[Korrespondent] 23:47 Russia switched to open threats to the entire European Union after Lithuania restricted transit to the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation. More details - in the material Lithuania irritates the Russian Federation .
23:45 Zelensky in the evening video message thanked all the people's deputies who supported the European integration of Ukraine: "I want to note the vote for the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Violence against Women and Domestic Violence. Thank you to the deputies who supported the law on waste management. This is an important environmental document. The adopted anti-corruption strategy is important."
23:38 75 defenders of Zmeiny Island are in Russian captivity, Vereshchuk said.
23:37 Borrell believes that Putin wants to destroy Ukraine: "It looks like Putin wants to destroy Ukraine by destroying the infrastructure of the city, denying the very idea of a Ukrainian nation. Therefore, we will continue to support Ukraine for as long as it takes. The ministers stressed full dedication to continue support Ukraine from any point of view - military, continue to put pressure on Russia and work with the international community."
23:24 Vereshchuk called on the residents of the occupied Kherson region to leave the region in the ways that the Russians allow, in particular through the occupied Crimea. According to the Deputy Prime Minister, residents of the Kherson region, especially those who have children, should not give up the opportunity to leave: "Please leave, because our army will definitely de-occupy these lands. Our will to do this is unshakable. And very- it will be very difficult later to open a humanitarian corridor when there are children there... We will know that there are children there, and we will be powerless, and we really don’t want to. Believe me, the de-occupation will be very soon. There will definitely be a counteroffensive."
22:43 In Tbilisi, tens of thousands of citizens came to a large-scale action Home, to Europe in order to show that integration into the EU is Georgia's historical choice, that the ruling Georgian Dream party is hindering reforms, which hinders European integration. The Ukrainian flag was also hung at the rally.
22:40 Scholz tweeted: "Putin obviously fears that the spark of democracy could reach Russia. That's why he has been pursuing a policy aimed at the collapse of NATO and the EU for years. He wants to return to the zone of influence policy. But he will not be able to do this" .
22:37 All EU countries support the status of a candidate for EU membership for Ukraine, Stefanyshina said during the telethon: "The EU countries declared their support for granting Ukraine the status of a candidate, without waiting directly for the meeting on June 24."
22:35 Vereshchuk said that 75 defenders of the Serpent's Island are still in Russian captivity.
22:29 Control over the village of Metelkino in the Luhansk region will not create tactical superiority for the Russian troops and will not affect the battle for Severodonetsk, Roman Vlasenko, head of the Severodonetsk OVA, said: “But psychologically this is a certain problem for us. On the other side of the Donets, we control not only part industrial areas of Severodonetsk, but also several other settlements. That is, we had such a springboard for that side of the Donets, with which logistics is complicated for us. This (Metelkino) was such a backlash for maneuvers so that our guys would not be surrounded on Azot, on "promke" Severodonetsk ".
22:01 The European Union in the coming days will finally determine the details of the financial package for Ukraine in the amount of 9 billion euros, writes Bloomberg, citing three European officials. According to the publication, the new aid package to Kyiv will consist of "25-year loans with a ten-year grace period to repay the principal." Sources say interest payments will be covered from the EU budget.
21:33 The Armed Services Committee of the US House of Representatives in its draft law on the military budget for 2023 proposes to pledge $450 million in aid to Ukraine. In total, the draft US defense budget includes more than $6 billion to support allies in Asia and $4 billion in Europe.
21:10 Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg that the issue of granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for the EU has already been decided: "There was a discussion about the status of a candidate for Ukraine. Now it is difficult to assume that this status will not be granted to Ukraine "There was agreement here. It seems that this question is a foregone conclusion."
20:57 Arestovich said that since the beginning of the war, the Ukrainian army has lost about 10 thousand killed and about 30 thousand wounded. At the same time, he specified that up to 98% of the wounded return to the army.
20:42 In Severodonetsk, fighting continues already in the industrial zone, Ukrainian troops control only the territory of the Azot plant, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. He called the situation on the Lugansk front "very difficult" and added that Russian troops are launching a large-scale offensive in the region: "They have accumulated a sufficient number of reserves, and today all the free settlements of the region are on fire."
Gaidai also said that the Russians are advancing along the Lisichansk-Bakhmut highway, and the settlements located next to it are under constant shelling: "Lysichansk has been suffering from massive Russian shelling for the whole day. It is not yet possible to establish the number of victims."
20:16 The Netherlands has removed all restrictions on the production of electricity from coal-fired power plants. As Dutch Climate and Energy Minister Rob Jetten said, without additional measures, Europe will not be able to fill gas storage facilities for winterization: "Without additional measures, there is no longer any guarantee that we in Europe and the Netherlands will be able to fill enough gas storage facilities for winterization."
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20:12 Ukraine received the status of a candidate member of the Three Seas Initiative, Polish President Andrzej Duda said at the organization's summit in Riga, where Zelensky also spoke via video link. According to Duda, it was at this summit that they agreed to create a new type of partnership, and Ukraine is the first to receive such a status, because, according to the participating countries, Kyiv will soon become a candidate for the EU.
Duda recalled that the member states belonging to the Trimorie are the EU countries, and the strategic partners are countries that are much better developed than most of the Trimorie, such as Germany and the United States.
The Three Seas Initiative (Baltic, Adriatic and Black) currently unites 12 states of Central-Eastern Europe and the Baltic States - Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Slovenia and Croatia. The goal of the initiative is to stimulate economic development and partnership.
20:07 Scholz said he did not believe Moscow's explanations regarding the reasons for the reduction in gas supplies to Europe. According to the chancellor, Russia's claim that gas supplies have been reduced due to the lack of spare parts due to sanctions is "implausible."
20:05 For the first time in 20 years, the re-elected President of France lost his parliamentary majority. In opposition - right and left fans of Putin. For more details, see Problem for Ukraine: Macron Lost Parliament .
20:01 Zelensky said at the Global Policy Forum that Russia's priority plans include an attack on Kharkiv: "And there is one and a half million inhabitants. They constantly bombard Nikolaev - and there are almost half a million inhabitants. They want to capture and completely destroy Slavyansk - there before the war there were a hundred thousand inhabitants.
19:58 Hollywood actor Ben Stiller visited Irpin and Makarov, Kiev region, after which he met with Zelensky.
19:55 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that the Ukrainian defenders repelled enemy assault attempts in the areas of the settlements of Mirnaya Dolina and Belaya Gora. In the Bakhmut direction, in the area of the settlement of Nikolaevka, the enemy’s DRG tried to operate, but as a result of the attack by the AFU fighters, they retreated. In the Slavyansk direction, the main efforts of the enemy are concentrated on holding positions. In the area of the village of Bogorodichne, the Armed Forces of Ukraine also successfully repulsed the enemy assault.
19:44 The head of the Odesa OVA, Maxim Marchenko, said that as a result of rocket attacks on the region, there are wounded, but he did not specify the details.
19:30 Aksyonov said that after the attack on the drilling platforms of Chernomorneftegaz, three people were injured and seven were missing. 94 people were evacuated, 15 servicemen remain to guard the operating drilling platforms.
19:26 Zelensky held a meeting in Kiev with the President of the Confederation of Italian Industry Carlo Bonomi, which was dedicated to the participation of entrepreneurs from Italy in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. The President also spoke at the opening of the Global Policy Forum of the Institute for International Political Studies (Milan), where he said that by providing Ukraine with weapons, the EU countries strengthen the defense capability of the Ukrainian army and the ability of our state to oust the aggressor from its land.
19:10 Slovakia offers to supply fuel to Ukraine through the Druzhba pipeline, said the country's Economy Minister Richard Sulik: "In Ukraine, most of the oil refineries have been destroyed. Ukraine needs fuel. The Druzhba main pipe is used to import crude oil. The second pipe can be adapted to transport finished products - diesel or gasoline - with a reasonable investment."
18:45 The ex-mayor of Kiev, Leonid Chernovetsky, was informed of suspicion. The day after Russia's full-scale invasion, he posted a post on Facebook about the possibility and even the need to recognize the borders of the "LDNR", according to the Office of the Prosecutor General. In this regard, he was informed of a suspicion on the fact of public calls to change the borders of the territory and the state border of Ukraine. Chernovetsky faces three to five years in prison.
18:16 Russia needs a food crisis in the world in order to put pressure on the states that have imposed sanctions against it. There is no progress in reopening Ukrainian ports to resume grain exports, Zelensky said, speaking at a meeting of the Bureau of the African Union Assembly.
18:13 Severodonetsk Azot is not Azovstal, there are no such bomb shelters, Vereshchuk said. "We tried to take our people to Lisichansk. Today, about 300 people remain there. I know that there are a small part of people who want to leave Azot," she specified.
18:07 In Mariupol, the invaders began exhuming the bodies of the dead, Piotr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city, said: “They dig up the corpses, load them onto tractors and take them to the Metro morgue. Registration is carried out only with the participation of relatives. burial in mass graves. Not always with the installation of numbers. "
18:04 The Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2022) will be held in Lugano, Switzerland on July 4-5. It is expected that representatives of 40 countries and 20 organizations will take part in it. The conference is Switzerland's contribution to the stability of Europe and the world, said President Ignazio Cassis. According to the Swiss Foreign Ministry, Zelensky and Shmyhal agreed to participate in the event, but it is not yet clear in what form - in person or via video link.
18:00 According to Vereshchuk, today about 1.2 million deported Ukrainians are known, of which 240 thousand are children. Earlier, the Russian authorities reported that since the beginning of a full-scale war against Ukraine, Russia has illegally deported 1.9 million Ukrainians, of which 307,000 are children.
17:54 Zelensky spoke at the global policy forum of the Institute of International Political Studies Global Policy Forum: "Our goal is for this migration crisis in Europe caused by the Russian war to become the last such crisis. So that it would not even occur to any other aggressor that with the help of war it will be possible to destroy the life of any European country. Arms for Ukraine, financial support and future reconstruction are three elements that should work."
17:51 Estonia from July 10 introduces a ban on the import of sanctioned goods from Russia by private individuals. In the list of goods, in particular, alcohol, furniture, wood, fertilizers and a number of other items.
17:48 Kharkiv is under enemy shelling all day long, urban infrastructure and residential areas are under fire, Mayor Igor Terekhov said. According to him, the intensity of the bombardments has sharply increased since the night. There are constant shellings of different areas.
17:45 Only 25% of Ukrainian schools have confirmed the presence of bomb shelters today, Minister of Education and Science Serhiy Shkarlet said on the air of the telethon. According to him, the level of safety in schools is assessed by the State Emergency Service. In particular, they are working on the issue of having shelters near educational institutions, if they are not in the schools themselves.
17:41 This afternoon, for three hours, the enemy launched a massive missile strike in the south of the country. According to OK Pivden, 14 rockets were fired at Ochakov, at the mouth of the Danube, at the Belgorod-Dniester region and at Odessa itself. In the region and in the suburbs of Ochakov, agricultural areas were damaged, in Odessa, as a result of a rocket hit, a logistics food warehouse burned out. Fire on an area of more than 300 square meters. m was quickly eliminated by rescuers, civilians were not injured.
17:34 More than 1,500 civilian Ukrainians are now in Russian captivity and prisons , Vereshchuk said.
17:28 Orban supports the recommendation of the European Commission to grant Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership, said the head of the press service of the head of the Hungarian government, Bertalan Havasi.
17:25 People's Deputy from the Servant of the People Maryana Bezuglaya said that Zelensky had recently secretly visited Lisichansk. “He came under shelling, secretly, to support and see with his own eyes, to figure it out. He was with us,” she wrote.
17:22 In Germany, for the first time, property was seized on the basis of anti-Russian sanctions. According to Deutsche Welle, citing prosecutors, three private apartments were seized in Munich, as well as an account for rent payments. Thus, the assets of an unnamed deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation and his wife registered in Munich were blocked.
17:17 Hungary has offered its territory as a possible route for the export of Ukrainian grain, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.
17:02 The ship grouping of the Russian Federation in the Black Sea has decreased by one missile ship, OK Pivden reports. The threat of 28 cruise missiles remains. At the moment, the presence of three submarines of the Russian Federation and the same number of large landing ships has been recorded in the Black Sea.
16:56 The Polish Border Service reported a provocation from the Belarusian military, who tried to dig under a newly installed fence on the border. At a site near the village of Dubichi, Church officers noticed a group of six Belarusian soldiers who were trying to dig.
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16:41 The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said that Vilnius did not violate transit to the Kaliningrad region, but only carried out EU sanctions.
16:36 In Kherson, the occupiers stole electoral documentation with voter lists for 2019 from the State Archive. According to the National Police, Russians can use the personal data of voters of Kherson and the region to organize a pseudo-referendum.
According to the State Archive, on June 7, three men entered the archive premises, who presented certificates of employees of the "military-civilian administration of the Kherson region." Threatening the employees of the archive with weapons, they took out 15 boxes with electoral documentation. There were also lists of voters for the next presidential elections in Ukraine in 2019.
16:27 Ukraine will easily cope with the seven requirements stipulated by the European Commission, German Ambassador Anka Feldhusen said: "I think that Ukraine can easily cope, because these requirements have been in place for many years and there is already progress. Perhaps not the one we wanted Ukrainians themselves, especially in judicial reform, but this is not the first time Ukraine has been thinking about how this can be done. We, your partners, are constantly in contact with the Ukrainian government on these issues."
"I think that decentralization reform was carried out quite successfully - this is really a success story. But the judicial reform is the second reform that really changes the country. During all the years of work in Ukraine, I have been following the steps that have been taken, including for the judicial reforms. I will continue to do this," Feldhusen stressed.
16:23 All parks and squares in Kiev were examined for the presence of explosive objects. Eight parks are closed to the public, the city's military administration said. So, the following remain closed: part of the Bald Mountain park, part of the Kyoto park, the Fighters for Freedom and Independence park, Desnyansky park, Muromets park, part of the park on Trukhanov Island, part of Pushcha-Voditsa park, part of the Mariinsky park. All other parks are safe to visit.
16:19 PACE President Tiny Cox welcomed the ratification of the Istanbul Convention in Ukraine: "I applaud the Ukrainian Parliament for ratifying the Istanbul Convention! Thanks to Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk and the Ukrainian PACE delegation led by Maria Mezentseva for ensuring this important decision."
16:10 The "mayor" of Donetsk said that the shelling of the city does not stop, there is smoke in the area of the television center in the Leninsky district. Earlier, local telegram channels wrote that an ammunition depot was on fire in the Azotny microdistrict.
16:01 Russia began exercises in the Kaliningrad region with the participation of about a thousand military personnel and more than 100 units of military and special equipment of artillery and missile units. Artillerymen and missilemen will have to perform several hundred fire missions using the Grad and Uragan MLRS, Giacint large-caliber guns, and Msta-S, Akatsiya and Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts.
15:47 Departure of Kherson residents from the region is now possible in two directions - towards the Crimea and through the occupied Melitopol-Vasilyevka in Zaporozhye, said the head of the Kherson Regional State Administration Gennady Laguta. According to him, at least 450-500 thousand inhabitants remain in the occupied territory of the Kherson region.
Laguta also said that more than 600 people are now in captivity - these are activists, participants in the ATO, people who oppose what is happening. They are kept in different places - a pre-trial detention center, police stations, premises of recreation centers and boarding houses.
15:39 The head of the Kherson Regional State Administration Gennady Laguta confirmed the information about the explosion of the car in which the head of the 90th colony, the traitor of Ukraine Yevgeny Sobolev was. Two victims, including Sobolev, who were in the car, are now hospitalized.
15:37 The Rada today adopted four bills on European integration issues. In addition to the ratification of the Istanbul Convention, these are the Anti-Corruption Strategy for 2021-2025, a new waste management system, and strengthening control over the preservation of forests.
15:35 The German railway will join the export of Ukrainian grain, Anka Feldhusen, the German ambassador to Ukraine, said: "We want to help. The German railway is actively working with Ukrainian partners to conduct test transportation. I really hope that we will complete this testing in July and we will be able to export grain daily."
15:29 In the month from May 15 to June 15, about 900 wounded Russian soldiers were brought to the hospital in the occupied Pervomaisk, Luhansk region, 124 of whom died, Babel reports, citing relevant documents.
15:04 Russian deputy from the annexed Crimea, Mikhail Sheremet, said that the attack on the towers of Chernomorneftegaz "untied the hands" of the Russian Federation, and in the near future "retaliatory strikes will be inflicted on decision-making centers."
14:51 The defense forces almost reached the state border in the Kharkiv region, because of this, the Russians intensified their shelling, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said on the air of the telethon: "There is little left for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to reach the state border in the Kharkiv region, so that Kharkiv and the area was liberated from the enemy." Now, according to her, the invaders are making every effort to prevent the Armed Forces of Ukraine from reaching the state border.
14:28 Kuleba said that Ukraine welcomes Lithuania's position on transit to the Kaliningrad region: "Russia has no right to threaten Lithuania. Moscow should only blame itself for the consequences of an unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine. We highly appreciate the principled position of Lithuania and firmly support our Lithuanian friends."
14:26 Aksyonov said that a total of 109 people were on the drilling rigs during the Ukrainian strike, 21 have already been evacuated. Gas is supplied to the Crimea in the normal mode, there are no risks for the gas supply of the peninsula.
14:23 Zelensky said that he had held talks with Polish President Andrzej Duda: "He thanked for the invariable weighty defense assistance, as well as for supporting granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership. We coordinated positions before the Trimorya summit."
14:21 Russia wants to reach the borders of the Luhansk region by June 26, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said on the air of the telethon. According to her, decisive battles are now underway in the Severodonetsk region: “The Russian army has thrown in fact all its forces and means in order to storm the settlements around. and Severodonetsk.
14:19 Over the weekend, the invaders fired at four oil refineries - Kremenchug, Shebelinsky, Lisichansky, as well as a mini-refinery in the village of Gubinikha (Novomoskovsky district), said the director of the A-95 Consulting Group, Sergei Kuyun.
14:16 The head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, announced the third victim as a result of a missile attack on an oil depot in the Novomoskovsky district. According to him, rescuers have just found the body of the third victim. Firefighters continue to put out the fire, working for more than 42 hours.
14:13 Speaker of the International Defense Legion of Ukraine Damien Magru said that there is evidence that the Wagnerites are not paid in the structure of the Russian army, and this is much more compared to Russian military personnel. If this information is true, then they are considered mercenaries, thus the Ukrainian side has no obligation under international law to treat them as prisoners of war.
At the same time, Magru stressed that the two Britons and the Moroccan, whom the "DPR" court "sentenced" to execution, are prisoners of war.
14:00 Ukrainian strike was carried out on the platforms of Chernomorneftegaz at a field 71 km from Odessa, said Senator from Crimea Alga Kovitidi. According to her, the BK-1 platform suffered the most, there were no victims on the BK-2 and BK-3 platforms - work on all three affected platforms was stopped, gas is being discharged from the pipes to stop the fire.
13:49 Aksyonov confirmed that Ukraine had attacked drilling platforms in the Black Sea , which, after the annexation of Crimea, were captured by Russia. According to Aksenov, the Russian Defense Ministry is conducting a rescue operation with the participation of patrol ships and aviation. There were 12 people on the platforms, five of them have been rescued so far.
13:33 Moscow is not considering the option of involving the CSTO forces in a "special operation" in Ukraine, Peskov said.
13:27 The Rada ratified the Istanbul Convention , 259 people's deputies voted for this decision, eight against. The Convention should help countries combat domestic and gender-based violence.
12:50 The court banned the Opposition Platform for Life Party, all property, funds and other assets of the political force will become the property of the state.
12:35 Peskov called Lithuania's decision to blockade the Kaliningrad region unprecedented, "this is a violation of everything and everything, it requires a deep analysis before Russia takes action." He promised that "within a few days" this would be done.
12:29 Yermak said in an interview with LB.ua that the authorities have no options for allowing "Minsk-3": "We have different surnames than the creators of the Minsk agreements. And, fortunately, people who would allow this in our no team. Negotiations are possible only when there are appropriate conditions. We did not start this war, but this is our tragedy, we lost people, our cities were destroyed. Therefore, there will definitely be no compromises from our side."
12:24 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced a missile attack on the Artsyz airfield in the Odessa region, which allegedly destroyed "the Bayraktar TB2 control station and two drones on the ground."
12:18 The European Union has extended sanctions against Crimea and Sevastopol for a year, until June 23, 2023.
12:13 The defenders of Mariupol, who are now held captive by the Russians, are alive, the issue of their conditions of detention is being monitored, work on the release does not stop, Yermak said in an interview with LB.ua: "The task of the GUR at the first stage was to save the lives of fighters, and this task The GUR has been completed, today they are engaged in the second stage - the return of the fighters." Yermak noted that Zelensky’s position remains unchanged: if something happens to the defenders of Azovstal, there will be no negotiations with Moscow.
12:09 The Russian Federation is not preparing an offensive in the Zaporozhye region against Orekhovo, Gulyaipole or Kamenskoye, said Anatoly Kurtev, secretary of the Zaporizhzhya City Council, citing data from the Defense Forces of the Zaporozhye Territory. According to him, the enemy is accumulating forces in the Vasilyevsky and Pologovsky districts and shelling settlements on the demarcation line from artillery.
12:07 Commander-in-Chief of the German Air Force, NATO General Ingo Gerharz said in an interview with Bild that the countries of the alliance need to be ready to use nuclear weapons in the event of an emergency: "For reliable deterrence, we need both the means and the political will to implement nuclear deterrence in the event of an emergency. necessity". The general added that "when it comes to fighting, Germany should also use the American nuclear bombs that are stored in Germany."
12:05 The Pivden operational command reported that in Kherson, three Russian soldiers were shot from a machine gun in a restaurant on the embankment. As a result, two were killed and one was injured.
11:54 In the Zaporizhia direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are moving from defense to offensive operations, the commander of the Azov units, Rodion Kudryashov, said on the air of the Espreso TV channel: “We are advancing forward positions and pushing the enemy as far as possible. The front line is leveling off and becomes like a positional war. In the coming weeks commanders plan to break the enemy. Initiative groups will provoke the enemy, identify firing points and suppress them."
11:51 The Ministry of Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan denied the information of the Russian media that their country blocked 1,700 wagons with Russian coal on its territory. The agency assured that there are no delays in exports and imports.
11:35 The influx of Ukrainian refugees into the EU may gradually reduce the labor shortage in the eurozone, as some refugees will want to stay in Europe forever, notes the European Central Bank: “Rough estimates indicate an average growth of the labor force in the eurozone by 0.2-0.8% in the medium term. This corresponds to an increase in the labor force in the eurozone by 0.3-1.3 million people as a result of the influx of Ukrainian refugees.”
11:18 People's Deputy Aleksey Goncharenko said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a missile attack not on Zmeiny, but on the so-called "Boyko towers" - drilling platforms 100 km from Odessa and 150 km from Crimea, which the Russians seized in 2014. "The missile attack on the towers slightly interfered with gas production in the Ukrainian Black Sea by the Russians," the people's deputy wrote.
11:16 EU Special Representative for Human Rights Eamon Gilmore visited the destroyed Irpensky police department, the Romanovsky bridge and the civilian infrastructure of the city damaged by the shelling of the invaders, as well as a mass grave in Bucha. He said that the world was shocked by the cruelty of the crimes of the Russians.
11:14 The BlackSeaNews monitoring group reports that 14 ships are blocked in the port of Kherson, half of which are from Turkey. Nine commercial vessels arrived days before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and five are under repair.
11:12 The Estonian Foreign Ministry announced that EU foreign ministers are to discuss the seventh package of sanctions against Russia today, including further energy measures.
11:10 Russia's blockade of Ukrainian grain exports is a war crime, Borrell said before a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg: "It is impossible to imagine that millions of tons of wheat remain blocked in Ukraine, while in the rest of the world people suffer from hunger. This is a real war crime. This cannot continue, otherwise it will be something for which Russia should be held accountable."
11:07 Ukraine invites guarantor countries to sign bilateral agreements in addition to the framework agreement on security guarantees, Yermak said in an interview with LB.ua: "This could be a large framework agreement on security guarantees, which will contain general principles, parameters and tools. <.. .> On its basis, it will be necessary to conclude additional bilateral guarantee agreements with each guarantor state. They will contain more details and more specifics."
11:05 a.m. , the Armed Forces of Ukraine pushed back the invaders from the first line of defense in the Kherson region , said the adviser to the head of the OVA Serhiy Khlan. According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted precise strikes on warehouses located in the rear. In Novaya Kakhovka three times in a row there was a well-aimed hit on the enemy's ammunition depots. Near Sofievka and the village of Davydov Brod, Ukrainian soldiers carried out counter-offensive actions. The enemy is currently fortifying on the second and third lines of defense.
10:54 Odessa media report on the morning shelling of Serpent's Island, from where "dozens of explosions" were heard and a fire was visible from 4:30 in the morning. The speaker of the Odesa OVA Sergey Bratchuk noted only that "the spirit of Zmeebaevka blows over the sea."
10:51 Russian senator Andrei Klishas said that an attempt to establish a "virtual blockade" of the Kaliningrad region by Lithuania is a violation of Russia's sovereignty over this region and "may become the basis for very tough and absolutely legal actions."
10:29 Andrey Klimov, head of the RF Federation Council Commission for the Protection of State Sovereignty, said that if the European Union does not correct the situation with the blockade of Kaliningrad, then "it will disavow for Russia the documents on Lithuania's membership in the EU." The European Union needs to correct the situation with the blockade of Kaliningrad, "or Russia will have a free hand to resolve the issue of transit by any means," he added and stressed that "NATO, through Lithuania, begins the blockade of the Russian region, this is direct aggression against Russia, forcing to resort to self-defense."
10:17 British intelligence reports that during the war in Ukraine, the Russian Air Force is performing poorly. Their weakness is probably one of the most important factors in the very limited success of the Russian campaign. They cannot achieve full air superiority and operate in a risky style, rarely penetrating deep behind Ukrainian lines, analysts say.
At the same time, some of the main causes of these problems echo the problems of the Russian ground forces. For years, much of Russia's combat training has likely been scripted and meant to impress officials rather than to develop active initiative among aircrews.
While Russia has an impressive roster of modern and capable combat aircraft, the air force has almost certainly failed to develop the institutional culture and skill set needed to enable its personnel to match Russia's aspirations for a modern air campaign in the west. This has resulted in more effort than planned for the ground forces, which are running out of power, and cruise missiles, which appear to be running low.
10:11 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in an interview on German public television, expressed confidence that EU leaders at the summit this week will agree to grant Ukraine candidate status: "I am deeply convinced that we will receive a positive decision, and there will be support. The course has already been determined ".
At the same time, she added that after receiving the status, the speed of their progress towards membership will depend on the candidate countries. The President of the European Commission recalled the example of Slovakia, which received the prospect in 1999 and was able to join in 2004, and Turkey, which also became a candidate in 1999, but is now further from potential membership than it was at that time.
10:06 In Kiev, traffic on the Metro Bridge and the Paton Bridge is open to drivers, the Kyiv City State Administration reported. Now five bridges operate for road traffic on the left and right banks: Darnitsky, Severny, Yuzhny, the Metro Bridge and the Paton Bridge.
10:03 The military of the 82nd Airborne Brigade of the United States arrived in Poland, which will train the Ukrainian military, said US Ambassador to Ukraine Britjit Brink. This unit was the last to leave Afghanistan in August 2021, effectively ending allied NATO missions in that country.
10:01 In the Kharkiv region over the past day, as a result of enemy shelling, eight civilians were injured, including three children, another man was blown up by a mine and was hospitalized, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. In the Izyumsky district, the elimination of a fire at an oil refinery, which the Russians struck on June 18, is still ongoing.
09:44 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost control over Metelkin near Severodonetsk , said the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, now the fighting is going on in many villages around Severodonetsk and Lysichansk. The enemy continues to use "creeping" tactics - the Lugansk region is being fired from all kinds of weapons, people are being evacuated.
09:18 The mayor of Severodonetsk Alexander Stryuk said that the Russians control most of the residential areas of the city, street battles are going on almost around the clock, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding the line. In this case, the enemy regularly uses prohibited ammunition. Stryuk also said that the Russians are deporting city dwellers by whole blocks and placing heavy weapons there.
09:16 The head of the Sumy OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky said that this morning the Russians from their territory fired on the Seredino-Budskaya community from artillery, there were no casualties or destruction.
In turn, the governor of the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bogomaz, announced the shelling of the village of Suzemka from the Ukrainian territory, as a result of which one person was injured. Suzemka is located near the border of the Sumy region, 14 km from Seredina-Buda.
09:13 China, following India, has increased its imports of Russian oil to a record high, writes Reuters. Compared to May 2021, crude oil imports increased by 55% last month, thus removing Saudi Arabia from the position of the main supplier.
09:12 Austria returns to coal generation. Against the backdrop of a reduction in Russian gas supplies, the Austrian government decided to reopen the coal-fired power plant in Mellach, writes DW. It was the last coal plant to be closed in the spring of 2020 as part of a program to phase out "dirty" energy sources.
09:10 An exhibition of destroyed Russian military equipment will open in Warsaw today, Reznikov said in an interview with Polsat News. He noted that Russian generals wanted their tanks to be in Lisbon: "And we will help to have Russian tanks in Europe, but as wreckage." Later, a similar exposition will be held in Madrid, Lisbon, Berlin and Paris.
09:03 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of June 20. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut and Zaporozhye directions.
- personnel - about 33,800 (+200) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1477 (+9),
- armored combat vehicles - 3588 (+11),
- artillery systems - 749 (+4),
- MLRS - 238 (+3),
- air defense systems - 98 (+0),
- aircraft - 216 (+0),
- helicopters - 181 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 601 (+3),
- cruise missiles - 130 (+0),
- ships/boats - 14 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 2527 (+4),
- special equipment - 55 (+0).
08:50 Enemy missiles were shot down over Odessa and the region in the morning, OVA speaker Sergei Bratchuk said. The Pivden operational command clarified that at night there was a missile attack on the Belgorod-Dniester region, and in the morning - on Odessa itself. In both cases, the missiles were shot down. They fired from the Onyx coastal complex in the Crimea.
08:31 Over the past day, the Russians have been attacking the city of Chuguev, the villages of the Kharkiv region Baranovka, Ivanovka, Korobochkino. In the village of Ivanovka, as a result of a shell explosion, three children were injured, said Vladimir Timoshko, head of the Main Directorate of the NP in the Kharkiv region.
08:26 Around Lisichansk, the enemy launched three air strikes, fighting is underway in Severodonetsk, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. In Severodonetsk, the territory of the Fiberglass plant and the rescue range came under enemy fire. The RF Armed Forces attacked from the air three times - in the areas of Belaya Gora, Mirnaya Dolina and one of the destroyed bridges connecting Lisichansk and Severodonetsk.
08:23 The amount of frozen assets of Russian oligarchs in the EU has almost doubled - from 6.7 billion euros in April to more than 12.5 billion euros, Christian Wiegand, the official representative of the European Commission for Justice, told Die Welt.
08:07 Russia is deploying the Safe City system on the borders with Ukraine - this is the technology of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation and Rostec, which allows monitoring the space. It includes motion sensors and "smart" cameras, Kommersant reports citing sources. The system will be used to track sabotage groups from Ukraine, who allegedly began "frequently attacking Russian infrastructure." It is planned to deploy the system in all border regions in a year and a half.
07:45 The Russians have focused their efforts on deterring the Armed Forces of Ukraine in offensives and advancement, they are actively inflicting air and missile strikes. In the Bryansk region, the military of the Russian Federation deployed an anti-aircraft missile division of the S-300V4 air defense system, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report .
07:41 At night, the enemy hit the Krivoy Rog district from artillery, a house burned down in Velyka Kostroma, people were not injured, said the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Valentin Reznichenko. For the second day in the Novomoskovsky district, rescuers continue to fight a fire at an oil depot caused by a missile attack.
04:37 Occupants massively detain and beat men in the Kherson region. Sergei Danilov, deputy director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, said that from Stanislav, Tomina Balka and neighboring villages on the right bank of the Kherson region, mass detentions of men are reported, regardless of age. People are kept in pits, beaten very badly - for no apparent reason, all in a row. They also take out and rob the property of communities and people.
04:12 The West must be prepared for the fact that the war in Ukraine can last for years, Stoltenberg said in an interview for Bild am Sonntag and added: "But we must not weaken support for Ukraine, even if the costs are high."
03:56 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russian artillery, coupled with supposedly small infantry units, is not enough to advance the Russian Federation within Severodonetsk.
According to analysts, Russian troops continued to prepare for an offensive against Slavyansk from the southeast of Izyum and west of Liman. The Russian Federation is focused on strengthening defense positions along the southern direction due to recent successful counterattacks by Ukrainian troops along the Kherson-Mykolaiv region border. And the successful counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region are forcing Russian troops to send reinforcements to this weakened sector of the front line.
Russian troops are likely to carry out false-flag artillery attacks on Russian-controlled territory to dampen Ukrainian sentiment, encourage mobilization, and build local hostility towards the UAF. As for the "trials" in the "DPR" against the defenders of Mariupol, the Russian authorities are likely to use them to strengthen control over the occupied territories and further demoralize the Ukrainian defenders, and will also promote the Kremlin's propaganda about the invasion of Ukraine in order to " denazification".
03:00 Ukraine expects at least a duty on imports of Russian gas to the EU in the amount of about 40%, but ideally - a complete embargo, said Alexander Rodnyansky, adviser to the head of the OP, on the air of the telethon.
02:44 The enemy ship grouping in the Black Sea has replenished with one ship and includes three surface and three underwater carriers of cruise missiles, whose total arsenal is 36 missiles, as well as three large landing ships, OK Pivden reported.
01:11 Poland has been under the gunpoint of Russia for a long time, Stanislav Zharin, a spokesman for the Polish security services, said. According to him, Moscow has been using propaganda and disinformation against Poland for many years: "Russia is trying to convince the Russian society and the West that Poland has no right to subjectivity, should not be taken seriously by the allies and should be a gray area between NATO and Russia" .