Secret Service inflicts casualties on Russia in Pakmut

Kiev’s counteroffensive begins. There are fierce battles with Russia’s forces on many fronts. News ticker about the war in Ukraine.

• Many successes frontal areas: Ukraine reports territorial gains in east
• Current pay: Russia suffers heavy losses again
• More violence ResistanceExpert fears stalemate in Ukraine war
• The processed information, especially the casualties of the armies involved in the war in Ukraine, is partly obtained from the warring parties in Russia or Ukraine.. Therefore, they cannot be independently verified.

Update, 7:25 pm: A secretive unit of Ukrainian experts says it inflicted heavy losses on Russian troops stationed in Pakmut. This is from a statement CNN out. “Many, many Russians were killed,” the US news channel quoted a special forces official as saying. The attacks, mainly ambushes, would “spread confusion and anarchy among the Russian generals”. Attacks were carried out with special munitions from several kilometers away and coordinated with the help of drones.

UPDATE, 6:54 PM: Russian President Vladimir Putin has accepted the invitation of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and announced that he will soon pay a state visit to Turkey. “The Turkish president has confirmed his invitation to visit Turkey,” Putin’s adviser, Yuri Ushakov, was quoted as saying by the news agency on Thursday. Interfax.

The International Criminal Court recently issued an arrest warrant for Putin. Turkey, on the other hand, does not recognize the court.

Ukraine continues to counterattack

Report from June 15: Kyiv – Ukraine continues its counteroffensive on three fronts in its fight against Russia. This was announced by the country’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar. According to the US news channel, Maliar said his own troops would “gradually but surely” seize territory and inflict significant losses on Russian troops. CNN.

According to information from Kiev, fighting in the war in Ukraine is primarily concentrated in the following areas:

• Bachmood: The city in Donetsk region is competing again. Ukraine must make progress in liberating Russian-held city.
• Makijivka: Fighting was also reported from the city next to Donetsk metropolis.
• Saborishja: There must be fighting around the great city on the Dnieper.

Ukraine-News: Successes in many frontline sectors

According to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, the front line shifted 500 meters around Bagmut alone. In Zaporizhia it was up to 350 meters. Ukraine war statistics cannot be independently verified. The US-based “Institute for the Study of War” (ISW) also reported Ukraine’s attacks as part of a counteroffensive against three frontline units in Ukraine’s east. According to ISW, Ukraine reportedly succeeded in acquiring small but unspecified areas.

In addition to the gains on the frontline, Kiev has also announced that Russian losses in the war in Ukraine are mounting. Nearly 4000 Russian tanks are said to have been destroyed. More than 870,000 Russian soldiers are said to have been killed or wounded. Again, these numbers cannot be independently verified. Russia itself has not released any current statistics on losses from the war in Ukraine.

Ukraine-News: Current statistics on Russia’s losses

• Players: 217.910 (+ 580)
• Airplanes: 314
• Helicopter: 301 (+1)
• Puncture: 3955 (+12)
• Armored Fighting Vehicles: 7667 (+14)
• Artillery System: 3793 (+10)
• Air Defense Systems: 364
• Vehicles and fuel tanks: 6506 (+24)
• Ships and Boats: 18
• Drones: 3333 (+)
• Source: Civil Service of Ukraine as of June 15, 2023

According to information from Great Britain, the Ukrainian armed forces are currently focusing primarily on attacks on Russian command posts and ammunition depots. Kiev is trying to increase the pressure on the entire front. A sign that Ukraine is about to deploy its “main offensive units”. When that happens, “the offensive will enter its decisive phase,” says Jack Watling, a land warfare expert at London’s Royal United Services Institute.

Ukraine counterattacks with resistance

However, according to many experts, Ukraine will face strong opposition to its offensive in the war against Russia in the coming days. Kiev will have to count more losses among its own teams. The same applies to modern weapon systems supplied by Western countries. Ukraine has reportedly already lost a large number of Panther tanks. Andrew Latham, a professor of international relations at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, has long viewed the war as a “brutal stalemate” in which neither side seems likely to make a breakthrough.