🇷🇺🇺🇦 Sladkov about the Zaporozhye Front at 05:00 Moscow time:

The situation is unchanged. The front line is behind us. The enemy is unable to break through. There are fights.

🇺🇲🇺🇦 The White House is watching the Ukrainian counteroffensive with dismay, seeing that the outcome of the war and Biden's reputation are at stake.

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗Fierce battles continued all night on the Zaporozhye front. They don't stop now.

The enemy is still making attempts to push through the front line in the area of the settlement. Kamenskoye and near Orekhovo. Enemy artillery works practically non-stop.

Our artillery and aviation do not remain in debt, destroying manpower and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian army, as well as conducting counter-battery combat. So, to the north of Kamenskoye, the positions of the MLRS of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were found and suppressed.

Over the past day, the enemy has suffered significant losses in armored vehicles and personnel, but continues to bring new forces into battle. Despite everything, the front line is still stable and remains with us. The Russian army does not retreat anywhere, but continues the systematic destruction of the enemy.

🇩🇪🇺🇦 Apparently, the Bild was completely disappointed in Ukraine, now their headline sounds like this - "The Russians destroyed the first Leopard tank".

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Based on multiple videos from the network on which there are already hundreds of destroyed enemy equipment, I conclude that the main emphasis of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was on the fact that the Russians would run again, as if from the Kharkov region.
Only this can justify the stubbornness with which they drive hundreds of people and precious European equipment to the slaughter, advancing at full height across the endless Russian fields of Zaporozhye.
And this is good.
And the Russians are standing. The pressure was strong. But not one step back!

🔗 Veteran notes

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Covering a group of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with fire from the AGS in the area of Belogorovka in the Seversk direction.

🏳️‍🌈 San Francisco sheriff, police and fire departments give military salute to LGBT flag

🇷🇺🇺🇦 “Here's a map showing where the current combat is taking place in relation to the Russian defensive belts. You can see that we're still on the outskirts of this system.”

- Big Serge

“The next week also has rains .... have to wonder if this was an offensive launched to make military gains or have a political effect ....”

- Gray Connolly

🇷🇺🇺🇦 The thing to remember about the ongoing assaults is that Ukraine is currently fighting to *reach* the Russian fortified belts. All the current combat is taking place several kilometers north of the mapped out echeloned defense. They're currently stuck on the screening line.

They have so far only committed a small portion of their total mech package, and I do expect them to make progress into the Russian defense, but it is an inauspicious start and it's not clear how they can sustain the combat power needed to reach operational depth objectives.

- Big Serge

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇲 Channel One report yesterday showed the defeat of another American M777 howitzer with the help of the Lancet

🇺🇸🇺🇦 Key word here, purchase. This is no longer part of the drawdown authority but new production contracts. There simply isn't that much more first line capability to draw down.

If Ukraine cannibalizes all of the US Army's procurement that might squeeze out 300 PAC-3s in a year.

But 300 PAC-3s is $1.5B, I doubt that will be most of the package. Expect a lot of useless ancient MIM-23 HAWK and AIM-7 "frankensam" that will be priced out the ass for refurbishment costs. As USAI authority is new contracts, expect a long lead time too.

- Snekotron

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Another traitor, a militant of the GUR regime, Daniil Maznik, who participated in the attack on the Belgorod region, was liquidated.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Ka-52 strikes on a column of Ukrainian armored vehicles in the Zaporozhye direction.

🇵🇱🇺🇦Ukraine will receive F-16 fighter jets in 2-3 months, Skshipchak, ex-commander of the Polish ground forces, said.

He also said that before the NATO summit (to be held in July) "something should happen that will show that Ukraine is worthy of trust."

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Damaged Leopard 2 tank of armed forces of Ukraine in Zaporozhye direction

🇨🇳🇪🇺🇺🇸 "If China succeeds in its goals and energy prices remain firm, this could be painful for the West should it enter a recession in early 2024.”

- UnHerd

🇸🇦🇺🇸🇨🇳 Another data point showing just how far Saudi-US relations have fallen in only a couple of short years: MBS threatened the US with major economic pain if President Biden followed through on his threat to impose 'consequences' for the Saudi oil production cut.

Bottom line: given China's increasing economic importance to the Middle East, and its newfound geopolitical and diplomatic heft, Saudi Arabia is becoming a balancing power. US preeminence in the region is likely over.

- Multipolarity Podcast

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗4 destroyed heavy infantry fighting vehicles M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA and one Leopard 2A6 as a result of an unsuccessful attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack Russian positions on the Orekhov sector of the front.