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Putin 'prepares mass call-up' for the Ukraine meat-grinder - as video shows Russian veteran with no legs threatening recruiter with a knife in sign of growing resistance facing desperate Kremlin
[DM] This is the moment a disabled Russian veteran pulls a knife on an army recruiter as the Kremlin prepares for a forced mass mobilisation to replenish its depleted forces in Ukraine.

Footage captured the double-amputee brandishing a knife at the officer as he shouts: 'You are taking kids from their mother! Go f*** yourself'.

It comes as Russian president Vladimir Putin's draft officers have already begun rounding up men in the city of Penza, about 350 miles from Moscow, according to reports from encrypted-messaging platform Telegram.

Residents have said recruiters accompanied by balaclava-clad men swept through the city to round up civilians. Unconfirmed reports suggest they were ordered to draft hundreds of daily recruits.

The Russian anti-war network Idite Lesom (Get Lost in English) spoke with locals who recounted these targeted raids.

One said: 'They're rounding everyone up, stopping cars and public transport, grabbing men and taking them away to sign [military] contracts. Raids are happening all over the city.'

Another added: 'Everyone is calling each other, warning them not to let their men go outside. A cashier at a shopping centre yelled at some guy who works there to stay inside and not go outside to smoke because [draft officers] were watching. Panic has set in.'

One heartbreaking video circulating on Telegram appeared to show a van carrying men drafted against their will.
Posted by: Skidmark || 06/22/2026 08:46 || Comments || Link || [1820 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  So we are to believe the evil russians tried to conscript a legless veteran who had to fight the recruiter off with a knife longer than his leg stumps?

Am filing this one next to Ghost of Kiev.
Posted by: mossomo || 06/22/2026 13:47 Comments || Top||

#2  Russians are evil Asiatics who threaten European Kulture.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 06/22/2026 13:50 Comments || Top||

#3  ^^ Ditto
Posted by: DooDahMan || 06/22/2026 13:50 Comments || Top||

#4  Ditto to #1. Mr. Thunder was too quick.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 06/22/2026 13:52 Comments || Top||

#5  Notice that this is NOT occurring in Moscow or Saint Petersburg.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 06/22/2026 18:10 Comments || Top||


Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: June 21, 2026
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Korrespondent] 20.55 Occupation Vlada Crimea introduces a low limit:

There will be no sale of palivo in the coming days.
A “curfew” will be introduced in Krima.
Don't worry about it. Enter schedules for the delivery of suspinal transport.
Shopping centers and supermarkets may close at 20:00.
Street lighting will not fail due to a shortage of electricity.

20.39 The military commissar of the Penza region Andriy Surkov confirmed the conduct of street raids to search for military suspects, but blocked their connection with the mobilization. The ASTRA Telegram channel reports about this. According to the public, Surkov told local media that the raids were being carried out “on a permanent basis” to detect individuals who are evading the call of the military government.

19.37 Ukraine is preparing an operation against the Russian occupiers near the urgently buried Crimea. The Minister of Defense Sergei Sternenko reported this on the week of 21 June.

18.55 Against the backdrop of the sun, light and water supply, Russians are flowing en masse from the occupied Crimea. It’s not so easy to get out of the airport: there are no tickets, there is no traffic, and there is a huge traffic jam on the Crimean Bridge, eyewitnesses write in social networks.

The incentive for Russians to leave Crimea was given by the forces of unmanned ZSU systems, which resulted in attacks on the Crimean bridge.

“We don’t expect anything, but last night we saw the Crimean place even close and from different angles,” they said.

17.16 After an attack by drones of the Ukrainian Defense Forces on the night of 21 June, fires were recorded at, apparently, the breaches near the port of Caucasus in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation.

16.00 After drone attacks, the hourly occupied Crimea lost its light switching schedule: part of the village was left without electricity, Russian media reports. The occupation power of Crimea also called on residents to turn on their air conditioners and other energy-consuming devices. Behind these words, the lines of turning the light are invisible.

Through the daylight, the robot and pumping stations were connected. As a result, part of Krimu was lost and without water supply

15.35 The Kremlin stated that it will not stop implementing the agreements reached during the negotiations in Anchorage, but will continue to focus on achieving government goals. This statement was made by the Russian President’s aide Yuri Ushakov for the Russian ZMI.

14.53 Near Zaporizhia, a Russian drone entered a gas station. The head of the Zaporizhzhya Regional Administration, Ivan Fedorov, spoke about the 21st quarter. As reported earlier, one person was injured.

Near the Saltivsky district of Kharkov, a Russian drone entered the parking lot of a shopping center. Igor Terekhov, the head of the town, told us about this 21 chervnya.

“The presence of an enemy drone was recorded in the parking lot of a shopping center near the Saltivsky district,” he said.

The data of Terekhov, the victims and the ruins are not recorded.

13.52 Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces Robert “Madyar” Brovdi watched a video of the incident at the oil depot of the oil terminal in the occupied Kerch. "Madyar" announced a new PPO fall in Crimea, a collapse of the fleet, a piece of shadow, a total resource and logistics drainage, a tourist default, a transport lockdown, etc.

13.21 In the occupied territories, significant changes were recorded in the military logistics of Russia. Occupiers are more actively transferring vantages and colonies, using new methods of masking. Petro Andryushchenko informed the center of the Vivcheniya Occupation about this. In his words, the main feature of the rest of the world has become the widespread use by Russians of fuel tanks and vans of blue color for transporting ammunition. While previously this method of masking was especially popular in Mariupol, now such transport regularly collapses both from the Rostov region of the Russian Federation and from the side of occupied Crimea. Having designated Andryushchenko, today up to 20 units of different types of transport with such markings pass through this route. In the same way, the occupiers will continue to transfer the military colonies, but now the stinks are collapsing in small groups. The main direction of movement is from the side of Berdyansk to the north of the Donetsk region. All such colonies are accompanied by militant groups, representatives of the military commandant’s office and the Russian Guard.

12.50 The Russian Federation military has already released more than 2,200 attack drones into the territory of Ukraine. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated this. “Over this period, the Russians have fired nearly 2,200 strike drones, over 1,800 ceramic-coated aircraft bombs and 87 missiles of various types into Ukraine,” he said. According to Zelensky, just yesterday, as a result of Russian strikes by KABs, five people died in Zaporizhzhia, another 26 were injured; in Poltava, two people died as a result of shelling and 12 were injured, six of them among them Children. In the Russian Federation, the Russians have released as many as 2,200 attack drones across the territory of Ukraine this past, as stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Over this period, the Russians have fired nearly 2,200 attack drones, over 1,800 ceramic aerial bombs, and 87 missiles of various types into Ukraine, according to vin.

According to Zelensky, just yesterday, as a result of Russian strikes by KABs, five people died in Zaporizhzhia, another 26 were injured; in Poltava, two people died as a result of shelling and 12 were injured, six of them among them Children. In the Russian Federation, the Russians have released as many as 2,200 attack drones across the territory of Ukraine this past, as stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Over this period, the Russians have fired nearly 2,200 attack drones, over 1,800 ceramic aerial bombs, and 87 missiles of various types into Ukraine, according to vin.

According to Zelensky, just yesterday, as a result of Russian strikes by KABs, five people died in Zaporizhia and another 26 were injured; in Poltava, two people died as a result of shelling and 12 were injured, among them six children.

12.24 The Russian military carried out 8 UAV strikes on infrastructure and residential sector in Sumy during the night. About ce21 chernyapovіdomiv head of Sumy MBA Sergey Krivosheenko. In his words, all people suffered, their camp is happy. Some help has been given in the area, and others need to fasten their clothes. Damaged post office, gas station, many apartments and private booths: walls, covers, windows. Private and rich apartment buildings, government buildings, and cars have also become known to be in such disrepair.

11.59 The Ukrainian Defense Forces attacked the Tyumen Oil Refinery Plant (Antipinsky) near the Russian Federation on the 20th. I informed the ZSU General Staff about this. The results of the experiment will be clarified. From the state cordon of Ukraine the distance to the object is over 2000 km.

11.39 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky informed about the destruction of objects in the Russian Krasnodar region in the occupied Kerch.

“During these nights, our far-reaching sanctions have been stuck on military logistics, nafta gas and the anti-corruption defense of the occupiers. logistics for the transportation of naphtha in the Krasnodar region and a petroleum depot in the immediate occupation of Kerch,” he said.

Zelensky added that military logistics were also successfully affected, as well as radar stations in the warehouse of S-400 complexes and two Pantsir complexes.

10.58 Last week, 21 June, drones attacked the port of Kavkaz near the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation, the legacy of the attacks burned down. This was reported by the Telegram channel ASTRA. The loan was revealed for the additional satellite service for detecting temperature anomalies of NASA Firms. The port of Caucasus can receive cars and cargo ports and is one of the largest passengers ports near the Russian Federation.

10.20 Near the Shostkinsky district of the Sumy region, a tanker caught fire due to a repeated attack on the city by the enemy, where the ritualists were performing. The smells were not harmed. The DSNS of Ukraine reported about 21 rubles. It appears that through combined shelling near Sumy, the residential sector was damaged and 6 people were injured. The guards evacuated over 50 locals from the damaged building, liquidated the fires and cleared the territories.

9.45 RF Military forces at night on 21 June, the Russians attacked with two Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles, two Kinjal aeroballistic missiles and 105 UAVs. 96 drones were shot down or suppressed. The ZSU forces informed about this. It is noted that the presence of ballistic missiles and 6 attack UAVs at 6 locations, as well as the fall of weapons at 5 locations, was recorded. Information on two aeroballistic missiles is being clarified.

9.25 In the Poltava region, as a result of the terrible attack of the Russian Federation, two people died, the number of victims grew to 14, among them six children. The head of the Poltava Regional Administration, Vitaly Dyakivnych, told us about this 21 rubles. Through Russian strikes, businesses, cars, and residential buildings were destroyed. According to the head of the OVA, the number of injured adults has grown to 13 individuals, including 6 children. Unfortunately, a human body was found under the rubble. Another person died in the hospital. Dyakivnych added that as a result of the enemy’s attack, there was a power outage. Workers are working on updating the power supply.

8.56 On the front line last year, 213 combat battles were recorded between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, most of them on Pokrovsky direct, where Ukrainian soldiers stopped 33 enemy attacks. The General Staff of the ZSU reports about this 21 rubles. Over the past year, aircraft, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces hit eighteen areas of concentrated manpower and one artillery system of the Russians.

8.38 Russian troops fired 21 bullets at the Sumy community. Six people were treated for medical assistance, one was hospitalized. The head of the Sumy Regional Administration, Oleg Grigorov, told us about this. The frontier of the Vraz region started shelling the territory of the Sumy community. Six residents of the area have already reached out to doctors for help. A 58-year-old woman was hospitalized. Others were given the necessary help without hospitalization,” said Grigorov. He added that criminal activity was recorded at six addresses. As a result of the shelling, at least 5 residential buildings were damaged. The legacy of the attack is clear.

8.17 The Russian military attacked three districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region more than 20 times in the evening with air bombs, drones and artillery. One person died, and nine others were wounded. The head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Administration, Oleksandr Ganzha, told us about 21 rubles. According to him, the Nikopol, Mirivska, Pokrovska, Chervonogrihorivska and Marganets communities suffered in the Nikopol region. Poshkodzhenі rich apartments and private booths, car. A 70-year-old woman died. Near the Sinelnikivsky district, the Shakhtarska, Vasylkivska and Pokrovska communities are under attack. High school, gymnasium, over 10 private cabins, cars. Nine people were injured.

7.50 ZSU during the mining period destroyed another 1,290 Russian occupiers, lost 8 enemy tanks and 93 artillery systems. The General Staff of the ZSU reports about this 21 rubles. The enemy's military losses from 02/24/22 to 06/21/26 amounted to approximately 1,391,1950 individuals.

02.53 The burning terminal in the occupied Kerch began to burn after a UAV attack. Vibukhas were heard at night in different areas of the occupied pivostrov. The residents of the town also talk about the great fire at Bilogorsk.

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Current information on the situation on the front line on June 21 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 21:53 Engineers of the assault units of the "Southern" group of troops with the TM-62 anti-tank mine destroyed dugout equipped by the enemy (Konstantinovka area).

21:16 In the period from 7.00 to 20.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 168 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov, Tver, Tula, Smolensk regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.

20:24 Crews of the Geran-2 and Geran-2 Seeker UAVs inflicted a series of strikes on a fuel storage facility. It was used to supply Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles.

The area of the settlement of Gubinikha, Dnipropetrovsk region

The impact destroyed the storage facilities and caused a massive fire.

16:49 Russian Aerospace Forces crews hit two enemy command posts.

Objective control means confirmed the destruction of targets:

FAB-500 aerial bombs destroyed the UAV control center of the 4th separate rapid reaction brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the area of the village of Svetloe;

LMUR Kh-39 air-launched missile - UAV control post of the 115th separate mobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Nizhnyaya Zhuravka.

15:26 Attack UAV "Geran" liquidated warehouse with FPV drones and military-technical equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Zaporizhzhia region).

14:46 Operators of the Gerbera UAV of the Unmanned Systems Troops struck important energy facilities of the enemy in the Kyiv, Sumy and Chernihiv regions.

14:21 Destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants retreating from Krasny Liman.

In the interests of the Zapad group, the crew of a Russian Aerospace Forces Su-34 launched a FAB-1500 aerial bomb against enemy fighters retreating from Krasny Liman.

The target was an abandoned boarding house near the village of Shchurovo, which the enemy used as a temporary deployment point.

As a result of the airstrike, up to 30 militants from the 63rd separate separate brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were killed.

14:14 Correction of the LBS near Novodanilovka on the Orekhovsky direction, –MAP

13:06 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of June 21, 2026)

Units of the North group of forces have improved their tactical position.

The manpower and equipment of two mechanized and a motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Bachevsk, Khotyn, Tolstodubovo and Radkovka in the Sumy region.

In the Khar'kov region, units of four mechanized brigades, a battalion of unmanned aerial systems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Ternovaya, Khatnee, Bely Kolodez, Velyki Prokhody, Rubizhne, and Kolodezne in the Khar'kov region.

The enemy lost over 215 servicemen, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, six vehicles, a Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 multiple launch rocket system launcher, four NATO-made field artillery guns, and a radio-electronic reconnaissance station.

Units of the Western group of forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines.

The manpower and equipment of the mechanized and assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Maleevka, Grushevka, Novy Mir in the Khar'kov region, Rubtsy and Vovchiy Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic.

In the village of Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault units of the 25th Army are advancing in the northwestern part of the city. Units of the 31st and 37th Motorized Rifle Regiments of the 67th Motorized Rifle Division have captured 12 enemy strongholds and cleared 53 buildings of Ukrainian armed forces.

Over the course of a day, more than 30 militants, a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle with personnel, a pickup truck, and four ground robotic systems were destroyed in the city.

In the village of Shchurovo in the Donetsk People's Republic, in the building of a former boarding house, up to 30 militants from the 63rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, retreating from the village of Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic, were destroyed by aviation.

In total, in the area of responsibility of the West group of forces, the enemy's losses amounted to over 210 servicemen, a tank, a US-made M1117 armored personnel carrier, five combat armored vehicles, 13 pickup trucks, a 155mm American M-114 howitzer, and three electronic warfare stations.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the front line.

Formations of four mechanized, airmobile and mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Pershomaryevka, Kramatorsk, Orekhovatka, Alekseevo-Druzhkovka, Nikolaevka and Nikanorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

In the village of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, units of the "Southern" group of troops conducted active offensive operations and continued to eliminate scattered enemy groups in the southwestern part of the village.

Over the past 24 hours, 104 buildings have been liberated from Ukrainian militants.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 85 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 16 vehicles, a field artillery gun, 24 ground robotic systems, and 25 unmanned aerial vehicle control centers.

In total, in the area of responsibility of the Southern Group of Forces, the enemy lost up to 185 servicemen, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, four combat armored vehicles, 18 cars, three field artillery pieces, and a Grad multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle.

Units of the Center group of forces have improved their position along the forward edge.

The manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, four National Guard brigades and the Azov* special forces brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Belozerskoye, Dobropolye, Ivanovka, Rubezhnoye, Annovka, Krasny Kut and Novogrishino of the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 280 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three cars, five field artillery pieces, and a Grad multiple launch rocket system.

Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses.

The manpower and equipment of two mechanized, two assault, five airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a naval infantry brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Malomykhaylovka, Mechetnoye, Gavrilovka, Chaplino, Ivanovka, Dibrova in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Chervona Krynytsia and Shyroke in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The enemy lost up to 500 troops, three armored combat vehicles, seven cars and a US-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery unit.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Kirovo, Yurkovka, Orekhov, Lyubimovka and Preobrazhenka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

More than 60 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 20 cars, an artillery piece, and four electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

12:50 Slavyansk direction. Advance of assault units of the Russian Armed Forces southwest of Krivaya Luka, MAP

10:47 In Sevastopol after an air raid in several areas of the city interruptions with light.

Several drones were shot down. One suppressed drone crashed onto the roof of an apartment building but did not explode. There were no injuries.

10:09 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours.

In total, 91 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 9:00 a.m. on June 20 and 9:00 a.m. on June 21. The enemy used artillery on evacuated areas 121 times. Drones attacked our territory 15 times with explosive devices.

9:49 Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have fired 80 shots attacked territory of the Belgorod region.

The Belgorod, Borisov, Valuysky, Volokonovsky, Graivoronsky, Gubkinsky, Ivnyansky, Korocha, Krasnoyarsk, Rakityansky, Shebekinsky and Yakovlevsky districts were hit.

The enemy carried out eight artillery and multiple launch rocket system attacks. They also dropped explosive devices from UAVs four times.

Six civilians were wounded in the Volokonovsky, Graivoronsky, Rakityansky, and Shebekinsky districts. Three people continue to receive hospital treatment. Our medical staff is doing everything possible to ensure their speedy recovery and return home.

9:00 As a result of an attack by enemy UAVs on the Kerch Peninsula, four people were killed, twenty-eight were injured.

8:35 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 239 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov regions, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea, the Republic of Adygea, and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.

8:02 Artillerymen covered field warehouse of material resources of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Konstantinovsky direction.

The facility was discovered during reconnaissance operations, and after its coordinates were confirmed, the target was handed over to artillery for destruction. Objective monitoring footage recorded the fire and confirmed the destruction of the warehouse.

Posted by: badanov || 06/22/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1836 views] Top|| File under:


Raid on Crimea. June 21, 2026
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin

Kindly note that Crimea is where Boris Rozhin resides.

[ColonelCassad] There was a heavy air raid in Crimea this morning.

An oil depot in Kerch was hit, sparking a fire that is currently being extinguished. Crimean authorities temporarily suspended the free sale of gasoline today. Damage is being assessed.

The Panagia ferry was also hit. A total of four people were killed and 26 were injured. Ferry traffic is suspended today.

The Crimean Bridge is operating normally. Small groups of several have also been trying to break into the city from the sea since yesterday evening, mainly from Balaklava, Fiolent, and Victory Park. This morning, something must have struck (either a substation or a power line), because there was a significant voltage drop in the network, and then power outages began in some areas of the city.

Currently, power availability is about 70% across the city. There was a similar incident about two months ago. The issue with traffic through Chongar has been mostly resolved; while repairs are being made, they are simply building another bridge nearby. Hitting it with drones is pointless, as the damage there isn't particularly difficult to repair. Plus, satellites show a large number of pontoons there, just in case.

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Ukranians Return Polish State Awards - Poles Suggest They Return Jets & Tanks Too
[RT] Leszek Miller’s remarks came after Ukrainian officials returned Polish state awards in solidarity with Vladimir Zelensky.
Posted by: Dopey Photch2701 || 06/22/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1770 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Poles suggest they return Volhynia too.
Posted by: mossomo || 06/22/2026 13:50 Comments || Top||

#2  ^Nobody wants Galicia?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 06/22/2026 13:51 Comments || Top||

#3  ^^ Not yet.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 06/22/2026 13:51 Comments || Top||



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