Leopard Tanks Destroyed In Counteroffensive

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Photos have just emerged of a column of Ukrainian Leopard 2A4s and M113s under Russian fire, allegedly near Orekhovo. There may be a Leopard 1 in the group as well.


Aerial reconnaissance footage of yesterday's failed armored offensive near Orekhovo.
The offensive of the armored fists bogged down, the enemy lost dozens of vehicles in an attempt to suppress Russian firing positions and deliver infantry to the front line.




Re: WW3 Countdown

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Zlatti71
@djuric_zlatko
📌 From June 4th to June 8th, the Ukraine has lost close to 400 armored vehicles, 115 tanks and close to 5,000 personnel on the Zaporozhye, Artemovsk, and Southwest Donetsk Tactical Regions. The intensity of the enemy attacks have decreased, however, a whole army in the reserve is waiting to attack. This will not be the end of their attacks; so far, no settlements have been lost (some changed hands but are back under the control of the Russian Armed Forces).

🔻Importantly, in no instance, has even the first line of defense been breached, and remember, on the Zaporozhye and Southwest Donetsk fronts, there are 5 lines of defense. The enemy is targeting areas west of the Ugledarisky Tactical Region (nearby to the Velkya Novoselivka Tactical Region); as these regions are the least defended, however, geographically hard to conquer. This is primarily around the villages of Novodonetskoye and the Vremika Ledge.

👉 It is likely that the Ukraine will attempt to cross the Left Bank of the Kherson River under the backdrop of the New Kakhovka Hydroelectric Dam being undermined; they have strengthened groupings with fresh reserves from Lvov and Zhytomr, Russian forces are pre-emptively striking accumulations of enemy manpower.


Russian figures, the number of vehicles destroyed are counted by drones.

But pretty bad, 10% 0f the total 50,000 killed or wounded (5000) in just 4 days. At this rate only a week before 25% losses and serious problems.

Still no official releases from Ukraine and no real explanation as to why they are attacking on such a broad front and straight at heavily defended positions.


Meanwhile,

German Chancellor Scholz:
We must be prepared for the fact that we will have to help Ukraine for a long time.


(not looking that way realistically)


Meanwhile,

Eurozone entered recession
The economy in the eurozone fell by 0.1 percent in the first quarter, Eurostat announced today.


Just as ...

Russian Economy Returning To Growth — World Bank
The Russian economy will continue to grow despite sanctions thanks to higher-than-expected energy revenues, the World Bank said in its latest Global Economic Prospects report.



Oh shit, ...

Without the success of the counter-offensive, Ukraine's funding will run out.

MSM Catches Up

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Ukraine gave the ok to western media to announce that the counteroffensive was on - just 4 days after it was obvious to anyone paying attention.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/20 ... ium=social



Today Ukraine forces are mostly concentrating on breaking through on the Zaporozhye front.


The armored fist of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been trying to break through the defenses of Russian troops near the city of Orekhov in the Rabotino-Verbove area for 12 hours.

-> In short: 12 hours and no breech of first line of defense.






Zlatti71
@djuric_zlatko
Ukrainian attacks on Zaporozhye front: heavy fighting does not stop

▪️ AFU has been trying for 11 hours to break the defence of Russian troops close to Orekhov, near Rabotino-Verbovoye.

▪️ The AFU armoured groups are attacking the junction between two company strongholds, having managed to take only one height 178.2 in 11 hours.

▪️ Russian fighters of the 291 Regiment company retreated from the front line of trenches to reserve positions under heavy pressure, these trenches were continuously hit by the enemy for another 3 hours before the offensive with all kinds of weapons.

▪️ Soldiers from a company of the 291st regiment supported by neighbours from the 70th regiment, reconnaissance men from the 42nd motorized rifle division and the 22nd special forces brigade hold the next strongpoint. This manoeuvre was planned in advance to hold back such a powerful attack.

▪️ According to preliminary data, the AFU has already lost up to 16 tanks and 15 other units of other equipment.

▪️ Support is breaking through to Russian troops from neighbouring areas.

▪️ Heavy fighting has not stopped for many hours, artillery is working from both sides.

Counteroffensive Update

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From the Russian ministry of defence (still nothing of substance from Kiev govt).


the direction of Zaporozhye, large forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to break through the Russian defense - Shoigu said.

▪️Today at 1:30 a.m. in the direction of Zaporozhye, the Ukrainians tried to break through the defense with the forces of the 47th mechanized brigade of up to 1,500 people and 150 armored vehicles.
▪️The Ukrainians were discovered in time and a preventive strike was carried out against them with artillery, aviation and anti-tank weapons.
▪️They were stopped in all four directions and retreated with heavy losses.
▪️Due to the two-hour battle, the Ukrainian army lost 30 tanks, 11 infantry fighting vehicles, up to 350 militants.
▪️Ukrainian reserve forces specially trained to carry out the breakthrough did not fulfill their task.
▪️During yesterday's day of combat operations, June 7, the enemy lost 945 personnel, 33 tanks, 28 infantry fighting vehicles, 38 armored fighting vehicles, 3 Crab self-propelled guns and other weapons.


The battle started at 1:30 am is still apparently continuing and no word of any breakthrough as yet.



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The Russian 291st regiment withstood all the assaults and regained the height and all positions near Orekhovo!

▪️In the Rabotino area, after retreating from a height, the 291st regiment repelled all Ukrainian attacks and returned ALL positions with the support of the soldiers of the 70th regiment, scouts and special forces of the Southern Military District.

▪️Reinforcements have arrived, the wounded soldiers have been evacuated.

After that, positional battles continued, the Ukrainians hid the surviving tanks in the landing and fired at Russian positions. Enemy columns continue to move, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are regrouping, new assaults are expected in the area.



The Russian army showed the defeat of the advancing Leopard column and other NATO equipment on the Zaporozhye front.




Re: WW3 Countdown

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:yawn: The UN in Ukraine reacted to the Russians' detonation of the Kakhovskaya HPP without mentioning that this terrorist act was carried out by Russia. The reaction of Ukrainians did not take long: "Useless" inscriptions appeared on UN cars in Kyiv.
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:oops: The invaders were not ready for the consequences of the explosion of the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, therefore they suffered losses in manpower, weapons and equipment - General Staff

( In particular, there are many injured, dead and missing in the units of the Russian army. Field depots with ammunition and provisions were flooded, and vehicles and armored vehicles were also lost.

In addition, the General Staff reported that on June 6 there was a mass evacuation of civilians from the occupied Kakhovka (people used their cars). Along with civilian evacuation routes, the Russian military used the locals as human shields.
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:think: Russia's elite unhappy with Putin's chances of winning war against Ukraine - Bloomberg

(https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles ... -convinced) The publication writes, that the Russian elite is in a mood of despondency and that even conditional "optimists" see the "frozen" conflict as the best available outcome for the Kremlin. This opinion was expressed by 7 anonymous sources, noting that they are "tired of the war", but "they do not want to oppose Putin."

The elite sees the best-case scenario for negotiations at the end of the year that would make the war "frozen" and allow Putin to declare a "pyrrhic victory."
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:wtf: The Kremlin is cynically trying to shift the blame for the destruction of Kakhovskaya HPP to Ukraine

Russia came to the UN International Court of Justice with trumped-up charges against Ukraine for undermining the HPP. This is reported by the Russian BBC service.


The decision to blow up the Kakhovskaya HPP was personally made by Putin, - GUR MO

The decision to blow up the Kakhovskaya HPP was made personally by the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.
Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said this
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And in the meantime... :D

China will spy on the US from Cuba.

The article talks about an electronic intelligence base aimed at the United States. The Pentagon is already aware that any movement of US military equipment will be immediately noticed by China.

The equipment will allow listening and intercepting electronic messages in the southeastern United States, where many military bases are located, as well as monitoring the movement of American warships. The base will be located about 100 km from the state of Florida.

We add to this the allied relations between the PRC and the Russian Federation and expect that Russian electronic warfare will be tested in Cuba.
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