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[Korrespondent] 22:28 Putin made an appeal to the Russian people, in which he stated that "any blackmail and turmoil" are doomed to failure, and an armed rebellion would have been suppressed in any case. He stated that the organizers of the rebellion "betrayed those who were with them", and the vast majority of Wagner's fighters are "patriots of the Motherland, they were used in the dark." Putin claims that decisions were taken on his direct instructions aimed at "avoiding bloodshed."
Putin suggested that Wagner PMC mercenaries sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense, return home or go to Belarus. He also thanked Lukashenka for his contribution to resolving the situation with PMC Wagner.
22:04 The United States would like the PMC Wagner to be disbanded and stop its activities around the world, said State Department spokesman Matthew Miller. He also said that Washington would seek the extradition of Prigozhin if he ends up in a country with which there is an extradition agreement. Belarus does not belong to them.
21:26 In the Melitopol direction, Ukrainian troops have already advanced 1.5 km, said Valery Shershen, spokesman for the Defense Forces in the Tauride direction. According to him, now the Armed Forces of Ukraine are fixing themselves on the achieved lines, conducting aerial reconnaissance, demining the territories, artillery is working on the enemy.
21:20 Zelensky said that he had visited the forward positions of Ukrainian troops in the Berdyansk direction.
21:02 Hungary is determined to block the start of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU due to disputes over the rights of minorities, and as a condition for lifting its veto calls the granting of the status of a candidate for membership for Georgia, reports Brussels correspondent of Radio Liberty Rikard Jozwiak. Ukraine could get the green light to start accession talks before the end of the year, his sources say, but Hungary is still planning to veto it.
Jozwiak notes that the Georgian government has developed a much closer relationship with Budapest in recent years, and reaching a consensus on Georgia's candidacy "will be a difficult task, to put it mildly," especially given its failure to implement nine of the 12 European Commission recommendations.
20:39 Biden said the US "has nothing to do" with the Russian rebellion. He said he had instructed the national security team to closely monitor Saturday's events in Russia, report to him and prepare for a range of scenarios. Also, the US president spoke to key US allies over the weekend: “It is very important that we coordinate our actions and our expectations ... We must make sure that we do not give Putin a reason to blame the West for this or blame NATO for this. We made it clear that they were not involved. We had nothing to do with it. It was part of the struggle within the Russian system."
20:16 British long-range Storm Shadow missiles had a significant impact on the course of hostilities in Ukraine, so the provision of such weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine was "virtually infallible" for attacks on enemy logistics, said British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace.
19:51 The United States plans to announce a new package of military assistance to Ukraine worth up to $500 million, Reuters reports. The package will likely include equipment for the ground forces - 30 Bradley combat vehicles and 25 Stryker armored personnel carriers.
19:10 Latvia has suspended the issuance of visas to Russians since June 26 "due to the unpredictable development of internal political events in Russia," the country's Foreign Ministry said.
19:07 Prigozhin published the first comment after the failed rebellion. According to him, his goal was not to overthrow the authorities in the country, but to protect the PMC Wagner from destruction, as well as to bring to justice those who made mistakes during the "SVO". He also once again stressed that the militants "did not want to shed Russian blood," but went to protest. Lukashenka, according to Prigozhin, "stretched out his hand" and offered to find solutions to continue the work of PMC Wagner.
19:03 In the West, they are sure that the armed rebellion of the leader of the PMC militants Wagner showed the weakness and fragility of the Putin regime. Read more in the material Consequences of Prigozhin's rebellion .
18:52 The monitoring group of Belarus Gayun reports that there is no data yet confirming the information about the construction of a camp for PMC Wagner in the Osipovichi district. Also, the group does not confirm the information about the alleged presence of Prigozhin in Belarus. To date, there are no columns of PMCs moving to Belarus or already in Belarus, Gayun notes.
18:21 The Government of Ukraine and grain market participants have developed a number of alternative strategies to continue the export of agricultural products in the event of the termination of the grain corridor, said First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotsky. He clarified that we are talking about expanding the throughput capacity of the Danube region and increasing the capacity for transshipment of grain there. The commissioning of additional crossing points and dry ports on the western border with Poland and Romania also continues.
Vysotsky recalled that the state budget for 2023 provides for 20 billion hryvnias for potential insurance of ships with grain, which will be ready to continue working in the absence of a grain corridor.
18:05 Borrell said that the latest events in the Russian Federation indicate that the Russian state and Putin personally are weakened, and the country may enter an era of political instability: "The political system is showing cracks. If we previously viewed Russia as a danger, as a threat, because that she has the power, the ability to invade peaceful neighbors, as she did, now there is a risk due to internal political instability and the fragility of a large nuclear force.
"But the conclusion of our debate is clear: continue to support Ukraine more than ever. Continue to increase support, all kinds of support, including military, because the war continues," the head of EU diplomacy stressed.
17:47 Sweden announced a new package of assistance to Ukraine for humanitarian needs and reconstruction worth 32.5 million euros.
17:20 Zelensky is on a working visit to Donetsk region today , visited units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the operational-strategic group of troops Khortytsya.
17:01 The British government is thinking about preparing for the scenario of the sudden collapse of Russia, writes The Times. According to the newspaper, London, at the beginning of a full-scale war, provided for instability for Moscow in case it dragged on, but Prigozhin's rebellion forced diplomats to quickly prepare a plan of action for various scenarios.
16:44 Camps have already started to be built for Wagner PMCs in Belarus, Nestka reports. The first such camp is planned to open in Osipovichi, Mogilev region (200 km from the border with Ukraine). Complex of 24 sq. km is designed for 8000 people.
16:28 The Russians fired heavy artillery at Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, hit a private enterprise. Two employees were killed, another person was injured, the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak, said.
15:49 The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Poland will give thousands of machine guns and millions of rounds of ammunition to their Ukrainian colleagues. According to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Poland, Mariusz Kaminski, we are talking about the National Guard of Ukraine, the assault brigades of the Ukrainian police and the Border Guard Service. In addition, according to him, Poland will provide assistance to the wounded Ukrainians. In particular, the Polish side has already prepared an ambulance train, which is ready to pick up wounded Ukrainians from Lviv and transport them to the hospitals of the Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs. Special assistance will be sent to hospitals located near the front - in Kharkov and Kherson.
15:18 Hungary has once again blocked a tranche of EU military assistance to Ukraine for 500 million euros. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto again complained that in Ukraine the Hungarian OTP Bank was included in the list of international sponsors of the war. Budapest is "ready to change its mind" if the bank is removed from the list, he said.
Szijjarto also stressed that Hungary will not support Ukraine's European integration until the problem with the rights of national minorities in Transcarpathia is resolved.
15:04 The Russians hit the building of the local music school in Belozerka, Kherson region, the OVA reported. Private houses, a gas pipeline and power lines were also damaged, one person was injured.
14:57 In Denmark, the F-16 fighters will be decommissioned in 2025, which is two years earlier than planned. The head of the country's Ministry of Defense, Troels Lund Poulsen, said that the transfer of the F-16 to Ukraine is also approaching. According to him, Ukrainian pilots will need 6-8 months of training before they receive Danish fighters.
14:22 In the Melitopol direction, the Ukrainian military advanced 1.5 km, the Joint Press Center of the Defense Forces of the Tauride direction reported.
14:15 Ukraine expects to receive a clear invitation to join NATO under a simplified procedure, Yermak said: "We understand that in the conditions of a large-scale war it is impossible to give an exact date. But it will become possible when the security situation resolves ... The expected result is to receive an invitation to simplified accession at the summit in July, but, importantly, we would like to receive an absolutely clear signal that would fix Ukraine's path to NATO membership.If we continue the open door policy now, we will send a bad signal to Russia that it can continue do all the things that he does in Ukraine every day."
13:28 The defense forces liberated Rivnopol, Volnovakhsky district, Donetsk region , Malyar said.
13:21 The German government is preparing long-term support for Ukraine with artillery shells, writes Spiegel. According to the publication, the German government last week submitted a corresponding framework agreement with Rheinmetall for approval by the Bundestag budget committee.
13:10 The attempted rebellion in Russia demonstrates how big a strategic mistake Putin made when he started the war against Ukraine, Stoltenberg said: "We monitor the situation in Russia. The events of the past weekend are an internal affair of Russia and another demonstration of a big strategic mistake that he made President Putin with his illegal annexation of Crimea and war against Ukraine."
The NATO Secretary General added that as Russia continues its attack, it is even more important to continue to support Ukraine, which is why the July 11-12 summit in Vilnius will approve an aid package for Kyiv. "Ukraine's place is in NATO. The allies agree with this. The decision on membership will be made by Ukraine and the members of the Alliance. Russia has no veto power," Stoltenberg stressed.
12:56 Minister of Culture Oleksandr Tkachenko denied the information of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service that Ukraine allegedly intends to take the shrines from the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra to Europe. According to him, not a single sacred value will leave the territory of Ukraine, "and everything stolen by Russia will have to be returned."
12:49 The Foreign Ministers of the EU countries approved an increase in the European Peace Fund, through which, among other things, military assistance is allocated to Ukraine. The size of the fund was increased from 7.9 to more than 12 billion euros.
12:27 This year, the SBU has already thwarted two attempts by Russian special services to reconnoiter the defenses of the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant. The service announced the arrest of another Russian informant who collected intelligence about the defense of the station. According to the investigation, the enemy agent turned out to be a resident of Yuzhnoukrainsk, whom the Russian special service attracted to cooperation in May this year.
12:01 The events in the Bakhmut direction became a trigger for Prigozhin’s rebellion, Sergei Cherevaty, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, told Radio Liberty: “The defeated Wagner was returning to Russia. The fact that he was defeated caused friction between him and the military-political leadership, in particular Gerasimov and Shoigu. These feuds continued on the territory of Russia and led to those events."
Cherevaty added that the Russian army is demoralized, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are using this for their own purposes: "What is being done there now, what we hear from intercepts, it demotivates the enemy."
11:48 The criminal case against Prigozhin has not been closed, Russian media write, citing a source in the Prosecutor General's Office.
11:30 The Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation claims that an agreement has allegedly been reached between Kiev and UNESCO on the removal of Christian valuables, including holy relics, from the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. They are allegedly planned to be transferred to the museums of Italy, France, Germany and the Vatican to save them from Russian missile attacks. The SVR said that for Russia "the defense of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra has a deep spiritual dimension, which means that the determination to complete the special operation is only getting stronger."
11:02 During the night attack, one Kalibr missile hit a warehouse in the Odesa region, the IVA said. In addition, fragments of downed drones fell into open areas, and windows in coastal apartment buildings were damaged by blast waves. There were no reports of casualties.
10:56 After the unsuccessful rebellion by Prigozhin, the Wagner PMC mercenaries who participated in the rebellion are again being transferred to the east of Ukraine, Anna Malyar reported.
10:39 Germany opposes the EU plan to transfer the frozen assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation for the restoration of Ukraine, writes the Financial Times. According to the publication, Berlin is afraid of legal and financial risks. It could also set a precedent for others, in particular for Poland, which would be able to demand reparation from Germany for damages caused during World War II.
10:35 In June, Ukraine lost one of its planes, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: “In its reports, Russia “destroys” 20 of our planes a month, or even more. I want to note that in June we had a plane loss , it was earlier this month. Unfortunately, this happens, this is war. But this is one. And they claim about 20, or even more."
Ignat also said that over the past two weeks, the Russians have repeatedly tried to attack Ukrainian airfields. According to him, this is due to the fact that Ukrainian aircraft today perform tasks at dozens of operational airfields, and they do it successfully. Ignat specified that the enemy was trying to attack airfields in Kropyvnytskyi, Dnipro, and Starokonstantinovka. "The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine understands this very well. The planes, of course, are dispersed, they are hidden and they continue to perform tasks," he assured.
10:09 British intelligence states that the Ukrainian Defense Forces are advancing from the north and south near Bakhmut and it is unlikely that the Russian Federation has significant reserves in order to turn the tide.
10:04 The Russian army hit the Kherson region in the morning with prohibited incendiary ammunition, the IVA reported. The blow was inflicted on the residential areas of Kherson and Antonovka. There were fires in residential buildings, damaged water supply, gas pipeline and critical infrastructure.
09:56 In the occupied part of the Kherson region, the death toll as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station has grown to 48, Russian emergency services reported.
09:45 In Moscow and the Moscow region, the regime of the counter-terrorist operation has been canceled, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee of the Russian Federation reported.
09:29 The Russian Defense Ministry reports that Shoigu allegedly checked the advanced command post of the Western Group of Forces in the zone of the "special operation". This is his first public appearance since Prigogine's "rebellion".
09:12 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person died, seven were injured. There are three wounded in the Donetsk region, and two in Zaporozhye, according to the IVA.
09:06 Australia announced a new $110 million aid package for Ukraine. Of these, 100 million will be directed to military assistance, 10 million - to humanitarian aid. In particular, Australia will send 70 military vehicles to Ukraine, including 28 M113 armored vehicles, 14 special purpose vehicles, 28 MAN 40M medium trucks and 14 trailers. The package will also include artillery ammunition of 105 mm caliber.
08:54 The defense forces in the south have liberated about 130 square meters since the beginning of the offensive. km of territory, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. According to her, Ukrainian troops continue their offensive in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions. "Last week, there was a leveling of the front, an improvement in the operational-tactical situation, and as a result, 17 square kilometers were liberated," Malyar specified.
She said that the Russian troops are putting up strong resistance, at the same time they are suffering significant losses: the enemy has eight times more deaths over the past week than in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the east, the Ukrainian Defense Forces conducted both defensive and offensive operations during the week, and had tactical success. The enemy was advancing in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. At the same time, Ukrainian troops in the east at the end of last week began counter-offensive operations in the areas of Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Bakhmut, Bogdanovka, Yagodnoye, Kleshcheevka and Kurdyumovka. On each of the directions there is an advance from 1 to 2 km. Now the troops are fixed on the achieved lines.
08:38 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 26.
personnel - about 225,580 (+950) people liquidated,
tanks - 4031 (+1),
armored combat vehicles - 7820 (+14),
artillery systems - 4055 (+21),
MLRS - 624 (+0),
air defense systems - 385 (+0),
aircraft - 314 (+0),
helicopters - 308 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 3482 (+10),
cruise missiles - 1259 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 6751(+16),
special equipment - 557 (+5).
08:14 At night, the Russians attacked Ukraine mainly from the south: three Caliber cruise missiles were launched from a submarine in the Black Sea and eight Shahed-136/131 strike drones from the eastern coast of the Sea of Azov. The air defense forces destroyed two Caliber missiles and seven attack UAVs, the Air Force command said. In addition, the enemy attacked from the northern direction with four unidentified drones (probably strike drones). All drones have been destroyed.
07:43 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky and Maryinsky directions - 36 military clashes occurred in a day, the General Staff said in the morning report .
00:16 Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said that NATO would have to strengthen its eastern flank if Belarus hosts Prigozhin: "If Prigozhin or part of the Wagner group ends up in Belarus with unclear plans and unclear intentions, this only means that we need more strengthen more the security of our eastern borders."
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Petr Akopov
[REGNUM] Although the shock of what happened has not yet passed, it is already clear that when giving the order to start the “march of justice” to Rostov and Moscow, Yevgeny Prigozhin was not going to either take power or unleash bloodshed - he wanted to blackmail the authorities.
Fearing that the Wagner would soon be taken away from him, he decided that he could put pressure on President Vladimir Putin and get the decision to transfer the Wagners to a contract with the Ministry of Defense reversed. At the same time, deciding on armed blackmail, Prigozhin overestimated the dissatisfaction of the elites and the people with Sergei Shoigu , thought that everyone would begin to demand (or at least hint) at the need to dismiss the minister in order to stop the "march".
Nothing of the sort happened. But Prigozhin has worked himself up so much in recent months and heard so much behind-the-scenes dissatisfaction with Shoigu from various leaders (including the army), that it seems that he seriously counted on moral support for his actions.
Prigozhin's adventure was absolutely insane, but really dangerous. Because the army was not going to fight the Wagners (although it was not going to take their side). It is clear that Putin was not going to give the order to storm Rostov. But if the column approached Moscow, the situation would become critical: it is much more difficult to negotiate in the face of head-to-head confrontation between armed people.
At what point did Prigozhin realize that no one would sacrifice Shoigu? In a good way, he should have understood this even before entering Rostov, around 11 pm, when a message appeared about the initiation of a criminal case for inciting to sedition. Well, at the latest - at 10 am, after Putin's address with words about rebellion and betrayal. It was then that he began negotiations with the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko (probably, the Tula governor Aleksey Dyumin joined at the same time ).
There was no panic in the Kremlin - all the same, there was confidence that Prigozhin had not lost his mind and that an agreement would be reached. But the nerves, of course, were at the limit from the mere thought of the possibility of fighting at the entrance to Moscow.
Prigozhin quickly played back, having received guarantees from Lukashenka and Putin (transferred through Dyumin?). But the damage done to them is still enormous.
Rostov-on-Don. Military equipment PMC "Wagner" on the city street
This is the strongest blow to the state and its reputation in the world. And a gift to our enemies, who have now received food for shaming over the Russian turmoil. And a blow to Putin's reputation - after all, he could not, if not repay, then at least keep under control the growing conflict between "his" Prigozhin and "his" Shoigu. But at the same time, after the beginning of the unrest, both the actions and the public statement of the president were absolutely correct.
Prigozhin practically destroyed his reputation, turned from a truth-seeking hero into a mentally unbalanced and dangerous adventurer, blinded by pride, framed Wagner for disbandment (I would very much like to be able to basically save him).
But still, Russia was able to withstand this blow. The blow is idiotic, provocative, coming not from enemies, but from excited, offended (fairly not) and, alas, narrow-minded patriots. The understanding of the categorical inadmissibility of turmoil, the impossibility of an armed solution of problems (not only during the war), the inadmissibility of blackmailing state power, even under the most correct slogans of “truth and justice”, worked, and it worked not only at the top, but also among the majority of the people.
At the same time, we really need a "march of justice." Led by Putin, who now simply cannot put off until “after the conflict” the most serious changes in the rules for the formation and work of the nomenklatura, and in values, and the publicly proclaimed meanings of the existence of the Russian state. Putin has proved his ability to meet the challenges facing Russia more than once, and he will do it this time.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Victoria Nikiforova
[RIA] Whatever considerations Yevgeny Prigozhin justified his throw on Moscow , but in fact he gave a cool assist to our strategic enemies. Throughout Saturday, the Western media choked with delight.
The fact that the rebellion began on Friday evening also played a role: Russia traditionally closed for the weekend, but overseas at that time it was the height of the working day. Propaganda rushed into battle immediately.
"Rebellion in Russia", "Rebellion against Putin", "Wagner tanks heading for Moscow", "Russia on the edge of the abyss," shouted the editorials of influential newspapers. The Wagnerites were instantly dubbed "rebels" - this is a very familiar tracing paper to us: this is how the Anglo-Saxons call the "correct" rebels who oppose the "wrong" government.
Of course, the "good Russian" emigrants began to fuss. Mikhail Khodorkovsky immediately called on Russian citizens to support the rebellion and take up arms. The runners of the last call climbed out of all the cracks, again they had a dream to ride along Tverskaya on the Abrams. What can we say about the former Ukrainian SSR? There they celebrated all night long.
How many hopes were placed in the West on our Troubles. How easily this would solve all their problems at once: with mediocre defeats in Ukraine , and with the economic crisis that hit the former "golden billion", and with the failure of the "rules-based order."
The EU leadership quickly began to share the skin of the Russian bear, activating its crisis response center "in connection with the situation in Russia." Our European "partners" were going to manage our crisis, just as they managed the Ukrainian Maidan in 2014.
"The Ukrainian army <...> will be happy with the confusion in the ranks of the enemy," the Economist stated with pleasure . The obvious plus of the rebellion for the United States was noted by the New York Times : it was supposed to worsen Russia's position at the front and ensure a military victory for Ukraine.
The same Peter Baker from the New York Times, however, noticed the minus of this whole story for the States. In his opinion, it was that Russia's nuclear weapons could be out of control - well, or under the control of such a person who would not hesitate to bang on Washington.
The logic of our enemies must be understood in order to clearly realize that Wagner's performance may not be the last. You have to be ready for this. Back in 2019, American military analysts from the RAND Corporation advised Washington to diligently foment all possible protests and uprisings in Russia - we already wrote about this plan . At the same time, it was proposed to carefully conspire so that all speeches looked extremely natural, and the ears of the American ambassador did not stick out of them.
This means that next time the protesters won't be running around with pro-American slogans like "Katz offers to surrender." No, pro-Western protests, paradoxically, may well be wrapped in a patriotic package.
There have been precedents in our history. As some wit pointed out, in the late 80s no one walked around in Moscow with posters "Let's give all our oil to Khodorkovsky." No, at the rallies of many thousands during the era of perestroika, they drowned for the abolition of party privileges, for democracy and a multi-party system. And they actually got what they got.
So today, Protestants can sincerely believe that they are for everything good, and as a result they will receive a catastrophic defeat for Russia. All caring patriots should seriously think about this.
It is foolish to think that after the neutralization of Prigozhin, the West will abandon their attempts to rock our boat. After the failure of sanctions and military failures, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are their only chance to win. They just can't use it.
Yes, all the current "saviors of Russia" are firmly and hopelessly compromised. Both Navalny, and Kasparov*, and Khodorkovsky* have long been scrapped by their own owners - simply because they have already been exposed. It is clear on whose content they are, it is clear which special services they work for. In Russian society, they cause only tired contempt.
But what if a new person turns up in Prigozhin's place - more attractive, with a well-spoken tongue, without bad habits such as extrajudicial reprisals, with a sense of humor, without compromising connections with the American establishment? At the same time, he will pour out patriotic slogans, skillfully amuse the national pride of the Great Russians.
If such a person does not raise doubts in the West, if they believe there that he is under control, that, for example, he does not use nuclear weapons against them, then they will support him with all their propaganda machine. They will even portray, if necessary, fear of a "Russian nationalist."
Again, there are precedents. Boris Yeltsin (before he became president) was portrayed by many Western media as a "Russian nationalist". For a while, Navalny was also in the “patriots”. For some time even Khodorkovsky pretended to be a patriot.
Even our smart and skeptical, largely disappointed society can fall for this. This risk should not be underestimated. In the end, during each Time of Troubles in Russia, impostors breed like rabbits - we alone had at least a dozen False Dimitri, historians are still arguing about their exact number.
The only thing that inspires hope is what was well shown by Wagner's speech: our people do not need a civil war in any form. The Russians categorically do not want to kill each other to the delight of Washington and London . And having overcome another Time of Troubles, we will inevitably build a great empire. This has happened more than once in our thousand-year history.
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Prigozhin's company maintains a call center which handles all his inquiries, press inquiries, recruiting questions, including as I s'pect, feelers from intelligence agents, clandestine or otherwise.
Impossible to believe he has not been contacted in some form.
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Impossible to believe he has not been contacted in some form.
Considering it seems the US has burrowed through the Russian intelligence service like worms, I would find it shocking if there hadn't been some feelers out. Whether Prigozhin knew it was CIA or not and how much it might have influenced things is up for debate.
Yea, a nation literally dying off demographically is going to suddenly become a great empire although no foreign investment will be seen, the leaders of Russia cannot even travel outside the "pro Russian world" and it's contracting like the population numbers are anyway.
Half the people in Russia do not even have a commode in their homes.
But, no doubt, Russia is heading toward a great empire and not the vassal weaker state status reality offers vis a vis China.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:49 Personneljoint work of scouts, artillerymen and tankers of the 291st Regiment to destroy the pickup truck of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction 20:55 CombatJobtankers of the Southern Group of Forces to destroy the Ukronazis in the Donetsk direction
20:55 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published video of interception of British aircraft
20:55 Servicemen of the military base of the Russian Defense Ministry destroyed more than 100 Ukrainian militants and three KamAZ trucks in the Zaporozhye direction. This was reported to TASS by the commander of one of the units with the call sign Ali.
19:07 Battery of 152mm self-propelled artillery mounts “Msta-S” fulfills against the enemy in the Krasno-Limansky direction
18:29 Ka-52 “Alligator” helicopter burns enemy armored vehicles, video- Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
17:18 Guards 240mm mortar “Tulip” works on the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction
16:15 Ukrainian horrified by the current government, headed by Zelensky, who continues to destroy the people by all available means
16:14 APU on Saturday tried to advance along the entire line of contact, but they could not succeed anywhere, the front was held, said Pushilin's adviser Yan Gagin.
16:14 About 80 air targets destroyed calculation of the Tor-M1 air defense system of the Central Military District in the Krasno-Limansky direction in the zone of the NWO.
15:17 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
🔹The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions for the day amounted to over 150 servicemen;
🔹During the day, the Russian troops destroyed more than 90 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and one 152mm self-propelled gun "Acacia" in the Krasnolimansky direction;
🔹Russian air defense systems destroyed 19 Ukrainian drones in a day;
🔹The RF Armed Forces successfully repulsed two attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Spornoye in the Donetsk direction;
🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck in the Zaporozhye region the point of repair and restoration of military and special equipment of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
🔹The Russian Armed Forces repelled four attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the Vremevsky salient;
🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 195 soldiers and two US-made Paladin self-propelled artillery mounts in the Donetsk direction;
🔹The RF Armed Forces destroyed the ammunition depot of the 126th Territorial Defense Brigade in the Kherson direction;
🔹The Russian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye region repulsed the attack of the units of the 47th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
🔹Russian air defense systems shot down 19 Ukrainian drones in a day.
14:14 Personnel destruction of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction
The crew of the Ka-52 helicopter, having discovered the advancement of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, destroyed the enemy armored personnel carrier with its crew with a guided missile.
13:07 Fights on the Avdeevsky direction through the eyes of the BMP crew
13:06 Destruction of Ukrainian AGS-17 near Avdievka
The enemy's firing position was discovered by the soldiers of the Sparta battalion, and destroyed by the gunners of the 1453rd Motorized Rifle Regiment.
11:53 Forced mobilization in Ukraine goes according to plan
11:52 Destruction of another howitzer M777 enemy kamikaze drone "Lancet"
11:51 Russian troops destroy infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border zone
10:42 Personnel combat work of the assault group of one of the formations of the Airborne Forces in the Krasnolimansky direction
The enemy drops his weapon and surrenders.
10:41 RF Armed Forces thwarted attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack Artemovsk - retired Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrey Marochko
10:39 Received State-owned coffins by the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The brigade is deployed in the Kramatorsk region and has suffered high losses in recent days
09:29 Over the past day: as a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:
- 152mm MSTA-B howitzer with ammunition, losses: five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, two were injured of varying severity.
As a result of fire damage by the formations of the Dnepr grouping of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:
- 1 enemy watercraft;
- the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, losses: five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; four - received injuries of varying severity.
- 152mm ACS 2S3 "Acacia" with a crew of five people and ammunition;
- 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it, losses: four servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, two were injured of varying degrees.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:
- the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement. Republican, losses: four military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed; five - received injuries of varying severity;
- the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement. Gavrilovka, losses: six servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; four - received injuries of varying severity.
08:53 Donetsk heavy artillery smashes the enemy in the Avdievka direction -video.
Artillerymen of the 14th Artillery Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the Kalmius Artillery Brigade of the NM DPR) are hitting the positions of Ukrainian nationalists using a 203mm 2S7 Malka heavy self-propelled artillery mount.
08:14 Personnel destruction of the Ukrainian stronghold near Kremennaya.
These exclusive shots were taken in the forests near Kremennaya. A drone operator corrects the assault on Ukrainian fortifications. The attack begins with the work of our tanks.
You can see how the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to resist. But they are doomed, surrounded and cut off from their forces. Russian attack aircraft are engaged in small-arms combat at a minimum distance. Bullets fall within a few centimeters of the fighters. The drone flies so close that you can make out the red armbands of ours and the green armbands of the enemy.
08:13 Russian army eliminated another Ukrainian militant in the Zaporozhye direction.
During one of the attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack the positions of our fighters in the Zaporozhye direction, a Ukrainian militant Vitaliy Skuratov was destroyed. According to Ukrainian media, he was a native of Krivoy Rog, Dnepropetrovsk region, and served in the 74th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
08:09 Russian Armed Forces struck a concentration of Ukrainian infantry from the "Solntsepyok" in the Artyomovsk area - RF Ministry of Defense.
08:05 Iskander crews inflict attacks on the enemy.
The Russian Armed Forces continue to strike with precision-guided missiles at military infrastructure facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Iskander operational-tactical missile systems are located many kilometers from the front line, but the enemy constantly feels the threat coming from them, and their troops - support.
The head of the calculation of a self-propelled launcher from the Western Military District spoke about recent successful launches.
07:46 Calculation of the Tor-M1 air defense systemtoldabout the destruction of 80 targets in the Krasno-Limansky direction.
“My job is to quickly find the target, report it to the commander and destroy it. You see the target right away. We have been together for a long time and work as a single well-coordinated mechanism, we understand each other perfectly. It takes a matter of seconds. About eighty targets were shot down, ”said the operator of the Tor-M1 complex with the call sign Bear.
02:38 Explosions are reported in Odessa and the region.
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Look at how Badanov's people act. They waste their military on civilians because Russian culture is like a divorced man who says "if I can't have you, I will kill you".
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Over the past day Representationreported about 18 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 16 attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky two artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
Having fired 103 units of various ammunition.
The areas of three settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kyiv, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Aleksandrovka.
Over the past day, there were no reports of civilian casualties.
Three residential buildings were damaged in the Kievsky district of Donetsk and Oleksandrivka, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.
In previous 24 hours, 19 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
21:13 Ukrainian troops fired 18 rounds in Donetsk, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported intelegram channels.
19:50 Russian artilleryman with the call sign "Mole" is divided new information from the Zaporozhye direction.
“It was more intense. Now it's a little quieter. Well, it is on our gun - a little quieter,” he says.
The fighter is confident that the Russian soldiers will successfully beat off all attempts by Ukrainian nationalists to continue the offensive:
“Let’s stand – we’re not going anywhere. Everything is not so scary, I think, as many come up with,” the soldier added.
18:45 The criminal Kiev regime daily strikes at settlements in the frontline zone, there are casualties among the civilian population every day, said RIA Novosti Advisor to the Acting Head of the DPR Yan Gagin.
“As for the front line: in addition to striking at our combat formations, at our positions, the enemy every day strikes at the frontline zone, at the settlements of the frontline zone. Unfortunately, we have casualties among the civilian population every day along the entire front line,” Gagin said.
He called the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "genocide" and inhuman behavior, unworthy of the military.
“Therefore, I can’t consider the Armed Forces of Ukraine an army, it’s just a bunch of scoundrels and criminals,” Gagin added.
17:49 APU are planning advance along the bottom of the dried-up Kakhovka reservoir, but it can become a new cemetery for them.
Here are some of the reasons why this might happen:
— although the river narrowed, it remained — and it also needs to be overcome somehow, to build pontoons. This quickly unmasks the direction of impact;
- The RF Armed Forces could restore minefields, and install them somewhere additionally;
- ATGM operators will sit in camouflaged fortifications, and the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the shredded reservoir will be in full view.
17:41 Archangel Spetsnaz reports:
Zaporozhye direction: n.p. Pyatikhatki. We found an enemy who approached the settlement and tried to enter it, but was liquidated along with his pickups. Servicemen of the 19th Motorized Rifle Division confidently destroy the enemy.
Kherson direction: the enemy is in his positions, the battle is going on, our artillery is working closely.
17:12 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South Donetsk direction, the enemy did not take active actions, conducted reconnaissance and made attempts to regroup units. Artillery fire inflicted a fire defeat on the identified accumulations of enemy manpower in the area south of Vodyany. Also, clusters of militants were hit by army aviation helicopters in the areas of Makarovka and Novodonetsk.
In the Zaporizhia direction, motorized rifle units of the Vostok grouping repulsed two attacks of the enemy advancing in the direction of the Priyutnoye settlement. During the battle, tanks, armored fighting vehicles and manpower of the nationalists were destroyed.
A reconnaissance in force in the area of Novodanilovka was repulsed. Having suffered losses in manpower, the enemy retreated. Artillery fire destroyed two vehicles with militants, a communications vehicle and a towed howitzer in the Kamenskoye area, and a communications center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Malaya Tokmachka area was destroyed.
During the counterbattery fight, the 152mm Msta-B howitzer was destroyed in the Preobrazhenka area. Helicopters of army aviation hit the places of accumulation of manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Levadny and Novodanilovka.
The military personnel of the Vostok group of troops show courage and heroism in the performance of combat missions. The commander of the mortar battery of the motorized rifle brigade of the group, Lieutenant Vladislav Voloshin, carried out the task of destroying the advancing enemy forces in one of the sectors of the South-Donetsk direction.
Having combat experience, the officer, after assessing the current situation, correctly positioned and camouflaged the mortar crews on the ground. Thanks to the professionalism of Lieutenant Vladislav Voloshin, the enemy was unable to determine the location of the mortar positions.
During the mortar fire on the enemy, five armored combat vehicles and more than 30 Ukrainian militants were destroyed. Having suffered losses, the enemy fled. The positions of the Russian troops were held.
16:40 Our paratroopers are fighting near the Antonovsky bridge, Kherson direction.
There is a complete containment of the enemy, the enemy does not have heavy weapons, our artillery is working.
16:20 On Saturday, Ukrainian troops tried to advance along the entire line of contact, but they could not succeed anywhere, the front was held, Pushilin's adviser Yan Gagin told RIA Novosti -video.
16:15 Zaporozhye direction (Orekhov) 26.06 16:00 Orekhovskoe direction at 16:00: today the enemy lost up to seven armored vehicles. Today, the enemy lost at least three Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and up to seven armored vehicles in the Orekhovsky direction. The militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were skillfully knocked out by our artillerymen after aerial reconnaissance.
16:11 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants.
15:55 At the front near Avdievka, a new Russian kamikaze drone called “Gadfly” was successfully used - with its help, a drone operator from the 1st Slavic Brigade of the 1st Army Corps of the “South” group of troops of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed the Ukrainian dugout. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
15:29 The enemy carried out several attacks in the Donetsk direction:
On the Donetsk direction in the area of the settlement. Controversial successfully repelled two enemy attacks.
Up to 195 Ukrainian fighters, two infantry fighting vehicles, six vehicles, and two US-made Paladin self-propelled guns were destroyed.
In the South-Donetsk direction in the area of the Vremevsky ledge, artillery fire and TOS of the Vostok group of troops repelled four enemy attacks in the area of the settlement. Rivnopol. The Nazi is trying to gain a foothold on the outskirts of the village, while suffering heavy losses.
14:30 Statement of head of the press center of the group "South":
Subdivisions of the "Southern" grouping of troops revealed the advance of three enemy assault groups in the direction of Berkhovka. Mortar fire dispersed the advancing enemy forces.
Also, the assault actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stopped in the area of the settlements of Vesyoloye, Yakovlevka, Krasnoye, Berestovoye, Disputed and Belogorovka. The forces of the group's Army Aviation defeated the enemy's manpower in the area of Razdolovka and Bogdanovka.
As a result of a missile strike by the Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system, the enemy suffered losses in manpower and military equipment in the Konstantinovka area.
The crew of the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system struck a concentration of infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Malaya Ilyinovka area.
As part of the counter-battery fight, the artillery of the group destroyed three 122mm self-propelled self-propelled self-propelled guns 2S1 "Gvozdika" of the enemy in Belogorovka, Aleksandro-Shultino and Ivanovka, a 152mm D-20 howitzer in Novopokrovskoye.
Also, artillery crews destroyed an infantry fighting vehicle in the Belaya Gora area, an electronic warfare radio station and a field ammunition station in Krasnogorovka, and a fuel and lubricants warehouse in the Nikolaevka area.
14:00 Judging by the heavy fighting on our bank of the Dnieper in the area of Antonovsky bridge (reported that actively works aviation and artillery), we are not talking about any coming out. Most likely, the Ukrainian militants are trying to capture and expand the bridgehead on the left bank and are trying to debug the logistics, without which attempts to gain a foothold are doomed to failure.
Without a stable crossing of the Dnieper, the only thing the Ukrainian army will achieve is a significant replenishment of the list of 200 missing. Something similar happened three weeks ago near Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Belgorod region, after which the corpses of the UAF militants were taken from the outskirts and from the forest for several days.
13:20 Kherson direction: guys from Antonovsky bridge write that work. Yes, it's hot, but everything is within limits.
"The Germans (Ukrainian Nazis) are dying like cattle" - this literally.
13:03 Statement of head of the press center of the group "Center":
In the Krasnolimansky direction, artillery units of the "Center" group of forces, using artillery reconnaissance, opened and suppressed about 30 artillery positions and more than 20 mortar crews of Ukrainian troops.
In addition, the group's aviation carried out more than 40 sorties, during which rocket and bomb strikes were carried out against strongholds, temporary deployment points, places where equipment was accumulated, as well as concentrations of enemy manpower and firepower.
On the Torsky site and in the area of Serebryansky forest, the movement of units was discovered with the support of an infantry fighting vehicle of 42, 63 and 67 Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As a result of inflicting fire damage on artillery and army aviation of the Center group, armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks were destroyed. The nationalists suffered significant losses among the personnel.
12:47 FSB has revealed a cache with explosives in the Kakhovka district -video.
It has been established that a citizen of Ukraine, who is currently taking part in hostilities in one of the units of the Marine Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was involved in the illegal storage of these items.
12:15 Ukrainian military failed to gain a foothold on the left bank of the Dnieper - Acting Governor of the Kherson region
“In the past three days, separate small groups of the enemy have indeed made several attempts to cross the Dnieper in boats and hide under the bridge. There they were destroyed by our military, like rats in a mousetrap,” Saldo said.
11:44 On the left bank of the Dnieper:
In the last week, enemy activity on the Dnieper in the area of the Antonovsky bridge has grown abnormally. The intensity of crossings to our shore along the shallowed river has increased manifold.
Today we have to state that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have entrenched themselves on the left bank and are trying to expand the foothold. Our groups from this zone are being evacuated with fighting so that they are not cut off from the main forces.
Artillery is actively working against the enemy in this area. The guys are waiting for the aviation with the planning "cast iron" to connect.
11:00 As a result of a strike by the Nazis on the Kievsky district of Donetsk using the HIMARS MLRS, a civilian was killed -video.
10:25 Airborne troops told about the capture of positions of militants in the Kremensky forest
“In the beginning, our artillery worked out - everything that was possible, of various calibers, flew. The sappers cleared the way to the enemy positions. Then the assault began, the work began. They threw out all their weapons – there were both RPGs and AK-74s – and crawled out,” said the commander of the assault group.
Many Ukrainian soldiers threw down their weapons and surrendered. The nationalists who resisted were eliminated.
10:08 Orekhovskoe direction: all night the enemy tried to attack in small assault groups of six to eight people. Unsuccessfully. At the moment, the situation is stable and under control. Our troops restored their positions on the Novodanilovka-Rabotino direction. Russian fighters confidently fight back. Arta works quickly and accurately.
Zaporozhye direction: n.p. Pyatikhatki continues to remain in the "gray zone", the enemy has not entered there for three days, and attempts are equated with death. The other day, several pickups and AFVs were destroyed. Our aerial reconnaissance is working to correct artillery and the Russian Aerospace Forces.
09:44 The situation in the zone of responsibility of the group [V]:
On the Orekhovskoye direction, the enemy was advancing in the Rabotino area. After briefly pushing ours, by morning the enemy retreated to the starting line, having suffered losses in manpower. Ukrainian DRGs operated in the area of Charivne and Marfopol. No longer active.
In the Vremevsky direction, TOSs are working on enemy oporniks. We are informed that the enemy is trying to impede the work of our army aviation, including with the help of electronic warfare, but so far to no avail - the armored vehicles continue to burn.
No significant changes in the Ugledar direction.
09:37 The bodies of two more people were found after the terrorist attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the hydroelectric power station, the total number of deaths reached 48 - emergency services.
09:27 The situation on the Zaporozhye front: a night attack was repulsed in the Orekhovsky direction, Pyatikhatki continue to be in the gray zone.
In the Orekhovsky direction, the enemy tried to attack all night in small assault groups of six to eight people. Unsuccessfully. At the moment, the situation is stable and under control. Our troops restored their positions on the Novodanilovka-Rabotino direction. We confidently fight back, artillery works quickly and accurately.
The enemy has not entered Pyatihatki for the third day, and attempts are equated with death. The village continues to be in the gray zone. The other day, several pickups and AFVs were destroyed.
09:22 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. Aleshki fired 29 rounds;
-- in the village of Kazachi Lagery nine rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki fired seven rounds;
-- 12 rounds were fired at the Dnieper settlement.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Novaya Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, settlement Novaya Zburyevka, settlement Staraya Zburyevka, settlement Krynki firing a total of 37 rounds from cannon artillery
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
09:05 Over the past 24 hours, 19 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU - Representative Office of the DPR in the JCCC.
Ukrainian nationalists fired from MLRS, 152mm, 155mm artillery and 120mm mortar, firing 107 different rounds across the territory of the republic.
Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kyiv, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district) and Vladimirovka were under enemy fire.
As a result of the shelling, two people were killed and five people were injured of varying severity in the Kievsky district of Donetsk.
Four residential buildings in the Kievsky district of Donetsk were damaged, as well as two civilian infrastructure facilities.
09:02 A prisoner of war of the 10th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine spoke about the absence of command personnel in positions, the executions of retreating servicemen, the lack of ammunition and food.
08:59 The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at Tokmak at night - there were power and communication failures in the city.
Kyiv militants shelled Tokmak around 2:20. A hit in the distribution zone was recorded, due to which there are interruptions in power supply and communications in the city.
08:15 AFU fired at the north-west of Donetsk at dawn. Damaged private houses in the village of the Oktyabrskaya mine. According to the DPR JCCC, from 4:30 a.m. to 7:10 a.m., the Kuibyshevsky district was attacked 5 times already.
08:11 Frontline summary on the morning of 26.06.2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Ukrainian army, with the support of artillery, conducted offensive operations near Rabotin. There is a promotion. In depth again insignificant, and in width - up to 10 kilometers. Under artillery attack positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Orekhovo, Novodanilovka, Belogorye, Charovny, Gulyaipolsky, Zheleznodorozhny, Gulyaypole and Poltavka.
Ukrainian troops attacked in the direction of Priyutnoye and Rovnopol in the Uludar sector. No success. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out strikes against units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Levadny, Novodarovka, Makarovka, Blagodatny, Zolotoy Niva, Prechistovka, Novoukrainka, Bogoyavlenka and Vugledar.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, after shelling, conducted assault operations in Maryinka. The Armed Forces held their positions. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit Ukrainian units in Novomikhailovka, Yekaterinovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, Kurakhov, the city of Krasnogorovka, Nevelsky, Pervomaisky, Karlovka, Avdeevka, Severny (a settlement west of Avdeevka), Umansky, Novokalinovo, Ceramics and New York. The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Donetsk, Vodyany, Vesely (a settlement north of Avdiivka) and Gorlovka.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of artillery, carried out offensive operations near Kurdyumovka and Kleshcheevka and managed to take up new positions. Similar actions of the Russian troops in the Ivanovsky area were unsuccessful. Also, the RF Armed Forces launched a ground attack on Vesyoloye (a settlement northeast of Soledar). No promotion. Under shelling, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Chasovoy Yar, Bogdanovka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Minkovka, Vasyukovka, Rozdolovka, Disputable and Verkhnekamensky. The Ukrainian army attacked Ozaryanovka and Yagodnoe.
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops, supported by artillery, tried to advance towards Berestovoye. Ukrainian positions in Belogorivka, Serebryanka, Torskoy, Nevsky, Kislovka, Kupyansk, Dvurechnaya, Figolevka and Krasny Pervy are under attack.
08:08 The Russian Defense Ministry spoke about the successes of the Russian Armed Forces group "South" in the Artemovsk area -video.
08:06 Personnel combat work of the assault group of one of the formations of the Airborne Forces in the Krasnolimansky direction.
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[REGNUM] The attempted military rebellion in Russia clearly did not lead to the consequences that the West was counting on. This was pointed out by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov - and such a conclusion can be drawn from publications in the American and European press, which, as expected, devoted numerous materials to the events of June 23-24.
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If this was Western coordinated, everyone involved needs to be given an Elon Musk good to know you and goodbye slip. In a stalemate, when a portion of your opponent’s strength walks away, it’s time to take Culp’s Hill. It is not the time to wait for instructions from Christiana Amapour. Regardless, it looks like a trap. Any Western payments to Wagner leadership were a donation.
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Its only been a couple days. All these experts missed it and are now pontificating.
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[REGNUM] Last weekend, June 24-25, secret talks were held in Copenhagen on the situation in Ukraine. The preparation of this event became known on the 21st from sources in the British newspaper Financial Times.
According to the information available at the time, EU officials, as well as US national security adviser Jake Sullivan and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland , were going to discuss in an informal setting the principles that could form the basis of a peace settlement in Ukraine. The peculiarity of the event is that the discussion was planned to be held with representatives of countries that did not stand under the banner of the West in the war against Russia - China, India, Turkey, Brazil, South Africa.
A palpable point.
Oddly enough, Ukraine itself initiated the meeting in Copenhagen on a possible peaceful settlement, asking Western countries to organize it, media sources reported, later this fact was confirmed to journalists by an EU representative.
At the appointed time, at the appointed place, national security and political advisers from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Denmark, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Brazil, India, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Ukraine, and the European Union gathered. As you can see from this list, there was no delegation from China. However, her participation was in question from the very beginning.
Following the meeting, the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, who participated in the consultations on behalf of his country, published a general photo on the Telegram channel, but neither Sullivan, nor Nuland, nor the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, which, according to the agency Bloomberg was supposed to represent the EU.
Whether these three were present in Copenhagen is unknown. On the eve of the event, on June 23, journalists at a briefing asked John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, to confirm Sullivan's participation in the upcoming negotiations.
Kirby, however, shied away, saying only, "I don't have specific travel announcements for Mr. Sullivan. We have regular contacts of various kinds with the Ukrainians and our allies and partners in order to find a just peace and to discuss the principles of such a peace. [Sullivan] works closely with the Ukrainians almost every day, discussing various issues with them.”
“During the consultations, we once again told our international partners about the details of the “peace formula” of President Volodymyr Zelensky. I am convinced that it should be the basis for achieving a sustainable and just peace for Ukraine," Yermak wrote in his Telegram channel.
The "peace formula", presented by the Ukrainian leader at the December G20 summit, consists of ten points, including the restoration of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, the withdrawal of Russian troops, the exchange of prisoners in the "all for all" format, radiation, nuclear, food and energy security, countering ecocide , preventing escalation, fixing the end of the conflict.
The Russian side emphasizes that this formula is actually aimed not at establishing peace, but at putting together an anti-Russian coalition. According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, putting forward such ideas, Zelensky cherishes the illusion of achieving, with the help of the West, the withdrawal of Russian troops from Russian territories - from the Donbass, Crimea, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, the payment of reparations by Russia, and the appearance "with confession" in international tribunals. Of course, Russia will not talk to anyone on such terms.
According to Yermak, the meeting participants agreed to continue consultations in this format to organize a global peace summit, at which, according to Zelensky's idea, the formula he proposed for resolving the conflict should be discussed. Kyiv wants to gather as many countries as possible at this summit.
“I announced the venues that could become a possible venue for a global peace summit. First, I proposed Ukraine as the most desirable option for us. By the way, many countries have already expressed their readiness to host this summit, including such international venues as the UN General Assembly,” he added.
The current meeting in Copenhagen has become one of the links in the campaign launched by the West to fight for the hearts and minds of the countries of the Global South. As the Financial Times wrote in the context of the upcoming consultations in the Danish capital, the United States and Ukraine are worried that the conflict is dragging on, and the camp of Kyiv's allies is not expanding.
“We (Europe – ed.) are little aware of the extent to which the rest of the world is not convinced [of the need to support Ukraine]. They are not convinced. And realizing it is terrible,” a European official told the publication on condition of anonymity.
In order to gain the loyalty of as many countries as possible, the West has sharply increased its attention to the poor countries and developing countries of the Global South.
First, French President Emmanuel Macron suddenly expressed a desire to attend the BRICS summit, which will be held August 22-24 in Johannesburg, as a guest. The Russian Foreign Ministry declared the inappropriateness of such a visit and brought this position to South Africa as the organizer of the summit, but the last word will remain with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
And he, by the way, like many other world leaders, himself recently visited Macron, at the summit on a new global financial pact dedicated to the problems of poverty and climate change. Developed nations have pledged to increase funding for poor and developing countries that are hardest hit by global warming.
Some had their debts restructured right there, in Paris, on the sidelines of the summit, others were offered joint environmental projects. It would seem that this is a good deed, and what does the Ukrainian crisis have to do with solving such global problems as poverty and environmental damage? It turns out that the most immediate thing is that rich countries have not fulfilled their earlier obligations to finance programs to improve the quality of life in Africa, Asia, Oceania, the Caribbean, because they transferred money to Kiev as a priority, which they were repeatedly reproached with. And the Paris summit was supposed to reassure the third world countries that they are not forgotten, they are thought about, they will be helped.
For wealthier countries, the West had a different scenario. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken personally flew to Beijing on June 18-19, becoming the highest-ranking US official to visit China during the Joe Biden administration , and held talks with President Xi Jinping. Macron, by the way, also recently visited the Middle Kingdom.
And the next day, after the end of the US Secretary of State's trip to China, on June 20, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was greeted in the United States with unprecedented honors. The situation in Ukraine was among the key topics of talks between the leaders of the two countries.
“India is a global player bringing security and stability to the world stage. We look forward to strengthening and strengthening this role ,” said John Kirby.
In the context of the Ukrainian crisis, the West is not only concerned about the refusal of many countries of the world, including the Global South, to impose sanctions against Russia, to condemn the implementation of the NWO, to boycott meetings with Russian officials and diplomats, to terminate contracts for the implementation of major projects, which neutralizes the effect of the restrictive measures of the US and the EU.
The West is also worried about their peacekeeping activity: only recently China, Brazil and a group of African states have come up with their own projects for a diplomatic settlement of the conflict in Ukraine. Moreover, these are not just lengthy proposals, but carefully worked out peace plans, which both Moscow and Kyiv are familiar with.
The Americans are ready to wage war to the last Ukrainian, if only to deplete Russia's resources as much as possible. And as the hostilities drag on and the cost of military assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine increases, even among NATO members, fatigue from the burden that they are forced to bear is growing, and the desire to end this conflict is growing, and preferably at the negotiating table and quickly.
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[Regnum] The negotiation process to extend the terms of the grain deal may be activated from the beginning of July. This was announced on June 26 by a RIA Novosti source familiar with the process.
The interlocutor stressed that so far the situation with the deal does not inspire optimism.
“There is a high probability that negotiations will enter an active phase from the beginning of July,” he added.
The source also did not rule out a high probability that the negotiations will soon be held at the highest level.
As IA Regnum reported , agreements on the export of grain and other products from Ukraine along the Black Sea corridor were adopted in 2022 as part of a wider deal (the Black Sea Grain Initiative). They assumed a number of actions in the interests of Russia, including the unblocking of the ammonia pipeline and the connection of Rosselkhozbank to the SWIFT system. Not a single promise was kept.
Nevertheless, Russia agreed to renew the agreement, but the Kremlin and the Foreign Ministry noted that if the situation did not change, the deal would be terminated. So, the Black Sea initiative was once again extended in May 2023 . It will be valid until July 17 inclusive.
Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Vershinin said that July 18 could be the day the grain deal was completed due to unfulfilled promises under the deal.
In turn, the coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, John Kirby , said that the US authorities believe that the grain deal benefits the whole world, and they are counting on its extension . He added that the United States heard Vershinin's statement and took it "with regret."
As the Deputy Spokesman of the UN Secretary General Farhan Haq emphasized , the UN would like to achieve the continuation of both parts of the food deal (the Black Sea Grain Initiative) and is discussing this issue with all parties.
There are no prerequisites for extending the grain deal , because it has not been fulfilled, said Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation.
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