#2
If the Russians did it, they just fucked Crimea. The canal that feed the area does not go down that far and a drop in the reservoir will cause Crimea to lose the water it it getting.
If the Ukrainians did it, it will be hard having an offensive over the river from Kherson. But on the plus side, most of the low lying areas are in Russian hands. Downside is the Ukrainian special forces have been seizing island that are now about to be under water.
#3
This effectively defends the Russian left flank as long as the floodwaters are flowing. OTOH, I believe the water supply for Crimea originates from the Nova Khakovka dam, so that just got cut off. Not sure what percentage of military and civilian needs can be supplied locally, but it might be kind of thirsty in Sebastopol...
#5
Hope the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant workers had prepared and extended the cooling lines further into the reservoir. Otherwise may get the radiation event Russians were threatening.
However, our current assessment is that there is no immediate risk to the safety of the plant.
The IAEA staff on the site have been informed that the damage to the Nova Kakhovka dam is currently leading to about 5 cm/hour reduction in the height of the reservoir. The team continues to monitor this rate and all other matters on the site.
The main line of cooling water is fed from the reservoir and pumped up through channels near the thermal power plant to the site. It is estimated that the water through this route should last for a few days.
Water in the reservoir was at around 16.4 m at 8 am. If drops below 12.7 m then it can no longer be pumped.
There are a number of alternative sources of water.
A main one is the large cooling pond next to the site that by design is kept above the height of the reservoir. As the reactors have been shut down for many months it is estimated that this pond will be sufficient to provide water for cooling for some months. The Agency will confirm this very shortly.
It is therefore vital that this cooling pond remains intact. Nothing must be done to potentially undermine its integrity.
#10
Well, you know, the problem with war is that shit happens.
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Didn't some poster here observe, almost a year ago, that if the Ukrainians blew up some dam supplying water to the Crimea, it's really be bad for the Rooshian occupiers in Crimea?
Not that I have a lot of confidence in what the Ukrainians say...
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#12
Yeah, Crimea needs all of its water from that reservoir otherwise it starts desertification. After Russia seized the Crimea, Ukraine blocked the canal to it and that is one point Russia claimed as a Casus belli for the invasion. The second the Russians captured the damn they opened up the canal.
With the damn's destruction, the water going out may not be enough to support the population. Speculation is going on that Putin realizes he can't keep the Crimea and decided to make sure it was worthless to Ukraine.
#13
Crimea has already switched to surface water. What's coming out of taps is really foul. You can forget about Crimean (and a lot of southern Kherson) agriculture for the next 10 years until the dam is rebuilt.
On the left bank, Russian positions are flooded out and mine fields are washed away and buried, leading to interesting consequences in the future.
#15
This looks to me to be part of the UKR Offensive that they promised. It's not too much difference btwn shelling, attacking, and looting soft civilian targets in Belgorod, and shelling the soft civilian target of Nova Kakhovka Hydro Dam.
#20
Who had access to inside the dam and could plant explosives inside several hundred meters long section of it?
The Russians planted explosives in the dam when they were pulling out from Kherson. They had full access from the generator side to the slues gates which they held.
#21
Yakymivsyky district: In the area of Peremozhne and Annovka villages, the occupying forces blew up chain of ponds, having previously filled them with water to the maximum. The road to Kherson, fields with plantations are completely flooded.
[Aussie Fin Rev] Australia, the US and Ukraine are discussing sending 41 Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornets to Kyiv helping fulfil part of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s request for fighter jets, rather than sending them to the scrapheap as planned.
Sources have told The Australian Financial Review that the US, which recently gave permission to other Western allies to supply Ukraine with advanced fighter jets, including US-made F-16s, is favourably disposed to the idea of gifting Ukraine the F/A-18s.
Washington’s approval is needed because it owns the intellectual property on the jets that have been retired by the RAAF and which are being replaced by F-35s, of which Australia has ordered 72.
The retired F/A-18s are sitting in a hangar at the Williamtown RAAF base outside Newcastle and unless sent to Ukraine, will either be scrapped or sold to a private sector aviation company, RAVN Aerospace, to use in the US as "enemies" for military aviators to train against
Robert Potter, an Australian security expert advising the Ukrainian government, confirmed negotiations were underway, but a specific deal is yet to be finalised. Have thought the F-18A-D is a better fighter for Ukraine. It can use the full range of weapons, including HARM, has better radar in the APG-73 and is better suited for dispersed operations. Parts may be trickier to get in Europe, but Finland and Spain also operate the F-18.
#2
One thing's for sure (both in the West and in Russia), it appears this skirmish has allowed all parties to clean out their garages, attics, and other storage areas.
#5
Being carrier jets, their front landing gear is stronger than that of the f16/15. That is beneficial for Ukraine where the take-off and landing strips comprise mostly of highways and roads, often not good in quality.
#7
The F-16 also has a huge vacuum cleaner under the chin that wants to suck every object into the engine. MiG operators are not known for their meticulous FOD cleanup. The F-18 also has excellent low speed takeoff/landing, but the main feature is the good radar+AMRAMM combo that can compete with the Su-35 in BVR.
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[LB] Chernihiv, Sumy, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya and Dnipropetrovsk regions were attacked by the enemy.
In the Chernihiv region, the Russians hit the Novgorod-Siverskyi district with mortars. The dropping of ammunition from the copter was also recorded. No losses and destruction, says the summary from OVA as of this morning.
In Sumyat night and in the morning, the enemy launched nine shellings (34 explosions). Shelled Bilopolska, Esmanska, Seredino-Budska communities. On the outskirts of Seredyn-Buda, Shostky district, an unmanned aerial vehicle of the "Shakhed" type fired, as a result of which an economic building was damaged. There was no information about the victims.
The data is being verified.
Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 22 shellings. 104 explosions were recorded. The communities of Bilopolska, Velikopysarivska, Glukhivska, Znob-Novgorodska, Krasnopilska, Myropilska, Novoslobidska, Shalyginska, Yunakivska came under fire. A private house, a garage with a car and a gas pipe were damaged in one of the mortar attacks in the Velikopysariv community. In the Znob-Novgorod community, the enemy fired artillery - 28 explosions. Seven private houses, a power line, a church, a fire and rescue unit were damaged.
In Zaporizhzhia, 71 shellings hit 19 settlements: airstrikes on Malya Tokmachka, Olhivske and Gulyaipol, rocket systems of volley fire hit Zaliznychny, Temyrivets, Preobrazhenets and Olhivske, 64 artillery shells hit Orikhov, Gulyaipol, Novoandriivets, Poltavets, Shcherbaki and other front-line villages. Fortunately, no one was hurt. 12 destructions of homes and property of local residents were recorded.
In Dnipropetrovsk, the occupiers attacked Nikopol twice during the night. The city was bombarded with heavy artillery. A church and a private enterprise were damaged. Nine residential buildings, a utility building and power lines were damaged. People are whole. The enemy also attacked the region with a drone, but soldiers from the "East" PvK shot down the "Shaheed".
In Luhansk, the enemy attacked in the districts of Novoselivskyi and Bilogorivka. Attempts of the occupiers were stopped by fire damage. In addition to these villages, Nevske and Makiivka came under fire from the enemy. An airstrike was again carried out on Serhiyivka. During the day, the enemy fired 71 shots (311 shells).
A private house was damaged in Kharkivska as a result of shelling in Vovchansk, there were no casualties. As a result of the shelling of Zolochev, a 40-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman were injured, and the building of the State University of Higher Education was damaged.
As a result of shelling, a forest fire broke out in the Kupian Forestry. No casualties. Also yesterday, the enemy shelled Pishchane of the Kupyan district.
A 58-year-old woman was injured, a private household was damaged. In the evening, as a result of shelling with three rockets (previously S300), Chuguyev's buildings and economic facilities were damaged. The place of impact of two more missiles and data on the consequences are being established.
In Donetsk, three wounded civilians per day. The Russians shelled 13 settlements: Chasiv Yar, Avdiivka, Toretsk, Kurakhove, Maksimivka, Vremivka, Karlivka, Maksimilianivka, Umanske, Novoukrainka, Petrivka, Novomarkovo, Zvanivka. 11 objects were damaged: six residential buildings, two commercial buildings, the administration building of the State Enterprise "Toretskvugilya", the workshop of the State Enterprise "Toretskvugilya".
In Mykolaivska yesterday, the enemy twice fired artillery at the water area of the Ochakiv community. There are no casualties. Also in the evening, as a result of enemy shelling in Ochakov, residential buildings and a farm building were damaged. There were no casualties.
In the Kherson region, the enemy launched 28 shellings (176 shells) during the day, the Russian military targeted the areas of 12 populated areas of the region. The occupiers destroyed the premises of an agricultural enterprise in the village of Vesely in the Kakhovsky district with guided aerial bombs. A 64-year-old woman received minor injuries as a result of the shelling. The Russians also attacked Beryslav - they aimed at the territory of the plant. In total, two people were injured during the day as a result of Russian aggression.
It will be recalled that the total combat losses of Russia from the beginning of the full-scale war until June 5, 2023 amounted to more than 21,300 people. Last day, the defenders eliminated another 410 occupiers.
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[Korrespondent] 23:04 The lists of Ukrainian pilots for training on modern fighters have long been formed, but so far not a single Ukrainian pilot has gone to study abroad, Yuriy Ignat, the speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: “So far, we are not talking about pilot training. The first groups of aviation specialists have gone who are studying the possibility of further deployment of training for Ukrainian pilots.
22:45 It is not yet known whether the expected large-scale counteroffensive of Ukraine has begun, or only, as the military says, reconnaissance in force. However, it is clear that for the first time in several months, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have significantly increased the intensity of their attacks. More details in the material Attack on a wide front .
22:16 Zelensky, in an evening video message, thanked all the defenders, "who gave this day exactly the news that we are waiting for." In particular, the president noted the Bakhmut direction. "We see how hysterically Russia perceives our every step there, all our positions taken. The enemy knows that Ukraine will win. They see it. They feel it thanks to your strikes, warriors, and in particular in the Donetsk region," he added.
Zelensky also said that Ukraine is preparing new steps to further limit the Russian military potential. This applies to everyone who in one way or another helps the Russian Federation to circumvent sanctions and whom Russia uses to supply weapons, components or equipment. In addition, the head of state held a meeting today on the transformation of the country now and after the victory.
21:54 In the Kupyansky district of the Kharkiv region, as a result of Russian strikes, a pipeline with ammonia was damaged, it was depressurized, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. The Headquarters for the Elimination of the Consequences of the Situation has been deployed in the region, all specialized services are working.
21:30 Raids by Russian anti-Putin volunteer battalions in the Belgorod region have gained unexpected international resonance. In Belgium, it was established that the fighters of the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Legion of Freedom of Russia allegedly used rifles that Brussels handed over to Ukraine. The Belgians plan to investigate. About what consequences this may have for Kiev - in the material Scandal with Belgium .
20:52 Kuleba said in an interview with Reuters that Ukraine has enough weapons for a counteroffensive. However, he did not answer the question of whether the counteroffensive had begun. According to the minister, the main thing is not when it starts, but that it ends with a victory for Ukraine, which will make Kyiv's membership in NATO possible. "NATO membership cannot stop this war, but NATO membership will stop further wars. That is why the best way to ensure security in the region is to come to a point where Ukraine becomes a member of NATO," the Foreign Minister stressed.
Kuleba also noted that NATO membership is the next big goal on the agenda after Ukraine has secured F-16 fighter jets in the future.
20:14 The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that about 100 residents remained in Novaya Tavolzhanka, but because of the shelling, "there is no way to go there and clarify the data."
19:40 Prigozhin continues his war with the Russian Defense Ministry. The day before, he said that the regular Russian army had mined the escape routes of his mercenaries from Bakhmut. Moreover, the Russian military opened fire on the militants, as a result, a battle broke out between the Kremlin army and the Wagnerites. It seems that Prigozhin's enmity with the Russian Defense Ministry is already teetering on the brink of transition from an information war to a real one. About what to expect next - in the material The first battle of the Wagnerites with the Russian army .
19:19 Soldiers of the Russian Volunteer Corps said that they have been controlling Novaya Tavolzhanka near Belgorod for several days. According to them, the abandoned village is of no interest to either the regional or federal authorities. "Since Gladkov cannot control his sponsored territory, we will only talk with his Moscow leaders," RDK representatives said.
19:11 On the night of June 5, in the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, Belgorod Region, a senior Belgorod operational group, Colonel Andrey Stesev, was killed, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported. Previously, he served as commander of the 104th Airborne Assault Regiment of the Russian Airborne Forces.
18:55 The Russians hit Balakleya in the Kharkiv region, as of the moment, it is known about one dead and eight wounded, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said.
18:23 The visit of African leaders to Russia and Ukraine as part of the "peace initiative" is planned until the end of June, the non-governmental organization Brazzaville Foundation said.
18:15 Troops of the Operational-Strategic Group of Forces of Khortytsya are carrying out offensive operations on the eastern front , said Anna Malyar, Deputy Minister of Defense. According to her, the Ukrainian units advanced 200-1600 meters in the direction of Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Praskoveevka and 100-700 meters in the direction of Ivanovskoye, Klescheevka.
17:24 Zelensky announced that he had met with British Foreign Minister James Claverley. discussed Ukraine's expectations from the Vilnius NATO Summit, the promotion of the Ukrainian formula for peace and the preparation of the Global Summit for its implementation, the London International Conference on the Reconstruction of Ukraine.
17:11 Hearings will be held at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Russia's violation of its obligations under two conventions - on combating the financing of terrorism and the prohibition of all forms of racial discrimination, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said. In particular, there will be two rounds of speeches by the parties: on June 6 and 12, the legal team of Ukraine will perform, on June 8 and 14 - Russia.
During the hearing, the parties will present in concentrated form their position, which was set out during the long stage of the exchange of written documents, which began in June 2018. The Foreign Ministry emphasizes that at this stage the court will only hear the parties and may ask additional questions. A final decision in the case is expected at a later date.
16:53 The Russians are actively launching information about the counteroffensive, because they need to divert attention from the defeat in the Bakhmut direction , Anna Malyar, Deputy Defense Minister, said. According to her, the Bakhmut direction remains the epicenter of hostilities - there the Defense Forces are moving "on a fairly wide front", are successful, occupying dominant heights. The enemy is on the defensive, he wants to hold his position. In the south, the enemy is also on the defensive, there are battles of local importance.
16:22 The head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, told CNN that Ukraine is very well prepared for a counteroffensive, but it is too early to talk about its possible consequences.
16:17 During May, Russia fired 169 drones, 65 cruise missiles (X-101/555, Caliber), 13 Iskander ballistic missiles and seven Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles at Kiev, the capital's military administration said.
16:05 The head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, did not rule out the announcement of the forced evacuation of children and pensioners from border settlements due to increased Russian shelling.
15:53 Prigozhin said last night that his mercenaries had captured Roman Vinivitin, Lieutenant Colonel of the Russian Army, who had fired at their car while withdrawing from Bakhmut. Today, the Legion of Freedom of Russia turned to Prigozhin with a proposal to exchange a lieutenant colonel of the RF Armed Forces for several Russian fighters taken prisoner during the battles in the Belgorod region.
15:19 Russian propaganda, which recently reported on the alleged "heavy injury" of Zaluzhny, is now spreading the "news" about Budanov's death. According to these reports, the head of Ukrainian intelligence was allegedly killed in a recent missile attack on a "decision center". The Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council emphasizes that this is another informational stuffing of the enemy.
14:54 The Russians fired at Toretsk, Donetsk region: according to preliminary data, the Russian army launched two attacks on the city center using the FAB-250. Six people were injured, an educational institution, residential multi-storey buildings, civil infrastructure, an administrative building and a bank building were damaged, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
14:41 Lithuania is preparing a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, which will include, in particular, millions of ammunition and means of combating drones, Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said. "In two weeks, after the Ramstein meeting, we will announce more information about the support," he added.
14:35 The German authorities are considering possible deliveries of fighter jets to Ukraine and may reconsider their position, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in an interview with DW: "Now we are in a rethinking phase and we are checking what is possible and what we want and can do. And I think we We'll decide in the next two weeks." At the same time, he added that Berlin is not yet thinking about supplying Ukraine with long-range Taurus cruise missiles.
14:30 The General Staff has no information about the "big offensive" in the Donetsk region and will not comment on fakes, a representative of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a commentary to Reuters.
14:24 In Russia, Putin allegedly sounded on the radio, in which he stated that today at four in the morning "Ukrainian troops, armed with the NATO bloc with the West and with the support of Washington, invaded the territory of the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions." Peskov said that it was a hacking of radio stations, now control has been restored.
14:05 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said that Russia "sees no prospects" for extending the grain deal. At the same time, he added that inspections of ships within the framework of the grain corridor have been resumed.
13:28 Ukraine has a network of agents in Russia and provides them with drones for attacks, CNN reports, citing US intelligence sources. U.S. officials believe that pro-Ukrainian agents inside Russia launched a drone attack on the Kremlin in early May, launching them from Russian territory rather than delivering them from Ukraine. According to CNN, sabotage cells in the Russian Federation consist, in particular, of operatives well trained in conducting this kind of war.
12:56 Russian aviation attacked Berislav, Kherson region, hitting a residential area of the city with guided bombs. The premises of a private enterprise and about 20 residential buildings were damaged, two people were injured, the IVA said.
12:52 The FSB has brought squads of trained spies to Melitopol, who are looking for patriotic citizens, the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov said.
12:33 Peskov said that Putin, along with official reports, regularly makes calls and receives "information from the ground" about the progress of the "special operation."
12:22 According to the Ukrainian Institute for the Future, as of May 2023, the permanent population of Ukraine is 29 million people. In particular, 8.6 million Ukrainians have not returned home since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. Of the 29 million, only 9.1-9.5 million Ukrainians work, and if we take away the state employees, about 6-7 million people remain.
At the same time, the fertility rate has already fallen below 1, while for population growth it should be more than 2. “If nothing is changed, in the next few years there will be twice as many working pensioners in Ukraine. That is why the issue of demography should be voiced by the President of Ukraine as priority for today and requiring urgent measures," the Institute notes.
12:14 Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo announced that he had ordered an investigation into the possible use of Belgian-made weapons transferred to Ukraine by participants in a raid in the Belgorod region, as previously reported by The Washington Post. He stressed that European weapons are supplied to Ukraine "on the condition that they will be used on Ukrainian territory to protect this territory."
11:39 As a result of the morning shelling of Kherson, a civilian was killed - a security guard of one of the enterprises that was hit by a Russian shell, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin.
11:22 Reznikov said in an interview with the Japanese edition of NHK that Ukraine will be ready to deploy F-16s on its territory in autumn or winter. According to him, modern fighters will not change the situation this summer, and it will take time to train pilots. Also, Kyiv still has to agree with partners on the provision of engineers and technical personnel for the maintenance and repair of aircraft.
11:18 Sky News has gained access to a plausible contract for the supply of Iranian weapons to Russia, which may be the first hard evidence that Tehran sold ammunition to Moscow for its war in Ukraine. The document, whose authenticity was confirmed to the publication by a source in the UK security agencies, refers to the supply of artillery and tank shells and missiles for a total amount of just over $1 million. The document is dated September 14, 2022.
11:13 Minister for Strategic Industries Alexander Kamyshin called the situation with shelters in Kiev critical. According to the results of two days of the commission's work, a third of the city's shelters were checked, and half of them are not ready for use.
10:57 At night and in the morning, the Russians massively shelled the residential areas of Kherson, previously from multiple launch rocket systems. The shelling was also carried out with prohibited incendiary munitions, which led to a large number of fires, the IVA said. Damaged about 20 residential buildings, garages, cars, two educational institutions. One person is injured.
The invaders also fired at one of the medical institutions, in which at the time of the attack there were 135 patients and 44 doctors. Windows and doors were shattered in the hospital, but no one was injured.
10:34 The Vatican's special envoy for Ukraine, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, will arrive in Kiev on a two-day visit today to discuss "possible ways to achieve a just peace," the Vatican's press service said.
10:09 The secret Black Box project has caused more than $700 million in damage to Russia over the past month alone, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported. They clarified that the results of the work of the Black Box can be seen at many objects of the occupiers, located both in the temporarily occupied and in enemy territory.
In particular, according to the GUR, during April-May, the results of the project can be observed in logistics centers, transport hubs, in places of accumulation of military equipment and manpower, and for other purposes. Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, noted that this is only part of the information about the Black Box that can be made public.
Since the beginning of 2023, within the framework of the project, together with the Turn Back Alive Foundation, more than 270 million hryvnias have already been accumulated - this made it possible to cause significant damage to the enemy’s defense sector and reduce the number of his troops that were supposed to replenish the occupying contingent, added to the Main Intelligence Directorate.
09:35 British intelligence writes that Russia launched a record number of Iranian kamikaze drones in Ukraine in May - more than 300 pieces - in an attempt to force the Armed Forces to spend expensive missiles, but did not succeed. Analysts note that Ukraine has neutralized at least 90% of the UAVs, mostly using older and cheaper air defenses, as well as electronic jamming.
According to intelligence, Russia is also likely trying to locate and strike Ukrainian forces far behind the front lines. However, RF remains very ineffective at hitting such dynamic targets at long range due to poor targeting processes, the intelligence added.
09:07 The Center for Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has warned that Russia will step up its information and psychological operations. In particular, it is planned to disseminate unreliable information about hostilities on Russian Telegram channels and social networks. In order to demoralize Ukrainians and mislead the public, including their own population, Russian propagandists will spread fakes about the counteroffensive, its directions, and Ukraine's losses. For this, old videos and photos with damaged equipment, dead and prisoners, as well as other fake materials have been prepared.
Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry stated that on the morning of June 4, the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly launched a "large-scale offensive" in five sectors of the front in the Yuzhno-Donetsk direction, all Ukrainian attacks were allegedly repulsed. Also, the RF Ministry of Defense stated that the Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces Gerasimov during this period allegedly was "at one of the advanced command posts in this direction."
08:56 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, three people were injured, in Kharkiv - also three wounded, in Kherson - two, according to the OVA.
08:44 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) states that the Russian leadership does not yet have a unified position on how to respond to raids in the Belgorod region. This is evidenced, in particular, by conflicting information from official Russian sources about the situation in the region and the "apparently personal" decision of Governor Gladkov to respond to the saboteurs. The Russian leadership's comments are focused primarily on informational influence, and there are no signs that the authorities have developed a policy to prevent further raids in the border areas of the Russian Federation, analysts say.
08:16 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 5.
personnel - about 210,350 (+410) people liquidated,
tanks - 3848 (+11),
armored combat vehicles - 7523 (+11),
artillery systems - 3567 (+12),
MLRS - 584 (+1),
air defense systems - 349 (+5),
aircraft - 313 (+0),
helicopters - 298 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 3189 (+14),
cruise missiles - 1136 (+4),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 6312 (+7),
special equipment - 484 (+5).
08:10 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on attempts to completely occupy the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. Over the past day, there have been 29 clashes, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
02:08 An energy facility is on fire in the Belgorod region, the preliminary reason is an explosive device dropped from a drone, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said. According to him, there were no victims, there were no power cuts.
00:11 Military assistance to Ukraine from the EU countries amounted to 12 billion euros, said the head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Matti Maasikas. He clarified that it includes weapons and training. The EU will train 30,000 Ukrainian troops by the end of this year, and plans to purchase 1 million artillery shells within one year.
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[RIA] The eleventh package of anti-Russian sanctions promised to us by our European "partners" almost a month ago has been lost somewhere. We have already prepared to put it in a "package with packages", but so far, instead of agreed measures of influence, there are continuous disputes, discussions, doubts and fears.
Europe hesitates and hesitates, because it has already hurt itself very much with these sanctions, and now it needs to hurt even more. Everything that happens is vividly reminiscent of the story of Stephen King , in which a drug dealer surgeon finds himself on a desert island and there, in order not to die of hunger, begins to amputate his own limbs. Saves him from the pain of a giant supply of heroin.
In Europe, instead of heroin, there is only deafening, maddening propaganda about "aid to Ukraine", but as a painkiller it does not work very well. Hence the doubts and hesitations. There is so little left of the European economy, and here we still need to cut it off.
"Do sanctions work at all?" - Al Jazeera asks a bold question . A good answer to this is the two-digit number of the sanctions package. If you need to grit your teeth and come up with the eleventh package, this means, dear Europeans, that your previous ten packages stupidly did not work.
In fact, it didn't work as expected. Over the past year, GDP per capita in Russia increased by 22.3 percent. The country returned to the top ten largest economies in the world. Poverty has fallen at a record low, and housing construction has grown at a record high. According to indicators such as inflation and debt load, Russia today is among the most successful economies in the world.
At the same time, Germany - the recognized engine of the EU - plunged into a recession, now official. It is simply amazing: at one time, this steam locomotive managed to save Spain , Greece and Portugal from default at once - that's what life-giving Russian hydrocarbons did. However, Germany could not stand the anti-Russian sanctions, reinforced by the American undermining of the Nord Stream . Now the recession will inevitably cover other carriages of the European train.
In many European countries that imposed sanctions against Russia, inflation and price increases turned out to be higher than ours. And these are not just dry numbers. Behind them - malnutrition, disease, mass deaths. The Economist has calculated that 68,000 Europeans have died from the cold in their homes this winter, far more than from covid last year. For the most part, these are elderly people, pensioners who simply did not have enough money to turn on the batteries.
The cult French writer Michel Houellebecq is surprised in a recent interview : "I had a Russian mistress, so she told me that even in the 90s the heating in Russia was never turned off." Yes, Michel, everything was not easy for us, but at least our old people did not die from the cold.
As a consolation to the Europeans, the British BBC quickly put together a "documentary" series about Russia in the 90s. There, of course, there is sheer rubbish, queues and empty shelves. But Europeans have a consolation - look how badly the Russians live. They do not know that we live today is completely different.
Involuntarily, I want to ask: who were the sanctions against? Just against Russia? You didn't mix anything up there?
The particular danger of the eleventh package of sanctions for Europeans lies in the fact that they want to "punish" third countries through which Russia continued its trade interaction with the whole world. But among these countries are such economic giants as India , China , Brazil . How can they be "punished"? Stop trading with them? Well, they shrug their shoulders and move on. Europe, like that non-commissioned officer's widow, will flog itself again.
Another danger is that by trying to fence off non-Western countries from Russia, Europe ends up driving itself into a ghetto. The states friendly to Russia enjoy economic growth - it is not for nothing that the BRICS union overtook the G7 last year in terms of GDP, while the unfriendly states suffer in isolation, quietly dying from cold, hunger and deindustrialization. The fate of the euro as a reserve currency in such circumstances is highly questionable.
The Chinese comrades are closely watching everything that happens, realizing that they are next in line. The vulnerability of a huge country in its great food dependence on its sworn partners - primarily on the United States . Well, for the second year in a row, the PRC has been buying food at a crazy pace, stocking up in case of an almost inevitable confrontation with the West.
It is no secret that Russia has repeatedly shared military technology with its Chinese counterparts. Today we can share a completely unique technology for survival and development in the economic war with the West. She really works.
A hundred years ago, European countries tried in exactly the same way to ruin and destroy the young Soviet Republic. They broke off diplomatic relations, killed our diplomats, staged sabotage, supplied weapons to terrorists, imposed an embargo - almost as comprehensive as it is today.
The paradoxical result of the "hellish sanctions" of the 1920s was that Europe plunged into the Great Depression, and the Soviet Union in a matter of years made an unprecedented economic leap, turning into an advanced, technologically advanced industrial power that managed to win the world war. Can we repeat?
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:21 A series of explosions in Kharkov and the region. Rocket strikes on Ukrainian military targets@voenkorKotenok 21:48 Video- The work of artillery of the 4th Brigade of Lugansk 2nd Army Corps near Lisichansk.
21:36 Video- The Russian Ministry of Defense publishes another video of the destruction of Ukrainian combat units yesterday.
21:20 Video– Russian paratroopers covered the positions of the DRG of the Ukrainian Nazis on the banks of the Dnieper near Kherson
Saboteurs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have occupied houses in the Dach area and are constantly trying to gain a foothold on the coast on the left bank of the Dnieper. But the gunners of the Airborne Forces have a different opinion on this matter.
Under our blows, the Ukrainian militants divided into two camps: some go to a personal meeting with Bandera, others run home, but the most stoned ones continue to swim and sit in country houses, which, by the way, are less and less due to artillery fire.
20:48 The beginning of the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zaporozhye accompanied reports of the loss of senior officers.
The administration of the Bolgradsky district informs that on June 4, while performing a combat mission, the head of the department of the operational command “South”, Colonel Alexander Makaev, was killed.
19:21 Over the past few days, the fighters of the Russian Guard,performing tasks in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, discovered enemy caches with hundreds of explosive objects and thousands of ammunition, as well as seven enemy drones, including foreign-made kamikaze UAVs.
Among the found - about a hundred anti-tank and anti-personnel mines and 20,000 rounds of various calibers. All this, including drones, could be used by the enemy for sabotage and terrorist attacks against civilians, civilian infrastructure and military facilities.
Also, during the reconnaissance and search activities, the fighters of the Russian Guard detained two accomplices of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Extremist literature and digital media with information of operational interest were confiscated from them.
19:20 March 29, 2023 in the NVO zone was eliminated Lebanese who fought on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ahmad Umar Abu al-Ayla Zakaria was born in the village of Fneydik in the province of Akkar. He served in the Ukrainian troops as an engineer. According to media reports, his father is from Lebanon, his mother is Ukrainian.
18:38 The first photo of the abandoned APU “Leopard” appeared online
Apparently, the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine left him on the southern sector of the front.
The offensive loves silence and abandoned “leopards”.
18:21 Artillerymen of the Russian Armed Forces are constantly working on Ukronazi positions, not letting them raise their heads -video
17:35 First destroyed American BMP Bradley delivered to Kyiv.
“Only the 31st Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which attacked on June 4 near the settlement of Neskuchnoye, lost more than 250 servicemen, 16 tanks, 24 armored combat vehicles, including three Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. Five Ukrainian servicemen were taken prisoner, ”the RF Ministry of Defense reports.
17:31 The vaunted American-made International MaxxPro armored personnel carrier cannot withstand the Donbass roads -video
16:25 Liquidated Colonel of the National Guard of Ukraine Yuriy Bak.
According to media reports, he took part in the so-called ATO.
Since 2022, he has been the deputy commander of the battalion for the protection and defense of technical support facilities.
16:24 Such a picture is now all over Ukraine -video
On the front line, just like cannon fodder, the next echelons of young guys, men and women, are sent.
Stop! The enemy sits on the "Bank" in Kyiv, and will continue to indulge the nationalists, the Americans and the British.
15:19 In recent days, social networks have been reporting a mass grave of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in Kharkiv -video
The funeral of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kharkov has already become something commonplace. However, in recent days, their frequency has begun to shock even the locals.
This is Walk of Fame No. 18. Over the past year, the number of burials here has increased 10 times: there were 2 rows, it became 23.
15:16 "APU turned off light and said that the dead do not need light"
Boris Dmitriev, who was evacuated from Artemovsk on April 13 by Wagner PMC fighters, spoke about the attitude of the Ukrainian military towards civilians:
“The Armed Forces of Ukraine are not an army, they are fascist gangs. What to call them, if the tank was just shooting at the house, if the armored personnel carrier was just shooting at the house… One of my comrades flew out of the apartment, and we did not find him. That's horrible".
According to him, the Ukrainian military, having entered the city, immediately announced that the city would be defeated:
“The gas was turned off, the light was turned off. They said the dead don't need light. At first I had to cook on stones, and then, on January 11, we managed to get a potbelly stove.”
Boris Dmitriev refused to be evacuated to the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime:
“I didn’t want to go to Ukraine: I didn’t like what was happening in Ukraine. I think there is some kind of Anglo-Saxon regime. The fact that the coup was carried out earlier [in 2014] didn’t please me either.”
On April 5, Boris and his neighbors, taking with them pre-purchased food and water, moved to the basement, from there they were taken by Wagner PMC fighters to a safe place.
14:31 Footage of the destruction of equipment of Ukrainian nationalists during an attempted large-scale offensive in the South Donetsk direction -video
14:29 Russian army in Zaporozhye restrains Nazi onslaught
The enemy failed to make significant progress, Vladimir Rogov, the head of the We Together with Russia movement, told RIA Novosti.
Earlier, he stated that from four in the morning on June 5, "active hostilities resumed in the area of the Vremevsky salient, which began yesterday." According to him, attempts by the Ukrainian troops to attack are taking place in the area of the villages of Novopol, Priyutnoye, Novodarovka, Rivnopol - on the border of the Zaporozhye region and the DPR.
“Our army is holding back the onslaught of Ukrainian militants, preventing them from advancing deep into our defenses. Active hostilities continue,” Rogov said.
He also noted that the Ukrainian troops increased the intensity of shelling of the rear areas of the Zaporozhye region, using, among other things, long-range Storm Shadow missiles.
13:33 The main thing from the new briefing of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
In the South-Donetsk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine unsuccessfully tried to go on the offensive, up to 300 Ukrainian servicemen and 16 tanks were destroyed;
More than 10 terrorists, two boats and an armored car were destroyed while trying to enter the Belgorod region;
In the Kherson direction, up to 20 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, equipment, as well as an ammunition depot were destroyed;
Up to 425 Ukrainian servicemen, a German Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled gun were destroyed in the Donetsk direction;
More than 65 Ukrainian soldiers, two armored vehicles and other equipment were destroyed in the Krasnolimansky direction in a day;
Up to 90 Ukrainian servicemen, two KRAB self-propelled artillery mounts were destroyed in the Kupyansk direction;
During the counterbattery fight, five Ukrainian mortar platoons were suppressed, the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS near Volchansk and two KRAB self-propelled guns were destroyed.
13:28 “Mobilization in Ukraine is proceeding normally” (c) Danilov —video
12:32 Today in Zaporizhzhya is more deadly than ever Beautiful 240mm Tulips and 152mm Hyacinths bloom for the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, sending dozens of Nazis on an express train to Bandera.
Our florists know their stuff. The counterbattery struggle on the Zaporizhia Front is yielding good results.
12:31 Attack in the forests near Kremennaya: attack aircraft of the “Brave” capture the enemy’s trenches — video
The footage was taken during the ongoing offensive in the forests in the Svatovo-Kremenskoye direction.
The fighters of the “Center” group attacked the fortified point of the 58th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, destroying the Ukrainian Nazis. Having captured the trenches, our guys entrenched themselves at the turn.
11:17 As of 06/04/2023, total destroyed Ukrainian officers, confirmed by open sources is 2,164 officers
11:16 May 31, 2023 Russian troops destroyed 49-year-old mercenary from Georgia Zviad Gigani.
He arrived in Ukraine in April 2022 and joined the Georgian National Legion, whose militants shot captured Russian soldiers. Gigani was a logistics specialist.
According to media reports, about 43 Georgian mercenaries who fought in the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been liquidated since the beginning of the SVO
10:40 Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces are constantly working on Ukronazi positions, not letting them raise their heads -video
10:38 A Taiwanese mercenary who fights on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forcesthrewgrenades of their "colleagues" in Kharkov.
The result - one Taiwanese in the city pre-trial detention center, the second escaped from Ukraine, and the third with severe injuries in the hospital.
The main motive is personal hostility.
09:32 Employees of the TCC in Ukraine continue to organize raids in various places, for issuing subpoenas -video
09:25 Enemy offensive: Battle footage and destroyed US armored vehicles on the South Donets Front —video
During the local offensive that began on the Vremievsky ledge at the junction of the Zaporozhye and Yuzhnodonetsk sectors of the front, the enemy lost a significant amount of armored vehicles transferred by the Americans, including MRAP MaxxPro.
Armored groups and motorized rifle companies of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the 5th Army of the Eastern District in the morning from different directions. In the course of several hours of battle, the enemy was stopped, but began to bring in reserves, against which Russian troops were actively inflicting fire damage. In total, the Armed Forces of Ukraine brought into battle up to 6 infantry battalions.
The video shows beaten and destroyed American armored vehicles and footage of close combat.
08:36 Air raid alert announced in Sumy, Poltava, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv regions
08:28 Footage of the destruction of military equipment of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which took part in an attempted offensive on the Zaporozhye Front -video
08:09 “Kill me!” - creepy footage of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, crippled in battle with the Russian army -video
This attack for the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the flank near Artemovsk ended in a bloody failure.
The video is now being published by Ukrainian Nazis. 18+
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:58 Video- Another AGM-88 HARM missile was shot down over Donetsk. Stupidly useless ammo. 21:45 Kherson direction situation at the end of June 5, 2023
Against the background of the activation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in several sectors of the front, events in the Kherson direction fell out of coverage. In the past few days, active fighting has been going on there in the Dach area and near the islands near Kherson - Ukrainian formations already have a stable foothold on some of them.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are firing indiscriminately at the positions of the 80th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the RF Armed Forces with large-caliber mortars and artillery. Target designation is provided by copters and Bayraktar drones from the airfields of Dolgintsevo and Voznesensk.
The number of speedboats has increased in the Dnieper basin. Only yesterday, two boats with a landing force were destroyed near the island of Kruglik, which were trying to land on the shore with a swoop.
In addition, the other day, two small boats Metal Shark and Galaxy were delivered to Kherson, along with two groups of the South Special Operations Center, which may indicate preparations for more active operations near Kherson.
Also, detachments of Georgian mercenaries were deployed to the Shirokaya Balka-Kizomys line. And at the training grounds Ternovsky and Shirokiy Lan, there are still 21 and 22 Separate Mechanized brigades, as well as 38 obrmp. The 37th Brigade is already participating in the battles in the Vremievsky sector.
Diverting attention and stretching Russian troops along the front is the main task of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at this stage of the ongoing offensive. And local attempts to force the Dnieper fit into this plan.
21:25 127th Division passed in a counterattack on the Vremievsky ledge, destroying and discarding the enemy
Our friends from one of the hottest sectors of the front now got in touch and told us the details of the latest battles at the junction of the Zaporozhye and South Donetsk fronts, which began yesterday and continued today.
The guys assure - Neskuchnoe is not taken, ours are there and they get in touch every 2 hours. During the offensive in the Neskuchny area, the enemy, after losing equipment in the minefields, was able to enter our forward positions, but ran into a fierce rebuff from tanks and infantry, covered by artillery and aviation fire.
Having got stuck, the Ukrainian Nazis brought up the reserves of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade and 31st Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Army aviation came to the rescue: MI-24G “Alligators” and MI-28 “Night Hunters” attacked armored groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with guided missiles.
Russian artillery began to work from the entire range of weapons against the advancing forces: 122mm D-30, 152mm D-20, self-propelled guns and MLRS. After artillery preparation, units of the 127th Division of the RF Armed Forces launched a counterattack. Russian fighters put Ukrainian fighters to flight.
Preliminary losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: 20 tanks, 41 armored personnel carriers, 16 armored vehicles, 4 artillery installations and more than 300 people wounded and killed personnel. Right now, the enemy has pulled up new armored groups and is trying to bring them into battle, fire damage is inflicted in places of accumulation, the fighting continues.
21:12 Operational lines of The DPR JCCC for June 5, as of 15:00, received additional information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Volnovaha:
- on st. Sverdlov, 41 wounded man born in 1967
n.p. Olginka (Volnovakh district):
- on st. Komsomolskaya, 52, a woman born in 1937 died.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
- MBDOU "Nursery-garden No. 5 of Makeevka" on the street. Heroes of Stalingrad;
- st. Gagarina, 41, 43, 47, 48 - private residential buildings, the gas pipeline was also damaged.
n.p. Yasinovataya:
- MBOU "School No. 3 Yasinovataya" on the street. Belinsky.
Information was received about the discovery of PFM “Petal” in the following locations:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- on st. Korganov discovered PFM “Lepestok”.
#petals, #interactive_map
20:38 Downed airplane Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction (05.06. 2023)
Today, another attempt to land a river landing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement failed. Babino. Ukrainian landing units were left without air support.
Of the two Su-25s supporting the landing from the air, one aircraft was shot down by skillful and well-coordinated actions of anti-aircraft gunners of the Dnepr group of troops. The second aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, having not completed the task, left the battlefield and retreated.
To destroy the aircraft, the Verba MANPADS were used. The wreckage of the aircraft fell in the area of ??the settlement. Osokorovka Kherson region.
20:11 Nazis inflicted missile attack on the center of the village of Mikhailovka, Zaporozhye region. As a result, in addition to school No. 3, five buildings were also damaged: a center for children's creativity, a cultural center, a post office, an administration and a central water pumping station.
The worker of the pumping station died.
19:39 Video- Personnel of the combat work of the calculation of the Tor-M2U air defense system of the Western Military District in the Kupyansk direction
Crews of the Tor-M2U air defense system cover Russian positions around the clock and save peaceful settlements from air attacks.
As soon as the zone of responsibility includes any air object that does not respond to the “friend or foe” request, the crews take it for escort and are ready to hit the target.
This time, the calculation of anti-aircraft gunners destroyed the enemy drone at night.
19:16 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the West group
- In the course of hostilities in the Kupyansk direction, artillery crews of the Zapad group of troops destroyed the Grad MLRS in the area of ????the Revuchee tract and a tank in the area of N. Berestovoye.
- Units of the RCB fire protection from the TOS "Solntsepyok" struck at the accumulation of manpower, weapons and military equipment 103 arr. TerO in the area of the settlement. Novoselovskoe.
- The aviation of the group carried out rocket and bomb strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment of 14, 92 Separate Mechanized brigades and units of TerO.
– By means of air defense, the reconnaissance UAV Leleka-100 was destroyed by fire from the Tor air defense system.
18:46 Video- covering the Ukrainian DRG in the Kherson region.
18:23 Explosions in Balaclava Kharkov region.
17:53 A Leopard abandoned by crests -PHOTO.
The footage was released by sources connected with the Marine Corps of the Vostok group. Today, the deputy head of the National Guard for the DPR, Alexander Khodakovsky, said that in the offensive on the South-Donetsk sector of the front to the left of Ugderar, the enemy used German Leopard tanks for the first time.
“shhh win loves silence.”
17:48 Regarding yesterday'sstuffingallegedly fighting in Novaya Tavolzhanka. Nothing like the first photo? Just for a second - this is CHERNOBL. Yes, the same city south of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
You can walk down the street and have a look.
PS If that photo from Google maps dates from June 2020, so the vegetation may differ.
PPS For those who are especially gifted, writing about another house in the background - ANGLE. Have you heard of such a term? Is it okay that the first photo was taken from the bottom point, and the second FROM THE SECOND FLOOR?
17:32 Ministry of Defense - Enemy attempts during June 4break throughthe defense of Russian troops in the South-Donetsk direction were not crowned with success.
- As a result of a complex fire defeat, he suffered significant losses and by the morning of June 5 he was thrown back to his original positions. The Armed Forces of Ukraine suffer losses in manpower and equipment.
- Only the 31st Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which attacked in the area of the settlement of Neskuchnoye, lost more than 250 servicemen, 16 tanks, 24 armored combat vehicles, including three Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. Five Ukrainian servicemen were taken prisoner.
- The enemy made new attempts to carry out attacks in the South-Donetsk direction in the areas of the Oktyabr state farm and the Novodonetskoye settlement by bringing into battle up to three battalion tactical groups reinforced with tanks.
- The enemy offensive is successfully restrained by the active actions of units, artillery fire and air strikes of the Vostok group of troops.
17:00 Offensive of the enemy in the South-Donetsk direction: the enemy leads new forces into battle - statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense
- Enemy attempts to break through the defense of Russian troops in the South-Donetsk direction during June 4 were unsuccessful.
- As a result of a complex fire defeat, he suffered significant losses and by the morning of June 5 he was thrown back to his original positions. The Armed Forces of Ukraine suffer losses in manpower and equipment.
- Only the 31st mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which attacked in the area of the settlement of Neskuchnoye, lost more than 250 servicemen, 16 tanks, 24 armored combat vehicles, including three Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. Five Ukrainian servicemen were taken prisoner.
- The enemy made new attempts to carry out attacks in the South-Donetsk direction in the areas of the Oktyabr state farm and the Novodonetskoye settlement by bringing into battle up to three battalion tactical groups reinforced with tanks.
- The enemy offensive is successfully restrained by the active actions of units, artillery fire and air strikes of the Vostok group of troops.
16:33 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 opened and destroyed the enemy reconnaissance group in the Novomikhailovka area.
- Artillery fire destroyed a pickup truck and manpower in the Prechistovka area, the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the enemy south of Ugledar and a mortar crew in Novoukrainka.
- During the counterbattery fight, the Msta-B howitzer was destroyed in the Skudny area.
- Two Valkyrie UAVs and one Leleka UAV were destroyed by means of air defense.
- In the Zaporozhye direction, the calculations of self-propelled mortars "Tulip" destroyed a car and manpower in the Lugovskoye area.
- Howitzer artillery fire destroyed an observation post in the Kamenskoye area, a stronghold, two cars and manpower in the Maly Shcherbakov area, a stronghold in the Novoandreevka area, manpower at the nationalist temporary deployment point in the Stepovoye area, as well as a mortar crew and a car in Novodanilovka.
- During the counterbattery fight, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount in Stepnogorsk, a howitzer in Novoandreevka and two mortar crews in Novodanilovka and Chervon were opened and destroyed.
16:00 Zaporozhye direction.
Paints in Novodonetskoe village.
According to our information, the enemy managed to gain a foothold on the northern outskirts of Novodonetskoye settlement, a battle is going on, artillery and aircraft are hitting the enemy. Weather conditions are severe.
In the information field, the enemy is trying to spread news about the retreat of our troops - these are stuffings that have no connection with reality.
Role model:
The enemy threw Leopards into battle.
There are fights in many areas.
15:34 Zaporozhye direction 05.06
After yesterday's repulsed attack near Velikaya Novoselovka (the border between the DPR and the Zaporozhye region), our troops are reloading guns and waiting for the next wave of suicide bombers. There is no doubt that the next attack is not far off. After the aerial reconnaissance carried out by our guys, it is clear that the enemy has reliably lost about 12 units of armored vehicles, including American Hummers.
2. The situation on the flanks of Artemovsk is very difficult, but under control, the city itself is under constant artillery attack - Acting Head of the DPR Pushilin.
3. Rybar: South-Donetsk direction situation as of June 5, 2023.
- On the border of the Zaporozhye region and the DPR, in the area of the Vremievsky ledge, the Armed Forces of Ukraine resumed the assault on Russian positions. Yesterday, by the end of the day, the RF Armed Forces recaptured the lost territories, including Novodarovka.
- Ukrainian formations (according to some reports, the forces of the 23rd and 31st Separate Mechanized brigades are involved in the battles) are attacking in two directions: near Novodarovka and Rivnopol.
By noon, Russian units repelled an attack by six tanks and infantry at Novodarovka. And from the direction of Novoselka, the offensive continues - two kilometers west of Neskuchnoye, reserves have been brought in. Also in the morning there was an attempt to storm the positions of the RF Armed Forces near Neskuchnoye and Watchtower by marines of the new 37th Naval Infantry Brigade on several armored combat vehicles. The attack was repulsed.
- The main hostilities unfolded in the Novodonetsk region. This morning, a convoy of 30 AFVs of the 37th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy, including Kirpi and MaxxPRO, attacked the positions of the Russian Armed Forces near the village. As a result, the enemy entrenched himself on the outskirts of the settlement.
Now the fighting continues under heavy artillery fire. Soldiers of the 36th Army of the RF Armed Forces are trying to drive out the Ukrainian marines. At the moment, about half of the village is under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, a convoy of 20 armored vehicles is moving southeast from the Bolshaya Novoselka area, most likely to strengthen positions in Novodonetskoye.
15:05 Ukrainian army first used Leopard tanks in battle - Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the Russian Guard for the DPR Khodakovsky.
“Leopards” were thrown into the battle near Novodonetsk, where at this moment the Armed Forces of Ukraine are developing an offensive against the positions of the RF Armed Forces, ”he said.
14:29 Operational lines On June 5, the DPR JCCC received additional information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Volnovaha:
- on st. Sverdlov, 41 wounded man born in 1967
n.p. Olginka (Volnovakh district):
- on st. Komsomolskaya, 52, a woman born in 1937 died.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
- MBDOU "Nursery-garden No. 5 of Makeevka" on the street. Heroes of Stalingrad;
- st. Gagarina, 41, 43, 47, 48 - private residential buildings, the gas pipeline was also damaged.
n.p. Yasinovataya:
- MBOU "School No. 3 Yasinovataya" on the street. Belinsky.
Information was received about the discovery of PFM “Petal” in the following locations:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- on st. Korganov discovered PFM “Petal.
14:07 As a result of fire damage by the formations of the Dnipro group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:
- 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it, three servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, four were injured of varying severity;
- a warehouse with ammunition in the area of ??N. p. Nikolskoye, losses: eight servicemen were killed, five were injured and three units. automotive equipment disabled.
- 122mm howitzer D-30 with ammunition in the area of the settlement Velenskoye, losses: four servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, two were injured of varying severity;
- 122mm SAU 2S1 "Gvozdika" in the area of the settlement. Youth with a crew of five people and ammunition;
As a result of fire damage by the formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:
- 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it in the area of the Udarnik settlement, losses: three servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, four were injured of varying severity;
13:44 Video- Consequences of the artillery attack of the Kyiv region of Donetsk.
13:25 On Ugledarski direction there are fierce battles, at the junction of Zaporozhye and Donetsk there are attempts to break through.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have formed a shock fist, they go one by one, they are pulling up fresh forces, mortar and artillery crews are working closely on our side.
Many ambulances were seen from the enemy side, apparently they were taking away KIAs and the wounded, and at the same time they were bringing up fresh forces.
13:22 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of June 5, 2023)
On June 4, the enemy made an unsuccessful attempt at a large-scale offensive in the South-Donetsk direction. On the part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, six mechanized and two tank battalions were involved.
The active actions of the units of the group of troops "Vostok", air strikes and artillery fire in the areas of the settlements of Neskuchnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic and Novodarovka of the Zaporizhia Region, the enemy inflicted significant losses.
During the day, up to 300 Ukrainian servicemen, 16 tanks, 26 armored fighting vehicles, and 14 vehicles were destroyed in this direction.
The enemy did not achieve their goals.
The Kiev regime continues its attempts to carry out terrorist acts against the civilian population of the border regions of the Russian Federation.
- Yesterday, units of the Armed Forces and the Border Service of the FSB of Russia thwarted an attempt by two groups of Ukrainian terrorists to penetrate the territory of the Belgorod region near the settlement of Novaya Tavolzhanka, Belgorod region.
At about 13:00 Moscow time, under the cover of intense artillery artillery attack of civilian targets, the terrorists tried to cross the Seversky Donets River and land on the outskirts of the Novaya Tavolzhanka settlement in the Belgorod Region.
The terrorist formations of the Kyiv regime were destroyed by air strikes and artillery fire from the cover units of the State Border of the Western Military District.
As a result of the fire damage, more than 10 terrorists, two boats and one armored car were eliminated. In addition, during the counter-battery fight, five Ukrainian mortar platoons were suppressed and destroyed: a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle near the city of Volchansk, Kharkiv Region, as well as two Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mounts that attacked Russian territory.
- In the Kupyansky direction, air strikes and artillery fire from the "Western" group of forces hit the enemy's manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Kotlyarovka and Krakhmalnoe of the Kharkov region. Actions of five Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were suppressed in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic, Molchanovo, Olshana, Berestovoye and Orlyanka of the Kharkiv region.
During the day, up to 90 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, two Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mounts, as well as a 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed in this direction. In addition, an ammunition depot of the 60th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the village of Malinovka in the Kharkiv region.
- In the Krasno-Limansky direction, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of the group of troops "Center" defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic, Yampolovka and Serebryanka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
A Ukrainian reconnaissance and sabotage group was liquidated in the area of the settlement of Kuzmino in the Luhansk People's Republic. During the day, more than 65 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, an 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount, 152mm Msta-B and 152mm D-20 howitzers, and a 120mm 2S9 Nona-S self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed.
- In the Donetsk direction, active hostilities were conducted by the Akhmat special forces detachment in the central part of Maryinka, as well as units of the 1st Army Corps in the Avdievka area of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The strikes of operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the "Southern" group of troops defeated the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Berdychi, Khimik, Pervomayskoye and Kurakhovo of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In total, up to 425 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, 14 vehicles, a German-made Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery mount, 152mm Msta-B and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed during the fighting in this direction per day.
- Also, in the area of the settlement of Dzerzhinsk of the Donetsk People's Republic, two ammunition depots of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
- In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage by Russian artillery, up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, two pickup trucks, a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed in a day. An ammunition depot of the 126th Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the village of Nikolskoye in the Kherson region.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation per day hit 98 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 104 districts.
Air defense systems shot down a Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Zakotnoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, eight rockets of HIMARS and Uragan multiple launch rocket systems were intercepted. In addition, 13 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Shevchenkovo, Olshana of the Kharkiv region, Zolotarevka, Kremennaya of the Lugansk people's republic, Vladimirovka, Kirillovka, Staromlynovka of the Donetsk people's republic and Zabarino of the Kherson region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 433 aircraft, 236 helicopters, 4486 unmanned aerial vehicles, 424 anti-aircraft missile systems, 9431 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1114 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 5009 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 10,688 units of special military vehicles.
13:00 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the “South” group
- Artillery units of the Southern Group of Forces destroyed a platoon stronghold and a firing position of an enemy AGS-17 grenade launcher crew near the settlement of Spornoye, an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Ray-Aleksandrovka area, an artillery gun and a supply vehicle in the Seversk area, an infantry fighting vehicle at the positions of Ukrainian units in the area of the settlement of Stupochki and two pickup trucks near Bogdanovka.
- A volley of TOS “Solntsepek” of the RKhBZ formation of the Southern Military District destroyed an enemy platoon stronghold in the area of the settlement of Krasnoe.
- In the Avdievka direction, the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system shot down an American-made JDAM guided aerial bomb.
- A special-purpose unit of the group using the Lancet guided munition in the Druzhkovka area destroyed a Ukrainian reconnaissance radar station.
12:31 Operational lines The DPR JCCC for June 5, as of 12:00, received information about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Yasinovataya:
- on st. Mira, 16 wounded woman born in 1957
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- st. Romodanovskaya, 14 "b" - a private residential building.
12:03 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group
- In the Krasno-Limansk direction, during the counter-battery fight, the position of the enemy's M-777 howitzer was opened. The target was destroyed by the calculation of the Lancet unmanned aerial vehicle of the Center group of troops.
- Operational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian group destroyed strongholds, as well as the concentration of manpower and firepower of Ukrainian troops near eight settlements with missile and bomb strikes.
- On the Nevsky site and in the area of ??\u200b\u200bSerebryansky forestry, combat guards revealed the movement of 63 and 67 Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 5 Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. As a result of artillery and aviation fire, the enemy suffered significant losses and dispersed in the forest.
11:40 Grouping "Dnepr" blocked activity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction
Fighters of the Russian group of troops "Dnepr" over the weekend stopped several attempts by Ukrainian formations to reach the islands of Veliky and Bokaevsky, as well as penetrate the left bank of the river, killing about forty militants and hitting several light boats and boats.
The landings were preceded by information attacks on the local population - reports of the work of saboteurs, drones and explosions in the cities of the northwestern Azov region. The Armed Forces of Ukraine ran into defensive lines in the Kherson direction, any activity is opened and stopped by the well-coordinated combat work of the headquarters and troops of the Russian group.
11:28 Kherson direction
The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired from barrel artillery:
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan fired 21 rounds;
-- Alyoshki fired nine rounds at the settlement;
-- Six rounds were fired at the settlement of Podstepnoe;
-- n.p. Solontsy fired seven rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery fired eight rounds;
-- n.p. Sagas fired six projectiles.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement New Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, the settlement of Podstepnoe, the settlement of Cairo, the settlement of Gornostaevka, firing a total of 29 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed.
11:02 Video- More consequences of the night artillery attack of Gorlovka DPR.
10:45 Video- Consequences of the night artillery attack of Kherson.
10:32 Video- Heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A "Solntsepek" of the Central Military District destroyed the enemy in the Krasnolimansky direction
In the course of combat work, the crews of the crews completed the tasks of delivering strikes with thermobaric unguided projectiles.
The control and adjustment of the hit targets was carried out by the crews of unmanned aerial vehicles, which transmitted the results of the hit to the command post in real time.
TOS-1A has a high accuracy of hitting targets thanks to the fire control system, which allows you to accurately determine the coordinates of the target and adjust the fire.
Specialists of the RCB for the protection of the Central Military District note the high firepower of the TOS-1A combat vehicle and its maneuverability; it has proven itself excellently during a special military operation.
10:04 Frontline summary on the morning of 06/05/2023
- In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian artillery shelled Kamensky, Lukyanovsky, Kamyshevakhi, Novoandreevka, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Belogorye, Gulyaipol, Malinovka and Poltavka. APU launched a missile attack on Melitopol.
- In the Ugledar sector, Ukrainian troops went on the offensive against Novodarovka, Rivnopol and Neskuchnoe. In addition, having crossed the Shaitanka River, they entered Novodonetskoye. Now there is a battle for the village. What is important, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked along the key roads located in this area. Russian artillery hit Zelyony Pole, Burlatsky, Vremevka, Prechistovka, Novoukrainka and Vugledar.
– Encounter battles began on the Donetsk front in Marinka. APU seek to seize the initiative. Also, Ukrainian troops counterattacked at Vodyany and Experienced. Russian artillery shelled Nevelskoye, Pervomayskoye, Karlovka, Avdeevka and New York. The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out strikes on Donetsk and Gorlovka.
- To the south-west of Bakhmut, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, with the support of artillery, tried to counterattack in the direction of Belaya Gora, Ivanovsky and Disputed. No success.
Fierce oncoming battles for the heights in the Zheleznyansky area. The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Predtechin, Chasovoy Yar, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Vasyukovka, Rozdolovka, Seversk and Verkhnekamensky are under shelling. The Ukrainian army hit Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheevka and Bakhmut.
- In the Lugansk direction, Russian troops, with the support of artillery and aviation, tried to attack near Belogorovka. Also, after artillery strikes, they conducted assault operations in Novoselovsky. Under artillery attack positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Torskoy, Nevsky, Makeevka, Sergeevka, Berestovoy, Tabaevka and Kislovka. The Ukrainian army was beating Liman the First and Masyutovka.
09:35 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 06/04/2023 to 00:00 06/05/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 52 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 35 attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 17 attacks from MLRS, artillery 152mm.
By releasing 330 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of five settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky, Central City districts), the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Aleksandrovka, Staromikhaylovka.
Over the past day, information was received about the wounding of a civilian - a woman, in the Central City district of Gorlovka.
A total of 19 residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, Nikitovsky and Central City districts of Gorlovka, Staromikhaylovka, as well as 1 civil infrastructure facility.
In the previous day, 47 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
09:33 Overview summary June 5, 2023
On the Belgorod Front, the enemy continues the active phase of a large-scale operation to carry out a distraction strike in the course of a strategic offensive operation. Using the forces of up to two motorized infantry companies in this direction at the same time, with the support of tanks and artillery, yesterday carried out strikes in the Novaya Tavolzhanka area, struck at the civilian population, under the cover of traitors from the so-called. "RDK" acted in the information field in order to discredit the governor of the region and other Russian sources of information.
The evacuation of the population continues under dense artillery fire of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, at night the enemy used a UAV to strike at an energy facility.
The main blow of the Armed Forces of Ukraine yesterday was inflicted on 5 tactical directions at the junction of the Zaporozhye and South Donets fronts, using much larger forces than on Belgorod: six mechanized and two tank battalions. The Russian Defense Ministry called the events a large-scale offensive.
The advance of the enemy, according to various sources, ranged from several hundred meters to two kilometers, while the enemy lost several hundred soldiers, 16 tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, 21 armored vehicles killed and wounded. Unfortunately, our troops also have losses in personnel and equipment: there was a record of how our tank, repelling an attack on the front line, came under enemy fire. In the second half of the night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked in the direction of the settlement. Novodonetskoye, Volnovakha district.
In the north of the Kupyansky ledge, they report the successful forcing of the Russian Armed Forces on the river. Oskol and liberation n.p. Novomlynsk, (18 km north of Kupyansk, 45 km southwest of Valuyek, Belgorod region).
In the Kherson direction, the enemy is accumulating reserves in the rear of the Berislav direction, our aviation and artillery are working along the banks of the Dnieper.
The enemy fired 330 rounds of ammunition into the DPR. Under fire Gorlovka, Donetsk Makeevka, Aleksandrovka, Staromikhaylovka. Wounded civilian
08:16 From the morning of June 4 opponent launched a large-scale offensive in five sectors of the front in the South Donetsk direction by introducing into battle 23 and 31 Mechanized brigades from the strategic reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the support of other military units and subunits.
In total, six mechanized and two tank battalions of the enemy were involved.
The enemy's goal was to break through our defenses on the most vulnerable, in his opinion, sector of the front.
The enemy did not achieve his tasks, he had no success.
As a result of skillful and competent actions of the Eastern Group of Forces, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 250 personnel, 16 tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, 21 armored fighting vehicles.
Commander of the Joint Group of Forces - Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, General of the Army Gerasimov V.V. during this period he was at one of the advanced command posts in this direction.
08:05 Consequences of the night shelling Gorlovka by Ukrainian militants
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[REGNUM] The Armed Forces of Ukraine are switching to offensive operations "in some directions," Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar said on the evening of June 5 . The head of the Kiev Foreign Ministry, Dmitry Kuleba , claims that the Ukrainian army has received enough Western weapons for a counteroffensive. “There is nothing significant left that needs to be achieved,” TASS quoted Kuleba .
The Russian military reports that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already made an attempt to launch a large-scale counteroffensive in five sectors of the front in the Yuzhno-Donets direction - this happened on the morning of June 4. In particular, the 23rd and 31st Mechanized brigades from the strategic reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were introduced into the battle with the support of other units, said the official representative of the Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov.
As a result of the battle, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 16 tanks, 3 infantry fighting vehicles, 21 armored vehicles and 250 personnel, excluding the wounded. “The enemy did not achieve his tasks, he had no success,” the Ministry of Defense stated.
WHAT HAPPENED ON THE "VREMEVSKY LEDGE"
The enemy has been accumulating forces over the past weeks in the area of the settlement of Velikaya Novoselka (southwest of the DPR) and today brought part of the forces into battle, a source told IA Regnum, located on the front in the Zaporozhye region.
"In the morning, artillery preparation began, then armored vehicles, including Western-made ones, were brought into battle," a source from the scene said. "Units of the National Guard of Ukraine and the Marine Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operate on this sector of the front. We repulsed the first blow, the enemy suffers heavy losses on peaceful fields and as a result of our artillery fire. I won’t give exact numbers, but they have big losses."
According to the interlocutor of IA Regnum , on June 6, we should expect new attempts by the enemy to move forward in the Velika Novoselka area or on another sector of the front on the border of the DPR and the Zaporozhye region.
The source of IA Regnum believes that what was observed on the Zaporozhye sector of the front is not yet an expected major enemy offensive. “They try their hand, watch how we respond. But the main forces have not yet been brought into battle, while reconnaissance in force is rather underway, the interlocutor believes. - Therefore, in the coming days, maybe even tomorrow, we should expect new offensive actions in our area. We are preparing for this. But for now, it’s impossible to say that the offensive has been thwarted, it is just beginning, ” the source told IA Regnum.
The site near Velika Novoselka, located next to Vremovka, is called the "Vremevsky ledge". It was here that on June 4, especially active battles began and continued from the early morning of June 5. The enemy threw into battle even greater forces than the day before, said Vladimir Rogov , leader of the Zaporozhye movement "Together with Russia" .
To the east of the "Vremevsky ledge" is also restless. In the DPR, over the past two days, the enemy has twice attempted to develop an offensive on the South Donetsk sector of the front - from Vuhledar (a city in the south-west of Donetsk, controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine), as well as to break through in the direction of the village of Vodiane to the west of Avdiivka. This was announced on June 5 by the acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.
The main direction of attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine passes through the village of Novodonetskoye in the Volnovakha region (southwest of the DPR), RT notes . It was in this area that Leopard tanks supplied by Germany were spotted, Alexander Khodakovsky, deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Russian Guard for the DPR, said on his Telegram channel.
“The enemy managed to cling to Novodonetskoye, but he paid a considerable price: about ten units of destroyed armored vehicles were confirmed, including one tank, dozens of those killed ... In general, today the balance is in favor of the enemy, but he failed to significantly delve into our territory,” wrote Khodakovsky on the evening of June 5.
THE FIRST "GERMANS". OR "FRENCH"
"For the first time, Leopards were seen in our tactical area ... Up to thirty armored vehicles were recorded in the Novodonetsk area alone," Khodakovsky said in his Telegram channel.
Later, the first photographs of Western-made tanks used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine during offensive operations in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions also appeared on the Internet. One of the tanks was presumably abandoned by the crew. A number of sources recognized the German tank Leopard 2 in the car.
But, as a military expert and author of a number of articles on the subject of the military-industrial complex Maxim Tumbartsev suggested in a comment to IA Regnum, most likely, French AMX-10 tanks were used by the enemy.
"The published photos are not of very high quality. However, a number of signs indicate that this is still a French vehicle. If we take the projection of the "Leopard" from above and compare it with the picture, we can see that the car does not have a gun ejector in the photo, and the barrel is too long. On the other hand, the shape of the tank's turret in some elements is more like the French tank AMX-10," Tumbartsev said. According to him, some colleagues were confused by the tank's camouflage - sandy, not typical for France (they have black and green) or for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which use "pixel" camouflage.
"However, most likely, the vehicle, the photo of which appeared on the Web, is painted in the brown Brun Terre de France camouflage, which should become the main one in the French army by 2024. Tanks AMX-10 in such colors “shone” in France at the parade in 2021 and in Estonia at NATO exercises," the expert noted.
APU IN SEARCH OF A WEAK LINK
The forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reinforced by armored vehicles, including Western ones, seek to strike in different directions, in order to then concentrate the main forces on the weakest sector and go on the offensive, military observer Mikhail Onufrienko told IA Regnum .
"It is most reasonable for the enemy to strike in different places, creating a local superiority of forces, and then throwing the main forces for a breakthrough to the most advantageous area, where the offensive is developing most successfully. Apparently, this is happening now", - the expert expressed the opinion. "There's an offensive going on in half a dozen places. It is clear that in Avdievka it is not of a strategic nature - there the task of breaking through our defense line and reaching Donetsk is unrealistic."
Against this background, the previous actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Belgorod direction - sabotage, "visits" and shelling - appear to be an attempt to disperse the forces of the Russian Armed Forces and divert attention, Onufrienko noted. "Also, obviously, there will be attempts of larger-scale provocations with landing across the Dnieper, so that at least part of our reserves will be transferred to this direction,"the expert said.
A similar opinion was expressed by military expert Vladislav Shurygin. Two weeks ago, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to probe the front, trying to find gaps in it.
"Now they have moved on to quite specific strikes. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying, using the classic tactics of the 20th century, to create superiority in people and technology, to create fire superiority, to break through the front," Shurygin told IA Regnum.
The expert adds that the Armed Forces of Ukraine use the classic tactics that are always used by all armies. “We need to create an advantage of about 5:1 in a specific place, accumulate the appropriate amount of artillery and armored vehicles, and then try to break through the front. "They have nowhere to go, the Armed Forces of Ukraine need to attack," concludes the interlocutor.
"The question is the activation of the aviation of the Russian Armed Forces: if it starts to act more actively, then the enemy will have big problems," Onufrienko, in turn, notes. Most likely, in the coming days, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will not stop trying to undermine the situation and force the Russian Defense Ministry to transfer military personnel to different sectors, creating an opportunity for maneuver for the main offensive forces. There is no choice in the Armed Forces of Ukraine - Kyiv has already put too much at stake, experts point out.
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[Regnum] The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) seek to strike in different directions, in order to then concentrate the main forces on the weakest sector and go on the offensive, military observer Mikhail Onufrienko told IA Regnum.
Military analyst Onufrienko: the main task of the attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack is the weakening of the Russian Armed Forces.
“It is most reasonable for the enemy to strike in different places, creating a local superiority of forces, and then throwing the main forces for a breakthrough to the most advantageous area, where the offensive is developing most successfully. Apparently, this is happening now,” the expert said. “ There's an offensive going on in half a dozen places. It is clear that in Avdiivka it is not of a strategic nature - there the task of breaking through our defense line and reaching Donetsk is unrealistic," Onufrienko said.
In the Yuzhno-Donetsk direction - which was discussed by the Kyiv authorities as the most likely to attack from a political point of view - strikes are being made in about five places, the source said.
“So far, the enemy is about two brigades, and the remaining ten are waiting for where the offensive will develop more successfully,” Onufrienko comments.
Against this background, the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Belgorod direction seem to be an attempt to disperse the forces of the Russian Armed Forces and divert attention, the expert noted. Including - to divert attention from attempts to launch a counterattack on the flanks of Artemovsk. The intensification of the onslaught on Artyomovsk, in turn, is intended to force the RF Armed Forces to transfer part of the forces to this direction, depriving the reserves of the Zaporozhye sector of the front, he believes.
“In addition, the main task of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is to weaken the RF Armed Forces and force them to leave the right bank of the Oskol, where Russian forces are expanding their foothold. These are complex measures, and now we can expect their strengthening,” Onufrienko said.
The analyst believes that in the near future the Armed Forces of Ukraine will try to develop success on the so-called Vremevsky ledge, at the junction of the Zaporozhye region and the DPR.
“It is also obvious that there will be attempts of larger-scale provocations with landing across the Dnieper, so that at least part of our reserves will be transferred to this direction. The question is to activate the aviation of the Russian Armed Forces: if it starts to act more actively, then the enemy will have big problems, ” Onufrienko said.
On the morning of June 4, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a large-scale offensive in the Yuzhno-Donetsk direction, TASS notes with reference to the Russian Defense Ministry. In particular, the 23rd and 31st Mechanized brigades from the strategic reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were introduced into the battle with the support of other units. In total, when trying to break through, the enemy involved six mechanized and two tank battalions, said Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov.
As a result of the battle, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 16 tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, 21 armored vehicles and 250 personnel, excluding the wounded.
On May 5, the acting head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that over the past two days, the enemy had twice attempted to develop an offensive from Vuhledar (a city southwest of Donetsk, controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine), as well as to break through in the direction of the village of Vodiane west of Avdiivka. Advisor to the Acting Head of the DPR, Yan Gagin, also mentioned serious fighting in the Avdiivka and Marinka areas.
The main direction of attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine passes through the village of Novodonetskoye in the Volnovakha region (southwest of the DPR), RT notes. It was in this area that Leopard tanks supplied by Germany were spotted, Alexander Khodakovsky, head of the Main Directorate of the Russian Guard for the DPR, said on his Telegram channel.
“As I expected yesterday, having smelled the smell of success, the enemy will throw additional forces into the battle,” Khodakovsky noted . “Only in the area of Novodonetsky, up to thirty units of armored vehicles were recorded.”
There are attempts to attack on the above-mentioned Vremevsky ledge on the border of the DPR and the Zaporozhye region, RT sources confirm. It is reported that the enemy failed to break through the line of contact, despite the quantitative reinforcement and intensity of attacks.
[Regnum] If the Armed Forces of Ukraine decide to use second-generation German Leopard tanks to break through Russian positions, then the RF Armed Forces must use all means to destroy them, but prevent this equipment from approaching closer than four km. On June 5, Alexander Mikhailov, head of the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis, told an IA Regnum correspondent about this.
So he commented on the message of the commander of the Vostok battalion of the DPR, Alexander Khodakovsky, that German-made Leopard tanks were recorded in the region.
According to Mikhailov, it is of great importance what kind of Leopards we are talking about.
"Either these are the first Leopards of the 1960s, or these are more advanced second-generation models," he explained. "If these are first-generation vehicles, then this, of course, is a serious military threat, but in terms of their performance characteristics, they still do not greatly exceed those tanks that have been in service with Ukraine for the past 15 months."
According to him, such a technique, of course, is dangerous, but it is easily hit and it has very weak defense systems.
"If these are the second Leopards, then this is a very serious weapon," Mikhailov said. "And if we have to deal with them, then here we must use all the types of weapons available and hit them at the maximum distance. Because it is impossible to let them closer than four kilometers to your own in any case."
He clarified that 30 second-generation Leopard tanks are a serious threat on the local sector of the front, but this is not enough to break into the entire fortified defense line of the Russian group.
"We have formed a very strong defensive line. It will not be easy to find a weak spot in it. And there is no Ukrainian aviation as such. It does not enter the air defense strike zone," Mikhailov said.
In addition, he explained that Russia has a fairly large set of anti-tank weapons.
"Since the Leopards of the new models can hit targets at a distance of up to five kilometers, it will not be easy to get close to them. Therefore, grenade launchers and portable anti-tank systems, although they can play a positive role here, most likely, the stake will be placed on anti-tank guns of the Rapira type, long-range artillery and, of course, aviation, which inflicts missile and bomb strikes on heavy armored vehicles," summed up Mikhailov.
Earlier, IA Regnum reported that, according to Khodakovsky, German-made Leopard tanks were noticed in the Donetsk People's Republic - up to 30 units of this armored vehicle were recorded in the area of the settlement of Novodonetskoye.
In addition, there is information that the leadership of the Kiev regime hopes to receive another 110 German Leopard tanks soon. This was stated by the Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany Oleksiy Makeev. However, he did not provide specific delivery dates. After that, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznik informed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had already received about 60 modern Western-made tanks at their disposal.
Meanwhile, the Russian military has already begun to destroy these tanks . In particular, in the Soledar direction. Also, according to Bild, Russian troops have learned to successfully destroy Leopards with guided missiles, TM-62 anti-tank mines, as well as T-72B3, T90A/S/M and T-80BVM tanks.
French military experts even believe that the German and American M1 Abrams and Leopard 2 tanks supplied to Ukraine will become easy prey for the new Russian T-14 Armata tanks.
Text taken from the V Kontakte age of RUSSIAN SPRING (rusvesna.su)
The 127th Division launched a counterattack on the Vremievsky ledge, destroying and driving back the enemy.
▪Our friends from one of the hottest sectors of the front now got in touch and told the details of the latest battles at the junction of the Zaporizhzhya and South Donetsk fronts, which began yesterday and continued today.
▪The guys assure - Neskuchnoe is not taken, ours are there and they get in touch every two hours.
▪During the offensive in the Neskuchny area, the enemy, after losing equipment in the minefields, was able to enter our forward positions, but ran into a fierce rebuff from tanks and infantry, covered by artillery and aviation fire.
▪Having got stuck, the Ukrainian Nazis brought up the reserves of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade and 31st Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
▪Army aviation came to the rescue: MI-24G "Alligators" and MI-28 "Night hunters" attacked armored groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with guided missiles.
▪Russian artillery began to work from the entire range of weapons against the advancing forces: 122mm D-30, 152mm D-20, self-propelled guns and MLRS.
▪After artillery preparation, units of the 127th Division of the RF Armed Forces launched a counterattack. Russian fighters put Ukrainian fighters to flight.
▪Preliminary losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: 20 tanks, 41 armored personnel carriers, 16 armored vehicles, 4 artillery installations and more than 300 people wounded and killed personnel.
▪Right now, the enemy has pulled up new armored groups and is trying to bring them into battle, fire damage is inflicted on the places of accumulation, the fighting continues.
From the V Kontakte page of Igor Strelkov
The Ministry of Defense announced that yesterday it repulsed an attempt at a broad enemy offensive in the Volnovakha direction. Allegedly, the enemy tried to break through the front with the forces of four brigades, but was repelled. And Gerasimov personally directed the reflection at his command post.
The Volnovakha direction has long been indicated by me as one of the most dangerous in terms of targets for the enemy's strategic offensive (those who regularly watch and read should remember my words). Moreover, I singled out this direction as the most likely for delivering the main (or one of the main) strikes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Therefore, I do not rule out that - this time - the statement of the Russian Defense Ministry contains a significant amount of truth and the enemy's offensive has STARTED. I emphasize - only the BEGINNING. The scheme is quite classic for the battles of the Second World War and is in line with my general predictions:
First, distracting attacks by the DRG and individual units on the "old border" of the Russian Federation, then a series of distracting strikes (including in the Donetsk direction), then - the main (main) and auxiliary strikes on the Southern Front with the introduction of reserves to where the greatest success is expected .
What is known today? - Auxiliary attacks (or reconnaissance in force) in several sectors of the Zaporozhye Front and in the Donetsk region - the enemy failed. A serious offensive undertaken in the Volnovakha direction on the first day also did not lead to a breakthrough of our front.
It is also already known (from our own sources) that at the beginning of the offensive, the enemy, by means of electronic warfare, completely "put a connection" with us for abouthalf an hour at the attack site. That, however, did not give him decisive success.
Now the discrepancies. - Our command bravely declared that it managed to hold all positions. From other sources (not ukry) there is information that this is not entirely true - the enemy managed to wedge into our location in the Volnovakha direction. The situation was partially restored by counterattacks of the reserves, but in some places the enemy has progress following the results of yesterday. However, the front has not been broken through and these advances are not great (for 1-2 settlements allegedly taken by the enemy - I will not write anything yet, since nothing is clear on them).
It is clear, however, that the enemy has not yet made full use of his main forces. It is possible that the attack on Volnovakha - with all the relatively large scale - is only "one of". And as for the main or auxiliary - we will understand this today or tomorrow, since auxiliary strikes are delivered ("according to science") a day or two earlier than the main one.
It can also be assumed that the enemy's offensive in the Volnovakha direction did not come as a surprise to our command. A couple of months ago, according to my information, a rather benevolent mood reigned in this sector of the front, and our forces in this area were very stretched and poorly fortified. Apparently, our reconnaissance was able to uncover the enemy's preparations for an offensive precisely in this sector in time and the command took the necessary measures.
At the same time, if the enemy offensive has really begun, and is not a "test of strength" - in the next few days, the intensity of the battles will only increase. The outcome of the battle is not yet completely predetermined - it is just beginning.
More from Igor Strelkov
Fierce fighting continues in the area of the village of Novodonetskoye and to the south (and southwest) of Velikaya Novoselovka in the Volnovakha direction.
Apparently, despite the heavy losses suffered, the enemy is trying to achieve operational success by bringing in reserves (in particular, it is reported that a Leopard tank unit has been sent into battle). What is happening there now is not known (except that there are heavy battles). Therefore, I will just try to explain what the enemy is trying to do from the point of view of military art.
In principle, strategically, this is obvious:
the direction of the strike has been chosen, which (if successful) allows us to develop an offensive at once on all the most important points in our rear - on Volnovakha (with a split in the communication between Donetsk and Mariupol), on Mariupol itself and on Berdyansk. You can choose any or advance at all at once - it depends on the strength and resistance of the defenders. At the same time, the offensive is carried out not from the Ugledarsky "ledge" (which can be threatened from the flanks), but relying on a relatively straight section of the front with the Velikaya Novoselovka-Ugledar road passing in the immediate vicinity.
In tactical terms, the capture of Novodonetsk allows you not to get involved in stubborn battles in a relatively densely built-up area, but to "cut down" the grouping defending south of Velikaya Novoselovka and its supply route along the Zachatovka - Krasnaya Polyana - Novopetrikovka - Velikaya Novoselovka route, along which there are many settlements. The immediate task of the enemy, of course, is to take Novodonetskoye and strive to cut the indicated route in the area of \u200b\u200bStaromlinovka and the Staromlinovsky reservoir, so that from there (developing success) - throw their mobile units into a deep breakthrough in the direction to the south and southeast - by analogy with how this was done near Balakleya.
At the same time, this time the "partners" were expected and (unlike the same Balakleya, where they were created ideal conditions from our side) there was no breakthrough of the front in the first hours. The effect of surprise is not achieved "from the word at all." And here - in the absence of dense buildings - our ground attack aviation gets the opportunity to shoot the enemy's advancing armored vehicles from its rear, without entering the zone of destruction of a significant part of its air defense systems.
But a lot depends on the training and stability of our troops in a given area, as well as on the adequacy of their command. If the enemy manages to break through deep enough and on a wide sector of the front (which he is trying to do), then his advantage in the number of units and formations will be difficult to stop. Field battles are not won by aviation and artillery alone.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] This is not surprising, given that the key requirements of the Russian Federation are not being met as expected, and the factor of indirect support for Erdogan in the elections has already been removed from the agenda.
It is also worth noting that the number of ships sent under the grain deal dropped very sharply back in May, which is due to Russia slowing down checks when ships pass through the Bosphorus. Hopes for the opening of an ammonia pipeline seem to be a sophisticated form of masochism, like waiting for the implementation of the Minsk agreements.
The issue of withdrawing from the grain deal and concluding a new agreement with the Turks without the participation of Ukraine seems promising, which would allow Turkey to implement its plans for a food hub, and the Russian Federation to use Turkey as one of the channels for supplying food and fertilizers abroad.
Well, immediately after the exit from the grain deal, it is necessary to increase the blows to the port infrastructure of Odessa and Nikolaev.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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