Ministry of Defense: Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed up to 80 Polish mercenaries at the Megatex plant in Ukraine

MOSCOW, June 25 - RIA Novosti. As a result of a Russian missile strike in the DPR, about 80 Polish mercenaries were killed, according to a report from the Ministry of Defense.
"Up to 80 Polish mercenaries, 20 armored combat vehicles and eight Grad multiple rocket launchers were destroyed as a result of strikes with precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces on the buildings of the Megatex zinc plant in the village of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic," the document says.
It is specified that in the area of ​​​​Nikolaev more than 300 Ukrainian military and foreign mercenaries were killed per day, 35 units of heavy weapons were destroyed.

Industrial zone of the "Azot" factory in Severodonetsk came under the control of the Luhansk People’s Republic and Russian forces

LUGANSK, June 25 - RIA Novosti. The industrial zone of the "Azot" enterprise in Severodonetsk has come under the full control of the People's Militia of the LPR and the Russian Armed Forces, said lieutenant colonel of the department Andrey Marochko.
Earlier, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that the territory of the factories and the airport in the city were completely liberated, and work was also underway to clean up the village of Borovskoye.

In addition, according to Marochko, the allied forces took control of a mine and one of the factories in Lisichansk, in this city fighting is taking place in residential areas.
The day before, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defence, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, reported on the blocking of Lisichansk from the south and the defeat of the surrounded units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the mountain cauldron.

The European Parliament announced the victory of Russia on the issue of transit to Kaliningrad through Lithuania

MOSCOW, June 25 - RIA Novosti. The European Commission has prepared a document allowing Russia to transport sanctioned goods to Kaliningrad through the territory of the European Union, MEP Petras Auštrevičius wrote on his Facebook page.

"It's very hot in Brussels right now about transit to Kaliningrad, and it looks like Russia is winning so far," the politician wrote.

According to him, a series of meetings were held in the EU structures, at which the transportation of goods from the main territory of Russia to Kaliningrad enclave was discussed. During the negotiations, Lithuania insisted on the need to adhere to the previous position, however, one of the EU member states demanded that the regulation on the implementation of sanctions be reviewed. What state it was, the deputy did not specify.
Auštrevičius said that debates have begun in the EU, and so far the parties have not been able to reach an agreement. At the same time, during the meeting, a document was presented that allows transporting goods across the territory of the union from "Russia to Russia."

"This information was brought to Lithuania, which is not mentioned in the document, but by default it is clear that it will affect Lithuania," the deputy continued.

President Gitanas Nausėda promised to voice his position before meeting with the head of the European Commission, but did not speak out. According to Auštrevičius, this may mean that the head of state "fell into a trap" and could not oppose the initiative. The politician urged to correct this "misunderstanding" as soon as possible.
Last week, the Lithuanian Railways notified the Kaliningrad Railways about the termination of the transit of a number of goods subject to EU sanctions from June 18. Later, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said that the EU does not impose a blockade against Kaliningrad, and pointed to the need to revise the directives on the implementation of restrictions.
The governor of the region, Anton Alikhanov, stressed that the ferry complex of the Kaliningrad region will cope with the new cargo. The transit of oil products continues, it is not limited until August 10. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the decision of the Lithuanian authorities illegal and unprecedented and warned that a response would follow.

The main points from the meeting of the Presidents of Russia and Belarus Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko:

- Lukashenko told Putin that the isolation of Kaliningrad by Lithuania is actually a declaration of war.

- Putin told Lukashenko that in Europe the Americans have 200 nuclear tactical ammunition in 6 NATO member countries, 257 aircraft have been prepared for their use.

- Within the next few months, the Russian Federation will transfer Iskander-M complexes to Minsk

Lukashenko asked Putin to help with a mirror response to NATO air flights with nuclear weapons near the borders of Belarus.
To which Putin said that so far there is no need to mirror the training flights of NATO aircraft with nuclear warheads.

Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, said that all issues on the Union State had been agreed upon.

With the start of a special military operation of the RF Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine, Warsaw openly began the acquirement of enterprises of the Ukrainian military industry.

The Polish military-political leadership has long been hatching plans to transfer part of the production facilities of various Ukrainian enterprises to its territory, and the military operation only made certain adjustments to the relocation plans.

Thus, the Kyiv regime, headed by Zelensky, accelerated the implementation of a joint project between the Polish military-industrial complex and "Motor Sich", which had been in preparation for about two years.

Polish gunsmiths have been cooperating with this plant for a long time and have concluded a number of contracts and agreements.

A branch of the Zaporozhye "Motor Sich" started working in Warsaw even earlier. Now, with the support of the Kyiv political elite, the plant's facilities are being deployed in Poland far from hostilities, which is planned to be completed by the end of July.

To localize the production lines of the enterprise in Poland, several sites are being considered, including the Mokre airfield near the settlement of Zamosc, 60 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

Initially, the enterprise will employ about 400 specialists, 80% of whom will be evacuated workers of the "Motor Sich" plant. Then the staff of the plant will be expanded to 3 thousand people.

The company has already received the name - Helicopter Modernization Centre (Centrum Modernizacji Śmigłowców), according to the Polish portal defense24. pl. On its basis, a line for upgrading Mi-2 helicopters to the MSB-2 version, which was recently introduced in Poland, will be deployed.

According to DM-MSB Sales Director Zbigniew Dzyalovsky, these helicopters are already being supplied to the Ukrainian army and are ideal for wartime conditions.

In addition, since Soviet-made Mi-2s are already outdated, their modernization will make them modern world-class machines at a price 3–5 times lower than their counterparts.

Warsaw plans to use the defense-industrial potential of "Motor Sich" to modernize and enhance the capabilities of not only Mi-2 helicopters, but also Mi-8, Mi-17 and Mi-24 helicopters of Soviet and Russian production, including those in service with the Polish Army.

Given the huge number of these helicopters and their prevalence around the world, Poland has every chance to occupy this niche in the market, and especially in the context of sanctions against the Russian Federation.

In addition, Polish aircraft factories and "Motor Sich" have already prepared everything for the joint development of a new combat helicopter for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Sooner or later, these countries will have to buy dozens of combat helicopters to replace the same Mi-8, Mi-17 and Mi-24 that have exhausted their resources.

The contract signed by "Motor Sich" in the fall of 2021 with the Turkish company Baykar Makina for the supply of engines for the Bayraktar TB2 UAV should not be ignored.

The same Poland will become the first NATO member country to purchase Bayraktar TB2 combat drones from Turkey. In total, these will be 24 UAVs, the first of which will be at the disposal of the Polish army as early as 2022.

Obviously, Warsaw will not miss the chance to place the production of engines for UAVs in Poland.

It is worth recalling that the "Motor Sich" plant is one of the largest manufacturers of engines for aircraft. Among the main products of the plant were engines for the Be-200 amphibious aircraft, Mi and Ka helicopters, including Ka-62, Ka-52, Mi-17, Mi-24M, Mi-28 and Ansat ”, military transport aircraft An-70, An-124 Ruslan and An-225 Mriya, combat training aircraft Yak-130 and others.

There are two helicopter manufacturers in Poland - PZL Mielec and PZL Swidnik. PZL Mielec assembles S-70i Black Hawk helicopters from imported parts. PZL Swidnik produces SW-4 light helicopters and W-3PL Gluszec medium multipurpose combat helicopters for the military, based on the W-3A Sokol type. The W-3 family of Polish helicopters was created on the basis of the Mi-2.

But with the acquisition of the "Motor Sich" plant, the Poles plan to get away from the “screwdriver assembly” of foreign models and the production of long-obsolete helicopter models.

According to the Polish leadership, moving the production lines of the "Motor Sich" plant to Poland will strengthen the position of the national military-industrial complex and enter the world market, while displacing a number of Western European manufacturers from Germany and France.

The relocation of the Ukrainian military industry to Poland is not limited to the "Motor Sich" plant. Thanks to Zelensky, very soon the largest defence plants in Ukraine will become Polish.

Our Chinese subscribers may have noticed - yes, it is the same plant which was sold to Chinese investors, and later nationalised by Ukrainian government, robbing Chinese partners of billions of dollars of their investments. Now those investments (whatever is left of them) are heading to Poland.

Attention. Translated from Ukrainian channel:

Our source reports that the Office of the President is pleased with the “controlled terror” strategy by exploding officials, journalists, public figures in Kherson and other cities that are now under the control of the Russian Federation.
A closed meeting was held yesterday at Bankova, where the bombings in Kherson, Energodar and Melitopol were discussed, whose goal is to intimidate the local political and business elite, as well as keep the regions in constant fear. Losses were also voiced among these groups of terrorists, with a request to somehow reward those who had already been found and killed during the operation. They promised to return to this issue later.

Zelensky supported the continuation of this strategy, given that now the return of these territories is unlikely, therefore, this strategy of “controlled terror” should be further pursued.

As the source explains, everyone understands that it is unrealistic to take Kherson by military means, the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not have such forces, even local victories are not there now. However, not to let the Russians stabilize these regions - this SBU and GUR can be using a "controlled terror" campaign for.

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Briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry. The main news:

The territory of the Azot plant is completely controlled by the troops of the People's Militia of the LPR.

The entire left-bank territory of the Seversky Donets within the borders of the LPR came under the control of the People's Militia of the LPR.

The units of the People's Militia of the LPR, with the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, completely liberated Severodonetsk, Borovskoye, Voronovo and Sirotino of the LPR.

Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar said that due to premature publications about the withdrawal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Severodonetsk, the operation was disrupted.

According to an official from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, “these publications made on social networks simply did not allow the troops to complete what was planned in Severodonetsk.” 🥵💤

◾When the Russian Special Operation in Ukraine will end?

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Ukrainian forces are retreating from Lisichansk under fire and suffering heavy losses.

Attention. Translated from Ukrainian channel:

Our source in the OP (Ukrainian Office of President) said that the Office of the President did not give the order to withdraw from Zolotoe in time, and the AFU grouping near Ray-Aleksandrovka and Loskutovka withdrew on their own under the pressure of Russian troops. According to the General Staff, up to 1,000 soldiers of the Ukrainian army are now surrounded, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not able to organize a breakthrough of the encirclement.

Our source in the OP said that Zaluzhny told Zelensky about the impossibility of withdrawing the AFU grouping from Lisichansk without loss, the situation is critical and close to encirclement. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine accused the political centre of influence of delaying orders to withdraw troops to Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, the mediocre command of the showmen led to the fact that the best units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were deliberately ruined for the " TV picture". The manipulation of the slogan: “Save our people on the Azot” led to the fact that a group of 8,000 people and 700 pieces of equipment were surrounded.

Our source in the OP said that this morning one column of vehicles tried to break through from Lisichansk to Bakhmut, but was completely destroyed by Russian aircraft and artillery. Troops can be withdrawn from Lisichansk without loss only in small groups, and heavy equipment must be destroyed so that it does not fall into the hands of the enemy.

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Volunteers from Ural arrived in Donbass to fight the Nazis

With the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine, a large number of reserve servicemen practically besieged military registration and enlistment offices with a request to send them to the defence of Donbass. There were so many applicants that the candidates were selected. Despite the fact that all of them are predominantly combatants in various hot spots and have extensive military experience, training was carried out with the new units. Now the volunteers have arrived in Donbass and are ready to fight Ukrainian terrorists.

Does it sound like a lack of confidence? "When we know that the enemy will not succeed anyway, when we understand that we can still protect our state, but we do not feel the time limits of this, we do not feel how many more blows, losses and efforts will be before we see that victory is already on our horizon."

However, content does not matter. The very look is priceless...🤢

Russian forces are gaining an advantage in eastern Ukraine as they learn from mistakes made during the earlier stages of their invasion of the country, including better coordinating air and ground attacks and improving logistics and supply lines, two US officials with direct knowledge of US intelligence assessments told CNN.

The US does not expect new weapons systems recently supplied to Ukrainian forces, including the HIMARS multiple rocket launch system, to immediately change the situation on the battlefield in part because those systems are so far being sent with both a limited range and a limited number of rockets to ensure they are not fired into Russian territory. Additionally, Russian forces have been able to destroy some of the new Western-supplied weapons, including M777 howitzers, in targeted attacks.
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"Putin is not deterred and I don't think he will ever be deterred," Rep. Mike Quigley, a Democrat from Illinois who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, told CNN. "This war could last years," he added.

At home, US and NATO partners are beginning to see the limits of their own supplies of certain advanced weapons, including shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles and Javelin anti-tank missiles. These weapons systems have their own complicated supply lines, meaning it could take years to replace the thousands of such missiles already supplied to Ukrainian forces.

More weapons to Ukraine - more casualties on both sides; more profits for arms manufacturers.

M777 howitzers were used for shelling civilians in Donetsk. There is a recent report about the first use of HIMARS system: a military hospital was hit, several wounded and two killed...

For a moment in time, it looked as if reality had managed to finally carve its way through the dense fog of propaganda-driven misinformation that had dominated Western media coverage of Russia’s “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine.

In a stunning admission, Oleksandr Danylyuk, a former senior adviser to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and Intelligence Services, noted that the optimism that existed in Ukraine following Russia’s decision to terminate “Phase One” of the SMO (a major military feint toward Kiev), and begin “Phase Two” (the liberation of the Donbass), was no longer warranted. “The strategies and tactics of the Russians are completely different right now,” Danylyuk noted. “They are being much more successful. They have more resources than us and they are not in a rush.”

“There’s much less space for optimism right now,” Danylyuk concluded.

In short, Russia was winning.

Danylyuk’s conclusions were not derived from some esoteric analysis drawn from Sun Tzu or Clausewitz, but rather basic military math. In a war that had become increasingly dominated by the role of artillery, Russia simply was able to bring to bear on the battlefield more firepower than Ukraine.