Sitrep Operation Z: Open Thread

by the Saker Staff for Ooduarere via the Saker Blog

Wow, too much information out there in addition to the world happenings. Today and tomorrow we have the G7 in Germany and NATO on June 29-30 in Madrid. Various threats will surface from these two meetings as well as childish foot-stomping and brave statements on steroids. Mr. Lavrov’s short statement has relevance: ‘We have few illusions that EU’s Russophobic policies will change’ – FM Lavrov

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And on the battlefront, the news is coming in so fast that it is almost impossible to keep track of. Of main importance on the front line and from the Russian MoD report:

• On June 25, the cities of Severodonetsk and Borovskoye, the settlements of Voronovo and Sirotino passed under the control of the Lugansk People’s Republic. The localities liberated from the Kiev regime are inhabited by about 108,000 people. The total area of the liberated territory is about 145 square kilometers.
• The success of the Russian army and the units of people militia of the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics considerably diminish the moral and psychological condition of the Ukrainian army personnel.
• In the 30th Mechanised Brigade deployed near Artyomovsk, there are mass cases of alcohol abuse, drug use, and unauthorised abandonment of combat positions.

If you take a look at that MoD Report it is becoming so clear that the attrition rate now is counted in brigades.

Attacks have resulted in neutralizing the 65th, 66th mechanized brigades, and 46th Airmobile Brigade from AFU strategic reserves that were finishing their preparation at those training grounds.

Take a look at Larry Johnson’s latest: “Some die-hard neo-cons continue to manifest their ignorance of military affairs by pointing to Russia’s slow progress in taking Severodonetsk as evidence of Russia’s incompetent, weak army. What they fail to understand is that Russia was trying to avoid killing the civilians still inside Severodonetsk, who were being used as human shields by the Ukrainians. Putin and the Russian commanders are placing a higher value on saving civilians rather than unleashing their full military might to show the world what they can do. This is a remarkably mature military strategy.”  https://sonar21.com/even-the-uks-sky-news-is-reporting-on-the-ukrainian-debacle-in-the-donbas/

• Also of note is the strikes on Kiev from the Caspian Sea & the airspace of Belarus. The Russian Federation used Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic bombers. They launched X-101 missiles, which can fly up to 5500 km. At the same time, Russian warships fired up to 50 missiles at targets all over Ukraine — targeting Ukrop bases, manufacturing sites of air-to-air missiles in Kiev disguised as “residential buildings” & other military targets

We leave this for you as an open thread for reporting updates.

Map: The Readovka Map is up to date. If you go to this page and click on the map itself, there is a bigger and better quality version.