Slaughter imminent?

[Jw2]

figures that loser d2 would take an anti-democratic position and support loser Putin. 


Ukraine war takes new turn as shelling and drone strikes hit inside Russia’s border

https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/31/europe/russia-belgorod-shelling-ukraine-intl/index.html

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Jw2 insists stating the facts is cheering for Putin and anti-democracy!

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In the ongoing deadly absurdity that is Vladimir Putin’s Ukraine War, it seems like only last week that Russia was invaded — merely raided, really — by Russian expat troops allied with Kyiv, and on Thursday of this week they’re doing it again.
   
(Hey, that was only last week.)

Unknown numbers of Russian volunteers from the Freedom for Russia Legion and the affiliated RDK reportedly crossed the border once more into the Belgorod region, this time attempting to “liberate” the tiny border town of Shebekino.

The “Two Majors” Russian Telegram channel reported last night (courtesy of Google Translate): “Our readers report that one enemy tank (standing on the borderline) is firing at the Shebekino checkpoint. Disassembles the building. The battle was taken by about 20 border guards and up to 20 conscripts from the Russian Armed Forces.”

If these early reports are correct, this new incursion started with something almost like a pitched battle.

https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2023/06/01/ukraine-war-ever-played-whack-a-mole-with-armored-vehicles-and-artillery-n1699625

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/lUBtxP2ddZM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/lUBtxP2ddZM</a>


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUBtxP2ddZM

Key Takeaways

• Russian forces conducted another series of missile strikes on Ukraine overnight on May 31 to June 1 and during the day on June 1.
  
• Elements of the all-Russian pro-Ukrainian Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) and Freedom of Russia Legion (LSR) reportedly conducted another raid into Belgorod Oblast on June 1.
  
• Russian officials and milbloggers’ responses to the limited raid in Belgorod Oblast are indicative of a continued heightened anxiety within the Russian information space regarding the war in Ukraine.
  
• Chechen commanders and officials launched a concerted attack on Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin on June 1 in a likely attempt to undermine Prigozhin’s appeal.
  
• Prigozhin responded to the attacks claiming that he will continue to voice his opinions until Russian MoD officials are punished for their mistakes in planning the invasion of Ukraine
  
• Chechen attacks on Prigozhin’s character may be a part of the Kremlin’s efforts to discredit and undermine Prigozhin as his forces withdraw from the frontlines.
  
• Russian forces conducted offensive operations northeast of Kupyansk and northwest of Svatove.
  
• The tempo of Russian and Ukrainian offensive operations in the Bakhmut direction remains low as of June 1, and Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks along the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line.
  
• Russian forces did not conduct any confirmed ground attacks along the southern axis.
  
• The Russian State Duma rejected a draft law that would have granted mobilization exemptions to candidates and doctors of the science.
  
• Russian occupation authorities announced that regional elections in occupied territories will take place on September 10.
  
• Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin announced on May 31 that Ukraine is investigating over 2,900 crimes against children committed by Russian forces.

https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-1-2023

[zsq987]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slava_Ukraini

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Ukraine is the sight of many crimes against humanity perpetrated by Russians and Communists!

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/0SwN6Tr8zDs" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/0SwN6Tr8zDs</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SwN6Tr8zDs


Key Takeaways

• The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) continues to respond disproportionately to limited raids into Russian territory, likely to project confidence and competence in the MoD’s ability to respond to perceived threats.
  
• Select Russian milbloggers continue to use the situation in Belgorod Oblast to criticize Russian leadership while others downplayed the recent raids.
  
• Russian forces conducted another series of strikes against Ukraine using cruise missiles and Iranian-made drones on the night of June 1-2.
  
• Head of the Russian Main Organizational and Mobilization Directorate of the General Staff Colonel General Yevgeny Burdinsky announced that the Russian military will form two new military districts and other new formations by the end of 2023. Budinsky's statements likely aim to reintroduce and reamplify Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu’s standing proposals to significantly expand the Russian military.
  
• Russian sources appear to be reorienting the debate about the attribution of responsibility for small-scale tactical gains in the Bakhmut area to an ongoing offensive operation to capture Marinka, a small, almost leveled settlement where Russian sources have struggled to advance since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. These discussions about responsibility coincide with the reported arrival of Chechen forces to assume responsibility of the Donetsk front and complete the capture of Marinka and other settlements in the area.
  
• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on June 2 that calls for a ceasefire are unacceptable because they will freeze the current lines in place and enable Putin to consolidate control of occupied areas and prepare for future attacks on Ukraine.
  
• Russian forces continued ground attacks in the Kupyansk and Kreminna directions.
  
• Russian forces conducted ground attacks in Marinka.
  
• A Russian source claimed that Ukrainian forces made territorial gains during limited counterattacks in western Donetsk Oblast.
  
• Russian sources claimed that Ukraine struck the port area in occupied Berdyansk, Zaporizhia Oblast, with Storm Shadow missiles.
  
• Ukrainian sources continue to report that Russian cadets from higher military academies are deploying to areas near the Ukrainian border within Russia.
  
• Russian occupation authorities continue to forcibly transport Ukrainian children to Russia under the guise of medical rehabilitation schemes.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-2-2023

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/CreSgYCKstM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/CreSgYCKstM</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CreSgYCKstM


Key Takeaways

• Ukrainian officials continue to signal that Ukrainian forces are prepared to start counteroffensive operations.
  
• Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin escalated his feud with the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD), likely hoping to draw criticism back to the Russian military leadership and downplay his ongoing conflict with Chechen Republic Head Ramzan Kadyrov. Prigozhin’s flamboyant allegations are also likely an attempt to retain his heightened initiative within the Russian information space following the capture of Bakhmut.
  
• Prigozhin seized on general Russian discontent with security on the Belgorod Oblast border to threaten that Wagner Group forces may operate in Russian territory without approval from the Russian military command.
  
• A Russian Duma Deputy stated during a public forum on June 1 that Russia has failed to accomplish any of its articulated goals for the “special military operation” in Ukraine.
  
• Russian forces continued limited offensive operations along the Kupyansk-Svatove line and northwest and south of Kreminna.
  
• Regular Russian forces have likely largely relieved Wagner Group forces in Bakhmut amid a low offensive tempo in the area as of June 3.
  
• Russian forces focused offensive operations on the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line near Marinka.
  
• Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces continued limited ground attacks in western Donetsk Oblast.
  
• Russian forces continued efforts to establish defensive positions in Kherson Oblast.
  
• The Russian military leadership is attempting to create and staff new military formations.
  
• Likely Ukrainian partisans assassinated a Russian collaborator in occupied Zaporizhia Oblast.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-3-2023

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/aGhbJwlxk0M" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/aGhbJwlxk0M</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGhbJwlxk0M


Key Takeaways

• Elements of the all-Russian pro-Ukrainian Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) and Freedom of Russia Legion (LSR) conducted another limited raid into Belgorod Oblast on June 4 and are reportedly continuing to operate in a Russian border settlement.
  
• Belgorod Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov responded to a RDK and LSR demand to negotiate for the exchange of captured Russian prisoners of war (POWs).
  
• The dissonant Russian responses to and reporting about the limited raid in Belgorod Oblast continue to suggest that the Russian leadership has not yet decided how to react to these limited cross-border raids.
  
• The limited raids and border shelling in Belgorod Oblast are increasingly becoming the current focal point for criticism against the Russian military leadership.
  
• Russian forces again targeted Ukraine with Iranian-made drones and cruise missiles on June 4 making it the fourth consecutive day of strikes across Ukraine.
  
• Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed on June 4 that Ukrainian forces may have regained positions in southwestern Bakhmut, supporting repeated Ukrainian reports that Ukrainian forces maintain positions on the southwestern outskirts of the city.
  
• Ukrainian and Russian forces both claimed to have made limited territorial gains on the Kupyansk-Svatove line.
  
• Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks around Bakhmut and Marinka.
  
• Ukrainian forces conducted local ground attacks and reportedly made limited tactical gains in western Donetsk Oblast and eastern Zaporizhia Oblast.
  
• The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) submitted a draft government decree that will no longer require an individual’s presence at an enlistment office for military registration.
  
• Russian officials continue to use rest and rehabilitation schemes to deport Ukrainian children from occupied territories to Russia.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-4-2023

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/AmjkEsz-5ew" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/AmjkEsz-5ew</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmjkEsz-5ew

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Key Takeaways

• Russian and Ukrainian officials are signaling the start of the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
  
• Ukrainian forces conducted limited successful offensives north and southwest of Bakhmut.
  
• The pro-Ukrainian all-Russian Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) claimed that it continues to operate in a Russian border settlement in Belgorod Oblast as of June 5.
  
• Chechen Republic Head Ramzan Kadyrov claimed that Chechen forces are ready to defend against raids in Belgorod Oblast, likely partially in order to keep his forces out of combat in Ukraine.
  
• The Russian Black Sea Fleet is attempting to mitigate complications with logistical support in occupied Crimea by shifting resources to mainland Russia.
  
• Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin is continuing efforts to exacerbate the divide between the Wagner Group and the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD).
  
• Russian milbloggers responded to the video of Lieutenant Colonel Venevitin with concern, indicating that several prominent pro-war voices are becoming increasingly concerned over the ramifications of the Wagner-MoD divide.
  
• Russian forces reportedly conducted unsuccessful reconnaissance-in-force operations northeast of Kharkiv City and continued limited ground attacks northeast of Kupyansk and along the Svatove-Kreminna line.
  
• Russian forces continued limited offensive operations on the Avdiivka-Donetsk City line.
  
• Ukrainian forces continued ground attacks in western Donetsk and eastern Zaporizhia oblasts and made further limited tactical gains.
  
• Ukrainian forces continue to target rear Russian positions throughout southern Ukraine.
  
• Iran has allegedly signed contracts with Russia for about $1.74 million in ammunition for Russia to use in Ukraine.
  
• Ukrainian sources and Belarusian sources indicated that Belarus has been involved in the forced deportation of Ukrainian children.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-5-2023

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/t-HLyoSD5lg" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/t-HLyoSD5lg</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-HLyoSD5lg


Key Takeaways

• Damage to the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (KHPP) dam in the early hours of June 6 caused massive flooding of the Dnipro River delta, river wetlands, estuaries, and shoreline settlements in Kherson Oblast.
  
• The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Ukrainian officials stated that the drop in the water level at the Kakhovka Reservoir should not affect the safety of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP).
  
• Ukrainian officials stated that Russian forces intentionally destroyed the KHPP dam and suggested that the Russian military did not prepare for subsequent flooding.
  
• Russian officials accused Ukrainian forces of destroying the KHPP dam and used the allegations to bolster ongoing efforts to portray Ukrainian assaults elsewhere in Ukraine as immediate failures.
  
• ISW has not yet observed clear evidence of what transpired at the KHPP on June 6 and is therefore unable to offer an independent assessment of responsibility at the time of this publication.
  
• Russian forces conducted another large-scale missile strike across Ukraine on the night of June 5-6.
  
• Russian sources claimed that the pro-Ukrainian all-Russian Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK) and the Freedom of Russian Legion (LSR) are gone from a border settlement in Belgorod Oblast as of June 6.
  
• Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin continued to directly threaten the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) and the Russian military command if they do not fulfill his demands for a larger independent army and political influence in Russia.
  
• Ukrainian officials offered assurances that the damage to the dam and subsequent flooding will not impede Ukrainian counteroffensive preparations.
  
• Russian forces conducted limited ground attacks along the Svatove-Kreminna line.
  
• Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces continued ground attacks north and southwest of Bakhmut, and Russian forces continued limited offensive operations along the Avdiivka-Donetsk line.
  
• Ukrainian forces continued ground attacks in southwestern Donetsk and in eastern Zaporizhia oblasts.
  
• Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed that the Russian 72nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade is part of the irregular 6th Division.
  
• Russian officials and occupation authorities continue efforts to use infrastructure projects to integrate occupied territories into Russia.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-june-6-2023

The area flooded is now impassable by tanks which serves Russia very well!