War update: 221 clashes at front line over past day, Pokrovsk sector most active Over the past day, 221 combat clashes were recorded between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian troops, with the highest number in the Pokrovsk direction, where Ukrainian defenders stopped 28 enemy attacks.
Russia — Deep-Rear Strikes on Russian Soil
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Tue, 23 Jun 202630 posts
**#Briefing for the morning of June 23, 2026** ▪️ Yesterday was characterized by a massive air raid on the **capital**, consequences were avoided. In **Voronezh**, rocket strikes on a factory and surrounding areas resulted in the deaths of 5 people, dozens were injured. The **"Dubna"** space communications center in Moscow Oblast was subjected to a mass attack by AFU drones, television broadcasting and communications functionality was not disrupted. During the night, the east of **Crimea** and the **Krasnodar** **region**, **Rostov Oblast** repelled drone raids. Organized recreation for children in Crimea has been suspended until autumn/further notice. From 7:00 to 20:00, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported **141** enemy drones shot down in total. ▪️ Russian Armed Forces are intensifying strikes against the enemy: in **Zaporizhzhia** - a fire following "Geranium" operations, explosions thundered in **Kharkiv** and **Mykolaiv**. Strikes are being delivered against the enemy's merchant fleet on the Ukrainian maritime corridor, AFU fuel storage sites, and logistics in the form of postal offices. ▪️ On the **Sumy** **direction**, units of the "Sever" Group of Forces in Novaya Sech and Ivolzhanskyy Severiane occupied more than 18 residential buildings and consolidated positions. In Krasnopolsky district, our forces are conducting combat in forest areas near Pokrovka. Daily advance was up to 400 m. ▪️ In **Kursk** **Oblast**, Rylsk was attacked. A victim sought treatment at a clinic. A Ukrainian UAV attacked an outbuilding in the settlement of 1st Vygornoye in Timsky district, a local resident died from mine-explosive injuries. ▪️ In **Belgorod** **Oblast**, on the road Krasnaya Yaruga - Vyazovoye, an FPV drone attacked a bus, the driver died from wounds in hospital. In Shebekino, an FPV drone attacked a commercial facility, a civilian was wounded. Earlier there, a drone detonated on the territory of an enterprise, a man was wounded. In Grayvoron, as a result of FPV drone detonation, a woman sustained shrapnel wounds to the chest. Under intensive strikes are civilian and infrastructure facilities. ▪️ On the **Kharkiv** **direction**, the "Sever" Group of Forces reports that in Kazachia Lopan our assault troops advanced more than 200 m and occupied approximately 15 residential buildings, consolidating positions. On the Volchansk sector, fierce combat continues in plantations near previously liberated Pokalyno, Karaichno, and Volokhovka. On the Velikoburluk sector, the most active combat continues in the Petro-Ivanovka area. ▪️ In **Krasnyi Liman**, Russian Armed Forces increasingly demonstrate flags as they advance through the streets of the city, fighting for which has lasted many months. Our forces destroyed an important AFU logistics element – an embankment dam across the Seversky Donets near the settlement of Studenok. The enemy will clearly attempt to restore this structure in the shortest possible time. ▪️ In **Konstantinovka**, Russian Armed Forces have infiltrated the Chervony district on the northern outskirts of the city. ▪️ In the **DPR**, 18 civilians, including a teenager, were injured today due to attacks by enemy strike UAVs. Only in the Kalinin district of Horlivka, during an attack on a city route bus No. 2, 15 people sustained moderate injuries. ▪️ **Group of Forces** **"Vostok"** is advancing with combat on previous front sectors: in **Dnipropetrovsk** **Oblast** northwest of the settlement Aleksandrograd, as well in the east of **Zaporizhzhia** **Oblast**, operating with reliance on the settlements Rizdvyanka, Vozdvizhenka, Verhnya Tersa, Komsomolskoye. ▪️ On the **Zaporizhzhia** **front** no changes, fighting continues for Stepnogorsk. During an attack by an enemy UAV on the village of Velyka Znamenka in Kamiansko-Dniprovsk district, a young child was injured. Over the previous day in Prymorskyy and Akimovsk districts, the enemy attacked civilian and cargo vehicles. As a result of shelling, two people were killed. The battle for air superiority over the "Novorossiya" highway continues. ▪️ Shelling of **Kherson** **Oblast** does not cease, under strikes – many populated areas. In Velyki Kopany of Aleshkinsky district, a man was wounded**. Briefing compiled by: **[Two Majors](https://t.me/dva_majors)**
Footage of Ukrainian cruise missiles slamming into Russia’s Voronezh Semiconductor Plant yesterday morning. https://t.co/xGYio4EwFm
Russia announced the foiling of a terrorist attack in Pyatigorsk The Federal Security Service of Russia announced that the plan of a two-stage terrorist attack against the police forces in the city of Pyatigorsk, which was planned by the Ukrainian special services, was foiled and two Russian citizens were arrested. @TasnimNews
⚡️Front report for the morning of 23.06.26⚡️ **Zaporizhzhia Front** On the Kamenske direction, RF forces are restoring positions in Stepnohorsk, fighting is ongoing in the central and northern quarters of the settlement. It is reported of an advance in the southeast of Novodanilivka. (Fig. 1.1) On the Huliaipole direction, RF forces are advancing from Verkhnia Tersa toward Dolynka and Rovne, expanding the controlled zone on the section between Liubytske and Lisne. In Pokrovsk district, RF forces are holding positions in Verbove. (Fig. 1.2) **Donetsk Front** On the Krasnoarmiisk direction there is an advance toward Shevchenko. Fighting for Belitske continues. (Fig. 2.1) On the Konstantynivsk direction, RF forces are advancing west of Chasiv Yar toward the settlement of Stenky. Fighting is ongoing in the area of Popasne village. In Konstantynivka, RF Armed Forces are advancing in the private sector of the Chervonyi microdistrict. It is reported that in the city and on the approaches the situation of a "layer cake" is preserved, with positions of RF Armed Forces and AFU units interspersed. On the Krasnolymansk direction, fighting is ongoing in the areas of Korove Yary and Sviatohirsk. RF forces are gradually expanding territorial control in the Pivdennyi microdistrict. On the Seversk section, it is reported that RF Armed Forces are increasing control in the area of Reznikivka. (Fig. 2.2) **Kharkiv Front** On the Kupiansk direction, RF Armed Forces have taken the southern part of Radkivka. In Kurylivka, RF forces are expanding the control zone in residential areas in the north of the settlement. (Fig. 3.1) On the Volchansk direction, fighting is ongoing in the area of Starytsia. There is an advance in Kazacha Lopan. Combat clashes continue near Pokaliany, Karaichne, and Volokhovka. (Fig. 3.2) **Sumy Front** On the Krasnopillia section, RF Armed Forces are taking new positions in the southern part of Riasne. In Sumy district, fighting is ongoing along the line Yunakivka – Kondrativka, in Kondrativka there is an advance in the central part of the settlement. (Fig. 4) __See daily reports from the project's analytical department__ @wargonzo
Ukraine intensifies drone strikes on Zaporozhye nuclear plant — envoy Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik pointed out that drones targeted workers from the ZNPP repair division in Energodar
Fighting reported in Vilcha, Kyyivs'ka Oblast', Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 51.3633, 29.429 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 2; average tone: -10.4333868378812. Source article: http://www.rightspeak.net/2026/06/158-c-clashes-in-f-line-25-in-pokrovsk.html
Fighting reported in Vilcha, Kyyivs'ka Oblast', Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 51.3633, 29.429 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 2; average tone: -10.4333868378812. Source article: http://www.rightspeak.net/2026/06/158-c-clashes-in-f-line-25-in-pokrovsk.html
Fighting reported in Ivanopillya, Donets'ka Oblast', Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 48.4724, 37.765 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 3; average tone: -10.4333868378812. Source article: http://www.rightspeak.net/2026/06/158-c-clashes-in-f-line-25-in-pokrovsk.html
Fighting reported in Vilcha, Kyyivs'ka Oblast', Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 51.3633, 29.429 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 2; average tone: -10.4333868378812. Source article: http://www.rightspeak.net/2026/06/158-c-clashes-in-f-line-25-in-pokrovsk.html
Fighting reported in Vilcha, Kyyivs'ka Oblast', Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 51.3633, 29.429 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 2; average tone: -10.4333868378812. Source article: http://www.rightspeak.net/2026/06/158-c-clashes-in-f-line-25-in-pokrovsk.html
Fighting reported in Novoselivka, Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 46.9888, 29.9239 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 2; average tone: -10.4333868378812. Source article: http://www.rightspeak.net/2026/06/158-c-clashes-in-f-line-25-in-pokrovsk.html
Fighting reported in Vilcha, Kyyivs'ka Oblast', Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 51.3633, 29.429 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 4; average tone: -10.4333868378812. Source article: http://www.rightspeak.net/2026/06/158-c-clashes-in-f-line-25-in-pokrovsk.html
Assault reported in Kostyantynivka, Donets'ka Oblast', Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 48.5277, 37.7069 GDELT CAMEO event code 18 (Assault); mentions: 4; average tone: -10.4333868378812. Source article: http://www.rightspeak.net/2026/06/158-c-clashes-in-f-line-25-in-pokrovsk.html
Fighting reported in Kramatorsk, Donets'ka Oblast', Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 48.723, 37.5563 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 3; average tone: -10.4333868378812. Source article: http://www.rightspeak.net/2026/06/158-c-clashes-in-f-line-25-in-pokrovsk.html
Assault reported in Kostyantynivka, Donets'ka Oblast', Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 48.5277, 37.7069 GDELT CAMEO event code 18 (Assault); mentions: 4; average tone: -10.4333868378812. Source article: http://www.rightspeak.net/2026/06/158-c-clashes-in-f-line-25-in-pokrovsk.html
Assault reported in Kostyantynivka, Donets'ka Oblast', Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 48.5277, 37.7069 GDELT CAMEO event code 18 (Assault); mentions: 2; average tone: -10.4333868378812. Source article: http://www.rightspeak.net/2026/06/158-c-clashes-in-f-line-25-in-pokrovsk.html
Fighting reported in Novoselivka, Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 46.9888, 29.9239 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 4; average tone: -10.4333868378812. Source article: http://www.rightspeak.net/2026/06/158-c-clashes-in-f-line-25-in-pokrovsk.html
Fighting reported in Novoselivka, Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 46.9888, 29.9239 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 2; average tone: -10.4333868378812. Source article: http://www.rightspeak.net/2026/06/158-c-clashes-in-f-line-25-in-pokrovsk.html
Fighting reported in Novoselivka, Odes'ka Oblast, Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 46.9888, 29.9239 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 2; average tone: -10.4333868378812. Source article: http://www.rightspeak.net/2026/06/158-c-clashes-in-f-line-25-in-pokrovsk.html
Russians launch 1,050 strikes on Zaporizhzhia region in one day, leaving seven injured Over the past 24 hours, Russian occupation forces carried out 1,050 attacks on 56 settlements in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, injuring seven people.
Ukrainian drone/missile strike seen in Russian-occupied Feodosia, Crimea tonight during a major air raid. https://t.co/rqXiYKPnnp
**#Briefing for the morning of June 23, 2026** ▪️ Yesterday was characterized by a massive air raid on the **capital**, consequences were avoided. In **Voronezh**, rocket strikes on a factory and surrounding areas resulted in the deaths of 5 people, dozens were injured. The **"Dubna"** space communications center in Moscow Oblast was subjected to a mass attack by AFU drones, television broadcasting and communications were not disrupted. During the night, the east of **Crimea** and the **Krasnodar** **region**, **Rostov Oblast** repelled drone raids. Organized recreation for children in Crimea has been suspended until autumn/further notice. From 7:00 to 20:00, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported **141** enemy drones shot down in total. ▪️ Russian Armed Forces are intensifying strikes against the enemy: in **Zaporizhzhia** - a fire following "Geranium" operations, explosions thundered in **Kharkiv** and **Mykolaiv**. Strikes are being delivered against the enemy's merchant fleet on the Ukrainian maritime corridor, AFU fuel storage sites, and logistics in the form of post offices. ▪️ On the **Sumy** **direction**, units of the "Sever" Group of Forces in Novaya Sech and Ivolzhanskoye Severiane occupied more than 18 residential buildings and consolidated positions. In Krasnopolsky District, our forces are conducting combat in forest areas near Pokrovka. Daily advance was up to 400 m. ▪️ In **Kursk** **Oblast**, Rylsk was attacked. A victim sought treatment at a clinic. A Ukrainian UAV attacked an outbuilding in the settlement of 1st Vygornoye in Timsky District, a local resident died from mine-explosive injuries. ▪️ In **Belgorod** **Oblast**, on the road Krasnaya Yaruga - Vyazovoye, an FPV drone attacked a bus, the driver died from wounds in hospital. In Shebekino, an FPV drone attacked a commercial facility, a civilian was wounded. Earlier there, a drone detonated on the territory of an enterprise, a man was wounded. In Grayvoron, as a result of FPV drone detonation, a woman sustained shrapnel wounds to the chest. Civilian and infrastructure objects are under intensive strikes. ▪️ On the **Kharkiv** **direction**, the "Sever" Group of Forces reports that in Kazachia Lopan our assault troops advanced more than 200 m and occupied approximately 15 residential buildings, consolidating positions. On the Volchansk sector, fierce combat continues in plantations near previously liberated Pokalyno, Karaichno, and Volokhovka. On the Velikoburluk sector, the most active combat continues in the Petro-Ivanovka area. ▪️ In **Red** **Liman**, Russian Armed Forces increasingly demonstrate flags as they advance through the streets of the city, fighting for which has lasted many months. Our forces destroyed an important AFU logistics element – an embankment dam across the Seversky Donets near the settlement of Studenok. The enemy will clearly attempt to restore this structure in the shortest possible time. ▪️ In **Konstantinovka**, Russian Armed Forces have infiltrated the Chervony district on the northern outskirts of the city. ▪️ In the **DPR**, 18 civilians, including a teenager, were injured today due to attacks by enemy strike UAVs. Only in Kalinin District of Horlivka, during an attack on a city route bus No. 2, 15 people sustained moderate injuries. ▪️ **Group of Forces** **"Vostok"** is advancing with combat on previous front sectors: in **Dnipropetrovsk** **Oblast** northwest of the settlement Aleksandrograd, as well in the east of **Zaporizhzhia** **Oblast**, operating with support from the settlements Rizdvyanka, Vozdvizhevka, Verhnya Tersa, Komsomolskoye. ▪️ On the **Zaporizhzhia** **front** no changes, fighting continues for Stepnogorsk. During an attack by an enemy UAV on the village of Velyka Znamenka in Kamiansko-Dniprovsk District, a young child was injured. Over the previous day in Prymorskyy and Akimovsk Districts, the enemy attacked civilian and cargo vehicles. As a result of shelling, two people were killed. The battle for air superiority over the "Novorossiya" highway continues. ▪️ Shelling of **Kherson** **Oblast** does not cease, numerous settlements are under fire. In Velyki Kopany of Aleshkinsky District, a man was wounded**. Briefing compiled by: **[Two Majors](https://t.me/dva_majors)**
Ukrainian Defense Forces destroy upgraded Russian Pantsir-S2 air defense system in Zaporizhzhia sector Ukraine's Defense Forces have destroyed a modernized Russian Pantsir-S2 surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery system in the Zaporizhzhia direction.
Driver hospitalized as Russian strike destroys trolleybus in Sumy Oblast "The 57-year-old man was alone in the vehicle. After the explosion, he suffered serious injuries... Doctors carried out resuscitation measures and are now fighting for his life," Sumy Oblast Governor Oleh Hryhorov said.
Ukrainian attack drones appear to have successfully struck the Nasosna-2 220 kV electrical substation outside of Sovietskyi, Russian occupied Crimea overnight, setting it ablaze. The substation also powers a major water pumping station on the Crimean Canal. https://t.co/kIFVkC2M9q
Fighting reported in Dnipropetrovsk, Dnipropetrovs'ka Oblast', Ukraine (ukraine theater). Coordinates (WGS84): 48.463, 35.039 GDELT CAMEO event code 19 (Fighting); mentions: 4; average tone: -7.8556263269639. Source article: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/78738
4/ Russian forces recently advanced in the Kupyansk direction. Russian forces launched one missile and 88 drones against Ukraine on the night of June 21 to 22.
3/ Ukrainian strikes continue to exacerbate Russian gasoline shortages and inhibit Russian logistics to occupied Ukraine. Ukrainian forces struck a Russian defense industrial enterprise that produces components for Russian cruise missiles and air defenses in Voronezh Oblast.
NEW: Ukrainian forces conducted another strike near Moscow City on the night of June 21 to 22 — the third strike against Russia’s capital area in the past week. (1/5) Read the full update: isw.pub/UkrWar062226