• Military

• WMD Menu                           

• Introduction
• Systems
• Facilities
• Agencies
• Operations
• Countries
• Hot Documents
• News
• Reports
• Policy
• Budget
• Congress
• Links

• Intelligence
• Homeland Security
• Space

Combat Operations
Ukraine
Russia
United States
NATO
United Nations
Foreign Reactions
News Reports

Combat Operations

• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 12.06.2023 Ukraine MOD 12 Jun 2023
• Ukraine Says It Retakes Territory In South, East As U.S. Backs Counteroffensive RFE/RL 12 Jun 2023 -- Ukraine says it has liberated seven settlements in the south and eastern regions of the country and made further advances in Bakhmut amid heavy fighting, as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington was confident the counteroffensive would make progress and that it was maximizing its support to insure Kyiv's "success on the battlefield."
• Enerhoatom Chief Warns Russian Forces May 'Worsen' Situation Caused By Dam Breach RFE/RL 12 Jun 2023 -- The head of Ukraine's Enerhoatom nuclear generating company says he is concerned that Russian forces still occupying Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant may "worsen the situation even further" after last week's destruction of the Kakhovka dam that jeopardized water supplies and put Europe's largest nuclear station in peril.
• Latest in Ukraine: US Pledges 'Robust' Political, Practical Support for Kyiv VOA 12 Jun 2023 -- During a news conference Monday in Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States was determined to maximize its support for Ukraine so it can succeed on the battlefield. A "robust" package of political and practical support for Ukraine, Blinken added, can also be expected at the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius.
• Latest in Ukraine: Officials Say Ukrainian Troops Reclaim Village in Donetsk VOA 12 Jun 2023 -- A Ukrainian official said Monday the country's troops retook control of Storozhov, a village in the Donetsk region as they conduct a counteroffensive aimed at reclaiming territory seized by Russia.
• Counteroffensive actions underway in Ukraine: Zelensky People's Daily 12 Jun 2023 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that the counteroffensive actions in his country are underway, the government-run Ukrinform news agency reported.

Ukraine

• The destruction of the Kakhovka HPP dam was well prepared and supported by Russian national legislation - Oleg Ustenko in Newsweek President of Ukraine 12 Jun 2023
• The strength of our warriors yields results, and I thank everyone who is now in combat for this - address by the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 12 Jun 2023
• Ukraine Urges Germany to Spare 'Many More' Leopard Tanks After Military Setback Sputnik 12 Jun 2023 -- Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrii Melnyk says Germany has the capacity to triple the number of Leopard 2 main battle tanks supplied to Kiev.

Russia

• Visit to Vishnevsky Central Military Clinical Hospital President of Russia 12 Jun 2023
• Akhmat volunteer detachment signs a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defence Russia MoD 12 Jun 2023 -- The Akhmat volunteer detachment trained by the Russian Special Forces University has signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defence as part of the implementation of an order of the Russian Defence Minister defining the procedure for organising the service activities of volunteer organisations.
• Moscow rejects Kiev's claims about capturing villages, says has repelled Ukraine's offensives in southeast Press TV 12 Jun 2023 -- Russia says it has repelled attacks by Ukrainian forces on several villages in the southeastern regions of Ukraine, rejecting earlier claims by Kiev that its troops have "liberated" those villages from Russian control.
• Russia says evacuated 7,000 from Kherson flooded areas Press TV 12 Jun 2023 -- Nearly 7,000 people have been evacuated from flooded areas in the war-ravaged Russia-controlled Kherson region of eastern Ukraine, its acting governor has declared.
• Russian Army Launches Counteroffensive Near Vremovka Ledge - Official Sputnik 12 Jun 2023 -- Russian armed forces have launched a counteroffensive to push back Ukrainian army near the Vremovka ledge in the Zaporozhye direction, Vladimir Rogov, a senior official of the Russian-appointed Zaporozhye regional administration, said on Monday.
• Ukraine Loses 250 Military in Zaporozhye, South Donetsk Directions in Past Day Sputnik 12 Jun 2023 -- Ukraine has lost up to 250 military in the Zaporozhye and South Donetsk directions over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.

United States

• US Providing $325 Million More in Aid for Ukraine VOA 12 Jun 2023 -- The United States is providing up to $325 million in additional military aid for Ukraine, a U.S. defense official tells VOA.
• Raytheon to Give Ukraine 5 Patriot Systems by End of 2024 Sputnik 12 Jun 2023 -- Raytheon Technologies plans to deliver five more air defense systems to Ukraine by the end of 2024, its chief executive said.

NATO

United Nations

• Ukraine: Kakhovka dam aid effort reaches 180,000 people UN News 12 Jun 2023 -- Heavy rains and thunderstorms in the area of the Kakhovka dam disaster in southern Ukraine aggravated the humanitarian situation there on Monday, making evacuations and aid distribution harder.
• UN Secretary-General Says 'Concerned' About Prospects of Non-Renewal of Grain Exports Deal Sputnik 12 Jun 2023 -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday he was concerned about the prospects that the grain exports agreement, formally known as the Black Sea Initiative, will not be renewed again.

Foreign Reactions

• Weimar Triangle - "Our strength lies in unity" Germany - Federal Government 12 Jun 2023 -- Putin has to realise at long last that his plan has failed and he must stop the war in Ukraine immediately: this is what Federal Chancellor Scholz called for at his meeting with the French and Polish Presidents in the context of the Weimar Triangle format in Paris. He added that Russia's President had underestimated the unity of the West.
• Norway providing support to flood victims in Ukraine Government of Norway 12 Jun 2023 -- 'Norway is increasing its humanitarian support and sending equipment to help the many thousands of people affected by the flooding following the collapse of the Kakhovka dam,' said Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Huitfeldt.
• Dutch emergency equipment on its way to flooded regions in Ukraine Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 Jun 2023 -- Fifteen trucks filled with emergency equipment have departed the Netherlands this afternoon and are on their way to provide relief to the region in Ukraine that has been heavily affected by floods as a result of the destruction of the Kachovka dam.
• V4 Defence Ministers met in the High Tatras to discuss aid to Ukraine and common projects Czech Republic Ministry of Defence & Armed Forces 12 Jun 2023 -- Hungary will join the Czech Republic and Poland in protecting Slovak airspace. The declaration was signed at the V4 meeting in Štrbské Pleso by the four Defence Ministers. This working meeting included the participation of Germany on this occasion. Minister of Defence Jana Černochová was represented by Deputy Minister Daniel Blažkovec.
• Japan to Continue Providing Assistance to Ukraine in Demining, Reconstruction Sputnik 12 Jun 2023 -- Japan will continue to provide assistance to Ukraine in demining and reconstruction, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday.

News Reports

• Wider Europe Briefing: What Can Ukraine Expect At NATO's Vilnius Summit? Plus, The EU's New Migration Quandary RFE/RL 12 Jun 2023