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[Korrespondent] 21:48 The "authorities" of the occupied Zaporozhye region said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly fired on Tokmak with cluster munitions.
21:17 Zelensky announced that work will continue in Vilnius tomorrow. In particular, bilateral meetings are planned - with American, Canadian, German, British, Dutch, Japanese and other partners. The first inaugural meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council is also planned. "Our defense is the first priority. And I am grateful to our partners for their readiness to take new steps. More weapons for our soldiers - more life protection for all of Ukraine. We will bring new important defense tools to Ukraine," the president announced.
21:14 Ukraine's entry into NATO during the conflict would mean a US war with Russia, said State Department spokesman Matthew Miller. He stressed that this will not happen under President Biden.
21:05 Danilov said that Ukraine now needs to do "a lot of homework" to fully switch to NATO standards.
20:41 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius again confirmed that Berlin will not supply long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine. At the same time, he stressed that Germany is one of the main suppliers of military equipment to Ukraine, and emphasized that without German assistance, Ukrainian air defense would be weak.
20:16 The Ukrainian leadership knew that Kiev would not receive a specific invitation to NATO at the Vilnius summit, Podolyak said: "No one except Ukraine is ready to respond to these challenges and bear responsibility. We knew that NATO would only take the first steps: a long-term program and refusal of the MAP".
19:20 Zelensky spoke in Vilnius at a rally in support of Ukraine's movement to NATO. The President said that the North Atlantic Alliance will provide Ukraine with security, and Ukraine will make NATO stronger. “Today I set off here with faith in the solution, with faith in partners, with faith in a strong NATO. In a NATO that does not doubt, does not waste time and does not look back at any aggressor… And I would like this faith to become confidence - confidence in the decisions that we deserve - we all deserve, and that each of our warriors, each of our citizens, each of our mothers, each of our children is waiting for. And is this too much desire? the president said.
19:14 In the center of Vilnius, a flag brought from Bakhmut was raised to the anthem of Ukraine.
18:51 At the summit in Vilnius, Reznikov signed a memorandum with 11 colleagues on creating a coalition to train F-16 fighter pilots. The coalition included Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and the UK. The countries will train Ukrainian pilots and technical personnel, and other types of fighters, except for the F-16, may be included in the training program. The coalition is also ready to consider providing aircraft to Ukraine.
Danish Defense Minister Trols Pulsen said that the coalition will begin training Ukrainian pilots at the end of summer.
18:46 Shoigu said that if the United States supplies cluster munitions to Ukraine, Russia "will be forced" to use similar means against the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Shoigu claims that so far the Russian army has allegedly refrained from using cluster munitions in Ukraine.
18:34 Stoltenberg clarified that in order to join NATO, Ukraine must fulfill a number of conditions, including the fight against corruption, reforms to modernize public administration institutions, including the security and defense sector, as well as compatibility with NATO standards. In addition, the Secretary General emphasized separately that while the war is going on in Ukraine, there can be no talk of joining the Alliance.
18:25 Stoltenberg said that Ukraine will receive an invitation to NATO when "all allies agree and the conditions are met." At the same time, the leaders of the member countries adopted a support package for Ukraine , which provides for the abolition of the MAP, a long-term military assistance program of $500 million a year to modernize the Ukrainian army and fully transition to NATO standards, as well as the launch of the Ukraine-NATO Council, which should become a platform for advice in crisis situations.
18:09 NATO countries agreed on a declaration on Ukraine's membership in the Alliance, writes Reuters. The final declaration says: "We will issue an invitation to Ukraine to join the Alliance when the allies agree and all conditions are met."
17:49 Ukraine will receive military assistance from France for another 170 million euros, Reznikov said following talks with his French counterpart Sebastian Lecornet in Vilnius. According to him, today an agreement was signed between the Ministries of Defense of Ukraine and France. In particular, it is planned to simplify the process of purchasing and supplying weapons to Ukraine and launch joint production of spare parts and maintenance of foreign weapons and equipment.
17:25 The Berdyansk city military administration reported a hit on the Dune hotel, where the military leadership of the Russians lived. "The building was actually razed to the ground. Now the rubble is being sorted out. Many ambulances drove in that direction," the GVA specified. Meanwhile, local publics report new explosions in Berdyansk.
17:21 Biden supported the simplified procedure for Ukraine's entry into NATO and the abolition of the MAP.
17:18 Ukraine and France will sign a memorandum in Vilnius on training Ukrainian pilots on the F-16, Reznikov said.
16:52 Zelensky has arrived in Vilnius, he is heading to the square where the flag of Ukraine will be raised, Presidential Press Secretary Sergei Nikiforov said.
16:36 Ukraine will receive 50 long-range SCALP missiles from France, Reuters reports citing sources.
16:18 As a result of today's shelling of Kherson, five people have already been injured, including an eight-year-old child, the IVA reported.
15:53 Ukraine has concluded an insurance contract in case of damage as a result of a nuclear incident at all four nuclear power plants. In the event that the Russians blow up the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, Ukraine may receive insurance compensation, Energoatom said.
15:22 The NATO summit has officially begun in Vilnius. According to media reports, Zelensky's speech is tentatively scheduled for 18:00.
15:15 Reuters writes, citing sources, that the French long-range SCALP missiles, the deliveries of which Macron announced today, are already in Ukraine. Kyiv promised Paris not to hit them on the territory of Russia.
14:52 Biden said that the leaders of Western countries have already agreed on their statement on Ukraine's entry into NATO.
14:36 The Ukrainian combat control and information processing system Delta has successfully passed NATO tests and is ready to integrate Western equipment, including F-16 fighters, said Mikhail Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Digital Development. According to him, Delta has been successfully tested with 15 systems from ten countries, including three systems developed directly by NATO. All compatibility tests were successful.
Thanks to Delta, the Ukrainian military sees the battlefield with the location of enemy forces online. This is the only platform in Ukraine where data from aerial reconnaissance, satellites, drones, the latest technology, stationary cameras, radars, chatbots, etc. are pulled up. All these data make it possible to plan military operations qualitatively, the minister said.
14:33 German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius believes that Ukraine can count on an influx of investments only after the end of the war and joining NATO. At the same time, he stressed that Berlin fundamentally supports Ukraine's entry into NATO, and there are no discussions in the Alliance about this now.
14:29 Czech President Petr Pavel believes that the window of opportunity for Ukraine to achieve results at the front will close by the end of this year. He attributed this to the upcoming elections in the US and other countries, after which support for Kiev may decline: "Whatever is achieved by the end of this year will be the starting point for negotiations. We will also see another decrease in the willingness to massively support Ukraine with more weapons."
14:27 Budanov said that the GUR had nothing to do with the murder of the Russian captain Rzhitsky in Krasnodar: "The roots of what happened in Russia yesterday must be sought in the Russian Federation itself, where internal protest against the war is growing."
14:21 Russians are shelling residential areas of Kherson. At the moment, it is known that a humanitarian headquarters and at least five residential buildings were hit, and fires broke out in the places of shelling. According to preliminary information, two people were injured, one of them in serious condition, said Alexander Prokudin, head of the OVA.
13:48 Scholz said that the G7 countries will adopt a joint declaration in Vilnius on promises in the field of Ukraine's security after the onset of peace.
13:35 Zelensky criticized behind-the-scenes NATO talks: “Now, on the way to Vilnius, we received signals that language without Ukraine is being discussed. And I want to emphasize: this language is only by invitation, and not by Ukraine’s membership. when there are no time frames for both the invitation (!), and for the membership of Ukraine, and when instead some strange wording is added about "conditions" even for inviting Ukraine ... It looks like there is no readiness to invite Ukraine to NATO, nor make it a member of the Alliance. This means that there remains the possibility of bargaining for Ukraine's membership in NATO - in negotiations with Russia. And for Russia, this means motivation to continue its terror. Uncertainty is a weakness. And I intend to discuss this frankly at the summit." .
13:31 Scholz confirmed that Germany is preparing a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 700 million euros, including the supply of two Patriot air defense systems to Kyiv. It will also include 25 Leopard 1A5 tanks, 40 Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles, five Bergepanzer 2 armored recovery vehicles, 20,000 155-mm artillery shells, and 5,000 smoke shells.
13:24 NATO has successfully completed its mission to contain Russia, Christopher Cavoli, Commander-in-Chief of NATO Allied Forces in Europe, said in Vilnius. The new regional defense plans will significantly modernize the Alliance, he said. Cavoli also called "great news" the future entry of Sweden into NATO: "Both Finland and Sweden immediately attract very combat-ready armed forces to the Alliance. Secondly, their association creates a new geography of our area of responsibility in the north. The Baltic Sea is now completely different, because that it is surrounded by NATO countries with strong navies and powerful armed forces."
12:53 Germany in a new package of military assistance to Ukraine worth about 600 million euros will transfer several Patriot launchers, additional Marder infantry fighting vehicles, Leopard 1 tanks, demining equipment, about 20 thousand artillery shells, as well as reconnaissance drones, Spiegel writes. This package is due to be announced today during the NATO summit.
12:49 Peskov called France's decision to transfer long-range missiles to Ukraine "erroneous and fraught with consequences" for Kiev. He added that this decision "will force Russia to take retaliatory measures." The Kremlin speaker also said that Moscow would closely monitor what was happening at the NATO summit in Vilnius "for in-depth analysis and taking measures to ensure the security" of the Russian Federation.
12:32 France will give Ukraine long-range missiles to support the offensive , Macron said.
12:30 Polish President Andrzej Duda did not rule out that NATO could send a peacekeeping mission to Ukraine after the end of the war. According to him, in this case, Polish military personnel will also participate in it. At the same time, Duda stressed that everything would depend on Ukraine and the peace agreements reached.
12:17 The Russians hit Sofiyivka from the Stanislav community of the Kherson region from Gradov: according to preliminary information, one person was killed, another was injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
11:59 Ukraine is facing the threat of ammunition depletion in the short term, Stoltenberg said. According to him, the stage of the war of attrition and the battle of logistics has been going on for several months. Ukraine needs supplies of ammunition, spare parts and fuel on a "huge scale," the Secretary General said.
One hopes this war does not continue until both sides are down to rocks and sticks.
In this regard, he did not condemn the supply of American cluster munitions and stressed that each country has the right to make its own decision on this issue. Stoltenberg also added that both sides have already used cluster munitions.
The Secretary General noted that the Western arms production was not ready for such a war, and while it is gradually growing, long-term contracts are being concluded, in the short term Ukraine risks being left without ammunition.
11:32 The Norwegian government announced an increase in military support to Ukraine by $239 million, thus the total amount of aid will increase to $960 million.
11:20 Zelensky will arrive at the summit in Vilnius today and will take part in the dinner, Stoltenberg said. Tomorrow the Secretary General and the President of Ukraine will hold a meeting.
11:11 Stoltenberg said that NATO's decision on moving towards Ukraine's membership would be agreed upon in a few hours: "I am convinced that the wording of the summit communiqué will be positive, there will be a strong signal on Ukraine and the way forward to membership." The Secretary General specified that the inaugural NATO-Ukraine summit will be held tomorrow, at which a plan for Ukraine's entry into the Alliance will be proposed.
10:50 The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court, based on the materials of the State Bureau of Investigation, ruled on the nationalization of the assets of several Russian oligarchs close to the Kremlin for billions of hryvnias. Among them are five oblenergos, hotels, the Ocean Plaza shopping and entertainment center, mining companies, shares of the First Investment Bank. Also, hundreds of industrial premises, equipment, warehouses, which the Russians used in Ukraine, were nationalized.
In addition, the High Anti-Corruption Court confiscated the Kyiv apartments of Russian blogger and propagandist Artemy Lebedev. Two apartments were collected as state revenue: on Yaroslavov Val Street (area 138 sq. m) and on Saksaganskogo Street (area 193 sq. m).
10:32 In Russia, at least 14 generals support Prigozhin and do not want to follow Putin, NSDC Secretary Alexei Danilov told Reuters in a comment.
10:18 The night attack of the Odessa region, apparently, was aimed precisely at the port infrastructure and grain storage sites amid Russia's threats not to renew the grain agreement, Natalya Gumenyuk, spokeswoman for the Defense Forces of southern Ukraine, told Radio Liberty. According to her, Russian troops sent drones in several waves from the Black Sea.
09:53 Today, Russian lieutenant general Oleg Tsokov was eliminated in the Berdyansk region, Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, said, citing sources.
09:19 The White House has confirmed that Biden will meet with Zelensky on July 12 as part of the NATO summit in Vilnius.
08:48 The defense forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol, Berdyansk and Bakhmut directions, in particular, they are advancing north and south of the city of Bakhmut, General Staff Speaker Andrey Kovalev said. The Ukrainian military is gaining a foothold on the achieved lines, the enemy is putting up strong resistance, actively using reserves.
08:42 In two districts of the Kiev region, 12 residential buildings and one multi-storey building were damaged as a result of falling debris from drones, the OVA reported. The damage is minor. The State Emergency Service clarified that they eliminated the consequences of falling debris in the Fastovsky and Obukhov districts, including the fire of the grass flooring.
08:40 Russians during a night attack with drones planned to hit the grain terminal of one of the ports of the Odessa region, OK Pivden reported. The air defense forces destroyed 22 attack drones, two more hit the administrative building of the port facility. Due to the fall of debris from downed drones, two port terminals caught fire, including a grain terminal. The fire was promptly extinguished, and no critical damage or casualties were recorded.
08:37 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, three people were killed (in Ostroy, Avdeevka and Toretsk), seven more were injured. Three people were wounded in the Kherson region, one in the Kharkiv region, according to the IVA.
08:25 NATO allies before the first day of the summit in Vilnius, which will be held on July 11-12, still do not have an agreed decision on what the language of the communiqué on Ukraine will be, writes Politico. However, one NATO diplomat told reporters that "great progress has been made and it is 100% optimistic" and an agreement is "very close." Officials who are negotiating on this issue will meet again on Tuesday, already in parallel with the summit.
08:19 At night, Russia attacked Ukraine with 28 Shahed-136/131 drones, of which 26 were destroyed by air defense forces, the command of the Air Force reported. The UAVs were launched from the southeast direction (Primorsko-Akhtarsk). In addition, one Zala-type reconnaissance drone was destroyed.
Also on July 10, the Air Force destroyed an enemy helicopter (the type is being specified), three attack UAVs of the Lancet type and four reconnaissance drones of the operational-tactical level.
08:14 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 11:
personnel - about 235,020 (+540) people liquidated,
tanks - 4089 (+4),
armored combat vehicles - 7983 (+17),
artillery systems - 4385 (+14),
MLRS - 672 (+4),
air defense systems - 414 (+0),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 310 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 3693 (+7),
cruise missiles - 1271 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 6966 (+29),
special equipment - 640 (+8).
08:02 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has calculated that Ukraine liberated almost as much territory in five weeks of the offensive as Russian troops captured in six months.
07:31 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions, there are heavy battles. During the day, there were 30 combat clashes, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
06:26 Rebels of PMC Wagner, during a campaign against Moscow, entered the territory of the Voronezh-45 military base, where nuclear weapons are stored, without meeting any resistance, writes Reuters. According to the publication, when the column of Wagnerites was moving north in the direction of Moscow, some of them with military equipment deviated east along the highway in the direction of the military base. This can be seen in the videos posted on the Internet, and is confirmed by the testimonies of local residents. But about 100 km from the nuclear base, surveillance stops.
Budanov claims that Prigozhin's fighters went as far as the base, intent on obtaining small Soviet-era nuclear devices to "up the stakes" in their insurgency. The only barrier between the Wagnerites and the nuclear weapons, he said, was the door to the vault. In the end, for unknown reasons, they retreated.
05:37 Russia attacked Kiev at night with Shahed drones - all detected air targets moving in the direction of the capital were destroyed, said the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko.
00:13 The United States warned the Russian leadership of the inevitable responsibility in the event of a catastrophe at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, said State Department spokesman Matthew Miller: "The Russian leadership should think carefully about whether it wants to risk creating a nuclear catastrophe, because if this happens, the international community will absolutely attract Russia to responsibility." He also added that Washington is closely following the developments around the ZNPP.
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[RIA] The intrigue surrounding the NATO summit in Vilnius that began today has finally been resolved.
The fact is that on the eve of it, the United States and Europe found themselves in a rather unpleasant position. Thanks to many months of efforts by Western politicians and the media, colossal expectations turned out to be wrapped around the event. They were connected, first of all, with the success of the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which seemed inevitable, like the sunrise. This, in turn, was supposed to give a new impetus to the despondent transatlantic unity with the adoption in Vilnius of strategically significant decisions for further joint action. Ukrainian hopes, of course, were entirely aimed at launching the process of the country's entry into the Alliance, which was not entirely fantastic, since this idea has its supporters in the ruling elites on both sides of the ocean.
However, as they say, something went wrong. Not only that, over the past weeks, Kiev has not demonstrated any impressive military successes. The development of events at the front forced a part of the Western establishment to open their eyes to reality, which realized that the bet on a military victory over Russia was at least erroneous, and at most fatal. And this means that all efforts in this direction represent a useless and senseless loss of money, resources, scarce military equipment (together with the reputation of the manufacturers of this very equipment).
As a result, in the last days before the summit, confusion and vacillation in the already completely discordant transatlantic ranks became apparent. The non-Western world froze in anticipation, as the Vilnius summit threatened to turn into a grandiose zilch.
The West was faced with the task of urgently saving the situation and the face of NATO - and here Recep Tayyip Erdogan entered the scene . It is thanks to him that the main result of the Vilnius event will be able to present the process of joining the alliance of Sweden that has moved off the ground, and in fact, the failed Ukrainian topic will be pushed into the background. Ukraine, of course, will receive its share of attention and promises of more deliveries, but nothing close to the hopes that they had. Judging by the freshly staged hysteria of Vladimir Zelensky , who has not yet reached the Lithuanian capital , in Kiev they realized the sad prospects for themselves.
Here, however, the question arises: why does Erdogan need this?
There were even suggestions that Washington managed to break the resistance of the Turkish leadership and completely subjugate Ankara to its will, as happened with Germany and other European capitals. This is, of course, a mistake.
Erdogan has been pursuing a sovereign policy, skillfully balancing between the superpowers for many years. By lifting objections to Sweden's entry into NATO, he rendered a serious service to the alliance and specifically to Washington, and it cost him almost nothing. Some problems are not ruled out inside the country, where opponents of the Turkish president are already accusing him of compromising with a country where they burn the Koran and "terrorists roam the streets" (supporters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party). But this is absolutely not critical.
But in the foreign policy context, there are solid benefits. Erdogan removed some of the accumulated friction with the West (and, oh, how many of them) and at the same time, very likely, negotiated new bonuses for Turkey. Obviously, the States made concessions on the supply and modernization of the Turkish fleet of F-16 aircraft. Well, the newly arisen topic of Turkey's entry into the EU hints that Ankara will try to trample on the old Europe to the maximum for past humiliations.
Relations with Moscow will almost certainly not suffer from this step of Turkey. To the surprise of many, Russia immediately reacted serenely to the plans for the Scandinavians to join the alliance, and even after Finland's entry , following in the same footsteps of Sweden is unlikely to cause her a sharp response. Actually, the first official comments of the Kremlin and the Foreign Ministry confirm this.
And, finally, we should not get ahead of ourselves: Erdogan's consent to Sweden's entry into NATO does not at all guarantee that the process will be completed. According to Turkish media, the country's parliament will be able to ratify this decision by the end of next week. It must be assumed that if the agreements reached during the negotiations are not implemented, circumstances will be revealed at lightning speed that will make this decision categorically impossible.
The main "victim" of all this intrigue is Kyiv. But there's nothing you can do about it. Before the eyes of Ukraine there were numerous and varied examples of how it is possible and necessary to defend sovereignty and national interests (Turkey is only one of them). However, she chose to go her own way, which led her to the current result. Further it will only get worse.
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NATO expands and Turkey recommends Ukrainian entry to the alliance while it also sets up drone factory in Ukraine.
But Russia is victorious?
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:35 Video– Ukrainian soldiers preferred to run away from their positions rather than be torn to pieces by an FPV drone.
It would be better if they ran to surrender, but it has not yet reached them (or has not reached them). 21:05 Video– a swarm of VOZmezdia destroys the tanks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the battles near Avdiivka
The 1st Slavic Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the 1st Brigade of the NM of the DPR) hunts for tanks of Ukrainian nationalists with the help of kamikaze combat drones of the RoyVOZmezdia project.
20:34 Video- Footage of the destruction of the equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Rabotino area by the 58th army.
20:15 Video- Repulse of the meat assault of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kremennaya: Ukrainians again have a negative growth in technology.
19:44 Video- for lovers of jumping from the ramp BMP "Bradley" prepared the end point.
We wish you successful jumps, gentlemen athletes.
19:20 An air raid alert sounds for the second time in a day throughout Ukraine.
19:16 NATO began preparing and training Ukrainian troops back in 2014, Stoltenberg admitted.
19:10 Shoigu spoke about the counteroffensive of Ukraine:
- In general, the enemy did not achieve his goals in any of the directions
– The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of the counteroffensive amounted to more than 26,000 military and 3,000 units of various weapons
– 21 Ukrainian aircraft, five helicopters, 1,244 tanks and other armored vehicles were destroyed, including 17 Leopards and 12 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles
19:00 Another destroyed vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
18:33 The crew of the reconnaissance and attack helicopter Ka-52 destroyed an armored fighting vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine together with a landing force by a guided missile strike in the South-Donetsk direction.
18:17 Video: the destruction of the APU tank in the Avdiivka direction. The 1st Slavic Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the 1st Brigade of the NM DPR) hunts for tanks of Ukrainian nationalists.
18:00 The Ukrainian military forcibly pushed a mobilized man into a car and took him to the military registration and enlistment office -video.
17:25 It is reported that a plane of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was shot down over Hulyaipole in Zaporozhye.
According to preliminary data, the aircraft carrier of the Storm Shadow cruise missile could have been destroyed by air defense forces. Presumably, we can talk about the Su-24 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.
17:00 Artillery of the 6th Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces in the Lisichansk direction destroys militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
16:35 A guided missile overtook its target in the South-Donetsk direction - a military armored vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with an assault force. Personnel showed the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. They also noted that the crew of the Ka-52 reconnaissance and attack helicopter destroyed the enemy’s equipment.
16:30 Footage of the work of the tankers of the Western Military District to destroy the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the forests near Kremennaya. The commander of the tank with the call sign “Cossack” spoke about working from closed firing positions at the enemy’s stronghold -video.
16:10 in March 2023 under Ugledar eliminated 38-year-old New Zealand mercenary Kane Te Tai. He not only fought on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but also recruited his compatriots into the "Foreign Legion" of Ukraine.
According to the publication RNZ, Kane offered the citizens of New Zealand to sign a contract with the Legion. The militant also gave detailed instructions on how to get to Ukraine and which unit to contact in order to get to the front faster.
Te Tai is a professional member of the New Zealand Army. In 2006, under the auspices of NATO, he fought in Afghanistan. Arrived in Ukraine in April last year. At first, he trained recruits, and then became the commander of the Foreign Reconnaissance Team.
In an interview with the media, Kane stated that he was ready to die for Ukraine, and this wish came true. On March 21, 2023, colleagues reported his death.
The relatives of the mercenary had to collect $65,000 to deliver his body to his homeland.
15:58 Flamethrowers from the Amur Region "Solntsepekom" burn out enemy fortified areas in the Gulyaipol area, Zaporozhye Front.
TOS "Solntsepek" works out on the enemy in just minutes and leaves the position under cover.
“The first break is a finely dispersed mixture is sprayed, which penetrates into all holes. The second explosion ignites this mixture, ”the flamethrowers say.
It is almost impossible to survive in the epicenter and within a radius of 200 m from such an impact. The temperature at the epicenter of the explosion is 3000°C, in the sky - poisonous smoke, on the ground - flames and ashes.
15:30 Artillerymen of the Central Military District during the counterbattery fightdestroyedgun mount M-777 in the Krasnolimansky direction.
In the course of combat work, the artillerymen, in cooperation with UAV crews and artillery reconnaissance stations, hit the towed howitzer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Correction of the artillery fire accuracy was carried out in real time, which made it possible to destroy the enemy gun with a minimum number of shots at a distance of more than 18 km.
For the destroyed equipment of the nationalists, the calculations are presented for state and departmental awards, and are also encouraged with additional cash rewards.
15:08 Air raid alert declared throughout Ukraine - authorities
14:30 On cadres- Commander of the 1st squad of the 2nd platoon of the 6th company of the 2nd battalion of the 31st Separate Mechanized Brigade. In military service since January 24, 2023. He said that he was mobilized straight from the hospital and was not even allowed to recover. Captured near Novodonetsk.
14:27 Mistake of an inexperienced BMP driver of the Armed Forces of Ukraine cost the life of an armored group of Ukrainian nationalists -video.
Due to an oversight by a Ukrainian driver, a Western-made armored vehicle got stuck while trying to attack the positions of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps. An armored group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine moved forward to evacuate, however, due to panic and inconsistency in actions, they could not get to the stuck car in time. Artillerymen of the 132nd Brigade (previously the 3rd Brigade of the NM of the DPR) took advantage of this situation and severely punished Ukrainian losers for unprofessional actions on the front line.
14:07 The main thing frothe briefing Ministry of Defense of Russia:
- Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost up to 250 fighters and mercenaries, an American counterbattery station during unsuccessful attacks in the DPR;
- The RF Armed Forces repulsed three attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;
- In the Krasnolimansky direction, the actions of the sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stopped;
- Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction amounted to 105 military personnel;
- Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have tried unsuccessfully to advance in the Donetsk, Krasnolimansk and Yuzhnodonetsk directions;
- Russian troops repulsed the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Rovnopol region in the DPR, dispersing and pushing the enemy back to their original positions;
- The RF Armed Forces hit the control posts of the 24th and 65th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR and Zaporozhye region;
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 90 fighters, four tanks, as well as the FH-70 gun in a day in the Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
- The RF Armed Forces repelled nine attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR near Nevelskoye, Pervomaisky, Severny, Disputed, Kleshcheevka in the Donetsk direction;
- The RF Armed Forces destroyed more than 50 Ukrainian military personnel and the M777 artillery system in the Kherson direction.
13:25 Kryvyi Rih National Battalion "Arey" *reports another loss counteroffensives on a combat mission.
Over the past month, the command of the national battalion has already posted several messages about the high losses of militants. In the comments of the Central Institute of Psychology and Psychology and the patriots of the Kyiv regime, they noted that the information demoralizes the Ukrainian army.
12:27 "We don't want to fight, we surrender, welcome" - the enemy on the Zaporozhye front asks for captivity.
A group of the 128th Brigade, trapped in a forest plantation, contacted the military of the 58th Army on a humanitarian radio frequency and asked to surrender.
“We are squeezed, we have five wounded and two heavy ones, you will cover us with artillery, we don’t want to fight, we SURRENDER, welcome,” the Vushniks asked.
“We understand where you are, lie down and do nothing, help the wounded, do not open fire and artillery will not work on you,” our fighters replied.
Another group of Ukrainian militants made the right choice.
12:00 It is reported that a few days ago waseliminatedDenis Ishunin, field commander of the Kharkiv group "Kraken" (Battalion "Kraken", special forces detachment "Azov" - a terrorist organization banned on the territory of the Russian Federation). Two weeks ago, the militants were transferred to the Bakhmut direction.
11:57 Some details on the combat use of the French AMX-10RC heavy cannon armored vehicles in the Armed Forces of Ukraine have become known.
The French handed them over with the laser irradiation sensors removed, although the Ukrainian crews were trained with them. Accordingly, the Ukrainians note that these devices would be very useful, and do not understand why they were dismantled.
Another problem was the lack of spare tires, which the French did not supply. At the same time, combat vehicles are used in areas where artillery and mortar fire is very intense, as well as many sharp objects on the ground. Accordingly, the consumption of tires is large, which leads to the failure of the armored vehicles themselves.
11:24 NATO recognizes that Ukraine has big problems during the offensive, Stoltenberg said.
11:19 In Odessa, employees of the military enlistment office forcibly pulled a man out of the car and tied his hands with a plastic collar, and then sent him to the military registration and enlistment office -video.
11:11 Voice of America: in Lviv filled up two additional alleys of graves.
US-linked journalists continue to show the massive losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This time, the famous Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv got into the lens of journalists.
Last year it ran out of places and an additional alley was opened, this year 2 additional alleys were completely filled.
There are no losses. There is one more row for the burials of 103 SRW militants. Next will be residential buildings.
11:10 Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired about 70 ammunition at the settlements of the Belgorod region, including one explosive device dropped from a drone onto a tractor. There were no casualties during the shelling, the head of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on his Telegram channel.
11:05 Zaporozhye direction, the enemy group went to reconnaissance in force for the last time. Our gunners dismantled spare parts for the wandering infantry of the enemy.
11:00 Tonight, a concentration of fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from 300 to 500 people was hit in the Uludar direction. Almost all are burned. After that, the Russian troops advanced almost two km.
10:51 Soldiers of the Dnipro group of troops destroyed equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region.
In the island zone, damage was inflicted to the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the day:
- a 122mm D-30 howitzer with ammunition was destroyed, five fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, one was injured.
In the Kherson direction, damage was inflicted to the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the day:
- two Su-25 aircraft with a crew were destroyed, two fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed;
- in the Antonovka area, the position of one of the armed formations of Ukraine was destroyed, ten Ukronazis were killed, eight were injured, two vehicles were disabled;
- a 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it were destroyed, four fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, three were injured of varying severity.
In the Kakhovka direction, the following units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were damaged during the day:
- the place of temporary deployment of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed, seven fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, eight were injured of varying severity, three units of automotive equipment were put out of action.
10:30 Our aerial reconnaissance figured out the location of the enemy air defense system "Strela-10".
Frontal artillery came into action. The self-propelled guns entered the line and with three volleys jewelry ended the existence of this anti-aircraft complex, along with its calculation on this earth.
10:27 Russian drones attack APU tank. Kamikaze drone operators from the 58th Army discovered and destroyed an Ukrainian Armed Forces tank in the Novodanilovka area, which fired at the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in Rabotino.
09:40 Will cluster munitions help the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The main thing from the analysis of military chronicle.
Using such shells is possible only on NATO-standard guns, the Armed Forces of Ukraine may face four intractable problems:
- shortage of tools. As of May this year, more than a third of the 152 M777 howitzers delivered to Ukraine were damaged or destroyed;
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine have difficulties with repairing howitzers in the field. Almost every weapon is sent for maintenance abroad, and with frequent use they will break faster;
- a large number of cluster munitions will lead to a complication of logistics, many vehicles will be involved. All of them will be visible from the air and will become easy targets for the RF Armed Forces;
- unexploded submunitions will pose no less danger to the advancing units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine than anti-tank mines.
09:20 Statementhead of the press center of the group "West":
During the fighting in the Kupyansk direction, the crews of Ka-52 and Mi-28 attack helicopters and Su-25 attack aircraft of the Zapad group of forces delivered eleven air strikes against the accumulation of manpower, weapons and military equipment of units of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade and 103rd Separate Brigade of the territorial defense.
The missile forces of the group, using guided missiles, delivered a strike with the Tornado-S MLRS on the accumulation of manpower and two hangars with weapons and military equipment of foreign production of the 60th Separate Mechanized Brigade in the area of the settlement. Borsch.
In the defense zone of the 1st tank army, artillery of the group and fire from indirect firing positions from T-72B3 and T-80 tanks destroyed up to a platoon of manpower in positions. In the course of a counterbattery fire, two enemy mortar crews were destroyed in the area of the settlement of the settlement 152mm "Msta-S" and 152mm self-propelled guns "Hyacinth-S". Ivanovka and Pershotravneve.
In addition, during the course of reconnaissance and search operations by a special forces group in the area of the settlement. Berestovoye loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed an American-made M113 armored personnel carrier.
08:20 An air raid alert has been declared in the Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava and Kharkiv regions of Ukraine.
08:17 Artillerymen of the Central Military District showed personnel destruction of the M-777 howitzer in the NVO zone.
Correction of the accuracy of artillery fire was carried out in real time using a UAV. This made it possible to destroy the enemy's gun with a minimum number of shots at a distance of more than 18 kilometers.
For the destroyed equipment of the nationalists, the calculations are presented for state and departmental awards, and are also encouraged with additional cash rewards.
07:59 In the Bakhmut direction, a militant of the special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine “Sonechko” Sergey Malanchuk was eliminated. In early June, the group participated in a breakthrough into the territory of the Belgorod region.
05:27 All over Ukraine, the end of the air raid alert.
05:01 Air defense forces are working in the Kyiv region, said the head of the Kyiv city military administration, Sergei Popko.
“The air raid continues! In the region, on the outskirts of Kyiv, air defense is operating, ”he wrote in his Telegram channel.
04:36 Explosions are already heard in Kyiv. Perhaps this is the work of air defense on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital.
04:29 After the Kyiv region, an alarm was announced in Kyiv itself.
03:58 New explosions are reported in the Odessa region.
03:25 There is a strong fire at the site of the Geranium strikes in the Odessa region.
A group of drones through the Cherkasy region is moving to Kyiv - an air raid alert has been declared there.
03:09 Explosions in the Cherkasy region.
02:59 In Ilyichevsk, Odessa region, explosions and shooting at attacking kamikaze drones
The Ukrainian name of the city is Chornomorsk. It seems that only small arms remained from the air defense systems there.
02:50 Explosions in the Odessa region. Eyewitnesses report powerful explosions near Ilyichevsk (Chernomorsk)
02:36 An air alert has been announced in the Odessa and Nikolaev regions.
02:21 Explosions in the Sumy region. Under fire positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border areas of the region.
02:14 Explosions in the Nikolaev area.
02:03 An air raid alert has spread to the Poltava region.
01:31 There is an air raid alert in the Kharkiv region.
01:27 There are explosions in Kherson, occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. An air alert has been declared in the part of the Kherson region controlled by Kyiv.
01:07 An air alert has been declared in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
0:21 An air raid alert has been announced in the Zaporozhye region.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 07/11/2023 to 00:00 07/12/2023
Over the past day Representationreported about 50 facts of firing by the VFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 42 artillery attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky six artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
Having fired 267 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of seven settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Central-City, Nikitovsky districts), Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Staromikhaylovka, Yelenovka, Luganskoye.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of a civilian - a woman, in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
Five residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.
A previous 63 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.
22:00 APU hit cluster munitions in the city of Tokmak in the Zaporozhye region, according to the emergency services of the region.
21:42 Soledarskoe direction situation at the end of July 11, 2023
Today, Russian servicemen, after several days of active defense near Kleshcheevka, launched a counterattack. According to VerumReactor @verumreactor, in the south of the village, the Russian Armed Forces took an enemy detachment by surprise and captured at least seven people.
To the west and north-west of Kleshcheevka, units of the Russian army forced out the formations of the 3rd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the outskirts of the settlement, clearing important tactical heights from the enemy - strongholds under the control of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
On the northern flank of the Bakhmut direction, assault detachments of the 57th Armored Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine broke through to the outskirts of Berkhovka. A massive artillery strike was inflicted on the attackers, and after that the paratroopers of the 98th Airborne Division of the RF Armed Forces cleared the village.
However, the fact of the enemy's breakthrough to Berkhovka itself indicates an increase in the onslaught of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the defense of the RF Armed Forces near the reservoir. If earlier the enemy was stopped at the reservoir, now the rolls are going to the settlement.
21:15 Video- in any situation, remain human.
21:10 Operational lines of The DPR JCCC for July 11, as of 20:00, received information about casualties among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovskiy district):
- on the street. Tchaikovsky, 126, a woman born in 1970 was wounded.
Additional information has been received about the damage caused by the artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovskiy district):
- st. Tchaikovsky, 126 - a direct hit in a private residential building.
Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.
20:30 47 Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is now serious covered our CBT "Solntsepek".
Fighting in the Zaporizhia direction is underway.
19:55 Video– paratroopers thwarted another attempt to attack the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The crew of the unmanned aerial vehicle "Zala" of Russian paratroopers has been successfully hunting Ukrainian militants for more than a year, identifying fortified areas and enemy equipment on the front line.
During the execution of the next combat mission, the soldiers of the "winged infantry" discovered dugouts and trenches, in which there were a large number of enemy personnel and weapons. This information was immediately transmitted to the command and control center, after which the cannon artillery of the Airborne Forces worked on Ukrainian positions. As a result of the coordinated actions of the paratroopers, another attempt at the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was thwarted.
19:25 Operational lines On July 11, as of 18:00, the DPR JCCC received additional information about the damage caused by the artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovskiy district):
- st. Svetlogorskaya, 2 - a private residential building.
Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.
18:47 Kremensky section setting as of 18.00 July 11, 2023
- In the Svatovsky sector, assault detachments of the 21st Motorized Rifle Brigade of the RF Armed Forces swooped down, with the support of artillery and army aviation, occupied a height in the Zhuravka Balka area, after which they began to gain a foothold on it.
The enemy tried to recapture an important position by starting a massive artillery attack of strongholds from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS and Krab self-propelled howitzers, and then launched a counterattack with three tanks and six infantry fighting vehicles.
According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the artillery battalion of the 21st Brigade worked out, firing more than 400 large-caliber rounds. Ukrainian formations were never able to get close to the height, while losing two tanks and three infantry fighting vehicles.
- To the south, in the area of the Torsk ledge, footage of Ukrainian artillery strikes on the outskirts of the village appeared. According to several channels, Russian fighters broke through to the village, starting a fight there. There is no more concrete data on the situation in the village at the moment.
- In the Serebryansky forestry, Ukrainian units launched five attacks on the positions of the heterogeneous forces of the Russian army southwest of Dibrov, but to no avail - the fighters of the RF Armed Forces repelled all attempts.
However, to the west, in the part of the forests controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, engineering formations are constructing new positions. To this end, construction equipment has been deployed to this area, and the strongholds will be equipped with concrete fortifications, which, in theory, will complicate a further assault in this area.
18:26 Rybar: Sometimes it is very interesting to observe what methods the Western media and think-tanks use to justify the failures of the Ukrainian formations in the Zaporozhye direction. Take, for example, our old acquaintances from the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
In an attempt to find the successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in ISW, they emphasize that since June they have captured the same territory in terms of area that the RF Armed Forces have liberated since the beginning of the year. Naturally, the authors are modestly silent about the fact that Russian troops occupied two cities (Soledar and Bakhmut) with a dozen other settlements against only eight villages taken by the enemy.
However, counting the kilometers of captured fields against the backdrop of huge confirmed Ukrainian losses is in itself evidence that the counteroffensive did not go according to plan. But in ISW, it seems that they do not understand this and are diligently adjusting reality to the necessary theses, only exposing the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a worse light.
It is precisely such publications in the West that create an information vacuum, due to which there is often a complete lack of understanding of the real state of affairs at the front. And this perfectly explains the growing interest of a foreign audience in Russian telegram channels as sources of alternative information.
17:45 What is happening in the Kherson direction? Setting as of 17.00 July 11, 2023
In the area of the Antonovsky bridge, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to hold a bridgehead. On the night of July 10, from Antonovka, two groups of 124 arr. SRW were transferred on high-speed boats under the bridge. The cover is provided by artillery and mortar crews from Sadovoe and Kherson.
At the same time, the enemy DRG landed west of the railway bridge on Alekseevsky Island. To support the infantry, two Su-25 attack aircraft hit the positions of the RF Armed Forces near the Dnieper. And one of them was shot down by the crew of the Verba MANPADS near Tyaginka.
Also, the units of visual observation of the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, operating in Prydneprovsky, reported that an undermining of the railway bridge north of Aleshki was recorded early in the morning. However, there is no confirmation of this.
To the north of Novaya Kakhovka, the territorial defense units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing for the arrival of the commander of the TRO, Major General Tantsyura, to the front lines. During the visit, he will visit the Tyaginka-Red Mayak line.
There is also information that at least one more combat aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down over Osokorovka.
17:28 Ukrainian formations continue to strike at the settlements of the Zaporozhye region.
The enemy again fired Storm Shadow cruise missiles at targets near the port of Berdyansk: Russian air defense systems intercepted some of the targets. The consequences on the ground are specified.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine also tried to shell Tokmak: according to some reports, thanks to the successful work of Russian anti-aircraft gunners, there were no injuries or casualties.
17:01 Vremievsky ledge setting as of 14.00 July 11, 2023
Today, the Ukrainian command deployed marines of the 501st battalion of the 36th Infantry Regiment to the area north of Priyutnoye, just south of Grusheva Balka. Now the forward detachments are digging in in the forest belt.
The appearance of Ukrainian marines there indicates that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were still able to gain a foothold near Balka. Over the past few days, assault detachments, regardless of losses from artillery strikes of the RF Armed Forces, have been moving from Levadnoe along the LBS under the cover of artillerymen of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade.
A little to the east, detachments of the 31st Brigade and 36th Brigade took up landings on the other side of the Grusheva Balka. Marines of the 35th Brigade also arrived there to secure the site. Russian artillerymen are working on the arrivals.
There is no exact information about the configuration of the front, but it is most likely that the Russian fighters occupied the defensive lines north of Priyutnoye near the landings parallel to Grusheva to avoid a blow to the flank from Levadnoye.
Now enemy engineering groups are equipping positions north of Priyutnoye. And, given the concentration of forces around the settlement, this area should be considered the main direction of the UAF strike.
16:26 Video- statement by the head of the press center of the group "South":
The aviation of the "Southern" group of forces launched missile and bomb strikes on enemy targets in the Lisichansky, Soledaro-Artemovsky, Alexander-Kalinovsky and Avdeevsky directions.
Su-25 attack aircraft hit the areas of concentration of manpower and firepower of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Sporny and Belogorovka, as well as the 24th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Mayorsk region.
The crews of Su-34 fighter-bombers with gliding ammunition destroyed two points of temporary deployment of the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade near the village of Pereezdnoye, two areas of concentration of manpower of enemy assault groups in Kurdyumovka, and an AN/TPQ counterbattery radar station in the Novgorodskoye area.
A subdivision of the group's missile forces destroyed the ammunition depot of the 56th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kramatorsk. The crew of the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower system destroyed an accumulation of enemy manpower in the area of the Khromovo settlement.
15:57 "I don't want an exchange, I want to stay!" - at Orekhov our surrendered a disabled person from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, telling all sorts of horrors about the Armed Forces of Ukraine and mobilization:
“I am very glad that I was captured. Guys, run! They are treated very well here. Many do not want to fight, but they can kill, maim.”
Maneylo Valeriy had not previously served in the army - he was unfit for health.
They row disabled people for the war, oblique, sick, epileptics, they didn’t even pass a medical examination. The military pulled all the men out of the minibus in Orekhovo and took them to the military commissar, beat them, handed out subpoenas and mobilized them. Unloaded the cars. They issued only a uniform, a couple of times they took them to the firing range to shoot from machine guns.
15:29 Reflection on Ukrainian attack on Rabotino - analysis from Rybar:
For the past two days, assault detachments of the 47th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have attacked the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in the northeast of Rabotino. As a result of a successful sortie, the enemy was able to gain a foothold for some time and transfer armored vehicles to the outskirts of the village.
In the course of the ensuing battle, the attack was stopped by the joint efforts of fighters from various units of the RF Armed Forces. Now the servicemen of the Russian Army are recapturing the lost positions. According to some reports, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were practically knocked out of the captured strongholds.
In this attack, attention should be paid to the fact that the Armed Forces of Ukraine again hit the junction of defense between the units of the RF Armed Forces. First, the infantry entrenched, and then the American Bradleys were pulled up to secure on the road to Verbovoe and storm Rabotino.
But for this, the formations of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade again had to go through open areas in full view of the calculations of artillery, anti-tank systems, as well as operators of FPV drones of the RF Armed Forces. This led to the destruction of six Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.
This sortie once again demonstrates the importance of the correct installation of minefields - the APU hit exactly where there were not enough mines. This caused a short-term loss of control over positions.
14:55 SummaryMinistry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of July 11, 2023)
Over the past day, the armed forces of Ukraine continued unsuccessful attempts to attack in the Donetsk, Krasnolimansk and South Donetsk directions.
- In the Donetsk direction, strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire, skillful actions of units of the "Southern" group of forces successfully repelled nine enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Nevelskoye, Pervomayskoye, Severnoye, Disputed and north-west of Kleshcheevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the areas of the settlements of Disputed, Avdeevka, Maiorskoe, Veseloe, Kurdyumovka and Krasnogorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated.
During the hostilities, up to 250 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, three armored combat vehicles, four cars, two pickup trucks, a Krab self-propelled artillery mount, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, as well as a counterbattery combat radar made in the USA AN/TPQ- were destroyed.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, units of the "Center" group of forces, air strikes and artillery fire repelled three enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Chervonaya Dibrova and Karmazinovka of the Luhansk People's Republic. The units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye, Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic, Serebryanka and Terny of the Donetsk People's Republic. Also, in the area of ??the settlement of Terny, the activities of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were stopped.
During the day, up to 105 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, five armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, Akatsiya and Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, as well as 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed.
- In the South-Donetsk direction, the coordinated actions of the units of the group of forces "Vostok" and artillery fire repulsed the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Rovnopol of the Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy is dispersed and driven back to their original positions.
- In the Zaporozhye direction, air strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems defeated enemy units in the area of the village of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.
The enemy in these areas lost up to 90 servicemen, four tanks, 15 armored combat vehicles, five pickup trucks, an FH-70 gun made in Great Britain, as well as two 152mm D-20 and two 152mm MSTA-B howitzers.
- In the Kupyansk direction, strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops hit the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Timkovka, Novomlynsk, Kislovka, Olshana, Kotlyarovka, Krasnoe Pervoe of the Kharkov region and Stelmakhivka of the Luhansk People's Republic .
Enemy losses amounted to up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, 152mm MSTA-B and 152mm D-20 howitzers, as well as a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar.
- In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, more than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, six vehicles, as well as an M777 artillery system made in the United States were destroyed during the day. An ammunition depot of the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade was hit near the village of Antonovka, Kherson region.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day hit two command posts of the 24th and 65th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Toretsk, Donetsk People's Republic and Orekhov, Zaporozhye region, as well as 75 artillery units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 94 districts.
- Air defense systems shot down two Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the areas of the settlements of Sadovoe and Tyaginka in the Kherson region. Three Storm Shadow cruise missiles and one HIMARS multiple rocket launcher were intercepted.
In addition, ten Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Zhytlovka, Novokrasnyanka, Novodruzhesk of the Luhansk People's Republic, Volodino of the Donetsk People's Republic, Lyubimovka of the Zaporizhia Region and Konstantinovka of the Kherson Region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 455 aircraft, 241 helicopters, 4,966 unmanned aerial vehicles, 426 anti-aircraft missile systems, 10,649 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,137 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 5,413 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 11,592 units of special military vehicles.
14:28 Positive information came from fighters from Krasnolimansky directions: our troops continued an active offensive north of Seversk.
Today the guys went to the village of Torskoye. There is a battle: the enemy treacherously retreats and treacherously runs.
13:46 Video- statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group:
- In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok group of troops opened and prevented the advancement to the platoon of militants in the direction south of Vodyany. The group was destroyed along with the vehicles.
The advance to the platoon of nationalists in the area northwest of Staromayorsky was also prevented. Having suffered losses, the enemy retreated.
The motorized rifle subunits of the group liquidated a group of infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Ravnopol region, and also thwarted an enemy attack in the Makarovka region. The living force of the nationalists was destroyed. Also in the Makarovka area, AA helicopters and artillery fire destroyed armored combat vehicles and places of accumulation of manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
During the counterbattery fight, a mortar crew was destroyed in the Prechistovka area.
- In the Zaporozhye direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to try to attack in the direction of Rabotino. The enemy is hit by fire, including artillery and AA helicopters. Nationalists suffer losses in manpower and equipment.
By means of aerial reconnaissance, a reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Priyutnoye area was opened and the use of a strike UAV was used. The group's motorized rifle units uncovered and destroyed a group of militants in the Novodarovka area. The calculation of the Osa air defense system shot down the Valkyrie UAV.
The commander of a tank platoon of a tank regiment of the group, Lieutenant Almaz Kdrasov, during the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Vremievsky ledge, led the personnel in the most tank-dangerous direction.
In a short period, Lieutenant Kdrasov's unit repelled five enemy counterattacks, and destroyed several foreign-made armored fighting vehicles.
In addition, the officer directed the actions of the armored group to suppress the enemy forces who had taken refuge in the forest belts. At the same time, he personally discovered and destroyed about a dozen nationalists. Thanks to the selfless actions of the subordinates and the personal courage of the officer, combat missions to hold the defensive positions of the Russian troops were successfully completed. The counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was stopped.
13:20 Ours went on the counterattack at Orekhov: after destroying the infantry and American infantry fighting vehicles, the enemy fled!
In the morning, our scouts of the 291st Regiment counterattacked the attack aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the trenches on one of the sectors of the front on the Rabotino-Novodanilovka line.
The assault platoon of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was practically destroyed, some of the militants fled, leaving their dead and wounded brothers. The guys got rich trophies.
Also, during the morning battles, only in the defense sector of the 291 SMEs, ours burned at least 2 American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and 2 M113.
The fighting continues, the offensive fuse of the enemy is clearly subsiding.
12:46 Video- work of ZVO scouts in the Kupyansk direction:
During the advance, the group moved through the swampy terrain to covertly occupy a position and direct artillery fire.
The calculation of the UAV corrected the fire of cannon artillery and mortars at the enemy stronghold. From the second shot, an ammunition depot hidden in a forest belt was hit.
After completing the combat mission, the servicemen made a many-kilometer march to the place of evacuation and returned to the assembly point.
12:21 Video– Our fighters tore to shreds the armored group and the troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the battles near Kremennaya
While everyone is watching Zaporozhye and Artyomovsk, the Center group of troops is conducting an active offensive, breaking through the echeloned defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the forests near Svatovo-Kremennaya.
Across the river Stallion, the 21st Brigade of the Central Military District drove the enemy from an important height.
Then the company tactical group of the 25th Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of three tanks, launched a counterattack.
During the battle, the enemy was stopped by infantry and artillery fire, our Ural guys burned tanks and infantry fighting vehicles
Enemy losses - two tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles and a crowd of infantry up to fifty militants.
11:50 Video- statement by the head of the press center of the "Center" group:
In the Svatovsky and Krasnolimansky directions, the artillery fire of the group of troops "Center" defeated the manpower and equipment of 66, 63 Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Two armored combat vehicles, an infantry fighting vehicle and a pickup vehicle were destroyed. In addition, the Tor-M1 anti-aircraft missile system shot down three unmanned aerial vehicles.
The heavy flamethrower system "Solntsepyok" hit three strongholds and the area where the enemy's manpower was concentrated.
As part of the counterbattery fight, three Western-made Crab self-propelled howitzers, a 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer of Ukrainian troops were destroyed.
Aviation of the "Center" grouping of troops carried out missile and bomb strikes on two points of temporary deployment, two ammunition depots, as well as on the areas of concentration of manpower and firepower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:20 Video- statement by the head of the press center of the group "West":
During the fighting in the Kupyansk direction, the crews of Ka-52 and Mi-28 attack helicopters and Su-25 attack aircraft of the Zapad group of forces delivered eleven air strikes against the accumulation of manpower, weapons and military equipment of units of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade and 103rd Separate Brigade of the territorial defense.
The missile forces of the group, using guided missiles, delivered a strike with the Tornado-S MLRS on the accumulation of manpower and two hangars with weapons and military equipment of foreign production of the 60th Separate Mechanized Brigade in the area of the settlement. Borsch.
In the defense zone of the 1st Tank Army, artillery of the group and fire from indirect firing positions from T-72B3 and T-80 tanks destroyed up to a platoon of manpower in positions. In the course of a counter-battery fire, two enemy mortar crews were destroyed in the area of the settlement of the settlement 152mm "Msta-S" and 152mm self-propelled guns "Hyacinth-S". Ivanovka and Pershotravneve.
In addition, during the course of reconnaissance and search operations by a special forces group in the area of the settlement. Berestovoye loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed an American-made M113 armored personnel carrier.
11:05 Situation in the Zaporozhye and South-Donetsk directions
-- Fighting near Rabotino continues in the Zaporozhye direction. Over the past night, army aviation and artillery destroyed enemy armored vehicles in the area of Novodanilovka, Novopokrovka and Pyatikhatki. Also, fire damage was inflicted on columns of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Malaya Tokmachka, Novodalilovka, Orekhova and Rabotino. You have seen the results. There were five such columns in total. During the counter-battery fight, two enemy howitzers were destroyed in the area of Malaya Tokmachka and Preobrazhenka.
-- In the South-Donetsk direction, the enemy attacked our positions west of Staromayorsky with up to a motorized infantry platoon, supported by three armored combat vehicles. Artillery fire inflicted a fire defeat, one armored combat vehicle was blown up by a mine. The advance of the enemy has been halted, but the fighting continues. In the area of Rivnopol, accumulations of manpower of the 35th detachment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were struck. Also in the Vremevsky sector, army aviation continues to destroy enemy armored vehicles, and enemy howitzers fly off during the counter-battery fight.
The actions of the reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stopped in the area of Dorozhnyanka, Charivne and Novomikhailovka. In total, during the night the enemy lost more than 300 people killed. We are waiting for the results of the NATO summit in Vilnius to see if Zelensky's Western partners will praise him for such successes.
10:48 Published (below) ARCHANGEL OF THE SPECIAL FORCE personnel with the Bradleys destroyed near Rabotino are interesting not only for the destroyed "boxes". They demonstrate what not to do - from the point of view of Western military advisers. No matter how paradoxical it may sound.
In the last two broadcasts of Rybar’s Analysis, we talked about the reasons for the “meat assaults” by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the circle of graduates of the notorious American West Point, they found an explanation for such attacks: continuous roll-ups by infantry groups of 5-10 people allow squeezing the RF Armed Forces from their positions, and then forcing Russian artillery to work along the lost lines.
Yes, as a result of such roll-ups, the human resource in the person of the Ukrainian mobilized is mercilessly spent - but this suits Western curators. Moreover, they take advantage of the fact that the Russians protect the personnel, therefore they deliberately squeeze out the RF Armed Forces at the cost of heavy losses in personnel and gradually take away territories.
And the meaning of these "meat assaults" is to destroy Russian defensive formations with the forces of Russian artillery, making them unsuitable for defense. In 37 days, the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to capture eight villages on the entire front - and this at the cost of hundreds of Ukrainian lives. But due to the continuous replenishment of the human resource, such spending from the point of view of the Americans is more than justified.
Because such footage, as the Archangel publishes, is, first of all, reputational damage for the Western military-industrial complex. And the corpses of Ukrainians impaled on Russian bayonets are not such a painful sight for the defense order. And through the corpses on the destroyed positions it will already be possible to launch the military equipment of the NATO countries.
10:22 Yesterday we published a summary of one of the enemy's suicide attacks on our positions.
We provide video- a report on the next enemy offensive in the Zaporozhye direction, which turned out to be unsuccessful.
10:00 Chronicle of the special military operation: events of July 10, 2023.
Russian troops again launched a series of missile strikes on enemy targets in several regions of Ukraine.
So, in Nikolaev, hangars with equipment and ammunition at the Kulbakino military airfield were hit.
Also, residents of the city of Kramatorsk in the occupied part of the DPR reported powerful explosions.
According to some information, the ammunition storage on the territory of the local machine-building plant was destroyed by a precise blow.
- In the Soledar direction, after unsuccessful attacks near Razdolovka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have reduced their activity and are regrouping their forces.
The accumulation of reserves is actively hindered by Russian artillery, which strikes at enemy concentration areas.
- A similar situation persists in the Bakhmut area, where the parties are preparing for new fierce battles.
At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not stop attacking the tactical heights near Kleshcheevka, trying to break through the southern flank of the city's defenses.
- On the southern flank of the defense of Bakhmut, Ukrainian formations do not stop trying to capture tactical heights in the Kleshcheevka area.
Russian units stop all attacks with concentrated artillery and small arms fire.
- In the Avdeevsky sector, Russian troops continue to conduct positional battles and strike at enemy concentration areas.
At the same time, the artillerymen managed to establish fire control over the last supply route for the Ukrainian group in the city.
- On the Vremievsky sector, Ukrainian formations switched to a positional offensive.
The most fierce battles continue in the area of the Grushevaya gully, where the enemy has been trying to gain a foothold over the past few days.
09:37 Archangel Spetsnazreports on the situation in the Zaporozhye direction: n.p. Rabotino, the enemy sent forces to storm the positions of 291 and 70 small regiments, there are battles.
According to the fighters, “At night there was a third wave, corpses and lined Bradley lie in the field”
09:27 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. Novaya Zburyevka fired 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Korsunka fired six rounds;
-- Eight rounds were fired at the settlement of Krynki;
-- Six rounds were fired at the settlement of Naked Pristan;
-- 15 rounds were fired at the Kazachi Lagery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Novaya Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Salt licks, n.p. Radensk, settlement Sagi firing a total of 31 cannon artillery rounds.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
09:20 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying with all their might to penetrate our defenses in the Zaporozhye direction - whatgoing onon the fronts on the morning of July 11:
In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy is actively making new attempts to attack our positions in the Rabotino area. Last night and this morning, the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued to attack in waves with the support of American infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers. Our fighters steadfastly repel attacks and destroy the enemy's manpower and military equipment - several American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and M113 armored personnel carriers, tanks and armored combat vehicles were defeated.
In the Krasnolimansky direction, Ukrainian militants equipped new positions throughout the night, mined the forward defense lines and carried out aerial reconnaissance using UAVs. Russian paratroopers attacked the positions of Ukrainian militants and took one of the strongholds. As a result of a successful assault, some of the APU militants were destroyed, the other part was taken prisoner.
09:03 Over the past 24 hours, 63 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU - the Representative Office of the DPR in the JCCC.
Ukrainian militants fired from MLRS, artillery of 152mm and 155mm caliber, firing 364 different types of ammunition across the territory of the Republic. Gorlovka (Kalininsky, Nikitovsky districts), Yasinovataya, Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Staromikhaylovka and Staromlinovka were under enemy fire.
As a result of the shelling, two civilians were injured in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and Staromlinovka. In addition, two residential buildings in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk were damaged, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.
08:10 Frontline summary on the morning of 11.07.2023:
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of artillery, carried out offensive operations on Zherebyanka and Rabotino. On the last of the named sites there is a slight advance. Russian troops attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Stepnogorsk, Orekhovo, Preobrazhenka, Novodanilovka and Gulyaipole. (Fig. 1)
In the Uludar sector, the attacks of the Ukrainian army on Priyutnoye and Staromayorskoe were repulsed by the Russian Armed Forces. Under fire from units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novodarovka, Rivnopol, Makarovka, Zolotoy Niva, Shakhtyorsky, Prechistovka and Vugledar.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, after artillery strikes, conducted assault operations near Novomikhailovka, in Maryinka and on the southwestern approaches to Avdievka. There is no advance.
Artillery attack of positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Yekaterinovka, Elizavetovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, Maksimilyanovka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Karlovka, Berdychi, Keramike, South and North (a settlement north-west of Gorlovka). Ukrainian artillery worked in Donetsk, Vodyany and Gorlovka.
On the Bakhmut direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine took up new positions north-west of Kleshcheevka. Russian troops successfully counterattacked from Berkhovka. And from Dubovo-Vasilyevka - no.
To the north of Soledar, Ukrainian troops managed to penetrate into the defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from Rozdolovka for one and a half kilometers. Russian units, supported by artillery, tried to advance at Spornoye. No success.
Under the blows of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Aleksandro-Shultin, Chasovoy Yar, Rozdolovka, Vesel (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name north-west of Donetsk and north of Avdievka) and Verkhnekamensky.
In the Lugansk direction, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation advanced in the Novoselovsky area. To a depth of up to a kilometer, along the front - up to eight and occupied a section of the Kupyansk-Kremennaya highway. Under the blows of the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorovka, Novosadovo, Nevsky, Berestovo, Kislovka, Ivanovka, Kupyansk, Dvurechnaya, Figolevka, Krasny Pervoi and Kolodeznoy.
08:07 Work ZVO scouts in the Kupyansk direction:
During the advance, the group moved through the swampy terrain to covertly occupy a position and direct artillery fire.
The calculation of the UAV corrected the fire of cannon artillery and mortars at the enemy stronghold. From the second shot, an ammunition depot hidden in a forest belt was hit.
After completing the combat mission, the servicemen made a many-kilometer march to the place of evacuation and returned to the assembly point.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Sergey Adamov
[REGNUM] The NATO summit that opened on July 11 in Vilnius brought the first news about new measures to support the alliance's Ukrainian “counteroffensive”. French President Emmanuel Macron said at a briefing: Paris has decided to transfer long-range missiles to Kiev in order to support the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and "give Ukrainians the opportunity to deliver deep strikes."
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
Tough answer!
“Of course, it remains to be clarified and figured out what kind of radius we are talking about. This, from our point of view, is an erroneous decision, fraught with consequences for the Ukrainian side , because, naturally, this will force us to take countermeasures,” said Dmitry Peskov.
It is clear that Russia is at war with NATO on Ukrainian territory. But sometimes it is better to remain silent than to warn about the consequences all the time and do nothing for this. We will also announce gestures of goodwill - we will extend the grain deal!
Well, if Russia can really tighten the screws on Ukraine, then a reasonable question is why this has not been done before???
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin [ColonelCassad] 1. The irretrievable losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 26,000 people and 3,000 units of various equipment and weapons.
2. Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in technology:
3. The enemy failed to achieve any results on any of the offensive directions.
4. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a counteroffensive in the Krasnolimansky direction. On the front of two km, the advance was up to 1.5 km in depth (this is about the advance to Torsky, which the military correspondents reported today).
5. In case of deliveries of American cluster munitions to Ukraine, Russia will start using similar munitions against the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the moment, Russia refrains from using them. Russia has more than enough such ammunition.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin [ColonelCassad] 1. An extremely dull event, where not a single surprise occurred.
2. Promises to give even more weapons and so regularly do without NATO summits.
3. The fact that NATO will not take Ukraine, but will continue to kill Ukraine against Russia as much as possible, is also not a secret.
The carrot in front of the nose of the Ukrainian donkey, as it hung in 2004, is still hanging in 2023.
4. The fact that they will demand from Russia to withdraw something from somewhere - they constantly do it.
5. The fact that the war will be long and will not end quickly was obvious even without the NATO summit.
In general, a gathering of captains of evidence who were solving a serious problem, how to make sure that they do not remember about the failed offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which devoured a significant part of the previous investments.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. By Gregor Spitzen
[REGNUM] The NATO summit in the capital of the Republic of Lithuania, which has been awaited for so long and on which such great and bright hopes were placed in European capitals, has finally begun.
Moreover, it began with rather unexpected news, because the organizers decided to play with trump cards, announcing in advance the readiness of neo-Ottoman Turkey to remove barriers for Sweden, preventing the latter from joining an exclusively defensive alliance of truly democratic states on both sides of the Atlantic.
How much safer NATO membership will make life in a kingdom of 11 million, which will now be targeted by Russian ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads, remains debatable. In any case, no one asked the inhabitants of Stockholm and Gothenburg about this, and if they did, they posed the question clearly incorrectly.
It is hard to believe that a resident of a country that last fought in 1814 and built a successful economy largely thanks to a policy of neutrality is delighted with the prospect of turning his native peninsula into an arena of confrontation and exchange of missile strikes between the two superpowers.
The future of the Swedish military industry remains equally vague. Sweden, in particular, produces very good fourth-generation SAAB Gripen combat aircraft, the CV90 infantry fighting vehicle, which is considered by many experts to be the best in the world, as well as a fairly wide range of excellent artillery pieces made of high-quality Swedish steel.
However, the military-industrial complex is too profitable a business to be farmed out to local capital. It would be much better if American corporations would receive super profits from arms exports.
How this happens, the Baltic neighbors can be told in Germany, where at least 60% of the Bundeswehr’s special budget of €100 billion has already been bitten off by overseas older brothers who have undertaken to supply junior NATO partners with F-35 fighters worth €55 billion and Chinook heavy transport helicopters. for €6.5 billion.
Well, God be with her, with Sweden, in the end everyone has the right to go to hell in their own way. For example, the German government, with a tenacity worthy of better use, continues to throw more and more astronomical sums into the furnace of the Ukrainian conflict, while 16% of Germans below the poverty line cannot even afford to eat properly.
On Tuesday, it turned out that Berlin wants to make the Kiev regime happy with another €600 million weapons package, which will include two Patriot air defense systems, 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, reconnaissance drones and about 20 thousand tank and artillery ammunition, which was joyfully announced in Vilnius by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius . Moreover, this arms package is only a fraction of the gigantic €2.7 billion military tranche announced by the Bundestag back in May of this year.
Even the German media have no doubts that in the Bundeswehr the attraction of the unprecedented generosity of the chancellor's office will be perceived very ambiguously. In the German army, which must give Kiev one of its few "Patriots" and again scrape through the bottom of the empty ammunition depots, they have long looked disapprovingly at the distribution of impossible promises by politicians who have a very vague idea about military affairs and ensuring national security. However, no one has asked the opinion of the professional military in Germany for a long time.
Not far behind Germany is France, which is determined to supply Ukraine with Scalp long-range cruise missiles, the first batch of which has already arrived in Kiev-controlled territory. President Emmanuel Macron , on the one hand, delighted that the popular unrest in the Fifth Republic has finally subsided, and on the other hand, undoubtedly offended by President Vladimir Putin for his total telephone ignorance of his diplomatic initiatives, decided to change the diplomat's cloak to armor commander.
However, the question of how promising such a belligerent policy is for France and its national interests remains open. The presence or absence of a couple of dozen French cruise missiles in Ukraine will not fundamentally change the situation at the front, but Russian-French relations can expect a period of the most severe cooling since the Crimean War. Whether it is necessary for France, which is losing one of the most promising markets for the sale of products of national corporations, is a rhetorical question.
However, the main topic of the Vilnius summit is the question of Ukraine's possible accession to NATO.
Until the very beginning of the event, the negotiators could not agree on a final statement. While Kiev itself and many Eastern European countries demand an obligatory invitation and some guarantees that Ukraine will join the alliance in the foreseeable bright future, the United States and Germany in every possible way slow down the process, preferring not to take on specific obligations, but to limit themselves to general meaningless declarations “for everything the good versus the bad."
To date, the members of the bloc have not been able to agree on the text of the final statement, but currently a draft of a certain political document is circulating in diplomatic circles, which proclaims "the future of Ukraine with NATO."
Although for the ear of the average Ukrainian consumer of media content such a declaration sounds very beautiful and convincing, I would not flatter myself if I were him. A similar document was adopted at the NATO summit in Bucharest in 2008, but hardly anyone will argue with the fact that it did not bring either Ukraine or Georgia closer to membership in the Alliance.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has not failed to express direct and unequivocal resentment towards duplicitous transatlantic partners: "Now, on the way to Vilnius, we received signals that language without Ukraine is being discussed. And I want to emphasize: this wording is only by invitation, and not by Ukraine's membership. It is unprecedented and absurd when there is no time frame for both the invitation and the membership of Ukraine; and when some strange wording about “conditions” is added even for inviting Ukraine. It looks like there is no readiness either to invite Ukraine to NATO or to make it a member of the Alliance. And I will speak frankly about this at the summit.'
The indignation of the Ukrainian leader is quite understandable. However, this course of events is quite natural and should not cause much surprise in countries with limited sovereignty.
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[ColonelCassad] 1. The irretrievable losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 26,000 people and 3,000 units of various equipment and weapons.
