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2022-06-11 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: June 10th, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 23:56 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the Cabinet of Ministers has already begun implementing the decisions that were discussed at meetings this week. In particular, a draft law was agreed that allows customs clearance of a car through a public service in Dії - this will make the entire customs clearance process as transparent and convenient as possible and immediately remove all shadow schemes.

Non-repayable grants for micro-businesses and other special financial support for small and medium enterprises will also be provided. "Despite all the pressure from Russia, against all Russian strikes, we will do everything to revive economic activity in Ukraine," the president stressed.

23:50 Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olga Stefanishyna said that any EU decisions, except for granting Ukraine candidate status, will be perceived in Ukraine as a betrayal: "I believe that any decisions, except for granting Ukraine candidate status, will weaken before of all European leaders and our desire, the faith of the Ukrainian people in the European project as such. Therefore, I think that this decision will disappoint us, it will be perceived as a betrayal in our country. Of course, we will not abandon European integration, but we will feel that European leaders They missed their historic opportunity."

23:27 Arestovich believes that the total Ukrainian losses are up to 10 thousand people: "The Russian side has much more. At the beginning of the conflict, 100 people per day died on average, and the Russian army killed 1,000 per day for the first 20-30 days "Now it's 200-300, no less. It will fluctuate like this - 1:5, 1:3, 1:6."

23:25 Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov said that the Russians have identified Melitopol as the "capital" of the occupied Zaporozhye region and are preparing to hold a "referendum" on joining the region to the Russian Federation.

23:23 Slovakia will not only repair, but also modernize Ukrainian military equipment, said Defense Minister Yaroslav Nagy.

23:15 Another 23 residents were evacuated from Lisichansk. According to the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai, an English volunteer Philip from Severodonetsk has assembled a "super brigade", which today managed to persuade people to leave for a quiet place.

23:13 Journalist and officer Aleksey "Rekrut" Chubashev died in the war. He was the author of the Recruit UA program, led Army FM and the Military Television of Ukraine, writes Babel.

23:09 Zelensky talked to students and professors from Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London and other leading educational institutions in the UK: "Ukraine is fighting for its future, Russia is fighting for someone else's past. That is why Ukraine will win."

"During a frank dialogue with students and teachers of British universities, I was convinced of three things. The war in Ukraine is not indifferent to them, the lies about this war are noticeable and disgusting, but the truth is known, needed and important. Thank you for this conversation and solidarity with Ukraine" , the president said.

22:47 Arestovich said that in Staraya Zburyevka, Kherson region, two generals were killed - one from the army and one from the FSB (he was responsible for organizing a referendum in the Kherson region). In addition, according to him, in the Kherson region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed two ammunition depots, and at least 200 Arab mercenaries (most likely Syrians) and "more than a hundred" Russian military were killed by artillery hits.

And the reconnaissance group of Kadyrov's regiment Akhmat Ukrainian special forces in Severodonetsk did today "to zero", Arestovich added.

22:24 Biden, speaking in Los Angeles, said that Americans pay "Putin's tax" on fuel and food: "We've never seen anything like Putin's tax on food and gasoline at once."

22:20 Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic refused Scholz his statement about the need to join the sanctions against the Russian Federation, writes The Guardian. Vučić, at a joint press conference, said that he did not consider the sanctions "effective" and that his country was in a difficult position, given the long-standing special relationship between Serbia and Russia: "As for sanctions, we have a different position ... We are mindful of sanctions (against Serbia ) and do not consider the sanctions to be effective."

21:52 In Russia, the Committee against Torture is included by the Ministry of Justice in the register of unregistered NCOs-foreign agents.

21:45 In the occupied Borovaya Kharkiv region, the Russians appointed Andrei Semashko from Belarus as the "leader", and the Russian Sergei Rozdorozhny as the "military commandant". According to the Borovsky Council, Semashko was the manager of the affairs of the executive committee of the Baranavichy of the Brest region, and before that he headed the housing and communal services department in the city's executive committee. On June 1, he was presented as the "head of the community" from the occupying authorities.

21:37 NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoane sees no direct military threat to Sweden and Finland from Russia and is confident that the Scandinavian countries will join the alliance, despite Turkey's position. According to Reuters, during the summit in Copenganen, the official said that "the allies have certain concerns, and Turkey also has them, and they are quite legitimate when it comes to terrorists." Joane also said that he sees "no signs that Russia has the ability or intention at this stage to show military aggression" against the Scandinavian countries.

21:26 In two weeks, the Armed Forces of Ukraine moved the front line from Zaporozhye by 5-7 km, Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov said.

21:05 The head of the US mission to the OSCE, Michael Carpenter, said that the Russian authorities began to formalize the process of annexing the Kherson region, violating human rights and international law: "Kherson has become the place that I would call a laboratory of horrors. We see how the Kremlin launched its strategy of annexing Ukrainian territories to Russia. And we have seen such a strategy before. These are all, unfortunately, quite well-known steps. We believe that the Kremlin is waiting for the moment to annex the Kherson region to Russia, and we believe that the referendum is one of possible ways."

The American diplomat stressed that the Russian occupiers systematically torture civilians in the occupied territories of the Kherson region: “Now we see reports of torture of at least 600 people in the Kherson region. They are kept in special basements that serve as torture rooms. There is information about the exact location Such premises are the building of the Kherson State Administration and Lyceum No. 17 in Genichesk, where the Russian military takes local officials, journalists, public activists and people whom the Russians consider participants in rallies against the Russian occupation.”

20:44 Denmark supports the European aspiration of Ukraine, but the decision on granting candidate status will be made after receiving the opinion of the European Commission, Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod told the UP: “Denmark fully supports the European aspiration of Ukraine. That is why Denmark also supported the rapid initiation of the process necessary to process the request "We are now awaiting the opinion of the European Commission on the extent to which Ukraine meets the criteria necessary to continue the process."

20:32 Ukraine is able to oust Russia from Donbass, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said at a meeting with Zelensky: "We now see that Ukraine is able to oust Russia from Donbass. We see that the Russian regime is on the verge of collapse, at least in that as far as military power is concerned. That is, they are now also on the verge of exhaustion."

20:13 The world's sixth largest economy has taken a neutral stance on the issue of Russia's war against Ukraine, refusing to impose sanctions, in connection with which Moscow has high hopes for Delhi amid the collapse of expectations associated with China. More details - in the material India buys Russian oil - will it save the Russian Federation .

19:51 The leaders of nine countries of Central and Eastern Europe asked NATO to strengthen its eastern flank after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The heads of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia met in Bucharest less than three weeks before the NATO summit in Madrid, AFP reported. They will also discuss the impact of the Russian invasion on the security of NATO's "vulnerable partners", including Moldova and Georgia.

19:33 The head of the Nikolaev OVA, Vitaly Kim, announced the details of the rescue of the head of the Shevchenkovsky district of the Nikolaev region, Oleg Pilipenko, who was abducted on March 10: "Today, thanks to the joint efforts of the Coordinating Headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war, Oleg, as well as four more of our civilians, will already be at home. The exchange took place on formula "4 by 5" (four of them, five of ours)."

19:30 The trial of the British and Moroccans in the "DPR" is tantamount to another Russian war crime, UN human rights spokesman Ravin Shamdasani said: "The UN Human Rights Office is concerned that on June 9 the so-called "supreme court" of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Respubliki" sentenced to death three servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but citizens of foreign states, taken prisoner in Mariupol, for being mercenaries, and for trying to seize power in the so-called "republic".

Shamdasani also noted that since 2015, the UN notes that the so-called "judicial power" in the self-proclaimed "republics" does not respect the basic guarantees of a fair trial, such as a public hearing, the independence and impartiality of the court and the right not to be compelled to testify. "Such trials of prisoners of war are tantamount to a war crime. In the case of the death penalty, guarantees of a fair trial are most important," Shamdasani stressed.

19:19 Sanctions against Russia will not be lifted immediately after the cessation of hostilities in Ukraine, the situation needs to be normalized, Scholz said. He also stressed that states seeking to join the European Union should join the anti-Russian sanctions.

19:13 According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the Slavyansk direction, units of the Russian army are preparing to resume the offensive on Slavyansk, they fired artillery at the areas of the settlement. Dolina, Krasnaya Polyana, Novaya Dmitrievka, Grushevakha and Dubravnoye. In the Limansky direction, the Russians continue to gain a foothold in the Svyatogorsk area, are preparing to continue the offensive in the direction of Liman - Slavyansk, fired near Dronovka and Serebryanka.

18:47 Austria will oppose granting Ukraine the status of a candidate member of the EU, if the states of the Western Balkans and Moldova do not receive the same status, Chancellor Karl Nehammer said.

18:30 At the meeting of the heads of the US and Chinese defense departments in Singapore, Ukraine was also discussed. According to the US representative, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin urged his Chinese counterpart not to provide Russia with any material support. At a press conference after the meeting, the Chinese side said that it had not done so anyway. "China has not provided military assistance to Russia. That's for sure," said Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian.

18:03 The Elysee Palace said that France is ready to join the operation to lift the blockade of the port in Odessa and export Ukrainian grain from there: "We are open to the parties so that an operation can take place that will allow you to get completely safe access to the port of Odessa, that is, it will allow ships to pass, despite the fact that the sea is mined."

17:52 Despite the war, Germany increased imports from Russia by 60% in January-April 2022 and transferred almost 6 billion euros to Moscow, Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk said. At the same time, the trade turnover between Ukraine and Germany decreased by 11%.

17:40 The Netherlands will decide to support granting Ukraine candidate status for EU accession after the conclusion of the European Commission, Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said: "The European Commission must make a reasonable decision on what needs to be done. Then you must be ready to look at it openly, as the Netherlands will."

Podolyak responded to this position: "Freedom, competition, human rights - the Netherlands has always been a model of democracy. Today, Ukrainians pay a terrible price for protecting a free Europe from Russian camps. Have our people paid enough blood yet to get a chance to be in the EU family?"

17:17 Sales of new cars with internal combustion engines should end in the EU in 2035. The European Parliament voted for such a decision, which applies to cars and light commercial vehicles. For more details, see Freedom from Putin .

16:59 Applicants from the occupied territories can enter Ukrainian universities, said Yulia Grishina, head of the Verkhovna Rada Subcommittee on Higher Education. Those who cannot travel and cannot pass the national multimedia test, she said, can take entrance exams in the form of a "remote individual oral interview or creative competition."

16:48 Representatives of the UN independent international commission to investigate Russia's crimes against Ukraine visited Bucha and Irpin. According to the Kyiv OVA, the purpose of the visit is to record the facts of violations of human rights, international humanitarian law and other crimes committed by the Russian military in Ukraine.

16:46 The head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaliy Kim said that today the 11th exchange of prisoners took place, in which it was possible to release the head of the Shevchenko UTG Oleg Pilipenko, who was held captive for two months.

4:40 pm British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said she spoke with Kuleba to discuss efforts to free prisoners of war "held by Russian puppets." She said that Britain will continue to support Ukraine "in the fight against Putin's barbaric invasion."

16:22 The "DPR" announced an artillery strike on the center of Donetsk and damage as a result of a residential building.

16:17 German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said that due to organizational reasons and security problems, it is difficult to talk about schedules for the supply of weapons to Ukraine, writes Tagesspiegel: "Now preparations are in full swing to make it work. But this does not happen overnight."

Gebeshtreit recalled the planned deliveries of the Gepard APU, Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzers, Iris-T anti-aircraft system and Mars multiple launch rocket system. According to him, he understands the impatience, but these issues must be checked and studied very carefully. He stressed that the Ukrainian military is now being trained in Germany to use the Panzerhaubitze 2000. "In this regard, it makes sense that the weapons they are learning on are also in Germany," Seibert added.

15:58 An explosion occurred in the center of Donetsk near Pushilin's administration, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports.

15:47 A land breakthrough of Russian troops through Nikolaev to Odessa is currently impossible, the head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim said on the air of Channel 5: "A land breakthrough of Russian troops through Nikolaev to Odessa is impossible. As for the sea coast, the attack is only by amphibious assault forces will not give the desired result, we need help and logistics from land." According to the military, now the Russians do not have such an opportunity.

15:45 Russia is looking for weaknesses in the Ukrainian defense in the Seversky Donets region and does not leave attempts to force the river, said Defense Ministry spokesman Alexander Motuzyanyk. At the same time, he noted that in general, forcing a water obstacle is a very difficult operation.

15:22 "LPR" sent the first 650 tons of Ukrainian grain to Russia. The train was seen off in Starobelsk by the leader of the "republic" Pasechnik. According to him, there is a lot of grain in the "republic".

15:20 The British company Blighter Surveillance Systems announced that it will transfer radar systems to the Armed Forces of Ukraine to detect enemy drones. The delivery of A422 radars complements the United Kingdom's military technical support to Ukraine. Part of the equipment will be handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in June.

15:12 Russia is experiencing a shortage of high-precision cruise missiles, so the enemy began to use the Soviet X-22, said the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Vadym Skibitsky: “We noticed that Russia carries out much less rocket attacks and uses Kh-22 missiles. These are old Soviet-made missiles. 1970s. This indicates that Russia is running out of precision-guided missiles." At the same time, intelligence noted that economic resources would allow the Russian Federation to continue the war at the current pace for another year.
Replacing the modern stuff will be interesting, as will be replacing the old stuff, if they can’t get modern parts.
14:56 British Defense Minister Ben Wallace visited Kiev, after the meeting Zelensky thanked him and the British government for "really real, united work, when words and communication constantly turn into actions."

14:54 Adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Vadim Denisenko, in a commentary to The Guardian, said that Russia wants to use two Britons and a Moroccan sentenced to death for fighting with Russian troops as hostages. In his opinion, in this way the Kremlin will try to put pressure on the West during the peace talks.

14:52 U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink clarified that Washington will provide Kiev with another $7.5 billion directly from the budget: "I look forward to working with Denys Shmyhal to help Ukraine defend against Russian aggression and support Ukraine's resilience and recovery. Having direct budget support of $7.5 billion, we will ensure that Ukraine continues to be strong."

14:44 Ukraine and Poland are starting to increase the capacity of the Krakovets-Korcheva checkpoint as part of the Open Border project, the Ministry of Infrastructure reported. Over the next weeks, the checkpoint's capacity will be increased by at least 50%, in particular by increasing the number of truck lanes and creating additional pavilions for customs and passport control.

14:29 Finland will provide Ukraine with a new package of military assistance - this decision was approved by President Sauli Niiniste at the proposal of the government, Defense Minister Antti Kaikkonen said: "Finland will not leave Ukraine and Ukrainians. We will continue to help and send a new defense support package."

14:25 Other criteria for determining collaboration will be applied to Ukrainian doctors who remained to work in the occupied territories, Minister of Health Viktor Lyashko said in an interview with UP. According to him, one cannot consider a medical collaborator who simply performs his duties. Also, the fact that medical workers take medicines or gasoline from them cannot be considered cooperation with the occupiers.

"If the occupiers say: we pay you a salary, and you are on the territory of the institution, I, as the Minister of Health, will defend that this is not cooperation with the occupiers. Because doctors have no other choice," Lyashko said.

14:22 After the capture of the Kiev region, the Russians planned to create an occupation administration and organize a pseudo-referendum to proclaim a local republic. All residents were going to be registered and in exchange for Ukrainian documents they would be forced to distribute USSR passports - at least for the first time before the issuance of documents to the Russian Federation. This is evidenced by the data that the military counterintelligence of the SBU received on the positions of the invaders, and also confirms the behavior of the Russians in those parts of Ukraine that are under their occupation.

In particular, in an abandoned house near the town of Makarov, Buchansky district, an enemy cache with blank passports of the former USSR was found. It is noteworthy that these forms were of the Ukrainian type - on behalf of the Ukrainian SSR. Moreover, such a series has not been produced in Ukraine since 1990. Thus, all the forms found were imported from Russia at the beginning of the war.

13:48 Switzerland approved the sixth package of anti-Russian sanctions, which was previously adopted by the EU, including an embargo on oil supplies from Russia.

13:45 Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky admitted in an interview with AFP that the government quarter in Kiev and the historical center, as well as "any place in Ukraine," could become the target of Russian missiles. At the same time, the minister added that at present there is no immediate threat of an offensive by Russian troops on Kyiv.

13:32 There are Russian troops in ten settlements of Belarus. Iskanders are also deployed, which threatens to launch missile strikes against Ukraine, Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said. He added that in the past few weeks, the armed forces of Belarus, consisting of up to seven battalions, have been trying to cover a section of the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.

13:27 Latvia is preparing a law for the alienation of Russian and Belarusian real estate, said Minister of Justice Janis Bordans. According to him, the first in line will be the House of Moscow in Riga, as well as the sanatorium Yantarny Bereg and Belarus in Jurmala, owned by the Russian state structure.
Latvia has wanted to get rid of their Russian colonists since the Iron Curtain fell. Will they now be able finally to do so?
13:24 The Canadian police reported that the assets of Russians worth 412.1 million Canadian dollars ($328 million) were blocked in the country. These are funds that were in Russian accounts or appeared in transactions involving sanctioned persons.

13:21 The EU has prepared a "positive" and "negative" decision on the status of a candidate for Ukraine, writes UP. Plan A assumes that the European Commission will provide a conclusion that Ukraine meets the criteria and the EU recognizes its candidate status now. All subsequent steps will be subject to reforms. Plan B, which is being promoted by several countries, stipulates that the conditions are put forward now, and until they are met, Ukraine will be a "candidate for candidates."

13:19 Orban said that Ukraine has the right to defend itself against a Russian invasion, "even if the bookmakers do not give a great chance of winning." At the same time, he believes that in Europe "almost no one speaks with the voice of the world." "We must speak with the voice of peace," he said.

13:14 Kiev has not yet received any information from Berlin about when the weapons promised by the German government will be delivered, Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk said in an interview with Tagesspiegel.

13:11 Lavrov said that Poland is beginning to "actively develop Ukrainian territory."

12:49 Zelensky spoke via video link at the Copenhagen Summit for Democracy and called on democratic countries to support Ukraine not only in words, but also in deeds: "We need to move on to actions, except for words that Ukraine should be part of the European family. In the coming weeks and days, the European Union can take a historic step that will prove that the words about the belonging of the people of Ukraine to the European family are not just words and not empty words.

“Why are there still politicians who are skeptical or hesitant about whether Ukraine should be allowed to join the European Union? Why? Why have the Ukrainian people been told for so long that they should still remain in this gray area between the EU and Russia. Why? If Russia cynically violates literally all the key documents of international law, then why are there still those who hesitate to block any relations with such a state? Zelensky said.

The President recalled that Russia's aggression did not begin on February 24, but in 2014, and during this time Moscow violated more than 400 international treaties and agreements.

12:40 In Odessa and the Odessa region, as of June 10, not a single fact of confirming the presence of a cholera pathogen has been revealed, said Serhiy Bratchuk, speaker of the OVA. According to him, information about the detection of cholera cases, which is massively distributed on the Internet, is fake.

Bratchuk recalled that the presence of the causative agent of cholera is determined not by examination by a doctor for certain symptoms, but exclusively by laboratory and bacteriological analysis.

12:33 Currently, 40 Russian cruise missiles are aimed at Ukraine - these are two submarines and four surface missile carriers. In addition, one large landing ship was recorded on duty at sea, the rest are staying closer to their bases in the occupied Crimea, OK Pivden reported.

12:24 The Government of Montenegro has decided that it will provide Ukraine with additional assistance, perhaps not only military, but also financial or humanitarian. How exactly Montenegro will help will be determined in the near future.

11:52 Gazprom and dozens of other Russian companies sanctioned by the European Union will move their headquarters from the EU to Istanbul, writes Habertürk.

11:49 Since February 24, more than half of the population left Nikolaev, Mayor Alexander Senkevich said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine. According to his estimates, out of 480 thousand inhabitants, about 230 thousand remained in the city. Sienkiewicz also assured that the city is ready for a possible enemy attack: “I don’t think anything will change in the near future. The front line has been in place for about a month. It moves back and forth a little, but does not change significantly. They are also digging in near Kherson, they also expect an attack or an offensive by our army."

11:31 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that the aviation equipment of the Ukrainian Air Force was destroyed by a missile attack on the Dnipro military airfield, and in the Kharkiv region, the production facilities of an enterprise for the restoration of weapons and military equipment of the Ukrainian army.

11:09 Russia will deprive Japan of the right to fish off the Kuril Islands, said Yury Trutnev, representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Far Eastern Federal District. According to him, the Japanese "refused to pay for quotas for catching off the Kuril Islands, and accordingly, this right will be taken away from them." Moscow hopes that Russian companies will be able to take the place of Japanese fishermen near the southern Kuriles.

11:05 The Ukrainian ambassador promised the British that prisoners sentenced to execution in the "DNR" would be included in the next list for an exchange, British MP Robert Jenrick told The Guardian: "There are exchanges of prisoners between the Ukrainian and Russian armies, and last night the Ukrainian ambassador told me that they would prioritize Aiden and Sean in one of those exchanges."

Generic also demanded that British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss negotiate with Lavrov about the fate of prisoners sentenced to death.

10:56 Over the past day, the Russians continued to shell Kharkiv and the region from artillery and MLRS. The Shevchenkovsky district of the city and Kharkiv, Chuguevsky, Izyumsky and Bogodukhovsky districts of the region were hit. Houses, warehouses, infrastructure facilities were damaged, coniferous forests and forest belts burned. Two civilians were killed and 15 were wounded, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Kharkiv OVA, said.

10:49 Ukrainian political strategist Mikhail Pogrebinsky has been declared suspected of treason, the Office of the Prosecutor General said. Pogrebinsky is also a defendant in the case against Medvedchuk.

10:46 In Mariupol, as a result of an experiment to restore electricity, a fire broke out at the Satellite plant, which was engaged in the collection and processing of sunflower seeds. The fire destroyed several thousand tons of sunflower seeds. The occupation administration of Mariupol is now trying to hide real losses from the leadership of the Russian Federation, since the destroyed was being prepared for export to Russia, said Petr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of the city.

10:19 In Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine's largest metallurgical plant Arcelor Mittal resumes its work, which stopped in March due to the war, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Valentin Reznichenko.

10:02 Podolyak compared "LDNR" with ISIS: "Probably you heard how ISIS terrorists publicly executed people. "Death sentences" in the "courts" of non-existent "LDNR" prove: there is no difference between ISIS and "LDNR". Except one: the latter are supported by Russia for the oil and gas funds of some countries. Russia must be recognized as a sponsor of terrorism."

09:59 The separatist court's "death sentence" against three foreign servicemen of the International Legion grossly violates international law, Amnesty International says.

09:57 At night, the enemy opened fire from a mortar on the territory of the Seredino-Budsky community of the Sumy region, there were no casualties or destruction, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.

09:55 In the future, the borders between the Kherson region and Crimea will be removed, this will also help the export of grain, said Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the "military-civil administration" of the Kherson region.

09:51 The enemy plans to capture Severodonetsk before June 22, said the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. He also said that the entire free part of the Luhansk region is under heavy shelling, and in Severodonetsk there are street battles. At the same time, the Lisichansk-Bakhmut highway remains under the control of Ukraine, and there is no threat of encirclement of Ukrainian troops in the Luhansk region. "Quiet" evacuation, according to Gaidai, is possible only from Lisichansk and the Mountain community, there is also the possibility of bringing humanitarian aid.

09:48 The sanctions Action Plan of the McFaul-Yermak group has already been completed by 45%, Yermak said.

09:35 Macron, following a yesterday's conversation with Zelensky, said that Paris is ready to increase the supply of weapons to Kiev, including heavy weapons.

09:14 There is an "artillery war" in the Donbass, and Ukraine is losing in such a confrontation with Russia, Vadim Skibitsky, deputy head of military intelligence of Ukraine, said in an interview with The Guardian: "Ukraine has one artillery gun for 10-15 Russian artillery pieces."

According to Skibitsky, Ukraine uses 5,000-6,000 artillery shells a day. "We have nearly used up all of our ammunition and are now using standard 155 caliber NATO rounds," he said.

09:10 President of Senegal and Chairman of the African Union Maki Sal after a meeting with Putin last week called on Ukraine to clear the Odessa ports in order to resume grain exports, writes The Guardian. According to him, if the export of wheat from Ukraine does not resume, Africa "will find itself in a situation of very serious famine, which could destabilize the situation on the continent."

Sal said that Putin assured him at the meeting that Russia would not attack Ukraine if the ports were cleared of mines.

08:57 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of June 10. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kharkov and Bakhmut directions.

  • personnel - about 31,900 (+200),

  • tanks - 1409 (+11),

  • armored combat vehicles - 3450 (+12),

  • artillery systems - 712 (+1),

  • MLRS - 222 (+9),

  • air defense systems - 97 (+1),

  • aircraft - 212 (+0),

  • helicopters - 178 (+0),

  • UAVs of the operational-tactical level - 572 (+10),

  • cruise missiles - 125 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 13 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 2438 (+17),

  • special equipment - 54 (+1).

08:49 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the base of the Wagnerites in the occupied Luhansk region, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. The enemy base is located at the local stadium in Kadievka, which the Russians occupied in 2014.

08:38 British intelligence reports that fighting continues in the Severodonetsk region, Russia again controls most of the city, but its troops have made little progress in trying to surround the vast territory from the north and south.

The Russian Federation is struggling to provide basic public services to the population in the occupied territories. Access to safe drinking water has been erratic, while severe disruptions to telephone and Internet services continue. There is likely a severe shortage of medicines in Kherson, and there is a risk of a major cholera outbreak in Mariupol. Isolated cases of cholera have been reported since May.

Ukraine experienced a major cholera epidemic in 1995, and since then there have been small outbreaks, especially along the coast of the Sea of ​​Azov, including Mariupol. Medical services in Mariupol are likely already close to collapse: a large cholera outbreak in Mariupol will further exacerbate the situation, analysts say.

08:33 Blinken condemned the decision of the fictitious "DNR" court to execute three foreigners: "We are seriously concerned about reports of a fictitious trial and sentences against lawful combatants who serve in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. We call on Russia and its proxies to respect international humanitarian law, including rights and protection afforded to prisoners of war".

08:28 Japan has banned the export of trucks, dump trucks and bulldozers to Russia since June 17.

08:26 The future harvest in Ukraine may be reduced by 35-40% due to the Russian invasion, Deputy Minister of Agricultural Policy Taras Vysotsky told CNN: "We have lost 25% of arable land. In terms of volume, of course, more. We expect the harvest to be approximately 35% less than in previous years, that is, about 30 million tons less, 35-40% less, almost half of last year's harvest."

08:21 The Russians launched a missile attack on the Dnieper region in the morning, previously, no one was injured, said the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military District, Valentin Reznichenko. He also said that a strong morning fire in the Dnieper was not connected with an enemy attack - the fire occurred at one of the enterprises of the city, the fire was already extinguished by rescuers.

Also at night, the enemy again fired on the Krivoy Rog region, three communities came under fire at once. There is destruction in the Zelenodolsk community, one person received a shrapnel wound. No one was hurt in the Shirokovskaya and Apostolovsky communities.

08:12 The Russians are unsuccessfully trying to establish full control over Severodonetsk, the fighting continues, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report . In the Bakhmut direction, the military of the Russian Federation is actively using operational-tactical and army aviation, they tried to conduct assault operations in the direction of the settlements of Nirkovo and Nikolaevka, but withdrew with losses. The enemy is conducting an offensive in the direction of Vozdvizhenka - Rota, has a partial success, is fixed on the occupied lines.

It became known that due to the losses received during the battles with Ukrainian defenders in the Kharkiv region, a motorized rifle unit from the 1st Army Corps of the Russian Federation in full force refused to participate in hostilities.

07:55 Ukraine has launched a pre-trial investigation into the fact that a fake "DPR" court passed the death sentence on British Aiden Aslin and Sean Pinner and Moroccan Brahim Saadoun, who, together with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, defended Mariupol. Venediktova stressed that according to the Geneva Conventions, as prisoners of war, they cannot be held accountable for participating in hostilities.

06:57 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that the Russian Federation has achieved little success in the attack on Slavyansk, but before storming it, it will have to overcome the Seversky Donets. Previous attempts to force the river were unsuccessful, but now it has grown numb. The ISW added that the Russian occupiers continued ground, air and artillery attacks east of Bakhmut.

00:46 France may transfer proximity fuses for Caesar self-propelled guns to Ukraine, Macron said in an interview with Ouest-France.

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