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Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:36 EU ambassadors have agreed on the framework of negotiations on the accession of Ukraine and Moldova, the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union reported. The decision of the EU ambassadors means that on June 25, as planned, an intergovernmental conference will take place, which will give the official start to negotiations on the accession of Ukraine and Moldova to the EU.
22:03 Participants in the conference on Ukraine in Switzerland will discuss how to include Russia in the negotiation process, the Swiss Federal Council said in a statement. It is noted that in order to develop a long-term solution to this situation, “the participation of both parties is necessary.”
21:55 The EU plans to increase the production of artillery shells and reach the level of Russian capacities, said Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Trade and Services.
21:49 Ukraine will receive 1.5 billion euros in income from frozen assets of the Russian Federation in July, the Ministry of Finance reported.
21:32 Germany today again blocked a new package of EU sanctions against Russia, Radio Liberty correspondent in Brussels Rikard Jozwiak reported.
21:06 The G7 countries officially confirmed their intention to provide Ukraine with loans worth about $50 billion by the end of the year , which will be repaid from income from Russian frozen assets. Also in a joint statement by the leaders of the Group of Seven it is said that the Russian Federation must pay $486 billion to Ukraine for the damage caused. The statement said that Russian assets will remain frozen until the Russian Federation ends the war in Ukraine and compensates for losses to Kyiv. Otherwise, these funds will be transferred to the restoration of Ukraine.
20:35 Putin claims that there are almost 700 thousand Russian military personnel at the front in Ukraine.
20:27 The Russians attacked the Shostka community of the Sumy region - according to preliminary information, one person was killed and four were injured, the OVA reported.
20:24 OSINT analyst Brady Afrik published a satellite image of the Russian Morozovsk airfield in the Rostov region, which was attacked by drones tonight. The photo shows a destroyed hangar, traces of fire and the disappearance of five Su-34s.
20:18 During the day, the Russians shelled the Nikopol district of the Dnepropetrovsk region with drones and heavy artillery, a 17-year-old teenager was wounded, said the head of the OVA Sergei Lysak. A business, a store, and seven private houses were damaged.
20:13 The Global Peace Summit on June 15-16 will be attended by 92 countries, of which 57 will be represented at the highest level - presidents or prime ministers, the Swiss government reported. Another 29 states will be represented at the ministerial level - mainly foreign ministers. Six countries will send ambassadors: Indonesia, Israel, UAE, South Africa, Philippines, Brazil. In addition, Brazil and the Holy See will have observer status and not participant status at the summit. As expected, there will be no delegation from China.
20:07 Next week, the situation in the Ukrainian energy system will be significantly more difficult than this week, said Vladimir Kudrytsky, Chairman of the Board of NEC Ukrenergo. According to him, it will not be possible to avoid shutdowns due to the return of the heat and the removal of the next nuclear power unit for repairs.
Kudritsky also said that the urgent needs for preparing the energy sector for winter could amount to about $1.5 billion - “and that’s just for quick restoration work.” To fully restore the energy system, he said, much more will be needed - tens of billions of dollars to restore power plants and high-voltage infrastructure of Ukrenergo. Kudritsky recalled that Ukraine has lost almost half of its generating capacity in recent months.
“Winter will be very difficult. After all, in summer in Ukraine consumption is usually 35% less than in winter. If we have a deficit even now, then it is obvious that winter will bring even more problems related to how to cover the deficit and ensure demand for electricity ", warned the head of Ukrenergo.
19:42 The Russian military dropped explosives from a drone onto the territory of a farm in one of the settlements of the Kherson region - one person was killed, one was injured, the prosecutor’s office reported.
19:06 Zelensky announced that he had arrived in Switzerland for the Global Peace Summit. According to him, about 100 countries and international organizations will take part in the Summit.
19:01 Another 12 children were returned from the temporarily occupied Kherson region to Ukrainian-controlled territory, said the head of the OBA, Alexander Prokudin.
18:33 On Saturday, June 15, hourly power outage schedules will be applied throughout Ukraine from 08:00 to 23:00, Ukrenergo reported. The company clarified that from 16:00 to 20:00 consumption restrictions will apply to a larger number of consumers.
18:18 Putin’s proposals to end the war in Ukraine are an ultimatum, and his actions are a revival of Nazism, Zelensky said in an interview with the Italian TV channel Sky TG24. "These messages are ultimatums, they are no different from other ultimatums that he has put forward before. He wants us to give up our occupied territories, but he also wants our unoccupied territories. He talks about the regions of our country and does not intend to stop. Frozen there will be no conflict,” the president emphasized.
Zelensky recalled that Hitler did the same thing when he said to give him part of Czechoslovakia, after which supposedly everything would end: “But no, this is a lie, a historical lie. Then there was Poland, then the occupation of all of Europe. You know that this wave of Nazism will never does not stop... You shouldn’t trust these reports, because Putin is following the same route. Today he is talking about four regions, earlier he talked about Crimea and Donbass... He doesn’t care what happens to people, this is the new face of Nazism.”
17:59 Yasno director Sergei Kovalenko does not rule out that this winter Ukrainians may be given light for five to six hours a day. However, according to him, the situation can change for the better. In particular, it will depend on whether it will be possible to increase the physical possibility of importing electricity, as well as on the repair of nuclear units and other energy facilities.
17:34 The IAEA team recorded the sound of an explosion at the occupied Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the agency’s press service reported. The mine exploded on June 11 near the cooling pond. As a result of the explosion, no one was injured and there was no destruction. IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said that "an explosion that occurred so close to the plant raises serious concerns and aggravates an already fragile situation."
17:02 Orban said that 31 of the 32 NATO member countries want to defeat the Russians, “but this is a mistake.” According to him, the victory of Ukraine is not necessary, but despite this, NATO is still “promoting war, while Hungary is on the side of peace.”
16:31 Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said that the United States and its allies need to step up efforts to supply weapons to Kiev, as the war in Ukraine has entered a “key stage.” He also said that Putin does not have the right to impose peace conditions on Kyiv.
16:08 The National Police stated that the Russian special services, in order to destabilize the situation in Ukraine, encourage minors to set fire to the cars of Ukrainian Armed Forces for money. Thus, in Odessa, law enforcement officers exposed boys aged 13 and 16 who set fire to two cars that belonged to the military. The teenagers were detained along with two friends, 16 and 18 years old, while trying to set fire to another car.
16:00 NATO defense ministers approved an “operational plan to expand support to Ukraine ,” which provides for a greater role for the Alliance in the supply of weapons and training to the Ukrainian military. This was officially announced by Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. The plan assumes that in the future the Alliance will take over the international coordination of weapons supplies and training for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The headquarters for coordinating assistance to Kyiv will be located in Wiesbaden in southern Germany, where there is a US military base. About 700 soldiers from NATO and partner countries, mainly from Ukraine, will serve at the headquarters.
At the same time, Stoltenberg said that NATO defense ministers had not agreed on a commitment to allocate $40 billion a year for military assistance to Ukraine.
15:57 The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry stated that all the ultimatums voiced by Putin have already been heard many times from Moscow, and all of them are aimed at misleading the international community, undermining diplomatic efforts aimed at achieving a just world, and splitting the unity of the world majority around goals and the principles of the UN Charter.
“At the same time, the timing of their voicing is indicative. By throwing such signals into the information space on the eve of the inaugural Global Peace Summit in Switzerland, Putin has only one goal: to prevent the participation of leaders and countries in this summit. The appearance of Putin’s statements precisely the day before the start of the summit indicates that Russia is afraid of real peace... Russia’s plans are not peace, but the continuation of the war, the occupation of Ukraine, the destruction of the Ukrainian people and further aggression in Europe,” the Foreign Ministry emphasized.
15:49 Stoltenberg said that he does not consider Putin’s proposal on Ukraine “peaceful.” According to the Secretary General, NATO countries will continue to provide military support to Ukraine.
15:21 Zelensky said that during his visit to Italy he met with Pope Francis, discussed the consequences of Russian aggression, Russian air terror and the difficult situation in the energy sector, as well as the Peace Formula.
15:10 India will send a high-level delegation to the Peace Summit in Switzerland, Zelensky said following a meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
14:39 Lavrov said that Russian ambassadors in different countries will convey to the authorities the details of “Putin’s initiative,” but “Moscow is not going to run after anyone.”
14:03 Ukraine put forward G7 demands before allocating $50 billion, Finance Minister Sergei Marchenko said. According to him, Kyiv insisted that the funds be credited to accounts before the end of this year, that they be “unconditional,” and that they could be used for any expenses that Ukraine needs. “They listened to us, and I hope that this will be implemented in a technical solution. In addition, this allows us to move forward on the main track - confiscation of assets,” the minister added. He noted that the funds received will mainly go to the defense sector.
13:52 Germany announced another package of military assistance to Ukraine, which included, in particular, the IRIS-T SLM medium-range anti-aircraft missile system, the IRIS-T SLS short-range anti-aircraft missile system, ten Leopard 1A1 tanks and ammunition for them , 20 Marder tracked infantry vehicles and ammunition, three HIMARS rocket artillery systems, four Wisent 1 mine clearing vehicles with spare parts, ammunition, boats, small arms, etc.
13:44 Lavrov said that Russia will use Putin’s “new initiative” on Ukraine in cooperation with China.
13:39 Putin said that Russia “even tomorrow” is ready to sit down at the negotiating table on Ukraine, and put forward his own conditions: Ukrainian troops must be withdrawn from the entire territory of the “new Russian regions” within the administrative borders, and Kiev must declare that there are no plans to join to NATO. “Our principled position is a neutral, non-aligned and nuclear-free status for Ukraine, its demilitarization and denazification,” the Kremlin head added. At the same time, he emphasized that we are not talking about freezing the conflict, but about a complete cessation.
In addition, Putin wants the basic agreements on a peaceful settlement to be fixed in international treaties, “naturally, the lifting of sanctions” against the Russian Federation is also expected. “Russia today makes another real peace proposal, but if the West and Kyiv refuse, it is their responsibility for the bloodshed,” Putin said. At the same time, he called Zelensky illegitimate, and the legitimate government in Ukraine, in his opinion, is the Verkhovna Rada.
Putin also said that on March 5, 2022, in Moscow, one of the foreign leaders offered his mediation efforts in Ukraine, but asked about the fate of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. In response, Putin announced the possibility of maintaining sovereignty over these regions beyond Kiev, but subject to land access to Crimea. On March 5, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett came to Moscow. According to Putin, the mediator then went to Kyiv, but there his efforts were allegedly rejected and accused of a pro-Russian position.
13:13 The lights will be turned off today throughout Ukraine not from 18:00, as previously reported, but from 14:00 to 22:00, Yasno reports.
13:10 Putin said that the roots of the war in Ukraine are not in bilateral relations, “this is a consequence of the aggressive policy of the West.” He also once again complained that the West deceived the Russian Federation, allegedly not wanting to implement the Minsk agreements, “which Russia was ready to implement.” “They just deceived us, they deceived us once again,” Putin said.
In addition, the head of the Kremlin claims that Russian troops stood near Kyiv in March 2022, but there was allegedly no talk of storming the capital of Ukraine: “There was no political decision to storm the city of three million, it was an operation to force peace.”
Putin also called statements that Russia would attack Europe “absolute nonsense”: “If Europe wants to survive as one of the centers of the world, it needs to be on good terms with Russia, we are ready for this.” He believes that “strategic stability in the world was undermined precisely by America.” At the same time, the danger for Europe, according to Putin, is not Russia, but “critical, almost total dependence on the United States.”
12:40 In the Khmelnitsky region, after a night Russian attack, a fire continues at an infrastructure facility, said the head of the OVA Sergei Tyurin.
12:17 Ukraine has returned the bodies of 254 dead soldiers, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported.
11:53 Brazilian President Lula da Silva explained why he will not go to the peace summit in Switzerland: “Brazil condemned Russia’s actions in Ukraine. However, we believe that there will be no military solution to this conflict, and that the party cannot negotiate peace on its own, without taking into account the other side. Countries will have to resolve differences at the negotiating table."
11:32 In the Kiev region, they have been extinguishing a fire on the territory of the enterprise for the third day after the Russian attack on June 12, the State Emergency Service reported. Currently, the fire has been localized, 76 units of equipment and 232 firefighters are on the scene.
11:09 In the morning, the Russians attacked a social bus in the Esman community of the Shostkinsky district of the Sumy region with an FPV drone, OVA reported. There were more than 20 people on the bus; according to preliminary information, three were injured.
11:00 North Korea sent 10 thousand containers to Russia, which may contain about 5 million artillery shells, the South Korean Ministry of Defense reported. In exchange for ammunition, Moscow transferred technology to Pyongyang for reconnaissance satellites, tanks, aircraft, and also helps with food. Earlier, the media wrote that Putin would visit the DPRK next week for the first time since 2000.
10:56 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense announced the first public recruitment campaign for units. The campaign is called Put Plus. To serve in active action units of the Main Intelligence Directorate, good physical fitness, endurance, and the ability to navigate stressful situations are required. The recruits' age can range from 18 to 40 years. In addition to active operations units, military intelligence is looking for technical specialists and operators of various types of UAVs.
10:51 In Morozovsk, Rostov region, during a night attack, a UAV hit an electrical substation on Lunacharsky Street, the entire city is still without power. The attack resulted in a fire. According to local residents, the city now has not only no electricity, but also no water.
10:38 The day before, Solntepek ammunition exploded in Shebekino, Belgorod Region, killing at least three Russian servicemen, the opposition Russian publication Astra reports, citing sources in the emergency services. Residents of the city heard a powerful explosion in the evening, and local media suggested that a Russian bomb could have fallen on the city. As it turned out, ammunition from the Russian Solntepek heavy flamethrower system exploded in the suburbs. The causes of the explosion are unknown, but, according to preliminary data, it was “spontaneous.”
According to estimates by Astra, the Russian Aerospace Forces have accidentally bombed the Belgorod region and the occupied territories at least 93 times over the past four months. Almost 40 more fallen aerial bombs cannot be cleared in the DPR.
10:27 As part of the 23rd meeting in the Ramstein format, Ukraine and Denmark signed a memorandum on the purchase of weapons and equipment from Ukrainian manufacturers, the Ministry of Defense reported. Thus, Denmark became the first NATO country to invest in weapons production in Ukraine. In addition, a letter of intent was signed with the Netherlands, which marked the beginning of cooperation between the two countries to support the Ukrainian military-industrial complex.
09:58 In NATO’s new plan to expand military support to Ukraine, the Alliance wants to take on management issues in order to avoid delays in providing military assistance to Ukraine, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said. “That is, they want to legally join in accompanying us. This format expands our relations so that we receive this assistance in a timely manner,” explained the head of the Ministry of Defense.
09:24 On Thursday, June 13, the Russians hit Kupyansk with an FPV drone in the Kharkov region - a regular bus carrying 15 civilians, a police vehicle, a cafe, and residential buildings was damaged. One person was wounded, said the head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov. Another person was wounded as a result of air strikes in the village. Bugaevka, Chuguevsky district.
08:36 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 14:
- personnel - about 524,060 (+1250) people,
- tanks - 7936 (+8),
- armored combat vehicles - 15,234 (+26),
- artillery systems - 13,818 (+48),
- MLRS - 1101 (+2),
- air defense systems - 849 (+3),
- aircraft - 359 (+0),
- helicopters - 326 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 11,097 (+22),
- cruise missiles - 2286 (+1),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 18,854 (+60),
- special equipment - 2310 (+16).
08:17 In the evening, the Russians struck Selidovo, Donetsk region, wounding six people, said the head of the OVA, Vadim Filashkin. Ten high-rise buildings, three administrative buildings, and several shops were damaged. The prosecutor's office clarified that the Russian army dropped an aerial bomb on a residential area of the city. Over the past 24 hours, one more person was wounded in Toretsk, Kurakhovo and Krasnogorovka.
07:59 At night, Russia launched a missile and air strike on Ukraine, using different types of missiles and Shahed-type attack UAVs, the Air Force reported. In total, the enemy used 31 air attack weapons: ten Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles, three Iskander-M ballistic missiles, one Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missile and 17 attack UAVs.
Seven X-101/X-555 cruise missiles and all 17 drones were destroyed. Air targets were shot down in Khmelnitsky, Kharkov, Nikolaev, Odessa, Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk and Kirovograd regions.
07:24 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense forces allegedly intercepted and destroyed 70 drones over the Rostov region and another 17 over the territory of the Belgorod, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kursk regions and Crimea overnight. The authorities of the Rostov region reported a UAV attack in the Morozovsky district, where a military airfield is located. As a result of the attack, several settlements were left without electricity. In addition, in the Liskinsky district of the Voronezh region, UAVs attacked an oil depot, damaging fuel tanks, local authorities reported.
07:11 On Thursday, June 13, the Russians attacked the village with kamikaze drones of the FPV type. Salt marshes of the Kutsurub community of the Nikolaev region. The power line was damaged, resulting in loss of power to two populated areas. Currently, power supply has been restored and there are no casualties, said Vitaly Kim, head of the OVA.
00:20 Zelensky, in an evening video message, called the bilateral security agreement with the United States a historic result: “This is the strongest agreement with America in all 33 years of our independence. There is a legally binding part of the agreement, there are absolutely useful details on air defense, on aircraft. We have recorded, that America will help Ukraine supply squadrons of fighters - as many fighters as Ukraine needs. I also spoke with the leaders about accelerating the training of pilots."
According to the president, the agreement stipulates that support for Ukraine will continue both during war and during peace. Zelensky recalled that a total of 17 bilateral agreements have already been signed, and ten more are being prepared for signing.
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