1,000 men lost every day in Donbass alone: Ukrainian officials’ admissions of military catastrophe keep getting closer to truth, though not quite there yet.

Davyd Arakhamia, advisor to Ukrainian Minister of Defence: Up to 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers are being killed or wounded each day in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, with 200 to 500 killed on average and many more wounded, a top Ukrainian official said on Wednesday.

Link to full article: https://www.axios.com/2022/06/15/ukraine-1000-casualties-day-donbas-arakhamia

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"P. Derzhavin" (Bukov class - Project 22160) large patrol boat with TOR-2MKM added in back at #Sevastopol
Interestingly, the Navy has canceled an order for 6 more such ships as they're not happy with their performance

There are a number of reports that Ukrainian positions have been breached north of Svetlodarsk, and the Liberation Forces are making a push towards Zaitsevo. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have begun evacuation from Artemovsk/Bakhmut.

I'll be on Viva Frei's channel in about twenty minutes, talking the war: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypRT-t7eNPk

Lisichansk Cauldron Update:

1—the Allied troops are reported to have constructed pontoon crossings near Shepilovo and Privolye and traversed Seversky Donetsk;

2—yesterday (June 27), several columns of Ukrainian troops attempting to break to Seversk through Verkhnekamenka were crushed by Allied artillery;

3—today, Ukrainian troops changed their tactic and have been attempting to fight their way through Allied artillery barrage to Belogorovka;

4—Ukrainian reserve units have been taken out of Novodruzhevka, Privolye, and Shepilovo, and transferred to Seversk, with very few still remaining behind;

5—there are reports of Ukrainian reinforcements totalling 5-7k troops arriving from Kramatorsk to Seversk—they have taken up positions on the outskirts of the town [GB: This suggests that, contrary to my prognosis, the Ukrainians have decided to stand ground in the far less defensible Seversk, rather than withdrawing further to the significantly more fortified Soledar-Pokrovsk-Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) urban triangle, though it could also be that the reinforcements were brought in to cover the retreat of the Lisichansk garrison];

6—there is hope that the path from Lisichansk to Seversk passing through Belogorovka and Serebryanka will imminently be taken under artillery fire control by the Allied troops, cutting off the last remaining tenuous escape path out of the Lisichansk Cauldron;

7—in Lisichansk itself, fighting is taking place within city limits, at the football stadium. The Allied forces are moving westwards through the city.

8—reports of the fall of the Lisichansk oil refinery are likely somewhat premature, though definitely not impossible. As of approximately three hours ago, the Allied forces were still engaged in a fierce clashes with the Ukrainian troops for control of the oil refinery, Verkhnekamenka, and Maloryazantsevo;

9—as of about 4 hours ago, the Ukrainian Terrorist forces opened significant artillery fire from their positions at the Lisichansk oil refinery and struck the residential area is Lisichansk—staying perfectly true to their terrorist tactics.

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❗️🔥 #Lysychansk has been taken and is under the control of allied forces, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports from the scene.

Leaving the city, Ukrainian militants blew up and destroyed some important administrative buildings, including the city hall.

https://t.me/rian_ru/169579

By noon, the group of troops "Center" under the command of Colonel-General Alexander Lapin broke through the defensive lines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zolotarevka north of the Lisichansk Oil Refinery.

Now units and subunits of the Central Military District are advancing on Belogorovka, the same settlement that these same units tried to take in early May 2022 with substantial equipment losses.

The units are on their way to take revenge.

There are reports from the Kharkov region that Russian troops are moving to the northern outskirts of Kharkov. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine say that the fighting is taking place along the Belgorod-Kharkov road in the area where the villages of Kochubeevka and Dementievka are located. From there to the Kharkov ring road no more than 13-14 km. At the same time, strikes are being made on the enemy garrison in the Chuguev area, and the RF Armed Forces are advancing east of Kharkov.

Allied troops in the very center of Lisichansk, "In Memory of the Fallen" memorial.

Edit: "The Red Banner of Victory was installed in the central park of Lisichansk in the LPR, which was taken under control by allied forces on July 2," - Ramzan Kadyrov said. - Reported by TASS

Lisichansk is taken and is under the control of the allied forces, RIA Novosti correspondent reports from the scene.

Leaving the city, Ukrainian militants blew up and destroyed some of the important administrative buildings, including the city hall.

Lisichansk residents 🇷🇺