(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Ukraine Invasion Day 842: no Article 5 but many bilateral ten-year security agreements signed [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-06-13 Ukraine signed bilateral ten-year security agreements with the United States and Japan on June 13 as other partner states reaffirmed their long-term support for Ukraine within the Group of 7 (G7) and Ramstein formats. The G7 decides to lend Ukraine USD 50 billion in 2024.The loan will be backed by profits from frozen Russian assets Exchange rate for the ruble drops from 90 per dollar to 120-200 Ukrainian forces recently regained lost positions north of Kharkiv City amid continued Russian offensive operations in northern Kharkiv Oblast on June 13. As Russia Completes Transition to a Full War Economy, U.S. Treasury Takes Sweeping Aim at Foundational Financial Infrastructure and Access to Third Country Support. Are the five French planes offered by Argentina to Ukraine, the same ones from 2019 designated “unserviceable”. With so many different air platforms and armored vehicles transferred to Ukraine, operational issues of serviceability become important. x Today, @POTUS signed a bilateral security agreement with @ZelenskyyUa. This agreement, which comes out of last year’s NATO Summit at Vilnius, signifies our commitment to Ukraine’s long-term security. https://t.co/mVInVP6sXH — Ambassador Bridget A. Brink (@USAmbKyiv) June 13, 2024 Russian forces conducted a limited series of strikes against targets in Ukraine on June 13. Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration Head Serhii Lysak reported on June 13 that Russian forces struck residential and energy infrastructure in Novomoskovsk, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with an unspecified weapon, injuring six people including children.[65] Ukrainian Kharkiv Oblast Head Oleh Synehubov reported that Russian forces struck civilian and logistics infrastructure in Kharkiv Oblast with almost 20 guided glide bombs but conducted fewer S-300/400 air defense system strikes against Kharkiv Oblast over the past day.[66] Ukrainian Southern Air Command reported that Ukrainian air defenses destroyed two Russian Zala reconnaissance drones and two Supercam reconnaissance drones over southern Ukraine on the night of June 12 to 13.[67] Ukrainian Ground Forces Commander Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavlyuk stated that Ukrainian air defenses have downed 19 Shahed-136/131 drones, 20 Zala drones, five Supercam drones, 28 Lancet loitering munitions, 17 Orlan 10/30 reconnaissance drones, four Privit-82 attack drones, and three unknown drones over unspecified areas of Ukraine between June 6 and 13.[68] www.understandingwar.org/… x Ukrainian anti-drone technical firing at a Russian Shahed-136 over the eastern part of the country. This model, a UK-supplied Leyland DAF 45 attached to the 117th Mechanized Brigade, sports a bed-mounted ZU-23-2 antiaircraft gun. pic.twitter.com/foMTwbWqxc — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) June 13, 2024 Russia's Morozovsk Air Base with around 30 Su-34 and Su-35 fighter jets has come under Ukrainian attack with UAVs Key Takeaways: Ukraine signed bilateral ten-year security agreements with the US and Japan on June 13 as other partner states reaffirmed their long-term support for Ukraine within the Group of 7 (G7) and Ramstein formats. The US finally sanctioned the Moscow Exchange, other significant Russian financial institutions, and Russian defense manufacturers 839 days into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Russian government appears confident that these new sanctions will minimally impact the Russian financial system, and the delay in US and other Western countries sanctioning these entities has given the Russian financial system time to prepare and mitigate such sanctions. US President Joe Biden reiterated his opposition to allowing Ukrainian forces to strike military targets in Russia’s operational or deep rear areas in Russian territory with US-provided weapons. Sustained Ukrainian strikes against Russian military targets in occupied Crimea appear to be forcing the Russian military to commit additional air defense assets to Crimea in order to defend existing bases and logistics infrastructure, and further Ukrainian strikes against such air defense assets may render the peninsula untenable as a staging ground for the Russian military. The People's Republic of China (PRC) is reportedly using diplomatic channels to convince other countries to not support the upcoming June 15-16 Global Peace Summit in Switzerland. The US, United Kingdom (UK), and Canada released a joint statement on July 13 acknowledging and condemning Russian subversive activity and electoral interference efforts in Moldova, which is consistent with ISW's long-standing assessment of the Kremlin's ongoing hybrid campaign to destabilize Moldovan democracy. Ukrainian forces recently advanced north of Kharkiv City and Russian forces marginally advanced near Siversk and Avdiivka. Russian federal subjects (regions) continue to increase monetary incentives to recruit military personnel. x Since September 2022, Ukraine has shut down more than three quarters of Russian combat drones. Ukraine’s air successes have forced Russia to take more risks and caused high attrition rates. #StandWithUkraine🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/qH88t9cl8s — Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) June 13, 2024 x ⚡️ WAR IN #UKRAINE - JUN 13, 2024 ■ Engagements well above 7-day average but casualties stay close to 1k ■ Equipment losses below average but tank losses well above it ■ Fewer strikes on both sides, strike ratio could be better ■ Janovsky: after 94 🇷🇺 28 🇺🇦 added yesterday… pic.twitter.com/mrebrndfKd — Ragnar Gudmundsson 🇮🇸🇺🇦 (@ragnarbjartur) June 13, 2024 Argentina's President Javier Milei has approved a plan to send five Dassault Super-Étendard combat aircraft to Ukraine. This decision involves negotiating with France, the US, and NATO to bypass the British embargo preventing the use of these aircraft due to the Malvinas War. The plan includes a potential swap with France, exchanging the Super Etendards for military equipment like drones or helicopters, with France handling the necessary upgrades to the aircraft. https://t.co/Ska5H6I27u In French service, the Super Étendard was replaced by the Dassault Rafale in 2016. The Argentine Navy was the only export customer. Argentina placed an order for 14 aircraft to meet their requirements for a capable new fighter that could operate from their sole aircraft carrier.[7] In 1983, all manufacturing activity was completed, the last delivery to the French Navy taking place that year.[9][12] Ramjet prêt-à-porter, si ou non The air-sol moyenne portée (ASMP; "medium-range air to surface missile") is a French nuclear air-launched cruise missile manufactured by MBDA France. In French nuclear doctrine, it is referred to as a "pre-strategic" weapon, the last-resort "warning shot" prior to a full-scale employment of strategic nuclear weapons launched from the Triomphant-class ballistic missile submarines. The Super Étendard could also deploy tactical nuclear weapons;[16] initially these were unguided gravity bombs only, however, during the 1990s the Super Étendard was extensively upgraded, enabling the deployment of the Air-Sol Moyenne Portée, a ramjet-powered air-launched nuclear missile.[6] The aircraft was also refitted with the ability to operate a range of laser-guided bombs and, to enable the type to replace the retiring Étendard IV in the reconnaissance mission, the Super Étendard was fitted to carry a specialist reconnaissance pod as well.[15] Argentine aircraft carrier As of the 2020s, the Argentine Naval Aviation has lost the use of carrier-capable fixed-wing aircraft. While five refurbished Super Étendard aircraft were delivered to the Navy from France in 2019, these aircraft were missing key spare parts and therefore remained unserviceable.[15] In 2021, it was reported that the return of these aircraft to an operational configuration was also encountering problems as the ejector seats of the aircraft were the MK6, manufactured by British firm Martin-Baker.[16][17] Geolocated footage posted on June 13 shows Ukrainian forces conducting a counterattack and seizing positions along a windbreak just southeast of Hlyboke (north of Kharkiv City).[33] ...Several Russian sources also reported Ukrainian counterattacks in and around Vovchansk (northeast of Kharkiv City), but claimed that Russian forces advanced up to 1.8 kilometers deep along a 4.5-kilometer-wide front north of Vovchansk and are making gains in the area of the Vovchansk Aggregate Plant.[35] Russian and Ukrainian sources both suggested that Russian forces introduced reserves to the northern Kharkiv Oblast axis, although the size of these reserve formations remains unclear.[36] A Russian source claimed that elements of the Russian 155th Naval Infantry Brigade (Pacific Fleet) are operating near Vovchansk, but ISW has most recently observed that the elements of the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade were fighting in the Marinka area (west of Donetsk City) as of June 3.[37] If true, the appearance of elements of the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade in the Vovchansk area could indicate a redeployment from the Donetsk direction to the Kharkiv direction in order to bolster the Russian grouping in Kharkiv Oblast, which may also in part account for discussions of Russian reserves arriving in the area. Ukrainian Kharkiv Group of Forces Spokesperson Yuriy Povkh noted that Russian forces are also trying to build fortifications around their current positions in the northern Kharkiv direction.[38] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces conducted unsuccessful ground attacks near Hlyboke, Vovchansk, and Tykhe (east of Vovchansk) on June 12 and 13.[39] www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/... www.understandingwar.org/... x Russia is going to owe Ukraine trillions of dollars by the time they are finished destroying Ukraine and once they are kicked out of Ukraine. https://t.co/rXGGGaEJyK — KT "Special CIA Operation" (@KremlinTrolls) June 13, 2024 AS RUSSIA COMPLETES TRANSITION TO A FULL WAR ECONOMY, U.S. TREASURY TAKES SWEEPING AIM AT FOUNDATIONAL FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACCESS TO THIRD COUNTRY SUPPORT The United States finally sanctioned the Moscow Exchange, other significant Russian financial institutions, and Russian defense manufacturers 839 days into Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The US Department of the Treasury announced on June 12 sanctions against more than 300 individuals and entities supporting Russia's wartime economy, including the Moscow Exchange and its subsidiaries; major banks VTB Bank, Sberbank, and Tochka Bank; and leading Russian defense industrial base (DIB) entities including state owned defense conglomerate Rostec, the state owned aerospace and defense company United Aircraft Corporation, vehicle and vehicle components manufacturer Kamaz, main Russian tank manufacturer Uralvagonzavod, and helicopter design and manufacturing company Russian Helicopters.[10] The UK also announced similar sanctions targeting Russian financial institutions, entities supporting the Russian DIB, and Russia's shadow fleet of oil tankers.[11] www.understandingwar.org/... 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