Monday, June 10, 2024

UKR Stabilizes the North After Surprise RU Push; RU Ramps Up Activity Near Pokrovsk; Zelensky: RU's Kharkiv Offensive Failed; UK Hits Russian Su-57 Aircraft for 1st Time; Could Be 2; UKR Hits RU Vessel Near Yeysk; UKR Hits Ammo Depot in Belgorod Obl, LIVE UPDATES and LOTS MORE

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Ukraine stabilizes the north after surprise Russian push – but faces fresh pressure in the east:
Ukraine has stabilized the northern Kharkiv front after Moscow launched an offensive a month ago, thanks to more weapons and permission to use them to target positions within Russia. But its forces are being stretched elsewhere along the 1,000km (620 miles) long front line and are defenseless against Russia’s deadly aerial glide bombs.
A senior officer in Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU), who goes by the call sign Bankir, and is currently fighting in the Kharkiv region, told CNN the ability to hit Russian targets across the border was already having a positive impact.
“It is now possible to conduct local counter-attack operations and recapture the territories that, for example, were captured by the enemy a week ago,’ the SBU officer said.
For much of the war, Ukraine has been constrained when it comes to using powerful Western weapons against Russia.
Kyiv’s allies have long been adamant that their fighting machines must not strike within Russian territory for fear of provoking Moscow, limiting their use to targets within Ukraine, including in occupied areas.
But that changed in the wake of the Kharkiv offensive. First, European countries including France and Germany allowed Ukraine to strike targets within Russia, then, most significantly, the US gave the go ahead for Ukraine to use its weaponry around Kharkiv.
“Our policy using long-range strike weaponry to go into Russia hasn’t changed, but what we have done is provide Ukraine the ability to counterfire, to fire back at those Russian troops that are firing at them and to be able to take out their artillery batteries as they’re firing at the Ukrainians and I think that’s going to prove to be very, very helpful to Ukraine going forward,” Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.
The US HIMARS system has become the go-to weapon system to hit the Russian positions, according to Yehor Cherniev, deputy chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament’s Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence.
Due to the threat of being hit by HIMARS, the Russians have begun to use S-300 and S-400 missile systems much less to fire at the Kharkiv region but glide bombs remain an issue. These are dropped from so high they are out of range of Ukrainian defenses.
“Unfortunately, we do not yet have permission to hit Russian aircraft at airfields with American weapons and we do not have permission to use ATACMS missiles on Russian territory,” said Cherniev, referring to a long-range missile system. “Because of this, we have not yet been able to resolve the problem of glide bomb strikes on our territory. Kharkiv and other border areas are still suffering from bombing attacks, and a lot of civilians die.” --->READ MORE HERE
Russian troops ramp up activity near Pokrovsk – General Staff:
In the last 24 hours, 96 combat clashes occurred on the Russian-Ukrainian front, with Russian forces most aggressively targeting Ukrainian positions near Pokrovsk
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine's report at 11:00 a.m. on June 9.
In the past day, the enemy launched 48 airstrikes on Ukrainian troops and populated areas using 59 guided aerial bombs, deployed 36 kamikaze drones, almost 1,280 FPV drones, and conducted about 4,000 attacks with various weapons, including 83 MLRS attacks.
Russian forces from Shebekino and Belgorod in the Russian Federation conducted airstrikes on Lyptsi, Starytsia, Vovchansk, Vesele, Staryi Saltiv, Stepova Novoselivka, Kupyansk, Novoyehorivka in the Kharkiv region. They also hit Serebrianka Forest in the Luhansk region, and Novooleksandrivka, Illinka, Vodyane, Sievierne, Novoselivka Persha in the Donetsk region.
Over the past day, the Air Force, missile forces, and artillery of the Defense Forces struck 21 personnel concentration areas, four air defense systems, and several other key enemy facilities.
Frontline situation
The invaders started the day with 558 attacks on Ukrainian troops and populated areas, including a missile strike, seven airstrikes using 11 guided bombs, and deploying 35 kamikaze drones.
In the Kharkiv direction, Ukrainian forces repelled two attacks in the Vovchansk and Lyptsi areas, preventing any loss of positions. --->READ MORE HERE
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