansky directions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are on the defensive. Malyar stressed that it is incorrect to assess the effectiveness of the actions of the military solely by kilometers or the number of liberated settlements, "because there are a lot of evaluation criteria - this is a whole complex of evaluation, and many tasks are set for the military."
In turn, the commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Alexander Syrsky, also noted that the enemy has become more active in the Liman-Kupyansk direction, is attempting assault operations, and is conducting reconnaissance. The defense forces repel attacks and destroy enemy UAVs.
19:53 The Slovak Parliament recognized the Holodomor as a genocide of the Ukrainian people.
19:49 The New York Times, citing documents from the Ukrainian government, writes that everything is not so smooth with the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine. According to the publication, part of the Western military equipment was not delivered to Kyiv, despite the signed contracts, and the other was in such a bad condition that it was suitable only for parsing for spare parts. More details - in the material Weapons from the West .
19:04 The Kremlin "recommended" the heads of a number of Russian regions not to publish information on the number of deaths during the "special operation" and obituaries. The publication of this information "worries the inhabitants of the regions", and journalists use it to count the number of victims. The Nestka publication received confirmations from Buryatia, the Vologda Oblast, Tuva and three other regions. Also, a high-ranking representative of the parliament told reporters about the decision to hide obituaries.
A source in the parliament clarified: this is precisely the request of the Russian Defense Ministry to representatives of several regions, where there were especially many losses, because "there was a fear that this would lead to unrest." Also, the Ministry of Defense reacts very painfully to the publication of journalistic investigations that refute the official information of the military department about the number of military dead.
18:55 In early June, the Russian Orthodox Church announced that it had handed over 11 Ukrainian prisoners of war to Hungary. The transfer took place without the knowledge of official Kyiv, and Budapest was silent for a long time about this. The story of the Ukrainian prisoners is quite confusing and continues to this day. For more details, see Captured Ukrainians in Hungary .
18:14 The Embassy of Ukraine in Budapest managed to take three Ukrainian prisoners of war out of Hungary. They are already on Ukrainian territory, they are being supported, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said. The Ukrainian side continues to take measures to return home the rest of the Ukrainian defenders evacuated from Russia to Hungary.
17:57 Blinken announced a new aid package, which he will announce on Wednesday, June 21, at a conference on the restoration of Ukraine in London.
17:33 Danilov said that one of the main priorities for the Ukrainian army is the "artillery bleeding" of Russian troops. According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are destroying artillery and other fire destruction systems and their crews to the maximum to clear the theater of operations. The destruction of Russian command posts, ammunition depots, fuel, food, supply routes is also underway. "Such work by Ukrainian defenders is excellent. The indicators of the destruction of enemy equipment have reached almost the maximum since the start of the war," the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council noted.
17:19 Budanov said that half an hour before the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, a command was recorded by the Russian military to leave the territory of the station. He emphasized that this artificial man-made disaster was committed by Russia deliberately, and there are many facts confirming this:
“The most interesting thing is that in half an hour they reached the unit located at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station via the radio network and told them to pack up and leave this territory very quickly. At the same time, there was a special group. And after that, what happened happened. an interesting fact is that all the units of the Russian occupation forces that were nearby did not really know that this action would take place. And this event took them by surprise."
17:06 The Russians mined the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, in particular the station's cooler, Budanov said. He recalled that due to the fact that the invaders destroyed the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, they violated the normal access of water to the coolers at the ZNPP. "But the second, the worst, is that the ZNPP was additionally mined. And the worst thing is that the cooler was mined. If they put it out of action, then there is a high probability that there will be significant problems," the head of the GUR noted.
16:47 Trump said that his conversation with Putin allegedly delayed the war in Ukraine for several years. According to the former US president, he warned Putin that the invasion would cost "hellishly expensive." At the same time, he described relations with the Russian leader as "very good" and once again stated that Putin would not start a full-scale war against Ukraine if he were the President of the United States. Trump also reiterated that he could end the conflict within 24 hours.
16:42 The Armed Forces of Ukraine, when advancing in the south, faced well-prepared Russian defenses, Stoltenberg said: "We know that the Ukrainians are facing heavy rain, Russian resistance. The Russians were able to establish well-prepared defense lines with minefields, trenches." At the same time, the Secretary General expressed confidence that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is making the right operational decisions, and the Ukrainian army is advancing, despite the resistance of the Russians.
16:18 Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova published a joint photo with the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate Kirill Budanov and Japanese Ambassador to Ukraine Matsuda Kuninori. "Not a dummy, all participants of the meeting are alive and well," she wrote.
Also, a fresh photo of Zaluzhny appeared on the network: it was published by the speaker of the Ukroboronprom concern, Natalya Sad. Also present in the photo are Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykola Oleshchuk and Director of Ukroboronprom Yuriy Gusev. “After the successful use of our drone for 1000 km,” Sade wrote.
For several weeks now, Russian propaganda has been spreading rumors about serious injuries, then about the death of Budanov and Zaluzhny.
16:05 The Russians fired on the rescuers in Kherson, who were clearing the silt. As a result of the shelling, one employee of the State Emergency Service was killed, eight more were injured, the President's Office reported.
15:39 The defense forces are advancing in the Tauride direction, Alexander Tarnavsky, commander of the Tavria operational-strategic grouping, said. According to him, over the past 24 hours, the enemy’s losses in killed and wounded amounted to more than five companies, 46 pieces of enemy military equipment were destroyed and damaged, and five ammunition storage sites were destroyed.
15:13 Russia believes that July 18 "will be the time for the completion of the grain deal," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said.
15:11 Lavrov said that if NATO is against freezing the conflict in Ukraine, "it means they want to fight, Moscow is ready for this."
14:44 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confirmed the EU plans to provide Ukraine with a financial assistance package worth 50 billion euros for the next four years.
14:37 The working group of the "Crimean Parliament" came to the conclusion that "there was not a single reason for the transfer of Crimea to the Ukrainian SSR in 1954." "Head of Parliament" Vladimir Konstantinov said that the "deputies" would seek the "cancellation" of all the acts that "formalized this arbitrariness."
14:34 The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted a law on the possibility of conscripted conscripts to military service under a contract. According to the document, during the period of mobilization or in wartime, those who committed minor crimes, if they wish, will be able to conclude a contract.
14:25 People began to return to their homes after flooding, said Alexander Khorunzhiy, spokesman for the State Emergency Service. According to him, the main work on evacuation from the disaster zone after the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station has already been carried out. At the same time, he warned that the course of the Dnieper could bring explosive objects into the yards - they must be reported to 101.
14:21 In Russia, after the start of the war in Ukraine, for the first time in 20 years, the number of violent crimes increased. The largest growth occurred in the front-line regions, according to the Can Explain channel . Thus, in 2022, in the Belgorod region, the registered number of murders and attempted murders doubled (from 52 to 102), in the Kursk region - by a third (from 58 to 89). There is also growth in regions with a large number of mobilized: in Buryatia, the number of murders and attempted murders increased by 24%.
13:56 The Russians have stepped up in the Limansky and Kupyansky directions, said the speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Cherevaty. According to him, the main attacking force was the so-called Storm Z assault companies. Russia is repeating the practice in these areas that was previously used in the Bakhmut area, which "led to the same consequences," Cherevaty added.
13:37 The transfer of F-16 fighters to Ukraine will take months, said Stanley Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political and Military Affairs. According to him, one of the first steps will be a license to train Ukrainian pilots. Brown noted that the State Department is already working on relevant requests from third countries to begin training pilots. "Our actions are historic. Things that used to take months and weeks are happening in a few hours," he added.
13:34 The Office of the President named some figures after the Russians blew up the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station:
Slicks of oil and oil weighing at least 150 tons are drifting along the Dnieper, they can reach the Mediterranean.
More than 50,000 hectares of Ukrainian forests have been flooded, and at least half of them will die. This is more than the area of forests in Iceland.
The Kakhovka reservoir is covered with dead fish - this is about 95 thousand tons of living biological resources.
On the shores of the Black Sea in Bulgaria and Turkey, dead dolphins from the Ukrainian coast are found - more than 150 cases have been officially recorded. It is possible that the current will bring roe deer, foxes and hares from the southern region of Ukraine to these countries. About 20 thousand individuals of wild animals lived in the flooded area.
"There should be strict responsibility for ecocide for Russian terrorists," the OP stressed.
13:09 Ukrainian prisoners of war were not released after being transferred to Hungary, spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate Andrei Yusov told Radio Liberty: “There is information, in particular from relatives of several prisoners, that in fact they were not released all this time. They were in conditions under supervision, contacts and communications were limited. Communication with relatives in the presence of third parties, limited." According to him, Ukraine has a preliminary list of prisoners of war transferred to Hungary, but it cannot confirm their names.
Yusov said that the Ukrainian side knew about Russian plans to transfer Ukrainian prisoners of war to Hungary even before official statements, Kyiv sent requests to confirm or refute this information, but Budapest denied the fact of this operation.
12:48 Zelensky signed laws on the abolition of VAT and import duties on components for drones. Now importers are exempt from paying for materials, assemblies, assemblies, equipment and components for UAVs during martial law, said Deputy Prime Minister Mikhail Fedorov. According to him, this is the next step towards scaling the production of drones.
12:46 Shoigu said that the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly plans to strike "on the territory of Russia, including Crimea," with Himars and Storm Shadow missiles. According to him, the use of these missiles "outside the special operation zone" will mean "full-fledged involvement of the United States and Britain in the conflict and will entail immediate strikes on decision-making centers" in Ukraine.
12:42 In the morning, the Russians fired at the residential areas of Kherson - residential buildings, a kindergarten, an educational institution and a service station were damaged. According to preliminary information, one person died, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. An ambulance brigade also fell under enemy strikes, medical workers were not injured.
12:17 G7 countries will step up efforts to deprive Russia of access to components used to manufacture missiles, the Japanese presidency announced.
11:44 NATO will not yet provide Ukraine with a clear timetable for joining the Alliance, as required by Kiev, Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana said. At the same time, he confirmed that the Alliance would take "a step towards rapprochement" with Ukraine.
11:23 Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that Budapest was not involved in the removal of 11 Ukrainian prisoners of war from Russia. According to him, the transfer of Ukrainians to the Hungarian side took place after "discussions between the church and religious organizations, in which the Hungarian state did not take any part." Szijjarto added that the prisoners transferred to Hungary can contact the Ukrainian authorities "if they want."
11:20 "Authorities" of the occupied Nova Kakhovka said that Ukrainian kamikaze drones attacked the city, allegedly four employees of the utility company were wounded.
11:18 The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation stated that it had appealed to employees of Ukrainian government agencies abroad, inviting them to come to Moscow and promising that they would be "guaranteed safety" there. According to the SVR, "large-scale purges" are allegedly going on in the foreign institutions of Ukraine, aimed at identifying "disloyal to Kyiv" employees. Against this background, the trend towards non-return to Kyiv of representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Defense and special services, whom Moscow is calling to itself, is allegedly gaining momentum.
11:13 A court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Denis Muryga, a Ukrainian soldier from the Aidar battalion, to 16 years in prison. He was "accused" of blowing up a bridge in the occupied part of the Lugansk region. Russian media write that he "admitted his guilt in full."
10:49 Russians fired artillery at the Yunakovskaya and Krasnopolskaya communities of the Sumy region - one person died, three were injured, including a 12-year-old child, the Office of the Prosecutor General reported.
10:24 In the occupied territory of the Kherson region, the death toll after the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station has risen to 38, Russian media report, citing emergency services.
10:19 Drones flew to Lviv tonight due to a lack of air defense systems, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "Today, air defense is located where it is most needed, protecting large cities, infrastructure facilities, nuclear power facilities and the front line. Trite there are not enough air defense systems, and this is to put it mildly, in order to cover a state like Ukraine with a cap, as the state of Israel did."
According to Ignat, it is difficult for mobile fireteams with small arms alone to shoot down attack UAVs at night, which, moreover, fly along riverbeds using different routes. Soviet aviation also cannot effectively shoot down "Shaheds".
10:07 Biden, speaking to a group of donors in California, called the real threat of Putin's use of nuclear weapons: "When I was here about two years ago and said that I was worried about the drying up of the Colorado River, everyone looked at me like I was crazy. They looked at me the way I did when I said I was worried about Putin using tactical nuclear weapons. It's real."
09:50 In the Kiev region, as a result of a night attack by drones, non-residential buildings and several private houses were damaged in one of the districts. In addition, the grass bed caught fire due to falling debris. There are no victims or injured, said the head of the OVA Ruslan Kravchenko.
09:38 In Lvov, the Russians delivered three strikes on a critical facility, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky. The ceiling between floors was damaged, windows were broken, a fire broke out. There are no victims or injured.
09:22 On the evening of June 19, in the Donetsk direction, a Ka-52 attack helicopter was destroyed by a unit of anti-aircraft missile forces of the Air Force, the command of the Armed Forces reported.
08:47 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, five people were injured, the same number in Kherson, according to the OVA.
08:40 Ukrainian troops are successful in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, the speaker of the General Staff Andriy Kovalev said: "Over the past day, in the directions of Novodarovka - Priyutnoye, Makarovka - Rivnopol and Novodanilovka - Robotino, the Ukrainian military had partial success, they are fixed on the achieved lines." The enemy is concentrating its main efforts on defense and preventing the advance of Ukrainian troops, using reserves, trying to restore the lost position.
08:37 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 20.
personnel - about 221,460 (+1010) people liquidated,
tanks - 3997 (+8),
armored combat vehicles - 7750 (+15),
artillery systems - 3888 (+23),
MLRS - 614 (+4),
air defense systems - 372 (+2),
aircraft - 314 (+0),
helicopters - 306 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 3393 (+10),
cruise missiles - 1214 (+3),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 6645 (+32),
special equipment - 531 (+5).
08:32 Air defense forces destroyed 32 out of 35 Shahed-136/131 drones at night , which the Russians launched at military and infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, the command of the Air Force reported. Launches were carried out from the northern and southern directions - the Bryansk region and the eastern coast of the Sea of \u200b\u200bAzov. Air defense worked in most regions of Ukraine, but the main direction of attack by Iranian drones is the Kiev region. More than 20 UAVs have been destroyed here.
In addition, at night the Russians attacked Zaporozhye with ballistics - Iskander-M/S-300 missiles.
08:06 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions, there are heavy battles. Over the past day, 45 clashes took place, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
07:41 The EU today will announce a new package of financial assistance to Ukraine for 50 billion euros, writes Bloomberg, citing sources. Assistance will be provided in the form of grants, preferential loans and guarantees. With the help of this money, the current expenses of the Ukrainian government and urgent reconstruction will be financed. The plan is designed for 2024-2027. Unlike previous financial packages, the new package for Ukraine will be funded by contributions from member states rather than market loans, one of the agency's sources said.
07:23 At night, the Russians attacked Lviv and the region with drones, there is a hit in a critical infrastructure facility, people were not injured, Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy said.
06:39 At night, the Russians attacked Kiev with drones, according to preliminary information - Shahed barrage ammunition. This is the second attack on the capital by Iranian drones since the beginning of the month and the first in the last 18 days, said Sergey Popko, head of the KGVA. Drones entered the capital in waves, from different directions. In the airspace around Kyiv, about 20 enemy targets were detected and destroyed. There were no reports of casualties or damage.
04:05 The Russian army attacked Zaporozhye and the suburbs at night - communications, property and equipment of agricultural and farming, as well as a popular vacation spot, were damaged. There was no information about the victims, said the head of the OVA, Yuri Malashko.
00:37 Hungarian government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs said in a CNN commentary that Hungary released Ukrainian prisoners transferred by the Russian Orthodox Church. He clarified that the Ukrainian military were released in the Russian Federation "after cooperation between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Hungarian Charitable Service of the Order of Malta." At the same time, Kovacs noted that the military left for Hungary of their own free will. According to him, most of the military also had Hungarian citizenship, while others "received refugee status in Hungary."
"Now they are free people who can stay in Hungary or leave Hungary at any time of their own free will," Kovacs said, adding that the Hungarian government no longer monitors their movements.
00:22 Macron said that the Franco-Italian SAMP / T missile defense system has already been deployed in Ukraine.
00:10 Danilov said that the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is proceeding according to a well-thought-out plan: "Everything is going according to the plan that was approved and developed. There are no deviations from the plan. A limited circle of people knows what kind of plan it is." At the same time, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council emphasized that one should not expect quick results from the counteroffensive, since this is not the work of days or even weeks.
And only now the depth of the hole that he has dug for himself is beginning to reach the West.
The Ukrainian counter-offensive, on which everything was put to them, failed. In the early days of the escalation at the front, it was difficult for the uninitiated to judge the essence of what was happening, but now it became clear that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are still operating in the foreground, in the "gray" no man's zone, that is, Kiev is suffering all these huge losses in people and equipment, even before reaching the first line of Russian defensive structures. Not to mention breaking it, this very first line.
Ukrainians, of course, the West does not take into account, but they consider their own losses in the form of money and supplied weapons. According to Bloomberg , today the EU will announce another package of financial assistance to Ukraine - in the amount of 50 billion euros (55 billion dollars). The publication emphasized that the Europeans want to avoid burdensome obligations for themselves and assistance will be offered in the form of grants, preferential loans and guarantees.
For the Americans - for all their intentions to drown the economy of the European allies - the situation is not much easier. The well-known American billionaire David Sachs published an article a few hours ago, in which he stated not only the failure of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, but also the impasse in which the Joe Biden administration found itself.
Since then, the United States has already allocated more than $100 billion to Ukraine. It is clear that most of this amount was cut in Washington , but all the same, the funds turned out to be senselessly spent in the Ukrainian direction, instead of being directed to more urgent goals in the current difficult times for Americans.
But even all these expenses would not be critical (after all, the States continue to control the main printing press of the planet), if they had a return in the form of achieving their goals. Instead, the lack of success at the front conveys as clearly as possible that Ukraine has become a black hole for the West, simply draining resources and not bringing any positive output.
At the same time, Kyiv itself is doing well. They realized that Russia does not intend to go to the Polish border at all, which means that in the current regime it is possible to fight with Moscow for a very long time. The main thing is to remain on the West's payroll for most of the country.
And endlessly demand increased support. Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said he will always be short of arms supplies as long as the conflict continues. At the same time, all these crazy, snowballing debts in Ukraine do not bother anyone - they directly say that they intend to return them from Russian reparations after the victory over Moscow. And the fact that it doesn’t work out in any way is the West’s fault, because it doesn’t help much and badly. An extremely comfortable position.
Well, the fact that right now the country is paying with the lives of hundreds and thousands of its citizens, certainly does not bother anyone in Kyiv. In fact, at the moment, Ukraine has fulfilled its main dream and will do everything possible to maintain the status quo.
Of course, the whole holiday of sitting on the neck, and even in the most boorish performance, the West could stop at the snap of its fingers. But he can’t – the White House and the liberal Atlantic elites have put a lot on Ukraine to back up. And in light of the rapidly approaching presidential election in the United States, this seems completely unthinkable - too shameful, loud and costly failure for the Democratic Party.
David Sachs, like many others before him, drew a parallel with Afghanistan, the withdrawal from which turned out to be a scandalous humiliation for the Americans for the whole world. However, the reality is even worse. For 20 years, the Afghan campaign has turned into a boring information background for the world. The fact that she had reached a dead end and the allies had to leave from there was obvious to everyone. The main reputational losses of the United States were not even related to the very fact of the withdrawal of troops from a godforsaken country on the edge of geography, but to how badly it was executed purely logistically. The failure was more technical than political.
With Ukraine, the situation is radically different. For a year and a half, the West politically and informationally pumped up the topic of confrontation with Russia there in a global existential crisis. In order for it to be blown away, to lose its sharpness, it takes, if not 20 years, but quite a long time. A sharp change in Ukrainian policy right now will mean not just a sensitive blow to the image of the United States and Europe , but recognition of a grave strategic defeat in the face of the whole world.
In the current situation of a rapid loss of influence in various regions of the planet, the States simply cannot afford this, since this will further push the collapse of their global hegemony, that is, the matter for them is not only and not so much in domestic political problems.
It remains to continue to gnaw at the cactus, digging deeper and deeper into the Ukrainian crisis, which in any case will end in a geopolitical defeat for the West, but not now, but a little later - a classic zugzwang, from which there is simply no good way out.
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Frankly, this war in Ukraine has been a disaster for both Russia and the West. Russia's military has been exposed as a paper tiger. NATO internal weaknesses, likewise, have been exposed. American treasure has been expended for little purpose other than stalemate. And who benefits? Xi must be smiling. And the longer it lasts the weaker Russia and the West become.
If there is any real benefit to America it is the sure knowledge that much of future wars will be fought by robotics. That navies are questionable. That ground forces and their protectors, e.g., artillery and tanks, are sitting ducks. I wonder what West Point and Annapolis are teaching these days? The world is moving rapidly, shades of Spring 1939.
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The idea of a "good war" got stomped into the ground a long time ago.
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Russia's military has been exposed as a paper tiger.
The paper tiger has been burning quite a few leopards lately.
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That ground forces and their protectors, e.g., artillery and tanks, are sitting ducks.
I'm reminded of an old episode of Star Trek in which Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock visit a planet where two civilizations are at war with each other. They fight by trading missiles. Neither side has any defense against the missiles so they both wait passively for their enemy to lob a missile at them and then they lob one of their missiles back. Armies have been rendered obsolete by the missiles so the missiles always hit civilian targets. They wring their hands. They accept the losses and accept that the war will continue forever.
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/\ Unmanned persistent surveillance has radically altered the battle space. The Army Research Lab (ARL) and others led the pack at TF-Odin in Iraq and AFG later on.
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Oh well, I was a kid when I watched that episode and did not remember correctly. I think I got the main thrust of it though, that technology renders armies obsolete. Attacks are simulated by computers. But the war continues and the warring parties agree to accept their losses to the point of executing their own people when the computer simulates an attack. A little web search helps:
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Russia's military has been exposed as a paper tiger.
The paper tiger has been burning quite a few leopards lately.
Oh, yeah. And Russian troops occupied Kiev a year ago.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level
21:34 Personnel combat work of Russian artillery, including incendiary ammunition 21:33 TOS “Sunshine” fulfills according to the positions of the Armed Forces
20:23 Ukrainians broke in counteroffensive and are now forced to use the Soviet UR-77
The Russian military laid mines, which detonated a large number of Western equipment.
But the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will not be saved even by time-tested Soviet equipment. Losses are skyrocketing, and the few survivors surrender en masse.
19:22 Russian tankers burn enemy armored vehicles in the Maryinsky direction
18:30 Another victim of Russian unmanned aircraft
Drone-kamikaze "Cube" struck a Ukrainian military truck covered with a camouflage net.
18:29 In Ukraine, people from mobilization fight back stones
Military commissariats are trying by all means to recruit new fighters to the front. But people are becoming more and more recalcitrant and trying to somehow avoid the sad fate, no one wants to die.
There are massive refusals to go on the offensive, many soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine surrender.
17:51 In captivity hits more and more military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: they talk about the senselessness of the confrontation with Russia
Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine complain about poor supply and fatigue of people, including psychological, they talk about large irretrievable losses and a shortage of people in the units. “People are already tired, they want to go home,” says Vyacheslav Protsenko.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are throwing completely unprepared reinforcements into battle - people who have never served in the army and do not have basic training. According to the confession of the captive Pavel Golovach, in Ukraine he was mobilized when he went to the store - they threw him into a car by force and sent him to a medical examination.
Once in captivity, the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ascertain the normal treatment by Russian soldiers and urge not to fight against Russia.
The Ukrainian military understands that the Kiev regime is deceiving them, instilling hatred for Russia and talking about the constant victories of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Once on the front line, they realize that there is no smell of victories.
17:50 Our scouts captured a group of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Zaporozhye front near the village of Pyatikhatki, for which there are fierce battles
16:34 Padded tank T-72 APU in one of the directions
16:33 Ukrainian emotionally and obscenely expressed about the current government headed by Zelensky
16:32 Work of artillery of the Airborne Forces in the Artemovsky direction
As a result of the MLRS strike by Russian paratroopers, the enemy suffered losses in manpower and equipment. The BTR-4 armored personnel carrier abandoned by the crew and the burned-out MT-LB tractor remained on the battlefield.
Crew fire was corrected using the ZALA 421-16 reconnaissance UAV.
15:22 Russian heavy flamethrower system TOS-1A Solntsepekburns outpositions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the vicinity of Avdiivka.
15:22 Serviceman Andrei Kravtsov, who destroyed a Leopard tank during the battle, was awarded a cash prize of 1 million rubles, the Russian Defense Ministry said
15:21 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 100 soldiers in the Krasnolimansky direction per day;
🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation successfully repelled 10 attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlements of Krasnogorovka, Avdeevka and Maryinka in the DPR in a day;
🔹Russian troops destroyed eight warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with ammunition in a day;
🔹The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the Ukrainian DRG in the Polozhsky tactical direction in the Zaporozhye region;
🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation stopped the actions of three Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the Kupyansk direction;
🔹Russian troops stopped the activities of three sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction in a day;
🔹The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 25 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the M777 artillery system in the Kherson direction.
14:14 Personnel joint work of the Osman army special forces unit with tankers and artillerymen of the 58th Army to destroy NATO equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction
14:11 Liquidated three militants of the 3rd Specialized Brigade "Azov": Yaroslav Kholmogorov, Mikhail Movchan and Alexander Tikhonets.
Earlier, the neo-Nazis told the Air Force about their plans - “to go to the Crimea in the summer”, but yesterday they were destroyed in the Artyomovsk region.
13:51 Russian rocket artillery worked according to the position of the American 155mm howitzer M777 in the Zaporozhye region
13:50 The main statement of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu during the meeting of the collegium of the military department:
🔹Kyiv continues to attempt attacks on the Yuzhno-Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Donetsk directions by elite formations trained by NATO specialists;
🔹Since June 4, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have made 263 attacks on Russian positions, all of them were repelled;
🔹The leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine plans to strike at the Crimea with HIMARS and Storm Shadow missiles;
🔹The use of HIMARS and Storm Shadow missiles outside the special operation zone will mean the full involvement of the United States and Great Britain in the conflict;
🔹The use of HIMARS and Storm Shadow missiles outside the special operation zone will entail immediate strikes on decision-making centers in Ukraine;
🔹The crews of the Military Transport Aviation have more than doubled the number of flights since the beginning of the special operation, to date, more than 10 thousand flights have been completed;
🔹Delegations from over 40 countries are planning to visit the Army-2023 forum in Russia;
🔹Security issues should be taken under special control during the international military-technical forum "Army-2023".
12:47 Destroyed armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novodonetsk
OncadresA T-64BV tank and MaxxPro armored vehicles were seen destroyed by the OBTF "Kaskad" fighters.
12:45 Hospitals in Kharkiv are overcrowded with the wounded
Reportedly "Come and See" local residents, Kharkiv medical facilities are overflowing with wounded Ukrainian soldiers.
“Mostly delivered from the Kupyansky direction. A lot of heavy,” — said the interlocutor of the channel.
According to him, there are many officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine among the wounded.
11:40 Russian military destroyed “opornik” (strong point) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine south of Marinka using MT-LB explosives. The fixation of the attack was carried out by a quadrocopter.
11:39 Russian artillery destroyed deployment and ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Karpovichi in the Chernihiv region
11:38Ukrainians during the failed counter-offensive, daily suffer huge losses, KIAs and three wounded.
Another KIA who once made the wrong choice
10:35 Over the past day:
As a result of fire damage by the formations of the Dnipro group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:
- the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, losses: 4 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; 8 - received injuries of varying severity.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:
- 120 mm mortar crew and ammunition for it, losses: two servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, five were injured of varying severity;
- the place of temporary deployment of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, losses: seven military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; 14 - received injuries of varying severity, five units. automotive equipment - disabled.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:
- M-777 howitzer with ammunition, losses: three servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, 4 were injured of varying severity;
09:24 On the Zaporozhye direction of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation eliminated nationalist "Azov" Maxim Bordus - the champion of Ukraine in kickboxing.
As reported on the site "Angels of Sports", it happened on June 11. On that day, the Russian military repelled three enemy attacks from the directions of Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka and Novopokrovka in a day.
09:22 Army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the special operation -video
08:12 In Lviv defeated critical infrastructure facility, fire on site.
This is reported by the local authorities.
08:08 Consequences of a night strike on the Nazis in Zaporozhye -video
Tonight, our Army struck at the facilities used by the Zelensky regime for waging war, the locations of the UAF militants, as well as the Nazi equipment and ammunition depots.
According to the occupying authorities of the Zelensky regime, the strike (at least seven rocket arrivals) was inflicted on
“communications, property and equipment of agriculture and farming, and on a popular vacation spot.”
They also state that no one was hurt.
That's right, the Nazis are not people.
And a long fire and detonation at the place of one of the arrivals is a characteristic phenomenon for a fire at a place of rest.
Or is it the equipment of “farmers” that burns and explodes like that?
08:06 Fighters of the OBTF "Kaskad" with the help of a kamikaze drone covered the enemy howitzer 152mm D-20 -video
The soldiers are actively using the Lancet UAV to destroy Nazi equipment.
22:00 Brief summary of the situation in the Kremennaya area.
According to reliable information, yesterday, June 19, the Russian Armed Forces launched a raid on enemy positions on the territory of the Kremensky Forests National Natural Park, southwest of Kremennaya.
As a result of the raid, the enemy’s losses amounted to 40 people killed and wounded, 15 people from the 95th Brigade and 42 Separate Mechanized Brigade were taken prisoner.
At the moment, the enemy is deploying additional forces from the 95th Airborne Brigade to the area.
To the north-west of Kremennaya, units of the 25th Airborne Brigade arrive at the Terny-Nevsky-Zarechnoye line.
21:06 Ukrainian troops shelled the village of Yasinovataya with eight rounds of the “NATO” caliber of 155mm in 15 minutes, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported in telegram channels.
21:04 A civilian was injured as a result of the artillery attack of Zaitsevo by Ukrainian troops, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported in itstelegram channels.
“On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for June 20, as of 20.00, additional information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the republic: the settlement of Zaitsevo: a woman born in 1945 was wounded along Revolutsionnaya Street, 179,” the representative office said in a statement.
19:38 Circumstances on the Zaporozhye front at 19:00 Moscow time
Today, the Armed Forces of Ukraine again made an attempt to attack our positions with small infantry groups in the Orekhov-Rabotino direction. All rollovers were repulsed. In general, they report from the localities that today, despite the artillery strikes, which do not stop for a minute, it turned out to be calm in this direction. The front line remained unchanged.
In the Pyatikhatki area, our troops squeezed the enemy out to the outskirts of the settlement, where they hold their positions in small groups. The main part of the infantry and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is dispersed over nearby forest plantations, where, according to reports from the field, reserves are being pulled up.
Mutual artillery strikes are constantly inflicted. Sources claim that Ukrainian artillery is hitting the entire territory of the village, sometimes hitting their own positions. Our infantry did not remain in the artillery attack zone and occupied the heights around the settlement.
We continue to follow developments on the Zaporizhia front.
19:36 Injured as a result attacks drones in Nova Kakhovka by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine died
18:34 Investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate regular crimes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against civilians of the Donetsk People's Republic
Ukrainian nationalists hit the civilians of Volnovakha with American MLRS HIMARS during the distribution of humanitarian aid, there are victims. A six-year-old girl died in the vicinity of Volnovakha in a mine explosion.
The next information will also be checked that the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the spring of 2023, during the fighting in Artemovsk, blew up multi-storey residential buildings, in the basements of which there were civilians.
The Investigative Committee will establish the circle of persons involved in the commission of crimes.
17:44 Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group -video
In the Krasnolimansky direction, the crews of the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower systems of the Radiation Chemical and Biological Protection Unit of the Center group of forces, using thermobaric rounds, destroyed the enemy stronghold.
In the area of Torsky and Serebryansky forests, enemy units, with the support of infantry fighting vehicles of the 63rd and 42nd Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, attempted to attack the positions of Russian troops. As a result of an air attack by Ka-52 and Mi-35 helicopters, as well as with the support of the artillery of the "Center" group of forces, the enemy suffered significant losses in personnel and equipment.
17:41 Consequences of shelling in Kirovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants, as a result of which a man died
16:24 "Boys, let's drop the whole thing": captured Ukrainian servicemen on the senselessness of a military confrontation with Russia -video
Ukrainian servicemen understand that the country's government is deceiving them, instilling hatred for Russia and talking about the constant victories of the Ukrainian army. Once on the front line, they realize that there are no victories and cannot be. “Take our government.
On TV, they instilled one thing in me, developed a duty in me there ... something else there ... dispersed adrenaline in the blood, threw anger ... And it all went away, because we arrived at the place, we saw it all with our own eyes and realized that not everyone as smoothly as they lay,” says one of the prisoners.
Ukrainian militants complain about poor supply and fatigue of people, including psychological, they talk about large irretrievable losses and a shortage of people in the units. “People are already tired, they want to go home,” says prisoner of war Vyacheslav Protsenko.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are throwing completely unprepared reinforcements into battle - people who have never served in the army and do not have basic training. According to the confession of the captive Pavel Golovach, in Ukraine he was mobilized when he went to the store - they threw him into a car by force and sent him to a medical examination.
Once in captivity, the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ascertain the normal treatment in captivity by the Russian military personnel and urge not to fight against Russia.
15:43 In Berdyansk discovered new weapon cache
During the implementation of operational information, the police examined one of the houses on Rudenko Street in the city of Berdyansk, where they found:
A total of 36 rounds of 9mm caliber, as well as a revolver.
As law enforcement officers found out, an employee of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine had previously lived at this address.
15:40 “I shot - smoke went”: the fighter who destroyed the Leopard spoke about the course of the battle -video
“I took a grenade launcher and started flanking, identifying armored vehicles that were working on us. I found out already while in the hospital that it was a German Leopard,” said Kravtsov.
14:28 Summary Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation (as of June 20, 2023)
During the day, the armed forces of Ukraine continued unsuccessful attempts at offensive operations in the South-Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Donetsk directions.
Skillful and well-coordinated actions of units of the Vostok grouping of forces, air strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems on the Vremevsky salient and the Orekhovsky tactical direction repelled four attacks of motorized infantry units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reinforced with tanks. Three tanks and five armored fighting vehicles were destroyed.
In addition, fire damage was inflicted on four concentrations of enemy manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Novopol in the Donetsk People's Republic and Levadne in the Zaporozhye region.
The activity of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group was stopped in the Polozhsky tactical direction near the village of Reshetilovskoe, Zaporozhye region.
The total losses of the enemy in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions per day amounted to 260 Ukrainian servicemen, nine tanks, a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, 12 armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, two 152mm Msta-B howitzers , as well as the US-made M777 artillery system.
In the Donetsk direction, the active actions of the "Southern" group of troops successfully repelled ten enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Krasnogorovka, Avdeevka and Maryinka of the Donetsk People's Republic during the day. During the fighting, up to 220 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles, an 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and a US-made M777 artillery system were destroyed.
In the Kupyansky direction, army aviation strikes, artillery fire and coordinated actions of units of the "Western" group of troops defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Masyutovka, Kislovka, Novomlynsk, Berestovoe of the Kharkov region Novoselovskoye and Stelmakhovka of the Luhansk People's Republic. In the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Kharkiv region, Novoselovskoe and Yagodnoe, Luhansk People's Republic, the activities of three Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped.
During the day, up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two vehicles, an M777 artillery system made in the USA, as well as a counterbattery combat radar "Zoo" were destroyed in this direction.
In the Krasnolimansky direction, air strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Center" group of troops defeated units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Yampolovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Nevsky and Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic.
In addition, in the areas of the settlements of Yampolovka, Chervonaya Dibrova, as well as to the south of the settlement of Kremennaya of the Lugansk People's Republic, the activities of three Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped. During the day, the enemy’s losses amounted to up to 100 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, a Grad MLRS combat vehicle, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, and an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount.
In the Kherson direction, up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen, five vehicles, a US-made M777 artillery system, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed as a result of enemy fire during the day.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated 98 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 112 districts.
During the day, eight ammunition depots were destroyed: the 3rd tank brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Dvurechnaya in the Kharkiv region, the 45th Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the city of Seversk in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Zaporozhye grouping of troops, the 128th Mountain Assault and The 65th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the city of Zaporozhye and the settlements of Razumovka, Stepovoye and Novodanilovka of the Zaporozhye region, as well as the 106th and 122nd Territorial Defense brigades in the areas of the city of Ochakov, Nikolaev region and Tyaginka, Kherson region.
Air defense systems intercepted seven rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system per day. In addition, thirteen Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Kremennaya, Zolotarevka of the Luhansk People's Republic, Staromlynovka, Orlinskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, Chervonoarmeyskoye, Verkhny Krinitsa, Chapaevka and Grozovoe of the Zaporozhye region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 444 aircraft, 240 helicopters, 4,713 unmanned aerial vehicles, 426 anti-aircraft missile systems, 10,222 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,126 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 5,175 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 11,066 units of special military vehicles.
13:48 The “Storm Ossetia” battalion recorded a video message from the area of the settlement. Pyatikhatki and conveyed fiery greetings to the ukrofascists -video
13:46 Opening remarks by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation General of the Army Sergei Shoigu at a meeting of the Collegium of the Russian Ministry of Defense —video
12:28 The enemy is in full view: Ivanovo paratroopers used the new Albatross drone -video
The calculation of the UAV of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Forces spoke about the capabilities of the new complex. Due to the long flight range, the Albatross can open strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at a considerable distance. At the same time, HD-quality cameras produce high-quality images both day and night.
12:26 For battle: Russian motorized rifles beat Ukrainian militants in the south of the DPR —video
The crew works on the BMP-2M "Berezhok" vehicle. She has an extensive arsenal. The system is automated.
The infantry fighting vehicle is used to cover the infantry, but it can also destroy the fortified area. ATGMs are quite suitable for destroying a machine gunner's nest, they can also easily lay down a small building.
11:44 Ready to work anywhere, anytime -video
In the Zaporozhye direction, a serviceman with the call sign "Simba" operates as part of the calculation of the "Solntsepek" TOS. “We work often, we work steadily. The goals of our system are enemy strongholds, warehouses with ammunition and fuel,” the fighter says.
According to Simba, before the enemy offensive, Russian troops carefully prepared for the upcoming battles: “A lot of firing positions were equipped and studied. I won't say the number, I won't say the places. We are ready at any time of the day to work on the first team in the highest class.
11:42 Ugledarskoe napravlenie —video
Nikolsky area. Video of the work of our mortar crews on the positions of the Ukrainian. View directly from the first person of our guys. Khokhol is a few hundred meters away
10:40 Law enforcement officers in Aleshki neutralized an enemy shell that fell near a residential building
Police officers received information that 20 meters from a residential building in Aleshki there was a part of the enemy rocket launcher of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS.
Law enforcement officers found and seized a part of the engine housing - the found object was defused and placed in the weapon storage room of the territorial police department.
10:36 APU attacked Novaya Kakhovka by kamikaze drones, three civilians were injured.
This was reported by the operational headquarters of the city district.
09:18 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 06/19/2023 to 00:00 06/20/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 16 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 12 attacks from the MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm.
-- On Gorlovsky one artillery attack from MLRS.
-- On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
-- On Volnovakhsky one artillery attack from the MLRS "Himars".
-- On Dokuchaevsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
By releasing 93 units of various ammunition.
The region of seven settlements of the Republic came under enemy fire: Ozeryanovka, Yasinovataya, capital city. Donetsk (Kuybyshevsky, Kievsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeivka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Yelenovka, Dokuchaevsky, Volnovakha.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of a child born in 2016. #ChildrenNotTarget in the previously liberated Novopetrikovka.
Wounds of varying severity were received by 22 civilians in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk and the previously liberated Volnovakha.
There were no damages to residential buildings. Three civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.
In the previous day, 35 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
09:17 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 barrel artillery:
-- n.p. New Kakhovka fired 8 rounds;
-- n.p. Korsunka fired 9 rounds;
-- in the village of Dnepryans fired 7 rounds;
-- in the village of Krynki fired 8 rounds;
-- n.p. The Kardashians fired 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Solontsy fired 9 rounds;
-- n.p. Cairo fired 6 rounds;
-- n.p. Vasilievka fired 6 rounds.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being
specified Kakhovka, Golaya Pristan, Velikaya Lepetikha firing a total of 26 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
08:25 Summaryon the morning of June 20, 2023
At night, the Russian Armed Forces hit enemy targets with rocket weapons and "Geraniums" in Kyiv, Lvov, Khmelnitsky, Odessa, Cherkasy, Zaporozhye, Nikolaev, Kherson regions. The enemy claims that the Russian Armed Forces launched a total of 30 Geraniums. It is known about the defeat of ammunition depots and infrastructure facilities.
On the Zaporozhye Front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine again tried to break through in the area of the settlement. Pyatikhatki. As a result of heavy fighting, the enemy was again driven back from the settlement by evening, suffering serious losses in personnel and equipment. No less bloody battles are going on in the Orekhovsky direction north of the settlement. Rabotino.
On the South Donets Front on the Vremievsky ledge, the enemy also does not abandon attempts to push through our defenses, throwing waves of attackers into battle with artillery support. He did not achieve success, he throws the wounded and dead on the battlefield.
In the Kherson region, over the past day, a small group of enemy special forces was liquidated, trying to operate on the islands in the floodplain of the Dnieper River. One enemy soldier taken prisoner. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are artillery attack civilians, trying to set fire to forest areas again, and strike at our rear areas.
Under Kremennaya, the Armed Forces of Ukraine sent units from three brigades into battle to break into our defenses. Repelled 10 attacks.
Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk regions were under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the DPR, 22 civilians were injured, a child born in 2016 died.
Yesterday, an earlier decision was announced on the plans of the Russian border service to switch back to the military method of protecting the border.
08:20 A pair of Su-25s masterfully completed their combat mission -video
The broad combat capabilities, survivability, unpretentiousness and firepower of the Su-25 are in great demand in the NVO zone. Crews of "Rooks" every day deliver accurate strikes on military facilities and equipment of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
08:09 Frontline summary on the morning of 06/20/2023
There are powerful artillery duels in the Kherson direction. The RF Armed Forces fired at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Sofievka, Novodmitrovka, Kizomys, Dneprovsky, Antonovka, Ivanovka, Verovka, Burgunka, Tomarin, Kozatsky, Berislav, Kachkarovka, Gavrilovka and Mikhailovka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on Russian units in Staraya Zbruevka, Golaya Pristan, Alyoshki, Saga, Korsunka, Dnepryan, Novaya Kakhovka and Kakhovka.
In the Zaporizhia direction of the RF Armed Forces, after massive artillery strikes, Ukrainian units in Pyatikhatki counterattacked. In turn, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of artillery, continued assault operations in the Rabotin area.
They didn't have success. Under artillery attack positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kamenskoe, Lobkove, Orekhovo, Preobrazhenka, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Gulyaipolsky, Gulyaipole, Calm and Malinovka. Ukrainian troops hit Novopokrovka, Marfopol and Novozlatopol.
At the Uglidar sector, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued their assault operations in the area of ??Priyutnoye and Rovnopol. No promotion. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered strikes on Levadnoye, Zeleny Pole, Novodarovka, Makarovka, Blagodatny, Vremevka, Bolshaya Novosyolka, Zolotoy Niva, Shakhtyorsky, Prechistovka, Novoukrainka, Bogoyavlenka and Ugledar. Artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at Staromayorskoye, Harvest, Novodonetskoye, Novomayorskoye and Pavlovka.
On the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian troops advanced to Kleshcheevka. Less than one and a half kilometers separate them from the settlement. Also, with the support of artillery, they conducted assault operations at Yagodnoye and Berkhovka. No success.
After the attack from Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to occupy several dominant heights and approach a section of the M-03 highway. Russian troops attacked Ukrainian units in Belaya Gora, Konstantinovka, Ivanovsky, Chasovoy Yar, Kalinovka, Bogdanovka, Novomarkovo, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Privolye, Vasyukovka, Rozdolovka, Disputed and Verkhnekamensky. The Armed Forces of Ukraine were artillery attack Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Andreevka and Bakhmut.
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Twitter thread: Video has emerged of mobilised Russian soldiers imprisoned in an apparent FSB torture facility for those who are refusing to fight. 230 men are said to be currently imprisoned in the "Concentration Rehabilitation Centre of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation."
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I'll point something out to you Enver Slager8035.
Watch that video again. About 2/3 the way through, you'll see someone with Adidas shoes. Black with White Stripes. I rock Adidas. Keeping those stripes white, three stripes for life!, keeping the stripes white is a chore. And if you watch the video, those shoes are immaculately clean -- for being a 'Concentration Rehabilitation Centre'.
Am not arguing its Disney, but it doesnt appear as a war crime like your team pretends.
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@ #1, the old Bolsheviks placed reliable Party members with machine guns to the rear of the troops. If the troops tried to retreat the Party members would shoot them.
In this country during the Vietnam War, failure to report for the draft would get you five years in jail. Muhammad Ali did his time. Well, he was rich and famous and could resume his career when he got out.
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the old Bolsheviks placed reliable Party members with machine guns to the rear of the troops.
There are drone videos of Russian barrier troops executing retreating troops. There is even a story on it in the Daily Mail.
Wow Mossomo, is that all you got out of the video? I pity you.
Recalculation of Military Assistance to Ukraine Allows US to Spend Another $6 Billion
But to be honest, I'm indifferent to this news.
An increase of a couple of percent to the already overpriced by several times (or orders of magnitude?) American supplies is nothing at all.
But something else is interesting.
The pricks,as always -- nothing personal -- they will definitely fuck crests without lubrication in anal. They will surely fuck even those clowns who have Jewish roots.
Not for this, the Americans handed out cookies to stupid creatures on the Maidan.
Not only their children will be guaranteed to pay there, on that obmazepinoy bandied Svidomo territory. And not just grandchildren. I doubt that only great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Although there are exceptions - the children of the green narcofuhrer or the children of the same Gordon, who have nothing to do with 4o4 and live with Pindos passports - they will get off. But Svidomo Ukrainians will pay for it with hundreds of thousands of lives.
For what, as they say, they, the banner-fascists, fought, they ran into it with all their might.
“For FY 2023, we have a final estimate of $3.6 billion, and for FY 2022, $2.6 billion, for a total of $6.2 billion,” she explained.
According to Singh, the inconsistency in the assessment of equipment was discovered during the department's regular oversight of the exercise of presidential powers to supply Ukraine.
As reported by IA Regnum , according to the Pentagon's estimate at the end of May 2023, military assistance from Western countries to Ukraine amounted to about $65 billion.
В Британии усомнились в необходимости НАТО при победе России над
According to former US President Donald Trump, military support for Ukraine had a negative impact on the supply of weapons to the American army . He noted that during his reign, he rebuilt the country's Armed Forces. The United States was filled to capacity with ammunition, and now there is not enough of it even for our own defense.
The Kremlin emphasized that the decision to supply Kiev with F-16 fighters, like all other types of weapons, is not capable of fundamentally changing the situation at the front.
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The pricks,as always -- nothing personal -- they will definitely fuck crests without lubrication in anal. They will surely fuck even those clowns who have Jewish roots.
Not for this, the Americans handed out cookies to stupid creatures on the Maidan.
Not only their children will be guaranteed to pay there, on that obmazepinoy bandied Svidomo territory. And not just grandchildren. I doubt that only great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Although there are exceptions - the children of the green narcofuhrer or the children of the same Gordon, who have nothing to do with 4o4 and live with Pindos passports - they will get off. But Svidomo Ukrainians will pay for it with hundreds of thousands of lives.
For what, as they say, they, the banner-fascists, fought, they ran into it with all their might.
....That right THERE, Ladies and Gentlemen, is authentic Slavic ranting.
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Any one else noticing increases in New and freshly repainted Military combat vehicles headed to Southern US Ports or US Border areas?
Here in the GA. over the last 2 weeks, I have seen 2 trains of 100 + flat bed train rail cars with outfitted Hum-V's and a few bulldozer type items all painted Desert sand Colors. Then headed up to Atlanta yesterday a number of Semi-Flat beds loaded with Dark Green/Desert color HUM-V's (APC's).
Even more interesting a number of LARGE Missile launcher vehicles equipped with 3 big tubes pyramid stacked. Each tube looking large and long enough to load a few VW Bug's in. The color marking and camouflage pattern also were not of US DOD style.
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Even more interesting a number of LARGE Missile launcher vehicles equipped with 3 big tubes pyramid stacked
Could it have been four (looking from another perspective)? Could be real S-300 TELs or realistic looking mockups that were spotted on flat cars recently. I think they were painted all in green but missing tires.
FWIW it's the yearly training season for the Guard and Reserve, so there's a LOT of units and materiel on the road and in the air. I'd be more concerned if the units were called up for their yearly training and staying put.
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Is there an option where I can get my portion of that money back in my account. My kids wanted Canes for dinner.
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#10
That right THERE, Ladies and Gentlemen, is authentic Slavic ranting.
Yeah, you can almost hear the Russian accent.
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#11
So southern border wall could have been built with a rounding error.
The Kremlin emphasized that the decision to supply Kiev with F-16 fighters, like all other types of weapons, is not capable of fundamentally changing the situation at the front.
Text taken from a Telegra.ph article by @multi_XAM
Note that half of the graphics in the linked article are in English, one of them with a mildly amusing analog to Operation Overlord
The era of the information society sets the perspective for the perception of the surrounding reality, and while the attention of the mass audience, for obvious, was riveted to the situation around Pyatikhatki in the Zaporozhye region, fighting reasons continued in other sectors of the front. On the Zaporozhye direction
Indeed, the battle for Pyatikhatki added turbulence to the situation. The settlement, which turned out to be insufficiently fortified, albeit with battles, was nevertheless abandoned by the Russian troops. However, the next day after the withdrawal, after waiting for the enemy to enter the village and settle down, the artillery of the RF Armed Forces delivered a massive blow. But, according to our information, at the moment, Pyatikhatki are still under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Definitely, this episode is important from the point of view of the dynamics of the development of the situation in the Zaporozhye direction. But why is this inhabitant so significant? Many of our readers have a well-founded question - what is the point in holding Pyatikhatki if the village is in a lowland ( in a tactically disadvantageous position ), falling into the fire control zone? The roads leading from the village are also quite densely shot through.
Despite its not very advantageous position, in relation to the dominant heights, Pyatikhatki is, just the same, control of the road. An important junction in logistical terms, the retention of which opens up a maneuver for further advancement.
We assumed that from the positions of the village the enemy could deliver a flank attack on the units concentrated in the Kamensky direction with access to the Dnieper. However, it is now becoming more and more obvious that the likely vector for the movement of Ukrainian units is the southern direction to Zherebyanki. To the south of Pyatikhatki, our units are on the heights, having the support of artillery, therefore, with a small reservation, we can assume that leaving the village was justified from the point of view of the plan to draw the enemy into the population , in order to then roll it with artillery. If such a plan, of course, was, and the blow did not turn out to be a necessary measure - according to the principle of "hitting the tails."
At the same time, it must be stated that, trying to cling to Pyatikhatki, the enemy suffered significant losses in equipment and infantry: the 128th mountain assault brigade was seriously battered. Therefore, it will be possible to speak about the possible development of the offensive in this sector only after the enemy has brought up new reserves.
From the direction of Orekhovo and Novodanilovka, the enemy continued to advance in the direction of Rabotino, however, at the moment there is no need to talk about significant progress in this sector.
On the Krasno-Limansky and Kupyansky directions
A new element of the situation was the active actions of the Russian army in the Krasno-Limansky direction, where the forces of the group went on the offensive. According to incoming reports, the enemy tried to counterattack with armored groups from the 63rd and 100th terrorist defense brigades and the 67th separate mechanized brigade from Yampol and in the Serebryansky forestry area. Despite attempts to break through with army aviation and field artillery strikes, it was driven back, suffering losses.
At the same time, the offensive of the units of the RF Armed Forces continued in the Kupyansk direction in the Kharkov region. It is obvious that the activation of this section, which has been in a frozen state since August last year, is associated with the instructions of the top leadership to create a buffer zone to protect the Belgorod region, as well as the desire to enter the administrative borders of the LPR.
Active actions in this direction inspire a positive attitude. In the event of the capture of Krasny Liman and Kupyansk, the Russian army opens up room for maneuver and advance in the direction of Slavyansk and, in the future, Izyum. The successive pulling of additional units by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the southern sector of the front, if necessary, to make up for losses at the expense of reserves, opens up the possibility of seizing the initiative in the northeastern sector.
In the event that we manage to gain a foothold in the Krasno-Limansky direction, a large enemy grouping in the area of Seversk, Zvanovka and Chasov Yar will acquire the configuration of a ledge. Also, for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the continuation of assault operations on the flanks of Bakhmut will lose all meaning.
On the south-Donetsk direction
Over the past two days, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been trying to break through in the South-Donetsk directions, despite the losses. At the same time, it should be noted that the front line in this sector has been relatively stabilized. As before, from positions in Makarovka, the enemy continued to attack in the direction of Staromayorsky, advancing along the right flank between Novodonetsky and Urozhayny. However, no significant progress has been made here.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
The UN in Geneva confirmed that it could not do anything to connect the Russian Agricultural Bank to SWIFT, supply spare parts and unblock the ammonia pipeline.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation reported that July 18 will be the time for the completion of the grain deal. That's good. There is no longer any reason to extend it. Erdogan was elected, and the ammonia pipeline was blown up. With the end of the deal, options will resume with attacks on the port infrastructure of Odessa.
In general, this bodyaga does not have long left.
PS. An unhealthy-looking and shaved Budanov showed up (most likely recovering from his wound). Immediately bring with you a new meme that is already spreading on Telegram.
More from Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets:
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
Premiere of a large documentary film by Nadana Friedrichson "Bakhmut" dedicated to the assault on Artemovsk and the role of PMC "Wagner".
The main value of the film. interviews with Wagner fighters and commanders, including Ratibor, who rarely gives interviews.
Annotation:
"Musicians" went from Novoaleksandrovka to Bakhmut in 428 days and recaptured the city from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
What was Ratibor's very first fight?
What do you remember most about Mekhan?
What did the “musicians” use from their African experience in the NWO?
What did they encounter in Popasnaya and Soledar?
And what signs of war do they believe in.
Yes, they have a contract with the Motherland, but it was signed by people.
PS. The Wagner returns to the front on 5 August.
The bastards at Youtube deleted the account featuring the video.
From the V Kontakte account of WORLD | politics | special operation Z
- work in Popasnaya, Soledar and Artyomovsk;
- application of previously obtained combat experience in the battles of the Northern Military District;
- interviews with ordinary fighters and legendary commanders.
The film is long, interesting and informative. Without unnecessary censorship and embellishment. Viewing is STRICTLY recommended.
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So you haul the thing out of the museum or wherever, fix it up so it will run, haul it to the front--like you don't have other stuff you need up there--fill it with explosives, all the while obvious to drones or satellites, start it up, hope it goes where it's pointed....Must have been a war gamer thought this one up.
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When you don't want to break international law (?!) and use clusters, or you don't have them with a delivery engine.
Wonder how much bang one could pack in a stolen truck stop fuel tanker?
"As gasoline weighs 6.6 pounds per gallon and water weighs 7.4 so the 10,000 gallon truck and trailer (usually two trailers, a large one and a pup) could weigh over 130,000 full and 50,000 empty."
#4
Say "tank wagon" and watch people outside the business make that WTF? expression.
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Very effective - all those ukr troops in that trench... doneskies. If you watch the video, right before the explosion, if you dont blink and pay attention, you can see the ukrianian troops fire a RPG at the remote bomb tank.
Until now, Western armored vehicles - including the repeatedly mentioned German Leopards and American Bradley and Stryker armored vehicles - have been supplied to Ukraine in limited quantities of 100, maximum 200 pieces. However, now a country has joined the armament of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which for several hundred years kept neutrality, but at one time actively fought against Russia (including on the territory of present-day Ukraine - up to the battle of Poltava).
Ukraine and two NATO countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, have signed a memorandum of intent to jointly purchase and operate the Swedish CV90 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs). Moreover, Kyiv expressed its intention to purchase a strategic batch - a total of a thousand of these infantry fighting vehicles. This was reported on June 18 by the Czech edition of CZ Defense . Details are not disclosed.
But there is no doubt that formally neutral (and in fact - five minutes from NATO country) Sweden will provide such support to its junior partners, military expert Alexander Artamonov told IA Regnum .
"Peaceful" Sweden in a proxy war with Russia
Long before the start of the Russian special operation in Ukraine and before the course announced by Stockholm for an accelerated entry into NATO, in the mid-2010s, Sweden expanded its military cooperation with the United States. In 2016, against the backdrop of the hysteria unfolding in the Swedish media about the “Russian threat” to the Baltic and the island of Gotland, the country’s parliament, the Riksdag, allowed the presence of NATO troops in Sweden .
In 2021, the Scandinavian country announced a sharp (40%) increase in the military budget, which loaded the national military-industrial complex with orders, not the last one in Europe. A “ total defense ” plan was adopted until 2025, which implies jointly with the alliance repelling an attack by a “major power”, which clearly means Russia.
“Most recently, a new national security strategy was signed to restore the combat capability of the Air Force and a number of military airfields,” Artamonov said . “In April of this year, the Aurora 23 exercises were held in Sweden, where 26,000 military personnel took part, mainly from NATO countries.”
With the start of the NMD as part of the accelerated integration into NATO, Sweden joined in active assistance to Kyiv, the military expert pointed out. The Kyiv leadership, one might say, is assigned the role of the collective hetman Mazepa, the interlocutor added.
“Some time ago, Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström admitted that the country had created a program for long-term and comprehensive support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They entered the “tank coalition”, transferring ten Strv 122 tanks to the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” Artamonov said.
As for the CV90 combat vehicles, judging by the June 16 Forbes report , Sweden has already transferred directly to Ukraine a trial batch of 50 of these infantry fighting vehicles. The vehicles were handed over to one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was trained in Sweden and was armed at the expense of the local armed forces.
In support of Kyiv, Sweden is not acting “under duress”, like some other US allies, who are forced to give up their last stocks of weapons, but quite voluntarily, gradually expanding the range of supplies, experts say. In addition to tanks and CV90 infantry fighting vehicles, Stockholm handed over to the Ukrainian army a batch of 12 Archer self-propelled artillery mounts.
Not only does Sweden train Ukrainian soldiers, Swedish specialists, along with the British, supervise the work of the Center for Information and Psychological Special Operations (TsIPSO) of Ukraine, Artamonov points out. “Therefore, the supply of large batches of armored vehicles for the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not look like something unexpected, rather, on the contrary, it was expected,” Artamonov emphasized.
Neutral in the top ten global gunsmiths
Sweden, which last fought in 1814, as mentioned above, has a serious military industry. At least since the 1920s, when, due to the Versailles restrictions, the German arms giants Krupp, Junkers and Heinkel moved their business to a neutral country. Pretty soon, even before World War II, the country's government ousted German capital from its Swedish subsidiaries, on the basis of which two pillars of the Swedish military-industrial complex arose - Bofors and SAAB.
The formerly renowned automaker SAAB was and remains primarily a manufacturer of fighter aircraft for the Swedish Air Force. But not only - in 2014, the Saab Group bought (interestingly, from the same Thyssen-Krupp) a shipyard in Karlskrona, intended for the production of corvettes and submarines.
Swedish small arms (for example, AT4 anti-tank rifles), artillery installations (for example, automatic 40-mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns) and combat aircraft are in demand - they are actively bought by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Thailand, the countries of the former Yugoslavia and Scandinavian neighbors. This business is clearly more important than politics: in September last year, Stockholm lifted the ban on the export of weapons to Turkey, with which the country is in a clearly difficult relationship.
In the zero and tenth years, the Swedes were consistently among the ten largest arms exporters. In 2021, however, experts noted a two-fold decline in supplies compared to the previous five years - according to the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the country was in 15th place. Judging by the March SIPRI report , Sweden has not yet returned to the top ten exporters. It is logical to assume that the emergence of a new, Ukrainian direction is clearly interesting for the national military-industrial complex.
Swedish Englishman with Afghan experience
As for the CV-90 (Stridsfordon 90) combat vehicles promised to Ukraine, this is not exactly “our product” - they are produced by the Swedish “daughter” of the British military space concern BAE Systems.
“The CV90 infantry fighting vehicles were used during the fighting in Afghanistan by the contingents of Norway and Denmark,” military expert Alexander Dolbysh told IA Regnum . - They did not suffer irretrievable losses, although in January 2010, a Norwegian soldier, a driver, was killed during an explosion on a makeshift land mine. In April 2010, two Danish cars were blown up. There were no dead or wounded among the crew members and the landing force, but a pair of rollers were torn off from each BMP.
In a word, this is not an "uberwaffe" - not a "superweapon", but a battle-tested machine with its pluses and minuses, the source added.
CV-90, a thousand of which may appear in the NVO zone, is a heavy infantry fighting vehicle with a mass of 23 to 35 tons. The crew of the vehicle is three people, plus a landing force of eight people. The frontal armor of the infantry fighting vehicle is capable of withstanding hits from 30mm armor-piercing projectiles. The vehicle is armed with a 40mm Bofors L70 rifled automatic cannon and a machine gun.
"Gryphons" on the way
Sweden is not limited solely to the supply of armored vehicles and in the future may even enter into a coalition for the supply of military aircraft to Ukraine. As it became known to the media, Ukrainian pilots are already being trained on Swedish JAS-39 Gripen fighters (“Griffin”).
“This JAS-39 Gripen aircraft was conceived as a killer of the Sukhoi Su-57. There is already a question of how a fourth-generation fighter will destroy a fifth-generation fighter, but the point is that such positioning of the aircraft was very much supported, including by the Swedish authorities. Well, it is worth noting that the Gripen is not so much a Swedish as a German aircraft, ” said Artamonov.
Here the story with the German "relocation" was repeated - but after the Second World War. “Germany after the war did not have the right to make its own independent aircraft. They acted cunningly: dressed in Swedish livery, released Gripen. Well, Germany, of course, is one of the leading NATO countries, so here Sweden acts as if on the side of the alliance, ” Artamonov explained.
Although officially the Swedish authorities denied the information about the training of pilots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to Artamonov, training is most likely still underway.
“In this case, it is traditionally refuted that someone is training pilots. Now they say that they will only conduct it sometime later and that it is only about intentions. But this, in fact, means that they are already conducting it, the expert noted. “ In France, similarly, the Figaro newspaper revealed that forty Ukrainian pilots were being trained, after which it was all refuted by the authorities.”
Stockholm has specific reasons for supporting Ukraine and, by extension, for working to weaken Russia. And here Kyiv acts more as a tool, since the real goals of Sweden are far from Ukraine, the expert emphasized.
“Sweden is stubbornly seeking to expand its presence in the Arctic , but they have a number of problems with this. Therefore, their strategy is aimed at reducing the influence of the Arctic states. First of all - Russia , - Artamonov pointed out. “ To spite Russia, Sweden regularly puts spokes in the wheels in the Arctic Council . ”
According to Artamonov, “thus, to sum up: the country is carrying out difficult maneuvers with NATO, striving for the Arctic on the shoulders of NATO. Historically hates Russia. It cooperates with Germany in the field of military technologies.”
“So military support for Ukraine looks like an element of this strategy. It can be said that in this way they seek to win back long-standing grievances, and the current Swedish king Carl Gustav XVI acts as the successor of Charles XII, since it is planned to conduct a confrontation with Russia again, like more than 300 years ago, by the hands of the Ukrainians,” summed up the interlocutor.
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Russia seems surprised and affronted that everybody is pissed off at them. Kinda like the abusive husband that wonders why the neighbors are all "against me".
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300 years ago was the Great Northern War
Russia lost at first but ultimately won. Over a few decades, the Czar used Swedish POWs as well as peasants, prisoners and so forth to build St Petersburg. Death toll is disputed but given the conditions and the continued conscription of peasants must have been many thousand, maybe over 10k.
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