Ukrainian intelligence has intercepted and released the audio of a phone conversation between Russian officials, in which they say they were the ones who blew up the Kakhovka Dam, not the Ukrainians. RBC-Ukraine reports about it. “It wasn’t them (the Ukrainians) who hit the dam. There is our sabotage group. They wanted to scare people with this dam. It didn’t go according to plan, but more than they expected,” says the Russian military officer intercepted, describing the aftermath of the explosion.
In the Guardian’s translation from Russian, the first soldier says: “The main problem is that the hydroelectric power station is cooling its nuclear reactor (of the Zaporizhia power plant).” And the second replies: “No problem. It will explode and it will all be over.” First Russian Military: “It was the same with us. It’s not theirs (the Ukrainians), it’s ours“. And the other says, “Really, was it ours? They said it was the Khokhols (derogatory term for Ukrainians) who blew it up.” And the first soldier: “They didn’t blow it up.” Our group of saboteurs is here. They wanted to scare people with this dam. It didn’t go according to plan. (The result is) more than they expected.” And the other: “Yes, of course. It’s gonna be like Chernobyl, right?“. The first military: “It was built in the 50s. It quickly went under, it went under (Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant).”
It continues on the dam exemption from responsibility, with Moscow and Kiev accusing each other of bombing evacuation areas. For the Ukrainians, the number is five dead and 13 missing, while Moscow claims eight victims.
The Norwegian Seismological Institute (Norsar) has taken over “an explosion” that originated in the Kakhovka Dam region of Ukraine before the collapse. This data does not indicate an origin of the explosion, but supports the assumption that the dam, located in an area under Russian control, did not collapse due to the damage caused by the bombings of the past months.
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“There are very brutal fighting going on, but we are seeing results,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr said last night Zelenskyy, and stressed that the Kiev forces could gain territory in the largely Russian-held Donetsk region. This was reported by the Kyiv Independent.
“They continue to bomb Kherson and the communities in the region that have already been overrun by terrorists. They are also bombing the evacuation points, a manifestation of evil that perhaps no terrorist in the world except the Russians has ever done,” he added this morning. Zelensky on his Telegram channel.
In the past 24 hours, more than 40 firefights have erupted between Ukrainian and Russian forces in the Donetsk region, in eastern Ukraine: This was announced by the General Staff of the Kiev Army in its daily report on the conflict. “The enemy continues to concentrate its main efforts on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka directions, fierce fighting continues. In the past 24 hours, there have been 43 clashes in these frontline areas,” the report said.
“The situation is tense in all areas of the front“, writes Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar in Telegram, stressing that the Russians are not achieving their goals. “The East is the epicenter” of the clashes, comments the deputy minister. “The enemy continues to focus their main efforts on the directions” of Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Maryinka, and heavy fighting continues – he adds –. In all directions the enemy conducts air, artillery and mortar attacks. However, the enemy does not achieve his goals. Our defenders repel the attacks.”
“In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy is gathering reserves and trying to hold positions. He tries to attack but fails. Our defenders are currently engaged in active battles in various areas of the Bakhmut sector,” Malyar continues. In the south, he concludes: “The enemy is conducting defensive operations in the Zaporizhia sector. The trench warfare continues.”
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Media release audio of phone call after Moscow denies responsibility for incident (ANSA)
“Active fighting” has been going on in the Zaporizhia region since the early hours of the morning.So said the official of the Russian occupation administration, Vladimir Rogov. “Fighting has resumed in the Orichiv and Tokmak districts on the current front line,” Rogov wrote in Telegram. He didn’t give details, but according to Russian public TV correspondent Alexander Zladkov, who runs a Telegram channel with over a million viewers, Russian and Ukrainian “artillery” are deployed and troops in Kiev say he’s in the Offensive.
In its daily bulletin published Friday morning, the Ukrainian army made no mention of the fighting. “The enemy remains on the defensive,” the Ukrainian command limited to writing on Facebook about the situation on the front in the Zaporizhia region
According to reports from Russian military bloggers, the Ukrainian army also managed to capture the positions in the Zaporizhia region occupied by three Kremlin regiments in fierce fighting during the night. The fiercest fighting began at three in the morning
Near Novodanilovka, Gray Zone reports on Telegram that Kiev troops have occupied the positions of the outposts of the 291st Rifle Regiment, the 70th Regiment and the 42nd Rifle Division of the South Russian Military District.
And in the meantime The Ukrainian Air Force announced that its air defenses had destroyed ten drones and four Russian X-101/X-55 cruise missiles last night, noting that Russian forces fired up to 16 drones and six cruise missiles into the country. This was reported by Rbc-Ukraine.
In particular, the Russian army carried out a rocket attack against the Zviahel community in Zhytomyr region of northern Ukraine, killing one person and injuring several others. This was announced by the Ukrinform agency this morning, citing local authorities.
“After another enemy missile attack, on the night of June 9, a residential area in the private area of our municipality was hit. According to preliminary reports, six buildings were destroyed and dozens more damaged. Unfortunately, one person died.” . There are also injured people who are receiving all the necessary help,” read a statement from the Zviahel City Council published on Facebook.