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Despite the rainy weather and rutted roads in the steppes, heavy battles continue on the southern front lines in Ukraine, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) continue their large-scaled counteroffensive. According to the Russian Ministry of Defence, since June 4, the AFU have lost up to 7,5 thousand servicemen killed and wounded on the frontlines. The losses of the Ukrainian Army are much higher, since this number does not include those killed and wounded by Russian strikes and shelling in the Ukrainian rear areas.
The General Staff of the AFU actually acknowledged in its morning briefing the lack of important gains in the Zaporozhye direction. According to the Ukrainian military, their troops continue the offensive and have some success at the front, having liberated only “more than 3 km2 in three days.” The AFU has reportedly “succeeded in advancing in certain directions, taking control of the areas from 200 meters to 1 kilometer and 400 meters.”
In fact, the Ukrainian advance in recent days cannot be called a success, since the Ukrainian military has not managed to secure their foothold in new territories.
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While the intensity in other areas of the Zaporozhie front has subsided, the villages south of Velikaya Novoselka remain the main battlefield og the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Battle for the village of Makarovka continues. Russian counterattacks do not allow the AFU to gain a foothold in the area.
Another heavy battle broke out at night in the area of Makarovka after Ukrainian forces attacked Russian positions from the forest area with up to a company armed with tanks and armored personnel carriers. The advancing forces faced fierce resistance of Russian fighters from the Far East, who are holding the defense at this area.
Humvee of the AFU blown up by a mine:
Ukrainian forces are trying to take the destroyed equipment back from the battlefield:
The advance of Ukrainian forces further south is strategically important. Unlike other settlements south of Velikaya Novoselka, Makarovka is located on a small hill. Only full control over it will allow the AFU to further develop their offensive. However, despite the transfer of numerous reserves, the Ukrainian forces failed to advance so far.
“The attacks of two motorized infantry companies of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, supported by four tanks and 11 armored fighting vehicles, were repelled by selfless and competent actions of the defending units, air strikes and artillery fire of the Vostok group of troops on the Vremyevsky ledge near the settlement of Makarovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic. During the fighting, four tanks and seven armored combat vehicles of the enemy were destroyed,” the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on June 14.
From the eastern flank, the AFU continue their attempts to cut off the Russian grouping with attacks on Urozhainoe. The outskirts of the village are reportedly in the gray zone, but the AFU are still failing to advance despite their numerous attempts in recent days.
According to the reports of the Ukrainian military, the reserves of Russian troops transferred to Staromlinovka launched a counteroffensive and managed to push back the AFU units, straightening the front line from the village of Urozhainoye to the village of Novodonetsky.
Ukrainian tank destroyed by Russian ATGM:
Destruction of Ukrainian positions in the area of Ugledar:
Small Russian drones in action:
The Russian Ministry of Defense also reported that two Ukrainian attacks by company tactical groups were repelled near the village of Prechistovka, located east of Velikaya Novoselka.
“The enemy’s losses amounted to five tanks and five armored combat vehicles,” the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
On the western flank, Russian forces are holding control of the area near the village of Rovnopol, where the AFU are trying to attack Novodarovka with armored groups of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. Ukrainian engineering and sapper units do not stop trying to mop up the mine fields for new attacks in the area. After a three-day pause, the AFU also began to move cautiously south and east from the village of Levadnoye, which is still in the gray zone.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense:
“Five enemy tanks were destroyed by Russian troops in the areas of the settlements of Rovnopol of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Levadnoye of the Zaporozhye region and the October farm.”
Over the past day, an attack by units of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the AFU in the area of Zherebyanka was disrupted by Russian airstrikes in the Zaporozhye direction. In addition, a warehouse of artillery ammunition of the Ukrainian 65th mechanized Brigade was destroyed near the settlement of Novoandreevka in the Zaporozhye region. Near the city of Zaporozhye, the P-18 radar station for detecting and tracking air targets was destroyed.
In total, over the past day, Ukrainian losses in the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions amounted to:
- more than 800 Ukrainian servicemen,
- 20 tanks,
- four infantry fighting vehicles,
- 15 armored combat vehicles,
- two US-made M777 artillery systems,
- howitzers: Msta-B and D-30,
- as well as a multiple rocket launcher combat vehicle”Grad”, according to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, nine cars, as well as a self-propelled artillery installation “Acacia” were destroyed by Russian fire in the Kherson direction during the day.
On the southern frontlines in the Zaporozhye region, Russian forces are aimed at holding the commanding heights, which give them an advantage for fire damage and counterattacking actions. In its turn, despite the horrific losses, the AFU Command is regrouping forces and deploying reinforcements to continue offensive operations.
why was the big tank ‘mounting’ the smaller tank? the mind boggles.
la bomba ha colpito il serbatoio grande che aveva il motore acceso.; forse il conducente è rimasto svenuto o peggio. due soldati hanno tentato di aprire il portellone laterale ma non ci sono riusciti. il carro ha continuato la sua corsa con l’effetto che si vede. il carro piccolo è su gomma e l’esplosione deve aver forato i pneumatici.
the nazi panicked. 😆🤣😆
7500 is only the number with direct count correlation but the real numbers are much higher. adding the rear daily missile attacks, ukromonkeys are desperate. but they still will make the exchange of blood for money. low iq peoples, emotional thinking going to plus infinity and cerebral thinking going to zero
ukrop pride month, lol
because ukro tanks are like ukronazi troops: homo. you just saw ukrainian tank sex.
horny , i suppose.
it looks like it was out of control (damaged).
until the last ukrainian falled? zelensky-regime should not be exempted from the trenches!
keep grinding those nazees
they are driving over their own people and armor with tanks. lmao
up to 7,500 servicemen already lost? they should have taken maps. probably to ‘manly’ to ask for directions.
banderovské fašistické zvery dostávajú do rypáka. tie straty cca 800 mužov to je impozantné!!! a tak isto strata bojovej techniky. raz darmo ruským vojskám ide karta, kto umí ten umí.
denial= 1st stage of talibanned amerikan grief humiliation—ukraine : the graveyard of the failed amerikan society….”amerika is a gigantic mistake”. sigmund freud
rusia además de utilizar la artillería, los drones de ataque y municiones merodeadores, bombardeos de aviación debería utilizar más el tos1 contra las formaciones blindadas y las concentraciones de tropas de las afu, también en estos casos son muy eficientes los helicópteros de ataque aligator sobre todo en operaciones nocturnas destruyendo vehículos blindados.
rusia debería utilizar además de la artillería, los bombardeos de la aviación, los sistemas atgm, drones de ataque y municiones merodeadores, sería bueno que utilice más los municiones termobaricas del sistema tos 1 ya que son muy efectivas contra las formaciones blindadas y la concentración de tropas de las afu, además de causar un impacto psicológico importante entre las tropas ucranianas.
también el uso más frecuente de helicópteros de ataques rusos que son muy efectivos a la hora de eliminar formaciones blindadas, sobre todo en operaciones nocturnas.
for the ukrainian leadership the more they lose the better.
their whole strategy is to draw nato into the war.
they certainly don’t care about sacrificing their own people.
yes , i think though , finally it is the leadership of us and nato , which plans the next steps , the ukrainian sovereignty is faked.
so maybe some ukrainian believe nato would intervene when there is no more hope. but in reality we all know , nobody in the west is ready for the ww3.
i suppose the ukrainian leadership is exactly aware of this and sacrifice their people consciously to please their masters. the aim is not to defend their country but to weaken russia as much and as long as possible. when the ukraine is completely destroyed and there is no more damage to cause to russia , the west will end the game and withdraw from the scene.
the ukrainian leadership will then move to their luxus villas in the west (the millions and billions of war revenues in the luggage , as the war criminals usually do all over the world). i think nobody serious have ever believed they can really defeat russia.
for russostan, the stupider the better, you have a career waiting for you there
zelensky biden coffin factory thriving
according to russian defence minister is propaganda…. russia lose no soldiers at all ukraine doom 😄😄pull the other one god bells on it putin
did russian defence minister said russia lose no soldiers? or have i not understood your post?
they never mention such a thing.
sometimes they do , but this time not. it doesn’t mean however , there are no losses. nobody claims it.
halfwit lilly lies—feminine hysterical like 7 yr girl
so far russian mod: wagner lost 20,000 mainly former inmates, russian troops 16,000
russian mod has reported the losses of the ukrainian side , but said nothing about the own losses. but there is no line in the article , where you can read “russia lose no soldiers”, sorry. maybe read exactly.
don’t give a damn about the nazis or the hard-core nationalist , they should all be eliminated , but i feel for the men forced into service and sent the front as cannon fodder. surely they realize that no one gives a shit about them .
you have to look at gdp per capita, equipment costs and population. 10k a year dollars for a soldier? tank and logisttics 1.4 million over a campaign more over the lifecycle. are you your brothers keeper?
fat boy slim -weapon of choice(lord of war)
tracey thordn – its all true (escort mix)
vladolf loves to kiss chinas feet, better than normal social behavior with other slavic countries . kiss kiss kiss 😘 xi’s butt vladolf likes and will be remembered for in history for treason of his country
i love zelensky, he is a hero! 💪🏻❤️🇺🇦
the ukrainian leadership isn’t even european. oligarchs laughing as the billions pour in by the fleeced american taxpayer and the stupid die for these cockroaches by the thousands. let’s not forget the organ harvesting market.
war is hell, slava cocaineia!!!
let’s focus on minuscule things and forget the bigger picture, right, you are exactly following every single wink from krimlin. isn’t that what russians calls a useful idiot? of course you maybe get a minuscule paycheck for sitting here and write your nonsense, and what else options did you have, probably none.
jens sawyer lgbt group therapy can treat your bitterness inferiority complex but not your homosexuality
hohol government today reports russian offensive 2 fronts—admits total failure past 2 weeks
if 7500 left the dinner table there is more porridge to us…………………………….lol.