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Russia breaks into Kostiantynivka, opening battle for Donbas fortress belt
[KyivIndependent]
Posted by: mossomo || 06/25/2026 09:15 || Comments || Link || [1772 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Azov Brigade and Foreign Mercenaries are holed up in Kostiantynivka. I dont want to say I've been looking forward to this battle for a couple years, but the city has been on my radar. I recall it was one of the first cities the Donbass Rebels 'occupied' and was the city Azov fell back to after Mariupol fell.
Posted by: mossomo || 06/25/2026 9:22 Comments || Top||


Lukashenko Strives To Keep Belarus Out Of War After Zelenskyy Ultimatum
[RadioFreeEurope]
Posted by: mossomo || 06/25/2026 09:08 || Comments || Link || [1765 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats


Ukraine is evacuating the Chernihiv Region next to Belarus
[BLOKNOT] The Kiev regime forcibly takes people out of Chernihiv region: the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing to strike Belarus

The Kiev regime urgently takes people out of the border villages with Belarus.

The head of the Chernihiv Regional Military Administration Vyacheslav Chaus announced the beginning of mandatory evacuation of residents from border areas. According to him, the relevant decision was made at the meeting of the Defense Council and will come into force on July 1.

The scale evacuation will affect twelve settlements located in four communities of the region: Koryukovskaya, Gorodnyanskaya, Novgorod-Severskaya and Semenovskaya. In addition, the authorities decided to extend the forced removal of people from seven more border villages, where such events were started in winter. Currently, about a thousand local residents remain in these settlements.

It is worth recalling that last week the Ukrainian authorities also initiated a partial evacuation of the population in Zaporozhye and Dnipropetrovsk region, which indicates the systematic nature of the preparation for a possible deterioration of the situation in the frontline and border regions. Chernihiv region borders the Republic of Belarus, and recently Kiev has regularly made threats against Minsk, accusing it of supporting Russian drones. Interestingly, today the head of the Kiev regime Zelensky said that the Belarusian side allegedly dismantled the "repeaters" used, according to Kiev, to aim Russian drones. However, whether these objects existed in reality remains a big question.

Military blogger Yuri Podoliaka notes that evacuation can have three scenarios. First of all, it is the clearing of the territory before the invasion attempt. Secondly, the enemy can expect our strike. And in the end, it can be just an information veil (to distract attention).

As a reminder, 20 messages were transmitted by the station "Doomsday" per day.
Posted by: mossomo || 06/25/2026 08:52 || Comments || Link || [1773 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Tea Leaves? Is UKR preparing an attack? Or bluff? IDK. But it is suspect.

There was a recent disinfo campaign saying Putin was pressuring Belarus to open a new front. But that was discounted by both Lukashenko and Putin. As I understand their domestic politics, UKR gave Belarus an ultimatum.
Posted by: mossomo || 06/25/2026 9:08 Comments || Top||


Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: June 24, 2026
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[Korrespondent] 22.30 President Volodymyr Zelensky has instructed the Defense Forces to carry out preventive strikes on targets that Russia intends to support military actions against Ukraine.

“Having ordered our reconnaissance armies to work forward on such issues as the Russians are fighting to scale up the war,” Zelensky said.

According to the president, the Russian government is concentrating anti-aircraft defense systems near Moscow, Valdai and the Kerch Bridge, weakening the protection of other regions of the country. In Zokrem, to the Moscow region, in his words, hundreds of launchers of the S-400, S-500 and Pantsir complexes have been transferred.

Zelensky also announced that about 90 anti-aircraft missile launchers from other regions of Russia were transferred to Valdai and form a separate anti-aircraft defense division to protect the power of the state.

22.17 Ukrainian forces do not allow Russia to immediately occupied the territory as a tool for prolonging the war and consolidating the occupation. President Volodymyr Zelensky stated this.

“In our present land, in Crimea, in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, we do not allow Russia to seize our lands as a tool for prolonging the war and reversing the occupation indefinitely,” said the head of state.

Zelensky loudly praised the importance of the operation before the Crimea was quickly occupied.

“Our operation to protect Crimea is clearly secured,” the president said, adding that the victory over the border confirms the correctness of this approach.

Following Zelensky’s words, in consultation with partners within the G7, Ukraine discussed additional solutions, the implementation of which should be supported by international support.

“As we talked about with our partners within the G7, Ukraine will show up, and this will remain subject to the decisions of its partners, and we will promptly take care of it if Russia is determined to return peace,” the president said.

The head of the state added that Ukraine is looking forward to a positive response from its allies and said that the partners will understand well what the needs of the Ukrainian side will be met.

21.56 Russian troops attacked a gas station near Kherson with a drone. The gas station recognized that the city had been damaged, as well as damaged civilian vehicles.

As a result of the attack, three workers from the station were injured - men 30, 46 and 47.

21.47 Several Russian military satellites made an unsafe maneuver near the Finnish satellite Iceye-X36, which is where the Ukrainian military forces are fighting. Experts believe that in this way Russia could develop ways to fly to the spacecraft of Zakhod.

Insignificant activity in orbit was noted by the space monitoring company Okapi. According to this data, Russian satellites approached Iceye-X36 at a distance of less than 13 kilometers. The distance is too close for space. In low-Earth orbit, the devices collapse at a speed of about 28 thousand kilometers per year, which is why the Fahivists consider such maneuvers potentially unsafe.

We are talking about several satellites of the Cosmos series that Russia launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in China. Starting from the middle of the grass, the stinks began to actively change their orbits and get closer to the setting companion.

According to experts, Russia is unlikely to waste significant reserves of fire other than for the sake of demonstrative weeding with another device. That's why the fakers admit that the Russian Federation could test the technologies of the so-called non-kinetic influx.
What on earth is a non-kinetic influx?
Zokrema talks about the possibility of jamming signals transmitted during data transmission or blinding satellite sensors with laser systems. At this time, the sign of preparation for the physical decline of a companion is absent.

21.16 A 25-year-old soldier from the disbanded humanitarian organization Norwegian People's Aid (NPA),
…founded in 1939 to provide post-conflict reconstruction assistance and humanitarian relief during conflicts. NPA is now engaged in more than 31 countries in de-mining, humanitarian relief, promoting democratization; the rights of indigenous people, equality; and fair distribution of power and resources — perhaps not a soldier, but a worker?
who was wounded by Russian shelling, died at the hospital.

In the aftermath of the Russian attack, two Norwegian People's Aid workers suffered fatal injuries. Four more fighters were injured.

21.02 The Russian government is discussing the possibility of a new mobilization to replenish the army fighting in Ukraine after the upcoming elections in Ukraine. A call before mobilization may initiate newly elected deputies. Such a scenario is being considered in the presidential administration (AP), the “We can explain” meeting in the lower house of parliament was told.

Following the data of “Layout”, the influx of contract soldiers who will be lured to the front with millions of dollars in bonuses from the Ministry of Defense is quickly approaching. In the first quarter, it dropped to 800-1000 people per day and, according to estimates of incoming exploration, ceased to cover expenses on the front line. The rate of recruitment in Moscow fell almost double - up to 1378 in the city, which is a thousand less, slightly earlier.

Gerela confirms that the new mobilization will have a lot of changes in its minds: from the failure of offensive operations to the ineffective operation of the air-space defense system. Among the political elite, there is a fear that the new wave of mobilization is driven by social dissatisfaction and will ruin the economic development of the country.

20.41 The remaining three Russian strike drones do not fly near the Belarusian-Ukrainian cordon. Apparently, repeaters on the territory of Belarus have been turned off. About this video Flagpole.

From the end of spring to the beginning of summer 2026, such spills were massive, some of the drones were lost on the territory of Belarus, and UAV crashes at low altitudes guarded the pockets of border settlements.

The last such occurrence was recorded by 21 rubles. Today, the Ukrainian forces of the ZSU reported about the drone attack on the evening of the Chernihiv region near Slavutych. One of these drones landed on the territory of Belarus and flew over the Gomel and Brest regions.

All these days, Russia continued to attack the Chernihiv region, the defense sent its kamikaze drones along other routes, bypassing the cordon with Belarus.

Monitors assume that the change in trajectory is due to the fact that the Russians have stopped violating repeaters on Belarusian territory. Previously, with their help, the Russian military carried out their attacks on Ukraine.

20.38 Ukraine could destroy American AGM-188A Rusty Dagger missiles during an attack on the Voronezh plant of launcher devices. There is no official confirmation of the storage of these missiles. According to Forbes, Ukraine has placed a contract for the supply of 3,550 such missiles at a cost of $825 million, which translates to a price of $246 thousand. for one unit - practically ten times cheaper, lower British Storm Shadow. Its declared range exceeds 460 km, which allows it to engage targets deep within the territory. The missile is equipped with guidance systems and protection against radio-electronic codebreaks.

20.25 At the 425th Assault Regiment of Skel, they are checking information about possible torturings, the situation of unfreedom being cleared and driven to suicide. About this, having informed the Supreme Respect for the Rights of People, Dmytro Lubinets.

Following the words of the ombudsman, he rejected information about serious violations of the rights of military servicemen at the 425th assault regiment of Skel.

“If any violation of people’s rights, especially in the minds of the military, I will find it unacceptable and will require a strong reaction,” Lubinets said.

The Ombudsman contacted the State Bureau of Investigation and the Specialized Prosecutor's Office in the Sphere of Defense in order to conduct an external and immediate investigation.

I also worked closely with the head commander of the ZSU Oleksandr Sirsky. According to Lubinets, the Military Law Enforcement Service is already working on the situation.

The monitoring group of the Ombudsman's Office will be on site tomorrow. Lubinets has removed the chant so that the work can be completely harmonized.

20.04 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced that 22 worm relays on the territory of Belarus, which previously served to coordinate Russian attacks on Ukrainian places, are no longer operating. About this, he stated during the meeting with journalists.

“According to obvious information, as reported by Golovkom, as well as intelligence, from 22 worms, the relays installed their work on the territory of Belarus. Both dismantled them, and neither - I, honestly speaking, I still don’t know what we’re working on, and I’m taking the following evidence seriously, and it’s a fact that relays don’t work today,” he said.

19.47 Ukraine is receiving additional 15,000 long-range artillery rounds from Denmark, some of which have already arrived. Defense Minister Mikhailo Fedorov announced this.

The head of the defense department said that his team is steadily working on this in order to increase the availability of international assistance to Ukraine. We focus on decisions that give the best results on the battlefield.

“For us there are three immutable priorities: air defense, long-range artillery and Ukrainian drones. We are focusing on these areas so that our partners’ assets are straightened as efficiently as possible. We are fighting for the dollar international support,” said Fedorov.

The partnership with Denmark, in other words, is one of the applications of this approach: partners were encouraged to review some of the already planned support and redirect resources from short-range artillery to long-range solutions.

“Denmark promptly responded to this request. As a result, the Defense Forces are withdrawing an additional 15,000 long-range artillery rounds. Some of them have already arrived in Ukraine,” the minister said.

19.40 Information about the death of 2.4 million dead and unknown military armored forces of Ukraine in the war with Russia has been expanded and is untrue. As stated by the Center for the Prevention of Disinformation at the RNBO of Ukraine, the “figures of spending” reported by Russia outweigh the illegal number of the Ukrainian army.

19.20 In the Chernihiv region, the Defense Council praised the military decision on military evacuation of 12 border settlements from 1 linden.

You can find out about such settlements near Koryukivsky TG: Pribin; Shishkivka and Rudnya. At Gorodnyanskaya TG: Lemeshivka and Moshchenka. At Novgorod-Siverskaya TG: Vorob'ivka; Kamen; Kamyanska Sloboda; Karabani; Chaikine. At Semenivsky TG: Gas pipeline and Oleksandrivka.

There was also a decision to continue the military evacuation from the seven border villages, which had been announced. Residents moved out willingly, the residents wrote. Here you can find information about the following settlements: Snovska TG - Girsk; Gorodnyanska TG - Berylivka. Novgorod-Siverska TG: Butchki; Grem'yach; Budo-Vorob'ivska. Semenivska TG: Kostobobriv; Zalizny Mist.

According to the data of the communities and regional administrations, all these settlements are still losing close to thousands of residents. Among them are 120 children. The evacuation may be completed in two months.

18.57 During the hourly occupation of Kerch, they lost the Russian radio-electronic warfare complex Volna Dome Guarantor, which was used to suppress Starlink robots. About this satellite images published in the Telegram channel Exilenova+

The photographs captured the location of the burnt installations in the complex. After the strike, part of the income from the possessions of the Russians was moved.

The Volna Dome Garant complex is a system of satellite antennas on several antennas. It creates heavy-duty switches for a specific Starlink satellite in the 14-14.5 GHz frequency range, transferring communications from terminals on the ground. One complex will provide “protection” to a territory with an area of ​​approximately 20 square meters. km.

The Russian dome does not reveal the technical characteristics, but according to the Militarnyi, the cost of one complex is close to 150 million rubles.

18.33 Gas stations near three regions and gas stations in the Poltava region were shut down under Russian attacks. The head of the board of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, Sergey Koretsky, announced this on Facebook.

18.26 The Security Service collected an evidence base on five high-ranking militants of Russia’s armed groups, which organized an attack on the civil infrastructure of the Krivyi Rih city 13 June 2023 Roku. As a result of the Russian attack, 13 local residents died. More than 30 civilians were recovering from injuries of varying degrees of severity.

During the Russian shelling, a large number of apartment buildings, initial deposits, food supplies and other private enterprises were destroyed.

For this military attack, the Russians used strategic missiles of the X-101 type, which were fired from Russian bomber aircraft - Tu-95MS.

The investigation revealed that the following were engaged in planning and preparation for the attack:

  • Army General Sergey Surovikin - at that time the commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces, who was ordered to launch a missile attack on civilian targets in Krivoy Rog;

  • Lieutenant General Sergiy Dronov - the intercessor of the commander-in-chief of the Air Force and Space Forces of the Russian Federation - for the purpose of stagnating the missile system;

  • Lieutenant General Sergiy Kobilash - commander of long-range aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces - in compliance with combat orders for shelling civilian targets;

  • Colonel Mikola Varpakhovich - commander of the 22nd important bomber aviation division of the Russian Federation - in charge of combat orders for civilian purposes;

  • Colonel Oleg Skitsky - commander of the 121st important bomber aviation regiment of the Russian Federation - ensured the missile attack on civilian targets.

On the basis of the collected evidence, the Security Service investigators in absentia informed all five defendants about the suspicion of broken laws and the outbreak of war that caused the death of people. Comprehensive approaches are being taken to punish the military villains of Russia.

17.37 Russian aggressors dropped carved aerial bombs (KAB) along the coastal zone in Zaporizhzhia. The report is aware of six injured people, including three children. The head of the Zaporizhzhya Regional Administration, Ivan Fedorov, announced this on Telegram.

17.06 As of 16:00, the Russian aggressors attacked the positions of the Ukrainian army 28 times. This is three times less than the previous show, having informed the General Staff of the ZSU in the operational level.

17.00 The Moscow oil refinery plant of Gazprom Neft, which lost two days to drone strikes near Chernobyl, cannot resume work for the next hour. This is reported by Reuters with messages for two companies, aware of the plans for the enterprise.

Moscow's single oil refinery, which supplies one third of all supplies to the capital, could stop working as soon as possible until 2027, the officials said. According to one of them, repairs to the plant will cost 14 million tons on the river loan in a short period of time.

Through the attacks of the 16th century and the 18th century at the refinery, the primary naphtha refining installation was damaged. As a result, the plant produces approximately 3 million tons of gasoline and diesel fuel into the river, putting in place work.

In a pessimistic scenario, the cost of complete repairs at the Moscow Refinery could reach 1 billion dollars. And the renovation of the plant’s robots can lead to doom.

By 24 rubles, the reduction in sales of gasoline and diesel was officially distributed to 24 regions of Russia, so that it became difficult to add heat to every fourth region of the country.

16.07 As a result of the strikes on Russian territory, over 60 thousand tons of ammunition were lost in the arsenal of the Baltic Fleet near St. Petersburg. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this on Telegram.

16.03 Through the Russian shelling of Novopetrivka, the Vysokopil community of the Kherson region, the 24-year war against the dissolution of the international humanitarian organization Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) was destroyed.

We are also aware of several injured representatives of this organization. All victims were hospitalized. Two doctors are at an important station, doctors are fighting for their lives.

15.25 Automotive supply stores in Moscow now have canisters for gasoline. When official requests are made not to accumulate supplies and not to use additional containers, there will be a sharp rise in prices, which caused shortages and speculative increases in prices.

Over the past few years, the capacity of the canisters has increased by 20-40%. Zokrema, five-liter containers have risen in price from approximately 300 to 500 rubles, and 20-liter containers - to approximately 4,000 rubles. Nowadays, the goods are practically no longer available at various markets, and more can only be obtained through online resale from resellers.

Due to the shortage, sales of related products increased - pumps, hoses, pourers and other devices for overflowing water. At the same time, car shop technicians are informing about the risks of falsifying tires.

15.15 The Russians are transferring anti-aircraft defense systems to Moscow and the Kerch Bridge area. In other areas, the defense has been weakened, President Volodymyr Zelensky reported on Telegram.

14.56 The united military unit of Kursk reported that the information about the “burying” of the village of Ivolzhansk, Sumy region by Russian firemen, does not correspond to action. It is indicated that the population center is under the complete control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces and the retrenchment of our positions at any level. There are no regular assault operations or the presence of an enemy in this area. The military say that the information about the battles in the 71st brigade is “the devilish manipulation of the Russian staff dreamers, who are tempting to take the names of the Ukrainian sub-units and write in They are on the map, tiny arrows of their “offensives”.

13.51 The Russian military attacked a cinema near the center of Konotop with two drones. Artyom Semenikhin told the master about this.

“One important injury. Passing. My leg was torn off... The woman was also recovering from the wounded neck. Also crossing,” said the vin.

As reported by Oleg Grigorov, a resident of the Sumy Regional Administration, the number of victims of the Russian attack in the Konotop town of the Sumy region has grown to four.

“The number of people who suffered as a result of the enemy’s attack on Konotop has grown to four. Among the victims are two children, two wives and a man. Doctors are providing all of them with the necessary assistance,” he said.

13.05 The Russian military launched an attack on a gas station on the outskirts of Sumy, injuring three civilians. The head of the regional military administration, Oleg Grigorov, announced this 24 chernya.

“Today, a Russian drone attacked a gas station on the outskirts of Sumy. The enemy is systematically attacking the gas station in the region. Previously, three civilians who were in the territory were injured,” he said.

The cars are also damaged. The legacy of the attack is to be determined.

12.34 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, between the transformation of the Defense Forces, issued a new basic contract for military servicemen at non-combat positions. Contract of transfers for businessmen, accountants, mayors, cooks and other clerks in the posads, who do not fall under the hunter-assault and combat contracts. As the Ministry of Defense was informed, the basic contract is valid for 24 months. This can be signed by military officers and other military servicemen who, during the hour of war, can be recruited until the end of the military commands.

12.25 At the front in Ukraine, 25-year-old Lithuanian volunteer Ignas Cailius died. Memorial - International Volunteers of Ukraine reported on Facebook, LRT reports. “Our dear brother from Lithuania, who was a volunteer in Ukraine, giving his life on the battlefield,” says a friend. It appears that the Lithuanian portal “15min” reported that the area where the Lithuanian was staying was under shelling by Russian troops. After this Caylus was declared unknown. Ignas Caylus served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces as a fierce grenade launcher. The rest of the battlefield will cost you 2 rubles.

10.52 Counterintelligence officers hounded an agent of the Russian FSB in Odessa. The SBU reported this. A long-time military service member of the ZSU, who left the service in 2005 and settled near Odessa, worked on the way.

10.29 On Wednesday, in five regions of Ukraine, new attacks through Russian attacks on civil energy infrastructure and destruction were recorded. Ukrenergo reported about this. There, where safety precautions are allowed, emergency work will begin.

9.56 At the front, 251 combat casualties were recorded for booty. The most active Russian troops attacked on the Pokrovsky direct, where the Ukrainian defenders repelled 44 assaults, as well as on the Gulyaypilsky and Kostyantynivsky directs. I told the General Staff of the ZSU about this 24 chervnya.

9.23 A Russian drone hit a gas station near Zaporizhzhia. About this 24 chervnya, the head of Zapovizka OVA Ivan Fedorov. In his words, a Russian UAV hit the territory of a gas station in one of the districts of Zaporizhzhya. As a result of the attack, two cars caught fire. There were no casualties.

8.58 The anti-aircraft defense forces destroyed 95 of the 101 drones with which Russian fighters attacked Ukraine. About this 24 worms were reported to the Ukrainian forces of the ZSU. The sighting of six strike UAVs at five locations, as well as the fall of attacks at six locations, was recorded.

8.44 Military Russian Federation on the night of 24 May struck the Glukhov bakery plant in Sumshchyna and the industrial enterprise near the Poltava region, there were no casualties, but there was destruction. The head of the Sumy OVA Oleg Grigorov and the head of the Poltava OVA Vitaly Dyakivnych told about this.

7.52 ZSU killed and wounded 1,260 Russian occupiers last year, and 1,395,790 people were lost in the war. The General Staff of the ZSU reports about 24 rubles.

5.58 Occupation Sevastopol was completely deprived of electricity as a result of the nightly massive attack of drones on the energy infrastructure. The occupiers’ appointee, the quasi-governor of the city, Mikhailo Razvozhaev, stated this, reports the monitoring Telegram channel Crimean Wind.

5.45 Russian military forces launched attacks on living quarters in the town of Balaklia, Kharkiv region. One person died, and another suffered. The head of the Balakliysk MBA Vitaly Karabanov reported this on Telegram.

4.46 Over the next four to six years, the US Army plans to develop at least two internal training grounds, which will have real intelligence on the battlefields in Ukraine. US Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll stated this, reports CBS News.

In this way, the American military will be able to perfect their skills and work shoulder-to-shoulder with distributors, adding wine.
Wine? Perhaps a Ukrainian idiom that shouldn’t be translated literally.
2.37 Problems will arise in the temporarily occupied territory (TOT) of the Kherson region. The population is called out for their possibilities, to see them. About the ceremony, the first intercessor of the head of the Kherson region, Yuriy Sobolevsky, commented on Ukrinform.

1.46 Russia has put pressure on the Belarusian dictator Oleksandr Lukashenko, aiming to give the territory of the country to open a new front against Ukraine and hybrid operations against NATO countries. The Wall Street Journal reports about this.

The pressure on Minsk is touching the beginning of this fate through the intensification of the Russian offensive in Donbass, write ZMI.

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Current information on the situation on the front line on June 24 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 21:59 Three civilians of the Republic died and four more were wounded today due to attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces strike UAVs.

In the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka, a young man born in 2004 and women born in 1951 and 1939 were killed in an attack on an apartment building.

In addition, a woman born in 1975 received moderate injuries.

In the Volnovakha municipal district, near the village of Blizhneye, men born in 1981 and 1966 received moderate injuries during field work.

On the Donetsk-Mariupol highway near the village of Kalinino, a man born in 1970 received moderate injuries.

21:01 Guardsmen of the 61st Guards Naval Infantry Brigade continue intensive combat training in the rear area of the special operation zone.

20:45 Crew of the Geran-2 strike UAV struck 110 kV electrical substation near the village of Kazanka in Mykolaiv Oblast

As a result of the strike, power was cut off to industrial facilities and enterprises operating in the interests of the Ukrainian armed forces.

20:13 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 fixed-wing type 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.

19:47 Russian Armed Forces en masse destroy enemy cargo transport, gas stations and logistics

Russian troops continue to destroy trucks, locomotives, and gas stations in Ukrainian-controlled areas.

18:50 The Russian Investigative Committee will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Belgorod region

According to the Belgorod Region Operational Headquarters, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched further drone strikes in the region. Two civilians were injured.

The Russian Investigative Committee will provide a legal assessment of the actions of representatives of the Ukrainian armed forces involved in the crimes.

18:33 UAV operators of the West group of forces carried out a precise strike hitting a Vampire MLRS. Objective monitoring footage confirmed the target's destruction.

17:26 FPV interceptor operators of the Zapad group's unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems rammed enemy R-18 UAVs in the direction of Krasny Liman, DPR, video.

16:35 Kyiv crossed over to concentrated attacks on Sevastopol's energy infrastructure, said the city's governor, Mikhail Razvozhaev.

"Just to put it into perspective: on the scale of everything that arrived last night, say, 5% reached their target, and that's where we're getting these problems," the governor said.

In Sevastopol, they plan to fully restore power supply by the end of the day to areas still without power following the overnight attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

15:18 Air bombs FAB-250 and FAB-1500 struck to the UAV control posts of the 30th separate mechanized brigade and the temporary deployment point of the 10th separate mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlements of Belenke and Vysokoivanovka.

As a result of the strikes, about 50 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were destroyed.

14:45 Evidence collected by the Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation recognized by the court, which found sufficient evidence to sentence Colombian citizen Jorge Leonardo Gelves in absentia. He was found guilty of mercenary activity (Part 3, Article 359 of the Russian Criminal Code).

14:23 Railway junctions in the Khar'kov region were hit.

Geranium UAV crews inflicted a series of strikes on railway infrastructure in the Khar'kov region. Drones struck locomotives delivering military supplies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Lozovaya.

13:39 Northern scouts detected an enemy anti-aircraft missile system in the Khar'kov region. Soldiers from the 11th Army Corps of the Guards "North" immediately engaged the target, destroying the missile system with FPV drone strikes.

13:01 Soldiers from the unmanned systems units of the 18th Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr group of forces are working around the clock along the right bank, video.

They constantly destroy enemy UAV control centers, drone deployment sites, and repeater antennas, as well as shoot down and neutralize Ukrainian drones.

12:30 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of June 24, 2026

Units of the "North" military group, following active operations, established control over the village of Ivolzhanskoye in the Sumy region. The personnel and equipment of two territorial defense brigades were defeated near the villages of Tolstodubovo, Bachevsk, Krasnopolye, and Lesnoye in the Sumy region.

In the Khar'kov region, three mechanized, two motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Rubezhnoye, Izbitskoye, Kazachya Lopan, Kolodeznoye, Vodyanoye, Makarovo, Olkhovatka and Sosnovy Bor in the Khar'kov region.

The enemy lost over 215 servicemen, five vehicles, an artillery piece, a US-made BRAWLR anti-aircraft missile system, and an airborne target detection radar.

Units of the "West" group of forces have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, a security brigade of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two naval infantry brigades near the villages of Smorodkovka, Izyumske, Stetskovka, Gusinka, Selishche, Nizhnyaya Zhuravka, and Staroverovka in the Khar'kov region 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 scattered units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Units of the 67th Motorized Rifle Division, advancing westward, captured five enemy strongholds and 43 buildings. The elimination of Ukrainian troops from the 120th Territorial Defense Brigade, who were encircled in the northwestern part of the city, has been completed.

Over the course of 24 hours, up to 30 militants, a pickup truck, two ATVs, four remotely controlled robotic systems, and nine unmanned aerial vehicle control centers were destroyed in the city. In total, enemy losses in the "West" force group's area of responsibility amounted to more than 210 servicemen, two armored vehicles, 15 pickup trucks, and an artillery piece.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of five mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, an airmobile brigade, and an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as a naval infantry brigade, were defeated near the settlements of Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka, Nikolaipole, Nikolaevka, and Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People's Republic. In the settlement of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault units of the Southern Group of Forces continued their offensive in the southwestern part of the settlement, destroying scattered enemy groups and individual fighters.

Within 24 hours, 114 buildings were liberated. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 30 servicemen, an armored vehicle, 13 vehicles, two ATVs, three artillery pieces, 21 ground robotic systems, and 21 unmanned aerial vehicle control posts. In total, in the area of responsibility of the Southern Group of Forces, the enemy lost up to 205 servicemen, two Kazak combat armored vehicles, 18 vehicles, five field artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the Center Forces Group have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an airborne brigade, an unmanned systems brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, four National Guard brigades, a territorial defense brigade, and the Azov* special forces brigade near the settlements of Dobropillya, Zolotoy Kolodez, Svetloye, Sergeyevka, Veseloye, Ivanovka, Novovodanoye, and Gruzskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novotroitske and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 310 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, six vehicles, two artillery pieces, and two electronic warfare stations.

Units of the "East" force group continue to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They have defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, four airborne assault brigades, two assault brigades, an unmanned aerial vehicle battalion, three assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a marine brigade near the settlements of Aleksandrovka, Gavrilovka, Podgavrilovka, Dibrova, Prosyanaya, Ivanovka, Malinovka, Malomykhaylovka, and Pokrovskoe in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The enemy lost up to 465 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, a field artillery gun and eight vehicles.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of the heavy mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Malokaterynivka in the Zaporizhzhia region and Novooleksandrivka in the Kherson region.

Up to 50 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, a US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system launcher, six vehicles, and three electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

11:29 Footage of Rubicon's work to destroy the communication tower, the air defense system, and the control posts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' UAVs.

9:56 Mobile fire groups of the 58th Combined Arms Army destroy enemy attack UAVs in the SVO zone

Servicemen of the Dnepr Forces Group have organized a 24-hour defense of their positions from enemy UAV attacks—MOGs have been established in each motorized rifle regiment.

9:07 Ukrainian Armed Forces continue strikes on civilian infrastructure on the left bank of the Kherson region

Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 16 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:

Alyoshki - Three;
Velikaya Lepetikha - Three;
Dnepryany - Two;
Cossack Camps - Four;
Novaya Kakhovka - Two;
Tavriysk - Two.

Throughout the night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued their artillery bombardment of the Kherson region, firing a total of 17 shells from cannon artillery. The following villages were shelled: Stara Zburyevka, Gornostaevka, Nova Mayachka, and Sagi.

08:52 Snipers of the "Vostok" group destroyed the manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and ensured the advance of assault units.

07:27 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 323 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of Astrakhan, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Volgograd, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Orenburg, Penza, Rostov, Ryazan, Saratov, Smolensk, Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.

07:04 Assault groups of the Yaroslavl paratroopers occupied and cleared out an important stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

05:30 Artillerymen, together with FPV drone crews of the Southern group, knock the enemy out of cover and destroy enemy equipment while trying to break into the city.

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Unprecedented effectiveness: Russian air defense destroys record number of drones
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
by Nikolai Salatsky

[REGNUM.RU] On the night of June 23-24, air defense crews intercepted and shot down 323 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over twenty Russian regions.

The enemy UAVs destroyed spanned a wide range of locations, from the Bryansk and Belgorod regions to the Orenburg and Saratov regions. Targets were destroyed in the Moscow region, Crimea, and over the Azov and Black Seas.

One of the enemy's largest attempts to attack peaceful Russian cities occurred on the night of June 17-18. Then, air defenses shot down 992 Ukrainian UAVs, four Flamingo long-range cruise missiles, and ten guided bombs. Our air defenses destroyed 194 drones on approach to Moscow alone.

Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin emphasized that the enemy is attempting to specifically target civilians and civilian objects. Only a few drones from the "drone swarms" reached their targets.

Up to 99% of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack weapons—drones and missiles—were intercepted.
Sounds impressive, if that up to is at the upper end of it.
On the night of June 18, a historic record was set for UAV destruction, with nearly a thousand in one day.
That also sounds impressive. How many got through, and how much damage did they do?
Such effectiveness of the air defense forces is possible thanks to their rapid modernization.

99% SUCCESS
Russia has been integrating cutting-edge technologies, including artificial intelligence, into its air defense systems since late 2025. AI-powered unmanned aerial vehicles capable of automatically acquiring targets are being actively produced and are entering service with the Russian military.
Potential business opportunities, if the Russians can figure out now to do that, which would help their economy recover. The next step would to be to have lots of babies, so that Russia recovers instead of dying out. Ditto for Ukraine, for the things they’ve invented and their babies. Watching two historic peoples accelerate their decline has hurt my heart.
The president confirmed this during his June 12 meeting with members of the Joint Military Council. Russia is "very actively working" on producing FPV drones and UAVs with artificial intelligence, Vladimir Putin noted.

At the same time, reliable, low-cost solutions for countering massive drone attacks are being developed. In the DPR, Russian military personnel have found a way to destroy Ukrainian drones while preserving their own aircraft: by cutting the fiber optic cables with their UAV propellers.

"Even a factory-scale air defense system can't be created overnight," notes military analyst Alexei Leonkov. The system requires time, resources, and, most importantly, unprecedented experience, which only Russia possesses today. "No one in the world has ever faced air attacks on this scale," the expert noted.

At the same time, the country is building up its technical capabilities for strikes deep into Ukrainian territory. Meanwhile, according to experts interviewed by Western media, Ukraine's air defenses are capable of intercepting two-thirds of Russian ballistic missiles.

The New York Times, citing Ukrainian Air Force data, found that approximately 66% of ballistic missiles penetrate Ukrainian defenses.
If the New York Times said so, it might be true.
This is completely incomparable to the effectiveness of Russian air defenses, which intercept up to 99% of drones and the vast majority of cruise missiles.

TARGETED DESTRUCTION OF THE ENEMY
The Russian Army is systematically securing launch sites, warehouses, command centers, and operator training centers for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This work is ongoing daily and across all front lines.

For example, on June 15, units of the West, North, and South force groups destroyed 99 Ukrainian Armed Forces unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control centers in one day. "Unmanned systems forces in the Kramatorsk, Konstantinovsk, and Slavyansk directions destroyed 12 communication antennas and UAVs, six Starlink terminals, and four ground-based robotic systems," reported Vadim Astafyev, head of the South force's press center.

In the group's area of ​​responsibility, seven UAV control points, 36 dugouts and shelters housing Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel were hit, and 11 Ukrainian drones were shot down.

Ivan Bigma, head of the press center for the Zapad group, reported: "The group's air defense crews destroyed four loitering munitions. Mobile fire teams shot down 56 fixed-wing aircraft and 91 heavy combat hexacopters of the enemy." Furthermore, 50 UAV control posts, 17 ground-based robotic systems, and a Ukrainian Armed Forces field ammunition depot were discovered and destroyed in the Zapad group's area of ​​responsibility.

Vasily Mezhevykh, a representative of the Sever group, added that 42 UAV control centers, 88 drones, 47 R18 heavy combat drones, five ATVs, five buggies, and five Ukrainian Armed Forces rocket launchers were discovered and destroyed in 24 hours.

The June 18 group strike on Ukrainian fuel and energy facilities—a fuel depot near Boryspil-2 and an oil refinery in Poltava Oblast—confirmed our ability to strike the enemy precisely and with precision.

On June 21, 2026, operators of unmanned aerial systems from the Southern Group, together with crews from the 17th High-Power Artillery Brigade, destroyed two enemy UAV control points in the Konstantinovsky direction.

Operators identified the primary command post from which Ukrainian Armed Forces reconnaissance and attack drones were launched. The target coordinates were immediately transmitted to the attack drone crews.

Two precise hits completely destroyed the command post and all enemy personnel. The coordinates of the second command post were then transmitted to the crew of a 152-mm 2A65 Msta-B gun. The artillerymen carried out a pinpoint strike, completely eliminating the facility and the Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel stationed there.

Strikes against the enemy's rear continue, accompanied by the steady advance of assault groups and armored vehicles "on the ground." But the forces defending Russia—air defense forces and unmanned aerial vehicles—continue to shoulder a significant share of the combat burden.

UNITY IS THE KEY TO VICTORY
Since no country in the world has faced a drone war on such a scale (with similarly large-scale missile attacks), it can be concluded that Russia's air defenses can be considered among the best in the world. Russian air defenses are withstanding an onslaught unprecedented in world history. Behind this are not only the Ukrainian Armed Forces' drone operators and missile operators, but also American intelligence, equipment from EU countries, and, in general, the Western oversight of the Kyiv regime.

The financial and technological potential of the Kyiv regime's "partners" did not help the Ukrainian Armed Forces turn the tide of the fighting. But external aid to the enemy should not be underestimated.

NATO's satellite constellation, which includes approximately 450 reconnaissance devices, is also targeting the enemy, noted Andrei Klintsevich, head of the Center for the Study of Military and Political Conflicts. This is a reality to which commanders and soldiers on the front lines must adapt.

Life in the rear is also changing. Attempted massive strikes on civilian cities, terrorist activity in Ukraine, and unprecedented sanctions imposed by Kyiv's Western overseers—all this requires society to quickly adapt to new conditions.

Skills become commonplace: knowing the nearest shelter, limiting the flow of disturbing news, maintaining contact with neighbors, and continuing to work.

The historical moment Russia is experiencing is unprecedented. The country is fighting not an isolated enemy, but the North Atlantic Alliance, and we are winning—as can be seen from reports from the line of contact. The key to successful resistance is the unity of society.

The enemy is failing to reverse the course of the SVO, in part because every downed drone represents more than just a successfully deployed anti-aircraft missile or electronic warfare system. Society and the military operate as a coordinated mechanism: the engineers who designed and tested the missile, the soldiers who launched it, and the communications specialists who transmitted the targeting coordinates. Russia is fighting a battle "on three fronts": on the line of contact, in the skies, and in the minds of its citizens.

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#1  However effective, Pravda reports Oil Rain in Moscow after drone strikes.
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'Disposables.' A conveyor belt of death in the elite assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
by Denis Davydov and Taisiya Svetlichnaya

[REGNUM.RU] A bruised head, torn hands with broken fingers, wounds on his sides and lower back—this was the condition in which 35-year-old Alexander Semenov arrived at the hospital in the former city of Kirovograd in January 2026.

In a video recorded by local doctors, he recounted how he escaped from the 425th Separate Assault Regiment "Skala," where he was abused, beaten, tied to an ATV, and dragged along the ground. He said he witnessed at least nine suicides in the unit, briefly described their circumstances, and named one of the deceased.

Just a few days later, Semyonov died in the hospital. The official cause of death was pneumonia. People regularly die from this disease at Skala, barely making it to training camp after forced mobilization.

In a major investigation conducted by the Ukrainian publication Babel, out of 26 identified and confirmed cases of sudden death, nine people were "early discharged" for this very reason. The second cause is also common: unspecified cardiomyopathy and acute cardiovascular failure.

However, when the bodies are handed over to relatives at the morgue, they cannot recognize their loved ones – the bodies are beaten beyond recognition.

Thus, the wife of 50-year-old mobilized soldier Dmitry Koval identified him by the moles on his face.

"His face is emaciated, I'd say battered. His arms are bruised, his legs are bruised, and there are bruises on his neck. Plus, there's a long stripe across almost the entire right side of his face—as if he'd been hit with his head. There's a strange dent on his back, a real pit," says Liliya.

Koval was deeply religious and refused to serve for religious reasons (the law, in this case, requires alternative service). And, according to three witnesses who were with him, he demanded to be released and refused to eat in protest.

For this, he was beaten every day. The worst beating came when he promised the guards he'd eat, but then refused when he arrived at the canteen. "Many hit me on the head. They grabbed me by the neck and threw me down—they picked me up and threw me down again. They kicked me, punched me," says one of the former conscripts at Skala, who escaped from the unit.

There's a mountain of such testimonies: how they beat and kicked people, breaking ribs; how they were thrown into cramped cells with drug addicts during severe withdrawal; how they were tortured and abused, and then brought to the hospital to die. Or how people committed suicide, unable to bear the "atmosphere of heroism." The main page of the unit's website features smiling soldiers and the slogan: "Here ordinary people become unyielding."

Overall, the details of life in the "elite regiment," which reports directly to the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrsky, are impressive.

All new arrivals are sent to the solitary confinement cell—a "chicken coop," a windowless barn where 1,000-1,200 people are held at a time, awaiting assignment. The rules are similar to those of a prison colony: new arrivals are stripped and forced to perform squats, focusing on the famous military "one and a half"—that is, holding the body in a mid-position at the end of a squat or push-up.

The training ground is guarded by "screws," who confiscate mobile phones at the shopping center and issue them for good behavior for 15 minutes once a week under supervision and on speakerphone.

Incidentally, thanks to such a call, one of the "heroes," Alexander Zhikin, was able to show his family his battered face—he had attempted to escape from the "chicken coop" three times, twice being caught and mercilessly beaten. He also told journalists some curious details about how the unreliable contingent was only taken to the toilet in groups under the escort of a machine gunner, and that the perimeter around the main area where the mobilized soldiers were being held was mined.

He himself “got on skis” for the third time from the old camp to another place.

And when he was running away, he says, they opened fire on them - they didn’t shoot into the air, but at their legs, they were running between the trees - the bullets missed.

In short, there are plenty of horrific details about how mobilized soldiers, initially deprived of all civil rights, find themselves in the atmosphere of a concentration camp—the investigative report, with testimonies from former soldiers and their family members, contains 50,000 characters.

Including the striking episode of 38-year-old Vitaliy Karat from the Ivano-Frankivsk region, who was mobilized on February 25, 2026, and died in the hospital on March 14. The cause of death was "organ anemia." The regiment officially stated that their comrade was injured after falling from a pine tree he had climbed out of reluctance to repay his debt to his homeland. All he suffered was a couple of broken ribs.

What happened to the man in the hospital is unknown to his former commanders.

The main point of all this is that "Skala" is something of a case study. It accounted for 5.1% of all complaints regarding the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the highest rate among Ukrainian military units. However, office representative Ruslan Tsygankov openly admits that the statistics don't tell the whole story.

"These numbers represent those who were able to reach out, who had the opportunity. So when we compile the statistics, it looks like it's roughly the same everywhere. But in my head, I know that's not actually true," he says.

But "The Rock," which was exposed for its problems six months ago, simply shows a general picture that differs little from the entire "glorious" Ukrainian army.

In fact, every unit has these "chicken coops" and these procedures—those who are supposed to undergo basic military training after being released from the TCC basement are brought to them. These are, in fact, holding areas, from which people constantly try to escape, no matter what, and where, from the masses of alcoholics, drug addicts, genuinely sick people, and epileptics, those who are fit to join the combat unit must be selected.

"Those who are addicted to drugs or alcohol still manage to get what they need, by hook or by crook, and consume it. Therefore, discipline in such camps is maintained by the guards' fists—there's simply no other way to keep such a large number of people in line. Every morning, sergeants and guards pull out those who can't even stand upright because of drugs or alcohol. They are then brutally beaten and thrown into a pit," Ukrainian Armed Forces Captain Viktor K. told Strana.

Hence the barbed wire, the mines, the armed guards, and the escort to the toilet. And there can be no leniency for anyone: formally, everyone has passed the military medical examination and is fit for service.

As for "Skala" specifically, it's worth remembering that all of this is doubled there, as the demands on an "elite unit" are also exorbitant. As Regnum News Agency reported, since the beginning of the war, several separate units have been created in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, initially staffed by veteran volunteers to carry out complex missions.

One of them was the "Skala" assault battalion, created from a separate reconnaissance battalion. The current regiment commander is Hero of Ukraine and full holder of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Yuriy Garkavyi, call sign "Skala."

At that time, these were elite fighters, designed for urban combat and assaults. Besides "Skala," there were a number of other separate assault battalions, detached from various units and reporting directly to the ground forces command, from where they were then transferred to various formations. There was duplication of functions here, as the Ukrainian Armed Forces have a separate airborne assault branch, which serves the same purpose as simple assault units, without the "airborne" designation. However, the airborne assault battalions have a separate command and are not part of the Ukrainian ground forces. Consequently, at that time, they were not subordinate to Syrsky, and the separate assault battalions were under his direct command.

After the "former Russian" assumed command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the role of his personal plaything increased significantly. Battalions were expanded to regiments and also consolidated into a separate branch of the armed forces. The assault troops' mission was to act as a "fire brigade," plugging holes in the front. Disposable boys were assigned to small infantry groups.

The attitude towards them is appropriate.

One of those mobilized to "Skala" recounts an overheard conversation between the training ground's leadership, which discussed the next deployment of new recruits: "They're bringing them, get ready, there will be one thousand two hundredths."

Zhikin recalls similar things: "Some chief of staff or someone came up to our tent: 'Who's here? Ah, the third company. 'One-offs.' And he went. Can you imagine what they call the boys? 'One-offs.' That is, one go—and that's it."

So the stormtroopers' leadership (led by a con man and racketeer who has found his feet in a new field) has complete immunity from any actions, unlimited manpower, and ample supplies. Before being sent to the "zeroing" camp, they are fed to their heart's content, so the new recruits who arrive there from their concentration camps, who go missing in action within a couple of weeks, die well-fed.

And the OSHP receive new reinforcements - first and foremost.

Following the highly publicized publication, the State Bureau of Investigation announced the launch of an investigation. But it will likely yield no results. Someone will be punished as an example, and the process will continue as usual—the current reality dictates no other course.

The reason for the abuse of disenfranchised mobilized soldiers is not because their commanders are bad (as Olga Reshetilova, head of the Military Ombudsman's Office, asserts ) or because their sergeants are cruel. Nor is it because 13,000 men is too many for a regiment to effectively manage.

Syrsky and his superiors need "The Rock" exactly as it exists: as a collection of downtrodden, disposable units that can be sent to their deaths in one direction without regretting the expense.

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs pointed out the major geopolitical consequences of Russia's victory in The Hague
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[REGNUM.RU] Russia's victory in the international arbitration in The Hague has significant political and geopolitical implications. Maxim Musikhin, Director of the Legal Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced this on June 24.

"Russia's victory in the arbitration has significant political and geopolitical implications. Any legal claims to the area surrounding Crimea were rejected by the international body," he noted during his speech at the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum.

Musikhin added that this is important politically for resolving the current conflict in Ukraine.

The diplomat emphasized that the verdict completely destroyed the Western narrative that the Sea of ​​Azov and the waters around Crimea are international or belong to Ukraine.

In 2016, Ukraine accused Russia of violating its sovereign rights to use the seas and continental shelf in areas adjacent to Crimea. Russia, for its part, argued that the claims were unfounded, as the peninsula had become part of the country through referendums. The International Arbitration Court began hearing Ukraine's claim in September 2024.

On June 15, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague announced its final decision in the 10-year-long dispute between Russia and Ukraine over the coastal state's rights in the Kerch Strait, the Sea of ​​Azov, and the Black Sea waters surrounding Crimea. The dispute was heard by an international arbitrator under the procedure established by Annex VII of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. The arbitral tribunal, composed of five independent arbitrators from Algeria, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Russia, and South Korea, issued a unanimous decision denying Ukraine control over hydrocarbon, fish, and other resources in the waters of Crimea and the Sea of ​​Azov. Kyiv was also denied compensation and reparations from Russia, as well as its absurd demand to dismantle the Crimean Bridge.

The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that this historic decision, for the first time, legally enshrined the status of the Kerch Strait and the Sea of ​​Azov as internal waters that are part of Russia's sovereign state territory.

Commentators Denis Davydov and Svyatoslav Lisitsyn, writing for the Regnum news agency, noted that this victory is not the first and likely not the last. In January 2024, the International Court of Justice rejected the vast majority of the charges in Ukraine's lawsuit against Russia for financing terrorism and racial discrimination. The same court is currently hearing a lawsuit against Russia for allegedly using false accusations of genocide against Russian-speaking people in Donbas—with a counterclaim accusing Kyiv of committing acts of genocide in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

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Lavrov spoke about Russia's withdrawal from the OSCE
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[REGNUM.RU] Russia should withdraw from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), but the decision rests with President Vladimir Putin. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced this on June 24.

"It's up to the president to decide, but I would definitely leave this organization if not for one circumstance—others won't leave," Lavrov noted during a speech at the 12th International Scientific and Expert Forum "Primakov Readings" in Moscow.

He noted that the platform also allows Moscow to respond with facts to criticism from other states. Participation in the OSCE gives Russia the opportunity to publicly refute accusations and present its position.

On June 8, Russia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE, Dmitry Polyansky, stated that the organization, in its current state, is incapable of containing the spread of chaos in Europe. According to the diplomat, it has departed from the principles upon which it was originally founded and is therefore unlikely to be useful in the current situation. Polyansky explained that the OSCE was originally conceived as a platform where each country could speak for itself, and this was its strength.

Polyansky previously called the wording in the organization's chairmanship's response to Moscow's call to condemn the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack on Starobilsk provocative. He noted that the wording in the document was "very carefully chosen," but that it contained "no hint" of condemnation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack.
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Science & Technology
Soft Recoil Technology (or how to mount a 105mm howitzer on a HUMV)
[WESODONNELL] The Artillery Revolution Nobody Noticed: Ukraine is testing a Humvee with a howitzer bolted to its back. That sounds ridiculous but the engineering that make it possible are rewriting what artillery can be.

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