Bob Homans June 14
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Ukraine – 6/14 Sitrep
Compiled by: Robert Homans
Twitter: @rhomansjr
June 14, 2022
The Latest Denis
Denis’ latest report contains mostly bad news, with some good news coming from around Kherson. In front of Kharkiv, Russia is slowly pushing back Ukraine’s forces from areas they had previously liberated, located along the border with Russia. In Sieverodonetsk, Russia appears to have regained control of the center of the city, and they have also blown up the last bridge across the Svero Donetsk River connecting Sieverodonetsk with Lysychansk. By blowing the bridge, Russia appears to forego a frontal assault on Lysychansk, located on high ground, in favor of possibly attacking Lysychank from either the southeast or southwest. For Ukraine’s part, they have alternative means of evacuating Lysychansk. Otherwise, they would’ve withdrawn from Lysychansk before now. By continuing to stay in Lysychansk, Ukraine is likely causing significant Russian losses, in men who will almost certainly be replaced by conscripts and reservists with minimal or no combat experience, and equipment, likely to be replaced by older versions.
In discussing the fighting in Donbas, very little is discussed by the pundits of why, given Russia’s well-documented superiority in artillery, tanks and fixed wing aircraft, Russia is not advancing more rapidly in Donbas. Instead of answering this question, almost all the reporting focuses exclusively on Russia’s superiority in firepower, but not Ukraine’s evident superiority on the ground? There are reports that Russia can fire 10 rounds to Ukraine’s 1 round. With this type of superiority, why aren’t there Russian breakthroughs, like the breakthrough of the U.S. 3rd Army in front of St. Lo in August 1944, following massive artillery bombardment and carpet bombing by the Allied air force? Russia must be missing its latter-day version of Gen. Suvorov, otherwise known as Russia’s George Patton.
The answer to this question may be that Russia is fighting with depleted Battalion Battle Groups (BTG), manned by inexperienced conscripts. There are some reports of BTGs operating in Donbas with only 10% of their normal complement of 600 soldiers. There have also been reports of mutinies in Donbas, especially in units made up of soldiers from the people’s republics. Reportedly, there were similar mutinies during the Russian advance on Kyiv.
In Kherson, later in this email there is a report from a Ukrainian unit that they have advanced within 10km. of Kherson City. As stated in previous reports, and elsewhere, Kherson has far more strategic value to Ukraine than Donbas.
Gen. Wesley Clark, U.S. Army (Ret.)
In this video, starting in the 47th minute and lasting 4 minutes, Gen. Clark argues that it is time for NATO Members to start, “thinking the unthinkable,” which he describes as a physical NATO presence on the ground, for the same reason as NATO intervened in Bosnia in 1994. During the Balkan War Gen. Clark was Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Gen. Clark stated that NATO’s intervention in Bosnia included 25,000 U.S. troops. As Gen. Clark said, “NATO either goes out of area (as they did in Yugoslavia in 1993/1994) or NATO goes out of business.”
In his remarks, Clark cited Ukraine’s latest request for additional weapons, to be discussed tomorrow in Brussels at a meeting of Western defense ministers. In his remarks, Gen. Clark stated that the weapons Ukraine is requesting are simply not available, not from Warsaw Pact stocks, not from Ukrainian production, and not from the West. Later in this email there is a chart showing the weapons that Ukraine has, relative to the weapons Ukraine is requesting.
If the objective is for the war to end, with no ceding of territory by Ukraine, perhaps it is time for the West to “think the unthinkable.”
General Clark is a graduate of the famous Class of 1966 at the U.S. Military Academy, a Class that suffered substantial losses during the War in Vietnam. The Class of 1966 was memorialized in a book called “The Long Gray Line” by historian Rick Atkinson.
INTERNATIONAL
On June 14, the Moscow Exchange suspended trading of the Swiss franc due to «difficulties in making calculations» after the imposition of sanctions by Switzerland.
EU Commissioner for Agriculture: The European Union sees no threat to its food security due to the war in Ukraine.
Pentagon: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin - "The United States is ready to provide everything to help Ukraine achieve success. We also have partners from all over the world ready to help Ukraine," said Austin.
First Deputy Assistant Secretary of State: The U.S. authorities plan to allocate $1.5 billion monthly to support the work of the Ukrainian government.
Politico: The European Commission will recommend granting Ukraine official status as an EU candidate country. “The Commission does not forget that Ukraine is the only country in Europe where people died, where people were shot at because they were on the streets carrying EU flags. Now, we cannot tell them, ‘sorry guys, you were waving the wrong flags,”’ the source of the publication says.
Spiegel: Germany will hand over the missile defence system to Ukraine. "We will significantly increase our support for the Ukrainian army. We will supply Ukraine with a modern anti-missile system," said Scholz. The German chancellor also announced the supply of radar to detect enemy artillery.
White House spokeswoman: The United States is working to prevent different countries from buying grain from Russia, which, according to Washington, could be stolen in Ukraine. “We are working with other countries to prevent the sale of grain that may have been stolen in Ukraine.” Earlier, American media reported that the US sent letters to 14 countries, mostly in Africa, claiming that Russia might try to sell Ukrainian grain.
Sky News: 3,000 Britons are fighting in Ukraine on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, commander of the Georgian Legion. In total, according to the publication, there are currently 20,000 foreign soldiers in Ukraine.
About 2,800 Dollar millionaires may leave Ukraine by the end of the year - this is 42% of all citizens with a million fortune. This assessment is provided by the analytical agency Henley & Partners in a study of global economic migration. According to the same estimate, more than 15,000 Dollar millionaires could leave Russia.
Azerbaijan will not want to become a transit route for Russia. Agalarov believes that the discussed parallel imports or attempts to import branded goods through other countries will not work. “Neither Azerbaijan, nor Georgia, nor Kazakhstan will want to become a buffer for Russia, because they can potentially fall under sanctions.
Deputy Prime Minister: Moldova is discussing gas supplies with Azerbaijan: there are real chances that Chisinau will soon have an alternative source of fuel. “There are real chances that Moldova will buy gas from Azerbaijan, this will be an opportunity to diversify the sources of supplies. I will not name specific dates, but in the coming years we will have a guaranteed alternative,” he said.
Minister of Defense: Two new combined arms divisions will be formed in Poland. The divisions will be deployed along the Visla River. This is done so that the Polish army has six tactical formations with combat support.
Frank Media: Citizens of Russia and Belarus will not be able to buy shares of companies from the European Union through the American broker Interactive Brokers. Restrictions come into force on the evening of June 13.
Georgian Prime Minister: If someone is entitled to EU membership, this is Georgia first, and then Ukraine and Moldova, commenting on reports that Tbilisi's application for the status of an EU candidate "remains in doubt." According to Garibashvili, Georgia has earned this status on the path of reforms carried out over the past nine years, and it is dishonest to give it to Ukraine because of the state of war.
Bloomberg: Germany plans to allocate a loan in the amount of 5 to 10 billion euros to save the former Gazprom subsidiary Gazprom Germania. According to the plan, this money should stabilize the company's financial position and ensure the reliability of gas supplies to Germany.
Ambassador of Ukraine to Estonia: Estonia handed over the first 5 buses to the Bucha district of the Kyiv region. Another 30 vehicles will be handed over later.
Deputy Prime Minister: Moldova is not considering the option of abandoning the Transnistrian region for the sake of joining the European Union.
NATO Secretary General: Sweden has taken important steps to meet Türkiye's demands to approve the country's NATO membership bid.
DW: Federal Statistical Office of Germany: The value of Russian exports to Germany in April increased by 41.9% - up to 3.7 billion euros. The most important commodities were oil and natural gas. The increase in the cost of imported products is mainly due to rising prices, especially in the energy sector. At the same time, German exports to Russia continued to decline.
BMFTV: French President: France has entered a period of war economy, said the President at the opening of the international arms industry exhibition Eurosatory 2022. "I asked the Minister (of Defense - ed.) and the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces to re-evaluate the law on military programming in the coming weeks, taking into account the geopolitical context", – he says.
Lithuanian journalist: Lithuania will give Ukraine 110 anti-drone guns of its own production. The total cost of the rifles is about 1.5 million euros.
Radio Liberty: Today, the European Commission held an orientation debate on the application for membership of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. It looks like there will be candidate status with conditions for Ukraine and Moldova, but there are still questions about Georgia. The decision will be made on Friday and the member states will make a final verdict on next week.
Georgian Prime Minister: The Georgian government nationalized "Borjomi". Previously, 60% of the shares belonged to the Russian "Alfa Group" of the Russian oligarch Mykhailo Fridman.
Bild: More Ukrainian refugees leave Germany than arrive in the FRG. Many Ukrainians do not feel comfortable and they’re returning to Ukraine.
Polish Prime Minister: If Russia ever thought about attacking Poland, the Kremlin should know that in Poland 40 million Poles are ready to stand up in arms to defend their homeland.
South Ossetian President: On June 14, Moscow will host consultations on a referendum on the entry of South Ossetia into the Russian Federation.
Yesterday, Russia launched its "McDonald's" under the name "Tasty and point" with a new logo. As it turns out, a Portuguese pet food brand has the same logo.
Journal of the European Union: The European Union is supporting Ukraine to help it regain territories lost at least since the outbreak of a full-scale war on February 24.
NATIONAL
Institute for War Studies: Russian occupation authorities may have staged terrorist attacks in Melitopol and Berdiansk under a false flag on June 12, presumably to accuse Ukrainian guerrillas of attacking civilians.
A Ukrainian court banned the activity of the political party «Nashi». It was recognized as a Russian party. The Eighth Administrative Court of Appeal of Lv’iv decided to transfer the party’s property and assets to the State.
Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine: In order not to be sent to the forward positions, the commanders of one of the batteries of the 933 anti-aircraft missile regiment decided to make their equipment non-operational. They removed the control units from the "Tor-M2U" combat vehicles and tried to sell them at the receiving point of precious metals.
Minister of Defence, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine met in Kyiv with U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink to discuss military assistance and strengthening of Ukraine’s defense capability. They discussed the preparation for the next meeting of the contact group on defence issues - "Ramstein-3" in Brussels on June 15.
Ministry of Internal Affairs: Russia has no forces to move towards Kyiv. The operational situation around the Belarusian-Ukrainian border does not look like there are forces for an invasion.
British Intelligence:
● Russia's operational main effort remains the assault against the Sieiverodonetsk in the Donbas. Western Group of forces has likely made small advances in the Kharkiv sector for the first time in several weeks.
● On 10 June, the First Deputy Chairman of Russia's Military-Industrial Commission predicted that state defence spending will increase by 600-700 billion roubles (GBP 8.5 -10 billion), which could approach a 20% increase in Russia's defence budget.
● Russian government funding is allowing the country's defence industrial base to be slowly mobilised to meet demands placed on it by the war in Ukraine. However, the industry could struggle to meet many of these requirements, partially because of sanctions and lack of expertise. Russia's production of high-quality optics and advanced electronics likely remain troubled and could undermine its efforts to replace equipment lost in Ukraine.
President: Ukraine will return to the negotiations with Russia, but with one condition. The President noted that to continue the negotiations, Russia must demonstrate its readiness to end the war.
Operational command Pivden (South): The Russians twice attacked Ukrainian positions in Mykolaiv and Kherson region with a pair of Mi-8 helicopters; there was an air battle in the Snihurivka area. Russians released an air-to-air missile on a pair of Ukrainian Mi-8 from the fighter Su-35, but the helicopters managed to avoid attacks. The Russians, saving the missiles, withdrew.
● In the morning, the Russian troops again launched missiles at the Odesa region. The Air Defence unit destroyed 2 «Onyx» missiles over the sea, fired from the coastal missile complex from the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea.
Deputy Minister for Development of Economy: Due to a full-scale Russian invasion, Ukraine lost a quarter of its arable land, particularly in the southern and eastern regions.
Reuters: The Moroccan Brahim Saadoun, sentenced to death in the "DPR", has Ukrainian citizenship, citing the father of the convicted Tahar Saadoun. According to Saadoun Sr., his son became a citizen of Ukraine in 2020, after a year of military service. He stated that his son surrendered voluntarily, therefore he should be kept in the status of a prisoner of war along with other fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
LIGA. net: The Russian army has turned the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant into a military base, placing heavy equipment there, Energoatom head said.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
07:41 June 14
● The Russians are storming Severodonetsk with the artillery, trying to consolidate in the central part of the city.
● In the Kryvyi Rih direction, the enemy mined the coast of the Inhulets River along the Davydiv Brid — Kalynivske border.
● In the Mykolayiv direction, in the areas of Stanislav, Tomyna Balka, and Doslidne in the Kherson oblast, the enemy deployed up to two MLRS batteries and one Howitzer artillery battery.
● Five Caliber naval-based cruise missiles are ready to be used in missiles in the Black Sea.
18:40 June 13
● In the Sloviansk direction, the Russian army made an attempt to conduct assault operations in Bohorodychne, but they failed and retreated. It is fixed in the northwestern part of the settlement.
● In the Siversk direction, the Russian troops fired mortars and grenade launchers at the areas of the settlements of Zapsillia, the Sumy region, as well as Hirske and Hremiach, the Chernihiv region.
● Subdivisions of the RF Armed Forces continue to equip defense positions in the border areas.
● In the Donetsk direction, the Russians are regrouping units and reinforcing groups, trying to cordon off units of Ukrainian troops in the area of the settlements of Lysychansk, Pryvillia, Severodonetsk, Borivske.
● In the Severodonetsk direction, the Russian troops carried out assault operations in order to establish complete control over Severodonetsk, attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Metiolkine district, but failed.
● The Russian Army continues to strengthen the group of troops operating in the Kryvyi Rih direction.
● The Government of Ukraine banned the export of coal, fuel oil and gas produced in Ukraine.
Ministry of Digital Transformation: Ukrainians in 3 months of war registered more than 30 thousand enterprises. Computer programming is among the leaders.
Foreign Legion Speaker: Ukraine is protected by representatives of 55 countries of the world in the International Legion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. ""There are representatives from more than 50 countries in our legion. When I last looked, these were representatives of 55 countries, all parts of the world and continents. These are representatives even as far away as Brazil, South Korea, Australia"".
Ukrainian Defense Ministry: Today, Russia has six ships carrying Kalibr-type sea-launched cruise missiles in readiness for possible use in the Black Sea, their possible total missile salvo is up to 36 missiles.
● The center of Severodonetsk came under the control of the Russians. There, the Russian Federation has a serious advantage in artillery, there are street battles, the Russian command does not spare its people, using the tactics of the Second World War.
Deputy Minister of Defense: Ukrainian forces receive 70% of their supplies and munitions from the budget and 30% is provided through military assistance and volunteer efforts. Without Volunteer support the military situation would be much worse.
National Police: The Ukrainian police are investigating more than 12 thousand cases of civilian deaths, 1200 bodies have not yet been identified.
Amnesty International in its report stated that Russian troops targeted Kharkiv with prohibited cluster munitions. They killed hundreds of civilians. Human rights activists have documented at least 28 cases of indiscriminate cluster strikes. Russia, of course, denies this.
Symbio press release: NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine signed a memorandum with the Canadian company Symbio Infrastructure on the supply of liquefied natural gas and green liquid hydrogen from 2027.
State Security Service: A Ukrainian court arrested shares and funds in the amount of UAH 53.4 million in Borjomi, a well-known mineral water company owned by Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman.
CNN: A ship with 18,000 tons of Ukrainian corn was delivered to a port in northwestern Spain. Cargo was carried along a new route through the Baltic Sea.
Center for Energy and Clean Air Research (CREA): During 100 days of war, the Russian Federation earned 93 billion euros on the export of fossil fuels. 61% of Russia's €57 billion fossil fuel exports came from the EU. The biggest buyers were China (€12.6bn), Germany (€12.1bn) and Italy (€7.8bn).
Prosecutor General's Office: 645 rail wagons worth $650 million, which belonged to the family of the ex-Minister of Defense of Ukraine, were arrested. Preliminarily, we are talking about Pavlo Lebedev. The enterprises of his relatives produce equipment for the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation.
From today’s Issue of the “Kyiv Independent” - Ukraine opens over 700 cases of collaboration, treason since start of war (article in Ukrainian). Around 400 of the criminal cases filed have been transferred to other law enforcement agencies, Ukrinform news agency reports, citing First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Yevhen Yenin. The highest number of suspected collaborators are reportedly in Luhansk and Kyiv oblasts, 162 and 155 cases, respectively.
FSB officer and former Minister of Defense of the DPR: My comrades in the Kherson direction have one thermal imager per battalion... The question is not whether they will break through the Ukrainian counter attacks - they will break through. The question is whether there are reserves behind them
CHERNIHIV
After today's missile strike, the Pryluky authorities announced that they would close cafes and shops that operated during the air raid.
Department of Civil Protection and Defense Work: Evacuation has been announced in the Pryluky district of the Chernihiv region. It will take place in the villages of Zayizd, Petrivske, Tykhe and Sukhostavets of the Pryluky district. The reason is that there is a threat of fire spreading due to rocket attacks.
Operational Command Pivnich (North): Three missiles fired by Russian troops hit Priluki.
SUMY
Regional Military Administration - On June 13, the Russians fired on the Sumy region from mortars and a drone. “After midnite, the Russians opened mortar fire, 14 explosions. Esman community. At almost 14, a drone dropped ammunition (a grenade launcher) onto the territory of Velikopisarevskaya community. As a result of the explosion, 2 people were injured, one was killed. Another mortar shelling took place at about 5 p.m., 30 "arrivals" were recorded.
● shelling of Znob-Novhorodske, Krasnopillia and Esman territorial communities.
KHARKIV
Regional Military Administration: In the past 24 hours, Russian troops continued shelling Kharkiv city and Kharkiv, Izium, Bohodukhiv and Chuhuiv districts. One person was killed, and 5, including three children, were injured
The State Emergency Service reports the results of the night shelling of Kharkiv: 10 trucks were on fire in one of the enterprises of the Kharkiv district. No casualties or injuries.
President's Office: Due to the new offensive of the Russians in the north of the Kharkiv region, Kharkiv again found itself within the reach of the enemy's cannon artillery.
The National Guard of Ukraine liquidated the Russian troop headquarters in the Kharkiv region. As a result, the following items were destroyed: an ammunition depot, an MTLB, a passenger car, armored vehicles and two army trucks.
State Security Service: Detained a Russian agent who provided the Russians positions of the Ukrainian military in the Kharkiv region. The agent was detained in the suburbs of Kharkiv. He was employed by the FSB - Russian security service and recruited via the Internet.
LUHANSK
Regional Military Administration: All the bridges have been destroyed, but Severodonetsk is not cut off. There is communication with the city.
● Russians did not completely capture Severodonetsk, part of the city is under Ukrainian control. At the same time, the evacuation and delivery of humanitarian aid is impossible. The people who remained in the city survive in extremely difficult conditions.
● The Russians continue to shell Lysychansk powerfully. There is an evacuation from this city, humanitarian supplies are delivered daily.
● In the Izyum direction, Ukrainian troops shot down a Russian Ka-52 Alligator helicopter, the 93rd Motorized Brigade "Holodhyi Yar" reported. The downed helicopter fell on the temporarily occupied territory near the villages of Dolgenke and Sulihovka.
State Security Service: During the fighting in the Luhansk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine captured a "people's policeman", who since 2015 fought against his own son and shot houses in Severodonetsk from tanks. "By order, he leveled the city to the ground, "laying passages" for his infantry".
DONETSK
Petro Andryushchenko said that the Russians were shelling Donetsk. He published a video confirming his words "Here is a vivid example from propagandists. First, he says "mortar 120". And then an intervention shot is heard for less than a few seconds. Any Mariupol resident will tell you that such a short pause is only when close is close. And only Russians are so close to that part of Donetsk"
UN Secretary General: In connection with the shelling of Donetsk, the UN called on all parties to the conflict in Ukraine to comply with international humanitarian law.
Mayor of Melitopol: The Russians themselves staged an explosion on June 12 during the celebration of the "Day of Russia" in the temporarily occupied Melitopol. “Just imagine, next to the “ministry”, which is guarded around the clock, there was a fairly powerful explosion. Just when they need it. No one could have done this”.
Regional Military Administration: Only according to preliminary data, more than 22,000 civilians were killed in Mariupol, more than 50,000 were deported to the Russian Federation and to the temporarily occupied territories of the Donetsk region.
● Yesterday the Russians killed 3 civilians of Donbas: 1 - in Avdiivka, 1 - in Novoselivka Persha and 1 - in Kurakhivka. Another 5 people were injured. In addition, two civilians who were injured in the Luhansk region died in the Donetsk region.
Ukrainian journalist: A warehouse with ammunition of the Russian Armed Forces exploded in the temporarily occupied city of Donetsk.
BBC: Mayor of Mariupol - In the first week of the war, deputies of the city council of Mariupol from the already banned in Ukraine 'Opposition Platform - For Life' party transmitted data to the Russians about the location of the city’s critical infrastructure.
● “They knew where to shoot. There were many traitors who gave coordinates. Everything that we had, everything that is considered the critical infrastructure of the city, was destroyed in the first seven days. There are 15 power sources in the city. Even the mayor didn't know where they all were. But they knew and a week later they destroyed all 15. The city was left without electricity, ”said Boychenko He blamed the deputies of the City Council from the Opposition Platform for Life for these events.
DPR representative office: The number of people injured during the shelling of the 'Travnevyi' market in the Budionivskyi district of Donetsk has risen to 18.
Social Media: In Berdiansk, mine clearance is taking place in the port.
Ministry of Internal Affairs: Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have attacked residential areas of settlements in the Donetsk region with supersonic x-22 Burya air-to-ground missiles from the times of the USSR. Residential buildings have been destroyed.
Defense Intelligence: In temporarily occupied Mariupol, the Russians found it difficult to recruit enough employees with a salary of 10 thousand rubles per month to work in public utilities. The enemy reduced so-called "humanitarian aid", which provided the minimum amount of food for survival. So far, the occupation administration is offering people to become "volunteers". It is announced that their main task will be to clean up the rubble on the streets and bury the bodies in mass graves. As a reward, "access to food" is offered.
Donetsk Media: The Ukrainian mayor of Sviatohirsk went over to the side of the "DPR". The so-called "head of the DPR" held a meeting with him and appointed him "head of administration" of Sviatohirsk.
Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol: The occupation authorities are rapidly trying to restore the railway line in Mariupol. If the railway is functioning, this will greatly simplify the logistics for the delivery of military goods and their transportation to the front line in the Donetsk region.
● The Russians are preparing to annex Mariupol and the Donetsk region by September 1
● Russians are planning to open the theatrical season in the theatre they bombed and where an estimated 600 people died from the bombing. "The drama theatre in Mariupol should open on September 10. The new season will open with two or three dances, live performances, and theatrical production," the Russian authorities say.
KHERSON
Ukrainian soldiers recorded a video message to the residents of Kherson, where they said that they were already 10 km from the city.
Main Intelligence Directorate: In Kherson region near Nova Kakhovka and Berislav, the Russian military forces farmers to hand over 70% of their crops to buyers from Crimea.
Social Media: On the border of Mykolaiv and Kherson regions, Russian troops are destroying wheat fields by setting them on fire
DNIPRO
State Emergency Service: Two women were killed in Dnipropetrovsk region as a result of Russian shelling. One - in the Pokrovskaya community, the second - in Zelenodolsk. Five more people were injured.
In the region, the Zelenodolsk community organized a bus evacuation for residents of the Zelenodolsk community. Evacuation will be with buses to Kryvyi Rih.
MYKOLAIV
Regional Military Administration:
● Russians shelled the Inhulskyi territorial community at night. Shelling continues in the Bereznehuvate territorial community. Information on casualties and injuries is being verified.
● Mykolaiv reports that, in the morning, the Russians shelled the Paturyne village. According to preliminary information, there are no injuries and no damages.
Mayor: Yesterday morning Russian troops shelled the suburbs of Mykolaiv. According to the military commandant's office of the city's defense, these were Uragan multiple launch rocket systems. There were no casualties.
KYIV
Kyiv region police: A mass grave was found near the village of Myrotske, Bucha district, at a former Russian position.
Comparing Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to Russian invasion of Ukraine using Wikipedia and Ukraine Ministry of Defense Daily Bulletins. Soviet and Russian military losses not including captured equipment
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