Melalui sidang isbat, pemerintah memutuskan 1 Zulhijah 1444 Hijriah/2023 Masehi jatuh pada hari Selasa, 20 Juni 2023. Dengan demikian, Hari Raya Idul Adha jatuh pada Kamis 29 Juni 023. (merdeka.com/Arie Basuki)
Menko PMK Muhadjir Effendy, MenPAN-RB Abdullah Azwar Anas, Menteri Agama Yaqut Cholil Qoumas dan Wakil Menteri Ketenagakerjaan Afriansyah Noor, Kamis 15 Juni 2023 melaksanakan rapat terbatas tingkat menteri.
Pertemuan menteri di Sekretariat Negera tersebut guna membahas libur Idul Adha 2023. Hasil rapat itu, sepakat bahwa libur Idul Adha 2023, dimulai pada 28 hingga 30 Juni 2023. Yakni cuti bersama pada 28 dan 30 Juni 2023, dan libur nasional pada 29 Juni 2023.
Hasil rapat tersebut, diajukan ke Presiden Joko Widodo (Jokowi). Jika kemudian presiden mengeluarkan Peraturan Presiden (Perpres) tentang perubahan SKB 3 menteri, barulah libur bersama itu disahkan.
Yakni disahkan melalui Surat Keputusan Bersama (SKB) 3 menteri yang baru, atau memperbaharui SKB yang sebelumnya sudah diterbitkan.
MenPAN-RB Abdullah Azwar Anas, Senin 19 Juni 2023 menjelaskan, wacana libur 3 hari Idul Adha 2023, muncul saat dilaksanakan rapat di Sesneg, terkait dengan penambahan cuti bersama.
Namun dikatakannya, usulan libur Idul Adha 2023 menjadi 3 hari ini, bukan semata-mata pengajuan Muhammadiyah, tapi juga karena libur sekolah.
“Karena itu ada usulan, selain libur nasional 29, tanggal 28 itu diusulkan jadi cuti bersama, kemudian tanggal 30 kan kejepit itu, diusulkan jadi cuti bersama," kata Azwar Anas.
Azwar menyebut usulan tersebut kini masih dibahas oleh pemerintah untuk nantinya diterbitkan Perpres.
“Jadi bukan semata-mata usulan dari temen-temen Muhammadiyah, dan itu memang bagian dari respons gitu," terangnya.
Azwar mengaku, penambahan libur bersama Idul Adha 3 hari sudah dibahas tinggal persetujuan Presiden Jokowi.
“Karena harus merubah Surat Keputusan Bersama (SKB) dengan Menko PMK, Menpan RB, Menag, dan Menaker.
Azwar membeberkan alasan pemerintah mengusulkan agar cuti bersama diperpanjang dari 28 hingga 30 Juni. Dia menyebut ini berkaitan dengan pertumbuhan ekonomi di daerah.
"Secara keseluruhan ini terkait dengan gimana ekonomi ini juga bergerak ke daerah, karena setiap libur yang lebih dari 2 hari itu pergerakan daerah juga tinggi dan mendorong pemerataan ekonomi di berbagai kawasan, gitu ya," paparnya.
Sementara itu Wakil Presiden (Wapres) Ma'ruf Amin menegaskan, pemerintah akan mentoleransi mayarakat yang akan merayakan Idul Adha 1444 H.
Namun dirinya tidak menjelaskan apakah usulan penamabahan libur Idul Adha yang dibahas 4 menteri disetui pemerintah atau ditolak.
Wapres hanya meminta agar masyarakat mentoleransi perbedaan waktu perayaan Idul Adha 1444 H.
"Saya kira pemerintah mentoleransi untuk lebarannya itu, sudah ada kan hari-harinya itu kan sudah dimasukkan, liburnya sudah ada ya, dengan menghitung dua itu," kata Wapres kepada wartawan usai menghadiri acara di Bursa Efek Indonesia, Jakarta, Senin, 19 Juni 2023.
Wapres mengulas, sudah dari lama ada perbedaan dalam penetapan hari besar baik awal Ramadan, Syawal, hingga Zulhijah.
Bahkan sudah lama diupayakan untuk membuat satu kriteria tapi belum bisa. Dirinya mengakui perbedaan itu tidak selalu terjadi. Perbedaan terjadi karena tinggi hilal kurang dari dua derajat.
“Itu pasti beda, karena beda kriteria tapi kalau di atas dua derajat itu pasti sama," kata Wapres.
"Oleh karena itu", kata Wapres, "10 tahun yang akan datang sudah bisa dilihat saat ini terjadi perbedaan".
Masyarakat sudah siap untuk berbeda dalam penetapan puasa, lebaran, Idul Fitri dan Idul Adha.
Diketahui bahwa, ada 2 versi Idul Adha 2023, yakni versi Muhammadiyah pada Rabu 28 Juni 2023 dan versi pemerintah pada Kamis 29 Juni 2023.
Karena itu Pimpinan Pusat (PP) Muhammadiyah memberikan saran kepada pemerintah. Yakni juga menetapkan tanggal 28 Juni 2023 sebagai libur nasional.
Shalat Subuh berjamaah , Gubernur Jawa Barat Ridwan Kamil atau biasa disapa Kang Emil bersama Ustad Abdul Somad (UAS) (Instagram @Masjid AlJabbar)
Masjid Al Jabbar memang fenomenal, kemegahan nya membuat banyak warga berwisata kesana. Bahkan beberapa waktu lalu sempat viral berita tentang sampah yang berserakan di mana-mana akibat pengunjung yang tidak disiplin.
Baru - baru ini ada kabar dari Masjid Al Jabbar, kabar yang disampaikan Gubernur Jawa Barat Ridwan Kamil ini cukup unik karena menurut Kang Emil Masjid Al Jabbar telah kehilangan ribuan Alquran sejak Masjid dibangun.
Gubernur Jawa Barat Ridwan Kamil menanggapi banyak Al Quran di Masjid Raya Al Jabbar yang hilang saat disimpan di setiap sudut tempat untuk dibaca jemaah saat berada di Masjid tersebut.
Menurut Ridwan Kamil untuk jumlah yang hilang itu sekitar seribu lebih dan bukan tujuh ribu seperti apa yang viral di sosial media. Meskipun begitu dirinya tetap mencoba berpikir positif terkait hilangnya inventaris Masjid Al Jabbar tersebut.
Ridwan Kamil berharap, mereka yang mengambil Al quran adalah yang benar-benar mencintai Alquran.
"Ini fakta kehilangan. Angkanya saya koreksi tidak segitu ya, tapi di atas 1.000. Mungkin mereka mencintai Alquran gitu ya. Mungkin mereka itu yang ingin baca Alquran dengan nyaman dan bagus di rumah. Mungkin di rumah lebih nyaman. Tapi itu 'kan propertinya Al Jabbar. Kalau mau belinya online itu," ujar Ridwan Kamil yang akrab disapa Emil di Gedung Sate, Jalan Diponegoro Kota Bandung Senin malam, 19/06/2023.
Intinya, kata dia, selama Alquran itu dipakai masih tenang. "Rada regreug gitu ya, tapi jangan ada hal-hal di luar itu. Tetap bagi kami itu inventaris yang sudah diantisipasi dengan sablon bawa ini tidak boleh dibawa pulang. Properti ini milik Al Jabbar. Selebihnya masalah ini tergantung keimanan," paparnya.
Emil mengatakan, saat ini, Al Jabbar sudah lebih keren. Masjid ini sempat ditutup dulu untuk diperbaik.
Lalu manajemennya ditata termasuk dibangunkan lahan atau pasar PKL. Emil berharap, dengan digencarkan pemberitaan, Alquran di Al Jabbar ini tidak akan hilang lagi.
"Dulu ada kekurangan ini itu. Lalu butuh waktu untuk memperbaikinya. Sekarang Al Jabbar sudah lebih keren kan ya. Ada kasus hilangnya Alquran diberitakan jadi bisa tersosialisasikan kepada masyarakat," ujarnya.
"Bisa jadi yang mengambil Alquran karena memang mungkin Alquran nya tergeletak begitu. Saya minta media juga untuk mengedukasi, bahwa Alquran itu Properti Masjid Al Jabbar," paparnya.
"Entah kemana, mungkin saja itu saking cintanya jamaah kepada Al Quran. Saking cintanya sehingga dibawa pulang ' kata Kang Emil.
Hal itu disampaikan Ridwan Kamil saat memberikan sambutan usai Sholat Subuh di Masjid Kota Raya Al Jabbar. Bandung. Jawa Barat. hari Minggu, 18/06/23.
Kang Emil pun mengingatkan jamaah untuk tidak membawa pulang Al Quran di Masjid Al Jabbar.
Ridwan Kamil menjelaskan, bahwa Al Quran yang ada di Masjid Raya Al Jabar itu untuk dibaca saat di Masjid, bukan untuk dibawa pulang, dan itu pun sudah ada label atau tanda untuk tidak dibawa pulang.
"Sudah diantisipasi dengan sablon, properti Al Jabbar. Tergantung keimanan masyarakat. Al Jabbar harus diapresiasi sudah tertata, butuh waktu. Ini juga sama. Setelah diberitakan, orang berpikir. Mungkin enggak dikasih tahu saja. Diedukasi bahwa itu properti Al Jabbar untuk dibawa di tempat," ungkapnya.
"Silahkan dibaca Al Quran , tapi setelah itu disimpan kembali ditempaynya, jangan dibawa pulang " Kata Kang Emil.
Sholat Subuh kali ini cukup ramai, dihadiri ribuan jamaah, tak seperti hari biasanya. Hari Minggu kemarin jamaah membludak hampir mendapat 25 ribu jamaah.
Membludaknya jamaah diperkirakan karena kehadiran Ustad Abdul Shomad UAS).
Tak pelak UAS pun tak tahan untuk ikut berkomentar menyikapi hilang nya ribuan Al Quran di Masjid Al Jabbar.
"Rasa -rasanya baru di Masjid Al Jabbar ini, ada 7000 Al Quran yang hilang " Kata UAS dengan senyum.
"Mudah- mudahan Allah ganti Dengan Yang Labih Baik" Lanjut UAS
Kejadian ini baru diketahui setelah tidak ada satu pun Alquran di dalam rak masjid. Jumlah pasti Alquran yang raib masih dihitung oleh Dewan Kemakmuran Masjid (DKM) Al Jabbar dan Pemprov Jabar.
Sekretaris Daerah (Sekda) Jabar sekaligus Ketua DKM Al Jabbar Setiawan Wangsaatmaja mengatakan, pengamanan dan penjagaan properti masjid akan diperketat penjagaan properti. DKM sedang menginventarisasi jumlah Alquran yang hilang di Masjid Al Jabbar. Pemprov Jabar juga akan menggencarkan sosialisasi agar masyarakat tidak membawa pulang Alquran saat berkunjung ke Masjid Al Jabbar.
"Alquran ini untuk di masjid, bukan dibawa pulang. Kalau kita lihat di Makkah, Alquran itu terus bertambah karena banyak yang mewakafkan untuk masjid. Nah, bukan sebaliknya kita. Jadi saya mengimbau, mudah-mudahan yang belum tahu, kembalikan saja deh, kalau memang merasa terbawa Alquran itu," kata Sekda Jabar
Seorang remaja mendadak viral di dunia. Namanya Nikita Zhuravel. Seorang pemain basket klub U16 dari Vinnytasya yang membakar Alquran di depan masjid di Kota Volgograd Rusia.
Remaja kelahiran Ukraina, 02 April 2003 juga memvideo serta menyebarkannya di media sosial. Sehingga menimbulkan kemarahan dari umat Islam Rusia. Terutama dari daerah otonom yang mayoritas muslim, Chechnya.
Akibat aksi tersebut, Zhuravel, pembakar Alquran, ditangkap dan dijebloskan ke penjara oleh polisi setempat. Sebab, aksinya telah menimbulkan gelombang protes, instabilitas keamanan, dan penghinaan terhadap kitab suci umat Islam. Sementara di Rusia sendiri, ada peraturan yang melarang warga untuk menghina umat beragama dan kitab suci agama lain.
Salah Mezchiev, Kepala Mufti Chechnya, mengatakan bahwa membakar Alquran merupakan kejahatan terhadap Islam, kemanusiaan, dan toleransi. Tindakan yang disponsori oleh Badan Intelijen Ukraina ini menyalahi tuntunan etika moral manapun.
Zhuravel berani membakar Alquran atas suruhan agen rahasia Ukraina dengan imbalan uang 10.000 Rubel atau setara dengan Rp 1.788.623. Imbalan yang sangat murah dibandingkan ongkos hukuman penjara yang harus diterimanya lantaran tindakan intoleran yang merobek perasaan umat Islam Rusia khususnya dan dunia Islam pada umumnya.
Presiden Rusia, Vladimir Putin meminta agar pelaku pembakar Alquran menjalani hukum di Chechnya. Sementara, pengacara terpidana dan para aktivis HAM memprotes pemindahan tahanan ini. Mereka mengkhawatirkan keselamatan Zhuravel. Mereka takut kliennya mengalami penyiksaan dan bahkan sampai pembunuhan.
Respons keras Putin dapat dimaknai sebagai tindakan tegas agar kasus semisal tak terjadi. Penduduk Rusia ingin hidup rukun dan damai tanpa pertikaian antar agama. Selain pandangan dan sikap Putin sendiri yang memilih bersahabat dengan umat Islam.
Kendati Putin penganut Kristen Ortodok, ia adalah pemimpin dunia yang gemar membaca kitab suci agama-agama. Presiden berpangkat kolonel di intelijen militer bekas Uni Soviet ini menganjurkan pada anak muda Rusia untuk banyak membaca kitab suci.
"Suruh mereka membaca Injil. Itu sangat bagus. Suruh mereka membaca Alquran dan Taurat. Semua (kitab suci) ini akan sangat bermanfaat bagi mereka. Semua agama mengajarkan nilai-nilai kemanusiaan. Kalau kita mengikuti ajaran (agama), dunia akan menjadi lebih baik, tenang, dan stabil,”, kata Putin di hadapan sejumlah pempinan media asing pada Forum Ekonomi Internasional Sankt Peterburg (SPIEF) pada 7 Juni 2019.
Dalam konteks Alquran, Putin dalam beberapa pidato kenegaraannya tak sungkan-sungkan mengutip ayat Alquran. Presiden kelahiran St Patersburg, 7 Oktober 1952 ini sekurang-kurangnya menyitir 3 ayat Alquran dalam terjemahan Bahasa Rusia. Antara lain:
Pertama, QS As-Syura ayat 23: Itulah (karunia) yang (dengan itu) Allah menggembirakan hamba-hambaNya yang beriman dan mengerjakan amal yang saleh. Katakanlah: "Aku tidak meminta kepadamu sesuatu upahpun atas seruanku kecuali kasih sayang dalam kekeluargaan". Dan siapa yang mengerjakan kebaikan akan Kami tambahkan baginya kebaikan pada kebaikannya itu. Sesungguhnya Allah Maha Pengampun lagi Maha Mensyukuri).
Kedua, QS An-Nahl ayat 128: Sesungguhnya Allah beserta orang-orang yang bertakwa dan orang-orang yang berbuat kebaikan.
Ketiga, QS Ali Imran ayat 103: Dan berpeganglah kamu semuanya kepada tali (agama) Allah, dan janganlah kamu bercerai berai, dan ingatlah akan nikmat Allah kepadamu ketika kamu dahulu (masa Jahiliyah) bermusuh-musuhan, maka Allah mempersatukan hatimu, lalu menjadilah kamu karena nikmat Allah, orang-orang yang bersaudara; dan kamu telah berada di tepi jurang neraka, lalu Allah menyelamatkan kamu dari padanya. Demikianlah Allah menerangkan ayat-ayat-Nya kepadamu, agar kamu mendapat petunjuk...
Ayat-ayat yang dikutip oleh Putin di atas, berbicara soal amal soleh, kebaikan dan persatuan. Sebuah nilai kemanusiaan universal yang dirujuk oleh presiden Rusia yang telah berkuasa lebih dari satu dekade sejak 2012.
Ayat Alquran yang disebut pertama disampaikan pada saat pertemuan dengan perwakilan dari berbagai agama di Rusia pada 4 November 2020.
Yang kedua disampaikan sebagai kritik terhadap maraknya kasus pelecehan terhadap umat beragama yang melukai perasaan atas nama kebebasan berbicara.
Dan ayat yang disebut ketiga disampaikan pada pertemuan tingkat tinggi di Ankara yang dihadiri oleh Presiden Turki Recep Tayyip Erdogan, dan Presiden Iran Hassan Rouhani pada 2019.
Putin mengakui kontribusi Islam dan umat Islam terhadap keamanan Rusia serta perdamaian dunia. Apalagi, kontribusinya tak hanya nampak secara kualitatif namun juga kuantitatif.
Mufti besar Rusia, Albir Krganov memberikan testimoni perlakuan baik Putinbterhadap umat Islam disana. Jumlah mereka sebanyak 20 juta dari 147 juta lebih penduduk Rusia. Meraka punya 8 ribu masjid, 150 pesantren serta 20 perguruan tinggi Islam.
Krganov menyampaikan data statistik di atas kepada Wakil Ketua MPR, Dr Hidayat Nur Wahid MA di Gedung Nusantara III Kompleks DPR/MPR pada 16 Juni 2022, sembari mengemukakan kesaksian bahwa Putin sering membaca dan menghafal Alquran. Ini salah satu kunci keberhasilannya dalam membangun kerukunan umat beragama.
Oleh karena itu, sikap tegas pemerintahan Putin terhadap pembakar Alquran berbeda dengan pembiaran Presiden Prancis, Emmanuel Macron dalam kasuus kartun Nabi Muhammad SAW yang picu kerusuhan dan kekerasan atas nama agama. Presiden Negeri Beruang Putih ini ternyata relatif memahami nilai-nilai agama sebagai buah dari hobinya membaca kitab suci agama-agama.
Jadi, penanganan cepat kasus pembakaran Alquran di Rusia memberikan pelajaran berharga bagi kita. Bahwa siapapun yang menghina umat beragama dan kitab suci agama lain harus ditindak tegas. Tak ada kompromi dan toleransi sedikit pun terhadap mereka.
Kedamaian negara di atas kemerdekaan berbicara warga. Maka, segera seret mereka pada pengadilan. Dan jangan memberi peluang bagi tumbuh suburnya emberio intoleran di tengah-tengah masyarakat. Semoga!
Western countries deliberately pushed the topic of Kiev's offensive in the media to justify the supply of weapons and ensure unity among NATO member states, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Director Sergei Naryshkin said on Monday.
"It was important for the Westerners to promote the topic of the upcoming Ukrainian counteroffensive in the global information space. The obviously overestimated importance attached to it is an element of mental attack before the battle. In addition, the constant exaggeration of this topic allowed the Euro-Atlantic totalitarian liberal elite to justify the supply of weapons to Kiev and ensure the unity of NATO countries, many of which are already pretty tired of Ukraine and its president," Naryshkin said.
Naryshkin added that many Western military analysts expressed doubts about the success of the Ukrainian offensive and assessed the tasks announced by Kiev as "unachievable."
Ukraine has touted its coming offensive since late 2022. It was first scheduled for the spring, then rescheduled to the summer. The Ukrainian government said the postponement was due to a shortage of weapons, all while pushing its Western donors to supply progressively heavier arms, including tanks, drones and fighter jets.
Ukrainian troops launched a large-scale offensive in five sectors of the South Donetsk direction on June 4 but failed to achieve their goals, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Since then, the Ukrainian military has been trying to break through the defense lines of the Russian armed forces in the Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions, but their attempts have been unsuccessful and Ukraine has suffered heavy losses in armored equipment and manpower.
Kiev 'Politically Pushed' by NATO to Launch Counteroffensive Despite Being Unprepared
Украинские военнослужащие ведут огонь из гаубицы M777. Архивное фото - Sputnik International, 1920, 19.06.2023
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The long-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive, touted both by the regime in Kiev and its Western backers for months, finally began this month, although it seems that it has so far failed to produce the results its masterminds desired.
While Ukrainian forces demonstrated a remarkable aptitude for losing manpower and military hardware by charging across minefields into fortified positions held by Russian forces, they haven’t managed to get close to, let alone breach, the first line of Russian defense.
Retired USAF Lt.Col. Karen Kwiatkowski, a former analyst for the US Department of Defense, told Sputnik that Western media “has reported very little concrete information about the counteroffensive,” with much of the information on the subject coming straight from Ukrainian media and thus being “difficult to verify.”
According to Kwiatkowski, Kiev was “politically pushed” into launching this counteroffensive by “its NATO sponsors,” despite the fact that, as it turned out, Ukrainian forces simply weren’t prepared for it.
“The results are an increasingly desperate battlefield for Ukraine, and increasingly desperate measures being taken by Ukraine and its political leadership,” she said.
“When I say desperate, I'm suggesting that the Ukrainian leadership has decided to write off regaining the eastern lands including Crimea and now are ready to do what they can to simply increase costs for Russia in the future - by destroying civilian and energy infrastructure, and the ability of that part of Ukraine to become productive as easily as they might.”
Rather than an actual counteroffensive meant to allow Kiev to seize control over Donbass and Crimea, Kwiatkowski argued, we are witnessing what she described as "dog in the manger" military scenario.
It also remains unclear whether NATO leaders and the Kiev regime are even in agreement about what the “end goal” of this “strangely-designed counteroffensive” actually is, the ex-DoD analyst mused.
“When US policymakers are asked about this 'goal' they say simply, 'no peace, no freeze, keep fighting until the last Ukrainian,'" she added.
As Kwiatkowski explained, the Kiev regime and its NATO backers are unlikely to achieve any “serious progress” if they “continue solely with what they have been doing.”
Theoretically, Ukrainian forces might achieve success if their “ground and limited sea capability” could be “refreshed, well-led, focused on a specific mission, AND a specific counter-offensive coordinated with a temporary destruction of air command and control, or a major destruction of Russian airfields or aircraft,” she said.
However, “the very imaginative consideration of how many ducks would need to be in a row for this to succeed is mind-blowing, and certainly unsustainable by current Ukrainian capabilities,” Kwiatkowski remarked.
“In a sense, this has been the story of the Ukraine war -- and fantasies that have fed Ukrainian political strategy since 2014. These fantasies are based in trust in American politicians and diplomats - who know very little about actual war-fighting, actual democracy, and economy,” she continued.
“The same people who promised cakewalks and flowers in Iraq and new energy pipelines across Afghanistan, also promised Zelensky things that cannot be delivered.”
Kwiatkowski did warn, however, that this does not mean that the “neocons in the West, who have insisted upon this war, are not dangerous to Ukraine, Russia, and the rest of the planet.”
Ukraine’s long-awaited counteroffensive has had no major impact on the frontline of the conflict so far, but has apparently resulted in large equipment losses for Kiev, according to Moscow.
Up to 30% of the heavy equipment supplied to Kiev by its Western backers has been destroyed by Russian troops, President Vladimir Putin said last week.
Almost a dozen videos, mostly published by the Russian Defense Ministry, have surfaced online in recent weeks, showing Ukrainian heavy equipment pieces being successfully targeted by Russian forces.
1. Repelled offensive in Donbass
On June 5, the Russian Defense Ministry released a video of its troops fighting off an attack by Ukrainian forces. Footage purportedly taken from a drone showed at least six Ukrainian vehicles moving through open terrain before being hit by Russian strikes. Some of the Ukrainian equipment pieces in the video appeared to be Western-supplied Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles.
2. Destruction of Leopard tanks
On June 6, the Russian ministry published another video purporting to show one of the first Russian strikes targeting German-supplied Leopard tanks. The black-and-white video shows four pieces of heavy equipment, one of which resembles a Leopard tank.
A missile is then seen striking the tank. It also featured images of other – apparently Ukrainian – pieces of heavy equipment being struck from various distances. The video was released a day after the ministry claimed that eight Leopard tanks and three French-manufactured AMX-10 wheeled tanks had been destroyed by Russian forces
3. Failed Ukrainian offensive in Zaporozhye
On June 9, a video released by the ministry showed the wreckage of at least one Leopard 2A6 tank, as well as several US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) abandoned on a dirt road going through a field. According to Moscow, the heavy equipment pieces were destroyed during a failed Ukrainian offensive in Zaporozhye Region. The day before, Russia said Kiev’s forces had lost more than 30 tanks during an offensive in that area.
4. Ukraine shows destruction of Western-supplied armor
On June 10, a video surfaced online showing a Ukrainian heavy armor convoy being destroyed by Russian forces. The footage was purportedly captured from a Bradley IFV during a battle in Zaporozhye Region.
The clip showed a Bradley IFV exploding as it passed by two similar vehicles that had already been abandoned. The rest of the video featured attempts by the surviving Ukrainian soldiers to evacuate under Russian fire.
5. Russian soldiers capture Western equipment
On June 13, Moscow released a video showing Russian soldiers seizing Western-supplied military equipment that had apparently been abandoned in battle by Ukrainians. Footage shows a Russian soldier circling several damaged pieces of equipment, including a German-made Leopard 2 main battle tank and US-produced Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. He can be heard saying that some of their engines were still running.
6. Russian helicopter scores a double hit
On June 15, the Russian Defense Ministry published a video of an attack helicopter destroying two Ukrainian tanks just seconds apart. The grainy footage, which was extracted from the onboard computer of a Ka-52 helicopter, shows what appears to be two Ukrainian tanks next to each other as they target Russian positions in southern Donbass.
The helicopter’s crew fired two guided missiles in quick succession at the tanks, hitting both of them. The vehicles caught fire and began emitting thick plumes of black smoke.
‘Kamikaze’ tank
A video circulating online purportedly shows Russian troops deploying a captured Ukrainian tank after converting it into a powerful Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED). The clip – which could not be independently verified – was apparently filmed this month in Donbass.
It shows the ‘kamikaze tank,’ which was reportedly loaded with six tons of explosives, being sent back towards Ukrainian positions without a driver.
The heavy armor was apparently stopped by a land mine and then hit by a rocket-propelled grenade, causing its cargo to detonate.
Russian forces delivered multiple strikes by seaborne precision weapons targeting the Ukrainian army’s foreign equipment storage sites over the past day during the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Monday.
"Last night, Russian forces delivered a multiple strike by seaborne long-range precision weapons against foreign-made military equipment storage sites. All the designated targets were destroyed. The goal of the strike was achieved," the spokesman said.
Russian forces neutralize two Ukrainian subversive groups in Kupyansk area
Russian forces neutralized two Ukrainian subversive groups and eliminated roughly 45 enemy troops in the Kupyansk area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the Kupyansk direction, the activity of two Ukrainian subversive/reconnaissance groups was thwarted near the settlement of Timkovka in the Kharkov Region as a result of army aircraft strikes, artillery fire and active operations by units of the western battlegroup. The enemy’s total losses in that direction in the past 24 hours amounted to 45 Ukrainian personnel, three armored combat vehicles, four motor vehicles and a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system," the spokesman said.
Russian forces destroy over 100 Ukrainian troops in Krasny Liman area
Russian combat aircraft and artillery destroyed over 100 Ukrainian troops in the Krasny Liman area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the Krasny Liman direction, aircraft and artillery of the battlegroup Center inflicted damage on the enemy units in areas near the settlements of Kuzmino and Makeyevka in the Lugansk People’s Republic and in the Serebryansky forestry. The activity of three Ukrainian subversive/reconnaissance groups was thwarted near the settlements of Yampolovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Chervonaya Dibrova and Kremennaya in the Lugansk People’s Republic," the spokesman said.
In all, the Ukrainian army’s losses in that direction in the past 24 hours amounted to 105 personnel, two infantry fighting vehicles, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, two Gvozdika motorized artillery systems, a D-20 howitzer and a D-30 howitzer, the general reported.
Russian forces repulse four Ukrainian attacks in Donetsk area
Russian forces repulsed four Ukrainian attacks in the Donetsk area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the Donetsk direction, four enemy attacks were repulsed in areas near the settlements of Pervomaiskoye, Petrovskoye and Staromikhailovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic as a result of active operations by the southern battlegroup," the spokesman said.
During the battles, the Ukrainian army lost over 340 personnel, two armored combat vehicles, five motor vehicles, a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, a D-20 howitzer and a Msta-B howitzer, the general specified.
"Also, an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army’s 5th assault brigade was destroyed near the settlement of Ivanovskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the spokesman said.
Russian forces repel three Ukrainian attacks near Vremevka in DPR
Russian forces repelled three Ukrainian attacks at the Vremevka bulge in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"During the last 24-hour period, Ukrainian army units made the most active attempts to advance in the south Donetsk and Donetsk directions. In the south Donetsk direction, three attacks by the Ukrainian army’s combined units were repelled in the past 24 hours as a result of professional and self-sacrificing actions by forces of the battlegroup East, air strikes and artillery fire at the Vremevka bulge," the spokesman said.
During the battles, Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian tank, 12 armored combat vehicles and a foreign-made demining vehicle, the general reported.
Russian forces destroy over 100 Ukrainian troops in south Donetsk area
Russian forces destroyed over 100 Ukrainian troops in the south Donetsk area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"The enemy’s total losses in that [south Donetsk] direction in the past 24 hours amounted to over 100 Ukrainian personnel, three tanks, 10 infantry fighting vehicles, 14 armored combat vehicles, four motor vehicles, two Gvozdika motorized artillery systems, D-20, Msta-B and D-30 howitzers," the spokesman said.
Russian forces repel two Ukrainian attacks in Zaporozhye area over past day
Russian forces repelled two Ukrainian attacks in the Zaporozhye area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the area of the settlement of Malaya Tokmachka in the Zaporozhye Region, two enemy attacks were repulsed, in which two tanks, 10 infantry fighting vehicles and two armored combat vehicles were destroyed," the spokesman said.
Russian forces wipe out two Ukrainian artillery ammo depots near Zaporozhye city
Russian forces destroyed two Ukrainian artillery ammunition depots in the area of the city of Zaporozhye over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the area of the city of Zaporozhye, two artillery depots were destroyed: the depot of the Ukrainian army’s 1513th artillery ammunition base and the depot of the 65th mechanized brigade," the spokesman said.
Russian forces destroy over 40 Ukrainian troops, US-made artillery gun in Kherson area
Russian forces destroyed over 40 Ukrainian troops and a US-made artillery system in the Kherson area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the Kherson direction, over 40 Ukrainian personnel, four motor vehicles and a US-made M777 artillery system were destroyed in the past 24 hours as a result of damage inflicted by firepower," the spokesman said.
During the last 24-hour period, operational/tactical and army aircraft, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groupings of forces struck 93 Ukrainian artillery units at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 102 areas, the general reported.
Russian air defenses intercept five US-made HIMARS rockets in past day
Russian air defense forces intercepted five rockets of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and shot down 14 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the past 24 hours, five rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were intercepted. In addition, 14 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in areas near the settlements of Mikhailovka, Pyatikhatki and Pologi in the Zaporozhye Region, Kirillovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Nikolayevka and Zmiyevka in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Staraya Zburyevka in the Kherson Region and Veliky Vyselok in the Kharkov Region," the spokesman said.
Russian air defenses down Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter in Zaporozhye area
Russian air defense forces shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter in the Zaporozhye area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"Air defense capabilities shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Mi-8 helicopter near the town of Orekhov in the Zaporozhye Region," the spokesman said.
In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 444 Ukrainian warplanes, 240 helicopters, 4,700 unmanned aerial vehicles, 426 surface-to-air missile systems, 10,192 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,125 multiple rocket launchers, 5,163 field artillery guns and mortars and 11,047 special military motor vehicles since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, Konashenkov reported.
