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“Russia is open to “comprehensive” security talks with the U.S., so long as they include the war in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev separately said that conversations over a new treaty on limiting nuclear firepower with the U.S. are only possible once Washington no longer supplies weapons to Ukraine and blocks its admission to the NATO alliance.
Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended Moscow’s participation in February 2023, without fully withdrawing his country from the treaty.”
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[ Ukrainians Ambush a Huge Group of Russians hiding in The Pipes ]
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Day 848: Jun 20
Today, there are a lot of updates from the Bakhmut direction.
The most interesting news comes from the southern flank of Chasiv Yar. Here, the Russians launched a series of attacks to use the canal crossing to enter the Novy Dstrict. However, Ukrainians not only repelled these assaults but also launched a series of counterattacks, successfully pushing Russians off the Kanal Crossing altogether.
As mentioned in my previous reports, Russian forces reached the Kanal Crossing south of the town to launch an attack on the Novy District. However, their assault units were quickly surrounded and eliminated, leading the Russian commanders to abandon this plan.
However, recent limited Russian gains in the Kanal District prompted Russian commanders to attempt another attack on the Novy District. By capturing high-rise buildings in the eastern part of the Kanal District, the Russians reduced Ukrainian fire control over the region.
With Ukrainian fire suppressed, Russian vehicles could deploy more troops to the southern flank via roads instead of relying on foot deployment through the forest.
This allowed Russian forces to move into the area more quickly and in greater numbers, and also facilitated more efficient resupply of their forces through newly established ground lines of communication.
Russian command intensified assaults on the Novy District, aiming to cut off Ukrainian positions in the high-rise buildings in the western part of the Kanal Dstrict.
Advancing in the Novy District became an appealing option for Russian forces because the area is comprised entirely of residential houses, which are easier to destroy and capture compared to the reinforced high-rise buildings in Kanal.
The Russians cannot use glide bombs to suppress Ukrainian positions in Kanal because their own troops are holding positions there as well. This need to avoid friendly fire prevented the Russians from launching further frontal assaults in Kanal, leading them to focus their efforts on the Novy District instead.
To advance on Novy, Russian forces would first need to establish a bridgehead on the western side of the canal and secure positions in the nearby forests. If successful, assaulting Novy would allow the Russians to target the roads connecting the western and eastern parts of the town, which are separated by the canal.
This would disrupt Ukrainian supply lines to the Kanal District, potentially forcing Ukrainian fighters to withdraw from the area. Furthermore, securing positions in Novy would enable the Russians to launch attacks toward the center of Chasiv Yar.
Nazar Voloshin, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Khortitsiya Group of Forces, stated that Russian fighters made no gains on the western side of the canal. The Ukrainians have established a line of powerful fortifications along the canal, which are concealed within the forest and consist of dugouts and trenches.
For this reason, the Russians decided to exploit the local network of water pipes to covertly accumulate forces. Their plan was to launch surprise assaults from the pipes with large numbers of troops simultaneously.
The goal of this new tactic was to help establish a bridgehead on the western side of the canal, enabling direct assaults on the Novy District.
Unfortunately for the Russians, the Ukrainians maintained constant surveillance and reconnaissance over the pipes using drones. Combat footage shows the Ukrainians employing thermal cameras on drones to detect Russian troops within the pipes.
They then used drone-dropped grenades to target small gaps in the pipes, effectively eliminating the Russian soldiers with precision.
Additionally, the drones provided accurate coordinates for mortar operators to strike the pipes and create breaches, allowing drone operators to engage the Russians moving inside.
As a result of the well-coordinated and precise operations by Ukrainian forces, the pipe network became a graveyard for Russian troops leading to a halt in further assault.
The heavy Russian losses from this failed attempts created an opportunity for the Ukrainians to launch a counterattack.
Geolocated footage shows a Ukrainian armored vehicle operating on the Eastern side of the Kanal Crossing nearby a network of trenches abandoned by the Russians was subsequently taken by Ukrainian infantry who dismounted from their vehicles.
This Ukrainian Counterattack aimed to relieve pressure on the Kanal District by establishing a supply corridor via the Kanal Crossing linking up with with Ukrainian forces in the high rises.
The footage confirms that Ukrainian secured a portion of the forest to the east of the Kanal Crossing along with the crossing itself.
This success was facilitated by the significantly reduced number of Russian troops holding these positions, as many had been killed during their failed attempt to amass an attack force in the water pipes .
Overall, the Ukrainian forces successfully repelled the Russian assaults on the Novi District utilizing superior tactics and well-coordinated counterattacks.
The Russian failure to cross the canal and establish positions on the other side resulted in severe losses allowing the Ukrainians to exploit weaknesses in their defenses.
Furthermore, Ukrainian counterattacks can widen the supply corridor to the Kanal District using the Kanal Crossing to resupply the strongholds in the high rises.
This could lead to a point where Russian assaults against the strongholds lose momentum, setting the stage for further Ukrainian counterattacks to push the Russians back to their starting positions, effectively clearing them out of the Kanal District.
Kremlin snuff box, 06/22/24
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The enemy cunningly and meanly attacked Russia with drones. Almost 30 military personnel were killed in Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory
Some of the drones launched by the enemy on the night of Friday, June 21, unfortunately, broke through our air defense. There are deaths among the military.
“In total, we have 28 dead military personnel at various facilities in Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory. The attack was too large-scale and it was not possible to completely repulse it. The losses were especially serious at the facility near Yeisk and in several other areas.
“The enemy’s attack this time was very sneaky; there were a lot of drones flying along a tricky trajectory,” said our source in the Ministry of Defense.
We will not reveal where exactly the enemy drones hit. Let us only note that among the dead there were very valuable specialists. Some of them played an important role in attacks on enemy territory, including military infrastructure in the Ukrainian rear.
Valuable equipment and elements of the air defense system were also lost. There is information about drones hitting two S-300 installations, but it has not been fully confirmed.
Sources also confirm the loss of the Ka-29 helicopter. We won’t say who hit him. But we hope that this situation will not happen again.
At the same time, we once again call on the Ministry of Defense: strengthen our air defense! Now not only in Crimea, the enemy has new regions where he is launching large-scale attacks.
