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[Korrespondent] 22:01 In the Volchansk community of the Kharkov region, an enemy UAV hit a Ukrposhta car during the transportation and delivery of pensions - the head of the Ukrposhta mobile department was killed, the driver was injured, the prosecutor's office reported. Another person was wounded as a result of an enemy airstrike on the village of Borovaya, Izyum district.
21:16 The Russian Air Force service has found out that former mercenaries of the Wagner PMC are now partially serving in Syria, the Central African Republic and in the Chechen Akhmat unit fighting against Ukraine. The activities of mercenaries in the CAR are led by Pavel Prigozhin, the son of Yevgeny Prigozhin. At the end of October 2023, the commander of the special forces unit, Akhmat Apty Alaudinov, announced that former Wagnerites were joining his unit and going to war against Ukraine.
20:45 The situation in the Kharkov region has become “even more stabilized,” Zelensky said in an evening video message. “Donetsk region is very difficult. Especially this Pokrovsky direction - dozens of Russian attacks every day,” the president added.
20:34 The United States is having a “serious and intensive conversation” about how to help Ukrainian industry produce on Ukrainian territory what the country needs to protect itself, Deputy Secretary of State for Political Affairs John Bass said during a visit to Kiev. He recalled that air defense is now a top priority for Ukraine, and Washington is focused on this. But American support is not limited to this issue, Bass added.
20:29 Ukraine will receive another Patriot air defense system - it will be transferred by the Netherlands together with another country, said Prime Minister Kaisa Ollongren. She clarified that the Netherlands and another unnamed country managed to assemble parts that could form a complete system.
19:33 The Russians hit the coastal zone of the Odessa region with ballistics - a recreational infrastructure facility was damaged, no people were injured, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA.
19:30 The Russian army launched a missile attack on a food warehouse in Krivoy Rog, two people were injured, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Sergei Lysak. In addition, one person was wounded as a result of shelling in the Nikopol region.
19:27 Ukraine will receive the first tranche from frozen Russian assets by the end of summer, European Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis predicts: “According to our estimates, this year, thanks to our measures, up to 3 billion euros will be available, and we expect to make the first payment in the amount of 1.5 billion euros until the summer holidays."
19:16 The Russians shelled the village of Kindeyka, Kherson region, two people were injured. Another person was wounded as a result of shelling in the village of Veletenskoye, the OVA reported. In addition, it became known that one person was killed as a result of yesterday’s shelling of Kherson.
19:08 The Slovak Ministry of Defense announced that it is filing a lawsuit over the transfer of MiG-29 fighter jets and components for the Kub air defense system to Ukraine in March 2023. The department claims that the previous government, by its decision, committed a criminal offense - in particular, they are accused of sabotage, abuse of power and abuse of duties, which jeopardized the country's defense capability. The main argument is that the government of Eduard Geger, which ordered the transfer of the MiG-29 to Ukraine, was transitional and therefore had limited powers. Ukraine officially received from Slovakia 13 MiG-29 fighters and components for the Kub air defense system.
19:03 Syrsky decided to organize additional training on studying the norms of international humanitarian law for sergeants and officers. The first stage of the project is currently underway - 11 classes will be held by the end of June. According to the curriculum, they will cover about 450 military sergeants and officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18:44 On Saturday, June 22, hourly shutdown schedules will be applied throughout Ukraine from 16:00 to 24:00, Ukrenergo reported. From 18:00 to 23:00 there will be more restrictions.
18:23 Consultations have begun on the technical details of the transfer to Ukraine of funds related to income from frozen Russian assets, said the head of the NBU Andrey Pyshny. “A huge shift and achievement is that the statement was made clearly: the immobilized assets and seized assets of the Russian Federation will remain immobilized until the Russian Federation compensates for the entire volume of losses. This is an important element for the idea of providing a loan to Ukraine to work,” he added.
17:36 Trump said that Biden should never have promised Ukraine membership in NATO. According to the US presidential candidate, it was Kyiv’s intentions to join the Alliance that provoked the Russian invasion.
17:01 The government has allocated 1 billion hryvnia for buses that will transport children to schools with shelters, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov. The money was distributed among the regions. Thanks to co-financing from local budgets, local authorities will purchase 500 buses by the beginning of this school year. The government's goal in 2024 is to create a safe environment for about 300 thousand students to study in person.
16:47 Moscow is only ready for a comprehensive dialogue with Washington, which will include issues of US participation in the “Ukrainian conflict,” Peskov said. He called the dialogue between the Russian Federation and the United States “extremely needed,” since “problems are piling up, including in connection with global security.”
16:19 Seven more Ukrainian children who lived in the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region were returned home, said the head of the Kherson OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
16:08 Ukraine held the final round of negotiations with Poland on signing a bilateral security agreement, the Presidential Office reported.
15:45 Russian troops began to storm Chasov Yar from the Toretsk direction, trying to put pressure on Shumy and New York from Horlivka, said Nazar Voloshin, speaker of the operational-strategic group of troops Khortitsa. According to him, fighting is going on, the situation is under control.
15:33 The largest fire in several years at the Diehl metallurgical plant in Berlin, which occurred in early May, was probably Russian sabotage, writes Bild, citing sources in one of the foreign intelligence services. Foreign intelligence officers have concrete evidence of Russian involvement, and German authorities are now studying this data.
The Diehl concern also produces Iris-T air defense systems for Ukraine, but they were not made at the Berlin plant - metals were processed there, for example, for cars. It is unclear why a metallurgical plant was chosen rather than a military plant. Perhaps the target was the capital of Germany, the publication suggests.
15:15 On the night of June 21, in the village of Vorontsovka in the Krasnodar Territory, an unidentified missile hit the barracks of military unit 33859, an air defense military unit near Yeisk. Nearby is the Vorontsovsky training ground. The barracks building was damaged and nine Russian servicemen were wounded, Astra sources in the region's emergency services reported.
15:02 The defense forces thwarted the Russians’ plans to occupy the Borovaya Kharkov region, said Andrey Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense: “Yes, the enemy is trying to raise reserves, and a potential threat remains, but we are not yet talking about the formation of new powerful groups to repeat the situation.” He added that the Defense Forces are studying the situation, preparing for different scenarios.
14:31 The Russians fired high-explosive bombs at the Vozdvizhensk community of the Zaporozhye region: a private house was completely destroyed, one person was killed, two were wounded, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
14:20 As a result of Russian attacks, Ukraine lost 9 gigawatts of power - this is equivalent to the consumption of the Netherlands, or this is the same amount of power as Slovakia and the Baltic countries consume together, said Vladimir Kudrytsky, Chairman of the Board of NEC Ukrenergo.
13:59 US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs John Bass arrived in Kiev, Ambassador Bridget Brink said. According to her, "he will meet with Ukrainian officials and other partners to reaffirm our strong support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia's illegal aggression."
13:37 The Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU confirmed that the European Union has approved the negotiating framework for Ukraine and Moldova: “The EU Council has approved the common positions of the European Union, including the negotiating framework, for accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. This paves the way for the launch of negotiations in Tuesday, June 25, in Luxembourg."
12:48 EU ambassadors gave “consent in principle” to the opening of negotiations on accession to the European Union with Ukraine and Moldova on June 25, Le Point writes, citing sources.
12:09 In Anapa, the Russian Armed Forces shot down their own Ka-29 helicopter, Russian public pages write. According to them, the Pantsyr air defense system attacked the helicopter.
12:00 Hungary will not participate in NATO’s “military mission” in Ukraine, Orban said: “We have achieved the minimum goal, I agreed with the NATO Secretary General, Hungary will get off the train. NATO will have a military mission in Ukraine, but Hungary will not accept The driver could not be convinced to participate, and now only Trump can stop the train.”
11:52 American senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal presented a bipartisan bill recognizing Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. The document provides for the introduction of sanctions for countries that cooperate with the Russian Federation, expanding the list of dual-use goods that will not be allowed to be exported to Russia. If passed, the law would open up the possibility of lawsuits and other civil claims from victims of Moscow-sponsored terrorism.
11:46 On the night of June 20, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine successfully attacked a warehouse of fuels and lubricants in the Tambov region of the Russian Federation, as well as the Enemskaya oil depot in the Republic of Adygea, the General Staff reported. At least five explosions were recorded in the area of the Enemskaya oil depot, after which a fire started. At least one container with petroleum products was damaged in the Tambov region.
In addition, on the night of June 21, drones attacked the Afipsky, Ilsky, Krasnodar and Astrakhan oil refineries. Radar stations and electronic intelligence centers in the Bryansk region and Crimea were also attacked. Information about hitting targets is being clarified.
Also tonight, the Defense Forces carried out a successful strike on the storage and preparation sites for the use of Shahed-136/Geran-2 attack drones, educational buildings, control and communication points for the crews of these UAVs located in the Krasnodar Territory. Based on the results of combat work, a series of explosions and a fire followed by detonation were recorded.
11:20 South Korea can supply Ukraine with 155-mm artillery shells, air defense systems and other weapons, Yonhap writes. According to the South Korean agency, the administration of President Yoon Seok-yeol is still studying the possibility of supplies. Putin the day before threatened Seoul with “retaliatory measures” if it began supplying weapons to Ukraine.
11:14 In the morning, the Russians dropped a guided bomb on a residential building in Selidovo, Donetsk region - two people were killed, three were wounded, said the head of the OBA Vadim Filashkin. Five five-story buildings and six private houses were damaged.
10:49 Ukraine does not seek direct contacts with Russia, but admits that the experience of the Black Sea Grain Initiative can be used for its participation in the second Peace Summit, Kuleba said: “Then Ukraine negotiated with Turkey and the UN, then Turkey and the UN negotiated negotiations with Russia. The agreement looked like a document signed between Turkey, the UN and Ukraine, and Turkey, the UN and Russia."
10:38 The Air Force cannot yet confirm the use of the FAB-3000 bomb by Russian troops in the Kharkov region, said Ilya Yevlash, spokesman for the Armed Forces of Ukraine: “It will finally be possible to talk about this only when it is officially possible to detect the wreckage and at least get acquainted with the site. It’s difficult to tell from the video, so we need to wait a little until we can study this place and tell with certainty what type of ammunition it was.”
According to Yevlash, the Russians most often use FAB-250 and FAB-500, converting them to use a unified new ammunition. “The FAB-3000 is a fairly rare case, and probably, if the examination confirms this, it will be one of the first times that the Russians have used such a powerful aerial bomb,” he added.
10:33 The Japanese government has expanded sanctions against Russian individuals and defense companies. The new list includes 11 people and 42 companies, the country’s Foreign Ministry reported.
09:45 In Yeysk in the Krasnodar Territory, after a night attack, a fire occurred on the territory of the 726th air defense training center, OSINT analyst AvScanNZ reports, citing satellite images. They show at least three fires.
09:37 Since the beginning of 2024, the level of domestic violence in Ukraine has increased by 14% and continues to grow, Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said in an interview with Radio Liberty. According to him, there is a direct connection between this indicator and post-traumatic stress disorder in military personnel returning from war. “A very large percentage, about 60%, are military,” the minister noted. In his opinion, the psychological rehabilitation of veterans in Ukraine “is in its infancy, and if we do not select specialists and train them, then we will have big problems after the end of the war.”
08:51 The Russians fired at the village. Russian Tishki, Kharkov district, one person was wounded, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
08:44 In the Donetsk region on June 20, five people were killed as a result of Russian shelling: three in Roskoshne, one each in Nikolaevka and Konstantinovka. Another 11 people in the region were injured, said the head of the OVA, Vadim Filashkin.
08:29 In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and one was wounded, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. The administrative building and five private houses were damaged.
07:53 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 21:
personnel - about 531,980 (+1060) people,
tanks - 8001 (+14),
armored combat vehicles - 15,372 (+35),
artillery systems - 14,106 (+54),
MLRS - 1106 (+1),
air defense systems - 861 (+2),
aircraft - 359 (+0),
helicopters - 326 (+0),
UAV of operational-tactical level - 11 260 (+0),
cruise missiles - 2298 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 19,181 (+47),
special equipment - 2367 (+10).
07:39 At night, drones attacked a number of objects in Russia. Thus, the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar region reported that several municipalities were attacked at once - Temryuk, Yeisk and Seversky districts. In the Yeisk region, where the military airfield is located, according to the official version, “there were no casualties among the civilian population and no destruction of civilian infrastructure.” Later, the operational headquarters clarified that as a result of the attack, damage was recorded to the building of the Yuzhny bus station and the boiler room in Krasnodar, four people were injured. Two more people were injured as a result of a UAV crash on the territory of the Ilsky Oil Refinery. There, utility buildings were damaged and a fire broke out on an area of 50 square meters. m.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that at night air defense systems allegedly intercepted and destroyed 70 UAVs over the territory of Crimea and over the Black Sea, 43 UAVs over the territory of the Krasnodar Territory and one UAV over the territory of the Volgograd Region. In the northwestern part of the Black Sea, six unmanned boats of the Ukrainian Navy were allegedly destroyed, the Russian Defense Ministry claims.
06:58 On the night of June 21, the Russians launched a strike from tactical aircraft with X-59/X-69 guided missiles. All four missiles were shot down in the Kirovograd and Kherson regions, the Air Force reported.
01:43 Ukraine can use American weapons to strike any Russian forces attacking across the border, not just those located in the Kharkov area, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said: “It’s not about geography. It’s about common sense. If Russia is attacking or planning to attack Ukraine from its territory, then it makes sense to allow Ukraine to strike back at the forces that are attacking it from the other side of the border."
In turn, Pentagon Speaker Pat Ryder said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces cannot use ATACMS for strikes deep into the Russian Federation. At the same time, according to him, American weapons can be used to strike the border territories of the Russian Federation, and not only on the borders of the Kharkov region.
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[EngMilRu] From 15 to 21 June, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 14 group strikes by high-precision air- and ground-based weapons, as well as strike drones, which hit depots of military technical equipment, infrastructure of military airfields, electrical substations that supported the work of Ukrainian military hardware enterprises and training centres for the use of uncrewed surface vehicles.
Moreover, the strikes also hit deployment areas of nationalist groups and foreign mercenaries.
Over the past week, the Sever Group of Forces' units have improved the situation along the front line and engaged manpower and hardware of two AFU formations, one marine brigade, and two territorial defence brigades.
Seventeen counter-attacks of AFU assault groups were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 1,980 troops, four tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made Stryker armoured personnel carrier, 20 motor vehicles, U.S.-made HIMARS and122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicles, 22 field artillery guns, as well as three Bukovel-AD electronic warfare stations.
The Zapad Group of Forces' units captured more advantageous lines and defeated units of three mechanised, one assault, and one airmobile brigades of the AFU.
Twelve counter-attacks launched by AFU assault groups were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 3,330 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, 15 armoured fighting vehicles, 34 motor vehicles, 25 field artillery guns, including ten foreign-made guns.
Four Nota electronic warfare stations were also destroyed.
The Yug Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the front line and hit manpower and hardware of three mechanised, one mechanised infantry, and one air assault brigades of the AFU.
Six counter-attacks of the AFU assault groups were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 4,290 Ukrainian troops, one German-made Leopard tank, 19 armoured fighting vehicles, including four U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, 53 motor vehicles, 47 field artillery guns, as well as two MLRS launchers, including one Croatian-made RAK SA-12 MLRS system.
The Tsentr Group of Forces' units improved the tactical situation over the past week, and also defeated units of three mechanised, one infantry, and one territorial defence brigade of the AFU. Thirty one counter-attacks of the enemy were repelled.
The enemy losses amounted to up to 2,530 troops, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, to include six U.S.-made MaxxPro and Humvee, 23 motor vehicles, 53 field artillery guns, and two 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS vehicles.
The Vostok Group of Forces' units took more advantageous lines and liberated Zagornoye (Zaporozhye region). The servicemen hit clusters of manpower and hardware of one mechanised, one mechanised infantry, and two territorial defence brigades of the AFU.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 970 Ukrainian troops, ten armoured fighting vehicles, 30 motor vehicles, and 18 field artillery guns, 11 of which were foreign-made.
In addition, three Bukovel-AD and Anklav electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
The Dnepr Group of Forces' units inflicted losses on units of one infantry, one mountain assault, and two territorial defence brigades of the AFU.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 610 Ukrainian troops, 24 motor vehicles, and 29 field artillery guns.
In addition, U.S.-made HIMARS and MLRS launchers were destroyed.
Air defence systems have shot down one Neptune-MD long-range cruise missile, eight French-made Hammer guided bombs, 55 U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles, and 397 unmanned aerial vehicles.
During last night alone, the enemy used 117 fixed-wing UAVs against civilian facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation, 114 of them were shot down.
The Black Sea Fleet destroyed six Ukrainian uncrewed surface vehicles near the coast of the Crimean peninsula tonight.
Over the past week, 37 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered on the line of contact.
In total, 613 airplanes and 276 helicopters, 26,188 unmanned aerial vehicles, 531 air defence missile systems, 16,397 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,346 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 10,706 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 22,757 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 06/21/2024 to 00:00 06/22/2024.
A total of 27 facts of armed attacks by the UFU were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Information was received about a civilian being injured.
DAMAGED:
Four residential buildings.
Four attacks in the Donetsk direction.
A total of 23 attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 80 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:00 Three people were injured as a result of an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on a multi-storey building as a result of artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Pervomaisk, Lugansk People's Republic, reportedhead of the local administration Sergei Kolyagin.
19:40 Didn't live to see captivity
An example of how the UFU destroys its soldiers so that they do not surrender.
In the Seversky direction, a wounded Ukrainian soldier decided to save his life and surrendered to Russian intelligence officers from the 51st Regiment of the 106th Airborne Division.
The guys led him like a bird to their positions, providing assistance in every possible way.
But the VFU militants did not give the soldier a chance to survive and, without sparing the FPV drone, they finished off their brother -video.
One only has to die for the interests of the delay and its curators. There is no other fate for Ukrainians.
19:05 Front bird broadcasts:
ATTENTION:
Threat of UAV and missile launches! 21.06 18:30
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO RESIDENTS OF LPR, DPR!
Russian air defense had previously worked against air targets.
Also increased attention to residents of Mariupol, Melitopol, Berdyansk and other southern cities.
Russian air defense is in full combat readiness!
18:35 Repair specialists developed installation for remote firing from a heavy machine gun
The control of the movable machine gun frame is carried out through wires and allows the operator to be in a shelter at a distance of up to one hundred meters. A camera with a night vision device mounted on a machine gun allows you to monitor the firing sector at any time of the day.
“All control is wired. This was done so that the enemy would not be jammed by any electronic warfare,” said the commander of the weapons repair department, Sergei.
Weapons, spare parts and electronics for the manufacture of the product were taken from failed equipment and from captured vehicles.
18:10 Around 17.00 Moscow time suppressed another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Duty air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
17:31 “We’re almost hitting the barrel”: a paratrooper with the call sign “Phoenix” told on the destruction of enemy artillery on the right bank of the Dnieper
During combat work, the crew of the Zala reconnaissance drone discovered two enemy self-propelled artillery installations at a distance of more than 30 kilometers from the line of combat contact.
The enemy self-propelled guns were destroyed by precise strikes from Lancet loitering ammunition.
16:54 Front bird broadcasts:
Sumy region 21.06
Another wave of strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces.
Tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces identifies enemy positions for high-precision strikes.
Several sounds of explosions were reported.
In addition, the enemy reports on his telegram channels about the operation of our attack UAVs.
16:23 Front bird broadcasts:
ACTIVITY OF NATO AIRCRAFT. REPORT.
Mediterranean region
06/21/2024
16:00 Moscow time
High NATO activity seen in the Mediterranean
1. Bombardier Global 5000, registration number "A7-CEI", call sign "QQE716"
2. Royal Air Force, two Eurotyphoon fighters, registration number "ZK370, ZK439", call sign "RRR9956X", RRR9957X."
3. US Navy, Boeing Poseidon 8 E.
4. French Air Force, Airbus A330-243MRTT, registration number "F-UJCH", call sign "CTM 1034".
Missiles have been spotted over some regions of Ukraine. 21.06 14:15
– Kirovograd region and Dnepropetrovsk region - three missiles are heading for military targets.
– It is reported about new launches on air defense positions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants will prepare.
15:26 Anti-aircraft gunners of the “Center” group of troops are covering Russian troops in the Avdeevsky direction -photo.
14:03 Telegram channel “Fisherman":
Massive attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Crimea
At night, after a short period of time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a new massive attack on the southern Russian territories, including the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory.
The raid was carried out in several successive waves. And the drones themselves were launched from more than six directions: from Odessa, Ilyichevsk, Nikolaev and Krivoy Rog.
Air defense units in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions began work around 2200 - 2300 hours. The crews of the Pantsir-S1 air defense system shot down more than 15 UAVs.
And by midnight, the crews of the 31st Division, naval aviation aircraft and rifle detachments in the Crimea turned on, which destroyed most of the UAVs in different parts of the peninsula.
Several dozen more drones, having crossed the Sea of ??Azov, were shot down over Yeysk, Kozet, Enem in the Krasnodar Territory, and the target was again oil depots and airfields of the Russian Armed Forces.
In total, over the past night, 114 drones were destroyed, and as a result of the fall of one of the UAV fragments, a resident of one of the settlements in the Krasnodar Territory was killed.
However, there is no need to relax. Such raids are followed by missile strikes, since the purpose of a massive UAV launch is to force air defense units to use up their ammunition.
Moreover, in parallel with drone attacks, BeKs are being launched to the Crimean coast. The idea is simple - to substitute Russian aviation for the launches of Russian air defense systems, aimed at fighting with unmanned boats.
In addition, from the very morning, an American RQ-4B drone flew into the Black Sea, which arrived not only to assess the night attack, but also to identify new potential targets for attack.
13:28 “On May 3, we entered the NWO zone. And already on May 4, on my birthday, I received a combat mission, for which I was subsequently awarded the Order of Courage,”tellssenior lieutenant Vladislav Medvedev, reconnaissance platoon commander.
Then, having crossed the river, his soldiers came under fire from many enemy guns, and the commander had to pull himself together and remember everything that was taught at the NVVKU in order to get out of this situation as much as possible without damage.
And Vladislav received the second Order of Courage for the capture of sixteen Armed Forces officers. He talks about how it happened himself.
12:45 FPV drone operators struck armored vehicle and dugout of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Orekhovsky direction
“We use shaped charges for armored and light vehicles, high-explosive charges for support vehicles, and fragmentation charges for manpower,” said an FPV drone technician with the call sign “Bomb”.
12:23 Trophies -video.
The 1st Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Slavic Brigade is a tactical unit of the Ground Forces of the Russian Federation, formerly the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.
The stripes have been removed from those enemy fighters who no longer need them.
11:50 Frontline reports:
We are knocking out Ukrainian Armed Forces militants from the outskirts of a cottage village on the northern shore of the Karlovskoye Reservoir.
11:23 Front-line soldier reports:
Volchansk. We knocked out Ukrainian Armed Forces militants from houses southwest of the aggregate plant. We are trying to advance in the forest area near the Volchya River.
10:57 Around 10.00 Moscow time suppressed another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Duty air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region.
10:28 Crews of Su-34 aircraft inflicted attack on units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ??the SVO
The bombing was carried out against camouflaged enemy equipment and manpower in the zone of responsibility of the Center group of troops.
The strike was delivered by high-explosive aircraft bombs with a universal planning and correction module, which made it possible to deliver precise strikes without entering the enemy air defense zone.
09:43 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired from cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Sagi two rounds;
-- the village of Novaya Kakhovka three rounds;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan four rounds;
-- n.p. Kamenka three rounds;
-- n.p. Tsukura three rounds;
a-- n.p. Razdolnoe four rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell the civilian infrastructure of the village. Aleshki, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Podstepnoye, n.p. Dnepryan, firing a total of 19 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being determined.
09:21 Telegram channel "WarGonzo":
Frontline report for the morning of 06/21/2024
- Zaporozhye Front. Positional battles continue in the Rabotino area and northwest of Verbovoy. No major changes.
– Donetsk front. Fighting continues on the approaches to Konstantinovka and Maksimilyanovka. In the Karlovka area, the Russian Armed Forces occupy the most advantageous positions for further development of the offensive. Fighting is taking place on both sides of the reservoir.
In Yasnobrodovka, fighting continues on the outskirts of the village, without much progress.
In Sokol, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are putting up fierce resistance, hindering the advance of the Russian Armed Forces, and there are heavy battles for the populated area.
In the New York area, Russian troops are not reducing their activity and are trying to push through the Ukrainian defense; there is some slight progress.
– Chasov Yar direction. No major changes. The struggle for the eastern outskirts of Chasov Yar continues. Russian troops, with the support of long-range weapons, are making attempts to dislodge the Ukrainian Armed Forces from positions in the western part of the microdistrict. Ukrainian troops are suffering losses, but they are not going to leave their positions yet.
- Khar'kov Front. Fierce fighting continues in Volchansk, where neither side can say it has the initiative. For every small advance of the Russian Armed Forces, the Ukrainians respond with counterattacks. In the Glubokoe area there are also no significant changes, and fighting continues.
08:52 Telegram channel “Fisherman":
Chronicle of a special military operation for June 20, 2024
Ukrainian formations again carried out a drone raid on oil refining facilities in Russian regions. The fire broke out on the territory of the Lukoil-Yugnefteprodukt oil depot in Adygea and the Platonovskaya oil depot in the Tambov region.
Russian troops attacked energy infrastructure facilities in the so-called territory. Ukraine. One of the hits hit the Slavyanskaya Thermal Power Plant, located in a part of the DPR temporarily occupied by the enemy.
In the Slobozhansky direction, units of the Russian Armed Forces repelled a series of enemy counterattacks in the Glubokoye area, where he is trying to break through from the Lira-1 horticultural partnership on the northern outskirts of Liptsy. Several attacks were stopped in Volchansk.
In the Artyomovsk direction, Ukrainian formations are trying to hold positions on the eastern bank of the dry Seversky Donets - Donbass canal, fiercely resisting on the western outskirts of the Canal microdistrict in Chasov Yar.
In the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction, Russian troops are conducting an offensive both in Druzhba and, according to some sources, towards Rozovka (Alexandropol) to subsequently increase pressure on Novgorodskoye (New York).
In the Donetsk direction, Russian units, with the support of armored vehicles, advanced to the outskirts of a cottage village on the northern bank of the Karlovskoye Reservoir. At the same time, fierce fighting continued in Krasnogorovka
. 08:00 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC:
A total of 26 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC.
Information was received about the injury of three civilians, including a child born in 2021.
Damaged:
A total of 21 residential buildings,
Four cars,
Two civil infrastructure facilities.
A total of 15 attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction,
Eleven attacks from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction.
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 63 units of various ammunition.
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[REGNUM] Russian troops launched an offensive on the front in the direction of the settlement of New York, located in the Bakhmut region of the DPR. Fighting is also taking place in the area of the nearby settlement of Pivnichnoe.
A number of sources report that Russian troops managed to advance in the southern part of New York and overcome the enemy’s first line of defense. They also write from the ground about the advance of the advancing units of the Russian armed forces from the Mayorskaya railway station to the west: battles are taking place in the area between Pivnichny and the village of Druzhba, which are separated by railway tracks.
A breakthrough in this sector opens up serious prospects for the Russian army for an offensive in the entire Donetsk direction.
The village of New York owes its unusual name to German workers who gave it the name of an American metropolis. From 1951 to 2021 the village was called Novgorodskoye.
New York forms an agglomeration together with nearby settlements - the city of Toretsk and the village of Pivnichny north of Donetsk and west of Gorlovka. The region is interesting because here is the last section of the front, which has remained unchanged since the beginning of the special military operation. The line of contact since the Minsk agreements runs along the outskirts of New York and Pivnichny on one side and through the suburbs of Gorlovka on the other.
A frontal assault on the fortified area is difficult due to dense buildings. In addition, this direction was secondary for the Russian army compared to Avdeevka or Marinka, from where the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired at Donetsk. But after the breakthrough in the Avdeevsky direction and the advance of Russian troops deep into the enemy’s defenses, the New York area found itself semi-encircled.
Bakhmut looms from the north, Gorlovka from the east, and the Avdeevka group advances from the south. An opportunity arises to encircle the forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in New York and simultaneously attack them from the flanks, as was the case in Avdiivka. Then the garrison will have to either retreat or remain surrounded. Moreover, the enemy contingent in this area has been greatly weakened in recent months, reports IA Regnum source in the ranks of the 1st Army Corps.
“This area has been relatively quiet over the past few weeks. Therefore, part of the forces was sent to Chasov Yar, fortunately not far away. There is information about the replacement of personnel officers in this area with mobilized and terrorist defense officers, but the rumor comes from the enemy, one cannot believe it,” the publication’s interlocutor noted.
The current battles, according to the source, are aimed primarily at testing the enemy’s defenses, identifying weak points and finding approaches to the main defense centers. With a successful offensive in the sector, the opportunity will open up to develop strategic success along the entire sector of the front from Bakhmut to Avdeevka.
"GET BEHIND ENEMY LINES"
For now, the hottest part of the front in this direction remains the city of Chasov Yar. Russian troops continue their assault on the Kanal microdistrict on the left bank of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal, and also seek to cut off the area from the main enemy forces. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have so far managed to hold the defense, but only by attracting additional forces from all sectors of the front, including artillery from fresh US supplies.
The Chasov Yar garrison is supplied from the village of Konstantinovka, located seven kilometers to the west. A breakthrough from New York could allow us to advance to Konstantinovka from the south, hang over the enemy’s communications in Chasovoy Yar, and, if possible, hit the rear of the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations that hold the line in urban areas and industrial zones.
“The enemy is very sensitive to attacks in the rear and flank. As Avdievka shows, in one area they can hold the defense, but the opening of an additional direction breaks their defense, the front crumbles, they roll back several kilometers,” says the Regnum news agency source.
NEW TRUMP CARD OF THE RUSSIAN VKS
Over the years of hostilities, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have developed standard tactics that make it possible, if not to stop the advance of the Russian army, then at least to seriously slow it down. The command of the Ukrainian army uses industrial enterprises created in the Donbass during the Soviet years. Almost every plant has an extensive system of bomb shelters and underground workshops in which both manpower and armored vehicles can hide.
To push through enemy defenses, Russian troops actively use heavy aerial bombs equipped with a unified planning and correction module (UMPC). The module was subsequently adapted for high-explosive bombs FAB-500, FAB-1500, and now the turn has come to the three-ton FAB-3000. The advantage of the module is that it significantly increases the accuracy of using ammunition, and also allows aircraft to hit targets from a distance of up to 80 kilometers.
Footage of the first use of an aerial bomb on positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of Liptsy, Kharkov region, was published on the Internet the other day. The video shows the defeat of a building used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces as a shelter.
Despite the fact that the bomb deviated from the target, the building received severe damage: FAB-3000 is one of the most powerful ammunition available in the arsenals of the Russian Aerospace Forces. The warhead of the bomb is almost 1,400 kilograms of explosives. The explosion hits targets within a radius of 200 meters, and fragments retain destructive power at a range of up to 1,250 meters.
The use of such ammunition could have a decisive impact in the summer campaign in the Donbass, military expert Alexander Mikhailovsky told IA Regnum.
“The enemy’s categorical shortage of tactical air defense and fighter aircraft works in favor of our aviation. The West is in no hurry to supply aircraft; anti-aircraft systems are falling prey to drones. If the FABs with “wings” go into production, there will simply be nothing to cover the Armed Forces of Ukraine with, and few fortifications will withstand such a blow,” explains the expert.
According to information from the field, one of the defense centers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the New York area was the Dzerzhinsky Phenolic Plant, which previously specialized in processing raw materials from coke plants. The city also contains the ruins of other abandoned businesses that could be turned into defensive hubs. Therefore, the widespread use of aircraft armed with heavy high-explosive bombs is of particular importance.
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[Regnum] The collected evidence confirms that the Nazis, led by Adolf Hitler, planned to exterminate the Soviet people.
Of course. To the Nazis, all Slavs were Untermenschen. Like the Jews, the Gypsies, and all not of the Aryan race, they were to be exterminated to make room for the expanding Aryan population. How is this a surprise?
This was stated by the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin.
“The material evidence contains enough data indicating signs of this crime,” the head of the Investigative Committee assured.
The crime would be the attempt, and the success. Merely having all sorts of bright ideas is not meaningful.
According to Bastrykin, the Nazis planned “the extermination of the civilian population not only of individual settlements and regions, but also of the entire Soviet people.”
He gave several examples. So, in 1941, in Mikulino near Moscow, the Germans killed more than 500 patients in a psychiatric hospital. The women died from starvation, freezing, poisoning and gas, and were also shot.
In 2022, a mass grave was discovered on the territory of the Moscow Regional Psychiatric Hospital No. 12 at the site of the execution of patients.
In the Bryansk region, the Nazis shot residents of the village of Khatsun. In October 1941 alone, they killed 318 people, including 60 young children. There was also a transit camp for prisoners of war “Dulag-142”, where at least 80 thousand people were held, half of whom were tortured to death.
It was established that during the occupation, about 278 thousand civilian Soviet citizens and prisoners of war were exterminated in the region.
In 1942–1943, in the area of the village of Zhestyanaya Gorka, Novgorod Region, according to archival data, at least 2.6 thousand people were killed by German punitive forces and their accomplices.
“These and other facts of Nazi atrocities are confirmed not only by archival materials, including translated captured documents, but also by the results of the investigative actions carried out. These include interrogations of former concentration camp prisoners and relatives of the victims, data from inspections of burial sites, conclusions of complex forensic, molecular genetic and other examinations,” explained RT Alexander Bastrykin.
During the Great Patriotic War, over 13.5 million civilians in the Soviet Union were either purposefully killed (7.4 million), or died from the brutal conditions of the occupation regime (4.1 million people), or died in forced labor in Germany (2, 1 million).
There are already 20 Russian regions where courts have recognized the crimes of the Nazis as genocide of the Soviet people.
As Regnum reported, on the eve of the 83rd anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War and the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow, the FSB of the Russian Federation published a declassified archive with testimony from the former chief of staff of the NSDAP state propaganda department, Werner Wächter, a subordinate of Joseph Goebbels, about how the Nazis hid preparations for the attack on Soviet Union.
The FSB directorate in the Smolensk region has declassified archival documents about crimes committed by the Nazis in the region during the Great Patriotic War, including materials about the executions of Poles and the falsification of the Katyn case by the Third Reich secret services.
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[Regnum] Ukrainian armed forces located in the village of Olkhovka, west of Khar'kov, are placing armored vehicles in the courtyards of residential buildings. A military expert, retired lieutenant colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrei Marochko told reporters about this.
He clarified that residents of Olkhovka complain en masse about the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since the military uses their garden plots, courtyards, outbuildings and house construction for their own purposes. Ukrainian militants are installing weapons, equipment and personnel there. They do not take into account the fact that civilians live in the populated area, thereby exposing them to danger.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces use “traditional practices” and hide behind the civilian population, Marochko emphasized.
Earlier, Regnum news agency reported that the Ukrainian military in the Kiev-controlled city of Kherson is launching drones from the roofs of residential high-rise buildings, cowardly hiding behind civilians, the resistance organization “Russian Kherson” reported. The underground knows for sure about at least three high-rise buildings from which the drones were launched. In addition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces in one of the city districts do not allow people to get water until they fill their containers. As a result, many residents do not get water.
In Ukraine, on the night of June 21, air raid signals warned the population of five regions of danger. At 00:29, sirens howled in the Khar'kov region, and at 01:12 an air raid alert was announced in the Dnepropetrovsk, Nikolaev, Kirovograd and Cherkasy regions.
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[Regnum] Many Ukrainian men do not leave their homes, trying to avoid forced mobilization. They rely on food delivery and carry emergency warning equipment with them in case they are forcibly seized by military officials, The New York Times writes, citing stories from Ukrainians interviewed.
“Many people are in hiding, fearing that conscription is a one-way ticket to the front line,” the publication said.
Ukrainians told the publication's journalists that there are a number of reasons why they choose to stay at home. The men are afraid of dying on the battlefield; many also stated that they are against mobilization into the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). According to them, the conscription measure itself is harsh, and the practice of training military personnel is completely absent.
“I’m afraid that I won’t receive enough training, I’ll be transferred closer to the front, and then I’ll die pointlessly,” added one of the draft dodgers.
While the Russian Armed Forces are going on the offensive along the entire front line, Kyiv is desperately trying to replenish the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with new mobilized ones, the American newspaper says. One of the Ukrainians of military age said that he stopped going out because of patrols throughout the area. He observes the outside world through binoculars. According to the young man, recently cases of serving summonses at the entrance to the Kiev metro have become more frequent.
28-year-old Andrey from Lviv said that he does not leave his apartment for days on end, relying on a friend to bring him food. On those rare occasions when he goes outside, he wears an electronic bracelet with a red SOS button, which, when pressed, will send his location to his relatives in case he is caught by representatives of the military registration and enlistment offices.
The NYT also cites cases in which some Ukrainians, in an attempt to evade conscription, fled the country by swimming across the river separating Ukraine from Romania. According to the publication, the number of fugitive Ukrainians exceeds tens of thousands.
On June 15, Regnum news agency reported that in Transcarpathia, draft dodgers trying to escape from the country were stopped with shooting. Four men tried to cross the border into Hungary, but were eventually detained by Ukrainian border service officers.
The law on strengthening mobilization in Ukraine came into force on May 18. At the same time, law enforcement agencies, assistants to deputies, and owners of strategic enterprises are exempt from mobilization. Disabled people of all groups will be able to count on a deferment of mobilization. However, all of them will have to undergo a medical examination at least once a year to re-certify their disabled status.
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[Regnum] The BRICS Games platforms suffered a major DDoS attack on June 21. Hackers used tens of thousands of IP addresses to stop the operation of digital resources at the event sites, said Vladimir Dryukov, head of the Solar JSOC cyberattack countermeasure center of the Solar Group.
According to him, the cyber attacks began at approximately 12:00 Moscow time.
“We have already repelled three waves of cyber attacks, which involved almost all known types of DDoS, which is rare. Malicious requests were sent from tens of thousands of IP addresses from various countries; the attack power at its peak reached 400 Gbit/s,” Dryukov told reporters.
The head of a cybersecurity company added that hackers attacked nine BRICS Games venues. Employees of the cyberattack countermeasures center were required to immediately respond to what was happening and reconfigure defense mechanisms taking into account hacker attack vectors, Dryukov concluded.
The BRICS Games are taking place in Kazan from June 12 to 24. About 5 thousand athletes from more than 90 countries are participating in the competition, they will compete for 387 sets of medals. After the seventh day, the Russian team took first place in the medal standings of the Games, the athletes won 173 gold, 94 silver and 65 bronze medals.
As Regnum reported, Russia is the country most attacked by hackers in the world, said Sergei Golovanov, chief expert at Kaspersky Lab, on May 2. Before the coronavirus pandemic, these chances were 30–35%; during the pandemic they rose to 40–50% and now they are over 70%, he clarified.
Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the FSB to strengthen the protection of information infrastructure, as well as expand preventive response measures against the backdrop of an increase in the number of cyber attacks. The head of state proposed that the special services actively cooperate with scientists involved in digital development, business, and use domestic achievements in quantum technologies and the development of artificial intelligence to solve cyber defense problems.
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[Regnum] The European Union, as part of a new package of restrictive measures, intends to impose sanctions on 27 cargo ships associated with Russia. This was reported on June 21 by EUobserver with reference to an EU document.
The ships, 11 of which are registered in Russia, will be prohibited from entering the ports of EU countries. It is expected that the vessels Krasnoyarsk, Yenisei, Krymsk, Kaliningrad, Kemerovo, Koryak FSU, Lady R, Maia-1, M/V Angara, M/V Maria and Saam FSU will be blacklisted, it is said in the material.
The remaining 16 vessels facing sanctions fly the flags of Cameroon, Panama, Singapore, Gabon, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau and the Cook Islands, the authors noted.
As Regnum reported, on June 20, Dutch Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot said that the next package of sanctions will close access to EU ports for ships that “secretly” transport Russian products.
Earlier this day, the Belgian mission reported that the permanent representatives of the EU countries had agreed on the 14th package of sanctions against Russia. It provides for new measures and strengthens the effect of existing ones in such a way as to close the possibility of circumventing sanctions, the EU explained.
On June 14, the countries of the association were unable to agree on the 14th package of sanctions against Russia due to the position of Germany. It was reported that Berlin was not satisfied with the provisions regarding mechanisms for holding European companies accountable for violating anti-Russian restrictions.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto also opposed the new package of sanctions. He noted that the restrictions contradict Budapest's interests in the field of energy and could jeopardize Hungary's energy security.
The Russian leadership has repeatedly noted the illegitimate nature of the restrictions being introduced and emphasized that sanctions will lead to the opposite effect and will result in costs for the Western countries themselves.
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[Regnum] The Kiev regime deceived the whole world, accusing Russia of blocking the export of its grain supposedly to the poorest countries, former intelligence officer of the French Ministry of Defense Alain Juillet said on June 21.
In fact, the grain belonged to American companies operating in Ukraine, and was transported to Western countries, Juillet said in an interview with the YouTube channel Club des Vigilants.
“Inspections on the Bosphorus showed that of all grain shipped, five percent was sent to the third world and BRICS countries, and the rest went to Western countries. Great trick!” - said the expert.
As Regnum reported, in July 2023, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Moscow would not extend the “Black Sea initiative” (grain deal), since part of the agreements regarding unblocking the export of Russian food and fertilizers and connecting Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT was never implemented.
The department also stated that the Kiev regime used the ports under its control and the corridor opened by Russia not only to export grain, but also to carry out terrorist attacks.
In 2023, after Russia’s withdrawal from the grain deal, the Ministry of Defense declared all ships sailing through the Black Sea to Ukrainian ports as potential carriers of military cargo. Some areas in the northwestern and southeastern parts of the international waters of the Black Sea have been declared temporarily dangerous for navigation.
During the existence of the agreement, a total of 32.8 million tons of cargo were exported from Ukrainian ports, of which more than 70% (26.3 million tons) were sent to countries with high and upper middle income levels, including the EU. The poorest countries, particularly Ethiopia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Sudan and Somalia, accounted for less than 3% of supplies.
In April, Reuters, citing informed sources, reported that negotiations on an agreement on ensuring the safety of navigation in the Black Sea, initiated by the UN, which Russia, Ukraine and Turkey conducted for two months, were unsuccessful due to the fact that Kiev suddenly refused to participate in the deal.
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