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Ukraine F-16 'Bottlenecks' Spell Bad News for Kyiv: Report  with U.S. 60 units F-16 jets. Ukraine is facing "bottlenecks" that may limit its ability to fully utilize F-16 fighter jets supplied by its Western allies, according to the Institute for the Study of War's latest update. a new report suggests they are struggling to train enough pilots to fly them.
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-f-16-bo...ks-1909652

Ukraine F-16 'Bottlenecks' Spell Bad News for Kyiv: Report...with not enough trained pilots.

https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-f-16-bo...ks-1909652

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Ukraine F-16 'Bottlenecks' Spell Bad News for Kyiv: Report...with not enough trained pilots.

https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-f-16-bo...ks-1909652

‘AFU Warplane Hits Target in Russia for First Time’– Ukraine at War Update for June 10

‘AFU Warplane Hits Target in Russia for First Time’– Ukraine at War Update for June 10, the
EU elections signal an alarming shift to the far-right; First report of Ukrainian Air Force striking target in Russia; White House claims Kharkiv invasion has stalled; AFU drones hit Ossetia airbase. (2h ago)

Russians Want to Rename Temporarily Occupied Ukrainian Territories as ‘Novorossiya’
By UkrInform

FACT-CHECK
In Luhansk building in Luhansk Damaged by Falling S-300 Missile as US-Made M270 & HIMARS Hammer Targets Inside Russia, First Cross-Border Strikes Since Biden Green Light. Ukraine. While Switzerland Supporting Ukraine in Digitalization and e-Governance (SWITZERLAND). 

Meanwhile Russia’s Su-57 Stealth Fighter Confirmed Struck for 1st Time – But Not in the Sky (By Kyiv Post?.

Achieving Peace: Diplomacy vs. Military Force
WAR IN UKRAINE Achieving Peace: Diplomacy vs. Military Force. What is happening WASHINGTON OPINION: on Trium (MAGA), Putin Hates You (But He Loves them all, this Internal Problems of Ukraine: What is Most Important, Who is to Blame and What to Do with Internal Problems of Ukraine: What is The Most Important, Who is to Blame and What to Do. 

https://www.kyivpost.com/

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Comin’ Atcha! The AASM Hammer Bomb – A New Edge for the Ukrainian Air Force. The Ukrainian Air Force has been successfully using the French high precision AASM Hammer bomb since March 2024 – yielding significant benefits in certain areas of the front.

The AASM Hammer is not just a bomb, but a modular air-to-ground weapon system using high-precision aerial-guided technology.

It has been in French service since 2007, but Paris announced the transfer of these bombs to Ukraine in early 2024, with the aim to deliver about 600 over the course of the year, equating to 50 per month.

French weapons manufacturers have signaled their capability to push out higher numbers – up to 90 bombs per month – which now just depends on a green light from the French government. Negotiations are already underway to increase production rates.

Developed by the French company Safran Electronics & Defense, the AASM Hammer is based on an ordinary unguided bomb, to which a kit is added, which turns it into a smart munition.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/33980

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The weapon’s dual-acronym name comes from French – Armement Air-Sol Modulaire (Modular Air-to-Ground Armament) and English HAMMER – Highly Agile Modular Munition Extended Range.
The US Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended Range (JDAM-ER, or GBU-38) systems, which are also supplied to Ukraine, are built work according to a similar modular principle.

Other modular weapons include systems dating back to mid-1960s such as US Paveway series of laser-guided bombs (GBU-10/12/24/27) & the electro-optically-guided family of GBU-15 glide bomb, its rocket-propelled sibling, the AGM-130 missile. In general, the idea of creating guided aerial bombs is logical – with the development of navigation systems and the creation of a guidance module, it has become possible to create a hybrid of a missile with a conventional aerial bomb, which is characterized by hit accuracy and a relatively low cost compared to some types of missiles. 

The modification of ammunition in e case of AASM Hammer has many advantages over conventional aerial bombs: 

During production, there is no need to spend resources on creating the bomb itself, since it is based on ordinary aerial bombs produced in large volumes. This means lower costs for the disposal of existing, traditional ammunition, which after modernization, acquire new qualities and properties and strengthen the defense potential of the country

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The weapon’s dual-acronym name comes from French – Armement Air-Sol Modulaire (Modular Air-to-Ground Armament) and English HAMMER – Highly Agile Modular Munition Extended Range.
The US Joint Direct Attack Munition Extended Range (JDAM-ER, or GBU-38) systems, which are also supplied to Ukraine, are built work according to a similar modular principle.

Other modular weapons include systems dating back to mid-1960s such as US Paveway series of laser-guided bombs (GBU-10/12/24/27) & the electro-optically-guided family of GBU-15 glide bomb, its rocket-propelled sibling, the AGM-130 missile. 

In general, the idea of creating guided aerial bombs is logical – with the development of navigation systems and the creation of a guidance module, it has become possible to create a hybrid of a missile with a conventional aerial bomb, which is characterized by hit accuracy and a relatively low cost compared to some types of missiles. 

The modification of ammunition in e case of AASM Hammer has many advantages over conventional aerial bombs: 

During production, there is no need to spend resources on creating the bomb itself, since it is based on ordinary aerial bombs produced in large volumes. This means lower costs for the disposal of existing, traditional ammunition, which after modernization, acquire new qualities and properties and strengthen the defense potential of the country

Bomb itself & upgraded system turns a regular 250-kilogram bomb into a guided bomb with a range of over 70 kilometers,  and GPS navigation, and advanced variants can have additional infrared or laser guidance for even greater strike accuracy.


Thanks to GPS guidance, the AASM Hammer can hit targets with a nominal or median miss distance of up to 10 meters. If laser guidance is used, tests have shown that the AASM Hammer hits a target from 50 kilometers with a nominal deviation of 1 meter.

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Bomb itself & upgraded system turns a regular 250-kilogram bomb into a guided bomb with a range of over 70 kilometers,  and GPS navigation, and advanced variants can have additional infrared or laser guidance for even greater strike accuracy.

Thanks to GPS guidance, the AASM Hammer can hit targets with a nominal or median miss distance of up to 10 meters. If laser guidance is used, tests have shown that the AASM Hammer hits a target from 50 kilometers with a nominal deviation of 1 meter.

Ukrainian military has been successfully using the AASM Hammer since the beginning of March 2024. The first bomb was dropped on the occupiers at the Avdiivka coke plant. Subsequently, it was probably the AASM Hammer that destroyed the command post of the Russians in Kherson region.

Possible modifications

The attack range of AASM Hammer depends on speed of the carrier aircraft and its altitude maximum range of bomb is 70 kilometers, if launch altitude is low – 15 kilometers. In 2022, a new range extension kit 1,000-kilogram bombs was introduced, which can increase range upto 200 k/m.

Addition of rocket motor makes, version to have a much longer range. Modification is supposed to extend bomb’s range to 200 kilometers, but it is not known whether France plans to purchase transfer systems with this kit rocket motor of latest model. In addition, Ukraine would not mind getting more powerful bombs of 500 and 1,000 kilograms, similar to JDAM family of weapons, already have 500 kg (GBU-32) and 1000 kg (GBU-31) models. Therefore, it is hoped that a decision on the transfer of other AASM Hammer versions will be made – all the more so, since info has already been announced about possibility of providing Ukraine with French-based Mirage 2000 aircraft.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/33980

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Possible modifications
The attack range of AASM Hammer depends on speed of the carrier aircraft and its altitude maximum range of bomb is 70 kilometers, if launch altitude is low – 15 kilometers. In 2022, a new range extension kit 1,000-kilogram bombs was introduced, which can increase range upto 200 k/m.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/33980

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Biden allows Ukraine to hit some targets in Russia with US weapons. Updated 31 May 2024

US President Joe Biden has given Ukraine permission to use American-supplied weapons to strike targets in Russia, but only near the Kharkiv region, US officials say.

One told BBC News his team had been directed to ensure Ukraine was able to use US weapons for "counter-fire purposes" to "hit back at Russian forces hitting them or preparing to hit them".

Russian forces have made gains in the Kharkiv region in recent weeks after a surprise offensive in the area, close to the border with Russia.

On Friday, Ukrainian officials said three people had been killed and 16 injured in Russian shelling of a residential building in a suburb of Kharkiv city.

US official also told BBC: "Our policy with respect to prohibiting the use of Army Tactical Missile System [ATACMS] or long-range strikes inside of Russia has not changed.”

When asked by CBS, the BBC's US partner, whether the new policy included attacking Russian aircraft, an official said: "We’ve never told them [Ukraine] they can’t shoot down a Russian airplane over Russian soil that’s coming to attack them.”

The White House and state dept had no immediate comment. UK earlier signalled that it was open to an easing of restrictions on how Ukraine could use weapons supplied by the West.

Despite concerns that such a development could further escalate the conflict, several European leaders also recently called for restrictions on the use of such weapons to be relaxed.

But Washington, which provides the bulk of Ukraine's weaponry, had resisted easing these restrictions over fears of escalation. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken hinted at the shift during a visit to Moldova on Wednesday. "At every step along the way, we've adapted and adjusted as necessary," he said.

"And so that's exactly what we'll do going forward."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy770l9llnzo

The PAP and others, like the Hammer depends on speed of the lighting to strike and hope so soon, Singapore was introduced to the Ukraine President.

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Like (party PAP) the govt,under defence ministry and others, (sama sama), same hope with a big  Hammer,  who it depends on speed of the lighting to strike and hope so soooon ahh. Singapore was introduced to the Ukraine President. Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy( Original name.)

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Biden, Macron reach agreement on using profits from frozen Russian assets for Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden delivers a speech during the U.S. ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II "D-Day" Allied landings in Normandy in Colleville-sur-Mer, France on June 6, 2024. Both had reached an agreement on using the profits from frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine. Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported.

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Ukraine makes gains in its war on fighting corruption.

They have had some success. Anti-corruption organisation Transparency International ranks Ukraine at its highest level since 2006: currently 104th out of 180 countries in its Corruption Perceptions Index.

"Most Ukrainian anti-corruption institutions are showing pretty good results," A executive director of Transparency International Ukraine, tells the BBC, one such result is arrest of then-Supreme Court head on bribery charges in May 2023.
"This can be a safeguard, if see somebody arrested, one will think twice b4 doing something corrupt," here have been other high-profile arrests too, including agriculture minister Mykola Solsky & an officer with SBU intelligence service, Artem Shylo. They deny any wrongdoing, have been released on bail. Investigations are ongoing.

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Peace Summit to follow G7; Kyiv destroys Crimea S-300/400s; Zelensky Meets Sholtz in Berlin; while Dutch defense minister in Kyiv; Ukraine F-16s also to use some European bases. Kyiv Post about the history of various Ukrainian divisions. We start with the Azov Brigade, perhaps the most renowned Ukrainian military division.

Beginning with the liberation of Mariupol in 2014 at the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine, to its heroic defense of Mariupol again, against overwhelming Russian numbers in 2022, Azov – named after the Sea of Azov where Mariupol is situated – has earned recognition among Ukrainians and in international military circles.

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Peace Summit to follow G7; Kyiv destroys Crimea S-300/400s; Zelensky Meets Sholtz in Berlin; while Dutch defense minister in Kyiv; Ukraine F-16s also to use some European bases. Kyiv Post about the history of various Ukrainian divisions. We start with the Azov Brigade, perhaps the most renowned Ukrainian military division.

Beginning with the liberation of Mariupol in 2014 at the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine, to its heroic defense of Mariupol again, against overwhelming Russian numbers in 2022, Azov – named after the Sea of Azov where Mariupol is situated – has earned recognition among Ukrainians and in international military circles.

Some Azov personnel, including the command, were exchanged 6-mths later. Lemko, now a major, leads unit in Azov, which has evolved into a brigade within National Guard unit ops its own recruitment where individuals can voluntarily enlist, specify their desired role, undergo an interview. Azov pioneered system 8-yrs ago as an alternative to forced mobilization. A head of the recruitment center, up to 15 applications daily. Prospective recruits joining an experienced unit led by commanders with Western education prioritizing soldiers’ lives.

“Many individuals come to us, expressing readiness to serve but awaiting a formal summons, no summons arrives, they opt for the best division. It's gratifying to see people choosing our direction as stable number, though trends are constantly shifting. In general, we have more than enough individuals eager to join, and there are many inquiries” Kashka said.

Azov comprises several thousand personnel and actively seeks new members across various specialties – from IT experts and drone operators to machine gunners and tank crew.

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Key Takeaways from the ISW:

Ukrainian forces conducted a strike on Russian air defense assets in occupied Crimea on June 9 to 10, likely with ATACMS. Ukraine's Southern Operational Spokesperson Captain Third Rank denied on June 10 a Sky News report. Ukrainian forces struck a Russian Ropucha-class landing ship in Sea of Azov on night of June 8 to 9.

New Russian Defense Minister has met up select group of Russian milbloggers & commentators on June 10. Kremlin seeks partially use Belousov's replacement of unpopular former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to build & cultivate ties with a broader milblogger community.

Officials from Russia, Iran, & People's Republic of China (PRC) held bilateral meetings on sidelines of BRICS foreign ministers meeting in Nizhny Novgorod on June 10.

Armenian National Assembly will likely hold an emergency session by June 17 which Armenian opposition parties will demand Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan's & his cabinet's resignation.

US Dept announced June 10 that US & Poland jointly launched Ukraine Communications Group (UCG) in Warsaw to counter Russian disinfo by offering reporting about the war in Ukraine.

Finnish authorities reported Russian military aircraft temporarily violated Finnish airspace on June 10 amid continued Russian efforts to undermine Finnish sovereignty.

Russian forces recently advanced southwest of Donetsk City in the Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area. Russian Defense Minister.

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Zelensky arrives in Germany for recovery conference, talks with Scholz. President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Germany June 11 to take part in the Ukraine Recovery Conference and meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Zelensky announced.

The Ukraine Recovery Conference 2024, hosted in Berlin, will convene government officials, companies, and organizations to address Ukraine's ongoing reconstruction needs, focusing primarily on energy infrastructure.

"In the face of Russia's air terror, urgent solutions for Ukraine's energy sector will be our top priority," Zelensky said.

Zelensky and Scholz will discuss military assistance for Ukraine, expanding air defense capacity, & joint arms production, president said. Zelensky will also meet with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Bundestag President Barbel Bas.

His stay in Germany, also to visit military base where Ukrainian servicemembers are training.
His visit to Germany comes shortly after Berlin issued a major policy reversal, allowing Ukraine to use German weapons to strike targets within Russian territory.

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Russia Launches Combined Missile and Drone Attack on Kyiv and Other Regions

Kyiv Hopes Russia Will Attend Second Ukraine Peace Summit

Zelensky addresses Bundestag in Berlin amid extremist boycotts; NATO Secretary General meets Hungary’s Orban in Budapest; Ukrainian naval drones have Russia’s Black Sea Fleet fleeing to Azov Sea.

The Russian attack involved four X-101/X-555 cruise missiles launched from strategic aircraft in the Saratov region, one Iskander-M ballistic missile from Crimea, and an aerobatic X-47M2 Kinzhal missile from the Tambov region.
Additionally, 24 Shahed-131/136 attack drones deployed from Yeysk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/34143

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ANALYSIS: Is Twitter’s Russia Problem Getting ‘Alarmingly’ Worse?. There are growing concerns that Russia is attempting to influence the outcome of the upcoming US elections, as it did in 2016. The lack of action to prevent Moscow’s plan has startled experts.

Do you ever get the vibe that there are a lot more pro-Russian or anti-Ukrainian views being aired now on social media? More than an inkling, you may be picking up on a problem that seems to be worsening: Moscow, as part of a global strategy, is actively seeking to undermine Western democracies.

The upsurge of Russian disinfo, a mere 150 days b4 US presidential elections was not surprise to Ivana Stradner, a Fellow at Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, Kyiv Post contributor, says Russia is engaged in “war over perception” seeking to influence people in West thinking.

In turn, Western leaders should be anticipating preparing for Moscow to “increase their info warfare efforts against West, especially around elections in the US, the EU, the UK.”

https://www.kyivpost.com/analysis/34093

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ANALYSIS: Is Twitter’s Russia Problem Getting ‘Alarmingly’ Worse?. There are growing concerns that Russia is attempting to influence the outcome of the upcoming US elections, as it did in 2016. The lack of action to prevent Moscow’s plan has startled experts.

Do you ever get the vibe that there are a lot more pro-Russian or anti-Ukrainian views being aired now on social media? More than an inkling, you may be picking up on a problem that seems to be worsening: Moscow, as part of a global strategy, is actively seeking to undermine Western democracies.

The upsurge of Russian disinfo, a mere 150 days b4 US presidential elections was not surprise to Ivana Stradner, a Fellow at Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, Kyiv Post contributor, says Russia is engaged in “war over perception” seeking to influence people in West thinking.

In turn, Western leaders should be anticipating preparing for Moscow to “increase their info warfare efforts against West, especially around elections in the US, the EU, the UK.”

https://www.kyivpost.com/analysis/34093

Russia’s goal in these exercises is simple: “Russia wants to defeat West,” something they can only hope to do if they 1st defeat Westerners “in our heads” as part of the “cognitive war” Moscow is waging, says Stradner, which is why Russia has invested heavily in info operations across Europe and the US.


Following America’s contentious 2016 elections, an upset saw Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton, accusations made the Russia had manipulated U.S. voters, leading to multi-year investigations, saw federal investigators conclude Russia had “meddled in all big social media.”

The Mueller Report described Russia’s efforts in social media as having been “active measures” & “info warfare” utilized social media campaigns “designed to provoke & amplify political & social discord in trying too on U.S..”

Following weeks of intensive congressional hearings and public scrutiny, social media companies at time universally promised to do better in challenging Russia’s abuse of their platforms to spread disinformation.

https://www.kyivpost.com/analysis/34093

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Ukraine used at least 10 US-supplied Army Tactical Missile Systems, known as ATACMS, to hit Russian air defenses in Crimea on Monday, according to reports.

Ten missiles hit the 31st Air Defense Division of the Russian Defense Ministry in occupied Crimea, Russian independent Telegram channel Astra reported on Monday, citing unnamed sources.

The strikes killed one soldier, wounded six, and damaged two S-300 missile systems and four radars, the outlet reported.

Prominent Russian blogger Rybar went further, saying Ukraine launched at least 12 ATACMS from the Mykolaiv region, which hit Chernomorsky, Yevpatoria, and Dzhankoy on Monday.

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Russia is patrolling the Black Sea with submarines after its surface fleet got walloped, Ukraine says.

Russia is using 4 submarines to monitor Black Sea, a Ukrainian official told national TV.
Dmitry Pletenchuk said 3 were cruise missile carriers & two "periodically" go to sea.
Russia has ramped up pace of its subs production, with one type worrying NATO officials.

deploying four submarines, three of which are cruise missile carriers, to patrol the Black Sea.
Russian forces "have already established practice where these submarines rotate in the morning," Pletenchuk said.

Ukraine has deployed drones, missiles, and other weaponry to go after Russian warships, including smaller vessels like tugboats. Earlier this year, Ukraine's military claimed to have destroyed a third of Russia's Black Sea Fleet.

UK's defense ministry declared the fleet "functionally inactive" in March. Russia is patrolling Black Sea with submarines after its surface fleet got walloped, Two Russian sub in military exercises at the Peter the Great Gulf off the city of Vladivostok, Russia

https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-u...ine-2024-6

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One thing about the four Sub,  how long can those Subs stay inside under water, the  four Subs and they try ramped up pace of its subs production, with one type worrying NATO officials.T hey are deploying four submarines, three of which are cruise missile carriers, to patrol the Black Sea.

Ukraine is now waiting and will use their resource to good use, (me is thinking) at least 10 US-supplied Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS)i s on standby, knowning this kind of bomb, the ATACMS, is just waiting for Subs to rest then hit again on those Russian Subs defenses in Crimea after all is just a bigger lake.

Ten missiles can hit any of those Subs, the 31st Air Defense Division of the Russian Defense Ministry in occupied Crimea.

Russian independent (Thinking) Telegram channel Astra will maybe report one more time about Subs (kanai-nay) go hit again.

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Ukrainian Soldiers Captures Dozens of Russian Troops During Kharkiv Sector Counterattack and this is one for their best units to (PRISONERS OF WAR): post in Kyiv’s news, the 3rd Assault Brigade may have established some sort of their best record for the number of Russian service personnel taken captive during a single battle.

https://www.kyivpost.com/

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Ukrainian Soldiers Captures Dozens of Russian Troops During Kharkiv Sector Counterattack and this is one for their best units to (PRISONERS OF WAR): post in Kyiv’s news, the 3rd Assault Brigade may have established some sort of their best record for the number of Russian service personnel taken captive during a single battle.

https://www.kyivpost.com/

A high-profile Ukrainian combat brigade confirmed earlier that it had captured dozens of Russian soldiers during fighting in northern combat with release of images video showed 24 of the Kremlin’s fighters being taken prisoner.

A 28-minute YouTube video made public by Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade claimed soldiers shown sitting in a school conference room all all been taken prisoner during combat ops around north Ukrainian town Vovchansk. During the introduction to video, it claimed all of the Russian soldiers spoke on camera voluntarily. Apart from one soldier with a bandaged arm, none of the POWs showed visible injuries.

Kyiv Post identified of 2 individual soldiers on the video had been previously seen on a helmet cam being captured by Ukrainian forces on Monday. 

The Ukrainian military social media first reported substantial numbers of Russian troops surrendering in that sector a week ago, following counterattacks by Ukrainian infantry assault units.

Earlier Kyiv Post reports had confirmed Russian soldiers surrendering, in and around Vovchansk, to elements of the 3rd Assault Brigade, Ukraine’s Border Troops command, its 36th Marine Brigade, special operations units & national guardsmen. A June 7 statement by Khortitsiya Regional Command, Ukrainian military HQ primarily responsible for ground ops in that sector, claimed more than 60 Russian soldiers had been captured there in less than a week.

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A high-profile Ukrainian combat brigade confirmed earlier that it had captured dozens of Russian soldiers during fighting in northern combat with release of images video showed 24 of the Kremlin’s fighters being taken prisoner.

A 28-minute YouTube video made public by Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade claimed soldiers shown sitting in a school conference room all all been taken prisoner during combat ops around north Ukrainian town Vovchansk. During the introduction to video, it claimed all of the Russian soldiers spoke on camera voluntarily. Apart from one soldier with a bandaged arm, none of the POWs showed visible injuries.

Kyiv Post identified of 2 individual soldiers on the video had been previously seen on a helmet cam being captured by Ukrainian forces on Monday. 

The Ukrainian military social media first reported substantial numbers of Russian troops surrendering in that sector a week ago, following counterattacks by Ukrainian infantry assault units.

Earlier Kyiv Post reports had confirmed Russian soldiers surrendering, in and around Vovchansk, to elements of the 3rd Assault Brigade, Ukraine’s Border Troops command, its 36th Marine Brigade, special operations units & national guardsmen. A June 7 statement by Khortitsiya Regional Command, Ukrainian military HQ primarily responsible for ground ops in that sector, claimed more than 60 Russian soldiers had been captured there in less than a week.

2 officers from 3rd Brigade told Kyiv Post during recent fighting there were a large number of Russian surrenders. Reviewing Wed’s on video, language used by soldiers, their accounts of combat, images of Russian military identification documents, previous content published by their Brigade, along with descriptions of their personal backgrounds of prisoners led Kyiv to conclude that video is authentic.

Most soldiers speak in video complained been forced into Russian army b'cos of financial or legal problems, training was superficial, & deployed to field soon, food & water were in short supply. Almost without exception, prisoners said their units had suffered crushing loss as they dismounted b4 attacking against well-prepared Ukrainian positions backed with artillery and FPV drones. Reported casualty rates of above 90%, an in a single assault, with regular army Russian officers remaining behind the frontlines and not leading or participating in the attacks.

“We got an order to attack some positions inside a chemical factory. I don’t know, maybe there were 70 of us Russians. We drove there at night on BMPs [infantry fighting vehicles]. “The drones came almost immediately and wiped out just about everyone. Most of us were hit. They [the Ukrainians] worked professionally. They were FPV drones using night vision.

Then Baba Yagas [heavy bomb-dropping drones] came. And then kamikaze drones. Only 7 of us survive, we were wounded [sheltering] in a bunker. [3rd Brigade infantry] came and took us prisoner,” one of Russian soldiers said.

Ukraine and Russia Exchange 75 Prisoners of War Each. According to President Zelensky, soldiers of Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard, border guards, and four civilians have returned from Russian captivity.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/34243

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Putin said on Friday. Russia would cease fire and enter peace talks if Ukraine dropped its NATO ambitions and withdrew its forces from four Ukrainian regions claimed by Moscow. On the eve of a peace conference in Switzerland. Russia has not been invited, Putin set out a series of conditions wholly at odds with the terms demanded by Ukraine.

Putin says Russia will cease fire if Ukraine pulls troops from four regions. Friday, 14 Jun 2024.

"Conditions are simple,"listing full withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from entire territory of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions in eastern and southern Ukraine.
As soon as they declare in Kyiv that they are ready for such a decision and begin a real withdrawal of troops from these regions, and also officially announce the abandonment of their plans to join NATO - on our side, immediately, literally at the same minute, an order will follow to cease fire and begin negotiations," he said.

"I repeat, we will do this immediately. Naturally, we will simultaneously guarantee the unhindered and safe withdrawal of Ukrainian units and formations."

Russia controls nearly a fifth of Ukrainian territory in the third year of the war. Ukraine says peace can only be based on a full withdrawal of Russian forces and the restoration of its territorial integrity.

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Putin said on Friday. Russia would cease fire and enter peace talks if Ukraine dropped its NATO ambitions and withdrew its forces from four Ukrainian regions claimed by Moscow. On the eve of a peace conference in Switzerland. Russia has not been invited, Putin set out a series of conditions wholly at odds with the terms demanded by Ukraine.

Putin says Russia will cease fire if Ukraine pulls troops from four regions. Friday, 14 Jun 2024.

"Conditions are simple,"listing full withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from entire territory of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions in eastern and southern Ukraine.
As soon as they declare in Kyiv that they are ready for such a decision and begin a real withdrawal of troops from these regions, and also officially announce the abandonment of their plans to join NATO - on our side, immediately, literally at the same minute, an order will follow to cease fire and begin negotiations," he said.

"I repeat, we will do this immediately. Naturally, we will simultaneously guarantee the unhindered and safe withdrawal of Ukrainian units and formations."

Russia controls nearly a fifth of Ukrainian territory in the third year of the war. Ukraine says peace can only be based on a full withdrawal of Russian forces and the restoration of its territorial integrity.

This weekend summit in Switzerland, which will be attended by representatives of more than 90 nations organisations, is expected to shy away from territorial issues and focus instead on matters such as food security and nuclear safety in Ukraine.  Kremlin has said the gathering will prove "futile" without Russia being represented.

Russia controls nearly a fifth of Ukrainian territory in the third year of the war. Ukraine says peace can only be based on a full withdrawal of Russian forces and the restoration of its territorial integrity.

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Putin on West's 'theft' of Russia's assets will not go unpunished. Putin also said the country would cease fire and enter peace talks if Ukraine dropped its NATO ambitions. 

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday (Jun 14) that plans by Western countries to provide Ukraine with loans using interest from Russian assets frozen abroad was theft and would not go unpunished.

Putin, speaking at a meeting with Foreign Ministry officials, said the way the West had treated Moscow showed that any country could fall victim to a similar Western asset freeze.

"Despite all the chicanery, theft will certainly remain theft. And it will not go unpunished".

"Now it is becoming obvious to all countries, companies (and) sovereign funds that their assets and reserves are far from safe in both the legal and economic sense of the word. "Anyone could be next in line for expropriation by the US and the West." Putin was speaking a day after the leaders of the Group of Seven major democracies agreed on an outline deal to provide US$50 billion of loans for Ukraine using interest from Russian sovereign assets frozen after Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in 2022 in what it called a special military operation.

"We live on the same continent. No matter what happens, you cannot change the geography, we will have to coexist and work together one way or another."

UKRAINE PEACE TALKS 
Putin if Ukraine dropped its NATO ambitions and withdrew its forces from four Ukrainian regions claimed by Moscow.

Putin ready to guarantee the safe withdrawal of Ukrainian units in order to enable this to happen.

Russia wanted nearly a fifth ir 20,% of Ukrainian territory. Ukraine wanted no peace and demand be based on a full withdrawal of Russian forces and restoration of its territorial integrity.

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Russia's move on Kharkiv has bogged down.
2 weeks after Russia’s move on Ukraine’s 2nd-largest city stopped moving, meeting fierce resistance from a number of hardened Ukrainian brigades and specialist units sent there from the eastern and southern fronts.

Kyiv declared forces had gone on counterattack in some areas, particularly around the border town of Vovchansk with U.S. majority weapon of which Ukrainian forces control as of June 13, according to open source info. By June 8, Presiden Zelensky declared Russia had “failed” in its offensive on Kharkiv, b'ccs Ukrainian forces were effectively “holding and destroying” the enemy in the area.

Making a judgment regarding the failure or success of an operation depends on the initial strategic goals of the operation in the first place.
Analysts and officials were generally in agreement that Russian forces had little to no chance — and thus no intent — to actually surround or enter Kharkiv itself.

“It's not surprising that the Kharkiv offensive did not advance that far,” said military expert Rob Lee, senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, to the Kyiv Independent, “because we knew that Ukraine had a better defense prepared and we knew pretty early on that Ukraine moved a number of units to strengthen that defense.”

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Results on the ground -- As of June 13, 

Open source mapping project DeepStateMap, Russian forces have occupied at least 183 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory in Kharkiv Oblast, with more territory labeled as a contested “gray zone.”

The gains made are split roughly evenly between two axes.

Immediately north of Kharkiv, Russian forces advanced a maximum distance of around ten kilometers, eventually being stopped outside the village of Lyptsi, itself around 20 kilometers from the Northern Saltivka neighborhood on the outskirts of Kharkiv.


Ukrainian soldiers from the 92nd assault brigade, who were involved in holding back the Russians on the border with Russia, take part in mortar training on the outskirts of the frontline Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on May 18, 2024. (Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)
Russia’s failure to get any closer means that Kharkiv remains outside the range of all of Russia’s abundant conventional tubed artillery, as well as Grad multiple-launch rocket artillery, preventing the same kind of wanton barrages the city suffered in the first month of the full-scale invasion from being possible again.

On the other axis further east, fighting continues for Vovchansk, over 70% of which is under the control of Ukrainian forces, according to Nazar Voloshyn, spokesperson for Ukraine’s Khortysia group of forces.

Well-coordinated with electronic attacks that allegedly disabled the Starlink communications of some of the Ukrainian units defending the town, Russia’s early push found success initially, much thanks to the reported lack of properly prepared defensive lines in the areas along the border.

https://kyivindependent.com/failure-or-f...kharkiv-2/

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Ukraine Strikes Blow To Russian Su-34 Fullback BaseM. orosovsk Airfield, some 150 miles from the front lines, was hit by what Ukraine claims was a mass drone attack.

Satellite images obtained by The War Zone confirm that Morosovsk Airfield in Russia, about 150 miles from front lines, was hit by a Ukrainian attack. Claimed operation was carried out via a mass drone attack. Ukrainian defense intelligence units used at least 70 drones to strike the base Thursday, Ukrainian Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Defense Intelligence Directorate, told us exclusively. 

(Satellite images obtained by War Zone confirm that an airbase deep in Russia was attacked. PHOTOS - Airfield, located in the Rostov region of Russia, is home to dozens of Su-34 Fullback fighter-bombers that have been a key weapon in the war, and serves as a forward operating base for other Flanker derivatives.) 
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