War Reports - 2024-06-23
Military expert Alexander Zimovsky: The United States spent a billion dollars on the combat operations of its aircraft carrier squadron in the Red Sea, but lost the naval war to the Yemeni Navy.
(The Navy says it has spent about $1 billion on munitions used in defending the Red Sea)
Although the Americans declared at the beginning of Operation Guardian of Prosperity that “not a single hair will fall, blabalabla,” the flow of container ships on this route has decreased by 67%, and tanker traffic has decreased by 50%.
Not a single cargo for Israel reached Eilat, the Israelis' main seaport on the Red Sea. There were 77 attempts to sail cargo ships in this direction, and the Houthis blocked them all. After varying degrees of damage, the vessels were forced to turn around and leave for safer ports outside the Red Sea for repairs.
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Political scientist Vladimir Kornilov (https://t.me/kornilov1968/24809): Today's British press is literally crucifying the leader of the Reform UK party, Nigel Farage, for his statement yesterday on the BBC that “the West provoked Putin” and that “the blame for the war in Ukraine lies with the United States and Britain.” As you can see, this is the main story in the Daily Mail today, with Farage being called “an absolute threat to national security” and “Putin’s henchman.” There's a lot of hysteria!
NATO (https://t.me/dva_majors/45808?single) is preparing for war with Russia. Official NATO resources:
"Bomber Task Force 24-3 - in the process of deployment: 4 strategic bombers deployed to Europe."
Victor vicktop55
N.p. Liptsy again suffers from the arrival of the most powerful FAB-3000M54 from the UMPC.
The Terrorist Insurgency has been wiped off the face of the earth.
⚡️ Two Majors
🪖 The situation in the Chasov Yarsky direction remains very complex, but dynamic.
The enemy continues to conduct active defensive actions: conducts counterattacks, inflicts fire damage with all available means, including himars missiles on the targets of our troops in Bakhmut itself. Thus, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are striving to inflict maximum losses on our troops, slow down their advance and stop them along the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal line. The enemy uses the gained time to mine the area, engineering equipment of their defensive lines and the city itself, preparing it for defensive battles.
The main part of the microdistrict came under the control of our troops; only its western part remains under enemy control. In recent days, we have managed to completely clear the forest area to the north. In the Kalinovka area, the 200th Motorized Rifle Brigade occupied the central part of the settlement and partially cleared the adjacent forest to the south. At the moment, intense fighting continues.
Also, according to the testimony of prisoners, as well as information from other intelligence data, we know that the moral and psychological state of the formations conducting defensive actions is at a low level, including among the assault units. In the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine there are refusals to carry out combat missions.
Архангел Спецназа
Pervomaisk, LPR, city mayor:
Three people were injured as a result of the Ukrainian shelling of Pervomaisk (LPR), all three were diagnosed with acubarotrauma.
It is preliminary known that the attack on the house was carried out from the Himars MLRS by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. An apartment building received serious damage, which began to collapse in the process of eliminating the consequences of the shelling.
Emergency Situations Ministry employees managed to evacuate seven people, including two children. Five people are in hospital. Residents of the damaged house were sent to temporary accommodation centers.
⚡️ Two Majors
Morning Summary as of June 22, 2024
▪️ Last night, a combined strike was carried out on the enemy's rear facilities. Tu-95MS aircraft, Kalibr missiles, and Geran UAVs were used. Explosions were heard in Pavlohrad, Khmelnitsky, Vinnytsia, Volyn, and Lvov Oblasts. In the city of Stryo (Lvov Oblast), there were reports of power outages after the strikes.
▪️ On the Kharkov direction, fierce battles continue in Volchansk. AFU attacks were repelled. In the Lyptsov direction, due to heavy losses, the enemy did not undertake active actions. The AFU is accumulating manpower and material reserves to conduct counteroffensive operations.
▪️ In Chasov Yar, the main part of the "Canal" microdistrict came under the control of our troops. The "Gidrozhelezoobeton" plant was captured. Over the past few days, the forest area north of the city has been completely cleared. In the Kalinovka area, the 200th OMSBR occupied the central part of the settlement and partially cleared the adjacent forest to the south.
▪️ On the South Donetsk direction, the area of control of the Russian Armed Forces has been expanded in Krasnohorovka, and there are reports of battles on the western outskirts of Maksymilianovka west of Heorhievka.
▪️ On the Zaporozhye front, our units attacked in the area of Nesterіanka and Novopokrovka. The enemy is striking at energy facilities on our territory, and the media have reported on the possible plans of the AFU to launch a counteroffensive in this sector of the front. Our MLRS are working (https://t.me/dva_majors/45718) in the area of the settlement of Piatykhatky.
▪️ On the Kherson direction, there are reports of small arms battles in the floodplain of the Dnipro River in the area opposite Krynka - Kozachi Lahery, in the area of the Antonivskyi railway bridges.
▪️ Belgorod Oblast is under attack from the enemy again. The Murom of the Shebekino urban district was attacked by the AFU using a kamikaze drone, injuring a civilian. The enemy also struck at a trade facility in the same area. As a result of the shelling of the outskirts of the city of Shebekino, one civilian was injured. Pochaevo of the Graivronsky urban district was also shelled.
▪️ In Kursk Oblast, Gornal and Nikolaevo-Daryino of the Sudzhansky district, Tyotkino, Krasnooctyabrsky, the Otruba farm of the Glushkovsky district, Obukhovka and Uspenevka of the Korenevskoye district were shelled. Drone attacks were recorded near the village of Nikolaevo-Daryino of the Sudzhansky district, the village of Gordeevka and the village of Uspenevka of the Korenevskoye district, the Kucherov farm of the Belovsky district, the settlements of Tyotkino and Krasnooctyabrsky, and the village of Elizavetovka of the Glushkovsky district. Electronic warfare means suppressed 17 Ukrainian drones in the border areas during the day.
▪️ In Bryansk Oblast, AFU aircraft-type UAVs were destroyed over the Klintsy, Klimovo and Surazh districts. The villages of Sopichi of the Pogarsky district and Belaya Berezka of the Trubchevsky district were attacked using FPV drones.
▪️ In the LPR, as a result of AFU UAF attack a woman born in 1967 was injured.
Report compiled by: ⚡️Two Majors
Zakharova:
Apocalypse news: in the economic competitiveness ranking of the Swiss Business Institute IMD, Germany is located somewhere (https://www.imd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/WCY_Bookletv1_2024-1.pdf) between Luxembourg and Thailand.
Let me remind you that we are talking about a country that just a couple of years ago was the industrial locomotive of Europe, the first economy of the subcontinent, and formed the basis of the industrial power of the EU.
Sanctions against Russia and Russian retaliatory measures, combined with the refusal of cheap resources and the predictable logistics of their supply, as well as, as has happened more than once in history, unquestioning trust in Washington, have once again played a cruel joke on the Germans.
If under Merkel Berlin confidently retained (https://www.imd.org/research-knowledge/competitiveness/articles/com-may-2014/) its place in the top ten countries in terms of overall competitiveness indicators, corresponding to its place in the Group of Seven, now it is barely creeping into the top thirty. Today Iceland and Bahrain are more competitive than the German colossus on American legs.
A few figures about the economic “success” of Scholz and the company.
At the end of last year, Germany's national debt exceeded (https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/staatsschulden-steigen-im-ersten-quartal-um-15-7-milliarden-euro-a-bd225968-9f3d-46ec-a8fe-0980782cee1b) a record 2.4 trillion euros. It has continued to grow (https://www.bundesbank.de/de/presse/pressenotizen/deutsche-staatsschulden-928466) for several years now. If earlier Germany itself acted as a source of capital and investment, now Berlin continues to borrow, and robs its own citizens. At the same time, the money goes to war and armaments (https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/staatsschulden-steigen-im-ersten-quartal-um-15-7-milliarden-euro-a-bd225968-9f3d-46ec-a8fe-0980782cee1b) - by 40%, to 8.1 billion euros, the debt under the corresponding defense-industrial program has increased. As Der Spiegel writes, (https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/staatsschulden-steigen-im-ersten-quartal-um-15-7-milliarden-euro-a-bd225968-9f3d-46ec-a8fe-0980782cee1b) many German federal states (regions) have found themselves “stranded”; the amount of their debt has grown significantly in the last year alone:
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – +9.7%;
- Saxony-Anhalt – +8.6%;
- Berlin itself – +7.3%.
All this gives German politicians pause. But instead of doing a real analysis of causes and consequences, Bundestag member Stefan Brandner suggested: (https://www.brandner-im-bundestag.de/fileadmin/user_upload/WRB/2024/WRB-Brandner-24.pdf) “Our dilapidated infrastructure needs every cent. Why should supposed economic stability in African countries cost more than repairing our bridges, roads and railways? You can’t deny Brandner something. According to the professional construction community, at least 4,000 bridges in Germany are in urgent need of repair. (https://www.n-tv.de/ticker/Baubranche-und-ADAC-warnen-vor-Investitionskuerzungen-bei-Verkehrsinfrastruktur-article25029572.html) The budget of the main road company, Autobahn GmbH, is being reduced by about 20%. The railway operator - Deutsche Bahn - has been losing money (https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/deutsche-bahn-erleidet-einen-verlust-von-2-4-milliarden-euro-19602132.html) for the year (2.4 billion euros last year alone), and the company's turnover fell by another 13%.
This is no longer the goal of “feeding the poor,” stated two years ago under the “grain deal.” The Germans would have to feed themselves.
The answer to the age-old question “What to do?” Berlin is ready to look for anything, just not in the launch of the remaining line of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline (there is no talk of an objective investigation into the terrorist attack on the joint venture). To the question “Who is to blame?” There is no need to look for an answer at all in German misfortune. Everyone understands - Washington. And African debt is certainly not to blame for Berlin's plight. This approach of German politicians is more like good old racism, rather than responsible behavior of “civilized” people.
⚡️ Two Majors
📹 A history lesson for a State Dept spokesman
US journo Matt Lee attempted to clarify with State Department spokesman Matthew Miller how the White House feels it can criticize Russia for its presence in Ukraine given its own history in Vietnam...
👉 Check out the video to find out what happened next!
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⚡️ The RFAF took #Shumy in #SouthBakhmut Sector of #Bakhmut Direction⚡️
🇷🇺 The RFAF knocked the AFU out of #Shumy, occupying the previously 👉 mentioned (https://t.me/sitreports/29609) fortifications on the way to #Kirovo to the west.
🔵 Further west on Map, is the town of #Dzerzhinsk/#Toretsk. North of #Kirovo is #Druzhba, To the southwest is #Artemovo (#Zaliznoye).
🇺🇦 The #Shumy Takeover is already 👉 confirmed (https://t.me/sitreports/29732)
🗺 Maps: @z_arhiv (https://t.me/z_arhiv/27094); the 2nd is a topographical
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#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Arkhangelske
🕰 Date: ~21.06.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.274733,37.637800
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: A Russian FPV drone destroys an M113 armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Arkhangelske.
🖥 id: 22062024.0848
✉️source: https://t.me/fpvmexica/38
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #NovoselivkaPersha
🕰 Date: ~21.06.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.190950,37.553610
👩🚀 Squad:
📝 Description: Russian FPV drone hit a Bradley of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Novoselivka Persha.
🖥 id: 22062024.0849
✉️source: https://t.me/fpvmexica/38
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Maksymilianivka
🕰 Date: ~21.06.2024
📌 Coordinates: 47.942065,37.381900
👩🚀 Squad: #238ArtBrigade
📝 Description: Russian Lancet destroyed an Ukrainian Armed Forces Howitzer near Maksymilianivka.
🖥 id: 22062024.0749
✉️source:
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Novooleksandrivka
🕰 Date: ~21.06.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.285000, 37.595000
👩🚀 Squad: #35Brigade
📝 Description: The Russian military is attacking positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Novooleksandrivka.
🖥 id: 22062024.0822
✉️source: https://t.me/bolshiepushki/8068
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
Motorised riflemen of Zapad Group of Forces wipe out AFU camouflaged stronghold and manpower in Svatovo direction
🗺 The enemy positions in the forest belt were detected during aerial reconnaissance using an unmanned aerial vehicle.
💥 Having received the coordinates of the enemy fortifications, the infantry personnel advanced to the firing position and inflicted fire damage on the enemy.
✔️UAV crews monitored the destruction of targets in real time.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
▫️Russian President Vladimir Putin met (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14617) with the best graduates of higher military schools in the St George Hall of the Kremlin Palace. Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov gave a farewell to the officers and congratulated (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14621) them on their successful graduation.
▫️Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov held (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14610) the meeting on no-doc confirmation of benefits for participants in the special military operation.
▫️From 15 to 21 June, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14613) 14 group strikes by high-precision air- and ground-based weapons, as well as strike drones, which hit depots of military technical equipment, infrastructure of military airfields, electrical substations that supported the work of Ukrainian military hardware enterprises and training centres for the use of uncrewed surface vehicles.
▫️Air defence systems shot down (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14614) one Neptune-MD long-range cruise missile, eight French-made Hammer guided bombs, 55 U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles, and 397 unmanned aerial vehicles.
▫️The Bal coastal missile systems reached (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14608) positioning area in the Kamchatka Peninsula as part of the Pacific Fleet's bilateral exercise.
▫️ In Novgorod region, servicemen of long-range aviation took part (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14611) in the memorial campaign called 'Candle of Remembrance'.
▫️The Russian Ministry of Defence shows Su-34 (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14615) aircraft, FPV (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14622) drone operators, motorised riflemen (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14628) of the Zapad Group of Forces in action within the special military operation, as well as footage (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14623) of anti-aircraft gunners of the Tsentr Group of Forces covering the Russian troops in Avdeyevka direction.
▫️Grand opening of propaganda campaign 'Strength is in Truth' with participation of the Baltic Fleet's servicemen took (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/14629) place in the Park of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Signalmen of Airborne Formation from Tula reliably ensure command of troops in special military operation zone
The stations' crews occupy areas thoroughly checked in advance by reconnaissance and engineering units.
Upon arrival at the new location, crews quickly set up the necessary equipment to provide closed communications channels to commanders and troops.
To ensure the safety of the deployment of equipment, servicemen organise security posts and foot patrols.
The work of the units of the signal troops is highly appreciated by the command: most of the servicemen have been awarded state and departmental awards.
Signalmen of Airborne Formation from Tula daily carry out combat missions with danger to their lives in the special military operation zone.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
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