Yevgeny Prigozhin promised his Wagner company “new victories at the front in the near future” in the first audio message in a week, while his whereabouts are still unknown. This can be heard in an audio posted on the Gray Zone channel near Wagner. The speaking voice actually appears to be Prigozhin’s voice. The sound, which lasted about forty seconds, was broadcast by Gray Zone, but not by other channels normally used to spread Prigozhin’s news, notably the Press-Sluzhba Prigozhina station, considered official, belonging to his Concord holding company. “Today,” says the message from the author, who is presenting himself as Wagner’s leader, “we need your support more than ever. Thanks a lot for this. I want you to understand that our March for Justice (June 24, ed.) was a goal.” in the fight against the traitors and in mobilizing our society. And I think we’ve achieved a lot of that. I am sure that in the near future you will see our next victories on the front lines. Thank you guys!”
Ukraine, Kyiv takes stock of the counteroffensive
“I would like to note one thing that politicians of all stripes are reluctant to admit: a nuclear apocalypse is not only possible, it is quite likely.” Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev writes on Telegram. “There are at least two reasons. First, the world is in a much worse confrontation than during the Caribbean crisis,” and “the second reason is rather trivial: nuclear weapons have already been used, meaning there are no taboos,” he added.
NATO “has plans”, albeit generic and “not specific to Zaporizhia,” to “react” to a nuclear accident should the Russians stage a provocation. This was stated by SHAPE’s Deputy Chief of Staff, Major General Matthew Van Wagenen. “At the beginning of the conflict, we had good information about the accumulation of Russian troops, and I am confident that we can see what is happening in Zaporizhia and react in time,” said the chairman of the NATO Military Committee. Admiral Rob Bauer.
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Plans to destabilize Russia “failed because the armed forces showed loyalty to their oath and duty.” Defense Minister Sherghei Shoigu said in his first comment on the attempted Wagner mutiny. This was reported by the Tass agency. Russian troops destroyed all 16 Leopard tanks that Poland and Portugal had delivered to Kiev. This was stated by Defense Minister Shoigu, as reported by Tass. Since June 4, Shoigu adds, “Ukraine has lost about 2,500 units of various equipment in all sectors.” “Russian forces continue to deal effective blows to the enemy during special operations, thereby reducing his advance potential,” says the minister.
Over the past week, Ukrainian forces have liberated more than 37 square kilometers in the east and south of the country. This was claimed by Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar in an update on Telegram. “Over the past week, as a result of improving the operational (tactical) position and alignment of the front line, the liberated area in the east has been increased by 9 square kilometers,” Malyar wrote. In the same period, the liberated areas in the south had grown by 28.4 square kilometers. The cleared area in the south totals 158.4 square kilometers,” he emphasized.
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Russia has brought 700,000 children from conflict zones in Ukraine to Russian territory “in the last few years”. This was announced by the chairman of the international committee of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, Grigory Karasin. “In recent years, 700,000 children have found refuge with us fleeing shelling of conflict zones in Ukraine,” Karasin said on his Telegram channel, quoted by the Guardian.
“Ninety percent of Russia’s ground forces are currently deployed in Ukraine,” said NATO Military Committee Chairman Admiral Rob Bauer. arguing that the Russian armed forces are still very capable in the areas of “aeronautics, naval, cyber and nuclear engineering”. “Our future defense plans are not based on the current state of the Russian armed forces, but on the state before February 24, 2022,” he stressed. “The Russians are going to make up for losses in the army, and that’s why we still have a few years: we must never underestimate their capacity, because they have repeatedly shown in history that they know how to bounce back come,” he added. Baur then emphasized that the Russians act “with great care and attention” in operations in areas directly adjacent to NATO. “They don’t want to risk a conflict with us,” he explained.
Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina, founder of a literary festival in Donetsk dedicated to researching Russian war crimes, died in Kramatorsk on June 27 after being wounded in a Russian raid. This is reported by Ukrainska Pravda.
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