Battlefield Update - 2023-06-20 (1)
❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on June 19
▪️In the Kursk region, the AFU once again shelled the border territories.
In Tetkino, outbuildings and several cars were damaged. Power lines in the village of Popovo-Lezhachi were also damaged.
▪️In the Belgorod Region, shelling shifted to the Valuyki urban district.
The massive strike damaged residential and infrastructure facilities. Seven people were injured, including a child.
▪️The daily shelling of the settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic continues.
Two civilians, including a child, were killed in the Volnovakha district. Twenty people were wounded.
▪️To the south of Donetsk, fierce fighting continues in the wooded areas at the Novodonets'ke-Urozhaine line.
At the cost of huge losses, the AFU managed to cut into the Russian troops' defensive lines by no more than 200 meters.
▪️The situation remains intense at the Rivnopillya salient.
Russian units hold the high ground and do not allow the enemy to advance in this sector of the front.
▪️In the Zaporizhzhia sector of the front, Russian units conducted a number of successful counterattacks.
At Robotyne, the previously lost positions south of Novodanylivka and near Chubenkovo were retaken.
▪️The situation near P'yatykhatky is similar, where as a result of a powerful artillery strike the AFU actually lost the ability to defend itself.
As a result, Russian troops launched a successful counterattack and regained control of the village.
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A few more destroyed AFU vehicles during recent fighting on Zap Front
🏹 The work of Russian hunters:
During the assault on the opornik in the Kremensky forest, two militants immediately decided to surrender. Three others resisted and tried to escape to their own. Two of them were eliminated immediately, and the third decided to hide in the swamp.
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How the “Surovikin Line” works in Ukraine: analysis of the military chronicle
Since June 4, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have launched 263 attacks on the positions of Russian troops as part of the launched counteroffensive. All attacks were repulsed, but few people understand why the offensive of the Ukrainian army failed at its highest point.
What is the Surovikin Line?
This is a defensive system, the first contour of which is dozens of fortified firing lines, including extensive minefields and engineering barriers. This line was built for almost eight months and goes into the depth of defense for several tens of kilometers. It relies on a developed transport and logistics network with hubs and rear bases. At the same time, short logistics routes allow the RF Armed Forces to quickly transfer reserves from one sector to another without compromising combat readiness at the front. Simply put, wherever it is required to strengthen fire capabilities, this can be organized without withdrawing troops from another sector of the front.
What is its feature?
The network of defensive lines is “supported” by a powerful grouping of cannon and rocket artillery and airborne forces, as well as Ka-52 army aviation helicopters and attack aircraft with FAB-250/500 bombs equipped with planning and correction modules. In the event of a breakthrough of a group with APU equipment at one of the firing lines, aviation is able to support ground troops and act as a “carousel”: while helicopters are working on ground targets, attack aircraft and bombers go to the point of use of weapons, after hitting the target, helicopters again engage in battle, and then the situation repeats. At the same time, strikes on the rear of the advancing AFU grouping in Orekhovo and Velikaya Novosyolka show that there is practically nothing to cover the offensive of the APU - short-range and medium-range air defense systems are either withdrawn to the deep rear, or are used very limitedly on the front line. As a result, a significant number of senior command personnel are destroyed in the near rear areas, without which control becomes difficult and, as a result, the pace of the offensive slows down.
What is "elastic defense" and how does it work?
Judging by the dynamics of the offensive, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine probably relied on a quick breakthrough and turning the battle into a maneuverable one. For this, a series of strikes was planned throughout the LBS, including the main one and several distractions. These strikes were opposed by a combination of the tactics of the so-called elastic defense and artillery grouping, reinforced by means of observation and fire adjustment. It is clearly seen that "on the ground" the RF Armed Forces are still operating with relatively small forces, and the maneuverable element in the mass (operational and tactical reserves) has not yet joined the battle. On the example of Pyatikhatki in Zaporozhye or Neskuchny in the South-Donetsk direction, it is clearly seen that Russian troops do not cling to every centimeter of the defensive line in the event of a breakthrough of individual groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and, if necessary, retreat to a reserve position. After the retreat, the enemy is covered by artillery at previously known coordinates, after which a counterattack follows and the position returns to the control of the defenders. Judging by the fact that two weeks after the start of the offensive, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to suffer losses from artillery, their reconnaissance and counter-battery capabilities are ineffective or insufficient.
What is the result?
For more than two weeks of the Ukrainian offensive, the advancement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is recorded exclusively in the gray zone - that is, in territories that were not previously determined as the main lines of defense.
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The Low-Key CounterGrowl (Part I):
There is now some indication of the developing Russian strategy in response to the bogged down Ukrainian counteroink.
As expected, the Russian Army cannot at this time, yet, (and will not) conduct large-scale offensive operations—certainly not until the counteroink fizzles out entirely (and even then, without additional mobilization, a large offensive operation is unlikely).
Nonetheless, exploiting the fact that the Ukrainian failure in Zaporozhye is drawing increasingly greater reserves of the enemy, straining its ability to maneuver its forces and deploy additional troops in other operational theatres, the Russian Army has gone on counterattack in three separate places, while maintaining defence and tying up key Ukrainian corps in the south.
This began, it appears, with the attack by the newly formed Storm-Z units south of Maryinka, where they took a key old (Andy aptly-named) Ukrainian stronghold of Zverinets (Animal Farm or Zoo), bringing the crack Russian troops within striking distance of Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, and even Konstantinovka. This is a key juncture, as cutting of enemy communications here puts what remains of Ukrainian positions in Maryinka and, in particular, in Ugledar and along the line to Konstantinovka in a very precarious position.
This effort has now been compounded by the Russian offensive operation west of Kremennaya, in the direction of Torskoye and Yampol.
Finally, we have unconfirmed report of significant movement from the Sinkovka frontline toward Kupyansk.
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The Low-Key CounterGrowl (Part II):
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If so, then the strategy is starting to take shape: The chosen directions were all very problematic for the Russian Army, as the units deployed in all these sectors had not done much by way of forward movement in months. Perhaps, the Russian command counted on Ukrainians relaxing their posture in these areas, as they expected that the same low-quality Russian efforts would continue, with the best Russian troops devoted to repelling the counteroink in Zaporozhye. This may be exactly the feint that the Ukrainians missed.
At least south of Maryinka (and possibly in each of the other directions), crack troops (including the new specially-trained Storm Z units) have been introduced, that appear to be operating more successfully than anything we had seen from the Russian Army in these areas for a while.
If I were to guess, I would not be surprised by a flash attack through Ugledar, north along the path ti Konstantinovka and Novomikhailovka, as shown in the last map. Were something like this to succeed, a key thorn in the Russian side would be eliminated, the frontline would be evened out, and Maryinka fall would then be predetermined.
All of this is very preliminary and is based on nothing more than a hunch. Continuing to observe the battlefield.
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Chronicle of a special military operation
19 June 2023.
In the Zaporozhye direction, fierce fighting continues in the area of Pyatikhatky, which is changing hands but is now under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. At the same time, Ukrainian formations have launched an attack near Malaya Tokmachka.
Additionally, near Marinka, the Russian Armed Forces seized the important Zvyrynets fortification on the way to the village of Pobeda, dislodging the AFU from there. Artillery is actively working on the enemy.
Meanwhile, Russian Federation territory has been actively shelled by the AFU throughout the day. Populated areas in Kursk, Belgorod and Kherson Regions were significantly affected. The DPR suffered heavy shelling, where 20 people were wounded under enemy fire and a seven-year-old girl was blown up by a landmine.
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TCC staff in Zaporozhye have had a bad time handing out summonses...
Kiev direction 20.06 10:00
The night "flower" attack has borne fruit. Several military and infrastructure facilities in Kiev and the region have been hit.
Light has been lost in several areas.
Additionally, it is reported that a large warehouse in Zaporozhye region was hit. Secondary detonations are reported to be still occurring.
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The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to pull their personnel to the border with Russia. Their locations are calculated and destroyed by ZVO artillery.
It is worth recalling once again that according to the AFU statement, the Geraniums were only able to hit targets in Lvov and all other Geraniums were shot down. If so, nothing flew into Zaporozhye and the photo shows the consequences of an air conditioner explosion.
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NYT: Ukraine has not been delivered some of the weapons it bought, and some of the weapons donated are unusable
As of the end of 2022, Kiev had paid over 800 million dollars to arms suppliers under contracts that had not been fully or partially fulfilled.
According to a source, as of early spring 2023 hundreds of millions of dollars had been paid including to state-owned companies, for weapons that had never been delivered.
"Many of the deliveries from Western allies included advanced weapons such as American air defence systems, which have proven to be highly effective. But in other cases the West provided outdated equipment that, at best, required major repairs. Around 30 per cent of Kiev's arsenal is constantly under repair - a high figure, according to defence experts, for an army that needs all kinds of weapons," the NYT wrote.
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Russian TOS in the Avdeevka direction
Four destroyed armored vehicles and one T-64BV of Ukrainian forces.
