Units of the Russian ‘Yug’ Group of Forces have repelled attacks of Ukrainian assault groups near five different villages in the Artemovsk area, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson told Sputnik.
"Units of the Yug Group of Forces have successfully repelled the attacks of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of settlements - Razdolivka, Veseloye, Yakovlivka, Berkhivka and Yagodnoye," the spokesperson said.
In addition, aviation of the Yug Group of Forces has struck strongholds and clusters of Ukrainian military equipment, the spokesperson told Sputnik.
"The Group's aviation has carried out missile and bomb strikes against strongholds and accumulations of weapons and military equipment of the enemy in the Soledar-Artemovsk, Aleksandro-Kalinovsky and Avdiivka directions," the spokesperson said.
The latest also came as video published by the Russian Defense Ministry on Saturday showed Russian service members from the engineering and sapper unit of the Central Military District destroying a Ukrainian stronghold using a captured armored personnel carrier (APC).
The seized armored personnel carrier was filled with explosives and sent to enemy positions. The explosives were detonated remotely after the vehicle reached the Ukrainian stronghold.
The video from the Russian Defense Ministry captures the moment the armored personnel carrier, used in a similar way to kamikaze drones, exploded.
According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, payments in 2023 were received by:
▪️military pilots and air defense operators - 300 thousand rubles for each destroyed helicopter (45) and aircraft (71).
▪️100 thousand rubles each - military personnel of ground and airborne troops, as well as marines, including artillery units, for the destruction of each of the many hundreds of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
▪️50 thousand rubles each - for the destruction of 1,501 combat armored vehicles, 203 self-propelled artillery installations, as well as 85 installations of multiple launch rocket systems
▪️For 15 hit launchers of the Tochka-U tactical complex and HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, distinguished Russian servicemen received 300 thousand rubles each
▪️for the successful interception of 941 missiles from Tochka-U tactical systems, Vilkha, Smerch, Uragan and HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, as well as the destruction of each of 1,211 Ukrainian medium-range drones, the military received 50,000 rubles
The footage shows broken tanks, which were hit by artillery on the way out.
▪️Russian Navy servicemen, whose competent and prompt actions destroyed 6 Ukrainian fast unmanned boats that attacked Russian ships and civilian infrastructure in Crimea, received 200 thousand rubles each.
At present, based on the reports of the commanders of units in the Zaporozhye and South-Donetsk directions, payments are being made to the servicemen of the RF Armed Forces who destroyed Leopard tanks, as well as armored vehicles manufactured by the United States and other NATO countries during the fighting.
Special operation, 15 June. Main:
▪️Aerospace Forces struck at the places of production of drones in Ukraine, all designated objects were hit, the RF Ministry of Defense reported;
▪️Ukrainian troops continue to attempt an offensive, Kyiv lost about 500 military personnel in three directions in a day, two Su-27 fighters were shot down, the Russian Defense Ministry said;
▪️The head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Budanov, was wounded on May 29 during a Russian strike on the building of his department, a rocket "flew" into the office next to Budanov, an employee of the Russian law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti, citing sources in Ukrainian intelligence;
▪️The Armed Forces of Ukraine are increasingly attacking the LPR infrastructure with Storm Shadow missiles, over the past two days a large number of missiles have been destroyed, Pasechnik said;
▪️The DPR is under shelling, the Ukrainian military fired 20 rockets from the MLRS in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the region reported;
▪️Acting head of the Kherson region, Saldo noted that since the beginning of the rescue operation after the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, 7.5 thousand people have been evacuated from the region, including 461 children, the death toll has reached 18;
▪️Six drones were shot down by air defense forces in Crimea, three more were jammed and planted by electronic warfare, one device detonated, there were no casualties, Aksyonov said;
▪️The IAEA delegation inspected the Zaporozhye NPP. The head of the IAEA stressed that the situation at the station is serious, but the water level for cooling is sufficient;
▪️The allies of the Kyiv regime have trained almost 60,000 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and more than 6,000 are now undergoing training with the participation of 33 countries, said Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Milley;
▪️Denmark and the Netherlands signed a contract to supply the Kyiv regime with 14 German Leopard 2 tanks, writes Handelsblatt.
The main points from Putin's speech at the SPIEF plenary session on economic topics:
▪️Approaches to the development of the economy have worked, GDP growth by the end of the year may be under 2%, unemployment is at a historically low level.
▪️Russia is not afraid of competition with foreign companies, but when returning, it will take into account the peculiarities of their behavior.
▪️The course towards the openness of the economy is an important principle for Russia - we have not turned onto the path of self-isolation, with countries that do not succumb to boorish pressure, trade has increased significantly.
▪️It is necessary to keep child care benefits even if the parent is part-time and if the family income changes.
▪️The minimum wage should double by 2030, from January 1, 2024 it will be increased by 18.5%.
▪️It is necessary to consolidate the rules on the right to conduct business inspections, where they remain, only by relevant departments.
▪️The freezing of Russian accounts abroad occurs in violation of all legal norms, this is robbery and the Middle Ages.
▪️It is necessary to achieve an increase in the inflow of investments, by 2030 it should increase 5 times, up to 10 trillion rubles.
▪️It is necessary to launch a mechanism for protecting the rights of citizens and legal entities that own domestic companies through "foreign layers".
Special operation, 16 June. Main:
▪️Putin at SPIEF said that Kyiv continues to attempt a counteroffensive, but it has no chance, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already lost 186 tanks and almost 420 armored vehicles;
▪️Russia has every right to believe that the task of denazification of Ukraine is one of the key ones, the president said;
▪️Putin warned that NATO is being drawn into the war in Ukraine with the supply of equipment - and if there is a decision on the supply of F-16s to Kiev and at the same time the aircraft will be based outside Ukraine, then "we'll see how to hit them";
▪️Lavrov said that if Moscow sees F-16 aircraft flying over Ukraine and posing a threat to Russia, the answer will be military-technical;
▪️African leaders have begun a mediation mission to peacefully resolve the crisis in Ukraine, they visited Kyiv and are now going to Moscow;
The President of South Africa said that at a meeting with Zelensky, African leaders told him of the need to end the conflict as soon as possible;
▪️Zelensky, at a briefing following the visit of African leaders, rejected the idea of any negotiations with Russia, as long as Kyiv understands that there are Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine;
▪️The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that since the beginning of the special operation, more than 10,000 servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces have received special payments for the personal destruction or capture of enemy military equipment - in particular, military pilots and air defense operators receive 300,000 rubles for each destroyed helicopter and aircraft.
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