The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on June 07 2023

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The enemy’s offensive on the Zaporozhye Front turned into a bloody failure for the Armed Forces of Ukraine
 ▪️ Attempts to break through to armored groups and infantry assault companies went in different directions near the city of Orekhov.
▪️Our fighters repelled suicide attacks towards the settlement. Rabotino, Kopani, Belogorye in the Pologovsky district, as well as near the settlement. Lobkovoe in the Vasilyevsky district.
▪️Tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on mines and under fire from our artillery and motorized riflemen suffered significant losses. Only one group of the 291st regiment immediately destroyed 4 of the assault group of 10 armed forces.
▪️The Russian Aerospace Forces Air Force launched guided missile and bomb attacks.
▪️The intensity of the enemy’s offensive actions began to decrease and ended in nothing.
▪️Next, our artillery greeted the surviving fleeing militants and their equipment.
Enemy losses are counted. The details of the battles are still being finalized 

Yes, Ukrainians are depressed today. Along the entire length of the line of contact, where the enemy tried to conduct offensive operations. Losses in armored vehicles of more than 100 units, including tanks of Western manufacture, as well as armored fighting vehicles, personnel losses of about 1500 ( 300,200) Khokhlyats, to put it mildly, were at a loss, they expected that the Russian soldier would flee when they are attacked by an armada of Khokhlyats trained in Western countries with the support of various types of Western weapons. Well, something went wrong, the Russian soldier fought

Ukrainian troops tried to break through the defense line in the DPR using a large amount of equipment at once, Pushilin told RIA Novosti. According to him, the Russian units made certain conclusions about other stages of the special operation, were ready for these actions and successfully repulsed the attack

The night offensive on the Zaporozhye Front has begun: enemy tanks are attacking our positions
 ▪️The battle is underway again near Orekhovo. The main direction of impact is between Malaya Tokmachka and Novodanilovka.
▪️Columns of enemy vehicles are trying to break through to our positions, firing continuously.
▪️The enemy is conducting the first night attack in a long time, which threatens him with new losses in our minefields.
▪️Russian artillery and ATGMs begin to target enemy vehicles, firing back.
▪️Army aviation came to the rescue.

According to preliminary data, a massive strike on Tokmok 🇷🇺 is delivered from the HIMARS MLRS

According to the estimates of our soldiers and local residents, my countrymen, there has never been such a massive strike on the city during the entire period of the SMO

It is important to understand that Tokmok is one of the key points of our defense in the Zaporozhye direction.

Vladimir Rogov

A large Ukrainian attack supported by tanks is currently ongoing in Zaporozhye in the Orekhovsky direction. They are most likely attempting an advance towards Tokmak

There are a lot of our  planes and attack helicopters in the sky of Zaporozhye.  

This is the first such massive night attack of the APU militants on the Zaporozhye front.

Especially in combination with the Nazi shelling of Tokmak, which was record-breaking in terms of duration and intensity.

Our artillery is not sparing the barrels. We have ammunition.

Zaporozhye direction
According to the received radio intercepts, at least one unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is ignoring the order to advance and attack our positions.

The losses of the enemy are very large.
 

 In the region of Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region) UKROS come in groups of 40-60.

They come in waves under the cover of equipment and artillery. Our artillery and aviation have been destroying every wave for several hours. Battles are still going on. The aviation is already conducting at least its fifth raid on the enemy, and combat helicopters are constantly in the sky.

Our guys are hanging in there and doing their job!!!

The first attack on Zaporozhye is almost repulsed.

A lot of Ukrainian soldiers lay down in the minefields. They were simply driven forward by the commanders without properly preparing the passages. They say the picture is terrible, the enemy has a lot of seriously wounded just lying on the battlefield.

I’m sure the enemy will regroup and drive a few more waves to the slaughter.
Our boys are ready and charged.

As the guys said, “there is a power engineer, we are not sleeping, we are waiting!”

In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine went on a wider offensive, strengthening their positions not only with tanks, but with massed artillery. Now there are fierce battles. Bankovaya set the task of achieving results, since the previous times the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered losses and retreated.
At the same moment, the Armed Forces of Ukraine strike with “Himers” on the positions of the RF Armed Forces in Tokmok.
On this LBS (line of contact) there is a huge number of UAVs.
All the current sorties of the Geran-2 kamikaze UAV were today in large numbers in the Zaporozhye direction. The Russians are hitting the accumulated reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the near rear.

We can consider the first act of a large-scale offensive has begun, what are its goals and objectives, we will see soon, as well as the results 

”Zapiski Veterana:
“I think now we can already talk about the beginning of the offensive announced by Ukraine for so long. There hasn’t been such movement at the front for a long time. And on the part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, it never happened at all.
It’s happening. Good luck to all.”

Sladkov:
“The offensive has begun. We have numbers. Wishing steadfastness to men in trenches. We’re not sleeping.”

Romanov believes this is still probing of defence:

“Not yet.

There are active probes of our defense. In different areas, at different times of the day.

Naturally, if the enemy manages to achieve success somewhere, he will try to consolidate and develop it.””

We have approved the program for the start of the movement of our troops, decisions have been made, – Zelensky

 “Ukraine has everything it needs” – Jens Stoltenberg is telling his Ukraine slaves to go on the offensive no matter the cost even if they are demilitarised in industrial quantities…

  “We know that Ukraine now has all the capabilities: weapons, ammunition, as well as training provided by allies and partners. The US-led Contact Group on Ukraine has done everything necessary so that they have the opportunity to liberate their territory from Russian soldiers,because Ukrainian soldiers showed that they are able to do that.”

PUBLIC ARE NOW BEING PREPARED FOR NATO TROOPS TO ENTER UKRAINE

Former NATO alliance secretary general Anders Rasmussen said that “a group of NATO countries may want” to send troops to Ukraine if member states, including the United States, do not give specific security guarantees to Kiev at the alliance’s summit in Vilnius

Dmitry Medvedev: The enemy has long promised a great counteroffensive. And it looks like something has already started.

No surprises, since Kiev regime has no choice. The are obliged to act. It is necessary to justify the received loot and weapons. The disappointment of the masters can cost Zelensky and Co not only their positions, but also lifes.

A few reports from American agents, who have long been in command of the SBU, are enough, and the whole cocaine gang will be instantly written off as scrap.

They will be accused of wasting American taxpayers’ money. Moreover, they will do it by someone else’s hands, as they like in Langley: they will give the order to radical scumbags to slap a drug addict for treason to the Republic of Ukraine and the Bandera cause, and then hang him by his feet along with his henchmen, as they once hung the Duce and his fascist junta on Loreto Square in Milan.

Therefore, Kiev regime has only one way out – proceed to the bitter end, sending thousands of mobilized to death.

In any case, we should not underestimate the enemy.

The enemy and the Western world that supports him are ready to do anything to wipe our country off the face of the earth.

Therefore, now the main thing is to concentrate as much as possible and give a decent response. Our army has a significant advantage in aviation, armored forces, and high-precision weapons. And, of course, moral high ground.

We need to stop the enemy, and then launch an offensive.

The goal today is not only to liberate our lands and protect our people. Our goal is the complete overthrow of the Nazi Kiev regime , that entrenched itself in the country of 404.

“Zaporozhye. We could not be broken through. Everything is clear. There is a fight going on.” – war correspondent Aleksander Sladkov

Situation in Zaporozhye at 4:00 Moscow time⚡️

The fight continues. From the participants: “Several tanks rolled out. One is still rolling around. We took a couple of positions. But the line was not broken. We hold on – we are waiting for another wave at dawn.

The main thing is that something critical for us in Zaporozhye does not happen at the moment. We hold the line. Guys are heroes. Capitalized.

Russia riled up as Kherson gets submerged amid contamination risk

Russian state TV discusses the Nova Kakhovka dam collapse

In Energodar, where the ZaNPP is located, the water began to drain. This is a view of the “canal” on the waterfront in the city. The water level dropped significantly.
Before the destruction of the dam in Kakhovka, locals say the water level rose sharply.

RVvoenkor on Telegram:

The enemy tried to break through near Artyomovsk
▪️The enemy has become more active in the area of   the southern flank of Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), increased shelling from cannon and rocket artillery.
▪️Early in the morning, with the help of tactical smoke, the enemy made a diversionary maneuver and attempted to break through.
▪️The forces of the Fakel battalion and units of the Russian army repulsed the attack.
▪️Our soldiers destroyed up to a platoon of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 2 infantry fighting vehicles supporting the breakthrough. As a result of artillery fire, the enemy suffered significant losses and could not reach our positions.”

Chronicles of the special military operation for June 7, 2023

 Today Ukrainian formations went on the offensive in the Zaporizhia direcion. Fierce fighting took place in the Orekhovsky sector, but the Russian troops managed to repulse almost all enemy attacks. Clashes are still continuing near the village of Lobkovoe, southwest of Orekhovo.

According to preliminary data, the fighters of the Russian Armed Forces managed to hit a rare German installation of the IRIS-T air defense system with the Lancet. If the objective control frames confirm the defeat of the machine, then this will become one of the most effective attacks of a drone of this type in terms of the ratio of its price to the cost of the hit target.

At the same time, large-scale flooding continues in Kherson Region after the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. The water level has decreased in Novaya Kakhovka, however, the settlements downstream of the Dnieper are still almost completely filled. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation and Russian volunteers work in the region to help the civilian population.

At the same time, at the DneproGES in Zaporizhia, the Ukrainian authorities opened all four locks, massively dumping water down the Dnieper, which could lead to the transformation of the Kherson region into a swamp.

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The main dam has withstood – the Kakhovka reservoir will probably go down a few meters. We will most likely revise our defense plans, but this is not a problem. There will be no offensive actions in the Kherson direction now because of the wet land: the water will subside, the ground will take a long time to dry out. Reserves from here can be used in other directions.

▪️ The problems with the Armed Forces of the Ukraine began where they were not expected – in Novodonetsk: the enemy has been storming it for three days, but has not been able to take it. Several dozen of our boys, under the cover of aviation and artillery, are holding back the attacks . It is pointless to attack further in this direction for the Armed Forces of the Ukraine: this is a convenient place from where they planned to cut our group off in order to push it back. But their losses here are high, which corrects the plans for the counteroffensive, and the dam is a beautiful cover for all the West to see.

▪️ In the Artyomovsk direction , they also tried to break through our defenses, but without any success. We recall the Great Patriotic War: when our army stood tightly on the defensive, the Wehrmacht could not break through – like the Wehrmacht of 2023.

The main forces have not yet entered the battle?

▪️ For now it’s only a few brigades. Dozens have been prepared. They will send them in when the enemy senses our weak spot. Sending them in now makes no military sense: our aircraft and artillery will destroy them.

▪️ In the Zaporozhye direction, the Armed Forces of the Ukraine are probing positions. In the area of Avdeevka, Svatovo, they are trying to imitate activity. The main directions will be the Orekhovo and Zaporozhye directions. And the area of Ugledar and Velikaya Novoselovka is an auxiliary direction in order to inflict a local defeat on us, then destroy our defenses with the main blow.

What’s next: storming the ZNPP by boats or a pontoon ferry to the left bank ?

▪️ Neither one changes anything. The fact that the reservoir is losing water is rather a minus for the Armed Forces of the Ukraine: open places will appear – landings on sandy beaches which will fall under fire.

YURI PODOLYAKA

Russia CAPTURES Novomlynsk, Crosses Oskol River

Ukraine Front Update [7 June 2023]

Russian Defence Ministry Report on the Progress of the Special Military Operation (7 June 2023)⚡️

💥The AFU, having failed to achieve the offensive objectives and suffered significant losses in South Donetsk direction, made the attempts to break the defence of Russian troops in Donetsk direction close to Artyomovsk.

◽️The active actions of the Yug Grouping successfully repelled 8 attempted assaults by the 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade and the 57th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU forward Yagodnoye, Dubovo-Vasilyevka, the western outskirts of Artyomovsk, Andreyevka and Orekhovo-Vasiliyevka, and also by the 24th Mechanised and the 3rd Assault brigades near Kleshchiyevka.

◽️The AFU haven’t achieved the offensive objective. No incursion into Russian defence has been allowed.

◽️The enemy lost up to 415 troops, 2 tanks, 9 AFVs, 6 motor vehicles, 1 Gvozdika SAU and 1 Msta-B howitzer.

💥Forward Vremevka, 3 enemy attacks by 2 battalion-strength tactical groups have been repelled by the attacks of aviation, missile troops and artillery, and the actions of the Vostok Grouping close to Neskuchnoye (DPR) and Levadnoye (Zaporozhye region).

◽️In addition, an attack by an AFU assault unit has been repelled near Novodonetskoye (DPR), which is under the control of the RF Armed Forces.

◽️As a result of the shelling, most of the armoured vehicles of 1 AFU convoy have been destroyed towards Oktyabr State Farm. The militants who remained on the move retreated to the initial line.

◽️In total, in South Donetsk direction, the enemy lost over 190 troops, 8 tanks, including 2 French AMX-10 wheeled tanks, 20 AFVs, 12 motor vehicles, 1 U.S. M777 artillery system, 1 Gvozdika SAU, D-20 and D-30 howitzers, and 1 Giatsint-B.

◽️1 ammo depot of AFU 128th Mountain Assault Brigade and 1 U.S. AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar station have been destroyed near Omelnik and Gulyaypole (Zaporozhye region).

💥In Kupyansk direction, the attacks, launched by aviation, as well as the artillery of the Zapad Grouping, have resulted in the neutralisation of the enemy units close to Novomlynsk, Kulagovka, Kislovka, Pershotravnyovoye (Kharkov region), and Stelmakhovka (LPR).

◽️The activities of 3 AFU SRGs have been suppressed close to Novoselovskoye (LPR).

◽️The enemy lost over 50 troops, 3 AFVs, 2 motor vehicles and 1 U.S. Paladin SAU.
 
💥In Krasny Liman direction, the attacks, launched by Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrower systems of the Tsentr Grouping, have resulted in the neutralisation of the AFU units close to Ploshanka, Karmazinovka, Chervonaya Dibrova, Kuzmino (LPR) and Yampolovka (DPR).

◽️The activities of 2 AFU SRGs have been disrupted in Serebryanskoye forestry.

◽️The enemy lost over 70 troops, 2 IFVs, 5 motor vehicles, 1 Gvozdika SAU and 1 D-20 howitzer.

💥In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 60 troops, 5 AFVs, 2 pickup trucks, 1 U.S. M777 artillery system, 1 Gvozdika SAU, and 1 Msta-B howitzer.

💥Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the RF Armed Forces have neutralised 93 AFU artillery units at their fire positions, troops and military hardware in 137 areas.

◽️Command and observation posts of the AFU 67th Mechanised and 44th Artillery brigades have been hit close to  Chervonaya Dibrova (LPR) and Novoivanovka (Zaporozhye region).

◽️2 fuel storage of the AFU 110th Mechanised Brigade has been destroyed near Avdeyevka (DPR).

💥Air defence facilities have shot down 1 AFU Su-27 fighter close to Nikiforovka (DPR).

◽️1 Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter has been shot down near Lubitskoye (Zaporozhye region).

◽️Air defence facilities have intercepted 24 projectiles of HIMARS, Uragan and Olga MLRS.

◽️In addition, 22 AFU UAVs have been intercepted close to Donetsk, Verkhnetoretskoye, Gornyak (DPR), Verkhnekamenka, Kremennaya, Makeyevka (LPR), Ilchenkovo, Inzhenernoye (Zaporozhye region), Sadovoye and Golaya Pristan (Kherson Region).

Special Operation, 7 Jun 2023, Main; pub. 22:25⚡️

▪️ A Ukrainian SRG has blown up an ammonia pipeline in #Kharkov region, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. There are civilian casualties as a result of the explosion;

▪️ A section of the #Tolyatti- #Odessa ammonia pipeline in the Russian Federation has been cut off from the Ukrainian part, it is in good condition under constant control and is safe, the press service of PJSC Transammiak told RIA Novosti;

▪️ Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said that Kiev will not rest and will carry out terrorist acts all over the world;

▪️ Kiev is considering blowing up a spent nuclear fuel storage facility, MFA said;

▪️ Up to 40,000 people affected by the destruction of the #Kakhovskaya HPP, 35 settlements and territories flooded, Saldo said;

▪️ Putin instructed the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations to organise help for people in the flood zone in #Kherson region;

▪️ Aircraft and artillery of the Centre group have hit the positions of 3 AFU Brigades in two directions, MoD told RIA Novosti;

▪️ The RF Armed Forces have repulsed three attacks by Ukrainian troops at the #Vremyevka ledge, MoD said;

▪️ Ukrainian troops have lost up to 415 men near #Artyomovsk,MoD said.

War Map and the Situation on the Fronts in the Evening of 7 Jun 2023; pub. 00:05⚡️

🧨 The RF MoD has confirmed (https://t.me/readovkanews/60313) the undermining of the #Tolyatti – #Odessa ammonia pipeline by an AFU SRG in #Kharkov region. As a result, caustic ammonia fumes are poisoning (https://t.me/readovkanews/60309) the environment near #Kupyansk and there are already civilian casualties. At the moment, the main 404 tactic in conducting “that very offensive” is man-made disasters rather than Western armoured vehicles burning (https://t.me/readovkanews/60271) in the steppe.

⚔️ The Situation on the Fronts over the past Day:

🔹#Svatovo – #Kremennaya Direction:

➖ Positional fighting continues in the area of #Masyutovka. 3 AFU SRGs have been eliminated in the vicinity of #Novoselovskoye.
➖ The Russian army is engaged in fierce fighting near #Belogorovka. Also, 2 enemy SRGs have been destroyed in the #Serebryanskoye forestry.

🔹#Donetsk Direction:

➖ The AFU attempted to attack Russian army positions near #Opytnoye and #Vodyanoye. Fighting is taking place in the southern part of #Pervomayskoye.
➖ In #Maryinka, ours are storming the western outskirts.

🔹#Zaporozhye Direction:

▪️ In the #Orekhov section, the AFU was advancing near the #Orekhov #Tokmak highway. Insurgent attacks from the direction of Malaya Tokmachka and #Orekhov have been repulsed. The enemy also acted in the direction of #Lobkovoye and #Zherebyanki, but was forced to retreat (https://t.me/readovkanews/60312) with heavy losses in armoured vehicles.
➖ In the #Ugledar section, the AFU continues to cling to #Novodonetskoye.

💥 According to RF MoD, Ukrainian Su-27s have been shot down by air defences near #Nikiforovka, DPR and MiG-29s near #Lyubitskoye in #Zaporozhye region.

⚡️ The Russian Lancet surgically hit an expensive IRIS-T SLM SAM, which surprisingly ended up (https://t.me/readovkaru/1723) right near the frontline. Most likely for a possible ambush on our planes, but in the end the risk didn’t pay off and the German “toy” was broken with the help of the Russian one.

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