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Last night, forces of the Kyiv regime launched an attack on the village of Novodonetskoe in Donetsk Region. The advancing units were defeated by an assault detachment of marines of the Russian Pacific Fleet.
“When the enemy attempted a counteroffensive, the task was received from the brigade commander to repel the enemy counteroffensive. The assault detachment howled into the battle. The enemy counteroffensive was repulsed, the enemy armored vehicles were destroyed. Novodonetskoye is under the full control of our brigade,” the Russian Defense Ministry quoted the commander of the assault detachment with the call sign “Iva”.
According to the Russian military, there are more than 50 units of immobilized equipment, including NATO military equipment, in the countryside of Novodonetskoe.
In particular, videos from the ground shows that Russian troops captured at least one French wheeled tank AMX-10 supplied by NATO to the Kyiv regime. The AMX-10 was reportedly neutralized by an ATGM strike before being captured. It’s interesting to note that tutorials in French were found around the vehicle. Does NATO commanders really believe that an ordinary member of the Kyiv regime forces speaks French?
As of the first half of June 19, clashes also continue in the Kupyansk direction and nearby areas according to the Russian military:
Report by Press Centre Chief of Zapad Group of Forces
In the course of combat operations in Kupyansk direction, the crew of Su-34 fighter-bomber aircraft of the Zapad Group of Forces carried out an air strike on a temporary deployment point of the units of the 14th Mechanised Brigade and an anti-aircraft missile division close to Kurilovka.
In the defence belt of the 1st Tank Army near Berestovoye, while attempting to rotate the units of the 32nd Mechanised Brigade at forward positions, U.S. M113 APC with personnel was destroyed by a kamikaze UAV.
The Group’s artillery destroyed up to a platoon of the enemy manpower at the positions with the fire of high-powered Tyulpan self-propelled mortars and Msta-S self-propelled artillery system close to Stelmakhovka and Kislovka.
An air defence group destroyed Buk self-propelled artillery system and Columbus reconnaissance UAV close to Berestovoye.
As of now, most intense fighting continues in the Pyatihakti area in Zaporozhye Region. On June 18, pro-Kyiv units entered the village amid significant losses in manpower and equipment. Reports of pro-Kyiv sources claim that the village are now under control of the regime.
Another hot point in the region is the village of Orekhovo where Kyiv recently lost a batch of Bradley fighting vehicles and Leopard MBTs.
The situation in Ugledear area in South Donetsk and around Bakhmut remains relatively stable amid the continued clashes.
Summing up developments of the last day, the second week of the offensive of the Kyiv regime has ended with close to no real gains in any directions. All the points claimed to be captured by Kyiv and its foreign masters are villages with several houses only that were depopulated far before the start of the Russian military operation in 2022. Nonetheless, the Kyiv regime had to suffer heavy losses in equipment and personnel to make even these gains. The current situation looks like a dead end for the Kyiv regime. So, it will likely try to make another fierce attempt to break through Russian defense within the next month. Without real results on the ground, the flow of foreign support to Kyiv may reduce in the foreseeable future.
