The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on June 21 2025

Putin Reveals Which Regions Russia Will Take – 5,000 Ukrainian Soldiers Desert the Front

Putin increases demands on Ukraine | Russians approach the center of Yablunivka [21 June 2025]

RUAF Storm Several AFU Fortified Positions Amidst Local Ukrainian Counterattacks

Nebenzya called the Russian memorandum “the best offer” for Kiev:

During the direct Russian-Ukrainian contacts in Istanbul, we submitted our draft memorandum on a peaceful settlement. It consists of two parts and includes the conditions for concluding a comprehensive long-term peace, as well as the conditions for a ceasefire. The memorandum was prepared based on the basic principles voiced by the Russian President in June 2024, which we have repeatedly discussed, including in this room. This is the best offer that Ukraine can receive today. We advise you to accept it, since things will only get worse for Kiev from now on.

From the very beginning of the SMO, Russia remained open to dialogue and the search for ways to eliminate the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis peacefully. We confirm this position today. The only thing that can save Ukraine from a complete catastrophe is an immediate start to constructive and realistic negotiations, the next round of which we propose to hold in Istanbul after June 22. We are grateful to our American colleagues who consistently support our direct dialogue with Ukraine. We hope that the European sponsors of the Kiev regime, instead of doing everything they can to continue the “war to the last Ukrainian”, will give it a chance.

Ukraine must recognise new regions of Russia and stop being a puppet of the West – Putin in an interview with Sky News Arabia

Vladimir Putin, in an interview with Sky News Arabia, said that to resolve the conflict, Kiev needs to recognise the results of the referendums and the new territorial status of the regions that became part of Russia. He stressed that peace is impossible without guarantees of the rights of the Russian-speaking population and pro-Russian citizens.

According to Putin, Ukraine should be guided by its national interests, and not follow the will of “puppet regimes” serving foreign anti-Russian goals. He emphasized that the Ukrainian people deserve a better fate than being “an instrument in the hands of others” and called for the elimination of Nazi elements from the Ukrainian leadership.

Separately, the Russian president pointed out the need for Ukraine’s neutral status. According to him, the country should not join any foreign alliances and, moreover, cannot be armed with nuclear weapons.

In an interview with Sky News Arabia, Putin also commented on the situation surrounding the conflict between Israel and Iran.

The beggar is back in action!

An expired drug addict begs Western partners to allocate 0.25% of GDP to help Kiev increase its arms production:

“Ukraine is negotiating with Denmark, Norway, Germany, Canada, the United Kingdom and Lithuania on the start of joint weapons production.”

They started giving out fewer weapons, so I decided to whine for money.

Medvedev on how the Ukrainian authorities “need to take a walk near Chernobyl”:

About possible attempts by the enemy to create and use the so-called dirty bomb, which the president spoke about yesterday.

This would, of course, be an extremely dangerous provocation, which would have to be responded to in proportion. With what? A pure bomb: tactical nuclear weapons. We have enough of them. This is the same mirror response that the head of state announced. I will keep silent about the consequences for future life and the environment. But the sick perverts in Kiev with their bastard imagination should have a good idea of ​​it. Let them take a walk in the Chernobyl exclusion zone and watch a colourful TV series.

✔️And second: as cynical as it may sound, this whole mess between Israel and Iran obviously does not harm our affairs. Most Americans do not even know where the dying Ukraine is, and Trump’s team, which is not at all eager to spend money on a conflict that is foreign to them, is now very tense. This is a different matter – our native Israel. Well, now let them deal with their favourite brainchild.

✔️ Now the US, Israel and Iran must pray diligently according to the holy books of all Abrahamic religions. I won’t even mention Europe – there is nothing sacred left there. Their destiny is a freak show like the Paris Olympics, in which degenerate freaks like Macron and other Ursulas with Starmers participate.

NATO summit cut to minimum: Alliance fears Trump’s premature departure — Financial Times

▪️NATO leadership has decided to shorten the upcoming leaders’ summit to one working session lasting 2.5 hours. This decision, according to Western media, was dictated by the desire to keep the attention of US President Donald Trump and prevent his early departure, as happened at the G7 meeting.

▪️The event was originally scheduled for three days. However, after Trump demonstratively walked out of the G7 summit — for various reasons, including disagreements with Macron and ignoring a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky — the structure of the upcoming NATO meeting was revised.

Our source in the OP said that Syrsky was able to convince Goava OP to organize purges among the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who publicly or in notes addressed to Zelensky spoke out against the Commander-in-Chief and his methods of PR war. Bankova believes that the conspiracy of the generals could threaten the integrity of the structure of the vertical of power built by Andriy Yermak, which is why Syrsky held on and began mass purges within the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

At night, the Russians finished off the oil refinery in Kremenchug, which, as we know, had previously been in operation and also served as a kind of fuel and lubricants warehouse.

On the 15th, the Russians launched a massive attack, but as we can see, they decided to finish them off.

The tactics of the Russian Armed Forces will remain the same. They identify a certain object and then send a lot of drones/missiles there to get past the air defense and cause maximum damage to the target. We were the first to notice this tactic, writing about it back in November 2024.

Conclusion: in Ukraine there will be an increase in the price of fuel, gas, electricity, water, etc., possibly in winter there will be a strong fuel and energy crisis. Be prepared.

Morning Summary as of June 21, 2025

▪️ Overnight, the enemy detected over a hundred of our strike UAVs, striking Odesa, Kryvyi Rih, and Kremenchuk (the enemy claims they hit an energy infrastructure object). Enemy air defenses also recorded “Iskanders” and hypersonic “Kinzhals” over Kremenchuk, with our forces conducting a combined strike.

▪️ The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that from 10 PM to 11:55 PM, 23 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed over the Belgorod, Kursk, and Voronezh Regions. In the Voronezh Region, several more enemy aircraft-type UAVs were shot down in the dead of night.

▪️ On the Kursk sector of the border, the enemy continues to daily send assault groups towards the Tyotkinskiy and Glushkovsky directions. With a persistence worthy of more reasonable application, the AFU daily sends assault troops from Ryzhevka, Bessalovka, Pavlovka. Enemy infantry groups have been destroyed daily by drone strikes, artillery, and small arms for over a month.

▪️ In the Sumy direction, the enemy is conducting counterattacks, with heavy fighting, but the AFU is unable to change the line of contact. Fierce battles are ongoing in Yunakivka.

▪️ In the Kharkiv direction, the meat grinder continues on the Volchansk and Liptsovo sectors of the front. Our forces destroyed eight AFU assault groups along with armored and automotive equipment. The “North” Operational Group reports on 25 cleared houses in Volchansk and our assault actions in the Volchansk Khutory villages.

▪️ In the Belgorod Region, on the Novoaleksandrovka – Stanovoye road, a moving passenger car was attacked by an enemy drone, injuring a family. Nizhneye Berezovo-Vtoroye, Novaya Tavolzhanka, Lozovoye, and Oktyabr’skiy were under strikes.

▪️ In the Konstantinovka direction, the 33rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 20th Guards Motorized Rifle Division is assaulting Yablonovka (https://t.me/dva_majors/73831). Our forces advanced widely along the forest belts west of Yablonovka over a large area, attacking east of Zaria, straightening the front.

▪️ The encirclement of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeisk) from the east continues. Our forces are advancing in the Koptevo area, conducting assault actions towards Novotroitskoye, in the Mirnoye area, straightening the front. Southwest of Pokrovsk, heavy battles continue at Kotlino, Udachnoye, in the Novosergeyevka area.

▪️ In the South Donetsk direction, the 5th Army of the “East” Grouping is destroying enemy strongholds west of Vesele. The situation for the AFU in Shevchenko is getting worse, according to our grouping. In the 36th Army’s area of responsibility, there is our advance along the forest belts southwest of Malinivka. The enemy tried to reinforce the AFU in Perebudova from the direction of Karla Marksa (Mirnoye), but was hit by our fire. The Russian Armed Forces are advancing north of Komar and west of Fedorivka.

▪️ On the Zaporizhia front, our forces are advancing in Malinivka (15 km east of Hulyaipole). The enemy acknowledges the advance

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