(Dan Tri) – Ukraine’s counteroffensive campaign has entered its fourth week with increasing intensity, especially after Wagner forces rebelled in southern Russia.
Ukrainian tanks advance to the front (Photo: AFP)
The Russian Ministry of Defense updated the war in Ukraine
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) continue their efforts to launch an offensive in the directions of Donetsk, Krasny Liman, South Donetsk and Zaporizhia.
In the Donetsk direction near Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), Russian forces successfully repelled 10 Ukrainian attacks in the Orekhov – Vasilevka, Kurdyumovka, Yagodnoye, Zaliznyanskoye, Dubovo – Vasilevka areas in Donetsk.
Four more Ukrainian attacks were repelled near Krasnogorovka, Avdiivka, Marinka and Pervomaiskoye in Donetsk.
In this direction, up to 430 Ukrainian soldiers were killed, 11 infantry fighting vehicles, 7 motor vehicles, 3 pickup trucks, and 1 D-30 artillery were disabled.
On the Krasny Liman direction, Russian forces repelled Ukrainian attacks near Yampolovka in Donetsk, Karamazinovka, Chervonaya Dibrova in Lugansk.
Air force, artillery, and heavy flamethrowers attacked the 63rd and 67th mechanized brigades and the 15th national guard brigade of Ukraine near Nevskoye, Chervonaya Dibrova, Kuzmino in Lugansk.
Two Ukrainian sabotage-reconnaissance groups were neutralized near the Serebryansky forestry district.
Ukraine suffered losses of up to 130 soldiers, 3 armored fighting vehicles, 2 pickup trucks, 1 Gvozdika self-propelled gun and 2 D-20 guns.
Two attacks by the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade in the direction of Priyutnoye, Zaporizhia region, were repelled by artillery and heavy flamethrowers of the Vostok group of forces in the south of Donetsk near the Vremevka hot spot.
Ukrainian armored vehicle convoy near the cities of Sieverodonetsk and Lysychansk in the Donbass region, June 1 (Photo: New York Times).
In the Zaporizhia direction, Russian troops repelled the attack of units of the 47th Mechanized Brigade near Rabotino.
In addition, the army air force and other forces attacked Ukrainian personnel and equipment near Orekhov and Novodanilovka.
Ukraine’s total losses in the past 24 hours amounted to more than 170 troops, 1 tank, 4 armored fighting vehicles, 3 motor vehicles, 2 MSTA-B guns, 1 D-30 gun.
In addition, an ammunition depot of the 65th Ukrainian Mechanized Brigade was destroyed near Kushugum.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Zapad group of forces caused damage to Ukrainian personnel and military equipment near Krasnoye Pervoye, Novomlynsk, Kotlyarovka and Masyutovka, Kharkov region).
In the Kherson direction, more than 50 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles and an American-made M777 artillery system were destroyed.
Russia has eliminated from the war 108 Ukrainian artillery units at firing positions, along with many other human resources and military equipment in 137 areas.
Russian air defense intercepted 1 Tochka-U tactical missile and 1 HIMARS shell.
Ukraine and the West update the war
In an interview on Fox News, Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov admitted that expectations about the Ukrainian army’s attack were `exaggerated`.
He said `there were different circumstances and different obstacles` during hostilities.
The Washington Post on June 24 quoted US officials as saying that this country’s intelligence urgently informed the White House and other government agencies two weeks ago so that they would not be surprised by Wagner’s actions.
US intelligence at that time did not clearly understand the nature and exact time of the armed action plan against the Russian army of tycoon Wagner Yevgeniy Prigozhin, but they had enough basis to report to US leaders that
In an interview with Sky News, General Richard Dannatt – former Chief of the British Army General Staff, commented that tycoon Wagner Prigozhin’s arrival in Belarus under an agreement with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko `is a worrying issue.`
`If he (Prigozhin) keeps an effective fighting force around him then he poses a threat to the Ukrainian flank closest to Kiev,` General Dannatt added, noting that Russia could very well
A Wagner tank in Rostov, Russia, June 24 (Photo: Sputnik).
Ukraine’s war developments on each front
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian Army successfully repelled more than 20 attacks by the Ukrainian Army in Donetsk, Krasny Liman, South Donetsk and on the Zaporizhia direction.
In the Starobelsky direction, fighting is still extremely fierce.
War map of Ukraine at the Zaporizhia front (Photo: Rybar).
On Vremievsky Promontory, from three directions northeast, north and west of Rovnopol, Ukrainian forces with about 200 troops attacked Russian positions.
The Russian army responded fiercely, repelling Ukraine’s attacks, however, it is highly likely that Ukraine will make new efforts to advance in the near future.
On the Orekhov area in the direction of Zaporizhia, Russian troops held positions near Rabotino after retreating from the north of the village yesterday.
Ukraine is gathering manpower and equipment in the Grigorovka and Yulyevka areas to launch an attack on the Lobkovoe-Pyatikhatki line.
In Pyatikhatki, the situation remains unchanged, the settlement remains in the `gray zone`.
In the direction of Kherson, Ukrainian troops occupied a small area near the head of the Antonovsky bridge on the left bank of the Dnieper River in the part controlled by Russia.
Russian artillery was ineffective in supporting the front lines to dislodge the Ukrainian army.
In the direction of Bakhmut, Ukraine continued to occasionally launch sorties near Soledar in the area of the villages of Vesele, as well as Sacco and Vanzetti.
In addition, Ukraine continued its efforts to break through Russian defenses near Kleshcheevka and Berkhovsky reservoir but were pushed back by the Russian Army.
South of Bakhmut, the Ukrainian Army recaptured the latest positions west of the water canal and several new positions west of Klishchiivka.
Ukraine’s war situation south of Bakhmut (Photo: Suriyakmaps).
In the direction of Donetsk, the clashes did not subside, Ukrainian forces continued to attack, Russian troops tried to defend, not allowing the enemy to advance.
The most intense clashes continued in the Avdiivka and Marinka areas.
North of the city of Donetsk, Ukrainian troops regained control of some parts of the northern Vodyane trenches.
Ukraine’s war situation in the north of Donetsk city (Photo: Suriyakmaps).
Ukraine counterattacked strongly, Russia focused its efforts to regain the initiative
Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said that it will be difficult for Ukrainian forces to attack because Russia is concentrating all its forces to prevent a counterattack.
Ms. Malyar said that although the country’s army is attacking in several directions in the South, Russia is concentrating large-scale resources in the East and continuing to attack here to regain the initiative.
`For the enemy (Russia), the main direction of attack is in the East because they do not give up their goal of reaching the borders of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions,` she said.
Therefore, the most intense fighting is still taking place in the East and South of Ukraine.