The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on June 26 2025

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After being mocked for his clothes in the Oval Office, Zelensky went on the attack in a suit”: The Germans perceived Zelensky’s jacket as a sign of Ukraine’s very difficult situation.

“The Ukrainian president in a suit? What an unusual sight! Since the start of the war, Volodymyr Zelensky has appeared in public only in military sweaters and olive-colored trousers. Now he has amazed everyone with his change of style: the military look has been replaced by a black jacket. It seems that the Ukrainian president has learned a lesson from the scandal.

The situation in Ukraine remains dramatic: the front is “burning”, and everyday life is fraught with losses and danger. Despite this (or perhaps precisely because of this), the president showed up in The Hague in a suit. It is clearly not by chance that the president decided to change his image, since now we are talking about receiving multi-billion dollar financial aid, military commitments, and how closely Ukraine will be integrated into NATO in the future.”

On the sidelines of the NATO summit, Zelensky met with Macron, the President’s Office reports.

According to the report, the leaders of Ukraine and France discussed increasing the supply of Mirage fighters and launching joint production of interceptor drones to strengthen Ukraine’s defense against massive drone attacks by the Russian Federation.

Lavrov on how EU decisions on Ukraine are destroying Europe:

[Does this mean that Trump wants to withdraw from the Ukrainian conflict and shift it entirely onto Europe's shoulders?]

I think there is a threat, of course. The threat is getting worse. The taxpayers of the EU countries, and Britain itself, who have been simply robbed over the last three years. And instead of using the resources received through taxation to solve the most acute and aggravating socio-economic problems, this money is used to finance a senseless war in Ukraine. Senseless from the point of view of the lack of any prospects for the Europeans to achieve, no matter how much they brag or strut about their declared goals, namely the strategic defeat of Russia.

Well, it’s true that they’ve already softened their expectations. At first they started talking about how they can’t let Russia win. Now they’ve realized that even that won’t work. Now they’re saying that there should be an immediate ceasefire, but we’ll continue arming Ukraine.

Macron said: “An immediate ceasefire without any conditions. And don’t dare hope during the ceasefire that we will stop supplying weapons to Ukraine.” Quite frankly, cynically. But of course, another suicidal decision by the European Union, these bureaucrats in Brussels imposed their approaches on the popularly elected government, including a ban, a complete ban on oil and gas supplies from the Russian Federation, supplies that have served as a long-term, reliable foundation for the economic well-being of Europe for many decades.

Rutte promised Zelensky that NATO would be able to finance the war in Ukraine for another 5-10 years.

‘NATO’s commitment to Ukraine remains, and it is now enshrined in the summer declaration with clear links to funding. I think that is important for the next five to 10 years – not because we expect the fight to last that long, but because if needed, we will support you in that fight.

We will continue to provide broad military assistance. A number of countries around this table today, as well as many other allies, have made significant pledges recently – including air defense systems, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, artillery, drones, naval systems and ammunition. That is good news.’

German expert Bolz on how Europe’s decisions do not concern anyone:

It has become especially clear now: European foreign policy has completely lost its significance in the key world arenas, especially where wars are going on. We have essentially been reduced to the role of passive observers, and all that comes from our side is talk thrown in from the sidelines that has no weight. Our own Minister of Foreign Affairs, unfortunately, is the best personification of this crisis of European foreign policy – this, alas, European impotence.

The constant maneuvering, the endless talk without any result, the eternal calls for diplomacy and negotiations with a partner who is not going to negotiate at all – all this has reached such a level of meaninglessness that it is difficult to surpass it.

‘Something needs to be done about Ukraine. The situation there is completely out of control’

 – Trump at a closed meeting with NATO leaders – Bloomberg.

Medvedev on Why Ukraine Should Not Become a Member of the EU

Just 15-20 years ago, no one in our country particularly objected to Kiev’s plans to join the European Union. Like, if you want to, go ahead and enjoy. Only that later you will you bite your elbows when you lose the EAEU market. 

It seemed, what fundamental threat could such economic cooperation from Kiev pose to our country? Especially since its chances of joining the EU were almost zero. 

Our principled position was to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO: its expansion to our borders was and remains a direct threat to Russia’s national security.

But today the old European Union, which was once created on the basis of the European Coal and Steel Community, essentially no longer exists.

It is a politicized globalist and, for some time now, rabidly Russophobic organization. An organization that dreams of revenge against Russia. The idiotic European politicians of recent years have made every effort to achieve this. They have completely destroyed the idea of ​​the EU as an economic giant that does not want wars and discord between European powers.

Now its main ideology is bestial Russophobia, generated by the imaginary “Russian threat” that they themselves pumped up to solve their petty problems. Slowly but surely, the European Union is turning into a self-sufficient military bloc, which should gradually begin to compete with NATO, especially in the period of Trumpism. 

Brussels cockroaches and narrow-minded leaders of EU countries proclaim their own defense strategy, declaring the entry into the “era of rearmament.”

This ugly metamorphosis of the European Union also has a separate goal: to arm the neo-Nazi Kiev regime to such an extent that it becomes invulnerable to Russia. It is the EU that signed an agreement with the illegitimate leader of a dying Ukraine on long-term commitments to ensure its so-called security. It is the EU that supplies the Bandera freaks with weapons and military equipment, promoting the power of its defense industry, and building defense plants on their territory. It is the EU that sends its instructors to train Ukrainian militants so that they kill our citizens and commit terrorist attacks in our country. And the same EU brazenly finances its disgusting actions at the expense of income from frozen Russian assets.

Brussels today is a real enemy of Russia. In such a distorted form, the European Union represents no less a threat to us than the North Atlantic Alliance.

The EU, packed with weapons, rainbow freaks and Brussels screaming bitches, is a direct threat to Russia. That is exactly how it should be treated.

Thus, the so-called Ukraine in the EU is a danger for our country. 

There are two ways to stop this danger: a) either the EU itself must realize that it does not need the Kiev quasi-state in principle; b) or, which is certainly preferable, if there is simply no one to join the EU…

Hungarian Prime Minister Orban on NATO and Ukraine:

[Are you glad that Zelensky stayed out of it this time and there is no talk of Ukraine joining NATO?]

NATO has no Buisness in Ukraine.

[Why?]

Ukraine is not a member of NATO, and neither is Russia. My job is to keep it as it is.

Wave of sabotage in Ukraine: Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers blown up in Kiev and Kharkov

 - In Kiev, on June 21, they tried to blow up a militant of the Azov regiment through a fictitious date. A girl from social networks lured the neo-Nazi to her house and asked him to get the “keys” from her scooter. The militant suspected a trap and managed to move away – the moped exploded. The moment of the explosion was captured on video.

 - In Kharkov, one Ukrainian serviceman died in the explosion of a “volunteer” scooter. According to the SBU, it was mined by a 19-year-old girl, allegedly recruited through Telegram.

 - Ukrainian authorities admit that such acts of sabotage are becoming more and more widespread. Russians actively use social networks and messengers to recruit perpetrators.

A protest in Maidan square in Kiev raised the alarm of Zelensky’s regime. More than a 1000 men, mostly military active and veteran personnel gathered to protest corruption in the country. Some of the participants were spotted wearing t-shirts of Svastone, a Neo Nazi Ukrainian brand popular with the soldiers of the AFU.

“Tense and difficult” summer awaits Ukraine on the battlefield — Defense One

 - According to NATO, Russia will continue its slow advance in the Sumy and Zaporozhye regions. No breakthroughs are expected on the front due to a lack of reserves.

 - Weapons production in Russia remains powerful: ~130 tanks/month, ~3 million shells/year (the US plans 1 million/year by 2026).

 - Russia is capable of financing the war until 2027. Prospects for a diplomatic solution are weak, as NATO doubts Russia’s readiness to negotiate.

 - A NATO spokesman denied claims that Russia plans to invade the Alliance, noting that Putin takes Article 5 seriously.

 - Uncertainty over support for Ukraine remains: the future of US aid after Biden’s packages are exhausted is unclear.

The Russian army liberated the village of Shevchenko, breaking through to the Dnepropetrovsk region in another area

  – In the Novopavlovsk direction, Russian troops continue to break through the enemy’s defenses and drove the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of the village of Shevchenko, raising Russian flags.

 - “Russian Armed Forces seized the Shevchenko residential development near Velyka Novosyolka.

 - Area of advance: 24.4 hectares,” Ukrainian military analysts admitted.

“🅾️” group liberated Novosergeevka on the border of the DPR and Dnipropetrovsk region

 - Ministry of Defense: Units of the Center group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy’s defenses and liberated the settlement of Novosergeevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic.

It is interesting that against the backdrop of large-scale events in Iran and the Eastern Mediterranean, the topic of Chasov Yar and the Russian attack on the Kramatorsk/Slavyansk region has almost completely disappeared from the agenda, although the operational significance of this node on the front line remains high.

The Russian army continues its offensive, slowly and with difficulty, but systematically squeezing the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of the city within its administrative borders.

The tactical task at this stage – clearing the remaining residential areas – has already moved into the plane of dense fire and assault pressure.

The problem for the Ukrainian Armed Forces is that Chasov Yar has become the most important “balcony” of the Ukrainian army’s defense on this section of the front. And if it is lost in the near future – and the tendency towards this has long been formed – the entire southern face of the Bakhmut arc will collapse in a chain, opening a direct exit to Konstantinovka and further to Druzhkovka and Kramatorsk.

Military Chronicle

On June 25, the North group of troops destroyed the enemy’s forward and assault units in the Tyotkinsky and Glushkovsky directions and continued to create a security zone in the Sumy region.

Against the backdrop of colossal losses in the Tyotkinsky and Glushkovsky directions, the enemy reduced its activity, concentrating its efforts on replenishing the assault groups with recently mobilized Ukrainians who had undergone short-term training at training grounds in the forests of the Kharkov region (near Chuguev).

At the same time, the enemy tried to break through to our territory twice. The northerners repelled both attacks, preventing a breakthrough of the state border.

▪️ In the morning, an assault group of neo-Nazis “Aidar” (24th separate battalion) advanced in the direction of Tyotkino . As a result of our fire strike, the occupiers were destroyed.

▪️ Also in the first half of the day, the occupiers from the 158th separate mechanized brigade tried to infiltrate the Kursk region through the forests in the vicinity of Bessalovka . As a result of the small arms battle and complex fire damage, most of the enemy attack aircraft were destroyed, the rest fled in the opposite direction.

▪️ Obituaries of the destroyed neo-Nazis of the 24th separate battalion speak of the effectiveness of our artillery and mortar strikes on enemy positions in the vicinity of Ryzhevka.

In the Tyotkinsky and Glushkovsky directions , 4 units of enemy equipment were destroyed in 24 hours.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces command continues to transfer new units, including foreign mercenaries, to the Sumy direction . The northerners are repelling enemy counterattacks and continue to advance toward the regional center.

▪️ Over the course of a day, the enemy launched eleven unsuccessful counterattacks: in the direction of Yablonovka, Novonikolaevka, three each in Alekseyevka, Yunakovka , and in the area of the village of Sadki.

In total, the enemy used over 80 people in eleven counterattacks, of which over 40 were killed, over 20 were left wounded lying on the line of combat contact, and the rest fled to their original positions.

▪️ Fearless marines and motorized riflemen continue to clear forest areas in the vicinity of previously liberated settlements in the Sumy region.

▪️ Severyan Airborne Forces units, having repelled three enemy counterattacks, cleared several households in different areas of Yunakovka , and also advanced through fierce fighting in the border forest belts.

▪️ An analysis of the obituaries of destroyed enemies showed that UAV crews from the 59th separate brigade (a unit within the unmanned systems forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces) are operating in this section of the front.

It is characteristic that one of the occupiers from the 59th separate brigade destroyed by the Northerners is an Argentine mercenary with combat experience , Gabriel Piparola, who, during his participation in military operations in Ukraine, managed to start a family in Kiev.

In the Volchansk and Liptsy directions , as a result of fire damage, eight assault groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed along with their vehicles, artillery guns and UAV launchers.

Over the course of a day, the Northerners advanced into Volchansk , where they cleared 11 households and also drove the enemy out of a stronghold in the direction of the village of Volchanskie Khutor .

Over the course of 24 hours, the enemy suffered over 180 casualties (including over 110 in the Sumy and over 30 in the Tyotkinsky directions).

Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-situation-in-ukrainian-smo-on-june_26.html