[Korrespondent] 21:29 As a result of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, 17 people died, 13 of them - as a result of drowning, four more received gunshot wounds during the evacuation. 31 people went missing, Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said. 876 houses remain flooded. A total of 3,614 people were evacuated from dangerous areas, of which 474 were children and 80 people with limited mobility.
19:51 Ukrainian forces shot down another Russian Ka-52 Alligator helicopter today, the General Staff said.
19:17 The Russians fired artillery at the city of Belopolye, Sumy region - two people were killed, said the head of the OVA Vladimir Artyukh.
18:38 The European Union intends to accelerate the supply of weapons to Ukraine in order to support the counteroffensive, and further support will not depend on the immediate successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton. "We are preparing for the fact that the war will last for another months, and maybe even longer," he added.
17:42 In Odessa, from 22:00 to 09:00, the work of entertainment establishments was banned, the city council said. It is also forbidden to use lighting devices that worsen the "unmasking signs of the territory." The use of sound equipment, apparatus, acoustic systems, as well as "stay, movement, entry / exit of citizens, foreigners and stateless persons" is prohibited.
16:55 Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant will have a telephone conversation with Reznikov in the coming days - this will be their first talks since the Israeli minister took office more than five months ago. The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, asked for negotiations. In turn, Galant immediately stressed that Israel would not provide lethal weapons to Ukraine.
16:14 Ukraine itself must determine acceptable conditions for a fair end to the war, Stoltenberg said: "We all want this war to end. But in order for peace to be lasting, it must be fair. Peace cannot mean freezing the conflict and accepting an agreement dictated by Russia. Only Ukraine itself can determine the terms that are acceptable."
15:47 Head of Estonian intelligence Margo Grosberg predicts that the world will not see a Ukrainian counter-offensive in the next week: "Obviously, the initiative is now in the hands of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which means that they choose the time, place and means by which they will attack units enemy. In order not to take unnecessary risks, the Ukrainians are approaching their operation more methodically, carefully and quietly, since both human and technical resources are, in fact, worth their weight in gold."
14:30 The former owner of the Chelsea football club Roman Abramovich refuses to sign an agreement on the transfer of funds from the sale of FC to Ukraine, writes the Daily Mail. According to the publication, Abramovich wants part of the money to be transferred to the victims from Russia, but the British government and the European Commission oppose this. The British Foreign Office hopes that the money will be transferred to Ukraine before winter.
13:59 Stoltenberg said that NATO at the July summit in Vilnius will approve a package of long-term assistance to Kiev, "designed to bring Ukraine to NATO standards within a few years." The Secretary General explained that this should bring Ukraine closer to the Alliance: "The future of Ukraine is in NATO, but now the priority for Ukraine is to establish itself as a sovereign and independent state - otherwise there is no point in discussing membership." According to Stoltenberg, "at the end of the war, there should be agreements on the security of Ukraine, so that Russia would not eventually be able to rearm and attack again."
12:53 Ukrainian combat control officers have already begun training courses within the framework of the international aviation coalition, but the pilots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have not yet left for training on the F-16, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said.
11:22 British intelligence states that the Russian army is suffering the greatest losses since the peak of the battle for Bakhmut. Analysts note that the most intense battles are concentrated in the Zaporozhye region, in the west of the Donetsk region and around Bakhmut.
10:31 The European Union said that Russia has no legal grounds for holding "elections" on the territory of Ukraine, which it has scheduled for September 10th. "Russia, its political leadership and everyone involved in organizing these so-called elections will face the consequences of their illegal actions," Speaker Peter Stano stressed. He called the "elections" an attempt by the Russian Federation "to legitimize its illegal military control and attempt to annex the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions of Ukraine, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol."
09:52 Republicans in Congress are blocking the funds needed for the production of missiles for Ukraine, Politico writes, citing sources. Thus, the Appropriations Committee struck out $2.5 billion for the production of missiles from the Pentagon's budget plans submitted by Biden. The Congress said that the Pentagon allegedly did not sufficiently substantiate its plans by submitting them without calculating the availability of production facilities and the cost of programs.
09:28 Odessa City Council has officially banned swimming on the city's beaches.
08:59 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed (in Novoukrainka and Bogoyavlenka), three more were injured. In the Kherson region, one person died, four (including one child) were injured. In the Zaporozhye region, one person was injured, according to the IVA. Two volunteers died in the Kharkiv region.
08:34 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 18.
- personnel - about 219,820 (+650) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3984 (+7),
- armored combat vehicles - 7729 (+23),
- artillery systems - 3847 (+13),
- MLRS - 610 (+1),
- air defense systems - 364 (+0),
- aircraft - 314 (+0),
- helicopters - 304 (+2),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 3371 (+7),
- cruise missiles - 1211 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 6571 (+14),
- special equipment - 522 (+2).
07:56 Over the past day, air defense forces have destroyed two enemy Ka-52 attack helicopters, four Shahed-136/131 attack Iranian UAVs and one Lancet. Also, seven enemy reconnaissance UAVs of the operational-tactical level of the Orlan-10, Orlan-30, Zala, Supercam types were destroyed, the Air Force command said.
07:41 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - 26 military clashes occurred in a day, the General Staff said in the morning summary . Meanwhile, in the Luhansk region, in the forest plantations near the village of Novorozsosh, units of the Russian Guard are looking for deserters from among the mobilized.
07:08 Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, announced a strike on an enemy warehouse in the village of Rykovo (former Partizans) of the Genichesk district of the Kherson region. The hit was on the territory of the elevator, after the explosion, detonation began.
00:25 Portuguese drone manufacturer Tekever will provide Kiev with some of its UAVs through the UK's International Fund for Ukraine (IFU), writes Defense News. Ukraine will also receive large Malloy T150 quadrocopters manufactured by the British company Malloy Aeronautics, an aircraft-type drone with vertical takeoff and landing capability DeltaQuad Pro VTOL manufactured by the Dutch company DeltaQuad and Astero ISR UAVs manufactured by Denmark.