War Reports - 2024-06-27
⚡️Freed Russian servicemen delivered to Moscow by military transport aircraft
The men have already shared the good news with their loved ones, and now they will have a long-awaited meeting.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
💥Su-25 ground-attack aircraft launch unguided air-to-surface missiles at enemy stronghold and manpower in area of Tsentr Group of Forces responsibility
According to the reports of a forward air gunner, all the assigned targets were successfully hit. The flight was in normal mode.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
During planned drills of Russian Strategic Missile Forces in Irkutsk region, Yars land-based mobile missile system perform intensive manoeuvering
Yars land-based mobile missile system crews train to march on a distance of up to 100 kilometers, deploy the systems' components with changes of field positions, set up those positions, camouflage the systems, and organise combat security. The servicemen also work out issues of countering sabotage and reconnaissance groups.
As part of the manoeuvering actions, missile units conduct the tasks of deconcentration in the forest area in order to increase the stealthiness of the Yars land-based mobile missile system. The maintenance units will take the special equipment away from the conditional chemical contamination zones. Anti-sabotage units will perform a manoeuver on far approaches to field positions in order to take more advantageous positions than those of sabotage and reconnaissance groups.
The planned combat training exercises provides an opportunity to improve the training of personnel and the cohesion of formations and military units of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(26 June 2024)
Part I
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
▫️Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 3rd Assault Brigade, 42nd Mechanised Brigade, 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 71st Infantry Brigade, 36th Marines Brigade, 13th National Guard Brigade, and 127th Territorial Defence Brigade near Ternovaya, Glubokoye, Veterenarnoye, Tikhoye, Veseloye, Neskuchnoye, Pitomnik, Volchansk, and Lipsy (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 300 Ukrainian troops, seven motor vehicles, one U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, one U.S.-made 105-mm M119 howitzer, two 152-mm D-20 howitzers, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery warfare station, and one Nota electronic warfare station.
▫️Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 14th, 30th, 66th mechanised brigades, 107th, 112th territorial defence brigades, and 1st National Guard Brigade near Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Tabayevka (Kharkov region), Platonovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Makeyevka, and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
Two counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 3rd Mechanised Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 400 Ukrainian troops, one tank, five pickup trucks, one U.S.-made 155-mm M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, two BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicles, and two field ammunition depots.
▫️Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 24th, 72nd, 93rd mechanised brigades, 46th, 81st airmobile brigades, and 143rd Infantry Brigade near Zaliznyanskoye, Grigorovka, Chasov Yar, Verhnekamenskoye, Kurakhovka, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 510 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, one 122-mm D-30 howitzer, two U.S.-made 105-mm M119 howitzers, one Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station, and three ammunition depots.
▫️Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 24th, 47th, 110th mechanised brigades, 109th Territorial Defence Brigade, and 2nd National Guard Brigade near Kirovo, Novgorodskoye, Novosyolovka Pervaya, Rozovka, Mikhailovka, and Toretsk (Donetsk People's Republic).
Seven counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 24th, 31th mechanised brigades, 68th Jaeger Brigade, and 95th Air Assault Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 405 Ukrainian troops, one tank, one U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, three motor vehicles, one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation
(26 June 2024)
Part II
▫️Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 116th Mechanised Brigade, 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade, and 48th Assault Battalion of the Territorial Defence near Urozhaynoye, Makarovka, and Prechistovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two counter-attacks launched by the battalion tactical group of the Territorial Recruitment Centre of the Ukrainian National Guard and an assault detachment of the AFU 123th Territorial Defence Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 140 Ukrainian troops, two armoured personnel carriers, five motor vehicles, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer.
▫️Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 65th Mechanised Brigade, 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, 37th Marines Brigade, and 121st Territorial Defence Brigade near Kamenskoye, Nesteriyanka (Zaporozhye region), and Tyaginka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 60 Ukrainian troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, and one U.S.-made 105-mm M119 howitzer.
Three AFU ammunition depots were destroyed.
▫️Operational-Tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces wiped out three U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS launchers, as well as one loading vehicle and foreign specialists responsible for its use.
Moreover, one UAV assembly workshop and one UAV launch site were destroyed, as well as manpower and hardware engaged in 109 areas.
▫️Air defence units shot down 76 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and two U.S.-made MLRS projectiles.
📊 In total, 613 airplanes and 276 helicopters, 26,642 unmanned aerial vehicles, 533 air defence missile systems, 16,433 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,353 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 10,913 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 22,975 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
Russian snipers wipe out AFU FPV drone in air
This time, when the enemy's FPV drone was detected, the sniper pair quickly took a firing position and within a couple of minutes fired precise shots by the VSS rifle, the strike drone was neutralised in the air.
The snipers are equipped in addition to the classic SVD and VSS rifles with modern Orsis T-5000 sniper rifles with night vision sights, which are capable of hitting targets at night and during the day in any weather conditions at a distance of up to 1,500 metres.
🔹 Russian Defence Ministry
⚡️ Special Operation, 25 June 2024, Main⚡️
▪️ The total losses of Ukrainian troops over the day amounted to 2,345 militants, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported;
▪️ Russian strikes destroyed 2 warehouses of the AFU, a P-18 detection radar, the military department noted;
▪️ The Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court issued warrants for the 'arrest' of Shoygu and Gerasimov due to the situation in #Ukraine;
▪️ As part of the case of the IL-76 crash in the #Belgorod region in April, a set of evidence was collected confirming the involvement of the AFU, the Investigative Committee reported. The plane was hit by a Patriot missile, its warhead detonating in front of the flight deck;
▪️ The import of radiochemical substances for their further disposal continues to Ukraine, the main routes go through #Poland and #Romania, the head of the RCBZ troops Kirillov said;
▪️ Dangerous substances imported to #Ukraine can be used for provocation with a 'dirty bomb' under a false flag, noted the head of the RCBZ troops;
▪️ Trump's advisers presented him with a plan to 'push' #Ukraine into peace talks with #Russia, Reuters writes. According to it, if Trump wins the election, Kiev will be informed that it will be able to receive more weapons from the #US only if it enters into negotiations;
▪️ Macron said that he would continue the dialogue with Putin, noting that he does not rule out a possible conversation with him on one topic or another.
rian_ru
⚡️🇮🇱🇵🇸⚔️ Escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Zone until the End of 25 June 2024⚡️
🔹In the north of the #GazaStrip, Israeli troops launched a series of attacks on the capital of the Palestinian enclave. The most resonant was the air raid on the Al-Shati Camp, during which the sister of Ismail Haniyeh, one of the leaders of Hamas, have been killed.
🔹In the south of the Enclave, the Israel Defence Forces' operation in Rafah continues. The fighting took place in the Tell al-Sultan area, on the outskirts of the Al-Shaboura Camp and the coastal area of Al-Mawasi, where humanitarian aid was meanwhile delivered by air.
🔹Along the border with #Lebanon, Hezbollah fighters attempted to attack targets in northeastern #Israel with drones. In turn, Israeli troops launched air and artillery strikes on southern #Lebanon.
🔹In #Iraq, Iranian proxies from the Islamic Resistance reported on the launch of kamikaze drones at strategic targets in Haifa.
🔹In the Red Sea Region, fighters of the Ansarallah movement attacked a civilian ship in the Arabian Sea.
📜 RYBAR
⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 25 June 2024⚡️
🔹Ukrainian Formations attacked the #Voronezh region with drones; according to some reports, an ammunition depot is on fire in the Olkhovatsky district.
🔹In the #Seversk sector,i n #Razdolovka, another Russian flag was installed, this time remotely.
🔹In the #Avdeyevka direction, the RFAF expanded the zone of control in the area of #Sokol, knocking out the enemy from several positions in the forest belts north of the village.
🔹On the South #Avdeyevka front,i n #Krasnogorovka, fighting is taking place in the city centre, and from the northeast, Russian troops are advancing along the Lozovaya River.
🔹On the #Vremyevka ledge, the RFAF repulsed several enemy counterattacks during the day and pulled up the flank west of #Staromayorskoye.
📜 RYBAR
⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ According to Tradition, the Situation in Key Settlements in the #Ugledar & #Avdeyevka Directions at the End of the Day on 25 June 2024 was as follows⚡️
🔴#Konstantinovka and #Paraskoviyevka - the confrontation continues. It cannot be called an obvious assault, but ours are actively probing the enemy's defences.
🟡There are no visible changes yet.
🔴#Pobeda - the Ukrops tried to attack our positions with drones once again, but we defended.
🟡So far, no progress has been made.
🔴#Georgiyevka - after all, it cannot be argued that the settlement is completely behind us when enemy groups enter there relatively freely...
🔴#Krasnogorovka - the command continues to use the tactics of frontal attacks.
🟡In turn, Ukrainians are very rich in quadrocopters and do not regret using them in defense.
🟡And yet there is progress on our part. On the strong-willed.
🔴#Nevelskoye - fighting continues in this inconvenient area for both sides.
🔴#Karlovka - we continue to put pressure on the enemy.
We are stuck in the forehead, we are trying to advance along the flanks.
🔴#Yasnobrodovka - there were claims that the village came under our control, which is not true.
🟡Yes, we entered the settlement, but there are not even confident positions there yet.
🟡Everything is ahead.
🔴#Novosyolovka1st and #Sokol - after the spring breakthrough on our part, starting from this section, the enemy has strengthened the defence and is ready to lead it to the end. Positional battles are ongoing.
🔴#Novoaleksandrovka - I assume that in the entire #Donetsk region today, there are the most active and daring actions on our part.
🟡Guys sometimes show reasonable initiative, but this is not exactly.
🗺 @Wargonzo's Maps added👆
📜 Voenkor Kotenok
⚡️Military Expert Boris Rozhin on the Main Points during the #SMO of the RF on the Territory of the Former #Ukraine by 25 June at 23.43 Moscow Time⚡️
🔻1.#Rabotino Ledge:
🟡A small extension of control to the northeast of #Rabotino.
🟡The enemy is strengthening the defence north of #Rabotino.
🔻2.#Vremyevka Ledge:
🟡The control zone in the #Staromayorskpye area has been expanded.
🟡In #Urozhaynoye, there is a small advance to the centre of the village.
🟡The enemy was unable to restore the lost positions north of #Staromayorskoye.
🔻3..#Ugledar:
🟡Fighting continues at the outskirts of #Konstantinovka.
🟡South of #Novomikhaylovka, the RFAF gained a foothold in new positions itowards the #Konstantinovka - #Ugledar motorway.
🔻4..#Krasnogorovka:
🟡The RFAF continue to clean up the southwestern and western outskirts of the town and also continue to move from the city centre towards the northern districts.
🟡In area of #Maksimilyanovka, there are no serious advances so far.
🔻5..#Ocheretino:
🟡Fighting on the outskirts of #Karlovka and north of #Umanskoye.
🟡#Novosyolovka1st so far - under the enemy.
🟡#Sokol has almost completely come under RFAF control.
🟡In the area of #Novoaleksandrovka, the control zone has been expanded.
🟡In the #Kalinovo area, it has not been possible to advance yet.
🔻6..#Gorlovka:
🟡Fighting began on the outskirts of #Dzerzhinsk (#Toretsk).
🟡There are battles on the outskirts of #Kirovo.
🟡The enemy continues to reap the consequences of a missed strike, which led to the fall of the first line of the AFU defence on a fairly wide section of the front.
🟡In #Dzerzhinsk itself, there is an evacuation.
🔻7..#ChasovYar:
🟡Fighting continues in the western part of the Kanal Microdistrict and in the eastern part of #Kalinovka.
🟡In the area of #Kleshcheyevka and #Kurdyumovka, there are positional battles.
🔻8..#Seversk Ledge:
🟡#Razdolovka is 2/3 under the RFAF, but the cleanup has not yet been completed.
🟡There is some progress towards #Vyemka Station.
🟡At #Spornoye and #Belogorovka - no changes.
🔻9..#KrasnyLiman Sector:
🟡Without significant changes.
🟡Fighting in the #Serebryanskoye Forestry and by the village of #Terny.
🔻10.#Svatovo-#Kupyansk Front Section:
🟡The RFAF have advanced north of #Stelmakhovka. Fighting broke out on the outskirts of the village. Also, the RFAF maintain pressure south of the village.
🟡In the areas of #Petropavlovka, #Ivanovka and #Makeyevkahere, there are positional battles.
🔻11..#Kharkov Direction:
🟡The attacks of the opponents at #Liptsy and #Glubokoye villages are repelled.
🟡In #Volchansk itself, street battles for the city centre continue.
🟡The RFAF retain control over the Aggregate Plant.
🟡The enemy unsuccessfully tried to attack on the eastern outskirts of #Volchansk.
📌 In general, the RFAF retain the initiative in most areas. The enemy is actively busy patching holes.
📜 Boris Rozhin specially for the Voenkor Kotenok Channel
🗺 @Olegtsarov's Maps added👇
📱 Battle Maps & Reports (https://t.me/sitrepmaps) - for the Military Hardcore
🇦🇺 Julian Assange arrived at the Federal District Court on the island of Saipan
🔻The journalist himself chose this place for the hearing because he wanted the trial to take place as close to Australia as possible.
❗️It is expected that after pleading guilty, the founder of WikiLeaks will be released. He will be credited with serving his sentence for five years in a British prison.
TheIslanderNews
◾Assange Free: Why did the US chase the WikiLeaks founder so hard?
- Julian Assange’s freedom has come after a 12-year battle to avoid extradition to the US to face charges for publishing sensitive military files that would have seen him serve 175 years in prison if found guilty.
In 2010 he published over 250,000 US diplomatic cables, including a trove of leaks from former US soldier Chelsea Manning (then Bradley Manning), with the horrifying Collateral Murder video showing Apache helicopters gunning down 11 Iraqis as the pilots laughed.
European_dissident
The Biden administration is moving toward lifting a de facto ban on American military contractors deploying to Ukraine, four US officials familiar with the matter told CNN, to help the country’s military maintain and repair US-provided weapons systems.
The change would mark another significant shift in the Biden administration’s Ukraine policy, as the US looks for ways to give Ukraine’s military an upper hand against Russia.
Once approved, the change would likely be enacted this year, officials said, and would allow the Pentagon to provide contracts to American companies for work inside Ukraine for the first time since Russia invaded in 2022. Officials said they hope it will speed up the maintenance and repairs of weapons systems being used by the Ukrainian military.
Asbery's Opinion: This would allow further use of US PMCs. The claim of maintenance and repairs in Ukraine is a dubious one given these sites are targeted and there is a lack of power.
#Source
(https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/25/politics/biden-administration-american-military-contractors-ukraine/index.html)
Slavyangad
📋 Two Majors #Summary for the Morning of 26 June 2024; pub. 06:57📍
🔹In the #Kharkov direction, the AFU continues to bring in reserves, intensifies counterintelligence measures in the frontline, and launches attacks from the #Liptsy settlement, in the area of #Volchansk and #Tikhoye. The enemy is preparing strike units in the hope of reaching the border line.
🔹In #ChasovYar, no significant changes over the day. The enemy is employing the most motivated soldiers to carry out counterattacks. During the day there was a slight decrease in the intensity of fighting, which was compensated by mutual artillery strikes.
🔹At #Toretsk, the RFAF intensified the fighting. There were reports of our units advancing towards the settlements of #Druzhba, #Shumy, #Yuzhnoye (#Pivdennoye).
🔹From the #Avdeyevka direction, there are reports about the expansion of the zone of control on the northern flank near #Novoaleksandrovka and the activity of our advance groups near #Vozdvizhenka. In the area of #Sokol, there are battles for an AFU stronghold, and in the south at #Karlovka the RFAF are attacking forest plantations.
🔹In #Krasnogorovka, our units occupied part of the multi-storey building in the Solnechny Microdistrict in the eastern part of the town. In the western part of #Krasnogorovka, the intensity of hostilities remains high.
🔹On the #Vremyevka ledge, the AFU failed to regain its lost positions near #Staromayorskoye during counterattacks, and the RFAF expanded their zone of control west of the village.
🔹On the #Zaporozhye front, there are no significant changes in the situation. In the past two weeks, the use of aerial bombs (https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/12129) by the RFAF against defences on the right bank of the #Dnieper River has increased significantly. 🎬👇
💥In #Belgorod region, the AFU's terrorist attacks on civilians and social facilities continue unabated. A guard of a civilian facility was wounded in Novaya Tavolzhanka, Shebekinsky. On the #Arkhangelskoye - #Murom motorway in the Shebekinsky urban district, an agricultural lorry was hit by an AFU FPV drone, and the driver was injured. Drone strikes also hit #Murom, #Gruzskoye, Borisovsky district, and #Bezymeno, Grayvoron urban district.
💥In the #Kursk region, the Nazis yesterday concentrated fire on the town of #Sudzha, counted 12 arrivals, a local resident received burns, and the second victim had a heart attack. Also under fire are #Mirny, #Lebedevka, #Sverdlikovo, Oleshnya Farm in Sudzhansky district, #Alekseyevka and #Sergeyevka in Glushkovsky district, #Gordeyevka in Korenevsky district. Attacks by AFU drones were recorded near the villages of #Gordeyevka and #Uspenovka in the Korenevsky district, the village of #Krasnooktyabrsky, the village of #Dronovka, the village of #Yelizavetovka and the Otruba Farm in the Glushkovsky district, the village of Bolshoye Soldatskoye in the Bolshesoldatsky district, the village of #Sverdlikovo in the Sudzhansky district, the village of #Kozino and the Krasny Pakhar Farm in the Rylsky district.
🛡Electronic warfare means and small arms suppressed and destroyed 34 Ukrainian drones in the border areas over the day.
💥In the capital of the #DPR, #Donetsk, three civilians were killed and nine wounded as a result of shelling by the AFU using MLRSs and Western-made artillery., #Donetsk, three civilians were killed and nine wounded as a result of shelling by the AFU using MLRSs and Western-made artillery.
2 MAJORS
⚡️Front #Report for the Morning of 26 June 2024⚡️
🔴On the #Zaporozhye Front, without significant changes. Both sides are in no hurry to conduct any active offensive actions, limiting themselves to artillery strikes and rare small group exits.
🟡In the area of #Rabotino and northwest of #Verbovoye there is mainly positional fighting. (Fig. 1)
🔴On the #Donetsk Front, in #Konstantinovka without special changes - fighting at the approaches to the settlement.
🟡In #Krasnogorovka, Russian troops are slowly but surely moving into the city centre metre by metre. In #Nevelskoye, with no changes. In the area of #Karlovka, fighting continues at the edges of the settlement and on both sides of the reservoir. There are tactical successes.
🟡In #Yasnobrodovka, the line of contact remains without significant changes, fighting continues.
🟡In #Sokol, also without special changes, Ukrainian troops are offering fierce resistance. (Fig. 2)
🔴In #ChasovYar Direction, the RFAF continue to assault the eastern suburb of #ChasovYar, pushing the enemy out of its western outskirts. Fierce fighting is ongoing. (Fig. 3)
🔴On the #Kharkov Front, the AFU are not abandoning their attempts to dislodge the Russian Army from their previously occupied positions, conducting constant counterattacks in the area of #Glubokoye and in the town limits of #Volchansk. (Fig. 4)
📜 Wargonzo (https://t.me/wargonzo/20730): 26 Jun 2024, 08:07 #smo
📱 Battle Maps & Reports (https://t.me/sitrepmaps) - for the Military Hardcore
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Tiahynka
🕰 Date: ~25.06.2024
📌 Coordinates: 46.781595, 33.071978
👩🚀 Squad: #Sudoplatov
📝 Description: Russian FPV drone destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry fighting vehicle near Tiahynka.
🖥 id: 26062024.0618
✉️source: https://t.me/sudoplatov_official/2004
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #Hnativka
🕰 Date: ~25.06.2024
📌 Coordinates: 48.332262,37.640435
👩🚀 Squad: #SiberianArtillery
📝 Description: Russian artillery destroyed an Ukrainian Armed Forces howitzer near Hnativka.
🖥 id: 26062024.0525
✉️source: https://t.me/Sib_army/1385
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
#UkraineRussiaWar
🌐 Place: #KharkovRegion
🕰 Date: ~25.06.2024
📌 Coordinates: 00:09(49.575921,37.793975)
00:17(49.648770,37.837505)
👩🚀 Squad: #1TankArmy
📝 Description: Russian drones destroyed two Ukrainian Armed Forces mortars in the Kharkov region.
🖥 id: 26062024.0536
✉️source: https://t.me/operational_space/633
Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)
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