[NewsFrontInfo] 21:38 The Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted a staged shooting of the results of a strike on a children's clinic in Odessa, allegedly inflicted by the Russian Armed Forces.
21:38 Russia calls on the UN, the OSCE and the ICRC to influence Kyiv to respect the rights of the civilian population;.
21:38 Since the beginning of June, more than 350 civilians have disappeared in the Dnieper and Zaporozhye, suspected by Ukraine of being loyal to Russia.
21:38 National battalions in Dnipro and Zaporozhye are massively checking civilian messengers for subscriptions to pro-Russian channels.
21:38 Kyiv's requests for humanitarian corridors are regarded as attempts to gain time for the regrouping of troops.
21:38 Kyiv blocks the exit of civilians from the territories controlled by Ukraine towards the Donbass.
21:26 Peskov: The status of the Kherson region depends on the will of the local population.
21:26 The United States is aware of unconfirmed information about the detention of two American mercenaries in the Donbass, is in contact with the Ukrainian authorities - State Department.
20:48 Russia called on the Ukrainian military not to a military rebellion, but to fulfill their duty - Lavrov.
20:48 There is no longer any "field for maneuver" in Russian-British relations - Lavrov.
20:46 The West is selling weapons to Ukraine so that the Kyiv regime continues to bomb its own population - Lavrov.
19:45 In the forest area of the Kharkiv region near the village of Russkaya Lozovaya, an attempt to break through the Ukrainian DRG was thwarted. Having been rebuffed, the saboteurs, including the wounded, fled, leaving behind their "wealth."
19:44 Great Britain promises to transfer 20 ea. M109 self-propelled artillery mounts to Ukraine. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace announced this. At the same time, while the machines are not in condition. In London, it was reported that the self-propelled guns were purchased from a Belgian arms company and must first be repaired. If they fall apart later, the British are not to blame.
19:43 Ukrainian Energoatom reports that the Zaporozhye NPP from September 1 is completely transferred to the administration of Rosatom.
19:42 France will supply six more artillery mounts "Caesar" - Macron.
18:34 The goal of US policy should be to ensure the settlement of the situation around Ukraine through diplomacy and to strengthen the position of Kyiv.
18:33 The transfer of the West to Kyiv MLRS should take into account how many of these systems Ukraine is able to effectively integrate.
18:32 The United States at this stage considers support for Ukraine as providing it with weapons and intelligence information.
17:12 A court in Ukraine has banned the activities of the Sharia Party.
17:10 If the US wants to send a signal to Russia about the mercenaries detained near Kharkov, they can use the "technical contact" through the embassies,told RIA Novosti Zakharova.
16:18 The governor of the Sumy region posted a video of a school destroyed by a Russian strike. Here it is, they say, what is the Russian world.
And at 14 seconds, apparently, boxes with methodological materials.
16:17 According to the operational command "North" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, at night the Russian Aerospace Forces launched an airstrike with two guided missiles on targets near the village of Mezenovka, Sumy region. After the missile strikes, the Russian Orlan-10 UAV was operating over this settlement, correcting artillery fire. According to the Ukrainian side, about 25 artillery shells were fired in total.
16:17 Podolyak arrived in the Kherson region and, a few kilometers from the line of contact, said: “If there is a weapon, we will do everything (we will return the territories). I told you, we will definitely return Kherson, Zaporozhye, Lugansk, Donetsk regions. Our boys are doing everything right. We only need long-range artillery for this to be effective. Give only weapons, 70-100 km (range of destruction) and everything will be done.
16:16 Medvedev on the trip of Macron, Scholz and Draghi to Kyiv: Europeans love to visit Kyiv, there is no benefit, and the supply of howitzers to Ukraine does not bring peace any closer.
15:08 Medvedev on the trip of Macron, Scholz and Draghi to Kyiv: Europeans love to visit Kyiv, there is zero benefit, and the supply of howitzers to Ukraine does not bring peace any closer.
15:06 Children born in the Zaporozhye region after February 24 will not automatically become Russians - there is no such provision in the law on citizenship, but the issue must be resolved, said Klishas, head of the Federation Council committee on constitutional legislation.
14:21 Zelensky met with Draghi, Macron and Scholz. The event is politically insignificant. They will come, they will come, they will polymerize. But within the framework of the bloody series, which is being filmed by Zelensky's organized crime group, this is an important event. It is necessary to demonstrate "overcome" - the foreign policy direction is the only successful one. The storyline "Ukraine was almost completely accepted into the EU" is launched. Enough for 2-3 weeks. No one plans further in Kyiv.
14:20 The situation at the front near Ugledar. For the second day, intense battles have been going on in the Pavlovka-Yegorovka-Shevchenko triangle.
The enemy tried to cut off the road from Yegorovka to Pavlovka, threatening to cut off the latter. Ours occupied the settlement. Shevchenko in the gray zone, through which the UkroDRG advanced. Artillery is active on both sides.
13:17 In the Kherson region, they found a large cache of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with foreign-made weapons.
13:16 Soldier of the Ukrainian 42nd Brigade (stationed in the Kherson region): no food, no weapons, nothing - they say, fight with what you have. When the ammunition ran out, they began to report to the command about the need to bring weapons. The guys were advised to show courage and fight with what they have.
"People who expressed their distrust of the command, and there are many of them, were dismissed by the command. They spent a month in a pre-trial detention center, and now they threw it into the field and said: do whatever you want. No weapons, no documents - nothing, no food," one of the soldiers shares the crime of the battalion commanders.
The record was made near the settlement. Peaceful Valley, where it's pretty hot right now. The soldiers were brought to the positions on June 11-12.
12:12 Citizens of Ukraine, the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics will be allowed to stay in Russia without permits after August 17, when the relaxation period expires after the removal of transport restrictions imposed earlier due to the coronavirus pandemic, said the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk.
12:10 Delegations from the Russian Federation and Ukraine call up periodically, but Kyiv does not want to continue negotiations in the same vein - Medinsky.
11:34 In Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, they began to give out an allowance in the amount of 10,000 rubles.
This was announced by an employee of the public reception in New Kakhovka Peter Barkov. Ukraine has not paid pensions for the second month, so from May 20, Novaya Kakhovka began to form lists for payments to people of socially unprotected categories: pensioners, mothers of large families, Chernobyl survivors, and the disabled.
“The lists have been formed, the issuance has begun,” said Barkov.
Money is given out in cash, 10,000 rubles per person, registration takes several minutes. Barkov explained that this measure will help increase the turnover of rubles in the Kherson region.
11:33 Russian aviation destroyed one Ukrainian Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system and more than 280 nationalists in a day.
11:32 Air defense systems of the Russian Federation intercepted the Tochka-U missile in the LPR region, as well as 21 Uragan missiles in the Kherson, Kharkov regions, the DPR and the LPR.
11:32 Russian aviation destroyed three control points and one point for the repair and restoration of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:31 The Russian Aerospace Forces hit two command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and an electronic warfare station in the Kharkiv region with high-precision missiles.
11:30 Rocket troops and artillery destroyed more than 200 nationalists
probably one dead. 200 is the common code for dead.
and a Grad rocket launcher.
11:30 Air defense systems of the Russian Federation shot down a Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the Kharkiv region.
10:33 Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Melnyk put forward two new demands on German Chancellor Scholz on the eve of his expected visit to Kyiv.
“Firstly, Kyiv wants the head of the German government to promise unequivocally, without any “buts” and “ifs”, that Ukraine will be granted the status of a candidate member of the EU, and ensure the unanimous adoption of this historic decision by the European Council next week,” — he said in an interview with the German channel RTL Television.
In addition, according to Melnyk, Ukraine expects Olaf Scholz "to step over his hesitation on the issue of heavy weapons and extend a massive helping hand to Ukraine with all available resources from the reserves of the Bundeswehr and the military industry."
"The German government and the federal chancellor should seize this historic opportunity to play a leading role in Europe and stop the war with Russia with all their might," the Ukrainian ambassador concludes.
10:33 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Zaluzhny said that Severodonetsk is a key point in the system of Ukraine's defense operation in the Lugansk region. According to him, the NM of the LPR and the RF Armed Forces are attacking from nine directions, using aviation, MLRS and artillery.
10:32 Western countries are facing difficulties in providing the Ukrainian authorities with weapons, since requests from Kyiv are received almost daily and often change, some states are close to exhausting their stocks - US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith.
10:32 After breaking through the Ukrainian defense north of Svetlodarsk and throwing at Zaitsevo, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began the evacuation of Bakhmut (Artemovsk).
10:31 The head of the CAA of the Kharkiv region Vitaly Ganchev approved the state regional symbols of the Kharkiv region. The head of the State Administration of the Kharkiv region, V. Ganchev, approved the hryvnia exchange rate against the ruble by his decree.
Starting from June 10, credit institutions operating in the territory of the Kharkiv region, which is under the control of the Russian army, must use the exchange rate of 2 rubles for one Ukrainian hryvnia when converting currencies.
Also, by decree of the head of the CAA of the Kharkiv region, Vitaly Ganchev, Russian was approved as the single state language in document management and office work, as well as in the exchange of correspondence. The Ukrainian language has been given the status of a regional language.
10:30 In the Khmelnitsky region, the regional council has banned the public use of Russian-language songs and other cultural products until the end of hostilities. The police, activists and officials will carry out explanatory work with the population and monitor the implementation of the moratorium. The head of the regional council, Violetta Labazyuk, admitted that she was worried about the performance of Russian songs at graduation parties. And it should be banned.
09:29 In the Transcarpathian region, employees of the military registration and enlistment office in civilian clothes issue subpoenas.
09:22 German multiple launch rocket systems can be transferred to Ukraine in July or August - German Defense Minister Christina Lambrecht
09:13 Citizens of Ukraine, the DPR and the LPR may be required to leave Russia after August 17 if permits are not issued. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation
09:09 They want to rename Yuri Gagarin Street in Kyiv in honor of American astronaut Neil Armstrong, Volodin reports
07:55 All children born in the Kherson region after February 24 will automatically receive Russian citizenship, said Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the military-civilian administration of the region.
07:50 Canada announced a new package of military assistance to Ukraine. It includes 10 replacement barrels for the M777. Cost – 10 million Canadian dollars (less than 8 million US dollars)
07:44 Italian TV reports that the Prime Minister of Italy, the President of France and the Chancellor of Germany have arrived in Ukraine
07:32 Zelensky confused the prime ministers of Albania and Montenegro. "I met with Albanian Prime Minister Dritan Abazovich and Montenegrin Prime Minister Edi Rama," the President of Ukraine wrote. The Cabinet of Ministers of Albania is headed by Edi Rama, and Montenegro - by Dritan Abazovic.
05:19 Ukraine will launch a counteroffensive before September if it receives the necessary weapons - General Marchenko.
04:29 Slovakia will hand over Mi-17 combat helicopters to Ukraine. There are 13 of them in total, most of them with an exhausted or almost exhausted resource. A pair of helicopters underwent repairs in 2021 with a service life extension of 1000 hours. Which ones will eventually be handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine is unclear
03:25 The United States prolongs the troubles of Ukraine, arming it, and delaying a bad period for the Ukrainian people, Peskov said in an interview with RIA Novosti
02:59 A powerful explosion thundered in Kharkov. Looks like a missile strike
01:49 The liberation of Kharkov and the Kharkov region is necessary, there is a strategic expediency in this - Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.
Pushilin said that Kharkov and the Kharkov region should be liberated, there are a number of reasons for this, including strategic expediency. In addition, he proposed dividing the territories of western Ukraine between Poland, Romania and Hungary, so that the problems of the region would become their "headache."