one initial reactions to Putin's speech from Rusich, the right-wing, neo-Nazi Russian paramilitary unit that's fought in Ukraine and elsewhere: "It’s better for [Wagner] fighters to quit than to sign contracts with the Ministry of Cuckold-ism, on slave terms." (h/t @AbraxasSpa)

— Mike Eckel (@Mike_Eckel) June 26, 2023

Girkin about #Putin's speech:

I haven't seen anything more pathetic performed by anyone remotely resembling the president in a long time. Well done, everybody. Everyone did a great job, and it's time to decorate Shoigu and promote him to the rank of marshal. Smuta continues.

— Volodymyr Tretyak 🇺🇦 (@VolodyaTretyak) June 26, 2023

Zelenskyi and Yermak today, with the soldiers and commanders fighting in the Berdyansk direction pic.twitter.com/t5eourW5YB

— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) June 26, 2023

Video of a recent battle on the left bank of the Dnipro near the Antonovsky bridge in Kherson.
P.S: For some reason, Russian BTR drove straight on the Antonovsky bridge and, apparently, will remain abandoned there for a long time) pic.twitter.com/kVRGiBZy4G

— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) June 26, 2023

"Today, in all directions, our soldiers advanced, and it is a happy day", Zelensky says in his evening address https://t.co/T0ZviupLuL pic.twitter.com/dKPZPKorV0

— Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) June 26, 2023

⚡️Military reports advances of 1.5 km in Melitopol direction.

Ukrainian forces have advanced up to 1.5 kilometers in the Melitopol direction, Interfax-Ukraine reported on June 26, citing Valerii Shershen, the spokesperson for the Taurida Group of Forces.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) June 26, 2023

The head of Ukraine's 🇺🇦 state defense conglomerate Ukroboronprom is being replaced. According to a detailed story by Ekonomichna Pravda, the writing has been on the wall for months. Former head Yuriy Gusev has been replaced by Herman Smetanin, head of Kharkiv's Malyshev Plant./1 pic.twitter.com/O50li4MF8A

— Crimson (@CrimsonInquiry) June 26, 2023

The accusations from sources in the article are fairly incriminating:

"Exactly three months after the appointment of Kamyshin as the head of the Ministry of Strategy and Industry, it became known that there was no longer a place for Gusev in the 'working team' of 'defense'." /3

— Crimson (@CrimsonInquiry) June 26, 2023

"Same story with ATGMs. Over the last month, we tripled the production of "Stugn". This is a cool complex, which was simply not produced in normal quantities, although we are at war. And now they are producing, so it was possible," /5 pic.twitter.com/0HxOjueadk

— Crimson (@CrimsonInquiry) June 26, 2023

"There are also no Oplot tanks, which should have become a working base for the Armed Forces alongside Western equipment. They made one, went for a ride on it, told about the purchase for the Armed Forces, but no one even inquired whether we can produce them and when." /7 pic.twitter.com/IyOa38CFhy

— Crimson (@CrimsonInquiry) June 26, 2023

According the piece, this will be the first time since the fall of the USSR that Ukroboronprom will be run by someone with a native defense production background. Smetanin is also notable for his youth: 31 years old at present — after he became the head of Malyshev at 28. /9

— Crimson (@CrimsonInquiry) June 26, 2023

According to Ukrainska Pravda, Zelenskyy has given the new Ukroboronprom head three main tasks:
1) "To increase the production of all weapons"
2) "To cleanse the industry of corruption"
3) "To complete the reform of the defense industry" https://t.co/L1yom9TaWE /11

— Crimson (@CrimsonInquiry) June 26, 2023

Prizgozhin’s business jet landed in Minsk earlier this am, reports ⁦@Hajun_BY⁩ pic.twitter.com/jFl1blVbL0

— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) June 27, 2023

Russian sources report that the AFU has increased its presence near the Antonivskyi bridge on the left bank to 120 men personnel and says that ousting them is hard due to the active work and cover of Ukrainian artillery. pic.twitter.com/tj30Ozi4ay

— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) June 27, 2023

TG channel "Bakhmut Demon" this morning: "We are advancing in the city of Bakhmut."https://t.co/JaPHfeGRPO

— marqs (@MarQs__) June 27, 2023