Ukraine and World Affairs: Weekly Update, 13th June 2025: May be useful to some: https://robcampbell.substack.com/p/ukraine-and-world-affairs-weekly-8c6

Posted by: The Busker | Jun 15 2025 15:36 utc | 4

Our source in the OP said that Andriy Yermak is preparing a new tour for Zelensky before the NATO summit, the goal of which is to gain support and public approval from Germany/France for Ukraine to join the Alliance. The President’s Office wants to strengthen the international track, due to Ukraine’s weak position in the negotiations with Russia in Istanbul.
– https://t.me/rezident_ua/26382

Yeah just what the world wants right now, another Zelensky demand\begging tour.

Posted by: knighthawk | Jun 15 2025 17:20 utc | 6

Way less countries properly study the SMO than they should, it seems.

Posted by: boneless | Jun 15 2025 18:54 utc | 8

There was also an unconfirmed report that one of the public bomb shelters in Chernihiv was seeking to introduce an admission fee! Initially my mind boggled at the idea, then I remembered, this is Ukraine. Sums it up really.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jun 15 2025 19:20 utc | 10

“You are no more capable of running the affairs of this nation than you are of running a brothel!”
https://thegrayzone.com/2025/06/11/uk-plans-russian-black-fleet/
Posted by: They Call Me Mister | Jun 15 2025 13:33 utc |
Interesting read. Interesting revelations.
If you’re caught with your finger prints on the trigger and there’s to be a return of favour so to speak.
What might it possibly be?
Hypothetically of course!

Posted by: jpc | Jun 15 2025 20:10 utc | 12

Putin humouring Trump is the best trolling yet.

Posted by: Suresh | Jun 15 2025 21:00 utc | 14

What a gift to Russia is the preoccupation of the US, NATO, and the world media on the Middle east.
Russia is now engulfing Ukrainian territory all along the front lines faster that it has done before and Zelensky is deeply worried and even suggesting Odessa might be lost. Massive missile and drone strikes continue.
Russia has sent up more rockets into space recently to launch new satellites into orbit that will improve accuracy and precision within their expanded network, particularly helping with navigation. It will have the ability to see through anything even in intensely overcast weather. It is also testing and using a whole range of new lasers on the battle field and in the air including infrared versions. These systems are in advance of the West, many are highly mobile and frighteningly effective.
While there is threat to the world of a spike in oil prices and supplies, due to the Israel-Iran war that could even see the Strait of Hormuz shut, Zelensky is trying to get the EU to lock in Russian oil prices, something neither he nor the Europeans actually have power over. More alternative universe nonsense but it all bodes well for Russia given it is a major world oil producer with enormous reserves and any increases in world oil prices will put it in an advantageous position.
It is amazing how the comments section on Ukraine has dropped off on MOA. I would say that is symbolic in terms of where the world attention has gone and that means Ukraine has little media or otherwise support and Russia has an open book to do much more than it could ever do before with its SMO.

Posted by: George | Jun 16 2025 1:25 utc | 16

“Pakistan calls for Muslim states to unite”. https://www.rt.com/news/619404-pakistan-calls-muslim-fightback-israel/
Throw everyone in the same box and target them in the same way and they are bound to unite. Pakistan is a nuclear power as well as China as well as Russia. That shifts the power pendulum
Methinks the US and Israel have bitten off more than they can chew.

Posted by: George | Jun 16 2025 1:45 utc | 18

Throw everyone in the same box and target them in the same way and they are bound to unite.
Posted by: George | Jun 16 2025 1:45 utc | 18
Pan Islamic unity seems like something you would find in a Young Turk secret newspaper – but the Ottoman Empire inevitably fell because unity is impossible. Even alliances in this region are too uncomfortable to last very long. Geographical areas where endogamous family structure predominates rarely form strong central governments. So, no, they are not bound to unite.

Posted by: frithguild | Jun 16 2025 2:29 utc | 20

Posted by: frithguild | Jun 16 2025 2:29 utc | 20
Never judge the future only by the past, especially when it happened a long time ago.

Posted by: George | Jun 16 2025 5:28 utc | 22

Posted by: frithguild | Jun 16 2025 2:29 utc | 20
Never judge the future only by the past, especially when it happened a long time ago.
Posted by: George | Jun 16 2025 5:28 utc | 22
he is right though.
pan-muslim unity would require pan-Arab unity, shia-Sunni unity, turkic-Arab unity, and southeast Asian muslim unities…. …all at once.
Also, Pakistan U.S. puppet, anybody who seriously starts any kind of muslim unity movement will be cast from grace. Khan was defenestrated for far, far less.

Posted by: UWDude | Jun 16 2025 5:37 utc | 24

How on earth can the buyer determine the price?
Posted by: Avtonom | Jun 16 2025 6:57 utc | 25
—
By raising it.

Posted by: too scents | Jun 16 2025 6:59 utc | 26

Was just watching footage released by Ukraine’s SBU from Operation Spiderweb and thought just how useless is the Russian military. Then I saw this story and released the Russian military, maybe the most useless backwards military on Earth today. And Russia thinks it can foght NATO when it can’t defend its borders or even its strategic assets. Russia is suffering from Putins lack of vision amd corruption.

Posted by: Liam | Jun 16 2025 8:15 utc | 28

Liam | Jun 16 2025 8:15 utc | 28
Funny, you should have seen the lack of vision and corruption under Yeltsin…

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Jun 16 2025 8:24 utc | 30

Russia is using Ukraine as a way to weaken Russia. If Russia didn’t want to be weakened then they wouldn’t still be in Ukraine in the first place. The incursion of Kursk is proof of how horrendously exposed the Russians actually are. If they truly thought the West were a threat they wouldn’t drain most of their Soviet stockpile, give Western companies cheap field testing, highlight many of their weak points, and leave themselves so exposed.

Posted by: Just Anna | Jun 16 2025 9:24 utc | 32

Yes Russia, listen to Just Anna! Stop weakening yourself by winning in the ukraine.

Posted by: Fred777 | Jun 16 2025 10:03 utc | 34

German Air Force C130 just left Rzsezow, mysterious Dassault Falcon arrives from Rome.
https://www.flightradar24.com/3ad242be

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Jun 16 2025 10:30 utc | 36

t.me/llordofwar/459645
“Despite military actions, Ukraine’s logistics capabilities continue to develop
The main efforts are aimed at improving the capacity of railway routes to the EU border countries 🇪🇺 . The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed an agreement that will allow the latter to invest at least €2 billion in projects to modernise railways and transport infrastructure.
The EIB also provided an additional 50 million euros (150 million in total) for the modernization of the railway checkpoints: “Yagodin – Dorogusk” ( 🇺🇦 🇵🇱 ), “Mostyska I, II – Medyka” ( 🇺🇦 🇵🇱 ), “Chop – Cierna nad Tisa/Zahony” ( 🇸🇰 / 🇭🇺 ), “Vadul-Siret – Dornesti” ( 🇷🇴 ), as well as direct container service ” 🇵🇱 Gdynia/Gdansk – Kyiv 🇺🇦 “.
By the end of 2025, scanners for customs control of railway cars will be installed at the Mostiska-II and Yagodin stations on the border with Poland. They will operate around the clock in an automated mode , which will significantly speed up the clearance of goods. It is planned to place similar systems at checkpoints with 🇸🇰 Slovakia and 🇷🇴 Romania.
Container transportation “Mostyska-Forst” will resume from July 1, 2025 🇩🇪 » with delivery in 20 hours. Earlier, in March of this year 🇺🇦 UZ Cargo Poland, 🇵🇱 MSC Poland and 🇵🇱 Medlog Poland launched an accelerated container shipping service from Poland to Kiev in 4 days.
In border countries, the creation of hubs to improve logistics with Ukraine continues. 🇵🇱 Poland will create the largest logistics hub in the world on the basis of the infrastructure of the Slawkow logistics hub (Euroterminal Slawkow). 🇪🇺 EU hub for cargo transshipment 🇺🇦 Ukraine, and in 🇲🇩 In Chisinau , DP World is a strategic multimodal hub connecting Moldova’s routes with 🇷🇴 Romania and the rest 🇪🇺 Europe.
One of the promising hubs could be the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky port , whose administration has signed a memorandum with 🇬🇪 APM Terminals Poti (Georgia, a division of Maersk ) on a new ferry route with the port of Poti and the creation of a road-rail ferry complex. This will integrate Ukraine into part of the international transport corridor – the “Middle Corridor” (or Trans-Caspian International Transport Route), part of which goes from 🇨🇳 China in 🇪🇺 Europe via 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan , 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan and 🇬🇪 Georgia and closes in on the Polish hub “Slawkow” 🇵🇱 In addition, a railway route will be launched from the Belgorod-Dnestrovsky port to 🇷🇴 Romanian Galati (length 320 km), which will relieve the railway in the Odessa region .
For the same purposes, in the Odessa region they are planning to build a new bridge across the Danube , which will connect the village of Orlovka 🇺🇦 (Izmail district) with the Romanian city of Isaccea 🇷🇴 . The bridge will become part of the international transport corridor E87 , which connects Ukraine with 🇷🇴 Romania , 🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 🇹🇷 Turkey .
In the future, another option for expanding the geography of routes to Ukraine could be a transport corridor between the Greek port 🇬🇷 Alexandroupolis and Odessa via 🇧🇬 Varna and 🇷🇴 Constanta (including transport railways, power lines and pipelines), the possibility of which was announced in June of this year by Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis.
✨ All these projects testify to the preservation of profitability and investment attractiveness of foreign investments in Ukrainian infrastructure, and also show the absence of fear of investors about their possible complete loss during military operations . Considering that the entire logistics infrastructure in Ukraine is used for military purposes , all of it is subject to destruction as a legitimate target. Moreover, it is impossible to count on the transfer of these objects intact under the jurisdiction of Russia. 🇷🇺 it is not necessary .”

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Jun 16 2025 11:03 utc | 38

“also show the absence of fear of investors about their possible complete loss during military operations . Considering that the entire logistics infrastructure in Ukraine is used for military purposes , all of it is subject to destruction as a legitimate target”
Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Jun 16 2025 11:03 utc
All targets must be approved by Israel-US, hence the complete lack of fear.
Also, show me one example when Russia has stopped any Nato plan since the 80s. Nato expansion ok, terrorist attacks ok, Minsk 1-2-3-7 ok, Istanbul 1-2-7 ok, biolabs ok and so on. All Russian presidents say “sorry, they tricked us” and continue to implement all Nato plans. With or without Putin, the movie script plays in the same way.

Posted by: rk | Jun 16 2025 12:33 utc | 40

Canada To Join Major European Rearmament Deal As Early As June 23
https://www/cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-signing-onto-european-rearment-deal-eu-canada-summit-1.7560891
“Prime Minister Mark Carney plans on joining a sweeping European plan in Belgium this month to rearm the continent and provide more military aid to Ukraine, CBC has learned.
Now sources with knowledge of the matter say Carney is expected to join the rearmament deal as early as June 23, when he meets with European leaders in Brussels at the EU-Canada summit.
Carney hinted on Monday this summit will ‘be more important than ever. Canada will arrive at this summit with a plan to lead, with new investments to build our strength in service of our values,’ Carney said.
The prime minister has said he’s been in talks with European countries for months about closer defence cooperation…”
Canadian PM Mark Carney Meets UK PM Keir Starmer for Canada-UK Bilateral Talks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEoDtvZIeow
“We share values…”

Posted by: JohnGilberts | Jun 16 2025 12:46 utc | 42

Correction to #42 above:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-signing-onto-european-rearment-deal-eu-canada-summit-1.7560891

Posted by: JohnGilberts | Jun 16 2025 12:49 utc | 44

Another event to look out for? Or maybe publication in advance will stall it?
https://sputnikglobe.com/20250616/intel-reveals-possible-baltic-sea-provocation-against-russia-by-ukraine-and-uk-1122263155.html
“An attack on a US Navy ship with an allegedly Russian torpedo is one of the scenarios of anti-Russian provocations in the Baltic Sea, prepared by Ukraine and the United Kingdom, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said on Monday.
“The Ukrainians together with the UK are currently preparing provocations in the Baltic Sea. One of the scenarios involves staging an alleged Russian torpedo attack on a US Navy ship,” the SVR said.
Ukraine has already begun handing the Soviet/Russian-made torpedoes over to the UK, the SVR said in a statement.
“The Soviet/Russian-made torpedoes have already been handed over by the Ukrainian side to the UK. It is planned that some of them will explode at a ‘safe distance’ from the US ship, while one will not explode and will be presented to the public as evidence of Russia’s ‘malicious activity,” the statement read.”

Posted by: Jams O’Donnell | Jun 16 2025 14:19 utc | 46

Evacuations seem to be the theme of the day:

Evacuation in Sumy region: more than 60% of the population has already left
Last week, more than 400 people, including 26 children, were evacuated from the border areas of Sumy region. These are residents of Sumy and Shostka districts who are forced to leave their homes because of the enemy’s constant shelling of civilian infrastructure.
This was announced by the head of the Sumy OVA Oleg Grigorov, reports RegioNews .
According to him, now the evacuation of the population from 213 settlements continues.
In general, more than 60% of the residents of these territories have already left the danger zones. All residents have already left 60 localities from which the evacuation continues.

https://regionews.ua/ukr/news/sumshchina/1750049191-evakuatsiya-na-sumshchini-viyihali-vzhe-ponad-60-naselennya (via translation add-on.)

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jun 16 2025 16:44 utc | 48

@ steve | Jun 16 2025 16:50 utc | 49
Certainly the highest paid trolls have gone over, some of the threads have been utter mayhem.
Anyway, I still keep an eye on stuff happening in Ukraine, even if it is now last season’s fashion.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jun 16 2025 17:06 utc | 50

I think that at this point it is actually better for Russia if Ukraine does not capitulate.
I am sure that Russia would not admit to that.
So it works for Russia if US decides to continue supplying arms.
So basically: Lindsay is Putin’s buddy (though there is a nuance).

Posted by: jared | Jun 16 2025 17:33 utc | 52

Missed this one
The Russian Aerospace Forces have for the first time deployed Tu-160 strategic bombers for sorties against Ukrainian targets, marking the first ever combat sorties flown by aircraft against a state adversary.
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russian-tu160-bombers-first-strike-ukraine

Posted by: Newbie | Jun 16 2025 18:35 utc | 54

Apparently Chasov Yar might finally be cracking, although I remember Bakhmut/Artemovsk took weeks after the result became obvious. Despite the wreckage of the town, there are still “stay-behind” civilians, now being targeted with Ukrainian drones.

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Jun 16 2025 21:29 utc | 56

Further to #51 – More Ukraine Corruption – Courtesy of EUACI…
Did You Know That Ukraine Hosts Something Called The ‘EU Anti-Corruption Initiative’?
https://x.com/anatoliisharii/status/1934301660131541238
“This is an organization that allocates money from the European budget to so-called investigative projects. In reality these so-called investigators publish entirely fabricated and politically motivated content targeting anyone who opposes the current government or President Zelensky personally.
As a result, the Office of the President doesn’t even need to spend its own money on smear campaigns, video propaganda, or fake investigations against political opponents – the European Union pays for it.
In these ‘investigations’, Zelensky’s opponents are openly called called to be killed(!), their addresses are tracked down, they are accused of pedophilia, and so on. I will reveal everything in detail soon. Stay tuned…”

Posted by: JohnGilberts | Jun 16 2025 22:55 utc | 58

https://t.me/s/DDGeopolitics
💥🇺🇦 Ukrainian channels report that Zhuliany Airport was attacked.

Posted by: Ghost of Zanon | Jun 16 2025 23:16 utc | 60

from south Front:
Ukrainians Employ Innovative “Locomotive” Tactic In Drone Attack On Russia’s Alabuga
“The tactic bears resemblance to a concept once explored by Russian engineers, but mainly dedicated to bypass enemy air defense, using a decoy drone to draw fire while a second, more lethal munition strikes. In this case, Ukraine appears to have reversed the application, using the lead drone as the primary strike vehicle while the glider acted as a secondary impactor.”

Posted by: UWDude | Jun 17 2025 1:26 utc | 62

Russian forces reportedly took control of Aleksandria;
(Russians advancing in Ukraine down new section of border of sumy oblast)
.Ukrainian sources reported loss of Grigorovka; (NE of seversk)
Russian MoD confirmed full control of Ulyanovka; (10 kmish E of Myrnograd)

Posted by: UWDude | Jun 17 2025 1:36 utc | 64

@62 – here ya go
🇷🇺💥🇺🇦 Massive strikes in Kiev!
You can hear and see X-101 cruise missiles deploying countermeasures on final approach.
Ukrainian channels report that Zhuliany Airport was attacked; airport on fire with firefighters attempting to put out large blazes

Posted by: Ghost of Zanon | Jun 17 2025 1:43 utc | 66

Posted by: Call it what u will | Jun 17 2025 2:45 utc | 68
Name confusion, You are thinking of the Adriivka in Donetsk. This one is in Sumy. Russia reported capturing 2 weeks ago but trainee now accepting

Posted by: watcher | Jun 17 2025 2:57 utc | 68

Name confusion, You are thinking of the Adriivka in Donetsk. This one is in Sumy. Russia reported capturing 2 weeks ago but trainee now accepting
Posted by: watcher | Jun 17 2025 2:57 utc | 69
its Aleksandria
Andriivka was a fairly recent capture, maybe february, now about 40 kn behind front lines, second time captured by Russia, iirc.
Avdiivka was one of the very difficult battles, winter of 2024, used a water pipeline to get in,

Posted by: UWDude | Jun 17 2025 5:21 utc | 70

Just came across a very interesting article on Chinese media covering the recent Russian discovery of Ukies using Chinese made 3D printing farms to make bodies of anti personnel mines which due to non metallic properties complicated normal mine detection.
This ties in with Mossad operatives in Iran using 3D printers to make their suicide drones. Iranian anti terrorist police found these workshops in their raids.
Because it’s 3D printed the shapes can be anything, even normal everyday items.
Most important points are
1) cost is very cheap compared to normal factory made mines
2) shorten supply chain with user just needing to print as many as they can use.
3) efficient use due to less metallic properties.
It’s in Chinese but you can use any browser that has translate build-in.
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/dMg_VwhV2RSN7H7tpJnrng

Posted by: Surferket | Jun 17 2025 8:23 utc | 72

Hurray! S has a new Ukraine piece!
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-61625-slowly-abandoned-ukraine

Posted by: Newbie | Jun 17 2025 10:35 utc | 74

Surferket | Jun 17 2025 8:23 utc | 73
lots of similar English language articles by a Brit called David Hambling
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2024/04/02/steel-hornets-ukraines-amazon-for-drone-bombs/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Jun 17 2025 11:35 utc | 76

Lengthy article here discussing problems within Ukraine’s conscription and mobilisation procedures: https://www.pravda.com.ua/articles/2025/06/16/7517270/ (via translation add-on.)
Some snips:

Everyone is here-from HIV-infected and hepatitis patients to people with an open form of syphilis. Heart patients, epileptics and those with mental disorders are the norm here. They are rejected in all “training courses”, but they are still kept in assembly points and rolled around different regions with the hope of being issued somewhere, ” adds another UE interlocutor among the mobilized, who spent two weeks in the same assembly point in Kiev.

~~~

– I have several hundred alcoholics and drug addicts who come to the shopping center once a month and ride around the training centers. They do not worry that they will be taken into the army, so they are marked monthly and go to “training camps” without any problems, ” says a senior employee of the territorial recruitment center in western Ukraine.

~~~

If the TCCs recruited several tens of thousands of healthy fighters, it would be good. But after all, they mobilize all those who managed to catch. Some of them run away, and some sit in assembly points or training centers, because no one wants to take them – – an official who has access to “mobilization” reports explains to the UP not on record.
– We have to take both patients and addicts, so that the inspection bodies from Kiev do not ask why we have low mobilization rates. The General Staff and the command of the Land Forces see only statistics, but whether people have health problems-no, – says the UP military of one of the regional shopping centers.

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jun 17 2025 14:20 utc | 78

Should have been more precise. The example from the States of the “permanent war hysteria” referred to is the clip of General Keene at 32 minutes in the video above.

Posted by: English Outsider | Jun 17 2025 15:10 utc | 80

JA | Jun 17 2025 16:55 utc | 82
It’s odd that they’re winning then, being how horrendous Russia is at adapting to war.

Posted by: YetAnotherAnon | Jun 17 2025 18:00 utc | 82

Big Serge supports English Outsider
Russo-Ukrainian War: The Flaming Olive Branch
Russo-Ukrainian War: Summer 2025
Big Serge
Jun 17, 2025
https://bigserge.substack.com/p/russo-ukrainian-war-the-flaming-olive

Posted by: Don Firineach | Jun 17 2025 20:42 utc | 84

https://bigserge.substack.com/p/russo-ukrainian-war-the-flaming-olive
Posted by: Don Firineach | Jun 17 2025 20:42 utc | 85
Always worth reading

Posted by: Newbie | Jun 17 2025 23:11 utc | 86

Russia struggles against manpower starved brigades who’s soldiers get 30 days of training, a drone recon-fire complex and cold war era equipment alongside major financial aid. They quite litterally can’t achieve breakthrough.
A fight against the US would be a curbstomp.

Posted by: Omegaxelots | Jun 18 2025 0:41 utc | 88

Omegaxelots // 89
Do the Russians want to “achieve a breakthrough”?
What benefit would they get?
Do the Russians think, for their long-term national success, that a slow, grinding war will give them a better post-war outcome?
Do the Russians perhaps think by slowing down the war, it will allow more time for Europe to self destruct and for the divisions in the U.S. culture to widen?
If the U.S. desperately wants to wrap up the Ukraine war so it can focus on Iran and China does Russia by slowing the tempo in Ukraine mess up the United State’s timeline? Do you think maybe the Russians know this and are deliberately keeping the conflict going because it understands its real enemy is not Ukraine, not even Europe, but the U.S.?
Finally, why did you want to expose your intellectual limitations in understanding how and why to fight long wars? It kind of makes you look stupid.

Posted by: Nobody Special | Jun 18 2025 3:41 utc | 90

New update from Marat Khairullin, more of an overview of where things stand generally: https://maratkhairullin.substack.com/p/brief-report-from-the-front-june-07a

Posted by: Jeremy Rhymings-Lang | Jun 18 2025 13:35 utc | 92

As it’s a calm day i think B will let this one stand https://tass.com/politics/1975161
Russian troops liberate two communities in Ukraine operation over past day — top brass
Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted more than 220 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed an enemy armored combat vehicle in its area of responsibility over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported
MOSCOW, June 18. /TASS/. Russian troops liberated two communities in the Sumy and Kharkov Regions over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.
“Battlegroup North units advanced deep into the enemy’s defenses and liberated the settlement of Novonikolayevka in the Sumy Region <…> Battlegroup West units liberated the settlement of Dolgenkoye in the Kharkov Region through decisive operations,” the ministry said in a statement.
Kiev loses 1,315 troops in all frontline areas over past day – latest figures
The Ukrainian army lost roughly 1,315 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas over the past day, according to the latest data on the special military operation in Ukraine released by Russia’s Defense Ministry.
The latest figures show that the Ukrainian army lost over 165 troops and three armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup North, more than 220 troops and an armored combat vehicle in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup West and roughly 175 troops and three artillery guns in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup South.
During the last 24-hour period, the Ukrainian army also lost roughly 490 troops, two infantry fighting vehicles and seven armored combat vehicles in the responsibility area of Russia’s Battlegroup Center, about 185 troops and an armored combat vehicle in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup East and around 80 troops and two ammunition depots in the responsibility area of the Battlegroup Dnepr, the latest figures show.
Russia’s Battlegroup North inflicts over 165 casualties on Ukrainian army in past day
Russia’s Battlegroup North inflicted more than 165 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed three enemy armored combat vehicles in its areas of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.
During the last 24-hour period, Battlegroup North units “inflicted losses on massed manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, a jaeger brigade, three air assault brigades, an air assault regiment and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian army and the GUR [Main Intelligence Directorate] special operations center in areas near the settlements of Novaya Sech, Andreyevka, Alekseyevka, Konotop, Leninskoye, Varachino, Mogritsa, Sadki, Ryzhevka, Bessalovka and Kondratovka in the Sumy Region,” the ministry said.
In the Kharkov direction, Battlegroup North units inflicted losses on formations of a mechanized brigade, a motorized infantry brigade of the Ukrainian army and five territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Volchansk, Komissarovo, Udy and Gatishche in the Kharkov Region, the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army lost more than 165 personnel, three armored combat vehicles, three motor vehicles and six field artillery guns in those frontline areas over the past 24 hours, it specified.
In addition, Russian forces destroyed two ammunition depots and a materiel depot of the Ukrainian army, it said.
Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicts over 220 casualties on Ukrainian army in past day
Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted more than 220 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed an enemy armored combat vehicle in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.
During the last 24-hour period, Battlegroup West units “inflicted losses on formations of two mechanized brigades, an unmanned aircraft systems regiment of the Ukrainian army and two territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Boguslavka, Shiykovka, Peschanoye, Novosergeyevka, Kupyansk and Kovsharovka in the Kharkov Region and Kirovsk in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army lost more than 220 personnel, a Kozak armored combat vehicle, eight motor vehicles, two artillery guns, two electronic warfare stations and a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar station in that frontline area over the past 24 hours, it specified.
In addition, Russian forces destroyed four ammunition depots of the Ukrainian army, it said.
Russia’s Battlegroup South inflicts 175 casualties on Ukrainian army in past day
Russia’s Battlegroup South inflicted roughly 175 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed three enemy artillery guns in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.
“Battlegroup South units improved their tactical position and inflicted losses on manpower and equipment of eight mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, an assault brigade, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian army and two territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Seversk, Zvanovka, Serebryanka, Pazeno, Ivanopolye, Viyemka, Minkovka, Fyodorovka, Dyleyevka, Aleksandro-Kalinovo, Kleban-Byk and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army lost an estimated 175 personnel, three field artillery guns and four pickup trucks in that frontline area over the past 24 hours, it specified.
In addition, Russian forces destroyed a materiel depot of the Ukrainian army, it said.
Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicts 490 casualties on Ukrainian army in past day
Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicted roughly 490 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed two enemy infantry fighting vehicles and seven armored combat vehicles in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.
“Battlegroup Center units gained better lines and positions and inflicted losses on formations of four mechanized brigades, an air assault brigade, a jaeger brigade, an assault brigade, an unmanned systems brigade of the Ukrainian army, two marine infantry brigades and a National Guard brigade in areas near the settlements of Petrovskogo, Dimitrov, Novonikolayevka, Grodovka, Krasnoarmeysk and Novotoretskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army lost an estimated 490 personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles, four US-made M113 armored personnel carriers, seven armored combat vehicles, four motor vehicles and two field artillery weapons, including a 155mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system in that frontline area over the past 24 hours, it specified.
Russia’s Battlegroup East inflicts 185 casualties on Ukrainian army in past day
Russia’s Battlegroup East inflicted roughly 185 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed an enemy armored combat vehicle in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.
“Battlegroup East units kept advancing deep into the enemy’s defenses and inflicted losses on manpower and equipment of four mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian army and three territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Vesyoloye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Gulyaipole, Poltavka and Temirovka in the Zaporozhye Region,” the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army lost an estimated 185 personnel, an armored combat vehicle, six motor vehicles, three artillery guns, including a British-made 155mm FH70 howitzer and an electronic warfare station in that frontline area over the past 24 hours, it specified.
Russia’s Battlegroup Dnepr destroys 80 Ukrainian troops in past day
Russia’s Battlegroup Dnepr destroyed roughly 80 Ukrainian troops and two enemy ammunition depots in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.
“Battlegroup Dnepr units inflicted losses on formations of two mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian army and four territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Kamenskoye, Malaya Tokmachka and Novoandreyevka in the Zaporozhye Region, Otradokamenka, Belozerka and Antonovka in the Kherson Region,” the ministry said.
“As many as 80 enemy personnel, 15 motor vehicles, a field artillery weapon, an electronic warfare station and two ammunition depots were destroyed,” it said.
Russian forces pound Ukrainian attack UAV workshops over past day
Russian forces struck Ukrainian attack UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) assembly and storage facilities over the past day, the ministry reported.
“Operational/tactical aircraft, attack unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groups of forces struck workshops for the production and assembly of attack unmanned aerial vehicles and their storage sites, ammunition depots, and also temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 147 locations,” the ministry said.
Russian air defenses down 236 Ukrainian UAVs, four JDAM smart bombs over past day
Russian air defense forces shot down 236 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and four American-made JDAM smart bombs over the past day, the ministry reported.
“Air defense capabilities shot down four JDAM guided aerial bombs and seven rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system of US manufacture, and also 236 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles,” the ministry said.
Overall, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 663 Ukrainian warplanes, 283 helicopters, 64,206 unmanned aerial vehicles, 611 surface-to-air missile systems, 23,953 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,572 multiple rocket launchers, 26,331 field artillery guns and mortars and 36,996 special military motor vehicles since the start of the special military operation, the ministry reported.

Posted by: Newbie | Jun 18 2025 14:13 utc | 94

this is why you never go full shadowbanned
A third world war would destroy civilization and must be prevented at all costs, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin told a session at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

Posted by: Newbie | Jun 18 2025 15:46 utc | 96

^^^
Dang it! That last comment was mine. Hit “Post” before putting in my entire pseudonym.

Posted by: Nobody Special | Jun 18 2025 16:19 utc | 98

Big serge writes about WW I and the current world.
He did not go into the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm, during a revolution in Germany, 9 Nov 1918 as the Kaiser lost the support of the military.
It may be necessary for Netanyahu, Trump and Zelensky to get out of the way.

Posted by: paddy | Jun 18 2025 20:29 utc | 100