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Russia stages nuclear bomber drills north of the UK
[DM] Russia has staged nuclear drills off the north of Britain, as one of Vladimir Putin's leading lieutenants advocates for the use of atomic weapons.

Tu-160 supersonic strategic bombers conducted a 16-hour mission over the neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian Seas.

F-35 fifth-generation stealth fighters from Nato intercepted the Russian bombers at a moment of high tension as Russia's President Putin refuses to halt his war in Ukraine.
The Norwegian Sea lies north of Shetland, the UK's most northerly island grouping, between Norway and Iceland.

The Russian nuclear bombers were escorted by a MiG-31 supersonic interceptor aircraft and the Tu-160s practised in-flight refuelling, the defence ministry in Moscow revealed early today.

The Norwegian Air Force was involved in intercepting and tracking the Putin aircraft.

The Tupolev Tu-160 - Nato reporting name 'Blackjack' - is the largest and heaviest combat aircraft ever to enter operational service.

It can carry up to 45 tonnes of weapons internally, including both nuclear and conventional long-range cruise missiles.
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Ukraine Is Systematically Dismantling Russia's War Machine
[Hot Air] Earlier today, John reported on the fuel shortage in Crimea and the devastating impact it has had on both the peninsula's residents and Russian morale.

Crimea, you see, is the go-to vacation spot for the middle class in Russia, who can enjoy what little fine weather they get to experience, warm beaches, and summer camps for kids. Only the peninsula is closed for business, and the only fuel available goes to the military. There are now rolling blackouts, no streetlights, and no civilian traffic, including farm machinery, able to move.

Ukraine has been following a strategy of turning Ukraine into an "island" of sorts, meaning that few, if any, supplies can get from Russia. Food imports are reduced, leading to shortages, and the region feels under siege.

If that were Russia's only problem, it would be a big one, but hardly a war-losing setback. Russia would be able to keep Crimea fed enough, and its war machine supplied enough, that it would be in no danger of losing Crimea. And it's not like Putin cares much about how comfortable or happy civilians are.
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#1  Yet the feckless Euro's are demanding reparations from Ukraine ?

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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: June 22, 2026
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Korrespondent] 22.58 Evening on Monday, 22 worms, the Russian troops launched an attack on Sumy from the stagnation of ceramic bombs, as a result of which the industrial zone of the community suffered. According to the latest information, six ceramic bombs were dropped on the outskirts of the place. As a result of the shelling, civilian infrastructure was damaged and the trolleybus driver was injured. The transport system was destroyed by fire.

21.43 Ukrainian drones have since started successfully hitting over 800 thousand targets, securing over 90% of the occupiers’ expenses. As Minister of Defense Mikhailo Fedorov reported, during this hour the Ukrainian defense forces liquidated or left nearly 167 thousand Russian soldiers seriously injured. The grass was particularly effective when it hit 181 thousand targets, and the number of liquidated or seriously injured occupiers fell to 31,530 people.

20.32 Russian troops expanded their positions on Sumskoe straight, seizing the remaining 3.45 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory in the area between the villages of Ryasne and Grabovske. To compare the map data to the OSINT project DeepState. Overnight, the area of ​​the gray zone in this region changed by 2.27 square kilometers. Today, with the updates, military operations are taking place in similar outskirts of the village of Ryasne, which is no longer under the control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

In addition, according to DeepState information, near Kostyantynivka (Donetsk region), the enemy penetration zone has increased by 7.4 square kilometers. The enemy remains in the modern half of the place, but the residential areas are being deprived of uncontrolled occupation forces, and the hidden area under the enemy’s control has not grown.

20.13 Soldiers of the special forces of unmanned aircraft complexes of the Lasar's Group of the National Guard of Ukraine, working together with the artillery of small aircraft, seized 18 tanks Russian occupiers under one special operation. The military publicized the video of the combat robots.

19.00 The Belarusian opposition sent a 30-story report to Ukraine, citing all the factors that can indicate the strengthening of Belarus’ preparations for a possible military conflict. The following factors raise concerns:

1. Changes to military legislation
2. Increasing military potential
3. Reorientation of the economy on military lines
4. The closeness of the Western Union with Russia
5. Militarization of marriage
6. Preparing the civilian sector to become military minds
7. Accumulation of strategic reserves
8. Uninterrupted military activities.

18.33 15 years of connection with the confiscation of the mine, having been seized by an agent of the Russian military intelligence (mostly known as the GRU), which the SBU revealed to the Cherny 2025 in preparation podrivіv near Kiev. As reported by the Security Service of Ukraine, the criminal was caught “in hot water” when they got out of the warehouse in order to transport them to other hiding places intended for terrorist attacks.

The investigation established that the evildoers were local, unmanned people who had already been recruited by the Russian GRU in 2014. At that time, he took part in combat operations against ATO forces at the warehouse of the terrorist group Iskra-2. His fate in the battles for the Donetsk airport resulted in his illegal transfer to Ukrainian-controlled territory after his recruitment.

18.05 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law on changes to the state budget, which will transfer a record increase in defense spending. About these changes in the draft law No. 15224 on the website of the Verkhovna Rada.

17.49 Near the Lviv region, the senior commander of the territorial defense brigade (TDB) was informed about the suspicion of the authorities regarding the collection of combat payments. The Specialized Prosecutor's Office for the Defense of the Western Region reported this.

17.17 The formal leaders of Russia and Belarus Volodymyr Putin and Oleksandr Lukashenko will immediately discuss the situation related to the remaining statements of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at the address in Minsk. Kremlin spokesman Dmitro Peskov said this in comments to Russian propagandists.

16.45 From the beginning of the battle to 16:00, the Russian aggressors attacked the positions of the Ukrainian army 44 times. The price is a third less than the previous show, having informed the ZSU General Staff in the operational information.

16.12 During the weekend in the Zhytomyr region, due to the attack of Russian drones, five forest fires started, which burned a grassland area of ​​over three hectares. As reported by the Metropolitan Forestry Office, there were fires on the territory of the Forestry Department of Ukraine, including Korostensky, Korostyshivsky, Baranivsky and Zvyagelsky. In the steamy weather and strong wind, the fire expanded even faster, gradually extinguishing. Before that, forest workers had to work under the threat of repeated detonation of the vibration devices.

15.49 During the last few days, the Defense Forces attacked a petroleum depot, gas compressor stations, PPTsir and S-400 PPO complexes, and Nebo-U and Casta radar stations in the Crimean Peninsula. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported about this, announcing the “close of the holiday season” on the island, which will soon turn into an island.

15.22 Near the village of Mala Tokmachka in Zaporizhzhia, the 118th Separate Separate Infantry Brigade struck a record number of Russian lightning strikes with one additional unit - 61 UAVs. The average cost per drone was 17.5 rubles. The crew worked continuously in position for 18 years, says military correspondent Andriy Tsaplienko.

13.40 More pro-Kremlin agitators have been caught in various regions of Ukraine. The criminals acted in support of the brutal aggression of the Russian Federation, called for an increase in the intensity of shelling in Ukraine, and also justified the military atrocities of the Russians. The SBU informs about the 22 chernya

11.25 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is actively informing the international community and the International Maritime Organization about Russia’s overnight attack on ships, one of which belongs to Turechchyna. The Minister of Abroad Affairs Andriy Sibiga informed the social media about this.

10.56 There was a high-profile terrorist attack near the center of Kiev, which was planned by two FSB agents. The SBU reported this. One of them is a mobilization, which is self-deprived of the military unit (SZCh), the other is a capital marketer.

10.33 On Monday, in seven regions of Ukraine, violence was recorded through attacks by Russian aggressors on energy infrastructure facilities. Ukrenergo reported about this. Energy can be used in every possible way in order to heal as quickly as possible all impatient subscribers.

10.27 Due to the Russian shelling of Donetsk region, one person died, seven were wounded. The National Police reported about this 22 chernya. It appears that there were 4 strikes on Druzhkivtsa by the Russians, covered by FPV drones - they killed a civilian and injured two more people. One injury - near Kramatorsk. Russian troops attacked the place with KAB-250 bombs and several drones. Slovyansk Vorog is crooked from the RSZV Tornado-S - four civilians were injured, 8 apartment buildings, 2 cars were destroyed.

9.45 Anti-aircraft defense forces eliminated 79 of 88 drones with which Russian fighters attacked Ukraine. About this 22 worms are reported by the Ukrainian forces of the ZSU. The presence of ballistic missiles and 5 attack UAVs at 6 locations was recorded, as well as the fall of downed soldiers (tricks) at 9 locations.

9.20 As a result of the strike of a Russian drone on the house of a wealthy family near the Shostka district of the Sumy region, a child and two adults died. The Sumy Regional Prosecutor's Office reported about this 22 rubles. It appears that at around 04:50 the Russians attacked the booths near the Znob-Novgorod community with a drone. A 13-year-old boy, a 36-year-old father, and a 73-year-old grandmother died. The dead boy's 31-year-old mother, his 13-year-old sister and 10-year-old brother were injured.

8.54 At the front of the last battle, 246 combat battles between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian fire fighters were recorded. The General Staff of the ZSU informed about this 22 chervnya. Aviation, rocket artillery and artillery of the Defense Forces hit four control points, five areas of concentration of Russian manpower, six commandos, two UAV control points and two other important targets.

8.32 The Russian military attacked Zaporizhzhya with strike drones at night. We know about two people who died and were also injured. The Zaporizhzhya Regional Prosecutor's Office reported about this 22 rubles. It turns out that as a result of the enemy’s shelling, two women died, aged 39 and 53 years. Another 7 people were injured, the middle of which was an 11-year-old boy. Information about the victims is being clarified. As a result of the attacks, private and large buildings, warehouses, non-living buildings and government spores were often destroyed.

8.12 A Russian UAV hit a foreign vessel and wasted. About 22 thousand were lost to the Military-Navy Forces of the ZSU. It appears that as a result of the strike by a Russian drone on the dry-vantage vessel Turecchini VICTRESS (ensign of Panami), a large-scale fire was caused. There were nine crew members on board - people from Egypt, Turkey and India. Considering the difficult situation and the threat of further expansion of the fire, the crews of the Ukrainian Navy boats successfully carried out a ritual operation to evacuate the crew of the dry-vantage vessel, “among them there is no loss.” Deputy Prime Minister of Renewal - Minister of Development of Communities and Territories Oleksiy Kuleba, specifying that on the night of 22 worms, as a result of the attack of Russian drones, two civilians were destroyed merchant ships that went directly to Ukrainian ports.

In his words, after the blow of the drone, the vinikla burned on the ship under Ensign Panami. Having lost a member of the crew - a 58-year-old cook, a giant of Egypt. Eight sailors, among the giants of Turkey and India, were evacuated in confusion on the ritual raft. The ship suffered significant damage and lost its seaworthiness. The same night, the Russians attacked ships under the ranks of Palau and Belize. There were no casualties, the ships continued to sink due to damage.

7.50 ZSU over the past year, another 1,190 Russian units, 51 artillery systems and 384 units of vehicles and tank trucks have been destroyed. The ZSU General Staff reports this. The military losses of the Russian army from 02/24/22 to 06/22/26 amounted to approximately 1,393,140 individuals.

4.58 Moscow was attacked by over 60 drones at night until Monday, 22 thousand. Moscow airports have introduced interchanges in work. Moscow Mayor Sergiy Sobyanin stated this on Telegram.

He also spoke about the “extermination of drones.” Over the course of a year, we have already seen 27 such unmanned aerial vehicles.

Telegram channel Exilenova+ includes video with drones flying to Moscow, as well as with vibrations and sounds of robotic software.

3..44 Russia and the occupied regions attacked drones, covering the hostile infrastructure of the enemy. Please watch the following videos from the Exilenova+ monitoring Telegram channel.

Respect! In the video I use slightly Russian language, 18+

2.59 A series of vibukhs appeared in occupied Crimea at night on 22 cherni. After this, residents of several places were informed about power outages. This is reported by the monitoring Telegram channel Krimskiy Veter.

00.59 The Russians struck a rural enterprise in the Odessa region in the late evening of the 21st. The blow began to burn; one person died, three more were injured. About this, check out the addition of the head of Odeska OVA by Oleg Kiper.

As he said, the enterprise was attacked by an Iskander missile.

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Russian army has changed the number of attacks - Ukrainian General Staff
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Korrespondent] On the Kramatorsk and Pridniprovsky direct routes, no attempts to get through the doors were recorded.

As of 16:00, the Russian aggressors attacked the positions of the Ukrainian army 44 times. The price is a third less than the previous show, having informed the General Staff of the ZSU on Monday, 22 rubles.

So, in Pivnichno-Slobozhansky and Kursk there was a direct conflict.

On the Pivdenno-Slobozhanskyi direct, the firemen tried three times to break through the defense in the Vilchita direct in the Staritsa area.

On Kup'yansky, the enemy once directly attacked Glushkivki.

On the Limansky straight, our soldiers repelled six assaults in the area of ​​Novoselivka and near Borovaya, Drobishevy and Ozerny. Two fears are trivial.

On the Slovyansky direct route, five attempts were made to move ahead near Zakitnoye and to the settlements of Rai-Oleksandrivka and Kriva Luka.

On Kostyantynivskyi, our soldiers fought off nine attacks near the settlements of Konyantynivka, Ivanopilla, Pleshchivka, Illinivka, Sofiivka. One fear is still troubling.

On Pokrovsky, directly from the beginning of the occupation, they tried to push our soldiers out of positions near the settlements of Rodinsk, Vasylivka, Kotlin, Udachna and in the settlements of Sergievka, Muravka. One attack is trivial.

On Oleksandrivsky straight, the enemy once tried to push his way into Sichnevy straight.

On the Gulyaypilsky direct, the ZSU successfully repelled nine attacks near the Dobropil area and near the banks of Gulyaypilsky, Girky, Vozdvizhivka, Tsvitkovy, Staroukrainka. One fear is troubling.

On Orikhivsky, the enemy directly stormed the positions of our commanders in the Stepovoy area.

On the Kramatorsk and Pridniprovsky direct routes, attempts to get through the gate have not yet been recorded.

Guess what, at the beginning of 2026, the ZSU acquired 590 sq. km of territory from Russian burial grounds. President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly received such tributes.

The head of state also stated that Russia has begun to take initiative on the battlefield and is opening up the possibility of diplomatic regulation of the war. It is now “open” for negotiations, it is important.

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Current information on the situation on the front line on June 22 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 21:55 In the field laboratory of the anti-aircraft division of the 61st Guards Naval Infantry Brigade of the Center group, operators of interceptor drones are mastering piloting and repair of UAVs (Dobropolsky direction).

21:37 In the period from 7.00 to 20.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 141 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were flying over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Smolensk, Tula, Oryol regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.

20:24 FPV drone operators of the Vostok group intercepted delivery of material resources to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Molniy-2 crews from the Sever group destroyed an enemy fortified position that was being formed in the Sumy region.

Drone operators from the Center group destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces communication stations and drones in the Dobropillya and Dnipropetrovsk directions.

FPV interceptor operators from the Zapad group rammed an enemy R-18 UAV near Krasny Liman.

18:02 Russian Aerospace Forces crews inflicted FAB-500 aerial bomb strikes on the drone control center and the temporary deployment point of the 15th separate NGU fire brigade in the areas of the Annovka and Dobropolye settlements.

16:50 UAV operators of the Northern Guard daily conduct painstaking work to destroy the communications and electronic warfare equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

16:17 Calculations of the Kurier NRTK of the Dnepr group demining access roads for the advancement of troops in the Orekhovo direction.

15:33 Artillerymen of the "Southern" group destroyed temporary deployment point and ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Konstantinovka).

Working effectively with UAV crews, artillerymen carried out precision strikes on a designated temporary Ukrainian Armed Forces deployment site and destroyed an ammunition depot the enemy had established in a private home. A direct hit caused a fire in the building, which detonated the shells and mines stored there.

15:20 Specialists of the BPS troops with the help of the Geranium UAV hit fuel and lubricants storage facility at the Kancerovka oil depot, used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (near the village of Vysokogornoye, Zaporizhia Oblast).

15:11 Attack aircraft of the 3rd Army Corps of the "Southern" group are being displaced. The enemy has been driven from their positions in Konstantinovka. Over the past 24 hours, 103 buildings in the city have been liberated from Ukrainian militants.

UAV operators accompany the attack aircraft, monitor the situation and record the results of combat operations.

14:58 Units of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the West group are moving forward in the southern and southwestern districts of Krasny Liman. In one day, assault troops liberated 53 buildings from Ukrainian militants.

Supported by drone operators and artillery, fighters operate in small groups and clear apartment buildings and private homes. FPV drones destroy Ukrainian military equipment, firing positions, and shelters in basements and upper floors.

13:10 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of June 22, 2026)

Units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and motorized infantry brigades and the territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Radkovka, Tolstodubovo, and Bachevsk in Sumy Oblast.

In the Khar'kov region, two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Kolodezne, Ternovaya, Bely Kolodez, and Rubizhne in the Khar'kov region.

The enemy lost over 210 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 16 vehicles, a Grad multiple launch rocket system, a field artillery gun, and an Israeli-made RADA counter-battery station.

Units of the "West" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of the mechanized and assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Lozovaya and Grushevka in the Khar'kpov region, and 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 continue to destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces formations and advance westward.

Units of the 67th Motorized Rifle Division in the northwestern part of the city captured ten enemy strongholds and cleared 46 buildings of Ukrainian armed forces.

As a result of the fire strike in the city over the past 24 hours, up to 30 militants, two vehicles, an ATV, and six remotely controlled robotic systems were destroyed.

In total, in the area of responsibility of the West group of forces, the enemy lost over 220 servicemen, 17 vehicles, two artillery pieces and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of three mechanized brigades and an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Starodubovka, Kramatorsk, Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka, Nikolaevka, and Vasilyevskaya Pustosh in the Donetsk People's Republic.

In the village of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, units and parts of the "Southern" group of troops continue their offensive in all directions, destroying scattered enemy groups in the southwestern part of the village.

In one day, 103 buildings were liberated from Ukrainian militants.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 85 servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored combat vehicle, eight vehicles, a self-propelled artillery unit, an electronic warfare station, 21 ground robotic systems, and 27 unmanned aerial vehicle control centers.

In total, in the area of responsibility of the Southern Group of Forces, the enemy lost up to 165 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, 12 cars and a self-propelled artillery unit.

Units of the "Center" force group improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Zolotoy Kolodez, Novogrishino, Dobropillya, Rubizhne, and Vodyanske in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novogrigorovka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 335 servicemen, three vehicles, and two field artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" force group advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, two airborne assault brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Pokrovskoe, Kolomiytsy, Gavrilovka, Vodyane, Chaplino, and Dibrova in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and Shyroke in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

The enemy lost up to 460 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, a self-propelled artillery unit, and eight vehicles.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Yurkovka, Orekhov, and Lyubimovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

More than 50 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, nine vehicles and two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

11:45 In a forested area near the village of Ivolzhanskoye, the enemy deployed a Croatian-made RAK-SA-12 MLRS. Special Forces of the Guards "North" destroyed installation.

09:42 UAV crews of a separate special forces battalion destroyed enemy infantry and equipment.

Artillerymen of the 3rd Army Corps covered shelters with Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.

08:28 Geran-2 Seeker UAV crews hit a major logistics center for Nova Poshta. The Ukrainian Armed Forces used it to store weapons, drones, and components.

07:49 During the night, from 20:00 Moscow time on June 21 to 7:00 Moscow time on June 22, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 301 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Rostov, Tambov, Tver, Tula, Smolensk regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.

05:00 Artillerymen of the Center group destroyed a stronghold with Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the Dobropillya direction.

Fighters from the Vostok group destroyed enemy UAV control centers in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

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Russian Armed Forces shot down 734 Ukrainian drones in the special operation zone in one day
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Regnum] Over the past 24 hours, the Air Defense Forces (ADF) destroyed 734 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) in the area where the special operation was being conducted. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense on June 22.

"Russian air defense systems shot down 12 guided aerial bombs and 734 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles," the Defense Ministry clarified.

According to the ministry, since the beginning of the special operation, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 671 Ukrainian aircraft, 284 helicopters, 167,044 drones, 662 anti-aircraft missile systems, 29,870 tanks and armored vehicles, 1,746 MLRS, 35,454 guns and mortars, and 64,658 special vehicles.

On June 22, Russian military forces used Geranium drones to strike a major Nova Poshta logistics center in the Kharkiv region, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces used to store weapons, UAVs, and components. The target was detected near the village of Novyi Korotych.

On June 18, Russian forces launched a strike against Ukrainian fuel and energy facilities used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. These included a fuel and lubricants depot in Boryspil-2 in the Kyiv region and an oil refinery in Zaturyn in the Poltava region. Russian forces also struck Ukrainian Armed Forces deployment points in the Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

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#2  Appears the desired effect was achieved. Today's Small Wars Journal article may be applicable.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/23/2026 7:05 Comments || Top||

#3  Ukraine becoming more and more like Lebanon every day. Well, Russia is not Israel.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 06/23/2026 7:05 Comments || Top||

#4  That is correct grom. If pushed much further, I fear Vlad may use tactical nukes.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/23/2026 7:08 Comments || Top||

#5  Don't need nukes. All Ukras infrastructure is what survived from Soviet times.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 06/23/2026 7:31 Comments || Top||

#6  "671 Ukrainian aircraft ... 29,870 tanks..."

That's miraculous. Ukraine never had that many.
Posted by: Megabyses || 06/23/2026 13:57 Comments || Top||


Europe
Russia preparing hybrid attacks on NATO's eastern flank, intelligence warns
[FOX] Latvian intelligence is warning that Russia is preparing possible provocations against the Baltic states or Poland, including drones or any other hybrid attacks, in an effort to pressure NATO countries to stop supporting Ukraine.

"We see indications that Russia is preparing military provocations against the Baltic countries or Poland — not a conventional war, because Russia is not capable of that right now, but hybrid attacks, such as missiles, drones or other actions designed to send a signal: stop supporting Ukraine, or you will have your own problems," Latvian intelligence told Fox News Digital.

The most immediate concern, according to Latvian intelligence, is not that Moscow is ready for a full-scale war with NATO, but that Russian President Vladimir Putin could miscalculate because the surrounding institutions are feeding him the version of reality he wants to hear.
"If only Putin knew!"
The Baltic states and Poland are NATO allies, meaning a Russian provocation there could quickly test America’s treaty commitments and risk a broader confrontation. It also comes as Washington and its allies weigh how far to go in supporting Ukraine and tightening sanctions on Moscow.
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#2  So far, we didn't see Russia attacking NATO. Vice versa, on the other hand ...
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 06/23/2026 7:44 Comments || Top||

#3  The East is not a flank - it's the front
Posted by: Dopey Photch2701 || 06/23/2026 17:03 Comments || Top||



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Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.

Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has dominated Mexico for six years.
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