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As of the evening of June 8, the Kyiv regime continues its attempts to break the Russian defense in South Donetsk sector and Zaporozhye region. In a fierce attempt to change the tide of the battle, Kyiv has thrown a large batch of NATO-supplied equipment, including Leopard battle tanks, M113 armored personnel carriers and other ‘Western Wunderwaffe’, into the attack.
The most intense clashes took place in the area of Orehov as well as in the areas west of Ugledar in South Donetsk sector. Intense fighting took place near Nesteryanka, Novodanilovka, Novopokrovka.
German battle tanks with painted crosses and other mighty foreign equipment were burnt into ashes by Russians in the Donbass. In their irrational attempts to imitate the armed forces of Nazi Germany, the modern neo-Nazis funded by Washington and its EU puppets prepared a full cosplay of World War 2 at the frontline. The thing is that the Kyiv regime has forgotten the lessons of history and how the push to the East ended for the Nazis.
Despite heavy losses, the Kyiv regime has been fiercely trying to develop its tactical gains achieved in the previous days into something more real.
The situation also remains tense in the sector of Krasny Liman according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
Report by Press Centre Chief of Tsentr Group of Forces
In Krasny Liman direction close to Nevskoye and Chervonopopovka, the units of the Tsentr Group of Forces disrupted the rotation of personnel of the 66th Mechanised Brigade and the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Fire from an artillery battery led by the unit commander with the call sign ‘Storm’ hit the positions of the 67th Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Serebryansky forestry.
Anti-aircraft defence systems intercepted two HIMARS-type projectiles near Lisichansk, as well as AFU drones near Kremennaya.
Kyiv’s forces carried out multiple attacks in the area around Velikaya Novoselovka and Ugledar. Various sources report that Kyiv is actively concentrating forces in this direction.
Captured battle tanks of Kyiv’s forces:
The situation also remained tense in the Bakhmut area direction, Kyiv’s forces continued active offensive operations in the direction of the E40 highway. In previous days, the armed forces of the Kyiv regime unsuccessfully tried to break through the defense of the Russians near Berhovka. On June 7, these attempts continued.
An official statement by Russian Defence Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu on the recent attacks of the Kyiv regime:
Today at 1.30 a.m. in Zaporozhye direction, the enemy made an attempt to break through Russia’s defence by forces of the 47th Mechanised Brigade numbering up to 1,500 men and 150 armoured vehicles.
The enemy was timely detected by the reconnaissance means and a preventive strike was launched by artillery, aviation, and anti-tank weapons.
In all four directions the enemy was stopped and driven back with heavy losses.
As a result of two-hour combat the enemy lost 30 tanks, 11 infantry fighting vehicles, up to 350 troops. Thus the specially prepared reserve forces of the enemy for this breakthrough failed to fulfill their mission.
Yesterday on 7 June 2023, the enemy lost 945 troops, 33 tanks, 28 infantry fighting vehicles, 38 armoured fighting vehicles, three Krab self-propelled artillery systems, and other armament.
Summing up developments of the last days, the Kyiv regime has not been able to achieve any breakthrough in its long-awaited ‘counter-offensive’ at any chosen directions. Despite this Kyiv still has an apparent advantage in the number of manpower mobilized for the conflict. So, it will continue to try to use it sending more and more waves of infantry and equipment in attempts to create a foothold to develop the advance deeper into the Russian defense at least at some parts of the frontline.
