re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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The railway station in the Kherson region that got bombed is completely flattened. I’d like to know just how much ammo was in there had to be an obscene amount to destroy a couple city blocks. Slowly choke logistics lines which is Russia’s worst part of their military. They don’t even know what the word logistics means. Then at one point a big push is going to have to come somewhere.

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It is reported that the "peace mission" of African people ..., oh, that is, diplomats failed due to poor knowledge of geography. In the course of negotiations with Zelensky in Kiev, African canniba ... that is, politicians, without understanding, agreed to hold referendums in Kursk, Belgorod and Krasnodar under the control of UN troops, since they were told that these were "primordial Ukrainian lands."

When Vladimir Vladimirovich saw such a peace plan coordinated with Zelensky, he first ... agreed. But then I looked through the document more carefully, and saw that the last item was a "tourist trip to The Hague" for him personally. And finally changed my mind.

The Main Department of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg also reports that during the visit of dear African guests, 3 white women and jewelry from a store visited by the delegation of the Cayman Islands disappeared without a trace, and a group of gypsy beggars from Nevsky Prospekt filed a complaint against the Prime Minister of the Desert Odicaria, stating that he intimidated them, deceived them, hypnotized them and lured out all the values ??earned by overwork. The prime minister, who was detained on the basis of a statement, turned out to be a first-year student of the Moscow Institute named after P. Lumumba - L. Pubumba, who had been on academic leave for 15 years and worked as an alpha male in the Moscow Zoo all these years.

P.S. Let representatives of the African continent not be offended by me, but respect for their "statesmen" involved in a fraudulent and treacherous operation hostile to my country, and even ugly and ridiculous in design and execution - I have no a priori.

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Ukrainian forces may be temporarily pausing counteroffensive operations to reevaluate their tactics for future operations. Head of the Estonian Defense Forces Intelligence Center Colonel Margo Grosberg stated on June 16 that he assesses "we won't see an offensive over the next seven days.”[7]The Wall Street Journal similarly reported on June 17 that Ukrainian forces “have mostly paused their advances in recent days” as Ukrainian command reexamines tactics.[8] These reports are consistent with ISW’s recent observations of the scale and approach of localized Ukrainian counterattacks in southern and eastern Ukraine.[9] ISW has previously noted that Ukraine has not yet committed the majority of its available forces to counteroffensive operations and has not yet launched its main effort.[10] Operational pauses are a common feature of major offensive undertakings, and this pause does not signify the end of Ukraine’s counteroffensive.

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Key Takeaways

Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive actions on at least four sectors of the front on June 18 and made limited territorial gains.

Ukrainian forces may be temporarily pausing counteroffensive operations to reevaluate their tactics for future operations.

A Wall Street Journal (WSJ) interview with Russian prisoners of war (POWs) indicates continued significant morale and command issues among frontline Russian units and the continued Russian use of “barrier forces” to shoot retreating soldiers.

EU Internal Market Commissioner Theirry Breton announced on June 18 that the EU is accelerating arms deliveries to Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly supported select Russian milbloggers’ proposal to create a Presidential Administration working group, likely in an effort to integrate prominent milbloggers into the pro-Kremlin information space.

Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks north of Svatove and south of Kreminna.

Russian and Ukrainian forces conducted limited ground attacks around Bakhmut and along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line.

Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations on the administrative border between western Donetsk and eastern Zaporizhia oblasts.

Russian sources claimed that Russian forces continued to repel Ukrainian counteroffensive operations in western Zaporizhia Oblast

Some Russian ultranationalist figures are concerned that the Russian Ministry of Defense’s efforts to formalize volunteer formations will trigger command changes and degrade combat effectiveness.

Russian occupation officials are continuing to prioritize medical treatment for Russian military personnel in occupied Mariupol, reportedly significantly increasing the civilian mortality rate in the city.

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We took them out of a conflict zone, saving their lives

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