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[Regnum] Record rainfall and a tornado are possible in the Moscow region on Thursday, June 20. Leading specialist at the Phobos weather center, Evgeniy Tishkovets, reported this on his Telegram channel.
According to him, up to 34–36 millimeters of precipitation will fall in Moscow, which is almost half of the monthly precipitation norm. The reason for this will be the arrival of an active cold atmospheric front with waves.
“Showers of such rapidity are equivalent to several hundred million cubic meters of water falling on the metropolis, which will certainly lead to significant flooding. This volume of rain moisture is comparable to the water reserve of Lake Pleshcheevo,” the forecaster emphasized. According to him, on June 20 in Moscow the precipitation record, which currently belongs to 2015, may be broken.
At the same time, thunderstorm activity, hail, and wind gusts will reach 22 meters per second are expected in the capital. At the same time, in the south, east and southeast of the Moscow region there is a possibility of tornadoes. The bad weather will leave the capital region on the night of June 21, Tishkovets added.
As Regnum reported, on June 8, the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center, Roman Vilfand, predicted a warm summer in Russia with rather changeable weather. Temperatures are expected to be above normal in the northern and European parts of the country.
At the same time, weather forecasters promised that from June 17 there will be thunderstorms in Moscow, due to which up to 30 mm of precipitation may fall in the capital. Thermometer readings will be in the range from +23 to +26 °C.
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[Korrespondent] 22:49 Ukrenergo has reduced the period of outages for tomorrow - hourly outage schedules will be in effect from 06:00 to 24:00.
22:38 The Argentine government has ruled out the possibility of sending weapons to Ukraine, but will help in the humanitarian and logistics sphere, said Manuel Adorni, spokesman for the country's president.
22:11 In the Zaporozhye region, underground schools - shelters are being built, said the head of the OBA Ivan Fedorov. According to him, the “global task” is to provide the opportunity to study offline for 50 thousand students. Earlier, the Defense Council of the Zaporozhye region decided that the entire educational process should take place in shelters. It is for this purpose that construction has begun at five locations, Fedorov said. The cost of one of the objects is more than 112 million hryvnia, and plans are to commission it in the fourth quarter of 2024.
21:30 The Russians attacked the coastal zone of the Odessa region with a ballistic missile, probably Iskander-M, from the territory of Crimea, no people were injured, the South Air Command reported.
20:48 The prosecutor's office clarified that as a result of today's attacks on Kharkov, two people were injured - in the Kiev and Shevchenko districts. According to preliminary data, the Russian Armed Forces used modified UMPB D-30 aerial bombs from the territory of the Belgorod region to strike Kharkov and Olkhovka. The number of victims as a result of the attack on the village. Novoosinovo, Kupyansky district, has grown to three.
19:47 The United States will not be able to supply Switzerland with missiles for Patriot air defense systems within the expected time frame, because deliveries to Ukraine are now priority, the Swiss tabloid Blick reported, citing sources. Subsequently, the Swiss Federal Defense Procurement Office confirmed that deliveries of Patriot missiles would be delayed due to a decision by the US government. The PAC-3 MSE guided missiles for the Patriot air defense system were to be adopted by the Swiss army in 2030 and 2031. However, now these deadlines may be shifted due to the reference to force majeure circumstances provided for in the agreement - the war in Ukraine.
19:26 The United States expects Zelensky to come to Washington on July 9-11 for the NATO summit and meet with the heads of the Alliance member states, said Michael Carpenter, director of European affairs at the White House National Security Council.
19:24 Ukraine, among the first groups on the points of the Peace Formula, plans to launch a group on energy issues, Zelensky said in an evening video message: “We must return real energy security in all its aspects and overcome the Russian attitude towards energy, towards energy resources as a weapon. This also applies to protection from Russian energy terrorism. The world is able to help in this regard. We are already preparing the first steps in this direction in July.”
The president also said that today he held a meeting on the current energy situation: “We are preparing solutions that will make the heating season more reliable and give people more opportunities to get through this most difficult period in terms of energy, shortages and outages. I instructed to present everything details of what the state can do, and details of what specific energy areas we need to continue to mobilize partners for.”
19:07 Ukraine is open to Russia’s participation in the next peace summit, head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak told Bloomberg. “We think that it will be possible to invite a representative of Russia,” he said. According to Ermak, preparations for the next summit have already begun, although there is no time frame yet. The head of the OP also noted that the second summit will be “more representative” and its goal is to “put an end to the war and resolve crises.”
18:58 The United States and allies are discussing what commitments regarding Ukraine's accession to NATO can be announced at the summit in Washington, CNN reports. According to sources, discussions are taking place among key allies, who criticize Washington for its reluctance to “go far” on the issue of Ukrainian membership. Among the critics are countries located near the border with the Russian Federation. According to a proposal by US and German officials, the alliance could promise at the summit that Ukraine has a "bridge" to NATO membership, rather than an "irreversible path."
18:50 Russian troops attacked the Dnieper district of Kherson, two people were injured, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin.
18:39 The Russians shelled the village of Olkhovka, Kharkov region - one person was killed, one was wounded. Two more people were wounded as a result of shelling of the village of Novoosinovo, Kurilovsky community, Kupyansky district, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. In addition, the Russian army launched a strike with three KABs in the Shevchenkovsky district of Kharkov. Two hits were recorded on the territory of a children's camp and one near a residential building; no people were injured.
18:28 On Thursday, June 20, hourly shutdown schedules will be applied throughout Ukraine for industrial and household consumers from 00:00 to 24:00, Ukrenergo reported.
18:11 There is very little evidence that Western weapons supplied to Ukraine end up on the black market in Europe, says a report by the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC) think tank in Switzerland. The organization's analysis is based on darknet monitoring and interviews with EU law enforcement agencies and representatives of the criminal world.
“We have found no evidence that Western weapons have reached Western Europe, and very little evidence of any transactions with Western weapons in Ukraine... The weapons that were supplied by the West are in good hands,” said the director of the European GI-TOC Observatory Daniel Brombacher.
17:56 Estonia is ready to discuss sending its troops to Ukraine, said Estonian Ambassador to Kiev Anneli Kolk. “This is not a red line for us,” she emphasized and added that the country had already trained Ukrainian instructors. "We hope for a common position from NATO or the European Union, and our leaders, especially the Ministry of Defense, are discussing this. They recently said that nothing is impossible for us," Kolk said.
17:28 In Ukraine, the rules for recruiting into the army have changed since June 10. Now all citizens who will choose their position and unit in advance and will voluntarily join the army upon mobilization, after passing the VLK, will be sent to special reserve battalions, the Kharkov Regional TCC said. On the basis of these battalions they will undergo general basic military training. After training, recruits will be sent to selected units for service according to letters of recommendation by order of the commander-in-chief for transfer.
As the military explains, the new rules make it impossible for “erroneous” assignments upon release from training centers and other incidents. When recruits enter training centers, they will already have the status of military personnel.
17:04 In the Borovsk community of the Kharkov region, forced evacuation of children is being prepared, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the local government agency. He explained that this is due to the formation of a Russian strike force in this direction. Considering that this is not the first time such a group has been formed, the Borovsk direction is considered potentially dangerous.
16:45 In Ukraine, there is a high rate of mobilization, which suits the General Staff, said Roman Kostenko, Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence. In his opinion, if the current pace of mobilization continues until the end of summer, it will be possible to discuss the issue of demobilization.
16:16 At an exhibition in France, a new Ukrainian kamikaze drone Bulava was shown, which finds the weak points of Russian equipment using artificial intelligence, reports Bild military expert Julian Repke. The drone is called an analogue of the Russian Lancet. Artificial intelligence allows it to automatically find previously identified weak points in Russian tanks and armored personnel carriers during the final approach to the target.
16:13 The Russians are trying to repeat the attack on the village of Borovaya, Kharkov region. The monitoring resource DeepState reported that the enemy has increased up to 10 thousand personnel and 450 units of military equipment in the area from Raigorodka to Novovodyany. Now the extended defensive line in this direction is held by the 3rd Specialized Brigade, but the forces remain incommensurable. The occupiers prevail in numbers, use additional units, and also conduct intense assault operations along the entire offensive zone. Read more in the article Attack on Borovaya .
16:07 The American military corporation Northrop Grumman will open production of medium-caliber ammunition in Ukraine, Breaking Defense reports. The enterprise will be opened as part of an agreement between the Pentagon and the Ukrainian government. In the future, it is planned to also produce tank and artillery ammunition. The Northrop co-production agreement is the first publicly acknowledged agreement between the US Prime Minister of Defense and the Ukrainian government for a production project in Ukraine.
15:24 The National Rally Party, which won the European Parliament elections in France, opposed the transfer of long-range weapons to Ukraine. One of the party leaders, candidate for prime minister of France, Jordan Bardella , said that he supports Ukraine’s right to defend itself from Russia, but if elected prime minister, he will not hand over missiles that will allow Kiev to hit Russian territory.
15:12 The GUR reported that it had identified Russian military personnel who shot four Ukrainian prisoners of war near Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, in the second half of May. They turned out to be Russian servicemen who were part of the assault group of the 70th motorized rifle regiment (military unit 71718) of the 42nd motorized rifle division of the 58th army of the Southern District of the Russian Armed Forces.
14:50 At a certain building site in Volchansk, dozens of Russian military personnel are blocked, but not hundreds, as Forbes previously reported, said the speaker of the Kharkov Operational-Tactical Group of Troops, Yuriy Povkh: “First of all, the Russians do not operate with such masses of personnel, as noted in this message. That is, 400 people - this fact cannot be confirmed, because it does not exist."
14:19 Russia has transferred almost all its troops from under the Finnish border to Ukraine, writes Yle with reference to satellite images. They show that Russian bases there are practically empty, despite Putin's threats over Finland's accession to NATO. The publication's intelligence source confirmed that the Russians have transferred about 80% of their equipment and soldiers to the war against Ukraine.
14:04 The negotiating teams of Ukraine and the EU have completed agreeing on the text of the security treaty and agreed to sign it in the near future, the Presidential Office reported.
13:31 The Organization of American States has joined the final communiqué of the Global Peace Summit, the Swiss government announced. At the same time, Rwanda withdrew its signature on the communiqué. Thus, 84 states and organizations have already supported the communiqué.
13:25 F-16 fighters from the United States will be deployed on the territory of Ukraine, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said: “The plan is to supply F-16s to Ukraine. And the bilateral security agreement that President Biden and President Zelensky signed reinforced this point "that we want to help Ukraine have this potential. It should be a potential based in Ukraine."
12:40 The Rada supported the creation of a military police in the first reading.
12:34 The signed agreement between Russia and the DPRK provides for the provision of mutual assistance in the event of aggression against one of the participants, Putin said: “The new agreement with the DPRK provides for mutual assistance in the event of aggression against one of the participants in the document. I draw attention to the statements of the West about the supply of F to Ukraine -16 and long-range weapons for attacks on Russian territory. In this regard, the Russian Federation does not exclude military-technical cooperation with the DPRK within the framework of the signed document."
Putin also called the DPRK’s position on Ukraine “a confirmation of Pyongyang’s sovereign course.” “Korean friends take an objective and balanced position on the topic of Ukrainian settlement and understand the true initial causes of the crisis,” the Kremlin head added. Kim Jong-un, in turn, said that the agreement on a “comprehensive strategic partnership” between Russia and the DPRK is “peace-loving and defensive in nature.”
11:46 Putin and Kim Jong-un held a two-hour tete-a-tete meeting in Pyongyang, after which they signed an agreement “on a comprehensive strategic partnership,” Russian media report.
11:42 The Caribbean state of Antigua and Barbuda joined the communiqué of the Peace Summit in Switzerland, although it did not take part in it, the Office of the President reported.
11:37 The identity of the Ukrainian military man who was beheaded by the Russians in the Donetsk region has been established, said Prosecutor General Andrei Kostin. Russian commanders potentially responsible for the brutal murder of the Ukrainian defender have also been identified.
11:11 Denmark announced another package of military assistance to Ukraine, which, in particular, provides support for the Ukrainian defense industry. The country's Ministry of Defense said that the 19th package will both support Ukraine's immediate needs and contribute to the long-term development of Ukraine's ability to defend itself. In particular, the package provides for the conclusion of a number of different agreements with allies for procurement and transfers from the allied defense industry. Among other things, we are talking about equipment to support F-16 aircraft donated by Denmark.
In turn, Minister for Strategic Industries Alexander Kamyshin said that Denmark would invest an additional $170 million in support of Ukrainian weapons manufacturers.
10:28 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that the Ukrainian Armed Forces for the second time attacked an object on Russian territory with Ukrainian missiles with a range that ATACMS could reach. Thus, on the night of June 18, Ukrainian Neptune missiles, modified to hit ground targets, hit the Yugneftekhimtransit oil terminal in the port village of Chushka in the Krasnodar Territory near the Kerch Strait. The previous attack by Neptunes was on May 31 on the neighboring port of Kavkaz on the same spit.
These targets are located approximately 250 km from the front line. ATACMS could hit 300 km, but the United States prohibits their use on Russian territory. For the first time, Ukraine used Neptune missiles against Russian naval targets in April 2022; since then, their modification has continued for more than two years.
10:15 At night, the enemy attacked an energy facility in the central region, there was damaged equipment, the Ministry of Energy reported. In addition, in the Lviv region, as a result of the night attack, overhead lines and electrical equipment were damaged, and 285 metering points were de-energized.
09:57 The day before, Russian troops shelled Kurakhovka, Pokrovsky district, Donetsk region - one person was killed, one was wounded, said the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin. One more person was injured in Zarechny, Kramatorsk district, and in the Chasovoyarsk community, Bakhmut district.
09:16 On June 18, the Russians shelled the village. Slatino, Kharkov district, one person was injured. Another person was wounded as a result of shelling. Kurilovka, Kupyansky district, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
09:04 In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, two people were injured as a result of Russian shelling, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. A high-rise building and seven private houses, the territory of an educational institution, a factory and a farm were damaged.
08:48 As a result of a night attack by drones in Lviv, the building of a research institute was damaged, said Mayor Andrey Sadovy.
08:45 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 19:
personnel - about 529,750 (+1130) people,
tanks - 7984 (+10),
armored combat vehicles - 15,319 (+12),
artillery systems - 14,007 (+48),
MLRS - 1104 (+0),
air defense systems - 857 (+4),
aircraft - 359 (+0),
helicopters - 326 (+0),
UAVs of operational-tactical level - 11 221 (+34),
cruise missiles - 2297 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 19,078 (+47),
special equipment - 2351 (+7).
08:31 In Malekhiv, Lviv region, two people were injured as a result of a night Russian attack by drones, said the head of the OVA, Maxim Kozitsky. In total, the area was attacked by five Shahed-type UAVs, all of which were shot down.
08:19 Air defense at night destroyed 19 out of 21 attack UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type, which Russia attacked from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and from the Crimean Cape Chauda, the Air Force reported. Drones were shot down in Kherson, Nikolaev, Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Khmelnytsky and Lvov regions. In addition, over the past 24 hours, four Orlan-10 drones were shot down in the Nikolaev direction, two Lancets and one Supercam within the Kherson region.
03:43 The United States is ready to impose new sanctions against China for supporting Russia, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said: “We are looking at countries that support the Russian defense industrial base, which allows Russia to continue its war, in particular China. As President Biden has made clear, we "The real concern is not that China is supplying weapons to Russia - that's not what they're doing."
Beijing provides critical support to Russia's defense industrial base, he said. Thus, about 70% of machine tools imported by Russia come from China, as well as 90% of microelectronics. “This needs to end. And we are doing and will do everything for this,” Blinken emphasized.
He also said that the NATO summit, which will take place in early July in Washington, will focus on strengthening Ukraine and its victory in the long term.
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[Korrespondent] In total, 28 criminal proceedings are being investigated regarding the murder of 62 Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian troops, the Prosecutor General said.
Ukraine is investigating 28 criminal proceedings regarding the killing of 62 Ukrainian prisoners of war by the occupiers; law enforcement officers reported suspicions to four persons within the framework of these proceedings. Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andrey Kostin announced this on Wednesday, June 19, during a telethon, Interfax-Ukraine writes.
“In general, today we are investigating 28 criminal proceedings regarding the murder of 62 Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian troops. In these proceedings, suspicions have been reported to four persons, an investigation has already been completed against two people and indictments have been sent to court. One person has been convicted,” he said Prosecutor General
Kostin recalled that the day before it became known that the Russian occupiers beheaded one of the Ukrainian servicemen in the Volnovakha district of the Donetsk region. Law enforcement officers were able to identify the deceased.
Kostin hopes that the harsh reaction of international partners to this blatant fact “will be converted into real steps to put pressure on Russia and ensure punishment for committing international crimes.”
As of April 2024, the prosecutor's office was aware of 54 Ukrainian prisoners executed by the Russians. The court has already sentenced the first Russian military man for executing a defense lawyer in the Chernigov region.
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[Korrespondent] The number of clashes along the entire front line increased to 95
Ukrainian defenders are giving a worthy rebuff to the Russian invaders, destroying personnel and equipment.
Since the beginning of the day, Russian troops have been increasing the pace of offensive and assault operations, looking for ways to penetrate the defenses and dislodge Ukrainian units from occupied lines. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced this in an evening report on Wednesday, June 19.
It is noted that Ukrainian defenders are giving a worthy rebuff to the invaders, destroying personnel and equipment. The number of clashes along the entire front line increased to 95.
In the Kharkov direction, Russian invaders attacked four times in one day in the area of Volchansk and Liptsev without success. In the afternoon, the occupiers attacked the civilian infrastructure of Kharkov and its environs with four UABs.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the beginning of the day repelled 10 assault actions of the Russians near Sinkovka, Novoselovka and Stelmakhovka. There are currently two more clashes going on there. Russian troops struck Novoosinovo with four guided aerial bombs, the settlements of Kovsharovka with two bombs, and the village of Pristin with one.
In the Liman direction, the enemy attacked 10 times in the areas of Ternov, Makeevka and Grekovka. One fight continues. Enemy aircraft attacked the village of Grigorovka with two UABs. Today, enemy losses in this direction amounted to 88 invaders, two armored fighting vehicles, 75 UAVs and two vehicles.
In the Seversky direction, near Verkhnekamensky and Razdolovka, the Russians stormed the positions of the Defense Forces six times. Our soldiers repulsed two attacks, four more are ongoing. The situation is tense.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the number of enemy attacks increased to 17. The enemy is looking for ways to penetrate the defenses in the areas of Ivanovsky, Novy, Kalinovka, Pivnichny, Andreevka and Bogdanovka. The defense forces are giving a worthy rebuff to the invaders, 13 assaults have been repelled, and four more are ongoing. Enemy losses in this direction amounted to 128 invaders, eight armored fighting vehicles and five vehicles.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the Russian invaders are not slowing down the pace of their offensive. Since the beginning of the day, the enemy has attacked the defensive lines of the Ukrainian defenders 36 times. 30 assaults by the aggressor were unsuccessful, and six more enemy attacks are ongoing.
Another 10 clashes occurred in the Kurakhovsky direction. The military repelled six Russian attacks, and four more are ongoing. Konstantinovka was subjected to an air strike by UABs.
As the General Staff previously reported, Russian troops are actively using guided aerial bombs to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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[EngMilRu] Units of the Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 42nd Mechanised Brigade, 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 71st Infantry Brigade, 120th, and 125th Territorial Defence brigades near Volchansk, Staritsa, and Liptsy (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 300 Ukrainian troops, two pickup trucks, two 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzer.
In addition, one AFU ammunition depot has been destroyed.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 14th, 116th Mechanised brigades, 77th Airmobile Brigade, and 1st National Guard Brigade near Petropavlovka, Sinkovka (Kharkov region), Stelmakhovka, and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
Two counterattacks launched by formations of the AFU 3rd Tank Brigade and 110th Territorial Defence Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 450 Ukrainian troops, one tank, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one U.S.-made 155mm M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one 152mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzer were neutralised.
Two AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 5th Assault Brigade, 71st Jaeger Brigade, and 79th Air Assault Brigade near Minkovka, Kalinin, Chasov Yar, Konstantinovka, Katerinovka, and Karlovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 560 Ukrainian troops, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, one U.S.-made Humvee armoured fighting vehicle, and five pickup trucks.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, two U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzers, one U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzer, one 152mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, one UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzer, and two Bukovel-AD and Anklav electronic warfare stations were neutralised.
Two AFU ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 27th, 110th Mechanised brigades, 144th Infantry Brigade, and 109th Territorial Defence Brigade near Novgorodskoye, Yevgenovka, Umanskoye, Vozdvizhenka, Kamishevka, and Toretsk (Donetsk People's Republic).
Five counterattacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 23rd, 24th, 47th Mechanised brigades, and 68th Jaeger Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 355 Ukrainian troops, six motor vehicles, two 152mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzers, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, one U.S.-made 105mm M119 howitzer, and one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade, 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 102th, and 108th Territorial Defence brigades near Pavlovka, Shevchenko, Vladimirovka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Marphopol (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 120 Ukrainian troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, two Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery systems, and one UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer.
Two AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 128th Mountain Assault Brigade and 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade near Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region) and Dnepropetrovskoye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 110 Ukrainian troops, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, four motor vehicles, one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces delivered strikes at command posts of the AFU 5th Assault Brigade, 54th, and 92nd Mechanised brigades, as well as engaged manpower and hardware clusters in 124 areas during the past 24 hours.
Air defence units shot down 43 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, ten U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and three French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs.
In total, 613 airplanes and 276 helicopters, 25,934 unmanned aerial vehicles, 531 air defence missile systems, 16,374 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,344 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 10,645 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 22,687 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 22:39 The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) fired at nine settlements in the Kursk region during the day. The acting governor of the region, Alexey Smirnov, announced this in his Telegram channel.
“Today, the village of Tetkino was repeatedly attacked by Ukraine. <…>
Also during the day, the village of Novy Put, the village of Elizavetovka, the village of Otruba in the Glushkovsky district, the village of Uspenovka and the village of Gordeevka in the Korenevsky district, the villages of Nikolaevo-Daryino and Gornal, and the village of Oleshnya in the Sudzhansky district were repeatedly shelled. No one was hurt here. In Elizavetovka, a non-residential building was damaged by fire,” he wrote.
21:35 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of June 19, 2024) - video.
20:57 Kherson direction. Right bank. n.p. Stanislav.
The Russian Aerospace Forces attacked a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and equipment with several FAB-500 aerial bombs from UPMK. We tested the Su-34M.
19:55 At 19:20, Ukrainian troops fired 15 missiles from the MLRS at the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the JCCC reported.
19:49 Consequences of the Ukrainian artillery attack of Pervomaisk in the LPR - video.
19:07 The T-80 BVM tank crew of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed the enemy fortified area north of Rabotino.
“The main problems in our area are enemy FPV drones in huge quantities. But thanks to electronic warfare installations installed on our vehicles, it is possible to overcome these unpleasant limitations in battle. There are also very extensive minefields that our “bird” assistants help us overcome,” the driver-mechanic of the T-80 BVM tank with the call sign “Raccoon” spoke about the situation on the battlefield.
18:44 Discovered and destroyed: the warehouse of the Armed Forces of Ukraine came under attack by bombers. Based on a reconnaissance tip from the 18th Combined Arms Army on the right bank of the Dnieper, an ODAB-1500 gliding bomb destroyed a ammunition depot.
17:47 Explosions occurred in the Odessa region. This was reported by the Ukrainian publication “Strana”.
17:24 Heavy snipers of the Pacific Fleet 155th Naval Infantry Brigade thwarted several attempts to rotate units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Urozhainy.
Sniper pairs of the heavy sniper unit of the naval infantry brigade of the Pacific Fleet are working on the same line with the assault detachments of the Vostok group of forces, which are conducting an offensive near Urozhainy in the area of the Vrem'evsky salient in the South Donetsk direction. The soldiers help our vanguard move forward, destroying the most dangerous targets. Marine brigade snipers work, as a rule, at night, wearing thermal imaging capes that make them invisible to thermal imagers
16:49 Footage of the destruction of enemy firing points on the border with the Belgorod region.
16:30 A powerful explosion was heard in Kharkov
16:05 Explosions in Poltava.
According to preliminary information, a missile strike was carried out on Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in the Mirgorod area (where the military airfield is located).
15:54 The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked a civilian car with a drone on a bridge over the canal between Kakhovka and Vasylivka, as a result of the impact in the car, a son died, his father was taken to the hospital with a shell shock, said the governor of the Kherson region, Saldo.
He also added that an abandoned canteen was damaged by artillery attack in the village of Raiskoye, Novokakhovsky urban district.
15:30 In the Donetsk direction, there was great local success in the Toretsk area. Russian fighters entered the village. NY. Gorlovka and Yasinovataya were shelled from this settlement.
15:01 The number of deaths during the Ukrainian artillery attack of Donetsk has increased to two - a wounded woman died in the hospital, Mayor Kulemzin said.
14:49 The head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said that Ukrainian troops fired at the School No. 106 stop area of Donetsk, as a result of the attack a man was killed and three more people were wounded.
14:37 The Ukrainian Armed Forces' strike on Pervomaisk in the LPR damaged glazing in administrative buildings, cultural and educational institutions, as well as in residential apartment buildings, local authorities report.
14:15 Aleksandro-Kalinovskoe direction: advance of the RF Armed Forces towards Druzhbe. Situation as of 14.00 June 19, 2024:
For the first time in a long time, revival and a local breakthrough are being recorded in the Alexander-Kalinovsky direction. Last evening, messages began to appear on the resources of both sides about a breakthrough of the front from Gorlovka to Toretsk (Dzerzhinsk).
At the same time, according to the most optimistic statements, the advance of Russian units was about three to five kilometers, and this was on one of the oldest and well-fortified sections of the front.
According to the first reports, Russian troops broke through Leninskoye (Pivdennoye) to the administrative borders of Artemovo (Zaliznoye), but this information has not yet been clearly confirmed.
But our sources confirm the push from the Mayorsk checkpoint towards Friendship. According to available information, the advance was about 900 meters along the railway and to the pumping station of the 3rd lift on the Seversky Donets - Donbass canal. At the same time, there are no objective control shots yet, and the fighting continues, so the situation may still change somewhat.
13:58 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the military defense as of June 19, 2024. Main:
Units of the North group of forces improved the situation along the front line and defeated the manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Volchansk, Staritsa and Liptsy in the Khar'kov region. Enemy losses amounted to up to 300 troops.
Military personnel of the West group of forces occupied more advantageous positions in the areas of Petropavlovka, Sin'kovka of the Khar'kov region, Stelmakhovka and Chervona Dibrova of the LPR. Enemy losses amounted to up to 450 troops.
The fighters of the “Southern” group of troops improved the situation along the front line in the areas of Minkovka, Kalinin, Chasov Yar, Konstantinovka, Katerynivka and Karlovka of the DPR. Enemy losses amounted to 560 military personnel.
Units of the "Center" group of troops improved the tactical position and defeated the formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Novgorod, Evgenovka, Uman, Vozdvizhenka, Kamyshevka, and Toretsk of the DPR. Enemy losses amounted to up to 355 military personnel.
More advantageous positions were occupied by units of the Vostok group of troops in the areas of Pavlovka, Shevchenko, Vladimirovka of the DPR and Marfopol of the Zaporozhye region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 120 military personnel.
Units of the Dnepr group of troops defeated the formations of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kamensky district of the Zaporozhye region and the Dneprovsky district of the Kherson region. Enemy losses amounted to up to 110 military personnel.
13:24 Under fire from Ukrainian terrorists
12:55 A girl born in 2007 was wounded in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk due to artillery attack from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said the mayor of the city of Kulemzin.
12:52 Telegram channel “Military Chronicle” reported that Russian troops entered the southern outskirts of New York. This village is located six km west of Gorlovka and has been used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces for a long time as a powerful fortified area. New York is located in a lowland and, presumably, is the most convenient entry point for the further development of the attack on Nelepovka and subsequent possible access to Toretsk, and from there to the N-32 highway to Konstantinovka near Chasovoy Yar.
12:50 Artillerymen of the 36th Army of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed the enemy howitzer “Krasnopolem” - video.
11:55 Ukrainian militants attacked a high-rise building in Novaya Kakhovka with a drone in the morning, there were no casualties, said the governor of the Kherson region, Saldo.
11:12 The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the village of Nevskoye in the LPR under their control with Grads, said retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrey Marochko.
The Ukrainian military used at least 40 rounds. Perhaps this happened by mistake, but there could also be a provocation to blame Russian troops for the strike, he clarified.
10:54 Units of the Vostok group of troops, during active operations, improved the situation along the front line, thwarted the enemy’s attempts to strengthen forward positions and rotation in strong points in the areas of Nikolsky, Dorozhnyanka and Charivny.
Artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems hit strongholds and areas where manpower and equipment accumulated in the 72nd Mechanized Brigade, the 108th and 123rd Territorial Defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 21st Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the areas of Dobrovolye, Zaliznychny, Neskuchny and Oktyabr.
Enemy losses amounted to up to 155 military personnel, an armored combat vehicle, a pickup truck, a 155mm self-propelled artillery mount "Crab", a 155mm howitzer FH70, a 152mm howitzer D-20, an electronic warfare station "Enklav-N", an unmanned aerial vehicle of an aircraft type and two ammunition supply points.
10:45 The situation in the Chasov Yarsky direction is reported by the Archangel of Special Forces:
“The assault on the Novy (Chanal) microdistrict continues. The enemy, despite the heavy fire, continues to cling to the remaining part of the buildings in the microdistrict itself, although most of the crossings across the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal have been destroyed. Yesterday, servicemen of the 24th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were captured.”
09:56 Frontline report for the morning of 06/19/2024:
Zaporozhye Front. The Russian Armed Forces are firing long-range weapons at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and heavy flamethrower systems of the Russian army are actively working. Ukrainian artillery also responds quite often. On the ground, there are mainly positional battles. In the Rabotino area and north-west of Verbovoy LBS there are no significant changes.
Donetsk front. In the area of Konstantinovka and Maksimilyanivka - without much change - there are battles on the approaches to these settlements. In Krasnogorovka, fighting continues within the city limits; the Ukrainian Armed Forces are putting up serious resistance. In Nevelskoye there are oncoming battles.
In the Karlovka area, Russian troops are consolidating their positions on occupied lines on both sides of the reservoir, preparing for further assault operations in the populated area.
In Yasnobrodovka, fighting continues on the outskirts of the village. North of Sokol, Russian troops advanced and captured a number of Ukrainian positions. Fighting continues in the village itself.
The front intensified in the New York area, where the Russian Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian positions on a wide front line in order to push the LBS away from Gorlovka. Rapid advances, due to the very long static nature of the front line in this sector, should not be expected.
Chasovoyarsk direction. Aviation and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces continue to actively strike positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. On the ground, fighting continues in the eastern suburb of Chasov Yar, where the Russian Armed Forces are pushing the enemy further and further to the west.
Khar'kov front. There are no significant changes in the LBS, but the activity of this area remains extremely high. The Ukrainian Armed Forces carry out roll-up after roll-up in order to regain lost positions. The Ukrainian troops have brought enough reserves here. Fierce fighting continues in the central part of Volchansk and in the Glubokoye area.
09:28 Unsuccessful attempt by Ukrainian troops to storm the positions of the Russian Armed Forces - video.
09:01 Su-25 crews carried out an attack with unguided aircraft missiles on an enemy stronghold and manpower in the zone of responsibility of the Center group of forces.
As a result of the flight mission, special equipment and enemy personnel were destroyed.
08:14 Ivanovo paratroopers, using FPV drones, destroyed a UAV post and Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment in the area of the village of Chasov Yar, for which fighting is taking place in the Donbass.
08:10 Enemy reports: “The Russian Armed Forces advanced near Alexandropol, the Mayorsk checkpoint and entered the village of Severny.”
08:07 Artillerymen from the North group of troops supported the advance of motorized riflemen.
Crews of unmanned aerial vehicles identified the positions and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and transmitted their coordinates to the control point. Self-propelled artillery mounts 152mm 2S3M "Akatsiya" struck the enemy from closed firing positions.
08:00 Russian servicemen told how the assault on Ocheretino took place. The enemy did not expect a breakthrough in daylight and was taken by surprise - video.
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[REGNUM] One of the three points of the final communiqué of the so-called “peace summit” on Ukraine, held recently in Switzerland, was the provision on the importance of free navigation in the Black and Azov Seas.
“Food security should in no way be weaponized. Ukrainian agricultural products must be supplied safely and freely to interested third countries,” says the document adopted following the meeting at the spa hotel.
And this is already the third year when the topic of the grain corridor constantly appears in political statements and media publications. Although the problems with it are completely different, not related to the security of supplies. Sources from Regnum news agency confirmed at the end of last year that dry cargo ships with grain were moving smoothly.
Initially, Ukraine and the West loudly demanded the creation of a corridor, citing high humanitarian considerations. Vladimir Zelensky, in a sepulchral voice, warned of a possible famine in Asian and African countries due to the cessation of supplies of Ukrainian grain and frightened that a shortage of food from Ukraine would lead “to political chaos, which could lead to the overthrow of the governments of many countries.”
In the end, however, it turned out that the main buyers are NATO countries, where they often feed pigs bred for sale. And poor third world countries account for minimal supplies - no more than 15% of the total volume.
At the same time, the grain corridor has turned into a huge pump for pumping money out of Ukraine, since a significant part of the products is exported under “gray” schemes. And they didn’t talk about this in Switzerland, although they should have.
“A company comes to the “grain corridor” - it has zero kopecks in taxes paid, there are no documents for this grain. The “Pound” director loads this grain onto a ship and sends it to the conditional Turkey. While the ship is sailing, grain is transferred and foreign exchange earnings are not returned. From this particular operation, we as a state received zero,” says First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy Yaroslav Zheleznyak.
For “gray” exports in Ukraine, “suffering from the actions of the Russians,” fictitious fly-by-night enterprises are widely used, which are created for a specific operation and are closed almost immediately. Such companies are registered as fictitious persons. To export and transfer foreign currency abroad, grain is bought from farmers for cash, without documents or paying taxes.
Immediately after successful loading of grain onto the ship, such firms are closed. While the ship is on the road, the grain changes owners several times until it ends up in the ownership of one of the international agricultural traders.
Thanks to this, the organizers of the fraud leave funds from the sale in foreign accounts. In the future, they can be used for other “shadow” schemes.
One of them, which accidentally became known, was the method of withdrawal of funds by the Ukrainian gambling business, which was also used by retail chains, banks and “black” exporters.
Companies send non-cash funds to the accounts of employees of large retail chains (“salaries” came to them as a private transfer from another individual, so the funds were not subject to taxation). In return, they give the “players” cash received from the sale of goods. And gambling companies exchange this “cash” from shadow grain exporters for foreign currency.
Moreover, all these and other similar criminal frauds are of an international nature.
An investigation conducted by two international investigative journalistic firms showed that among foreign buyers of Ukrainian grain under “gray” schemes there were, in particular: offshore companies; shell companies in Hungary and the Czech Republic, liquidated due to late filing of documents; companies with a history of tax evasion; but the main thing is large international grain traders, COFCO International, Bunge, Viterra, Ameropa Grains Holding and others.
After there was a stir in the media, and a parliamentary commission was created to investigate such facts, it turned out that hundreds of Ukrainian exporting companies with signs of fictitiousness and serious violations came under suspicion. But Ukrainian customs authorities showed amazing loyalty to these companies.
According to the investigative commission of the Verkhovna Rada, more than half of the exporters did not submit a single customs declaration at all, most of the submitted documents were processed in 90 minutes, and it took an average of only nine minutes to complete one declaration.
Just one of these companies, which is currently under investigation, exported more than $150 million worth of grain over two years to two Hungarian firms that were liquidated by a Hungarian court due to failure to provide financial documents and inaccurate contact information.
The court also prohibited these key Hungarian importers, The Mark Global and Borko Trade, from carrying out any further activities. Despite this, the first of them continued to trade. According to court documents analyzed by journalists, the Ukrainian state lost about $20 million in unpaid taxes from the sale of grain to Borko Trade alone.
Hungarian authorities have not been able to establish who is really behind the company. When journalists began to look into who was behind these two and other related firms, they came across several young people listed as current or former shareholders and directors who turned out to be front men.
One of them told reporters that he and others were offered to add their name to the company while he was being treated in... a psychiatric hospital.
According to estimates by the National Bank of Ukraine, for 2022 and the first nine months of 2023, the volume of foreign exchange earnings from agricultural exporters that were not received within the deadlines established by law amounted to about $2 billion.
And inspections carried out after the scandal began by the Odessa regional administration revealed that “30–40% of the export grain market entities operate in the shadows.”
People's Deputy of Ukraine Maryan Zablotsky, who began his own investigation of the grain market, told reporters that large international traders really are behind the current underground transactions. The best way to stop them, he said, is to try to impose fines on them outside the country.
“As practice has shown, it is very difficult to chase this around Ukraine with the law enforcement system that we have, and with the corruption that we have,” says the Ukrainian deputy.
After all these high-profile scandals, measures began to be taken last year that seemed to be aimed at correcting the situation. Parliament adopted a law that introduced an export security regime and tightened requirements for exporting companies. For this law to come into force, the government had to pass a corresponding resolution.
However, for several months it did not do this, and all this time the status quo was maintained in the situation with non-return of currency.
Then, when the resolution establishing new rules for agricultural exports was finally adopted, corruption risks were discovered in it. Thus, it proposes to allow only companies registered in the State Agrarian Register (SAR) to export grain. And this means the ability to “manually” select enterprises that can export grain.
In addition, companies may not be granted an export license even if it meets all the criteria. This can happen upon an appeal from the Ministry of Agrarian Policy about the presence of “other grounds” for refusal.
As a result, even now the estimated amount of unaccounted grain exported from Ukraine can reach up to 5 million tons per year. This opinion was expressed by the General Director of the Ukrainian Agricultural Business Club Oleg Khomenko. “Given that 95% of our exports are currently carried out through ports, then, of course, the opportunities there are wider (for “gray” exports - editor’s note) than by rail,” he notes.
The beneficiaries of the grain corridor from Ukraine are a fairly large number of entities. Firstly, Western countries, where most of Ukrainian grain exports go.
Secondly, Western corporations are large agricultural traders who do not hesitate to make profits, including through the use of “gray” schemes.
Thirdly, these are the owners of the companies that organize these schemes on the Ukrainian side. And finally, corrupt Ukrainian officials, customs officers, security forces, etc., “protecting” this entire business chain with a criminal bias.
But who is definitely not among those benefiting from the work of the grain corridor is the Ukrainian state budget, which is losing billions, and those very poor countries in Africa and Asia, for the sake of saving from hunger which this whole story was supposedly started.
Thus, public worries at various international meetings are just a beautiful cover for theft on an especially large scale, which everyone knows about, but pretends to believe the touching story about “shipping safety problems” created by Russia.
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[Regnum] The nuclear submarine missile cruisers Severodvinsk and Orel of the Northern Fleet carried out practical missile firing at the “enemy” in the Barents Sea. The exercises took place in accordance with the combat training plan. This was reported to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
“A detachment of mock enemy landing ships was successfully hit by Kalibr and Granit cruise missiles at a distance of 170 km. The missile weapon once again confirmed its inherent characteristics and high reliability,” the defense department explained.
During the exercise, the missile firing area was closed to civilian shipping and aviation flights.
As IA Regnum reported, ships and aircraft of the Pacific Fleet (PF) in Kamchatka began practicing practical tasks during bilateral exercises on June 19.
The ships will take part in exercises in the Pacific Ocean, Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk from June 18 to 28.
About 40 ships, boats and support vessels, about 20 airplanes and helicopters, including long-range anti-submarine aircraft, are involved.
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[Regnum] Alexander Pogorelov, who was the main defendant in the case of the assassination attempt on the first head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) Alexander Zakharchenko and the murder of DPR battalion commander Arsen Pavlov, known under the call sign Motorola, was sentenced on June 19 to life imprisonment to be served in a special regime colony.
“Based on the totality of crimes, Pogorelov will finally be sentenced to life imprisonment to be served in a special regime colony,” said the judge at the Southern District Military Court, where the case was heard.
In particular, Pogorelov was found guilty of a terrorist attack, attempted terrorist attack, encroachment on the life of a statesman, participation in a terrorist community, espionage, undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities and carrying explosives.
The rest of the defendants in the case - Vasily Churilov, Alexander Timoshenko and Artyom Yen - received from 12 to 17 years of strict regime. Churilov was accused of participating in a terrorist community and facilitating terrorist activities. Tymoshenko - in espionage and preparation for it, Yena - in promoting terrorist activities.
As IA Regnum reported, Alexander Zakharchenko died on August 31, 2018 as a result of an explosion in a cafe in the center of Donetsk, where he had gone to meet friends. A bomb was installed in the establishment; in the explosion, the politician received non-life-threatening injuries and died on the way to the hospital.
The details of his murder became known from an intercepted conversation between an employee and an SBU agent. The perpetrator of the murder was paid 5 million rubles.
The commander of the Sparta battalion of the DPR army, Arsen Pavlov, better known by the call sign Motorola, was killed on October 16, 2016 in the elevator of his building in Donetsk using an explosive device. His guard died along with him. Later, the DPR Ministry of State Security stated that the mastermind behind the murder of Motorola and Mikhail Tolstykh (Givi) was the head of the counterintelligence department of the SBU, Alexey Petrov.
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[Regnum] The lower age limit for conscription into the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) as part of mobilization should be reduced from 25 years to 21 years, said deputy commander of the 3rd separate assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Rodion Kudryashov on the Ukrainian TV channel “Novosti. Live."
“We need an infusion of fresh young thought into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There are many reforms currently underway regarding the use of weapons on the front line, including the use of FPV drones. This is what we need, something that the younger generation can cope with,” said Kudryashov.
At the same time, he noted that the Ukrainian army does not need an increase in numbers, but qualitative changes in personnel. According to Ukrainian analysts, the average age of a Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter exceeds 40 and even 45 years, which negatively affects the endurance and combat effectiveness of units as a whole.
Verkhovna Rada deputy Roman Lozinsky suggested on June 18 that the reduction of the conscription age to 25 years in Ukraine is not the last. At the same time, he admitted that such a step would not receive support in society.
On April 2, the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, signed a law providing for the reduction of the mobilization age in Ukraine from 27 to 25 years. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called this bill an act of genocide. The diplomat noted that people in Ukraine have been turned into consumables.
As Regnum reported, at the end of 2023, Zelensky said that the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine asked to mobilize an additional 450-500 thousand people. The corresponding bill was submitted to the Verkhovna Rada on December 25. It provided for lowering the mobilization age from 27 to 25 years, canceling deferments for disabled people of the third group and depriving draft dodgers of the right to provide government services, including paperwork.
In addition, women may begin to be drafted into the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to Ukrainian military medic and intelligence officer Yarina Chernoguz, women should be subject to mandatory mobilization if there is a need for it in the army.
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[Regnum] Two relatives of Vice-Chancellor and German Economics Minister Robert Habeck served as officers in Nazi Germany, the German magazine Bunte reported on June 19.
According to these data, Habeck’s grandfather was an Obersturmführer of the SA (storm troops), and his great-grandfather was an SS officer from the close circle of Nazi Germany’s propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
Khabek’s great-grandfather was recognized as a war criminal, the material says.
“Few people know that Robert Habeck’s grandfather Kurt Grantzow (1912–1952) was an Obersturmführer of the SA in the Third Reich. His great-grandfather Walter Grantzow (1887–1952) even belonged to the inner circle of the leadership of the terrorist regime and was friends with Joseph Goebbels. He was an SS brigade commander and was convicted as a war criminal. Walter Grantzow dreamed that his descendants, after the final victory (of Hitler’s Germany - editor’s note), would continue his work and take on leadership roles in the Thousand-Year Reich,” the authors noted.
Habeck previously expressed fears in his speeches about the possibility of the return of Nazism in Germany; apparently, this “fear” is rooted in the history of his family, the material also says.
As Regnum reported, in February German media reported that the grandfather of German Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock, whom she often talks about at various memorial events, was a Nazi and served in the Wehrmacht. During World War II, Baerbock's grandfather was a Wehrmacht officer, an air defense engineer, and an active supporter of the Nazi regime. In 1944 he was awarded the Hitler Cross of Military Merit with swords.
The German Foreign Ministry tried to justify Berbock, saying that the head of the department allegedly did not know about the Nazi views of her ancestor.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, previously noted that Germany supports the neo-Nazi Kiev regime because the descendants of the Nazis are in power in Berlin. In particular, German Foreign Minister Berbock for a long time “forgot” to say that her grandfather not only fought against the USSR as part of the Wehrmacht, but was also an ardent supporter of National Socialism, the diplomat recalled.
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06/20/2024 15:36 Comments ||
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Sorry guys. The number of former nazi's in Germany in the 50's and 60's means that it's likely that pretty much everybody is related to one.
Why don't we discuss the number of former KGB hands that are running around?
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So? No doubt the Regnum writer has a good many relations who were good Soviets considerably more recently. And both Habeck and Bärbock are leaders of the Green party, heir of the Communist parties of both West and East German. As the Left measure such things, those two have spent their lives atoning for for the sins of their ancestors.
What has the Regnum writer done to atone for the more recent sins of his relatives?
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