On June 21, 2023, the Russian-Ukrainian war entered its 483rd day.
According to the report of the Ukrainian General Staff, yesterday the Russian army lost 1,010 personnel on all fronts, in addition to 8 tanks, 15 armored personnel carriers, 23 artillery pieces, 5 multiple launch rocket systems, and 1 Ka-52 attack helicopter were destroyed.
The reduction of the Russian army has increased by thousands, indicating that the fighting has become fiercer again in the past 24 hours.
Let's continue to look at the counteroffensive of the Russian army.
In recent days there have been heavy fighting on the Klimina front, with Russian troops attacking from several directions in an attempt to reach the Zherebets River.
But the Ukrainian army was clearly prepared for this, and the 25th Airborne Brigade, which was waiting for it, destroyed an armored commando group trying to attack Ukrainian positions under the guidance of drones and using precision artillery fire.
In addition, inside the Klimina forest, Ukrainian troops repelled Russian attacks east of the Prylesne Hotel.
In general, the Russians' offensive has weakened significantly after the frustrated large-scale offensive of the previous two days. I think Russia's offensive actions here are exaggerated. They are not carrying out "you hit you, I hit mine" as Ukrainian bloggers believe - that is, resisting the offensive of the Ukrainian army in the south and continuing their dream of conquering Donbass on the eastern front.
The actions of the Russian army are more like mobilizing the reserve forces of the Ukrainian army through the so-called large-scale offensive and reducing the pressure on the defense of the Zaporozhye direction.
In Avdiivka, which is known to have surrounded a large number of NATO soldiers, the Ukrainian army has continued to launch counterattacks on the north and south flanks in the past 24 hours, capturing several Russian positions and occupying better positions.
To repeat, Avdiivka did not, does not and will not be surrounded in the future - the latter point is judged based on the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine.
On the western front of Zaporozhye, the Russians sent a reserve — said to be the 34th brigade of the Russian army from Dnipro — yesterday sent tanks and armored columns from the side of the occupied village of Shereyanka to launch more than five counterattacks against Pyatykhatky.
But the 128th Mountain Brigade of Ukraine took fire control of the road leading to the village, and the Russian offensive was completely repulsed, the road between the two settlements was paved with destroyed Russian equipment, and as many as 25 armored vehicles were said to have been destroyed (which may include the losses of the Russian counterattack in the previous two days) - it is no exaggeration to say that this is a real hell battlefield.
The Ukrainian army is currently attacking the forest area south of Zherebyanky and P'yatykhatky.
The importance of P'yatykhatky, which we mentioned in yesterday's war report (yesterday's war report was written incorrectly a few days ago, probably not read by many friends), is the gateway to Vasilivka, one of the triangles of the western front of Zaporozhye (the other two are Tokmak and Melitopol).
At present, the Ukrainian army from the south has reached Grozovoe, which is the commanding height of the Vasilivka region and is only 9 kilometers away. That is, the door to Vasilievka has already been opened.
This is why the Russian army is so tense and launches a counterattack at any cost.
Vasilivka has imposed a curfew since yesterday, and all civilians are prohibited from going out between 21:30 and 05:00.
In addition, according to the head of Ukrainian intelligence, Budanov, the Russian army has planted a large number of mines in nuclear power plants, including in cooling towers - which are not far from nuclear power plants.
At the same time, the Ukrainian army in the Kherson region successfully shelled the left bank of the Dniepro, and a closer look at the location of the shelling will give one endless reverie.
Note that after the bombing of the Kakhovka Dam, there was already very little water in the ponds near the Dnieper and Vasilivka.
Without further ado, let's observe for two days and see.
In the past 24 hours, 5 companies of the Russian army in the Zaporozhye theater of operations have been severely damaged, as many as 46 units of equipment have been destroyed and damaged, including: 13 tanks, 7 infantry fighting vehicles, 4 howitzers 2S19 "Msta-S" & howitzers 2A65 "Msta-B", and 2 anti-tank guns MT-12 "Rapier", among others.
At present, the Ukrainian army is still striking the positions and logistics of the Russian army with artillery and missiles:
Ukrainian artillery hit and destroyed a large self-propelled gun firing position and an ammunition depot of Russian troops north of Heorhiivka.
A warehouse in Berdyansk was hit by the shadow of the storm.
In particular, the ammunition depot in Rykove by the Russians who were hit by the shadow of the Ukrainian storm on June 18 is at the theater level (no wonder the explosion lasted more than 6 hours). The latest photos show that even the foundations of the buildings where the ammunition are stored are not visible, and the railway tracks leading to the city center have completely disappeared.
If it is not replenished in time, the Russian army in the south will run out of artillery ammunition in a week to 10 days.
This is the successful way of the Ukrainian army, which I have repeatedly emphasized, suppressing the positions of the Russian army on the front line, and slamming the logistics system of the Russian army in the direction of depth, drawing salaries from the bottom - basically a copy of last year's Kherson battlefield.
Of course, the Russians are also attacking Ukraine's logistics system, but their battlefield intelligence (locating targets such as ammunition depots), as well as artillery and missiles, are far less accurate than NATO goods in Ukraine's hands, and there are really not many successful cases.
Inside Russia, the activities of opponents have not ceased either.
Yesterday there was another fire in Moscow, the details of which are unknown.
In Kotovsk, Tambov Oblast, Russia, a fire broke out at a gunpowder factory that killed 4 people and injured 12.
In Yaroslavl, Russia, a fire broke out in a warehouse. In total, 2,500 square meters were on fire.
Prigozhin believes that riots in Russia are inevitable, because someone "sits on Mount Olympus" and does not know the real state of war ...
Strelkov also claimed that the palace's own propaganda was and admitted that it was all over. He said:
"Russia has no chance to win, the Russian top is delusional, Russia has already lost all the initiative at the front."
If the cook has political ambitions and may have ulterior motives to sing the sing about the Russian army, then there is really no need to deliberately destroy Russia's prestige for a person like Sidzuo who has a bad record of defeating Malaysia Airlines and can no longer make a difference in the political arena.
Let's take a look at the other news.
After being interviewed by reporters, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, Budanov, came out again to "take two steps" and met with Japanese Ambassador to Ukraine Kunori Matsuda and took a group photo.
Just a few days ago, Russian media spread rumors that Budanov was seriously injured and was being treated in Berlin, and even more so that he had died.
Another Ukrainian general who was killed, the commander-in-chief Zaluzhne, also continued to brush his presence.
Still, I guess there are still many who will continue to identify Zaluzhne, as well as Budanov, dead. They always believe only what they want to believe.
Let him go.
Recently saw a lot of captured Russians, the most striking thing is what they dress ...
The Adidas hoodie appeared on the battlefield, and the second army gave the feeling of a motley army.
Deputy Prime Minister of the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Epyfanov, was hit by a car bomb in Simferopol, a Russian-occupied Crimea.
He, his secretary and a bodyguard were admitted to hospital with severe burns.
Let's take a look at the news of Archfire.
To force Russia into peace talks, France will support Ukraine's accession to NATO.
At the 2008 summit in Bucharest, then French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel prevented Ukraine's rapid entry into NATO – before Russia had occupied Crimea and there were no obstacles to Ukraine's accession to NATO;
Portugal announced the transfer to Ukraine of 14 more M113 armored personnel carriers and 9 light towed 105-mm howitzers;
Germany will deliver at least 10 Leopard 1A5 tanks to Ukraine from the beginning of July. Germany supported 80 tanks in 2023, another 30 in 2024;
The Pentagon recalculated the cost of military aid to Ukraine in 2022 and 2023, finding that it overestimated the cost of military aid by $6.2 billion.
In other words, Eagle Sauce's aid budget has not yet been spent, and they can allocate this amount for additional military assistance this fiscal year.
German secret services have set up surveillance of Russians in Germany who support the war in Ukraine. 、
In the annual report of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), published on June 20, they were identified as the main threat to German security.
The Czech Republic followed suit, and President Pyotr Pavel insisted on the need to carefully monitor citizens of the Russian Federation who left and lived in the West.
In addition, the Czech Foreign Minister said that Prague officials do not see the prospects for establishing relations with Russia, even if its leadership changes, unless the country undergoes major changes and no longer poses a threat to neighboring countries. He said:
"Only when there are profound changes in Russian society and there is no longer the idea of confrontation with neighbors and the West can we establish new friendly relations with Russia and create a security architecture in Europe based on cooperation and mutual trust, until then Russia will remain a direct threat to all of Europe.
For his part, Prime Minister Peter Fiala stressed that what happened in 2022 is the best proof that the Czech Republic is properly protecting the defense capability of its army.
As I said yesterday, Europe is not anyone's pawn, they and Ukraine are real watchful mutual aid.
Again, if you want to pursue the truth, don't be selectively blind.
Text/West Building Drinking Moon
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