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These weapons are quite deadly. Over the weekend, Ukrainian forces achieved several notable milestones. An example of the Kremlin’s most advanced and costly aircraft, a Su-57 stealth fighter jet, was hit at the Akhtubinsk airfield in southern Russia. One of only six which can fire Russia’s own ‘wonder weapon’ – a hypersonic missile – the strike was a powerful sign of Kyiv’s increasing power.

Around the same time, a Ukrainian fighter jet launched a cross-border attack, targeting and reportedly destroying a “command node” in Belgorod and an ammunition dump. We do not know what weaponry was used, but it must have been highly advanced. Without the ability to command and control their troops, Russia’s beleaguered conscripts will be even more of a rabble than they currently are, and without ammunition they aren’t going anywhere.

Simultaneously, advanced Ukrainian drones executed a significant assault on Russian naval vessels docked at the port of Taganrog. This drone attack was also unprecedented, as it represented the first successful strike by Kyiv’s drones on a Russian target in the Sea of Azov since the beginning of the invasion. Throughout the conflict Kyiv has proven itself highly adept at drone warfare. It saved them in 2022. Now, with all their subsequent innovations, it is turning the tide in 2024.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06...sian-army/

The Kremlin has removed all the experienced military commanders, & a few weeks ago there were rumours that Putin was looking for a ceasefire. This war has not escalated despite numerous red lines being crossed, as Russian propaganda would have everyone believe in order to frighten them.


Ukraine has already gained freedom of manoeuvre in the Black Sea by destroying the Russian fleet, and it appears the Ukrainian airforce is gaining parity in the air, which could turn to air superiority even before the Western F16s arrive. 

Many experts predict, myself included, that a small breakthrough could lead to the collapse of the Russian forces, especially on the Crimea front. If Putin loses Crimea he loses the war.

Those vying to lead this country on 5 July must understand that the reason this war started is that we, and other NATO countries took our eyes off the Russian threat and reduced our militaries to such an extent that they were no longer a conventional deterrence. Thank heavens we have Trident (for now). This is not over yet, but we are deep in the second half, and Ukraine has just scored a vital goal to edge them ahead.

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In the meantime, Ukraine must absolutely to protect her their nation – stay on the course. 

Putin’s Russia is more than an invading force intent on more grabbing more land to which it has no claim. It's more than simply an “empire builder” that preys on eg: They are not like any ordinary predator – 

Not merely just bully weaker neighbors.

US weapons ban on Ukraine's Azov brigade is lifts it. Azov brigade is seen as one of Ukraine's most effective fighting Ukrainian army units there has...US has lifted its long-standing ban on weapons supplies and training to Ukraine's Azov brigade, whose origins were mired in controversy over alleged links to far-right groups.

State dept spokesman told BBC vetting process "found no evidence of gross violations of human rights" by brigade the
Azov brigade, now a unit within Ukraine's National Guard, hailed move, saying Russia's "lies, received a devastating blow".

Moscow condemned the decision, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying the US was "even prepared to flirt with neo-Nazis" to suppress Russia.

Russian President Putin repeatedly made false claims about a "neo-Nazi regime" in Kyiv to try to justify it first to annexation of Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula and backing of pro-Moscow fighters in east in 2014, and then his full-scale invasion launched in 2022.

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He speaking on condition of anonymity, the state department spokesman told the BBC that Washington applied a vetting process to the National Guard of Ukraine's 12th Special Forces Azov Brigade and "found no evidence of gross violations of human rights committed".

"Russian disinformation attempts to conflate Ukraine's National Guard Unit of 12th Special Forces Brigade Azov with a militia formed to defend Ukraine against Russia's invasion in 2014, called the 'Azov Battalion'," the spokesman added.

Under America's "Leahy Law", sponsored in 1997 by then-Senator Patrick Leahy, a finding that a foreign military unit has committed gross violations of human rights means it can be cut off from US military assistance.

The US govt says it considers torture, extrajudicial killing, enforced disappearance and rape as such types of violations when implementing the law.

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He speaking on condition of anonymity, the state department spokesman told the BBC that Washington applied a vetting process to the National Guard of Ukraine's 12th Special Forces Azov Brigade and "found no evidence of gross violations of human rights committed".

"Russian disinformation attempts to conflate Ukraine's National Guard Unit of 12th Special Forces Brigade Azov with a militia formed to defend Ukraine against Russia's invasion in 2014, called the 'Azov Battalion'," the spokesman added.

Under America's "Leahy Law", sponsored in 1997 by then-Senator Patrick Leahy, a finding that a foreign military unit has committed gross violations of human rights means it can be cut off from US military assistance.

The US govt says it considers torture, extrajudicial killing, enforced disappearance and rape as such types of violations when implementing the law.

Azov fighters are seen by many in Ukraine as national heroes. The Reacting to US decision, Azov brigade said in a statement: "The lies about Azov, which the Kremlin regime have been spreading in the West for years, received a devastating blow today.


"Receiving Western weapons and training from the US will not only increase the combat capability of Azov, but most importantly, will contribute to the preservation of the lives and health of the personnel of the brigade."

A volunteer militia battalion called Azov was originally set up in May 2014 to fight Russian-backed forces in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region. Later that year it was briefly incorporated as a separate regiment in Ukraine's interior ministry b4 being transferred to National Guard.

Some members of original battalion reported to have had links to far-right and ultra-nationalist groups at the time - but a number of them, including first commander, later left the unit.

US banned the regiment from receiving US weapons for the alleged links to far right. In 2016, a UN report accused  Azov regiment of "looting of civilian property, leading to displacement" in eastern Ukraine.

Current leadership of Azov brigade says its members have no ties to far-right organisations or any other extremist groups - a claim that has not been independently verified. Azov fighters are seen by many in Ukraine as national heroes for defending for months the southern city of Mariupol from a brutal Russian assault.

The port on the Sea of Azov was eventually taken by Moscow in May 2022.

Many Azov soldiers are still being held by Russia as prisoners of war, amid accusations that the Ukrainians have been subjected to torture in captivity.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1vv6p9k1z1o

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Biden has gives Ukraine permission to carry out limited strikes within Russia using US weapons.
While US lifts weapons ban on Ukraine's Azov brigade is a good sign. A lifted its long-standing ban on weapons supplies and training to Ukraine's Azov brigade, whose origins, mired of controversy over alleged links to far-right groups is over.

Moscow condemned decision, with Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying US was "even prepared to flirt with neo-Nazis" to suppress Russia. Vladimir Putin has repeatedly made false claims about this "neo-Nazi regime" in Kyiv to try to justify his annexation of Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula. So Putin is still a mad man bend on taking more land and to bend in attacking ans killing more using his weapons & soldiers.

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Newest American Aid Package Includes 200 M113s For Ukraine

US Dept of Defense announced on June 7th that it will send another military aid package to Ukraine valued at $225 million. This package includes 200 M113 Armored Personnel Carriers, which are in addition to the 100 included in the last aid package, bringing the total to more than 600. In a conflict where modern, advanced armored vehicles such as Bradleys, Abrams, and Leopards have received significant acclaim, it is surprising that Ukraine would need M113s, an older vehicle from the Cold War era. However, given the current battle trends in Ukraine, the M113 aligns well with Ukraine’s military needs.

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The M113 is a tracked armored personnel carrier developed by US in late 1950s. Widely used in Vietnam War, renowned for versatility, durability, and mobility. Vehicle prioritized mobility over survivability by using lighter aluminum armor, allowing it to reach speeds of up to 42 mph across various terrains & float. Due to a need for thicker armor, M113 was eventually phased out of direct-combat roles in favor of Bradley Vehicle, the US continued to use M113 for combat-support roles. In 1990s American M113s underwent upgrades, receiving enhanced powertrains & improved driver controls. Despite upgrades, the US stopped purchasing M113s, out in 2007.

Ukraine's request for additional M113s reflects changes war's dynamics, initial phases of war involved mechanized battles with armored vehicles engaging other armored vehicles, Ukraine is now conducting large number of dismounted  ops, as they defend towns in Kharkiv, Luhansk, Donetsk. Ukrainian forces have established networks of trenches, obstacle belts, & fortified positions to repel Russian assaults on key towns. The M113 supports these dismounted ops by shuttling soldiers to & from front lines providing resupply. While, Russian forces continue to rely heavily on artillery to destroy Ukrainian defensive positions & equipment. M113's mobility makes it a difficult target for indirect fire, it thin armor is still adequate to protect vehicle occupants from artillery shrapnel.

Importantly, M113 can be easily modified for the changing battlefield as both sides adopt new technologies & tactics to break through their adversaries’ lines. M113 configured for a number of different purposes, being a troop transport, as command posts, ambulances & logistical supply. It including TOW missiles, high-caliber machine guns. An image on media showed a Ukrainian M113 with a ZU-23-2 23-mm anti-aircraft auto cannon mounted on top, the design M113 allows for rapid integration of new technology, including carry electronic warfare counter-drone equipment.

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M113 was Cold War specifically to counter Soviet equipment now fielding for battle. The M113 is old enough with technology is analog. As Russia deploys newer advanced electronic warfare systems, the analog systems of the M113 remain unaffected.

This M113 is appropriate vehicle given composition of Russian equipment. Russia fielding a number of older vehicles weapon platforms using them in conjunction with advanced technologies, like especially electronic warfare systems. 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/vikrammitta...r-ukraine/

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Background: Khortytsia Operative Strategic Grp says as of 8 June, a bigger part city of Vovchansk remains under control of Ukrainian forces. At same time, Russians are building up this area, noted engineering & fortifications arrangement is  strong point of those Russians. They are carrying out engineering arrangements 2.7 km to northeast from the city of Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast.

Deep State recalled at least one piece of such equipment was destroyed in this district by Ukrainian forces.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/06/12/7460470/

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From prison to trenches: Inside Ukraine’s attempt to turn inmates into soldiers

Battalion commander Dmytro Kukharchuk speaks quietly but firmly. Holding his tattooed hands behind his back, he tells the men – all convicts – about his experience fighting for Ukraine in Bakhmut and Avdiivka.

A 34, Ukrainian, trying to recruit physically strong, healthy & motivated prisoners into his unit, 3rd Separate Assault Brigade. After more than 2 years, Ukraine is struggling to replenish its depleted military ranks, govt introduced a new law last mth permitting recruitment of convicts. It allows individuals who meet certain conditions to be granted conditional early release if they sign a contract to serve in the military. Kukharchuk doesn’t promise prisoners much, “won’t be easy. But when you come, you come to a family,” he tells men, explaining brigade will not have any special “penal” units. Instead, he says, recruited prisoners will be integrated into existing battalions. Some of the men listen attentively, others smirk.

But even those who smirk start paying attention when Kukharchuk’s colleague starts speaking. The man, who asked CNN to identify him only by his call sign “Dato” because of privacy concerns, is one of them.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/13/europ...index.html

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From prison to trenches: Inside Ukraine’s attempt to turn inmates into soldiers

Battalion commander Dmytro Kukharchuk speaks quietly but firmly. Holding his tattooed hands behind his back, he tells the men – all convicts – about his experience fighting for Ukraine in Bakhmut and Avdiivka.

A 34, Ukrainian, trying to recruit physically strong, healthy & motivated prisoners into his unit, 3rd Separate Assault Brigade. After more than 2 years, Ukraine is struggling to replenish its depleted military ranks, govt introduced a new law last mth permitting recruitment of convicts. It allows individuals who meet certain conditions to be granted conditional early release if they sign a contract to serve in the military. Kukharchuk doesn’t promise prisoners much, “won’t be easy. But when you come, you come to a family,” he tells men, explaining brigade will not have any special “penal” units. Instead, he says, recruited prisoners will be integrated into existing battalions. Some of the men listen attentively, others smirk.

But even those who smirk start paying attention when Kukharchuk’s colleague starts speaking. The man, who asked CNN to identify him only by his call sign “Dato” because of privacy concerns, is one of them.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/13/europ...index.html

He has spent much of his life behind bars. Convicted of various crimes, he escaped from prison 3 times & was paroled in Feb 2022 after serving 31 yrs. He joined Ukrainian army hours after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. A members of 3rd Separate Assault Brigade seek to recruit convicts in prison central Ukraine. CNN

Dato, 58, commands respect from his audience. His voice cuts through the yard and when he pauses, the silence is heavy. Dozens of prisoners hang on his every word. His speech is peppered with prison slang speaks of honor, duty and reputation. “This's your chance to rehabilitate yourself in eyes of your children,” he tells them.

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In the meantime, Ukraine must absolutely to protect her their nation – stay on the course. 

Putin’s Russia is more than an invading force intent on more grabbing more land to which it has no claim. It's more than simply an “empire builder” that preys on eg: They are not like any ordinary predator – 

Not merely just bully weaker neighbors.

Putin demands more land to end Ukraine war, terms Kyiv rejects as ‘complete sham’
By Anna Chernova, Katharina Krebs and Christian Edwards, CNN

https://youtu.be/QfQfXIW_lII?si=gYMg8ZqIUDvm0nAd

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Update on 14/06/2024 from Ukraine.

https://youtu.be/QfQfXIW_lII?si=gYMg8ZqIUDvm0nAd

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Putin said Russia will only end its war in Ukraine if only Kyiv surrenders entirety four regions claimed by Moscow and abandons bid to join NATO – terms Kyiv immediately dismissed as a “complete sham” “offensive to common sense.”

Putin said, Ukraine must demilitarize & Western countries must lift their sanctions on Russia, which damaged but not crippled its economy. These are conditions to more maximalist than those Putin has hinted at b4, represent Russia’s failure to achieve its original war aims to capture Kyiv in days, the rest of Ukraine in weeks. Nearly 28 months later, Russia occupies around a fifth of Ukrainian territory, including Crimean peninsula it annexed a decade ago.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/14/europ...index.html

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Ukrainian said, 242 Russian troops were killed or wounded during fighting in Pokrovsk direction.


Video is the first to begins by showing drone footage of approaching Russian tanks, with the lead vehicle swiftly being taken out by an explosion. Follower by Artillery, cluster munitions and drone-dropped bombs then one by one attack the rest of the company armored column.

At one stage a Russian tank speeding across a field drives directly into a crater. A drone then targets Russian soldiers as they disembark.

"Ukrainian defenders did a good job yesterday disposing of plenty of Russian hardware, even more so Russian invaders along with their equipment".

(Talk about peace with Putin? Is like talking to the wall.)

https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/06/14/r...offensive/

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Ukrainian said, 242 Russian troops were killed or wounded during fighting in Pokrovsk direction.

Video is the first to begins by showing drone footage of approaching Russian tanks, with the lead vehicle swiftly being taken out by an explosion. Follower by Artillery, cluster munitions and drone-dropped bombs then one by one attack the rest of the company armored column.

At one stage a Russian tank speeding across a field drives directly into a crater. A drone then targets Russian soldiers as they disembark.

(Talk about peace with Putin? Is like talking to the wall.)

https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/06/14/r...offensive/

"Ukrainian defenders did a good job disposing of plenty of Russian hardware, even more so Russian invaders along with their equipment".

https://youtu.be/nEYrwuJ2myw?si=MbUrl2pMCz_I925m

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US CRIMEA FACT-CHECK -- US Spy Plane Gets Front Row Seat on Latest Wave of Ukrainian Missile Strikes in Crimea. Russian said all Ukraine missiles missed, all shot down, nothing on ground  no damaged, no one hurt. As U.S spy plane move closer to latest Ukrainian missile strikes in Crimea, a rare sortie to placed. Pentagon’s most expensive spy planes into airspace near Russian-occupied territory, @as Ukrainian forces hit targets record in real-time. A review tracking data on spy plane Q-4B Global Hawk, arrived near main military base near city of Sevastopol, 3-hrs b4 Ukrainian fired missiles @targets, 7-hrs later the Q-48 aircraft fly back to base in Sigonella, Italy.

Fact checks didn’t exactly back that up.
June 12, 2024. -- US Spy Plane Gets Front Row Seat as Ukrainian Missile Strikes in Crimea. A US Air Force ground crew is in real-time recorded.

A Kyiv Post review of open-source flight tracking data found that the Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk, arrived on station to airspace southwest of Russia’s main military base in the Crimean city of Sevastopol at least three hours before Ukrainian forces fired missiles at Russian military targets, and the aircraft loitered in the area for about seven hours before flying back to its base in Sigonella, Italy. A high-tech intelligence collection platform crammed with radars, direction-finding electronics and multi-spectral sensors, the Global Hawk is the US’s premier reconnaissance drone. 

American flight planners had sent the aircraft over the Black Sea repeatedly, but during past Ukrainian strikes US flight controllers had kept the $200 million-plus aircraft out of Black Sea air space and far from Crimea during actual missile strikes by Kyiv.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/34185

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CONTINUE FROM ABOVE..Reported By Ukrainian, agreed Russian military installations had been hit, some saying it airfields & aircraft, others alleging Russian air defense systems – long a primary target for Ukrainian strike planners – were hit. 

Social media posts linked to Sevastopol bedroom community Osypenko, 3 k/m south of major military airfield, reported smoke smelling heavily of burning petroleum products. Some account 
said one Kyiv missile had damaged elements of a Russian S-400 system – Kremlin’s premier air defense weapon – based near Sevastopol airfield. Other reports suggested weapons carrying out the strikes were US-manufactured ATACMS missiles, some with conventional warheads & at least one with a cluster munition warhead. Kyiv Post researchers were unable to confirm the claims conclusively.

A second Ukrainian strike packet appeared to have aimed at logistics or possibly transportation infrastructure in northern Crimea, with explosions reported in the Perekop narrows near the town Armyansk and the village Krasnoperekopsk. Popular Russian milblogger Vladimir Rogov told his 110,000-plus followers the “massive missile strike” hit four locations including an air-defense installation near the port Chornomorske.

Social media video geolocated @Sevastopol did showed at least six anti-aircraft missiles firing into a night sky, @least 2 missiles detonating, possibly at end of their flight path...

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Russian-occupation Sevastopol governor said “all air targets” were destroyed in the air, there was no damage to people or property. Local emergency response info platforms reported nothing. As Ukrainian strikes went-in 02:45 local time, Wed (11:45 pm Tues) FORTE12 was 190-200 k/m from Sevastopol in international air space. The Sigonella-based Global Hawk had been in air about 7-hrs, a sortie lasting some 16 hrs, open-source air traffic records showed.

Intelligence collection by Global Hawk patrols air space over Black Sea for years, since Putin order invasion Feb  2024 & annexation of Crimea in 2014, flights typically take place twice a week & flight tracking data never route aircraft  150 k/m from Russian-controlled territory. U.S. men had stated flights are not provocative & fully outside Russia fedaration and within international law.

Russian analysts has accused Pentagon of using flights to collect targeting info, is then passed on to Kyiv, as U.S. turn off aircraft’s transponders off to allow spy planes to monitor “Russian” territory more clandestinely. The FORTE12 sortie on June 11-12 flew a figure of a 8 patrol pattern south of Crimea for 7 hrs, also approached the Russian city of Sochi, Kyiv Post review of fligh.

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During night June 10-11, during Kyiv fired off an even more punishing series of strikes against Crimean targets, open-source flight trackers showed no US military or allied aircraft in the air. Ukrainian missiles fired 24 hrs later struck much the same targets, or near them, news reports and official statements said.

Ukrainian-fired made-in-USA ATACMS missiles during the Monday-Tuesday strikes to hit a military installation near the city Yevpatoriya, the Saky military air base, the Chornomorske port and the Perekop Isthmus town Dzhankoi, the US-supported news agency Radio Liberty reported. The primary target objective was damage or destruction of S-300 and S-400 air defense vehicles operated by Russia’s 31st Air Force Division, that report said.

(Independent Russian news agency) ASTRA said at least-2, S-300 missile launchers, and 4 radar search stations were demolished in attacks. Officials, led stated those strikes caused no damage and all missiles were shot down.

Kyiv Post review those materials, along w/checks via its own sources available open-source show evidence likewise found Ukrainian strikes were effective and damaged Russian air defense capacity at those locations.

The pro-Ukraine Crimean military info platform Krymsky Veter on Wed, citing partisan-collected imagery, reported Russian military authorities had ordered Russia’s 12th Air Defense Regiment, a subordinate formation to the 31st Division, out of Sevastopol to sites in Yevpatoriya and Chornomorske, where Ukrainian missiles reportedly had struck hours earlier. 

Photographs of the high-value Russian systems showed four missile launchers and two targeting radar vehicles heading north.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/34185

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"Ukrainian defenders did a good job disposing of plenty of Russian hardware, even more so Russian invaders along with their equipment".

https://youtu.be/nEYrwuJ2myw?si=MbUrl2pMCz_I925m

RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES WAR IN UKRAINE:

A video Reportedly Shows HIMARS Strike on Powerful Russian 2S4 Tyulpan Mortar
This mortar is one of the largest-caliber and most powerful artillery systems, designed to destroy strong fortifications and for urban combat.
June 16, 2024. -- A video circulating on social media reportedly showcased the destruction of a 240mm Russian 2S4 Tyulpan [Tulip] self-propelled mortar by Ukrainian troops using an American HIMARS multiple-launch missile system.

The 2S4 Tyulpan is one of the largest-caliber and most powerful artillery systems, with a 240 mm caliber, designed specifically for destroying strong fortifications and for use in urban combat.

“The M142 HIMARS MLRS is operating near Bilohorivka, Luhansk region,” read the caption of the video released on the Butusov Plus Telegram channel.

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RUSSIAN ARMED FORCES WAR IN UKRAINE:

A video Reportedly Shows HIMARS Strike again on Powerful Russian 2S4 Tyulpan Mortar
This mortar is one of the largest-caliber and most powerful artillery systems, designed to destroy strong fortifications and for urban combat.
June 16, 2024. -- A video circulating on social media reportedly showcased the destruction of a 240mm Russian 2S4 Tyulpan [Tulip] self-propelled mortar by Ukrainian troops using an American HIMARS multiple-launch missile system.

The 2S4 Tyulpan is one of the largest-caliber and most powerful artillery systems, with a 240 mm caliber, designed specifically for destroying strong fortifications and for use in urban combat.

“The M142 HIMARS MLRS is operating near Bilohorivka, Luhansk region,” read the caption of the video released on the Butusov Plus Telegram channel.

https://mil.in.ua/en/news/high-precision...4-tyulpan/

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https://mil.in.ua/en/news/high-precision...4-tyulpan/

2S4 Tyulpan (2S4 Tyulpan - Wikipedia)
CAT-UXO - 2s4 tyulpan self propelled mortar spm
Princely" brigade destroys Russian 2S4 Tyulpan - Militarnyi

Russian 2s4 Tyulpan - The Largest Mortar System In The World ...In Rubizhne, the 2S4 Tyulpan mortar was neutralized by the Ukraine soldiers.

The 2S4 Tyulpan is a Soviet 240 mm self-propelled heavy mortar. "2S4" is its GRAU designation. The Tyulpan is the largest mortar system in use today.

Here, has a look at Putin largest mortar tank.

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US CRIMEA FACT-CHECK -- US Spy Plane Gets Front Row Seat on Latest Wave of Ukrainian Missile Strikes in Crimea. Russian said all Ukraine missiles missed, all shot down, nothing on ground  no damaged, no one hurt. As U.S spy plane move closer to latest Ukrainian missile strikes in Crimea, a rare sortie to placed. Pentagon’s most expensive spy planes into airspace near Russian-occupied territory, @as Ukrainian forces hit targets record in real-time. A review tracking data on spy plane Q-4B Global Hawk, arrived near main military base near city of Sevastopol, 3-hrs b4 Ukrainian fired missiles @targets, 7-hrs later the Q-48 aircraft fly back to base in Sigonella, Italy.

Fact checks didn’t exactly back that up.
June 12, 2024. -- US Spy Plane Gets Front Row Seat as Ukrainian Missile Strikes in Crimea. A US Air Force ground crew is in real-time recorded.

A Kyiv Post review of open-source flight tracking data found that the Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk, arrived on station to airspace southwest of Russia’s main military base in the Crimean city of Sevastopol at least three hours before Ukrainian forces fired missiles at Russian military targets, and the aircraft loitered in the area for about seven hours before flying back to its base in Sigonella, Italy. A high-tech intelligence collection platform crammed with radars, direction-finding electronics and multi-spectral sensors, the Global Hawk is the US’s premier reconnaissance drone. 

American flight planners had sent the aircraft over the Black Sea repeatedly, but during past Ukrainian strikes US flight controllers had kept the $200 million-plus aircraft out of Black Sea air space and far from Crimea during actual missile strikes by Kyiv.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/34185

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/34185

US CRIMEA FACT-CHECK -- US Spy Plane Gets Front Row Seat on Latest Wave of Ukrainian Missile Strikes in Crimea

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Putin demands more Ukrainian land to end war; Kyiv rejects 'ultimatum' Putin sets out most detailed conditions so far to end war. Offer comes on eve of Swiss peace summit. U.kraine rejects Putin's terms as ultimatum.

Two days ago. Putin said on Friday Russia would end the war in Ukraine only if Kyiv agreed to drop its NATO ambitions and hand over the entirety of four provinces claimed by Moscow, demands Kyiv swiftly rejected as tantamount to surrender.

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Putin demands more Ukrainian land to end war; Kyiv rejects 'ultimatum' Putin sets out most detailed conditions so far to end war. Offer comes on eve of Swiss peace summit. U.kraine rejects Putin's terms as ultimatum.

Two days ago. Putin said on Friday Russia would end the war in Ukraine only if Kyiv agreed to drop its NATO ambitions and hand over the entirety of four provinces claimed by Moscow, demands Kyiv swiftly rejected as tantamount to surrender.

He alsi restated his demand for Ukraine's demilitarisation, unchanged from day he sent in his troops on Feb. 24, 2022,  he also said must end to Western sanctions and must also be part of a peace deal. He repeated his call for Ukraine's "denazification", based on what Kyiv calls an slur against its leadership. Ukraine said the conditions were "absurd".

"He is offering for Ukraine to admit defeat.

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He alsi restated his demand for Ukraine's demilitarisation, unchanged from day he sent in his troops on Feb. 24, 2022,  he also said must end to Western sanctions and must also be part of a peace deal. He repeated his call for Ukraine's "denazification", based on what Kyiv calls an slur against its leadership. Ukraine said the conditions were "absurd".

"He is offering for Ukraine to admit defeat.

He is offering for Ukraine to legally give up its territories to Russia. He also offering to Ukraine to sign away its geopolitical sovereignty," Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak told Reuters.

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Do any ordinary Russians go folks still believe their army can defeat Ukraine? 

Putin gambled on achieving a quick victory in 3 days, month  but after about 2.5 yrs of brutal war. Putin have little to show or have his cake & eat it. about Vovchansk is shaping up to be more then a battle with 30,000 Russia soldiers fighting, without  at all. So much for Putin’s summer offensive, or was is it  a win?

US Joe & Euro allies or NATO can't have their acts together. How they can have no plan with decisive goal of helping Ukraine to WIN BACK its TERRITORIES. Fact is French is the only first NATO nation to offer arm and jets. If they acted earlier, providing Ukraine with what they needed, but practically begged for 2 years, it’s possible that thousands of Ukrainian folks lives, and cities, infrastructure would not have not sustained such immense damage. 

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Do any ordinary Russians folks still believe their army can defeat Ukraine? 

US Joe & Euro allies or NATO can't have their acts together. How they can have no plan with decisive goal of helping Ukraine to WIN BACK its TERRITORIES. Fact is French is the only first NATO nation to offer arm and jets. If they acted earlier, providing Ukraine with what they needed, but practically begged for 2 years, it’s possible that thousands of Ukrainian folks lives, and cities, infrastructure would not have not sustained such immense damage. 

Putin have little to show or have his cake & eat it. about Vovchansk is shaping up to be more then a battle with 30,000 Russia soldiers fighting, without  at all. So much for Putin’s summer offensive, or was is it  a win?. Putin gambled on achieving a quick victory in 3 days, month  but has go on after for about 2.5 yrs of brutal war. And still demanding fo more land and also demanding Ukraine to stop joining NATO. As

Media reported: Russia suffered 'astronomical' losses on Kharkiv front, NATO source suggests.

https://kyivindependent.com/media-russia...kiv-front/