Ukraine War: Western countries are 'taking utmost efforts' for a' tactical defeat of Russia' — Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin is at the International Economic Forum in St Petersburg, talking about Russia's economic situation. During the summit, Mr Putin stressed that "Western countries are taking utmost efforts for a tactical defeat of Russia".
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Prepare for Ukraine's counter-offensive to falter
Story by Colonel Richard Kemp
MSN from The Telegraph

Nato needs to brace itself for the prospect of Ukraine’s counteroffensive failing to achieve major success. Indeed, so far, Kyiv has attained only limited gains. But those who expected a lightning breakthrough were always going to be disappointed. This is not German panzers against Polish horse cavalry, nor is it American shock and awe against demoralised Iraqi forces in antiquated tanks with no air cover.

Instead, we are seeing something closer to an attritional style of warfare, with attacking forces battering against heavily fortified defences. Current operations are at the stage of reconnaissance-in-force along four separate axes of advance, with Ukrainian units probing Russian positions to identify weak spots that can then be softened up with artillery and exploited by armoured reserve forces. Commandos and partisans are said to be working behind enemy lines to create confusion and disrupt command and control centres. Long range strikes are being used to hit headquarters.

Critical here is deception, attacking in as many areas as possible to keep the Russians guessing where the major thrusts will come. But in war, operations rarely go to plan and the odds are stacked against Kyiv. Russia’s General Valery Gerasimov has had a lot of time and resources to prepare effective defences in multiple lines .The Russians also have numerical superiority in pretty much everything, from men and tanks to, perhaps most critically, artillery.

Then there is air power. Almost every attacking force from the Second World War onwards has succeeded only with air superiority or supremacy. This the Ukrainians do not have, and we have already seen the cost of that with battlefield footage apparently showing American-supplied Bradley fighting vehicles and German Leopard 2 tanks picked off by attack helicopters.

So this counter offensive could go either way. But one thing is certain: a Ukrainian victory is very far from guaranteed. We can already see this concern reflected in notes of caution from the White House, where President Biden is presumably contemplating the damage to his political programme that might result from anything other than decisive gains on the battlefield.

1 Corinthians tells us: “If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?” At the Vilnius Nato summit next month, if members are peering into the abyss of a failing counteroffensive, there will certainly be many uncertain voices. Those who were already reluctant to send weapons will have a new excuse: Ukraine doesn’t have the fighting power to achieve victory. Never mind that, over the last year, we have seen a far less determined response from many countries than this crisis called for. Kyiv could be fielding far more Leopard tanks now if Berlin had not obstructed their deployment, and it would even be possible to have F-16s in the skies if the decision to supply them – still not yet made – had been taken in Washington a year ago.

The risk is that the likes of Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz will renew their lobbying to press Kyiv towards a peace treaty before the year is out. Wavering of that sort in Europe would undermine Biden’s position with Congress, with every prospect of House Republicans trying to thwart additional funding for Ukraine. But that would be exactly the wrong response. If the offensive falters, the West will need to turn in earnest to the question of how to expand Ukraine’s offensive capability. And that hard support will have to be backed up by announcing a definitive path to Ukraine’s membership of Nato. The leaders at Vilnius should ask themselves a question: if Ukraine with the might of the Atlantic alliance at its back cannot prevail against Russian aggression, then what is the point of Nato?

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Roman Abramovich is refusing to sign off on the £2.3BN Ukraine is due to receive from last year's sale of Chelsea... and there are fears the money will NEVER reach victims of Russia's war on the nation

— Roman Abramovich wants a substantial amount to go to affected Russians

— The British government and the European Commission won't agree to the move

— Abramovich was forced to sell Chelsea in the knowledge he would be sanctioned

The £2.3billion proceeds from the sale of Chelsea more than a year ago may not reach victims of Russia's war on Ukraine this year, or perhaps at all.

It seems the sticking point is that Roman Abramovich wants a substantial chunk of the money to go to Russia, or rather Russians affected by the conflict. And neither the British government nor the European Commission will agree to such a move while sanctions are in place against Russia because of Vladimir Putin's aggression against Ukraine.

Astonishingly, it seems that Abramovich, himself a sanctioned individual for his closeness to the Putin regime, must 'sign off' on the release of the funds, which he has so far declined to do because he wants the money shared across Russia as well as Ukraine.

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Well, that means that he may still be not completely deaf to the still small voice of his consciousness and may be at least grateful to the people and the country that made him obscenely rich. Though, most likely it is just an imitation, sensing that the wing has slightly changed...

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The head of the US State Department, Anthony Blinken, arrived in Beijing on a two-day visit, and they didn't even lay a carpet for him, poor thing, not to mention an honor guard and all sorts of orchestras.

Chinese practice of gentle signals in all its glory. Secretary of State Blinken revealed he was humiliated as he was greeted by... vice councillor for American affairs at the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

Let him say thank you for that, too. When Berbok arrived in India, she was met by a policeman and a porter.

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Summary for the morning of June 19, 2023

▪️At night, the Russian Armed Forces attacked the "Geran" UAV and missile weapons on enemy targets in the Odessa region.

▪️Heavy fighting continues on the Zaporizhzhya Front: on the Kamensky (near the settlement of Pyatikhatki) and Orekhovsky directions. The enemy, losing hundreds of personnel and dozens of armored vehicles a day, cannot achieve significant success. The Russian Armed Forces are actively defending, using the Solntsepek TOS and aviation. The enemy strikes with rocket weapons at our rear.

▪️Heavy fighting continues on the Vremievsky salient. From the ground, our fighters and commanders report on the "meat assaults" of the enemy with the support of artillery fire. The enemy does not take the corpses of soldiers, in the heat this can become a problem.

▪️In the Kherson direction, the enemy is stepping up efforts to land small groups on our shore. It strikes in the rear at the places of deployment of our troops with missile weapons. Artillery hits the civilian population.

▪️DPR, Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk, Kherson, Zaporozhye regions of Russia were under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine yesterday.

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Massive troop movements continue in the US. Another video from San Diego.

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Something is happening in the USA. B-2 Spirit bombers have been spotted over Minnesota, and military sources report that missile defense systems are moving to positions on the West Coast of the United States.

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From Ukrainian propaganda channel:

Ukraine cannot yet return the military from Transcarpathia, transferred by Russia to Hungary, — adviser to the specialized Ombudsman Angelin.

It is still unknown on what grounds the Ukrainian prisoners of war remain in Hungary, and why they are not released from there.

According to him, such servicemen will still be legally considered missing until their return to Ukraine.

Translated from Ukrainian propaganda channel
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I believe, that those lucky guys are doing well in Hungary and are not interested in returning to the Ukraine at all.
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Massive and inexplicable troop movements are also taking place in Mexico.

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According to sources in Latin America, the massive movement of American and Mexican troops is connected with the upcoming operation against the cartels. Biden has not yet approved it, but he is actively pressured by Secretary of Homeland Security Mallorcas, National Security Adviser Sullivan and Secretary of State Blinken.

Against are CIA Director Burns and, oddly enough, Secretary of Defense Austin

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11 Ukrainian prisoners of war, whom Hungary, without the knowledge of the Ukrainian government or international human rights organizations, took out of Russia, are actually being held in isolation. This was announced by the speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleg Nikolenko.

— That is an opinion from the enemy side, by the way...

All attempts by Ukrainian diplomats in recent days to establish direct contact with Ukrainian citizens have not been successful. This, as well as information received from the relatives of some of them, indicates that the assurances of the Hungarian authorities about the allegedly free status of Ukrainian defenders in Hungary do not correspond to reality.

"In fact, they are kept in isolation, do not have access to open sources of information, their communication with relatives takes place in the presence of third parties, they are denied contact with the Ukrainian embassy," Nikolenko said.

According to him, the attempts of the Ukrainian side to establish a constructive dialogue with the Hungarian authorities are ignored by official diplomatic channels.

Most likely, the military simply decided to interne in accordance with the laws of hostilities.

Translated from Militarist

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Well, they, probably, do not want to see any Ukrainian authorities themselves. As for having "third party" Hungarian witnesses present at conversation with the relatives — that is to ensure that they are not blackmailed or threatened because of their relatives are remaining in Ukraine and can be used to axert pressure. It is a wellknown way of convincing difficult counterparts frequently applied by Ukrainian security services.

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🇧🇩🌍 Bangladesh formally applies to join BRICS.

Following in Egypt's footsteps, South Asian state becomes latest (but not last) country to show desire to join multipolar march and shun West in favor of fair and equal world order.

French animation, found on Ukrainian channel.
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By the way, there are many meanings in this animation, although the quality is not very good.

Let's highlight the most important ones:
1. Zaluzhny was against the Bakhmut meat grinder, as he knew that it was "stupid to merge into meat" infantry and equipment. As according to the scenario of Hollywood films, there will always be someone who is ready to complete any bloody task of the "boss" — this character was Syrsky.
2. Ending — Western viewers did not like it. This is a hint of defeat and the fact that too much Ze has disposed of technology and soldiers in pursuit of political points and his own illusions.
3. Throwing a dagger (a hint of a dagger missile and supposedly wounding Zaluzhny, etc.)
4. Large losses in Western technology — falling toys into the pit.
5. A sledgehammer is a symbol of PMC Wagner. The bottom line is that simpleton "Ivan jail-bird" turned out to be more effective than military trained in the West.

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Russian Ka-52 continues its imperturbable flight even with a broken tail boom.

Any other helicopter with a tail rotor is not capable of such survivability with similar damage.

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He brought his tail home.

Blue tape! It's fixing time!

The crew are handsome.
And ukies will answer for the tail 😏

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