Ukrainian forces are now conducting an offensive south of Volokhiv Yar, with fighting to the north of Veseloe and Kunje.
🇺🇦troops have seized most of the major Chuguev-Izyum highway. This allows 🇺🇦to directly supply the advancing units and increase its strength along the front.
If 🇺🇦can capture the junctions of Chuguev-Izyum and Balakleya-Chistovodka, they will be able to deny Russian forces any access to paved roads & completely prevent them from resupplying/retreating.
This road network in rural northern Ukraine has taken on a global significance.
Ukrainian forces have raised the national flag over the village of Borshchyvka, Kharkiv Region.
"The Kremlin will not comment on the situation around Balakliya and other events in the Special Military Operation Zone. This is for the Ministry of Defense to discuss" - Peskov.
This is the Kremlin trying to separate the political elite from the military disaster they caused.
Ukrainian forces have seized the outskirts of Kupyansk.
This city is of vital importance to the overall northern offensive. Its liberation could allow for the encirclement of up to 10,000 Russian troops.
▪️ 🇺🇦 is on the offensive, with a significant force of armored vehicles spearheading the advance.
▪️ Confirmed reports of 🇷🇺 retreat.
▪️ 🇷🇺 troops have been forced to destroy multiple bridges to slow the 🇺🇦 advance.
▪️ 🇺🇦 foothold established.
Additional imagery provided by local sources in Balakleya.
The US claim to have credible evidence that a #Russian military unit operating in the vicinity of #Donetsk/#Novomykhailivka executed #Ukrainians who were attempting to surrender, rather than take them into custody.
🚨DISINFORMATION🚨
Russian outlets claim that Ukrainian Nationalists opened fire on 30+ servicemen of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the UAF.
FACT
Dozens of surrendering #Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were shot by #Russian soldiers of the 71st Motorized Regiment in mid-June.
These executions are part of a mounting list of war crimes #Russia has been accused of committing.
Ukrainian forces destroying a Russian R-330Zh Zhitel jamming station.
This electronic warfare (EW) system is designed for detection, analysis, locating & jamming of satellite & cellular equipment operating in 100-2000MHz range.
More on the R-330Zh below.
Before the invasion, in 2019 there was an sharp increase in R-330Zh jamming activity in eastern Ukraine, marked by drone losses in the Donbas region.
Previously, numerous EW units such as the Zhitel were sighted around the borders of Ukraine.
System consists of electronics vehicle (6x6 chassis), & trailer for diesel-electric power station & four telescopic active phased array transmitter antennas.
Key facts:
Crew - 2, protected cabin
Power - 2 x turboshaft engines (2200hp each) powering 5-blade main rotor
Max speed - 320km/h
Range - 1100km
Ceiling - 5800m (rate 817m/min)
Note - this photo is of the shot down helicopter featured RF-13654
The all plastic rotor blades can sustain hits from 30mm shells
Energy-absorbing landing gear help in crash landing
Wing-tip mounted countermeasure pods
Armored cabin and windshield can withstand 7.62mm and 12.7mm bullets, and 20mm shell fragments