The footage released by the Ukrainian military appears to have been shot down by a drone and allegedly shows Russian positions repeatedly targeted and hit by Ukrainian artillery fire, with Ukrainians saying they had also destroyed Russian military equipment. The images were taken Monday night by the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security, which belongs to the Ukrainian government, under the Ministry of Culture and Information, with the Center saying: “Minus 23 conquerors! Successes of the Armed Forces in the Kharkiv region. “In the Kharkiv region, the enemy tried to carry out another attack, but received a decisive response from the Armed Forces. “As a result of the joint work of the fighters of the 92nd Mechanized Brigade, the 40th OABR and the 125th Terror Defense Battalion, on June 19, 23” orcs “were neutralized and more than 50 were wounded.” The Ukrainian Armed Forces say Russia has lost 23 soldiers and wounded 50 in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine on June 19, 2022. @ StratcomCentreUA / Zenger Ukrainian forces regularly referred to Russian troops as “orcs.” The center also said: “The enemy also suffered losses in equipment, which was either neutralized or destroyed: three T-72 tanks, three [Multiple Launch Rocket Systems] MLRS, BTR-80, BMP-2 and KAMAZ stations and radar stations “. The center signed saying: “Our defenders hold the line and inflict losses on the enemy! We believe in the Armed Forces!” We contacted Russian and Ukrainian officials for comment, but received no response at the time of writing. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 in what the Kremlin calls a “special military operation” to “liberate Donbass.” Tuesday marks the 118th day of the invasion. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that between February 24 and June 21, Russia had lost about 34,100 personnel, 1,496 tanks, 3,606 armored vehicles, 752 artillery units, 239 multi-firing systems, 21 launchers, 98 warplanes. , 181 helicopters, 611 drones, 137 cruise missiles, 14 warships, 2,537 motor vehicles and fuel tankers and 59 special equipment units. Russia has also conducted an anti-ship exercise in the Baltic Sea amid escalating tensions with NATO member Lithuania after the latter blocked the transit of goods to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. The new commander of the British army, General Sir Patrick Sanders, told the British forces that they must be ready to face Russia on the battlefield and said that the British army must now be capable of defeating Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the southern front of Ukraine as Ukrainian forces counterattacked in the area to repel Russian troops. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that the war in Ukraine could last for years, adding that while the cost was high, the cost of allowing Russia to achieve its military goals would be even higher. President Joe Biden has pledged another billion dollars in security aid and weapons to Kyiv, and Army Chief of Staff General Mark Miley says Russia has lost about 20 to 30 percent of its armor during its operation. invasive. Former Russian President and Putin’s loyal ally Dmitry Medvedev has ridiculed French, German and Italian leaders visiting the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, as “lovers of frogs, livers and spaghetti.” French President Emanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Solz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi held talks in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Thursday with Zelensky, who said a “historic week” had begun as Kyiv awaited a decision on Brussels. EU candidate status. On 8 June, the European Parliament adopted a resolution recommending that the European Union grant Ukraine candidate status. In the vote, 438 Members of the European Parliament voted in favor of the resolution, with 65 against and 94 abstentions. Independent Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov has auctioned off his Nobel Peace Prize for $ 103.5 million, with all proceeds going to help Ukrainian refugees. Muratov, 60, is the editor-in-chief of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, which he co-founded in 1993. The newspaper regularly defies numerous threats and covers issues that make the Kremlin anxious. Novaya Gazeta has reported on the Russian government’s corruption, human rights abuses and police violence, as well as the publication of articles criticizing Putin. Muratov has been a staunch supporter of press freedom and has argued that he should remain independent of government influence. This story was given to Newsweek by Zenger News.
