Russia-Ukraine Reports - 2023-06-29 (1)
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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on June 28
▪️In the Starobilsk direction, Russian troops continue to advance methodically in the Serebryansky forestry area.
In turn, the AFU transfer additional forces to the area, intending to hold back the onslaught of the attackers.
▪️Ukrainian forces made a series of attempts to break through Russian defenses near Bakhmut.
All of them completely repeated the fate of the previous ones - significant losses and retreat to the previous lines.
▪️Russian forces launched an Iskander missile strike against a foreign mercenary concentration site in Kramatorsk.
Several members of the AFU command staff also came under fire at the site.
▪️Ukrainian forced do not stop striking at populated areas of the Donetsk agglomeration.
In the capital of the Republic, the Kirovsky district came under fire: one person was killed and eight more were wounded, including five children.
▪️In the area of the Vremivka salient, the AFU managed to entrench west of Staromayorske and equip strongholds there.
Russian troops are strengthening their defenses near Priyutnoye and searching for the enemy's embedded sabotage groups.
▪️In the Zaporizhzhia direction, Ukrainian forces are conducting sorties against Russian forces' positions near Robotyne and Zherebyanky.
At the moment, all the enemy's attempts to break through are successfully suppressed by mine barriers and artillery fire.
▪️In the Kherson direction, Ukrainian forces continue to hold a bridgehead on islands in the Dnipro delta.
Massive strikes are launched against the AFU positions at Antonovsky Bridge, nevertheless it is not yet possible to dislodge it.
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Armed Forces of Ukraine changed their offensive tactics due to "mine bags": details
According to the Military Chronicle, in the areas of the units of the 47th, 65th and 128th brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a number of other units in the Zaporozhye and South-Donetsk directions, there is a general trend of gradual abandonment of Western equipment in favor of the use of Soviet weapons.
What's happening?
The rejection of foreign equipment and the transition of parts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Soviet weapons occurs under the influence of several factors.
Firstly, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are losing a large number of Western-made armored vehicles and other equipment. It is practically impossible to make up for these losses quickly at the current level of Western military assistance - deliveries are stretched over time, which inevitably affects the activity of the counteroffensive.
Secondly, it is possible that 3.5 weeks after the intensification of hostilities, shell hunger began to be felt, since the use of M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and Leoaprd 2 tanks in protracted battles was not planned by Kiev. After several weeks of the offensive, it turned out that it was much easier to get and deliver ammunition and spare parts for Soviet-type equipment than for Western ones.
Thirdly, the dynamics of the offensive began to be affected by increased wear and damage to Western equipment in intense battles. Because of this, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to actively use civilian unarmored pickups, which led to a significant increase in losses. Soviet-designed equipment turned out to be more unpretentious, maintainable, and, in addition, its repair turned out to be possible without being sent to Europe.
Why did it happen?
The minefields around the defensive areas, as well as the activity of Ka-52 combat helicopters and artillery, led to heavy losses among the most mobile and combat-ready units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, equipped with American M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, Leopard 2 tanks and various types of armored vehicles, including American M-ATV MCI and MaxxPro, French AMX-10RC or English Mastiff and Wolfhound.
It is also noteworthy that Ukrainian troops lost a significant amount of scarce foreign equipment transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the formation of a strike force in Zaporozhye and in the South-Donetsk direction due to the active use of the Agricultural remote mining engineering system by Russian troops.
With the help of the complex, the engineering units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation several times managed to create "mine bags" with an area of about 300 thousand square meters. m both in front of the columns of Ukrainian troops, and at the points of withdrawal of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine after the battle, because of which the damage to military equipment of Western production increased many times over.
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Heavy fighting at the Antonovsky bridge does not stop: the enemy is trying to cut off the landing force with a blow from kamikaze boats and create a bridgehead
▪️"After the landing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the Antonovsky Bridge, it is important to clarify that this is a landing on the islands, more precisely, on the Antonovsky Island. I am attaching a map, the islands in the Dnieper Delta are marked in red. The islands have been in the gray zone since autumn. After the flood, secrets, positions, minefields were washed away .technically, 3.8 km to the left bank from the landing point," Roman Saponkov comments on the situation.
▪️As a result, the raid group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which occupied a small island swampy area near the bridge, seeks to build up strength and expand the bridgehead, transferring reinforcements with fast boats.
▪️They are covered by howitzers and mortars standing on the commanding heights on their shore, providing strong fire support.
▪️Assault groups of the Airborne Forces, day after day, with the support of artillery, continue a difficult operation to oust the enemy from our territory so that the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot create a full-fledged bridgehead.
▪️Our landing force attacks on the only road - on the bridge with the use of light armored vehicles - BMD, BMP, BTR-D. The fights are very hot...
▪️The enemy tried to undermine the part of the bridge controlled by us with the help of kamikaze boats filled with explosives in order to cut the only artery for the transfer of our assault and evacuation groups to the battlefield on the shore (surrounded by marshland).
▪️Howitzers and MLRS are actively trying to burn down part of the dachas where the enemy has settled.
▪️Everyone would really like to see Dachi and the bridge razed to the ground by aviation, but so far its support is minimal.
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An attempt by the Ukrainian army’s 47th Assault Brigade and 33rd Mechanized Brigade to cross a minefield in southern Ukraine on June 8 was even more disastrous than we knew.
Analysts recently have tallied even more wrecked and abandoned 47th Brigade M-2 infantry fighting vehicles. At the same time, a Ukrainian photographer on or before Saturday got close enough to the site of the failed assault to snap photos of the Russian minefield that trapped the Ukrainian battlegroup, ultimately destroying dozens of 47th and 33rd Brigades’ best Western-made vehicles and killing or wounding many Ukrainians.
Ukraine’s widely-anticipated 2023 counteroffensive was just four days old when the 47th-33rd battlegroup rolled south from Mala Tokmachka in southern Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Their objective: the Russian strongpoint in the town of Robotyne, five miles to the south along the T0408 road and parallel dirt tracks.
The Russians are well aware of the importance of the Robotyne-Tokmak-Melitopol axis. Two motor-rifle regiments, the 70th and 291st, have dug in north of Robotyne alongside a pair of Spetznaz special-forces brigades and some reservists. Russian air force helicopters patrol overhead...
The smoke cleared to reveal no fewer than 25 wrecked Ukrainian vehicles: 17 M-2s, four Leopard 2A6 tanks, three Leopard 2Rs and one Wisent. To outside observers, the losses initially seemed lighter. But over the next two weeks, analysts scrutinized drone videos and snapshots from the ground and steadily added to the list.
In the hours after the retreat, 47th Brigade chief master sergeant Valerii Markus went on social media to tell critics to “shut your mouths.”
Footage of Lancets being used on AFU equipment.
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Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (29 June 2023)
▫️ The AFU have continued their attempts to conduct offensive operations in Donetsk, Krasny Liman, and South Donetsk directions during the previous 24 hours.
▫️ Four enemy attacks have been successfully repelled by Yug Group of Forces units near Belogorovka (LPR) and Tonenkoye (DPR) during the day.
▫️ In the past 24 hours, the enemy has lost up to 530 servicemen killed and wounded, one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, as well as Msta-B and D-20 howitzers.
▫️ An ammunition depot of the AFU 54th Mechanised Brigade has been hit close to Vyemka (DPR).
▫️ In Krasny Liman direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces' units inflicted losses on the units of AFU 21st, 42nd, and 67th Mechanised Brigades close to Nevskoye, Kremennaya, Chervonaya Dibrova (LPR).
▫️ One sabotage and reconnaissance group of the AFU has been disabled close to Kuzmino (LPR).
▫️ Up to 65 servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, two pick-up trucks, two D-30 howitzers, and two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery units have been eliminated in this direction during the day.
▫️ In South Donetsk direction close to Vremevka salient, Vostok Group of Forces have repelled an enemy attack in the area of Staromayorskoye (DPR).
▫️ In Zaporozhye direction, artillery of the Zapad Group of Forces hit manpower and hardware of the AFU 106th Territorial Defence Brigade near Lugovskoye (Zaporozhye region).
▫️ Total losses of the AFU in these directions during the day amounted up to 135 servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, three D-20 howitzers, Msta-B and D-30 howitzers, as well as one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery unit.
▫️ In Kupyansk direction, Zapad Group of Forces have engaged the enemy units close to Sinkovka and Krasnoye Pervoye (Kharkov region).
▫️ In Kherson direction, more than 25 servicemen, three motor vehicles, one Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one D-30 howitzer, and one Grad MLRS have been eliminated during the day.
▫️ In Kherson direction, up to 40 servicemen, six motor vehicles, and one Msta-B howitzers have been neutralised by fire.
▫️ An ammunition depot of the AFU 123th Territorial Defence Brigade has been obliterated close to Kizomys.
▫️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Group of Forces have engaged 85 AFU artillery units at their fire positions, manpower, and military hardware in 102 areas during the day.
▫️An ammunition depot of the AFU 10th Mountain Assault Brigade has been hit close to Vyemka (DPR).
▫️Two American-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar stations have been destroyed near Vasiltsovka (Kharkov region) and Peschanoye (DPR).
▫️ Air defence forces shot down two HIMARS MLRS missiles and one HARM anti-radiation missile during the day.
▫️ Moreover, 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down close to Ivanovka (Kharkov region), Volodino, Yevgenovka (DPR), Golikovo (LNR), and Novaya Zburyevka (Kherson region).
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Zaporozhye (https://t.me/SLGmaps/343) Front SitRep—ColonelCassad (Boris Rozhin), as of June 29, 2023
Orekhov-Pologi Direction
The AFU command continues to try to break through our defences in various areas. The enemy—specifically the 47th Mechanized Brigade—is suffering heavy casualties, mainly as a result of the actions of underqualified junior officers. The earlier losses, from the 7th to the 23rd of June, are being felt.
There is also information from behind the enemy’s lines that units of the 25th Airborne Paratrooper Brigade, which participated in the offensive as reinforcements, irretrievably lost some 700 men.
The enemy is also moving the personnel of the 47th Mechanized Brigade to the forward positions of the 3rd Mechanized Battalion of the 65th Mechanised Brigade as reinforcements. A BUK-M1 SAM (surface-to-air missile) system has been deployed to support the strongholds.
The middle rank officers of the AFU speak also of the deployment of an artillery battery of the 117th Mechanized Brigade, together with some 64 personnel, to the environs of the Lukyanovskoe, Novoyakovlevka, and Pavlovka settlements.
Up to 4 SU-25 aircraft have been engaged to attack the positions of the RAF. These worked in the Kamyshevakha, Uspenovka, and Zalyvnoye areas. Another SU-25 fighter jet was deployed from the Kanatovo airfield.
It is worth mentioning that the enemy has prepared civilian drills for the scenario of the Zaporozhsskoe nuclear power plant incident, and these are planned for the 30th of June. These drills are to be announced to the population “spontaneously” and presented as a response to the bogus threat of Russia blowing up the power plant, which, of course, has no basis in reality, as any incident at the ZAPP would pose a critical problem for Russia in general, and for the RAF in particular, and is beneficial only to the Kiev regime, which practices such terrorist methods. We would also like to emphasize the fact that the Ukrainian preparations for such drills started a long time ago, just like preparations for disinformation attacks regarding the ZNPP.
The South-Donetsk Direction
The enemy continues its attempts to advance with up to a company tactical group made up of the personnel of the 35th Marine Infantry Brigade and the 231st and 128th Territorial Defence Brigades in the area of Staromayorskoe, but has had no success and the assault groups were met with heavy artillery fire, including TOS battery fire, and, as a result, suffered losses of up to 60 personnel. The company tactical group has retreated back to its backup positions.
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The entire bank of the Dnieper in the area of the Antonovsky bridge is under the reliable protection of Russian troops
▫️ All attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to transport and land groups of saboteurs are stopped, the enemy is destroyed. “We inflict fire damage on the enemy, reconnaissance and search operations are being carried out. We systematically destroy them [APU]. On our shore they were not and are not!” - said the chief of staff of the regiment with the call sign "White".
▫️ Aerial reconnaissance is conducted around the clock by Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicles, which correct the fire of artillery, heavy flamethrower systems and air strikes. The Armed Forces of Ukraine suffer serious losses when trying to transfer additional groups, ammunition and medicines on boats and speedboats. The Armed Forces of Ukraine do not have the opportunity to transfer heavy weapons to the left bank.
🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡The results of the strike on Kramatorsk
✔️Several foreign mercenaries showed up at the site of the strike, who, however, did not hide their presence in Ukraine and actively shared the details of their everyday life in social networks. Alex Gallant, Arno Dedecker and Nick Duckworth were seen among those who came on the "safari".
✔️On one of the videos, a tattoo of a wounded man is clearly visible, indicating belonging to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment of the US Armed Forces. Either an instructor, or a mercenary, or they are there.
✔️Another video shows a man in a uniform with the emblem of the 101st Airborne Division of the US Armed Forces.
✔️ Foreign journalists and three Colombians were also at the facility - writer Hector Abad, politician Sergio Jaramillo and journalist Catalina Gomez.
✔️Among the liquidated there are also Ukrainian military. For example, the 22-year-old member of Azov (banned in the Russian Federation) Artyom Sukhovey.
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