2/ Russian forces recently marginally advanced west of Kreminna. Geolocated footage published on June 18 indicates that Russian forces recently marginally advanced northeast of Torske (west of Kreminna).
3/ Russian forces intensified localized offensive operations in the Siversk direction on June 18.
Russian forces continued attacks around Chasiv Yar on June 18, but there were no confirmed changes to the frontline.
4/ Russian forces recently advanced northwest and west of Avdiivka amid continued ground attacks in the area on June 18. Geolocated footage published on June 18 shows that Russian forces advanced north of Sokil (northwest of Avdiivka), and a Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces advanced even farther north of the settlement. Additional geolocated footage published on June 17 and 18 shows that Russian forces also advanced in fields approaching the eastern outskirts of Yasnobrodivka (west of Avdiivka).
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2/ Russian government officials announced their intention on June 19 to suspend Russia's participation in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA).
3/ The Russian military command continues to endorse a culture of permissiveness towards war crimes perpetrated by subordinates on the battlefield in Ukraine.
NEW: The vast majority of the countries & international organizations that participated in the Ukraine-initiated Global Peace Summit in Switzerland on June 15-16 signed a joint communique on June 16 reaffirming support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. 🧵(1/5)
2/ A limited prison break and hostage situation at a Russian pretrial detention center in Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, prompted Russian ultranationalist complaints highlighting Russia's failure to crack down against domestic Islamic extremism following the March 22 Crocus City Hall terrorist attack.
3/ The Kremlin and Kremlin affiliates continue efforts to use Russia's relationship with Republika Srpska (the Serbian political entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina) to destabilize the Balkans.
NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s June 14 information operation about Russia's supposed “willingness to negotiate” on extreme terms tantamount to Ukraine's capitulation is succeeding in confusing the purpose of the Ukrainian-initiated Global Peace Summit in Switzerland. 1/4
2/ Putin specifically outlined his demands for "peace" negotiations in Ukraine a day before the start of the summit to undermine Western support for legitimate Ukrainian demands from Russia and divert attention away from the task of building an international consensus around how to ensure that Russia’s illegal war of aggression does not result in an unjust Russian victory.
3/ Several Western officials recognized that Russia attempted to derail the summit's purpose and focus its conversations on Russia's absence. US Vice President Kamala Harris stated that Putin's June 14 “peace” proposal was not a call for negotiations but a call "for [Ukraine's] surrender."
NEW: Putin outlined his uncompromising demands for Ukraine’s capitulation as a prerequisite for "peace" talks, including recognition of Russia’s illegal annexation of occupied and Ukrainian-controlled territory, in an attempt to undermine the Switzerland peace summit. (🧵1/8)
2/ Putin said that Ukrainian forces must begin to "completely withdraw" from Ukrainian-controlled territory in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson oblasts (which the Kremlin illegally declared as annexed in Sept. 2022) and that Ukraine officially abandons its goal to join NATO before Russia can agree to a ceasefire
3/ Russian forces currently occupy 75% of the total area of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson oblasts, and Putin is effectively demanding that Ukraine cede 40% of Donetsk Oblast, 25% of Kherson Oblast, 25% of Zaporizhia oblasts, and 1% of Luhansk Oblast that Russian forces do not control, including the provincial capitals Zaporizhia City and Kherson City.
Ukrainian forces recently regained lost positions in the Lyptsi direction (north of Kharkiv City) amid continued fighting in northern Kharkiv Oblast on June 11. (1/4)
2/ Geolocated footage published on June 10 shows that Ukrainian forces have regained positions along the O-212553 Lyptsi-Kharkiv City road southeast of Hlyboke (northeast of Lyptsi).
3/ The Russian MoD and several Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces are counterattacking in the Lyptsi direction, particularly near Hlyboke, which is consistent with the available geolocated evidence.
NEW: Ukrainian forces conducted a strike against Russian air defense assets in occupied Crimea overnight on June 9 to 10, likely with ATACMS. (1/2)
2/ Ukrainian strikes against Russian military and logistics assets in connection to the US' partial removal of Russian sanctuary in Belgorod Oblast may have compelled Russian forces to change their deployment and transport patterns.
3/ Ukraine's Southern Operational Command Spokesperson Captain Third Rank Dmytro Pletenchuk denied on June 10 a Sky News report that Ukrainian forces struck a Russian Ropucha-class landing ship in the Sea of Azov on the night of June 8 to 9.