[Twitter Thread] 1/ Mobilised Russians who were reportedly sold for 25,000 rubles each to a mercenary group are reportedly being used as cannon fodder by the mercenaries, while due to a lack of provision, they are having to wear summer uniforms stripped from the bodies of the dead.
[Telegraph UK] Russian intelligence services threatened to harm the families of Wagner leaders before Yevgeny Prigozhin called off his advance on Moscow, according to UK security sources.
It has also been assessed that the mercenary force had only 8,000 fighters rather than the 25,000 claimed and faced likely defeat in any attempt to take the Russian capital.
Vladimir Putin will now try to assimilate Wagner Group soldiers into the Russian military and take out its former leaders, according to insights shared with The Telegraph.
The analysis offers clues into the mystery of why Prigozhin, the Wagner Group leader, called off his mutinous march on Moscow on Saturday just hours before reaching the capital.
There remains speculation about what formal deal was struck, if any. The Kremlin said on Saturday that Prigozhin would head to Belarus in exchange for a pardon from charges of treason.
There has been no comment from Prigozhin over the suggestion. It also remains unclear if Sergei Shoigu, the Russian defence minister, is set to be demoted or fired, as Prigozhin demanded.
On Sunday, the Russian MP Andrey Gurulyov, a prominent Kremlin propagandist, said there was "no option" but for Prigozhin and another high-profile Wagner figure to be executed.
Putin has not been seen in public since addressing the nation on Saturday morning, but a pre-recorded interview filmed earlier in the week was played on state television on Sunday.
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Wagner, Wagner fan pages, and Prigozhin pages on Russian socialist media have been taken private, prolly as part of the deal that released Prigozhin from the consequences of his actions.
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From the V Kontakte page of RUSSIAN SPRING (rusvesna.su)
‼🇧🇾🏴☠Military camp for PMC "Wagner" began to be built in Belarus, - media with reference to the forestry of the Mogilev region
▪According to media sources, there will be several camps.
▪The first camp is planned in Osipovichi, Mogilev region (200 km from the border with Ukraine), its area is said to be 24000 sq. m., it will be designed for 8000 seats.
▪“We are working, we are already working today. Tomorrow, before lunch, the task is (to build),” said the source of the Nestka publication.
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[Korrespondent] 22:50 The Embassy of Ukraine in Israel sharply criticized the country because of its pro-Russian position: "While the people of Ukraine, including its significant Jewish community, are bleeding under the blows of Russian missiles and Iranian drones, the Israeli leadership, hiding behind verbal demagoguery about its neutrality, is actively building relations with the Russian Federation. In fact, on the ground, the so-called "neutrality" of the Israeli government is seen as a clear pro-Russian position." The Israeli Foreign Ministry intends to summon the Ukrainian ambassador because of this.
22:17 Zelensky said that he had a "positive and inspiring" conversation with Biden: "We discussed the course of hostilities and the processes taking place in Russia. The world should put pressure on Russia until international order is restored. We discussed the further expansion of defense cooperation with an emphasis on long-range weapons" .
21:59 Poland is strengthening the border with Belarus after reports of PMC Wagner moving there, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said. According to him, Warsaw is closely following the results of the military rebellion in Russia, and the Polish military has additionally strengthened the borders on the border with Belarus and the Kaliningrad region. Morawiecki explained that such measures are a reaction to a possible threat from Moscow, since "Lukashenko and Putin can act very strangely."
21:06 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He spoke about the current situation on the battlefield and shared Ukrainian assessments of the rebellion attempt in Russia and the impact of this situation on the course of hostilities. He also drew attention to the threatening situation created by the occupying forces at the Zaporozhye NPP. "The world's insufficient response to Russia's undermining the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station and the attempt to blow up the dam at the Krivoy Rog reservoir gives the occupiers the opportunity to prepare a terrorist attack with a radiation leak at the ZNPP. Ukraine's partners should demonstrate a principled reaction, in particular, at the Vilnius NATO summit," the president stressed.
20:48 US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken believes that Prigozhin's rebellion showed cracks in Putin's power: "Putin had to defend Moscow, the capital of Russia, from his own mercenary ... I don't want to speculate, but I don't think we saw the final episode."
20:27 The Russians made an unsuccessful attempt to penetrate the DRG across the state border of Ukraine in the area of the village of Rodionovka, Sumy region, suffered losses and retreated, the General Staff said.
20:12 During the day, the Ukrainian military passed on the southern and northern flanks around Bakhmut from 600 to 1000 meters, said the speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces Serhiy Cherevaty.
18:54 Reznikov, in an interview with Fox News, said that the current actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not "the main offensive." According to him, events may occur this year that will be decisive for the outcome of the war in Ukraine. At the same time, the minister believes that the expectations of the result of the counteroffensive were exaggerated, and in the course of hostilities there are "various circumstances and obstacles." In particular, the defensive lines of the Russian army, especially minefields, became a serious obstacle.
18:31 Russia has completed preparations for a terrorist attack at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Budanov said in an interview with the British edition of The New Statement. Nuclear reactors without refrigeration can melt down in ten hours to 14 days, he said. An increase in the voltage on the power lines by the occupiers can lead to an accident at the station. "The plan of the terrorist attack at the ZNPP has been fully developed and approved. They can use technical means to accelerate the catastrophe," the head of the GUR warned.
He recalled the mining of the Zaporizhzhya NPP cooling pond by the Russian troops, and also reported that the occupiers had placed equipment filled with explosives near four of the station's six power units. According to Budanov, Russia may resort to a terrorist attack because of the defeat on the left bank of the Dnieper. There is a risk that the Russian Federation may carry out an attack on the ZNPP with a radiation leak as a "preventive measure" to stop the offensive operation of Ukraine and freeze the front line in its current form.
17:50 Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Naev commented on the rumors that the Wagner PMC will allegedly try to attack Ukraine from the territory of Belarus: “I want to assure everyone that the situation in the northern operational zone remains stable and controlled. Our troops continue to build up defense assets. all services are working in an enhanced mode - from intelligence to engineering troops.Currently, there is no increase in equipment or manpower of the enemy.The state border is under reliable protection in 24/7 mode.If this happens and the enemy tries to cross the state border, for them it will be nothing but suicide. Our soldiers are ready to give a decent answer to anyone who dares to cross the state border with weapons in their hands."
16:38 At a conference in London, it was possible to attract financial resources totaling about $60 billion to restore Ukraine, Shmyhal said.
15:47 NATO representatives contacted the Russian Ministry of Defense because of the situation with the Prigozhin rebellion, writes La Repubblica, citing sources. According to them, the Alliance wanted to make sure that what happened did not lead to a nuclear incident. In addition, the West immediately decided to make it clear that it had nothing to do with Prigozhin's actions.
15:14 The Russian military dropped a banned chemical munition on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Marinka area, said Valery Shershen, spokesman for the Tauride Defense Forces. However, the wind, he said, was in the direction of the enemy.
13:59 American intelligence knew that Prigozhin was planning a coup in Russia, CNN reports, citing sources. According to them, the head of the PMC Wagner planned to seriously challenge the Russian military leadership for quite a long time. In addition, according to one of CNN's sources, Prigozhin's claims about a lack of ammunition for operations in Ukraine were likely a deliberate deception to lay the foundation for a potential military challenge to the Russian leadership. At the same time, US intelligence decided not to make public Prigozhin's plans.
13:10 At night, the Russians shelled Kherson, one person died, residential buildings were damaged, the OVA reported. In the morning, the Russian army once again shelled Antonovka - one person was injured.
12:37 PMC Wagner mercenaries during their "riot" destroyed seven units of Russian aircraft, said Yuri Ignat, speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, one plane, two combat helicopters and four Mi-8 transport helicopters were destroyed. "Mi-8 transport helicopters are powerful equipment that helps the Russian army in the war against Ukraine," Ignat said.
“Prigozhin was afraid of the response of Russian aviation. And, frankly, aviation really needs to be afraid. Since it can smash the entire grouping in a matter of minutes. However, as we can see, everything ended a little differently. I just want to emphasize that if the appropriate order had been given , then the Russian pilots would have easily destroyed the Wagner columns that were moving towards Moscow," Ignat added.
11:28 From under the rubble of a house in the Solomensky district of Kiev, rescuers removed the bodies of two more dead, rescue work continues, Klitschko said. In total, five people died in the house where fragments of a Russian rocket hit on the night of June 24.
10:12 British intelligence states that Ukrainian forces are using the experience of the first two weeks of the counteroffensive to practice the tactics of storming a deep, well-prepared Russian defense. Ukrainian units are making gradual but steady tactical progress in key areas, analysts say.
At the same time, according to intelligence data, in the Lugansk region, Russian troops made significant efforts to carry out an offensive in Serebryansky forestry near Kremennaya. This is probably happening in accordance with the order of the Russian top leadership to go on the offensive when possible. Russia has made little progress, but Ukrainian forces prevented a breakthrough, experts say.
09:36 Germany will transfer another 45 Gepard anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine to strengthen its air defense, and also by the end of the year will transfer two IRIS-T SLM anti-aircraft missile systems and four more such systems next year, said the head of the Situation Center for Ukraine under the German Defense Ministry Christian Freuding.
09:29 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed (in Vugledar), two more were injured. In Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, two wounded each. Also, one person was wounded in the Kharkiv region, another one - in Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, according to the IVA.
09:11 Copenhagen hosted consultations on key peace principles with national security and political advisers from Brazil, the UK, Denmark, the EU, Italy, India, Canada, Germany, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, the US, Turkey, Ukraine, France and Japan. The Ukrainian delegation consisted of a team from the Office of the President and the Foreign Ministry, Yermak said.
The head of the Presidential Office announced the venues that could become a potential venue for the Global Peace Summit: “First, I proposed Ukraine as the most desirable option for us. By the way, many countries have already expressed their readiness to host this summit, including such international venues as the General Assembly UN".
08:35 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 25.
personnel - about 224,630 (+720) people liquidated,
tanks - 4030 (+6),
armored combat vehicles - 7806 (+2),
artillery systems - 4034 (+19),
MLRS - 624 (+5),
air defense systems - 385 (+2),
aircraft - 314 (+0),
helicopters - 308 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 3472 (+12),
cruise missiles - 1259 (+41),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 6735 (+4),
special equipment - 552 (+4).
07:44 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Limansky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - 29 military clashes took place in a day, the General Staff said in the morning report .
In the occupied part of the Kherson region, there is an intensification of the process of evacuating local collaborators with Russian passports in their own cars to Crimea. However, the FSB of the Russian Federation conducts filtering in relation to each of them.
02:18 US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called the Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Turkey, Dmitry Kuleba and Hakan Fidan, to discuss the situation in Russia amid Prigozhin's rebellion. According to the State Department, during the conversation, the parties exchanged views on the latest developments in the Russian Federation, and Blinken assured "the support of Ukraine from the United States will not change, the United States will maintain close coordination with Ukraine as the situation develops."
00:25 In the Bakhmut direction, soldiers of the 1st mechanized battalion of the 3rd separate assault brigade completely defeated the 3rd battalion of the 57th guards motorized rifle brigade of the Russian Federation and cleared the western bank of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal from the enemy, said the commander of the Third Separate Assault Brigade Andrei Biletsky.
00:07 The representative of the "administration" of the occupied Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, announced the elimination of two "pro-Ukrainian terrorists" in Berdyansk, who allegedly opened fire from machine guns on the city embankment. According to Rogov, one of them was Tigran Hovhannisyan, who was previously detained for "anti-Russian activities".
Social networks confirm that one of the dead was 16-year-old Tigran Hovhannisyan, and also publish his last video, in which a teenager with a machine gun and tactical gloves says: "That's it, death, boys. Farewell! Glory to Ukraine!" They also write in social networks that Tigran Hovhannisyan and his friend Nikita Khanganov, both born in 2006, stabbed a local "policeman" and shot another occupier. Earlier in Berdyansk, they received accusations from the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation of allegedly preparing a sabotage on the railway. They were threatened with imprisonment for a period of 10 to 20 years.
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Rivnopil, near recent fighting in Makarivka, liberated. That will clear a pocket of several 10's of sq. km. as the Russians retreat to Staromaiorske (read road is cut) or further south.
South of Bakhmut, west side of the Siversky Donetsk canal cleared.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:55 "Ukrainian militants do not abandon their own" -video.
A good example of comradeship and mutual assistance at the front was demonstrated by the soldiers of the 114th Brigade of the Torodefense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
After being hit by a grenade from a Russian drone, instead of trying to drag his “brother” into the trench with him, the Ukroreich soldier acted as taught by NATO instructors, senior commanders and financial analysts of the Kiev regime, namely: - did not even try to provide medical assistance;
- threw a comrade on the battlefield;
- ran faster than the wind;
- saved the wooden hryvnias of his pseudo state and deprived the family of a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from this money.
21:45 Epic personnel battle: the landing attacked the landing groups of the enemy at the Antonovsky bridge near Kherson
The attack aircraft of the Crimean landing went to knock out the enemy, who had landed on our bank of the Dnieper and sat down under the destroyed Antonovsky bridge. During the battle, several of our soldiers were injured and our armored personnel carrier rushed after them, firing at enemy positions near the bridge on the move, after which they evacuated the wounded comrades.
21:32 Video- a pickup truck with enemy infantry was eliminated.
21:10 Video– Enemy offensive on the Vremevsky ledge: the destruction of the advancing armored group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Heavy fighting at the junction of the Zaporozhye Front and the DPR does not stop.
The next attack of the “Germans” (as our fighters at the front call them) turned out to be a failure for them. The video at the crossroads shows two wrecked American MCIs and infantry fighting vehicles. The German does not stop trying to push through the defense. The situation in the area of the Vremevsky ledge is still extremely difficult.
Also, footage of the defeat of the advancing column through the eyes of the pilots of the Ka-52 attack helicopter of the [V] group, who actively participated in the destruction of the enemy's attacking equipment.
20:33 Russian tank T-80 of the Hummingbird armored group of the 136th Motorized Rifle Brigade destroyed Ukrainian armored vehicles and infantry in N. p. Makarovka on the Vremievsky ledge.
19:53 A Ukrainian peasant told the employees of the TCC that they were acting illegally, violating the constitutional rights of ordinary Ukrainians -video
19:41 War weariness intensifies: in Ukraine, “shame” was shouted to the relatives of the destroyed militant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
In Krasilov (Khmelnitsky region), the parishioners of the Russian Orthodox Church shouted “shame!” to the military and relatives of the nationalist, who left the church after a memorial service for the deceased, conducted by the OCU.
A few months ago it was impossible to imagine, but now something has changed.
18:24 "A banner with a swastika over you"
In the NWO zone eliminated nationalist and Russophobe Oleg Sadyk (call sign Hammer), who dedicated poems to SS soldiers.
He was born in 1994 in the village of Lelyaki, Poltava region. After the ninth grade, he moved to Kyiv, where he made acquaintances with other Ukrainian nationalists.
In 2014, he participated in the coup. Then, as part of the "Right Sector," he fought in the Donbass. Sadyk is involved in crimes against civilians.
On social networks, he often posted the Nazi swastika, his photos with the Hitler salute, posted quotes from Bandera and other criminals of the UPA*.
Pinkish-milky skin,
Cold Nordic look.
On you is a black uniform,
Above you is a banner with a swastika.
So Sadyk wrote in one of his poems.
In 2015, Sadyk joined Azov*.
Since March 2022, the militant has been in Mariupol. On May 20, when the RF Armed Forces established control over Azovstal, he surrendered.
In September, he, along with other Azov residents, was exchanged for captured Russian soldiers. After the exchange, the Nazi decided to continue fighting with Russia.
On June 14, 2023, during one of the battles during the unsuccessful counter-offensive of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction, Sadyk was liquidated.
18:23 Nazis in Kyiv destroyed Monument to Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya.
17:31 Forced graves in Ukraine are going according to plan, writing subpoenas on the knee -video
17:26 "Alligators" continue to stop the enemy's advance at the junction of the Zaporozhye Front and the DPR -video
Fighting in the South-Donetsk direction does not stop. Our combat helicopters destroy enemy equipment every day.
The crew of a reconnaissance and attack helicopter Ka-52 destroyed a tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was trying to fire at the positions of Russian troops, with a guided missile strike.
Ka-52 destroyed the NATO armored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the crew.
16:20 In Berdyansk yesterday, local security forces eliminated two pro-Ukrainian terrorists -video
Two juvenile premature babies born in 2006 decided to end their lives ingloriously and stupidly. At about 1900 hrs, the unfinished Slava Ukrainians opened fire on the city embankment. During a short firefight, both waiters were destroyed. One of them, as it turned out, was a certain active anti-Russian activity Tigran Oganesyan.
16:18 Mining of armored vehicles of foreign mercenaries at the front -video
One armored car is on fire, the other is broken. The shell-shocked militant tries to crawl away.
15:37 Russian army eliminated another Ukrainian militant in the Zaporozhye direction
During one of the attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack the positions of our fighters in the Zaporozhye direction, a Ukrainian militant Vitaliy Skuratov was destroyed. According to Ukrainian media, he was a native of Krivoy Rog, Dnepropetrovsk region, and served in the 74th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukrainian formations are still trying to organize “sorties” in small groups on separate sections of the contact line. The result of such actions, as usual, is one - the bodies of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the wrecked military equipment scattered across the Zaporozhye fields.
15:35 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.
14:35 Highlights of new Briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
- During the day, the Russian troops destroyed up to 130 Ukrainian servicemen in the Krasno-Limansky direction, up to 430 in Donetsk, over 170 in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
- The RF Armed Forces repelled two attacks in the South-Donetsk direction and one in the Zaporozhye direction;
- The RF Armed Forces destroyed the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kushugum area of the Zaporozhye region;
- The Russian Armed Forces repelled 10 attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artemovsk area;
- Two ammunition depots of mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed;
- Reflected four attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Avdeevka, Maryinka, Pervomaisky;
- Russian troops stopped the activities of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the area of Serebryansky forest;
- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the ammunition depot of the 126th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region.
14:32 A pile of corpses of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - the result of the work of special forces -video
UAV operators 58 obSpN (previously 3 obSpN NM DPR) direct artillery fire at enemy manpower in the forest. As a result of accurate fire, the unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was completely destroyed.
13:43 Destroyed equipment of Ukrainian militants -video
13:41 Damaged armored vehicles Humvee and Kirpi, handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in one of the directions in the zone of the NWO —video
12:35 Joint work of the army special forces "Osman" with the artillery of the Southern Military District to destroy the enemy in the Zaporozhye direction at night -video
12:33 Mobilization in Ukraine continues, people are simply caught on the street and there, literally on their knees, summons to the draft board are issued -video
11:27 Artillery of the group [V] is working on enemy strongholds in the Ugledar direction —video
Artillery strikes at enemy positions in settlements and forest belts. UAV operators drop gifts. Routine as it is.
11:22 Combat work of snipers of the "Siberian Association" of the group -video
Denazification in the area of the Torsk ledge is proceeding according to plan.
10:17 Ukrainian filmed the result of the destruction of their field warehouse of artillery shells by a direct hit by Russian artillery -video
10:16 Destruction of the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction -video
Personnel of the Russian Ministry of Defense
09:42 Ammunition and reinforcements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine delivered to Zaporozhye struck by tactical missiles.
Probably, we are talking about underground bunkers and covered warehouses.
09:40 Over the past day, as a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnipro group of troops in the Kherson region destroyed:
in the island zone:
120mm mortar and ammunition for it, enemy losses four killed and three wounded;
in Kherson direction:
position of one of the units of the Ukronazis, losses: 13 and seven;
122mm self-propelled guns "Gvozdika" with a crew of five militants and ammunition;
152mm self-propelled guns "Acacia" with a crew of five militants and ammunition;
two 120mm mortars and ammunition for them, losses: nine and 5;
howitzer M-777 with ammunition, losses: five and two;
in the Kakhovka direction:
position of one of the units of the Ukrainians, losses: six and seven.
08:35 Hide-and-seek in Ukrainian - the militants tried to hide in a house taken from a civilian in the Kharkiv region, but they were "found" by a Russian ATGM -video
In the Kharkiv direction, one of the groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine decided to hide in a private house, from which it had probably expelled a civilian earlier. The exclusive footage obtained by Readovka shows the militants walking around the site. But they could not rest there - the Ukrainian "disposition" was successfully "launched" by an ATGM - the shell hit the target. All VSUshniks who are in the house are liquidated.
Also, in the Kharkiv direction, our scouts opened an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. With accurate artillery fire, the Russian military destroyed the caches of enemy ammunition.
08:05 Quality photos of a broken column of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with Leopard 2A6 tanks and an M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle in the Orekhovsky direction, made from the enemy side
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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:44 Operational lines The DPR JCCC for June 25, as of 20:30, received additional information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kyiv region):
- according to updated data, a woman born in 1956, who was wounded on the street. Okeanskoy, 2 - deceased.
21:23 Operational linesThe DPR JCCC for June 25, as of 19:00, received information about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kyiv region):
artillery attack at 16:40: on the street. Treneva, a guy born in 2005 died.
Five civilians were injured:
- guy born in 2005, men born in 1973, 1999, 2000 and a woman born in 1985
artillery attack at 13:20:
- on the street. Okeanskaya, 2 wounded woman born in 1956
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kyiv region):
artillery attack at 13:20: uh
- st. Okeanskaya, 2 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Artema, 167 - apartment building.
artillery attack at 16:40:
- The registry office of the Kyiv region on the street. Artem;
- BC "Shark" on the street. Artem;
- st. Treneva, 2 - apartment building;
- st. Artema, 138 - apartment building.
Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.
20:41 Infa appeared in the TG that the enemy entered Alyoshki. This is information does not match reality.
20:32 Video- A report on the situation and battles in the Kupyansk direction.
20:15 Video- Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group.
- In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the group of forces "Vostok" repelled an enemy attack in the Makarovka area. The tank, armored combat vehicles and manpower were destroyed. Having suffered losses, the enemy retreated.
Artillery fire destroyed armored combat vehicles, a pickup truck and manpower in the Novodonetsk area. Armed combat vehicles were destroyed by army aviation forces, and concentrations of militants in the Neskuchny area were hit.
- In the Zaporozhye direction, motorized rifle units repelled an attack by the enemy, who was advancing with forces up to a company, in the area of the settlement of Rovnopol. Tanks, armored combat vehicles and manpower were destroyed. Having suffered losses, the enemy retreated.
Howitzer artillery fire inflicted fire damage on accumulations of equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Destroyed: a pickup truck with nationalists in the Novodanilovka area, a mortar crew in the Malaya Tokmachka area, an 152mm Msta-B howitzer in the Belogorye area, an M777 howitzer in the Novoselovka area.
Helicopters of army aviation destroyed infantry fighting vehicles, armored combat vehicles and places of accumulation of militants in the Novodanilovka area. Loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed a self-propelled artillery mount in the Kamenskoye area.
The military personnel of the Vostok group of troops show courage and heroism in the performance of combat missions.
The commander of a motorized rifle company, Captain Alexander Bulatov, carried out the task of repelling the advancing enemy forces in one of the sectors of the South-Donetsk direction.
In the course of repulsing the attack of superior enemy forces, the officer competently organized the defense of the line entrusted to him. Under enemy fire, showing composure, courage, confidently and professionally commanded personnel, thereby inspiring military personnel to successfully complete a combat mission.
During the battle, the company of Captain Bulatov destroyed seven armored fighting vehicles and more than fifty nationalists. Having suffered significant losses, the enemy retreated. The positions of the Russian troops were held.
19:34 Commander of the UR-77 installation showed how "Snake Gorynych" works
"Serpent Gorynych" is designed to create corridors in minefields, but it also copes well with assault missions. In the NVO zone, this fire-breathing dragon "burns out" strongholds of Ukrainian militants.
19:00 Orehovskoe direction:
n.p. Rabotino - units of 291 SMEs stormed the forest belt, the enemy proceeds to consolidate in positions.
Apparently they are preparing for an assault attempt, they are driving equipment.
Zaporozhye direction:
n.p. Pyatikhatki are in the gray zone, the enemy does not climb there, our unit destroyed several pickups and 1 armored combat vehicle.
Aviation is working closely, reconnaissance is being carried out with the help of UAVs.
18:27 Video– Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group
In the Krasnolimansky direction, an armored combat vehicle, two infantry fighting vehicles and three pickup trucks were destroyed by artillery fire from the "Center" group of troops, significant losses were suffered by the personnel of the 63rd and 67th Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian troops.
The crew of the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system shot down the Valkyrie unmanned aerial vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The crews of Su-34 multi-purpose fighter-bombers of the group of forces with guided aerial bombs destroyed an ammunition depot, three enemy strongholds in the area of the settlements of Novogorovka, Terny, Serebryanka.
Heavy flamethrower systems "Solntsepyok" struck two strongholds and the area of concentration of enemy manpower in the area of the settlement of Chervonaya Dibrova.
17:52 In Donetsk as a result of shelling died civil at the business center "Shark".
17:34 Consequences of shelling of Kievsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants, as a result of which a civilian was killed.
17:19 Opponent continues to strike at the border areas of the Belgorod region.
In the Volokonovsky district, at least three shells were fired at the village of Tishanka: the fence of one household was damaged, and civilians were not injured.
16:44 Locals report about a powerful explosion in Luhansk: a thick column of smoke rises above the scene.
According to preliminary information, Ukrainian formations attacked the south-western district of the city with a Storm Shadow cruise missile.
16:24 In the Kursk region, the Russian EW unit intercepted Ukrainian drone in a forest near the village of Giryi.
According to some reports, the drone flying in the direction of Moscow carried a powerful shaped charge used to attack military and industrial facilities.
15:45 Kupyanskoe directionat 15:00 25.06
The guys from this direction report several powerful blows to the positions of the airmen with our planning FAB-1000.
The explosions were so powerful that armored vehicles shook for several kilometers.
Several fortified areas of the enemy and a small ammunition depot for NATO howitzers 777 were previously hit.
15:28 Zaporozhye front. reports NGP exploration
The enemy is preparing the forces of 10 Army Corps of the strategic reserve of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the beginning of a new wave of offensive.
In the area of the village of Stepnogorsk - Veselyanka, there was a sharp increase in the intensity of negotiations between military personnel and officers regarding the movement of personnel and military equipment, as well as the deployment of units.
The work of the commanders of the units that arrived in the new positional area is noted, in order to establish interaction with the units deployed on the first and second lines of defense of the Kamensky direction.
The movement of forces and means of the reconnaissance units of the Zaporizhia OGV, which are entrusted with the task of reconnaissance support for hostilities, has been noticed.
Additional artillery crews and crews of the MLRS BrAG from the Zaporozhye OGV are deployed in the forest area south of the settlement. Veselyanka.
Thus, at the moment, the concentration of forces and means in the second echelon of the enemy's defensive formations is being carried out.
A strike formation is being formed in the area of ????the settlement of Grigorovka - Veselyanka - Yulyevka, with the aim of engaging it in offensive operations in the zone of responsibility of the 128th Brigade in the areas of Lobkovoe - Pyatikhatki - Shcherbaki - Mirnoye.
The deadline for readiness is June 27 of the current year, the start of the resumption of offensive operations in two directions until June 28-29.
At the same time, the command plans to continue using units of the 9th Army Corps to create a threat of an offensive, performing the tasks of wedging into the defensive lines of our forces, in the directions of the settlement of Novodanilovka - Rabotino - Malaya Tokmachka - Chubenkov's beam, with the aim of subsequently bringing units of the 10th Army Corps into battle.
14:52 Consequences of yesterday shelling Ukrainian militants of Gorlovka DPR.
14:30 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of June 25, 2023)
During the day, the armed forces of Ukraine continued to attempt offensive operations in the Donetsk, Krasnolimansk, South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions.
- In the Donetsk direction in the area of the city of Artemovsk, competent and courageous actions of the defending units of the "Southern" group of troops successfully repelled ten enemy attacks in the areas of Orekhovo-Vasilevka, Kurdyumovka, Yagodnoe, Zaliznyanskoye and Dubovo-Vasilevka of the Donetsk People's Republic in a day.
Four more attacks by Ukrainian troops were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Krasnogorovka, Avdeevka, Maryinka and Pervomayskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the fighting, enemy losses amounted to 430 Ukrainian military personnel, eleven infantry fighting vehicles, seven vehicles, three pickup trucks, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
In addition, an ammunition depot of the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the settlement of Avdievka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
- In the Krasnolimansky direction, the grouping of troops "Center" repelled four enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Yampolovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Karmazinovka and Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic.
The units of the 63rd, 67th Mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 15th Regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Nevskoye, Chervonaya Dibrova and Kuzmino of the Luhansk People's Republic were defeated by air strikes, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems.
– In the area of Serebryansky forest, the activities of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped.
During the day, up to 130 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, as well as two 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in this direction. Three Ukrainian servicemen surrendered.
– In the South-Donetsk direction in the area of the Vremevsky ledge, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the Vostok group of forces during the day repelled two attacks by the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade in the direction of the settlement of Priyutnoye, Zaporozhye region.
- In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops repelled an attack by units of the 47th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.
In addition, strikes by operational-tactical and assault aircraft inflicted a defeat on enemy manpower and equipment in the area of the city of Orekhov and the settlement of Novodanilovka, Zaporozhye region.
The total enemy losses per day in these areas amounted to over 170 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, four armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, two 152mm Msta-B howitzers, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, and one 122mm D-30.
Also near the village of Kushugum, Zaporozhye region, an ammunition depot of the 65th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.
- In the Kupyansk direction, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of the "Western" group of troops defeated the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoe Pervoe, Novomlynsk, Kotlyarovka and Masyutovka of the Kharkov region. Up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed, as well as two pickup trucks.
- In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, over 50 Ukrainian servicemen, two vehicles, as well as an M777 artillery system made in the United States were destroyed during the day.
In addition, an ammunition depot of the 126th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the village of Kozatskoe, Kherson region.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day defeated 108 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 137 districts.
- An ammunition depot of the 60th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the settlement of Ogurtsovo, Kharkiv region.
Air defense systems intercepted a Tochka-U tactical missile, as well as a HIMARS multiple rocket launcher.
- In addition, four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Kolomyychikha of the Luhansk People's Republic, Soledar, Bakhmutskoe and Novopetrikovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In total, since the start of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 444 aircraft, 240 helicopters, 4,779 unmanned aerial vehicles, 426 anti-aircraft missile systems, 10,348 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,131 multiple rocket launcher systems, 5,228 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 11,179 units of special military vehicles.
13:53 Zaporozhye direction:
The enemy is trying to bring his artillery systems to the settlement of Kamenskoye, but he is trying to do it “secretly”.
As a result, it was destroyed.
Our unit conducts aerial reconnaissance and corrects artillery.
13:29 Video- Statement by the head of the press center of the "South" grouping.
The units of the "Southern" group of forces repelled the attacks of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlements of Kurdyumovka, Belogorovka, Berkhovka and Belaya Gora.
At the initial stage of the offensive operation in the Soledaro-Artemovsky direction, the enemy used four tanks, nine Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and six M113 armored personnel carriers. All attacks of the Ukrainian troops were repulsed, part of the armored vehicles were destroyed.
In the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction, the special forces of the group disrupted the rotation of units of the 129th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Novokalinovo area. Artillery fire from the formations of the Southern Military District inflicted a fire defeat on the accumulation of manpower.
An enemy infantry group of up to sixty militants from the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and detachments of foreign mercenaries was also discovered in the Maryinka area. An artillery raid destroyed a significant part of the enemy's manpower.
In addition, the forces of the special forces of the group opened and destroyed groups of infantry, dugouts and machine-gun crews of the enemy in the area of the settlements of Marinka, Mayorskoye, Controversial, Vesyoloye, Belogorovka.
13:01 Video “We have a sniper gunner, he beats them, one shot - one tank”: tank driver Leonid tells how his crew repelled an enemy attack, destroying as many as six tanks. A lot also depends on the driver in battle: after all, it is important not only to knock out as many enemy vehicles as possible, but also to return to the location without losses.
12:37 Personnel of objective monitoring of the destruction of the fortified area of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansky direction -video.
After the discovery of a fortified area with militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and stockpiles of ammunition, it was hit by high-precision weapons.
The positions of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, weapons and ammunition were completely destroyed.
12:02 Video- Statement by the head of the press center of the West group.
During the fighting in the Kupyansk direction, the crews of Ka-52, Mi-28 attack helicopters and Su-25 attack aircraft of the Zapad aviation group delivered eleven missile and bomb strikes on nine areas of concentration of manpower, weapons, military and special equipment from the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade and 103rd Artillery Regiment of territorial defense.
The artillery of the group in the area of the settlements of Dvurechnaya, Sinkovka and Novoselovskoye thwarted four attempts to rotate the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the forefront. Losses amounted to more than a platoon of enemy manpower.
In addition, in the course of counter-battery combat, the crews of the 152mm Msta-S self-propelled artillery mounts destroyed two enemy mortar crews in the area of the settlements of Kislovka and Tabaevka.
11:35 Situation in the zone of responsibility of the [V] group without significant changes
- In the Vremevsky direction, the enemy continued to attempt to attack the positions of our troops. He was active, in particular, in the area of Novodarovka, Rovnopol and Priyutnoye. As a result of fire damage on assault groups and strong points, I lost personnel and vehicles. Army aviation continues to pinch out the wandering armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- In the Orekhovskoye direction, he advanced with limited forces in the direction of Novodanilovka-Rabotino. Unsuccessfully.
– In the Ugledar direction, our artillery continues to work on enemy strongholds in Vugledar itself and the surrounding settlements.
The statements of the Ukrainian side about successes in all areas turned out to be an unsuccessful attempt to wedge ourselves into the information agenda. Since the counteroffensive can now be considered officially announced, further failures of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the battlefield will be fraught with even greater reputational losses.
11:00 Ukrainian formations continue to use drones to attack the border regions of Russia.
In the Belgorod region, Russian air defense systems intercepted a drone of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the village of Dolgoe: at the moment, operational services are clarifying the consequences on the ground.
10:30 Frontline summary on the morning of 06/25/2023
- In the Zaporozhye direction, Ukrainian troops managed to advance near Rabotin after shelling. Similar actions in the Novopokrovka area were not successful. Under the blows of the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Stepnogorsk, Pyatikhatki, Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Ugoldar and Donetsk directions), Novoandreevka, Orekhovo, Preobrazhenka, Novodanilovka, Omelnik, Yegorovka, Belogorye, Charovny, Gulyaipolsky, Zheleznodorozhny, Gulyaipole, Malinovka and Temirovka.
- In the Ugledar sector, Ukrainian units managed to take up new positions near Priyutnoye and northeast of Rivnopol. Russian troops, supported by artillery, tried to counterattack near Makarovka, Zolotoy Niva and on the outskirts of the city itself. No success. The Russian Armed Forces fired at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Levadny, Novopol, Zelenoye Pole, Novodarovka, Storozhevoy, Blagodatny and Vodyany (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name northwest of Donetsk). The Ukrainian army struck at Urzuf.
- On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, after shelling, conducted assault operations in Maryinka and on the southwestern approaches to Avdievka. No advance. The Russian Armed Forces hit Ukrainian units in Novomikhailovka, Paraskovyivka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Soledar), Antonovka, Georgievka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Nevelsky, Karlovka, Severny (a settlement west of Avdievka), Tonenkoe, Berdychikh, Ocheretin, Novokalinovo and New York.
- In the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian troops attacked near Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheevka, on the southwestern outskirts of the city itself and near Yagodnoye. Russian units tried to advance at Vesely. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered strikes against units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Predtechin, Ivanovsky, Chasovoy Yar, Khromov, Bogdanovka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Vasyukovka, Rozdolovka, Spornoye, Verkhnekamensky and Seversk.
09:55 Volunteer of the Sudoplatov battalion with the call sign "Akinfey" told about the defeat of the 122mm howitzer D-30 infantry fighting vehicles of the enemy.
"Akinfey" spoke about the defeat of the 122mm D-30 infantry fighting vehicles of the enemy, which was engaged in the delivery of personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in order to take up new positions, closer to the line of defense of Russian troops.
“From the second shell, the target was hit. The calculation acted harmoniously, fulfilled all the commands, worked perfectly. I myself am in military service - the commander of a special forces unit, but on my first business trip I went to artillery, learned it, including in combat conditions, and now I am already passing on my experience to newcomers. In our calculation - guys of different ages, but this does not prevent them from acting in a coordinated manner. On the second business trip, my family let me go easier than on the first. All my family members are proud of me."
09:36 Ukrainians over the past day released on the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region 75 shells from cannon artillery and MLRS, of which 46 shells during the day, including on settlements:
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Kardashinka and Tavriysk - firing a total of 29 shells from cannon artillery.
09:34 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 06/24/2023 to 00:00 06/25/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 38 facts of firing by the AFU.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy fired 21 shells from 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 17 attacks from MLRS, artillery 152mm.
Having fired 197 units of various ammunition.
Under enemy fire were areas of five settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Shirokaya Balka, Panteleimonovka, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky, Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
Over the past day, there were no reports of civilian casualties.
Damaged three residential buildings in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.
In the previous day, 36 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
08:25 The enemy on the Bradley went on the offensive near Orekhovo and was completely destroyed -video
While unrest developed in Russia, our guys in the hottest sectors of the front continued to repel enemy attacks
The beginning of one of the enemy attacks on American equipment in the Rabotino area on footage.
Our Orekhov Spartans knocked out the enemy armored vehicles, destroying all the infantry participating in this sortie.
08:12 Established communication and helped artillery crush enemy
Captain Yevgeny Pliskachev, being under heavy artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was able to quickly identify the place of damage to the communication cable and restore it with improvised means.
The courageous and professional actions of Yevgeny Pliskachev made it possible to transfer the coordinates of enemy positions to our artillerymen, who destroyed two armored vehicles and a platoon of neo-Nazi manpower with accurate fire.
#1
Thank you Badanov.
It adds a much-needed street level view of what is going on and the war crimes that the Putin x-(Ltc KGB) ran Russia is guilty of.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Gregor Spitzen
[REGNUM] For weeks now, the German media has been rocked by a juicy scandal about alleged massive sexual abuse at the concert after-parties of Rammstein and its frontman Till Lindemann . Old Till, according to the German media, encroached on the unthinkable and, with particular cynicism, regularly did things that had never occurred to any of the rock stars since the early 1960s.
And he did, no less, the following: he invited to private parties with a private continuation of female fans. The ones that regularly go on tour at their own expense after their idols and hang around the stage in abundance at every concert. In the hope that one day they will be lucky and the stars will still endow them with their attention.
However, this is only one side of the coin, because the other side is engraved with the profile of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein - a man betrayed and defamed by those whom he once elevated to the heights of Hollywood Olympus. Till forgot that.
Let's leave the ephemeral questions of morality, morality and betrayal for the next time, because the subject of our material is not at all the moral image of the world's hard rock stars and not the decline in the morals of modern youth. You will probably laugh, but we will talk about the "Russian trace" in the case of sexual abuse backstage at Rammstein concerts.
According to the newspaper Die Welt, the Berlin prosecutor's office launched an investigation against 35-year-old Russian woman Alena Makeeva, who held the unofficial position of casting director in the Rammstein group.
“We can confirm that Ms. Makeyeva also appears as a defendant in the investigation against Lindemann,” a spokeswoman for the department told the Sunday edition. However, Makeeva herself claims that the Moscow prosecutor's office did not contact her, and refrains from commenting on sexual accusations.
If we move away from the German legal officialdom, the essence of the criminal charges brought against Makeeva is as follows. The casting director, relying on her own taste and rich life experience, compiled a short list of contenders for getting into the list of participants in post-concert parties. Then, without telling the “victims” about the true reason for the selection, she brought them to Lindemann.
The Rammstein frontman, in turn, according to the Berlin prosecutor's office, "committed sexual acts with them." Both members of the musical group are also suspected of drug trafficking. The girls at the parties were allegedly given drinks with so-called "knockout drops", making the "victims" more submissive and ready for any adventure.
From the point of view of independent jurisprudence, the absurdity of such accusations is obvious, as well as the hidden motives of the so-called "victims " who are hungry for worldly fame and money. However, the Harvey Weinstein case in 2017 has already opened the door to the gaping abyss, so it’s no longer possible to just hush up the scandal. Moreover, the other members of Rammstein have already behaved very ugly towards their leader, which clearly does not add points to the 60-year-old Lindemann in the eyes of the hypocritical public.
Thus, drummer Christoph Schneider wrote on the social network that Lindemann “moved away from us in recent years and created his own bubble. With their people, their parties, their projects.
“The singer's private events should not be confused with the group's official parties. Even if he believes that there were no criminal offenses, "things" happened, "which I personally do not consider normal. 'Structures' have grown that have transcended the boundaries and values of the rest of the group," wrote Schneider.
Schneider did not specify what kind of "abnormal things" happened at the concert afterparties. But he wrote that the expectations of the women attending the concert and the party regarding "having a good time" apparently did not coincide with Lindemann's expectations. “I feel sorry for them, and I sympathize with them,” drummer Rammstein emphasized.
To be honest, I don't even know who is more vile. Girls who pretend to be holy innocence and are sure that at concert parties rock stars drink only tea and talk about Dostoevsky's work? "Companions" of Till Lindemann, drowning their leader, to whom they owe literally everything? Employees of the Berlin prosecutor's office, who do not disdain the execution of a clearly political order? Or the German public, calling for an auto-da-fé of their idol, whom they literally recently carried in their arms?
However, let's be fair: Till Lindemann is also by no means an angel. He is independent, does not recognize any authority, allows himself to go against the public mainstream and even dares to openly express sympathy for Russia, which, as any German in the national media knows, is waging an “aggressive and unprovoked war against Ukraine.” In modern Germany, these crimes are classified as especially serious.
Let us cross our fingers in defense of Till and wish him to emerge victorious from this case, obviously embroidered with white thread and foul-smelling with human hypocrisy. As for Alena Makeeva, her role in this case is not so clear. However, she does not deserve to be labeled by the German media without evidence.
One thing is for sure: if Till Lindemann decides to move to Russia and rid himself of the society of those who are trying to "cancel" him, he will always be welcome there. For more than one generation of Russians has grown up on the work of Rammstein, and the frontman of the group is a truly cult figure for the Russian Federation.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
All for the sake of Zelebobik's ratings!
After a short pause on Friday and Saturday, Kyiv again began to promote the topic of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
Let me remind you of the backstory.
At the beginning of the week, Zelensky, citing the SBU, said that "Russia is preparing a terrorist attack at a nuclear power plant."
Why would Russia blow up its own nuclear power plant on its own territory - this sniffed clown, who for a long time no longer understands which side the virtual world, caused by his fantasies, and where reality, could not explain.
What to take from a drug addict who, under coke, told how the Russians were shelling themselves with heavy artillery at the ZNPP, and for some reason "Russian" shells always came from the right bank of the Dnieper, controlled by Kiev?
The topic of the ZNPP was picked up by the Western media, and a nuclear hysteria began inside Ukraine.
On Friday and Saturday, the issue of the nuclear power plant was put on pause. But as soon as the topic of Prigozhin exhausted itself, the nuclear power plant was returned to the agenda.
Zelensky held a series of telephone conversations - with Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau, Polish President Duda, US President Biden, where he exaggerated and rocked this topic as much as possible.
Plus, on Sunday evening, the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine announced "Russia has completed preparations for a terrorist attack at a nuclear power plant."
Please note that this happened almost immediately after US congressmen SUDDENLY began in unison to demand that the attack on Ukraine with nuclear weapons be equated with an attack on NATO.
And then the FSB hides a group of saboteurs who have purchased radioactive cesium-137 in order to take it to Ukraine. It is Russian isotopes of cesium-137 that are needed for provocation, in order to put pressure on their Russian origin.
When it didn’t work out with cesium, a flurry immediately began on the topic of undermining the ZNPP.
Minister of Internal Affairs of the Bandera horde, Klimenko, said that the Ministry of Internal Affairs would soon conduct an exercise for the population in case of a terrorist attack at the ZNPP.
The deployment of headquarters has already begun, and in the coming days, exercises will begin with road closures and the deployment of sanitary checkpoints, where they will check the background radiation.
Judging by the massive information attack, I get the impression that the fold-eared cretins still made the final bet on undermining the ZaNPP. And the preparation by Kiev of the dirtiest terrorist attack in history) is at its final stage.
And everyone in the West will ignore that Russian sources have been warning about an impending provocation for a month now.
You don’t even have to go far, just remember Syria.
At that time, the Russians warned almost half a month before the militants were preparing a staged chemical attack in Holmes in Syria. And they warned not somewhere, but directly in the UN Security Council.
Did not help. The West pulled off its planned dirty provocation anyway. And when the Russians brought the live and completely healthy actors who starred in this dramatization to The Hague, not a single Western journalist came to the organized press conference with the participation of these Syrians.
We watch further. Will Zelensky's regime go for a nuclear holocaust in what he considers to be Ukraine? And how far can a former buffoon go for his ratings?
Commentary by Russian military correspondent Rybar is in italics. Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets TG Rybar: one of Prigozhin's demands was the resignation of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov.
Considering that, according to the source, the rebellion was stopped on favorable terms for the head of the PMC, there is reason to believe that in the end, the leadership of the Russian Defense Ministry will be removed.
P.S.
Personally, I don't think it will be fast, the Kremlin needs to save face. But Sergei Kuzhugetovich and Valery Vasilievich really should have retired.
This opinion of mine was not formed today, but more than a year ago.
It is obvious that if the system is not capable of recognizing shortcomings and errors, then it, accordingly, is not capable of correcting them.
And a lot of things need to be fixed. With the current composition of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, this, let's choose the soft version of the assessment, for some reason does not work.
A little later, in communication with the military commanders, this opinion of mine only became stronger.
Who can be instead? Choose from three surnames at once. Evkurov, Dyumin and Surovikin. Although no, we cross out the last one, the position of Chief of the General Staff is better suited for him.
Voenkor Yuri Kotenok literally laid out the events of the last day on his knee:
1. Of course, this is not a show
Aviation downed. Pilots have died. We have "a lot" of aircraft in the country with helicopters.
The armed military unit almost reached the capital within 8 hours. The question arises - where is the Minister of Defense?
Previously, we were shown how a colonel general commanded a rifle platoon with shouts of “Forward, for the Motherland!”. And you can find out what now prevented such a picture from being taken? Where is the head of the NGSH with operational departments? Where is the appeal to the military?
The President spoke and clearly stated that this was a military mutiny.
And where is the leadership of the Defense Ministry during the approach of an armed unit to Moscow?
The patrols approached Kashira. Or are the functions of the FSB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Russian Guard to stop military units near the capital? But they have light weapons. The maximum that they can protect themselves in their buildings. To them just claims in this case at least.
Question to the leadership of the Moscow Region: not only did they allow all this, because if they had behaved normally, perhaps this simply would not have happened, so where were you on the day it happened? Or is it possible to shoot videos only when there is no threat to show the show to the President? Come to your senses, this is not a show. The country has been at war for a year now.
2. The history of the events of 1991-1993 was repeated.
Then, in the offices of high-ranking officials who must make decisions, the phones fell silent.
But nothing that even the operational headquarters for suppressing the rebellion was not created?
No one knows what the auctions were. Boiled inside, agreed on something.
Thanks to Lukashenka and whoever it is. The person who saved the country from the shame of capturing the capital, God forbid, will be credited once again.
3. They walked for 8 hours at the average speed of an ordinary bus.
The question of the loyalty of the elites to the current state power.
Is it true that road equipment and road works should stop the military unit advancing on Moscow?
"Wagner" shot down the planes that attacked him. But we have already agreed with him, now there are at least questions for him.
The question is for us - why give an order to aviation to storm a civilian road? Can't you make folds?
From Moscow to Rostov there was not a single tank to put on the road? Or organize a normal checkpoint and start talking?
Do not shoot, but enter into negotiations to stop the column. Once again - where is the military leadership? This is its direct function.
There are a lot of claims against Wagner: armed, he went to Moscow. You can't do that when the country is at war.
But besides him, there are a couple of especially talented figures. The team to raise helicopters and planes and hit a mixed column, in which, incl. civilians go about their business - this is "brilliant".
4. By the way, what will we do if tomorrow the enemy goes like this?
He will enter the forest in the Sumy region, leave as a unit in the Kaluga region and go to Moscow.
Will it be the same? How do headless chickens run around the chicken coop and try to escape from the capital as far away as possible?
Scary scenarios. I don't even want to imagine.
5. What level has the most respected and authoritative department, the Ministry of Defense, been brought to?
Under martial law, it is not the head of the FSB that becomes senior, but the senior military commander.
WHO was introduced, but where is the work of the WHO headquarters? Who prepared the defense of Moscow? Government of Moscow and the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Construction by conscripts from 12 sandbags of an AGS firing point? This is ridiculous - the tank will not even be distracted, it will move and move on.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[ColonelCassad] The State Duma called for the need to adopt a law on PMCs.
Russia needs a law to regulate PMCs, said Andrey Kartapolov, head of the Duma Defense Committee. According to him, the State Duma is working on it. The deputy also added that now the fate of Wagner PMC is not determined, but it is not necessary to ban it, since this is a combat-ready unit, and there are questions for its leadership, and not for the fighters.
I hope the deputies will be able to resolve this issue in the fall and prepare a working bill. It should be borne in mind that the previous attempt ran into interdepartmental contradictions, when the Russian Foreign Ministry supported the adoption of such a law, while the FSB and the Russian Defense Ministry opposed it.
In fact. There are PMCs in Russia. And they will continue to exist regardless of the situation with Wagner. Accordingly, it is better that they exist within a certain legal framework, and not in a "gray zone".
1. From my point of view, PMCs as such will not disappear anywhere. They are (when properly prepared) a tool for pursuing public policy by other means, when they operate where the state cannot or does not want to act openly. This situation has developed as a result of the development of the concept of hybrid wars, which take place in a kind of gray zone, where the war is going on, but it has not been declared.
The privatization of war as a trend was formed in the United States at the turn of the 2000s and experienced a real boom in the 2010s, which our country did not escape. Private military companies, like private intelligence companies, have now become the norm. Often, the word "private" in the name is only a formality and such structures are very closely connected with the state, which formally pretends that it is not connected with these structures.
2. PMCs are a double-edged weapon. With proper training and provision, they are a deadly weapon that allows you to defeat the enemies of the state and achieve the goals set by the state. If used incorrectly or if safety precautions are neglected, it is easy to cut yourself and cause serious injury to yourself. What we all saw yesterday. Thus, using the example of the actions of PMC "Wagner" in Ukraine, we could evaluate both the pros and cons of this concept. The United States went through this in the history of Blackwater at the end of the 2000s.
3. From the point of view of strengthening state control of PMCs (in addition to the issues of supplying PMCs with equipment and ammunition - everyone understands that Prigozhin took equipment and shells not from the air, but from the resources of the RF Ministry of Defense), serious legal support for their activities is necessary, taking into account including recent events in Rostov. I have long advocated and continue to advocate the need to adopt a law on PMCs, taking into account the objections that the FSB and the RF Ministry of Defense had previously raised on this issue.
4. As long as there is no such law, PMCs, whether private, corporate-state or departmental, will remain in the "grey legal zone". Perhaps this issue will be raised at the autumn session of the State Duma. In the meantime, the situation persists when a market for private-state PMCs has been formed in the country, but there is no corresponding legal framework, as a result of which many PMCs mimic under private security companies.
From the statements "And I am against the law of PMCs", the PMCs themselves will not disappear anywhere - they are an objective reality at the current stage, regardless of whether you like the very fact of the existence of formally private armies or not.
5. Concerning the future of Wagner and the whole brand, which, with all past merits, will now be connected, among other things, with the history of the rebellion. Taking into account the fact that part of the personnel is switching to a contract with the Ministry of Defense, it cannot be ruled out that the company will face some kind of restructuring or reorganization in the long term.
Rebranding is also possible. In the spirit of the transformation of PMC Blackwater into PMC Academi in the early 10s. The question of trust will hang in the air for a long time to come. On the other hand, merit will also be remembered. It is possible that Prigozhin, who left for Belarus, will take over a significant part of the negative trail of the story of the rebellion.
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"PMCs will no longer be able to recruit criminals" - said Pavel Krasheninnikov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Legislation and State Construction
[WaPo] U.S. spy agencies picked up intelligence in mid-June indicating Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin was planning armed action against the Russian defense establishment — which he has long accused of bungling the war in Ukraine — and urgently informed the White House and other government agencies so they were not caught off guard, several U.S. officials said Saturday.
The exact nature and timing of Prigozhin’s plans were not clear until shortly before his stunning takeover of a military command and tank run toward Moscow on Friday and Saturday, officials said. But "there were enough signals to be able to tell the leadership ... that something was up," said one U.S. official, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity. "So I think they were ready for it."
Over the past two weeks there was "high concern" about what might transpire — whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would remain in power and what any instability might mean for control of Russia’s nuclear arsenal, the official said. "There were lots of questions along those lines," this person said.
The instability that might result from a Russian "civil war" was the key fear, officials said.
In addition to the White House, senior officials at the Pentagon, State Department and in Congress were briefed within the past two weeks on the intelligence, officials said. CNN earlier reported that officials had briefed congressional leaders this past week.
A key trigger for Prigozhin, officials said, was a June 10 Russian Defense Ministry order that all volunteer detachments would have to sign contracts with the government. Though the order did not mention Wagner Group by name, the implication was clear: a takeover of Prigozhin’s mercenary troops, who have proved essential to Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine and have helped secure some of its most notable tactical victories.
Ukrainian military officials also were watching Prigozhin after the June 10 announcement and increasingly believed that he might mobilize his forces against Moscow, said a senior Ukrainian official. Prigozhin had publicly protested the Defense Ministry’s order, and Ukrainian officials took seriously the possibility that he might move against Russian positions, this person said.
But the timing of a move was unclear, the Ukrainian official said, adding that he was not aware of the U.S. sharing its intelligence with Kyiv on a possible march by Prigozhin and his forces. Seems the only officials surprised were in the Kremlin.
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I'm sorry but the US intel community has lost it's credibility in the past two or so decades, certainly since the failure and debacle of 9/11 and also as its efforts to derail Donald Trump have been exposed. It's easy for them to claim after the fact that they knew what Prigozhin was thinking. Who among the proles would know if they knew or not? Besides, what difference did this knowledge they claim to have had make for our country?
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From the V Kontakte page of RUSSIAN SPRING (rusvesna.su)
‼🇷🇺🏴☠Prigozhin's statement about the rebellion
▪The formal reason was the "intrigue" that would lead to the "disbandment of the PMC" on July 1, said Prigozhin.
▪The purpose of the campaign was to prevent the destruction of the PMC "Wagner" and to bring to justice those persons who, through their unprofessional actions, made a huge number of mistakes during the SVO.
▪He assures that the PMC began its march to demonstrate protest, and not to overthrow the government.
▪"We covered 700 km in a day, not a single soldier on the ground was killed, we regret that we were forced to strike at air assets, but they threw bombs and struck."
▪When the 1st Assault Squad approached Moscow, it became obvious that a lot of blood would be shed, so we felt that a demonstration of what we wanted to do was sufficient (about why the PMC turned around). "Lukashenko extended his hand and offered to find solutions.
▪ The columns turned back and went to the field camps.
▪The march of justice showed many of the things that we talked about earlier: the most serious security problems in the country, we blocked all military units and airfields that were in our way, in 24 hours we covered the distance from the launch site of Russian troops on February 24 to Kiev, and from the same point to Uzhgorod.
▪If the operations on February 24 had been carried out by a trained unit like the Wagner PMC, the special operation might have lasted a day, it is clear that there were other problems, but we showed the level of organization that the Russian army must correspond to.
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the US intel community has lost its credibility...
... not to mention missing the fall of the Soviet Union and that sign reading "Chinese Embassy" out in front of a soon to be bombed Chinese Embassy.
For the sake of argument, let's stipulate that our spooks did pick up word that Prigozhin was planning hijinks. Maybe they got competent, maybe they got lucky. Maybe they were being played...
From a screenplay standpoint, the March on Moscow is brilliant storytelling. But if we lift the skirts and look at the military underpinnings, it was a pretty lame-ass coup. Not many men or vehicles involved. No air support. No radio or TV stations seized. Barely any fighting. And if there was fighting eventually, Wagners depend on the Russian Mod for bullets, beans and gas. Prigozhin is both a caterer and a war lord - two occupations that require a knack for logistics and planning. I have to believe that he could plan a successful coup and this was not it.
So what's the point? The embarrassing Prigozhin vs the MoD soap opera comes to an end. Wagners gets rolled into the real military which makes sense from an organizational standpoint. Prigozhin gets "deported" to Belarus where he trains their forces and establishes a couple Wagner camps, for just in case. Some troops get moved around without anyone freaking out. And everyone stands with Putin, Hero of the Motherland. Which they already kinda sorta did, since most of dissatisfaction seems to be with the speed at which he is prosecuting the war.
tl;dr: This coup is bullshit. But excellent theater.
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