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2024-06-26 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: June 25, 2024
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:16 The Pentagon reported that the head of the department, Lloyd Austin, had a conversation with the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Andrei Belousov, and discussed the war in Ukraine with him. During the conversation, Austin emphasized the importance of maintaining communications between the US and Russian militaries, said Pentagon Speaker Pat Ryder.
22:08 Russian Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova reported that her representatives discussed with a representative of the Ukrainian Ombudsman possible options for the mutual return of civilians from places of forced detention.
22:04 Ukraine returned another 90 defenders from Russian captivity , the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported. Among them are 32 National Guardsmen, 18 border guards, 17 representatives of the Navy, 15 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers and eight terrorist fighters. In particular, it was possible to return 59 defenders of Mariupol, of which 52 were fighters who left Azovstal. Five national guardsmen who guarded the Chernobyl nuclear power plant were also released from captivity.
21:35 The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that with the mediation of the UAE, an exchange of prisoners took place according to the 90-90 formula.
21:01 CNN reports, citing American officials, that the White House is working to lift the ban on the deployment of American military contractors in Ukraine. In particular, they want to make such a decision to help the Ukrainian Armed Forces maintain and repair weapons systems provided by the United States. However, no final decisions have been made “and any discussion on this issue is premature,” one Biden administration official said.
20:53 The Cabinet of Ministers allowed mine clearance operators to book 100% of deminers. We are talking about civilians who have undergone basic training sufficient to search for mines and explosive objects in the fields.
20:40 Radio Liberty showed a satellite image showing the consequences of an attack on an ammunition depot in Olkhovatka, Voronezh region. In the picture you can see at least two sources of fire - this corresponds to local residents’ data about two drones that attacked the warehouse on the night of June 25.
19:27 The Council of the EU approved the draft security agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, said the Foreign Minister of Belgium, which chairs the EU, Aja Lyabib. According to her, the summit of EU leaders, which will take place on June 27 in Brussels, “will give a complete picture of our support for Ukraine in all forms.”
19:23 Another country, South American Guyana, joined the Peace Summit communiqué, Zelensky said. The number of signatories now stands at 83 countries and six organizations.
19:01 The Russians hit the village with at least four KABs. Bobrovka, Olkhovskaya community, Kharkov district - country houses were damaged, four people were injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
18:32 On Wednesday, June 26, oblenergos will apply hourly shutdown schedules from 00:00 to 24:00. The volume of restrictions will be greatest from 17:00 to 23:00, Ukrenergo reported.
18:28 The Ukrainian delegation has already held the first intergovernmental conference of Ukraine and the European Union regarding accession, Zelensky said: “Until today, we were a state that received the status of a candidate for accession, but we could not yet be completely sure whether we would realize this status. And with "Today, this is definitely a certainty - Ukraine will certainly be a full member of the European Union."
18:07 Zelensky said that he had a meeting in Kiev with the head of the German Bundesrat, Manuela Schwesig, and told her about the situation on the battlefield and the priority needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In particular, they discussed the supply of additional air defense systems.
In addition, the President met with the Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade of Sweden, Johann Forssell, and representatives of Swedish business. We discussed the prospects for using income from frozen Russian assets for the needs of Ukraine, strengthening the international sanctions regime against the Russian Federation and energy support.
17:32 In the Sumy region, the activity of Russian DRGs has recently decreased, said the speaker of the State Border Service Andrey Demchenko. At the same time, he added that “it has not completely disappeared, and the threat of sabotage activities by the enemy does not disappear anywhere.” According to Demchenko, the enemy now does not have enough forces and means to carry out an invasion in the Sumy direction, but one must be prepared for the fact that the Russian army can expand the zone of active combat operations, as is happening in the Kharkov region, in order to force the Ukrainian Armed Forces to keep their troops there troops.
17:01 US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O'Brien believes that for Ukraine to succeed in the war against Russia, it is necessary, first of all, to deprive the Russian Federation of the opportunity to advance in the east and use nearby firing lines, as well as inflict economic damage on Moscow. "Then we come to a point where Russia has to think: Can we continue to fight with the very limited international support that we receive against this much larger coalition of countries?" - O'Brien explained.
16:35 The war in Ukraine could spread to other countries and develop into a nuclear war, said Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. “The issue of the possibility of using nuclear weapons may be on the agenda,” he believes.
15:26 The Cabinet of Ministers has authorized the expulsion from universities of male students recognized as fit for military service if they refuse to undergo basic general military training.
14:55 Information appeared on social networks about the alleged escape near Kiev of former convicts who joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine and are undergoing training in one of the training centers. The command of the Ground Forces emphasized that this information is not true: “All former prisoners are now undergoing active training and are preparing to carry out combat missions in their units. Former convicts, motivated, patriotically minded, of their own free will joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Soon we will be able see their work on the battlefield."
14:32 The EU, as part of a new package of sanctions against the Russian Federation, approved a ban on access to a number of media outlets, including the Russian RIA Novosti and Izvestia, against which sanctions were previously imposed. The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that Russia, in response, is limiting access to broadcast resources of a number of EU media outlets.
14:14 The European Court of Human Rights recognized that Russia systematically violated the rights of Ukrainians in Crimea after its occupation. In particular, the ECHR agreed with Ukraine’s evidence that Russia practiced ill-treatment of Ukrainians, illegal detentions, disappearances, forced replacement of Ukrainian passports with Russian ones, mass searches, closure of Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar media, banning protests, attacks on the organizers of meetings, etc.
Margarita Sokorenko, Commissioner for ECHR Affairs in the Ministry of Justice, called this decision unique, since the court recognized a number of conclusions and violations under the Convention for the first time in its practice (application of Russian legislation, illegal courts, forced change of citizenship).
14:00 The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov. The warrants were issued in connection with “probable international crimes” committed between October 10, 2022 and March 9, 2023. We are talking about Russian attacks on the energy infrastructure of Ukraine.
13:53 The EU Council extended temporary protection for Ukrainians who fled to the European Union from Russian aggression until March 4, 2026.
13:27 Denmark has allocated about 20 million euros to accelerate the accession of Ukraine and Moldova to the EU, the country’s Foreign Ministry reported. The funds are allocated until 2030 and should help both countries create the administrative structures and legislation necessary to move closer to EU membership.
12:59 Ukraine received the first batch of artillery shells as part of the Czech initiative, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said: “The first batch of ammunition on our initiative arrived in Ukraine some time ago. We are doing everything necessary.”
12:18 In the Olkhovatsky district of the Voronezh region, where the GUR hit a field ammunition depot, a state of emergency has been introduced, Russian media write. Earlier, Governor Alexander Gusev reported that “explosive objects” detonated there after the drone attack.
12:14 In the morning, the Russians have already carried out six airstrikes in Toretsk, Donetsk region, wounding four people, said the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin. In addition, one person died in the Golden Niva of the Velikonovoselkovsk community.
11:50 The EU today begins accession negotiations with Ukraine, said the head of the EC, Ursula von der Leyen. “The road ahead will be challenging but full of opportunity,” she added.
The Financial Times writes that although negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union officially start on June 25, the main stage of work on this issue will not begin until 2025. In particular, this is due to the current Hungarian presidency of the EU, which may complicate the path to membership of Ukraine.
11:43 Since May 18, about 2.3 million Ukrainians have already updated their data through the Reserve+ application, of which 1.1 million are eligible for conscription, said Defense Ministry spokesman Dmitry Lazutkin: “It is clear that in the coming days they will not be able to help those military personnel , who protect our country, but in the future this is very important, because we are talking about improving military accounting. The country must know who to count on."
11:06 Orban criticized the negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU, which begin today in Luxembourg, but at the same time assured that Budapest will not block them: “Hungary does not agree with this accession process, but we do not block it and support the start of negotiations ".
10:52 On the night of June 25, scouts hit a field ammunition depot in the Olkhovatsky district of the Voronezh region, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported. On sites with shells with a total area of 3500 sq. m there was a fire with detonation, which is still ongoing.
10:31 Putin said that his “peace proposals” supposedly actually provide for the possibility of ending the war in Ukraine, and many politicians in the West “didn’t even want to delve into their essence.”
09:47 Two key advisers to Trump presented him with a plan to end the war in Ukraine if he wins the presidential election. The plan provides for the provision of military assistance to Kyiv only if peace negotiations with Moscow begin, writes Reuters. At the same time, the Kremlin will be warned that failure to negotiate will lead to increased American support for Ukraine, said one of Trump's national security advisers, Keith Kellogg. During peace negotiations, a ceasefire must be established.
Trump responded positively to the plan, according to second adviser Fred Fleitz. The strategy outlined by Kellogg and Fleitz is the most detailed plan developed by Trump's allies to date. The proposal would mark a dramatic change in US position on the war and would face opposition from European allies and within Trump's Republican Party, Reuters writes.
09:02 In the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours, 49 people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling, said the head of the OBA Vadim Filashkin. Seven people died: five in Pokrovsk, one each in Kurakhovo and Toretsk. Filashkin also said that a forced evacuation would be announced in Toretsk. Now about 5.5 thousand people remain there. There has been no electricity in the city for two days now.
08:14 In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and three were injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. 20 private houses, critical infrastructure facilities, an administrative building, and wastewater treatment plants were damaged.
07:28 Belgorod and the Belgorod region were subjected to a massive UAV attack at night, there were casualties, said Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that air defense systems allegedly destroyed 29 UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region and one over the Voronezh region at night.
07:13 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 25:
- personnel - about 536,840 (+1180) people,
- tanks - 8035 (+4),
- armored combat vehicles - 15,431 (+18),
- artillery systems - 14,281 (+35),
- MLRS - 1108 (+0),
- air defense systems - 863 (+0),
- aircraft - 359 (+0),
- helicopters - 326 (+0),
- UAVs of operational-tactical level - 11 413 (+31),
- cruise missiles - 2324 (+1),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 19,362 (+58),
- special equipment - 2403 (+6).
02:22 The second batch of long-range Patriot anti-aircraft missiles from Spain has already arrived in Ukraine, El Mundo writes, citing government sources. The first batch of aid was delivered at the end of April. At the May 25 Ramstein meeting, Defense Secretary Margarita Robles called the missiles part of an "important shipment" of aid that would arrive in June. In addition, Ukraine received Leopard battle tanks and various types of ammunition.
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