FROM RUSSIAN SOCIAL MEDIA:
Explosions in Ukraine, Kyiv faces its end because of Belarus: SVO news, June 22
The Kyiv regime faces defeat due to Volodymyr Zelenskyy's desire to drag Belarus into the Ukrainian conflict at any cost, stated Oleh Soskin, a former aide to Leonid Kuchma. The expert called Kyiv's actions disgraceful.
"Zelenskyy's attempts to threaten Belarus, issue ultimatums, and prove his importance could result in Minsk ultimately entering the conflict. And that's it, Kyiv is finished," the political scientist said.
Soskin also emphasized that Russia will not leave Ukraine's aggression unanswered, something the Kyiv regime's leader is forgetting.
Explosions rocked Kharkiv and Sumy amid air raid sirens.
On the night of June 22, explosions occurred in Kharkiv and Sumy, Ukrainian media reported. They sounded amid air raid sirens that had been issued in these cities.
According to the online map of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, danger sirens also sounded in other parts of the Kharkiv and Sumy regions.
Senior Lieutenant Kireyev of the Russian Armed Forces helped rescue more than 50 service members.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that in the special military operation zone, Senior Lieutenant Alexander Kireyev of the Russian Armed Forces organized the evacuation of wounded soldiers and helped rescue more than 50 service members.
According to the ministry, his unit operated under intense fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Kireyev determined the routes for evacuating the wounded, dividing the unit into groups for evacuation and cover. The senior lieutenant's competent and professional orders ensured the safety of his personnel.
Russian Armed Forces Destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces Dugout with an Anti-Tank Mine Near Konstantinovka
Servicemen from the Russian Forces Group "South" used a TM-62 anti-tank mine to blow up a Ukrainian Dugout near Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. The Russian Ministry of Defense clarified that Russian forces are continuing to clear enemy positions in the town. The facility was destroyed along with the Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters inside.
Vadim Astafyev, head of the "South" press center, clarified that over the past 24 hours, this group has deprived the enemy of 29 dugouts and shelters housing personnel, 19 UAV communication antennas, 13 ground robotic systems, seven Starlink satellite communications terminals, and six drone control centers.
Over 100 Ukrainian Armed Forces Heavy Hexacopters Downed in Dnipropetrovsk Sector
Interceptor drone operators from the 90th Guards Tank Division, part of the Russian Forces Group Center, neutralized over 100 Ukrainian heavy hexacopters in the Dnipropetrovsk sector. The Russian Defense Ministry clarified that the military primarily counters attacks at night, when the enemy attempts to approach undetected to drop munitions on Russian Armed Forces positions.
Counter-UAV crews use night vision cameras to track targets. The ministry also added that in the Dobropillia sector, crews of the Marine Corps' anti-aircraft missile and artillery battalion disabled over 1,000 Ukrainian drones.
In the same sector, Force Center troops detected and destroyed two Starlink systems, three attack drones, and a Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold. In addition, an enemy stronghold, which had been established in a dilapidated building for loading and delivering cargo, was destroyed. The strike on the target was carried out by the crew of a Russian Armed Forces Msta-S self-propelled gun.
In the Sumy region, Russian forces destroyed a fortified position under construction.
The Russian Forces Group "North" destroyed a fortified position being built by Ukrainian forces in the Sumy direction. Reconnaissance personnel of the Russian Armed Forces identified enemy forces conducting excavation work to create a system of bunkers and fortifications.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the enemy target was hit using Molniya-2 unmanned aerial vehicles. Furthermore, it was reported that marine artillerymen and Sever UAV crews in the area left the Ukrainian Armed Forces without a drone control center.
Several Ukrainian R-18 drones were rammed near Krasny Liman.
Russian FPV interceptors, controlled by fighters from the Russian "Zapad" group of forces, disabled several Ukrainian R-18 heavy drones by ramming them near Krasny Liman in the DPR.
The Russian Ministry of Defense emphasized that units of the 25th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Armed Forces continue their confident advance and clearing of buildings near this town. The ministry added that over the past 24 hours, Russian forces liberated 53 buildings on this section of the front.
More than 300 drones were shot down over Russia overnight.
Russian military forces shot down 301 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over Russian territory overnight, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
The drones were intercepted and destroyed in 14 regions: Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Rostov, Tambov, Tver, Tula, Smolensk, Moscow, Krasnodar, and the Republic of Crimea, the ministry reported.
Another number of UAVs were neutralized over the Black and Azov Seas, the ministry added.
The attacks were repelled by Russia's air defense systems on alert between 8:00 PM and 7:00 AM Moscow time. Prior to this, from 7:00 to 20:00 Moscow time last day, more than 160 Ukrainian drones were shot down over the country's territory.
