"In the Shatly and Raya-Russka directions the enemy wedged into our territory in the morning but dur jing the second halt of the day was éofeated and driven by our counterattacks back beyond the frontier.
"In the Shavly direction about 300 enemy tanks were destroyed by our artillery fire. In. the direction of Brest Lifovsic, after fierce Sighting the enemy succeeded in pressing our screen units and occupying Kolo, Lomsha and Brest, "Our air force carried out success ful Mights protecting troops and aero-Gromes and other military positions against enemy alr raids and in cooperating in, counter-attacks with our id forces." said the communique, During the day our aircraft and anti-aircraft artillery shot down 51 our territory, One enemy plane was forced down by ighters on an aerodrome near Minsk, During the days of June 22 and 23 Soviet troops took about during the day of June 22 alone, together 76. enemy planes ware brought down instead of the 05 me tioned in the previous communique! United Press.
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