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2024-06-27 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: June 26, 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] 23:04 Russian troops hit Antonovka in the Kherson region this afternoon, six people were injured. In addition, two more Kherson residents were injured as a result of explosives being dropped from a drone, the OVA reported.
22:57 The Kingdom of Tonga became the ninth signatory of the joint communiqué after the completion of the first Peace Summit, Zelensky said.
22:05 The number of victims as a result of the air strike on Dergachi in the Kharkov region has increased to 12, the regional prosecutor’s office reported.
21:54 PACE adopted a resolution on the creation of a special tribunal for Russia. The document proposes to create a special tribunal based on the agreement of the Council of Europe with Ukraine. In addition, the document speaks of the need to use all tools to hold the Russian Federation accountable for war crimes.
Another PACE resolution concerns the role of sanctions in countering Russia’s war against Ukraine. The document calls for creating an international compensation mechanism for war victims and putting further pressure on Russian weapons companies and propaganda media.
21:49 In Kherson, two rescuers were injured due to repeated Russian shelling. According to the State Emergency Service, as a result of another shelling in one of the city’s microdistricts, a fire broke out in a garage cooperative. The fire department that arrived to extinguish the fire came under repeated fire.
21:12 Kim Jong-un will help Putin by sending engineering units of the DPRK army to the war in Ukraine, says German observer Jurgen Nauditt. According to him, the Central Military Commission of the DPRK announced that the country will join forces with the Russian military, and next month an engineering unit of the North Korean army will be sent to Donetsk.
20:56 PACE adopted a resolution on the genocidal intentions of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. The document calls on PACE member states to strengthen sanctions against Russia and provide for full compensation on the basis of international law. PACE members will also help Ukraine collect evidence of war crimes against cultural heritage and develop projects for cultural heritage.
20:31 In Kherson, five people were injured as a result of a Russian drone attack, among them two children aged 12 and 15, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
19:27 Pope Francis, during a general audience, met with relatives of Ukrainian prisoners of war who defended Mariupol and who were illegally “sentenced” in Russia, Vatican News reports. As the publication writes, the stories of four Ukrainian women are united by the fact that we are talking about defenders of Mariupol, who received “court sentences” in Russian courts for long terms, or even for life, and were excluded from the exchange lists. International organizations such as the Red Cross do not have access to them.
18:42 Some NATO countries refuse to make specific multi-year commitments to spend on military assistance to Ukraine, Bloomberg writes, citing sources. We are talking about Stoltenberg’s proposal to spend at least 40 billion euros annually on military assistance to Ukraine. Thus, some countries simply want to promise to continue providing assistance, while others do not want to disclose the volume of their investments. Therefore, most likely, assistance and its amount will be approved annually, the publication notes.
18:34 The new President of Slovakia, Peter Pellegrini, said that his country is participating in the Czech initiative to purchase ammunition for Ukraine - in particular, the purchased ammunition is being modernized at Slovak factories. According to him, a significant part of the ammunition collected thanks to the Czech initiative will eventually be processed or produced in Slovak factories.
18:29 On Thursday, June 27, 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.
18:12 The “people's” satellite ICEYE, for which all Ukrainians raised money, took 4,173 images of Russian objects for the State Intelligence Directorate over two years, intelligence officials said. In particular, he removed 370 airfields, 238 air defense and radio reconnaissance positions, 153 oil depots and fuel depots, 147 missile, aviation weapons and ammunition warehouses, 17 naval bases. About 38% of the total data obtained through ICEYE was used to prepare for attacks that caused billions of dollars in damage to Russia, the GUR noted.
17:35 The new law on mobilization has proven its effectiveness and lived up to the hopes placed on it, said member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, People's Deputy Fyodor Venislavsky. According to him, it was possible to achieve the main goal - “to conduct an audit of all citizens of Ukraine liable for military service, to find out where everyone is, who is fit and not, who has the right to a deferment, who is reserved and who can be mobilized. The Ministry of Defense daily monitors the situation with the renewal of military accounting data, the dynamics are quite positive."
According to the latest data, almost 2.4 million citizens of Ukraine have updated their military registration personal data. “The overwhelming majority is through the Reserve+ application, in second place are CNAPs, in third place are TCCs. The dynamics are good, this ensures the implementation of those mobilization activities that the TCC carries out. I think that in general the law has fulfilled the mission for which we adopted it,” - added the people's deputy.
Venislavsky also noted that the deadline for updating data will not be extended; the deadline remains July 16.
17:03 Hungary supports the Sino-Brazilian peace plan for Ukraine, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said in a conversation with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi: “The six-point consensus proposed jointly by China and Brazil has laid a good foundation for future peace negotiations. Hungary fully agrees with this important peace initiative."
Wang Yi, in turn, said that the world needs "more objective, balanced and constructive voices, as well as more pragmatic and effective efforts to promote peace." According to him, "China is willing to continue to work with all like-minded countries, shape the conditions for peace, and make efforts to finally implement the peace negotiations."
16:55 Ukraine expects to hold the second Peace Summit before the end of the year, Ermak told Time magazine. The meeting is planned to be held in Saudi Arabia. The publication writes that the head of the Presidential Office is now preparing for a meeting with representatives of the Russian Federation.
16:41 Scholz spoke out against negotiations with Russia on the war in Ukraine and any territorial concessions to the Russian Federation: “Putin continues to fully concentrate on war and rearmament, no one can ignore this... Unfortunately, Russia does not want peace. But Ukraine wants a fair world without submission and fear of new aggression." The Chancellor called for support for initiatives such as the Peace Summit in Switzerland.
16:32 The Russian Army struck the private sector with a KAB in Dergachi, Kharkov region - nine casualties are known, including two children, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
16:03 The Russians struck Kherson: the premises of the humanitarian headquarters were damaged, five people were injured, OVA reported.
15:50 The EU's Committee of Permanent Representatives has reached agreement in principle on a new package of sanctions against Belarus for supporting Russia's war against Ukraine. The Belgian Presidency of the EU Council said the package would "strengthen our response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including combating sanctions evasion."
15:27 Since February 2022, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has interviewed more than 600 released Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war, including prisoners of war who were released during the May 31 exchange. As in previous reports, each person interviewed during the recent exchange described torture, ranging from severe beatings and prolonged exposure to stressful body positions to electric shocks to the genitals and being hounded by dogs. In addition, torture was used on entire groups of prisoners.
Many interviewees also reported experiencing constant hunger while in captivity and being deprived of medical care for long periods. Combined with poor hygiene conditions, this often led to significant weight loss, skin diseases and even tooth loss. The Mission emphasized that these testimonies were consistent with the experts’ own observations, in particular, the physical condition of the respondents was consistent with their testimonies.
14:39 There are 6 million Ukrainian citizens in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, 1.5 million of them are children, said Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Irina Vereshchuk. According to her, there are also about 5 million internally displaced people.
13:52 Satellite images confirm information from social networks that on June 25 a fire broke out in the area of Cape Chauda in Crimea, from where the Russian Federation launches attack drones across Ukraine and where the military training ground of Russian forces is located, Radio Liberty reports. It is unknown what exactly caused the fire, since no missile or drone attacks on this area of Crimea have been reported in recent days.
13:35 Metropolitan of the UOC MP Ionafan, who was sentenced to five years in prison, was handed over to Russia on June 22, the Russian Orthodox Church reported. Ionafan's lawyer stated that the metropolitan was released in connection with an exchange - Ukraine received several prisoners of war for him. The initiator of Ionafan's exchange was the Russian Federation.
12:51 Ukraine will receive a second batch of ammunition as part of the Czech initiative in July, writes Euractiv. According to the publication, further deliveries are planned for July, and by the end of the year Ukraine should receive about 500 thousand ammunition.
12:38 Russian Lukoil has restarted a key piece of oil refining equipment at its NORSI refinery after a drone attack in March, writes Reuters. This is the fourth largest refinery in Russia.
12:29 During the exchange of prisoners on June 25, representatives of the office of the Ombudsman of the Russian Federation were present for the first time, said Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets. According to him, the Russians, like the Ukrainian side, conducted a survey of the released military: “Former Russian prisoners of war spoke about the conditions of detention: they thanked for the delicious bread, the medical care provided, the opportunity to make phone calls to relatives, correspondence and, in general, compliance with the Geneva Conventions.” However, Ukrainian defenders noted that their conditions of detention “did not at all correspond to the norms of the Geneva Conventions,” Lubinets noted. He added that the Russian side recorded this, and perhaps this will improve something in the future.
12:26 The newly elected Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, said that Ukraine and its support will be a priority for him: “We must act quickly both regarding the compensation mechanism and the Register of Losses, and regarding strengthening the protection of Ukraine. We are aware that we must adhere to our obligations, and I promise to be dedicated to this cause."
11:40 NATO allies have officially elected Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the next head of the Alliance. He will replace Jens Stoltenberg in October, Reuters writes. The publication notes that Rutte has been a loyal ally of Kiev and a critic of Putin since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Netherlands, in particular, holds Russia responsible for the downing of passenger flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine in July 2014.
Politico cites Rutte's good relationship with Trump as an important asset. Analysts also believe that he can reach an agreement with both Democrats and Republicans. Under Rutte's leadership, the Netherlands has increased defense spending to levels above the 2% of GDP threshold required for NATO members.
11:19 The number of victims as a result of yesterday's Russian airstrikes on dacha sectors in the village of Bobrovka, Kharkov region, has increased to six, the regional prosecutor's office reported. At least 20 country houses were damaged.
10:45 Zelensky said that he visited the Donetsk region, together with Syrsky and the new commander of the Joint Forces, General Gnatov. The President said that he officially introduced Andrei Gnatov to everyone responsible for defense in the Donetsk region, and heard reports directly from his positions.
The head of state also announced “a separate conversation in Kyiv,” including with officials who should be near the front, “but have not been here for six months or more.” “There will be a serious conversation, and I will draw appropriate conclusions from them,” Zelensky added.
10:37 The Russians shelled Novotyaginka, Kherson region, one person was killed, OVA reported.
10:22 Zelensky signed a decree that put into effect the decision of the National Security and Defense Council on the creation of the Unmanned Systems Forces. The decree came into force on June 25.
09:58 In Toretsk, Donetsk region, the number of victims as a result of yesterday's Russian shelling has increased to six, said the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin. In addition, one person was killed in Zolotaya Niva and one was injured in Komar, Volnovakha district. One person was also wounded in New York, and another in Pivnichny. In the Pokrovsky district in the morning, the enemy dropped a controlled aerial bomb on Selidovo - 37 private houses, six five-story buildings and an administrative building were damaged.
09:07 The Southern Defense Forces clarified that at night the Russians launched two missile attacks on the southern regions: the first - with an aircraft missile in the Nikolaev region, as a result of which dry grass caught fire, the second - on an administrative building in the industrial zone of the Odessa region. No people were hurt.
08:42 At night, the enemy launched a ballistic missile attack on the civilian infrastructure of Odessa region, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA. In the industrial sector, an administrative building was damaged, but no people were injured.
08:31 In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, two people were injured as a result of Russian shelling, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. Three high-rise buildings and seven private houses, educational institutions and a kindergarten were damaged.
07:43 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 26:
- personnel - about 538,060 (+1220) people,
- tanks - 8039 (+4),
- armored combat vehicles - 15,450 (+19),
- artillery systems - 14,321 (+40),
- MLRS - 1108 (+0),
- air defense systems - 863 (+0),
- aircraft - 359 (+0),
- helicopters - 326 (+0),
- Operational-tactical level UAVs - 11,435 (+22),
- cruise missiles – 2324 (+0),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 19,407 (+45),
- special equipment - 2409 (+6).
07:26 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggests that Russia could have formed another combined arms army for deployment in Ukraine. Analysts cite information from the spokesman for the Kharkov Operational-Tactical Group of Forces Yuriy Povkh that the Russian military intends to transfer units of the "9th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Army" to the Kharkov direction. In addition, the spokesman for the Khortitsa Operational-Strategic Group of Forces Nazar Voloshin reported that the Russian troops intend to transfer units of the 155th Marine Brigade (Pacific Fleet) and the "9th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 51st Army" to the Kharkov direction to compensate for heavy Russian losses.
ISW has information that the Russian military transferred units of the 155th Marine Brigade and the 9th Motorized Rifle Brigade (1st Army Corps of the so-called “DPR”) from the west and southwest of Donetsk to the Kharkov direction, but did not record no reports of a Russian "51st Army". Thus, ISW suggests that Russia has subordinated the 9th Motorized Rifle Brigade to the revived, perhaps from World War II, “51st Army.”
00:45 A drone attacked a school building in the Belgorod region, where the Russian military was based, the opposition Russian publication Astra reports, citing sources. According to them, the day before, a kamikaze drone detonated at a school in the village of Moshchenoe, Yakovlevsky urban district, 25 km from the border with Ukraine. The establishment has not been functioning for its intended purpose for a long time. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that “the building of the former school was completely burned down.” According to sources, as a result of the detonation and subsequent fire, one soldier was killed and another was injured. 200 people were evacuated from nearby houses.
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