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Just for a picture of warfare intensity in Izium-Lysychansk-Bakhmut area. According to Zaluzhnyi statement, Russians conducted for the last day 270 artillery/mlrs strikes, used 45000 of shells, two missile strikes and 32 airstrikes

Medvedev: Crimea for us is a part of Russia. And this is forever. Any attempt to encroach on Crimea - this is declaring of war to Russia. And if a NATO-memeber country does it, this is a conflict with whole NATO. This is Third world war. Total catastrophe. https://aif.ru/politics/world/dmitriy_medvedev_aif_ru_bezyadernyy_status_baltiki_uydyot_v_proshloe Heh... From "We will take Kyiv in three days to if any encroach on Crimea". Damned Kremlin midgets.

Author shows old TO&E with 40 tank in the battalion. Though in 2014 we had two types of battlions 31-tank for tank brigade and 40-tank for mech.brigade. In 2015 due to losses all battlions became 31-tank type. I also met the number 33 tanks, but I can't imagine where theese "superflous" tanks can be included, maybe in signal unit, for use of battalion HQ Also he says about sniper company in tank brigade, but indded this is sniper platoon. The company was in 2014

UKR Air Forces command claimed for today 12 sorties, including by groups. Su-24M and Su-25 struck positions of two Russian BTGs and hit ammunition depot. Locals on RUMINT level write Russian fighter engaged UKR Su-24M over Apostolove area (Kryvyi Rih - Nikopol direction) and launched AA missile at it, but the crew of our bomber conducted evasive maneuvers and saved own jet.

Air Force Command claims that Amstor mall in Kremenchuk was hit by two Kh-22 missiles, launched over Kursk from two Tu-22M3 bombers of 52nd heavy bomber aviation regiment (Shaykovka airfield, Kaluga oblast). Russians could target "Kredmash" plant (Kremenchuk road machines plant) but because of Kh-22 has poor accuracy (up to 500 m CEP for Kh-22M), they could hit the mall (or nearby, caused the desruction and fire), located in 100 m from the plant territory. In persent time is knowingly about 10 killed, but resque works still ongoing Russians also shelled Kharkiv with Uragan MLRS, reportedly 4 civilains killed, 19 wounded.

Result of yesterdays missile strike on Kyiv. Kh-101 cruise missiles, launched from Russian strategic bomber over Caspian sea were targeted on "Artem" factory (producing of different military production, including ATGM, AA, AS missiles and incediary rockets). This factory already was struck three times. Reportedly five missiles approached from southern direction, one was intercepted, but four hit the city. No information about two other hits (probably they hit factory), two other (or their parts after interception) hit residential house near the factory and area near kindergarden not far from. This house already was hit (but its other taller section) in previous attack about month or more ago - then parts of intercepted missile hit basment floors and killed one. In this time one dead, six injured (two hospitalized, including 7-year girl) Kh-101 has 400 kg warhead and more inconspicuous for radars, than previous generation of such missiles like Kh-55. Kindergarden area

This is 503rd separate marines battalion of 36th marines brigade. About 80 % of KIA/WIA relates to one of companies of this battalion, because company coommader tells about own detachment. According to loses places it participated in battle near Kyiv (Irpin'), near Verkniotoretske (Avdiivka direction, Donetsk oblast) and probably somewhere on the south in first days of war. Maybe most of losses were in theses days. About motivation and combat capabiliies of 36th brigade according to Azov statements now exists difefernt opinions... And before a war also there were different talks that elite status of 36th brigade not match enough with real things.

@Battlefront.com Here is some recommendations from UKR frontline soldier for your collection ATTENTION TO ALL, WHO FIRST TIME COMES TO EASTERN FRONT 1. Enemy has significant advantage in aviation and artillery. 2. There are no more stupid conscripts, but really trainned murderers, whick know own work 3. Our positions have been betraying by locals and drones ajust fire 4. Vehicles are target #1 RECOMMENDAIONS FOR DOGFACE 1. Dig in deep, but never wide. 2. Dig in in the places with additional protection (tree) or with obstacles for enemy artillery (hill,railwau embarkment) 3. Dig several positions, join its after in the trench (if enemy allow you to do this) 4. Do not concentrate many people in one shelter - no more 2-3 5. For rest and cover to dig a grave. Yes, a grave with steps (on the photo) for two. While the first on position, the second rests in the grave, then change. 6. Evacuation point must be maximally hidden, to make a pathway and the hole for aid. In the hole only combat medic have to work, you shouldn't be there. 7. Do not bring with you neither too much ammunitions nor any other supply - its betrays you. Get out the trash - bury even cigarette butts. 8. Prepare good off-road jeep, take away all superflous, take away lights and give NV device to the driver. Let he stays in 5 km from your positions. This will save most of your WIAs. 9. Ammunition and supply delivers when jeep drives to take WIAs or if you have a need in resupply. Two days reserve of ammunition and supply for comany have to be always near the jeep. 10. BMPs and BTRs are also have to be in the rear, dug in deeply and disguished or hidden. They drive to the battle only and dont's carry people! Your trucks you can shot out yourself, thus will be less victims. But better hand over its to artillerists. 11. Comms, steady encriptes comms and interaction with tanks and artillery. Infantry finds targets, recons ajust arty with drones, arty fires. But artillerists are people too and they also primary target for the enemy. They will not stand-by continuously and they also have a limit of ammunition and supply. 12. Do not deploy on infantry positions ATGMs or MANPADs. Deployits aside or behind, but never on positions. If this stuff works at least once, your position will grounded. 13. Most important!!!! The time for supply it's twilight (dawn or dusk). Safe time you will understand yourself. And do this with jeeps with engine volume no more 2,5 l 14. Despite on written above, the war is dictating own rules. At this war the best are speed and mobility. And remember - they don't know how much of you, until you expose yourself. And during this time eliminate as more of orcs as possible, while they will be probe. Best way - to shot, when you see the enemy, and not hear his bullets. In this way they check your nerves. When the come close, try to kill as more as possible in order they will not call or adjust own artillery, because without accurate adjustment their arty is skew and only something random can hit your positin. The "grave with steps" for R&R

According to information of UKR military expert Konstantin Mashovets, obviously after command from Kremlin, two Belarusian air-assault battalions of 38th air-assault brigade moved from Brest area to Grodno area - opposite the "Suwalky gap" Meanwhile Lithuanian Europarliament deputy Piatras Aushtryavichus concerned that "Russia is winning in the question of Kaliningrad transit". As he claimed after "representatives of one country demanded to cancel transit sanctions, in European Committee, sharp discussions started and there is no unity in this question". As a result the document appeared, which allows transit of sanctioned goods between Kaliningrad and Russian by the territory of EU. Lithuania doesn't meant in the document, but if Lithuania will agree with document it have to fulfil its terms. Document will be issued on next week. Lithuanian deputy claimed some EU countries dissatisfied with Lithuanian position.

UKR struck with missiles Russian military objects in Snizhne, Donetsk oblast (occupied since 2014). Locals write in TG missiles hit vehicles base on the territory of some factory and it's burning now Also new strike in Nova Kakhovka

UKR missiles struck ammunition storage in Svatove, Luhask oblast, occupied since March 2022. There is large Ukrainian arsenal being expoloded in 2017. Probably Russians use its territory now for own purposes

In comments people write that in LDPR army you can often see such rank/duty disproportion because of lack of local "officers". Maybe that guy meant Pogrebnyak was company commander in 2014-2015, because according to Peacekeeper database in 2018 he was a mayor in duty of chief of the staff deputy of 5th MRB "Oplot" howitzer battalion.

Russians at the morning launched about 60 surface-surface and air-surface missiles on Ukrainian territory. This is one of largest missile attacks for the last time. Most heavy was an attack on Zhytomyr oblast - 30 missiles form Belarus territory (ground launchers and aviation). 10 of them were intercepted by AD, but other struck some military objects. On this time theris a report 1 servoceman KIA, 1 WIA. 20 missiles struk training center Desna in Chernihiv oblast. Also form ground launchers and aviation. Reportedly no casualties for present time, but infrastructure was significantly damaged. Previous missle strike on Desna center on 17th of May killed 87 servicemen. All they were crews being trained for western 155mm artillery. After previous missile strikes on barracks, which took away several hundreds of lives high command ordered to disperse personnel no more 20 servicemen in one group. But in that day all re-trained artillerists gathered to receive sertificates and celebtrating this. They stayed in barrack just on one night and Iskander struck it. After this reportedly Desna officer in the rank of colonel was arrested by SBU, because he was a traitor and gave information to Russian side about gathering of personnel in the building. Also about dozen missiles, probably Kalibr, were launched at Yavoriv training and logistic center in L'viv oblast. Four missiles were intercepted (two over Khmelnitskyi oblast, two over L'viv oblast) but several hit own targets.

In Russian publics are concerned about development of UKR advance in Vuhlehirsk (Uglegorsk on Russian maps) area, south of Donetsk oblast. I've posted yesterday information that UKR troops liberated Pavlivka village, today local pro-Russian sources calimed UKR forces seized northern outskirts of Novomayorske village and entered to Mykilske, but unknown, the village is our or still contested. My yesterday map according to LiveUAmap lines turned out wrong - villages eastern of Pavlivka also occupied, so DeepState map on this section of front is more correct.

@sburke @Kinophile Mayor Nikolay Buhai, pilot of Mi-35.,got lost 24th of Feb during raid on Hostomel airfield - probably his helicopter with two bodies inside was recovered from Kyiv water reservoir. In social media pointed he served on Far East, so probably 319th or 112th separate helicopter regiments, though Wiki says both havn't Mi-35 on armament. Interesting detail. He was born and raised in Ukraine - in Cherkasy oblast, the heartland of Ukraine. He has exclusive Ukrainan surname - Buhai (eng. means "bittern"). But since he entered to Syzran' high military aviation scholl and served in Soviet army, his mentality was completely changed even from Soviet Ukrainain to Soviet man and further Russian. And now he came with war on own motherland. Who knows, maybe his parents still live in Ukraine? We already had some captured Russian pilots, more younger, which were born and Ukraine and had parents here. @akd We posted this simultrainously I just told some more about this piot. Also its questinable how correctly to translit his surname ) Bugay is maybe more correctly for Russian transliteration, but I think it will sound in English like [bugei], when more correctly will be [buhai] as in Ukrainian or [bugai] on Russian manner . It's just an excursion in slavic pronunciation

When they could fly more than 20 km with ammunition. R18 range is only 4 km. Bayraktars can be shot with Pantsyr or Osa, so it has less opportunity to break through echeloned AD, when Pantsyrs guard S-300 around. Polish Warmate loitering munitins has 10 km of range, but I don't see videos of its succesfull usage, and at least three were shot down with small-arms, because its ceiling is just 500 m.

So, Ukrainans instead to gather 5 millions $ for three Bayraktars for a week, gathered 6 millions $ for three days, so Serhiy Prytula fund will order four TB2 Bayraktars But Back-and-Alive fund suddenly strikes back! In this day they claimed about finishing a gathering of 8,5 millions $ for ordering of 10 UKR PD-2 UAV complexes of UKRSPETSSYSTEMS company (one PD-2 complex is control station and two UAVs), so 20 PD-2 UAVs soon will target Russian logistic hubs and artillery positions in deep rear for our PzH2000 or HIMARS. Reportedly UAvs already ordered and probably partially produced. PD-2 was developed in 2020 as deep modernization of PD-1, which already use in UKR units (mostly in recon battalions). PD-2 can fly up to 220 km under operator control or up to 1000 km on preset route or 10 hours on 5000 m of ceiling. It equipped with thermal camera with 5x zoom and day camera 30x zoom, both are gyrostabilzed. Except optic equipment it can carry up to 3 kg of bombs load (2-3 RKG-1600, for example), so can be used as light bomber, but with more long range, than octocopter R18, using for strikes.

This was AA-missile, look my post above.

How Ukrainian troops were withdrawing from Siverodonetsk LPR also issued two videos with captured UKR soldiers from Zolote-Hirske area with total number in 46 captured.

Russian propaganda pearls: 23rd of June. In red circle a number of destroyed UKR artillery/mortar systems 24th of June. 3002 - 2088 = 914 artillery systems for one day!

This is Alchevsk, Luhansk oblast, occupied since 2014. Russian AD works, but missile failed. This night several UKR missiles (Tochka-U? HIMARS?) hit another large ammunition storage in Stakhanov (new name Kadiivka), Luhansk oblast, occupied since 2014, on territory of SVZ (Stakhanov railway carriage works). Locals reported about all-night detonations in that place

@Harmon Rabb Here is second part of "over jungle flight" with more Vietnam vibes (lower video) Soon maybe some old PBRs will come %)

Triple launch of UKR Tochka-U. Soldier with MANPAD covers their position.

Lost Armor talks. Fighter of LDPR forces tells he has seen 4 of 5 Ka-52 sorties only with incendiary rockets. Then he tells LDPR forces have a lack of ATGM missiles, so even too low number of videos of its usage in comparison with Stugna-P (diring position war 2016-2021 they posted much more ATGM launches, than now). Further he says artillery reduced own activity (unknown is he meant Russian or LDPR), D-20 of LDPR still work enough actively, when 2A65 Msta-B either knoked out or shot out own barrels. In comments somebody wrote Msta has 7500 shots resource, but this howitzers in UKR service did 9000 shots during 2014-2015 campagn and many of them had because of this the same accuracy like MLRS (dispersion increased too much)

Typical Russian tactic - the tank slowly drives along the street and shot out with main gun each house. But when the tank probably was withdrawing for reloading something hit its engine. Video of 54th mech.brigade and K-2 UAV unit. Somewhere south from Donetsk