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The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have secured a series of important victories this week, liberating six more settlements across different operational directions while making significant progress toward Dnipropetrovsk region. The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the liberation of Zarya (DPR), Yablonovka (Sumy Oblast), Petrovskoye (Orekhovo), Alekseyevka, Koptevo (DPR), and the strategically vital settlement of Komar, marking a decisive shift in momentum on the southern front.
One of the most significant tactical achievement came with the liberation of Komar declared on June 13th. This town located on the crossroads was turned into a heavily fortified Ukrainian stronghold on the South Donetsk axis. After days of intense combat, units of the 336th Naval Infantry Brigade and the 37th Motorized Rifle Brigade (36th Army) successfully stormed the town, overcoming layered defenses, natural water barriers, and entrenched Ukrainian positions. Russian forces have now secured a 3.5 by 4 km defensive zone within Komar, with troops raising flags across the settlement. Over 1,100 strongholds were mopped up during the operation, dealing a severe blow to Ukrainian logistics and command networks in the region.
Battle for Komar:
Control of Komar paves the way toward Dnipropetrovsk region, where Russian forces are already making advances. With Ukrainian troops trying to resist in semi-encirclement near Zelenyi Kut and Novoukrainka after the recent fall of Alekseevka officially confirmed on June 12th, further breakthroughs in this sector appear imminent.
Battle for Alekseevka, where civilians are planting potatoes amid battles:
On June 12th, the Russian Ministry of Defense also officially confirmed the full control of Orekhovo, near which Russian troops crossed the Dnepropetrovsk border less than a week ago. Another victory was confirmed in Koptevo located on the western flank of the Pokrovsk agglomeration.
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Ukrainian forces are struggling to hold their positions as Russian troops exploit critical weaknesses in their defensive lines. Reports indicate that fortifications in Dnipropetrovsk region are underdeveloped, with insufficient minefields, lack of hardened shelters, and severe personnel shortages—issues exacerbated by corruption in Kyiv’s military administration.
Russian forces maintain overwhelming superiority in manpower, artillery, and aviation, constantly degrading Ukrainian combat capabilities. Military analysts emphasize that the goal is not just territorial gains but rendering Ukrainian units combat-ineffective, disrupting their ability to reinforce and resupply.
With 80% of the DPR now under Russian control, the focus is shifting toward Dnipropetrovsk region. The fall of Komar has removed the last major obstacle on this axis, allowing Russian forces to accelerate their push deeper into Kyiv-held territory.
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In the Sumy direction, troops of the “Sever” (North) Group liberated Yablonovka on June 13th, straightening the front, expanding the security zone near the border and paving the way for further offensive deep in the region. Battle for the important stronghold of Yunakovka is also coming to its end. The roads west of Yunakovka have already been cut as a result of the recent Russian assaults. The Ukrainian garrison is trying to resist in semi-encirclement.
As Russian troops consolidate their gains, Ukrainian forces are being forced to retreat to secondary defensive lines—many of which are poorly prepared. The continued advance threatens to further destabilize Kyiv’s already strained war effort, signaling a potential collapse of Ukrainian resistance in different regions.
The past week’s victories underscore Russia’s growing battlefield dominance. With Komar secured and Dnipropetrovsk region being pulled into hostilities, Russian forces are poised to deliver another major strategic blow to Ukraine. As Ukrainian defenses falter, the prospect of further territorial and administrative consolidation becomes inevitable, bringing Moscow closer to its operational objectives.
hehehehehheehe ukraine continues to lose ground hehehehehehhe
the horde spreads like molasses, but it is very sticky none the less
russian forces outnumber ukraine’s. you are projecting.
shameless liar peskov denies direct video evidence of russian forces firing on a civilian in bucha. twilight zone with these drunk russians.
https : // archive . org / details / peskov – liar _ 202310
murdered residents of bucha and russian troops on the same street. new drone footage emerges, filmed between march 23rd to march 30th, 2022.
https : // archive . org / details / bucha – massacre
don’t forget russian media engaged in victim blaming by defending jewish sex offenders harvey weinstein and roman polanski, while accusing the victims of their abuse of lying.
you are too drunk to acknowledge the internet grants unfiltered access to what you pretend is untrue. you cannot refute anything i posted. you are know this but continue to lie anyway.
girls, how is the three days special operation going? 🇷🇺=🤡 😆😆😆
more than a million ukraine soldiers dead. i would say the eug enicists in sweden and london are winning .
you must take out the swedish regime, and their banksters, so swedes also can grow potatoes. its very unclear who give out “money” in sweden. banksters which demand you are a millionaire for to grow potatoes, or the state, which mass murder in the hospitals. its a madhouse. last year they asphalt a road they had asphalt the year before, or something. its for to keep the working slave cast happy, and alert for hospital murdering.
you pretend jews are not a large factor.
more than 1 million dead russian soldiers.
better or worse than the ato?
after iran, or maybe at the sane time, that group meeting in stockholm will take out russia. you better do something quite serious, if russia is to survive.
i think russ got the point, first strike or pack up the lunch bag and go home. i think they are preparing the 1st strike. nothing to loose.
russian ally iran is being butt-rammed by israel…heheheh
afu frontlines are poorly manned and overstretched. keep up the pressure and it cannot take long. btw russian army pulled back in 2022 to avoid fighting in large cities stalingrad style. they just have to besiege kiev and trade it for odessa🍿🥤🍿
https : // t . me / eternal muscovite / 74529
225th separate assault regiment breaching the belgorod border.
in belgorod region, the russians spent over 10 billion rubles on ‘modern fortifications'”.
https : // t . me / ukr _ under _ radar _ news / 2207
ukraine was reportedly able to breach russia’s fortifications in the kursk region in august 2024 because of a massive fraud by russian constructors and politicians, with fake companies, fake workers, substituted materials, and trenches made of “shit and sticks”.
full information:
https : // bsky . app / profile / chriso – wiki . bsky . social / post / 3lnctdykafg2o
prior to the incursion, the authorities in moscow sent the kursk regional government $230 million to fortify the border. at least $50 million is said to have been stolen. on 16 april 2025 former governor alexei smirmov and his former deputy were arrested on corruption charges.
smirnov (shown here) is currently in pre-trial detention and is accused of personally stealing more than a billion rubles. three heads of the kursk region development corporation and a number of company executives were also arrested.
the federal investigation has reportedly uncovered a host of frauds, scams and thefts. authorities allege that participating contractors were required to pay kickbacks of at least 15% of contract values. in addition, much of the work was never done or was done below standards.
more than 4,000 people from 42 organizations were involved in the construction of fortifications in kursk oblast. this was stated by smirnov and [former deputy governor] dedov, who have now been arrested.
what turned out to be true: some of the firms were fake, people worked without registration or were listed as “self-employed”, the work was poor quality, its cost was inflated, and the deadlines were missed.
fortifications around the border villages of popovo-lezhachi and tetkino, which were built by the siemi company. “the employees of this company, like 42 other [companies], are responsible for the security of the region.
and now, in fact, in llc “siemi”only 9 people were employed, including administrative staff, and there was not a single professional builder among them, and the company did not have any equipment or machinery.
according to the documents, only 4 people were officially employed at the construction site, that is, 4 people (four people!!!) have been building fortifications since november 2022, spending 22 million rubles [$267,723].
the employer paid 4,000 rubles per shift daily, food and accommodation at the expense of the employer. they took almost everyone, the probationary period at llc “siemi” was 3 days, because the work was very hard and this time was enough for people to assess their capabilities.
digging trenches, installing inconspicuous obstacles – all this was paid separately in cash. there was no system or professional approach to the construction of a defence facility. and then llc “siemi” sent the workers home ‘before the team’, without paying them their wages.
that is, the company relied on marginalized workers, drinkers, even gypsies worked, for them it was a bribe, and accordingly, the quality of their work was corresponding. and if they were suddenly cheated out of money, then they would not go anywhere to complain.
the cheated workers did complain to the regional authorities, but were stonewalled. kashevarova says that the company had a ‘roof’ (protection from senior officials). however, she says, federal authorities became suspicious about their tax affairs:
42 companies, some of which are pocket [i.e. fake] and associated with the regional leadership, received contracts of 20 million or more, hired people unofficially, did not pay salaries, did not pay taxes, somehow built structures, but were given an 80% advance. how is that?
some small companies with a staff of 9 people and no equipment for construction, were given an 80% advance by the state? well, and then these companies began to spend money on luxury cars and other expensive toys.
to make matters worse, the contractors carried out a scam in which expensive materials were substituted for cheap ones, or structures were built below the required standard, with the money ending up in contractors’ and politicians’ pockets.
she cites an example from the case documents: “for shields that strengthen the walls of the trenches, instead of coniferous wood, they used boards from ordinary poplar, which are several times cheaper and do not provide reliable strengthening of the trench walls.
and for the arrangement of the dugout floors, logs of different diameters and different types were used, which reduced the strength of the structure and the effectiveness of combat use. the dragon’s teeth shown being bulldozed in the video at the top of this thread were manufactured by a company called spetsprom 1. investigators found that they were made 10 cm or more below the required size on each edge to save on the materials used to construct them.
coward iranians abandoned syria…now they will be abandoned by coward russia…
heheheh
a family just planting potatoes … god has been protecting them
komar – village of 10 destroyed old houses and no civilians living there. what a victory 🤣
would it be as great a victory as the ukrainian triumphs at debaltsevo, or melitopol, or mariupol, or artyomovsk or avdeevka?
at least the russia people have some progress .