South Front
On June 19, the Russian military announced that it had carried out a strike on storage sties of NATO-supplied weapons in Ukraine.
It should be noted that the previous such strike, on June 17, was aimed at decision-making centers in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. In the statement, the ministry said that that strike involved long-range sea- and air-based high-precision missiles against one of the decision-making centers of Kiev forces, adding that it was successful.
Ka-52 attack helicopter detected the advance of an armoured personnel carrier and destroyed it with a precise strike of the guided missile in South Donetsk:
The recent increase of strikes with long-range weapons took place amid the ongoing escalation on the frontline. The June 19 statement of the Russian Defense Ministry says the following:
In South Donetsk direction, as a result of competent and self-sacrificing actions of the Vostok Group of Forces units, aviation and artillery, three attacks by AFU combined units have been repelled close to Vremevka salient.
The enemy losses were 1 tank, 12 armoured fighting vehicles, as well as 1 foreign-manufactured combat engineer vehicle.
In addition, 2 enemy attacks have been repelled, during which 2 tanks, 10 infantry fighting vehicles and 2 armoured fighting vehicles have been hit near Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were over 100 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 tanks, 10 infantry fighting vehicles, 14 armoured fighting vehicles, 4 motor vehicles, 2 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, and D-20, Msta-B and D-30 howitzers.
In Donetsk direction, active actions of the Yug Group of Forces have successfully repelled 4 enemy attacks close to Pervomayskoye, Petrovskoye and Staromikhailovka (Donetsk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses were over 340 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, 5 motor vehicles, 1 Polish-manufactured Krab self-propelled artillery system, as well as D-20 and Msta-B howitzers.
1 ordnance depot of the AFU 5th Assault Brigade has been destroyed near Ivanovskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
In Kupyansk direction, as a result of the strikes, launched by Army Aviation, artillery and the units of the Zapad Group of Forces, the actions of 2 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups have been prevented close to Timkovka (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses were up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 armoured fighting vehicles, 4 motor vehicles, and 1 Polish-manufactured Krab self-propelled artillery system.
In Krasny Liman direction, aviation and artillery of the Tsentr Group of Forces have hit enemy units near Kuzmino, Makeevka (Lugansk People’s Republic), and Serebryansky forestry.
The activities of 3 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups have been disrupted close to Yampolovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Chervonaya Dibrova and Kremennaya (Lugansk People’s Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 105 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 infantry fighting vehicles, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, 2 pickup trucks, 2 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, as well as D-20 and D-30 howitzers.
In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were over 40 Ukrainian servicemen, 4 motor vehicles and 1 U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised 93 AFU artillery units at their firing positions, manpower and hardware in 102 areas.
2 artillery depots have been hit: the AFU 1513th artillery ammunition depot and the 65th Mechanised Brigade close to Zaporozhye.
Air defence facilities have shot down 1 Mi-8 helicopter of Ukrainian Air Force near Orekhov (Zaporozhye region).
5 HIMARS multiple-launch rocket system projectiles have been also intercepted.
In addition, 14 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down close to Mikhailovka, Pyatikhatka, Pologi (Zaporozhye region), Kirillovka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Nikolayevka, Zmiyovka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Staraya Zburyovka (Kherson region) and Velikiy Vyselok (Kharkov region).
In total, 444 airplanes, 240 helicopters, 4,700 unmanned aerial vehicles, 426 air defence missile systems, 10,192 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,125 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 5,163 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 11,047 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed.
Forces of the Kyiv regime continue to focus their main offensive efforts in the frontline in Zaporozhye Region and South Donetsk. Most recently, Kyiv troops entered the small village of Piatykhatky in the gray zone in Zaporozhye. Taking into account previous tactical gains by Kyiv’s forces in the sector, they likely consider Zaporozhye one of the highest priority targets of their advance in the current situation.
