18 Jun: BREAKTHROUGH: 2 Ukrainian Helicopters WREAK HAVOC on a Russian Base | War in Ukraine

18 Jun: BREAKTHROUGH: 2 Ukrainian Helicopters WREAK HAVOC on a Russian Base | War in Ukraine

today there are a lot of developments in the carave direction the most interesting news comes from the Lipa area here Russians attempted to concentrate their forces for a renewed wave of assaults and to regain the initiative ukrainians countered this by destroying the Russian units with air power and Drive by raids before they had the chance to launch their assaults the main Russian goal in this direction continues to be establishing control over the town of lipy and creating a buffer zone to push Ukrainian artillery away from the international border previously ukrainians were able to demoralize Russian units with drone strikes to the point that Russian soldiers abandoned their positions as soon as ukrainians launched counterattacks in desperation Russian commanders saturated the area with reserves which halted the Ukrainian momentum but only in the short term The Institute for the study of War reported that Russian forces were gathering near hiok such a concentration of forces can only mean that Russians were preparing for a new wave of attacks toward lipy the reason Russians decided to use hioka as the launching area for the renewed attacks is quite complex Russians are unable to transfer a large number of armored vehicles into the area as Ukrainian drone operators are operating well behind the Russian border geolocated footage confirms this as anytime Russians attempt to probe Ukrainian defenses with a tank it quickly gets detected and destroyed by Ukrainian drone operators as as soon as it comes close to or crosses the Border this causes Russian forces in the direction of lipy to suffer from a severe lack of armored support Additionally the terrain between lukan and nkuch is characterized by a series of small forests separated by large Open Fields attempting to cross these fields with assault groups made up of pure infantry would be suicide as ukrainians have a large window of opportunity to spot and destroy the enemy this leaves only one possible access of advance for large infantry assaults in this region the distance between hioka and the northern ddas of lipy is relatively short which limits the exposure of Russian soldiers to Ukrainian fire while they move to their target ukrainians had initially pushed the Russians out of this duas but the new Russian forces concentration here indicates that Russians plan to attack and regain the foothold ukrainians understood the threat that this grin Russian Force posed to Ukrainian defenders in The Duchess and immediately sprang into action firstly Ukrainian drone operator spotted Russian infantry moving into one of the buildings in hioka before targeting it with an fpv drone it turns out that Russians had also gathered ammunition here as it quickly caught fire and burned down the building as you may remember from a previous report ukrainians had also targeted numerous Russian air defense systems inside of Russian territory as this significantly weak weakened the Russian air defense network ukrainians were also able to conduct air strikes on the Russian forces concentrations in hiok gated footage shows how ukrainians targeted other buildings that Russians had moved into with a series of JM air strikes Ukrainian drone operators then continued to monitor the settlement and called in air strikes on Russian positions leveling any Russian building to the ground ukrainians also complemented the JDM strikes which are launched from f win aircraft with helicopter close air support to reain down further destruction on Russian forces in the settlement geolocated footage shows two Ukrainian M24 hint heavy Attack Helicopters returning from such a fire mission on hibok to emphasized to the Russian soldiers Gathering inok that ukrainians would not allow them to collect sufficient forces from launching new attacks ukrainians launched a driveby raid on the settlement with the Ukrainian made BTR 4E infantry Fighting Vehicle nicknamed bua fell Buel first drove up to the settlement firing its secondary gun to suppress Russian infantry hiding in the buildings after it drove into position it fired into the settlement with its main Auto Cannon destroying Russian positions with high explosive ammunition the vehicle then turned to also fire into the side of the town and a tree line with Russian positions before driving back to safy the full uncensored footage of all mentioned AR strikes and ground operations can can be found on our telegram through the link in the description the Ukrainian operation of destroying the Russian forces concentrations had succeeded as the Russians eventually did not launch their storming operation of the northern dutches Russian military analysts even reported that due to later Ukrainian counterattacks ukrainians were able to advance up to the outskirts of hibok however the true extent of the damage that ukrainians had done to Russian forces became clear the next day UK Ian har group of forces spokesperson Yuri poai stated that Russian soldiers were again beginning to abandon their positions overall ukrainians have successfully prevented a new wave of Russian assaults by destroying the Russian accumulation of forces before they had the chance to attack the effectiveness of this operation even allowed ukrainians to regain a small amount of territory despite the large amount of Russian forces present if ukrainians can continue to inflict massive casualties on Russian forces and exploit the increasingly low Russian morale ukrainians will be able to push the Russian offensive back to the international border if you’re against the invasion of Ukraine and you want to support the work that I am doing consider making a purchase in the online store UA supporter here you can find a lot of products with Ukrainian symbols to not only show your support for this channel but also for Ukraine the link to the online store is in the description thank thank you for watching this report and I will see you in the next one

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I am Ukrainian. My country has been invaded by Russia. In this video, I will tell you what happened on the 846 day of the war.

Day 846: Jun 18

Today, there are a lot of developments in the Kharkiv direction.

The most interesting news comes from the Lyptsi area.

Here, Russians attempted to concentrate their forces for a renewed wave of assaults and to regain the initiative. Ukrainians countered this by destroying the Russian units with air power and drive-by raids before they had the chance to launch their assaults.

The main Russian goal in this direction continues to be establishing control over the town of Lyptsi and creating a buffer zone to push Ukrainian artillery away from the international border. Previously, Ukrainians were able to demoralize Russian units with drone strikes to the point that Russian soldiers abandoned their positions as soon as Ukrainians launched counterattacks. In desperation, Russian commanders saturated the area with reserves, which halted the Ukrainian momentum, but only in the short term.

The Institute for the Study of War reported that Russian forces were gathering near Hlyboke. Such a concentration of forces can only mean that Russians were preparing for a new wave of attacks toward Lyptsi.

The reason Russians decided to use Hlyboke as the launching area for their renewed attacks is quite complex. Russians are unable to transfer a large number of armored vehicles into the area, as Ukrainian drone operators are operating well behind the Russian border. Geolocated footage confirms this, as any time Russians attempt to probe Ukrainian defenses with a tank, it quickly gets detected and destroyed by Ukrainian drone operators as soon as it comes close to or crosses the border.

This causes Russian forces in the direction of Lyptsi to suffer from a severe lack of armored support. Additionally, the terrain between Lukiantsi and Neskuchne is characterized by a series of small forests separated by large open fields. Attempting to cross these fields with assault groups made up of pure infantry would be suicide, as Ukrainians have a large window of opportunity to spot and destroy the enemy.

This leaves only one possible axis of advance for large infantry assaults in this region. The distance between Hlyboke and the northern dachas of Lyptsi is relatively short, which limits the exposure of Russian soldiers to Ukrainian fire while they move to their target. Ukrainians had initially pushed the Russians out of these dachas, but the new Russian force’s concentration here indicates that Russians planned to attack and regain the foothold.

Ukrainians understood the threat that this growing Russian force posed to Ukrainian defenders in the dachas and immediately sprang into action. Firstly, Ukrainian drone operators spotted Russian infantry moving into one of the buildings in Hlyboke before targeting it with an FPV drone. It turns out that Russians had also gathered ammunition here, as it quickly caught fire and burned down the building.

As you may remember from a previous report, Ukrainians had also targeted numerous Russian air defense systems inside of Russian territory. As this significantly weakened the Russian air defense network, Ukrainians were also able to conduct air strikes on the Russian force’s concentrations in Hlyboke. Geolocated footage shows how Ukrainians targeted other buildings that Russians had moved into with a series of JDAM air strikes. Ukrainian drone operators then continued to monitor the settlement and called in air strikes on Russian positions, leveling any Russian building to the ground.

Ukrainians also complimented the JDAM strikes, which are launched from fixed-wing aircraft, with helicopter close air support, to rain down further destruction on Russian forces in the settlement. Geolocated footage shows two Ukrainian Mi-24P ‘Hind’ heavy attack helicopters returning from such a fire mission on Hlyboke.

To emphasize to the Russian soldiers gathering in Hlyboke that Ukrainians would not allow them to collect sufficient forces from launching new attacks, Ukrainians launched a drive-by raid on the settlement with a Ukrainian-made BTR-4E Infantry Fighting vehicle, nicknamed ‘Bustafel.’ Bustafel first drove up to the settlement, firing its secondary gun to suppress Russian infantry hiding in the buildings. After it drove into position, it fired into the settlement with…