[Korrespondent] 23:37 British military intelligence believes that the pace of Russia's offensive in Ukraine will slow down in the next few months, Johnson said in an interview with the Sueddeutsche Zeitung: "Our military intelligence believes that in the next few months Russia may come to a point where there will no longer be any moving forward because it has exhausted its resources. Then we must help the Ukrainians to change the dynamics. <...> To the extent that the Ukrainians are able to launch a counter-offensive, it should be supported. With the weapons they demand from us."
Asked what a Ukrainian victory or Putin's defeat would look like, Johnson pointed out that at the very least, the pre-February 24 status quo should be restored and Russian troops should be forced out of the occupied territories.
23:33 During the summit in Madrid at the end of June, NATO allies will decide to provide Ukraine with immediate assistance to repel Russian aggression and will consider a long-term program for rearmament of the Armed Forces of Ukraine according to NATO standards, Stoltenberg said.
23:31 Tankers that transport Russian oil are increasingly turning off their location in the Atlantic Ocean - a similar tactic is used to buy sanctioned oil from Iran and Venezuela, writes Bloomberg. Over the past ten days, at least three tankers have disappeared from AIS as they approached the Azores, a tiny group of islands 1,500 kilometers from mainland Portugal, according to the publication.
They probably transferred their parties to other ships. Such "transfers" of cargo did not occur before Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, especially with the location turned off, analysts say.
22:55 In Ukraine, a division of river boats has been formed on the Dnieper River and its tributaries, Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa told the Army Inform portal: "On the initiative and with the support of the command of the Ground Forces, we jointly formed a division of river boats in the north of the Dnieper - the main logistical artery Ukraine that we cannot afford to lose."
22:27 The occupiers continue to abduct residents of Energodar and employees of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, Mayor Dmitry Orlov said: "People are being kidnapped en masse, the location of some of them is unknown. The rest are in very difficult conditions: they are tortured with electric current and mocked both physically and mentally."
22:16 The purpose of the military operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Zmein is the complete liberation of the island from Russian invaders, Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said on the air of the telethon. He said that "a group consisting of air defense units, units armed with rocket artillery mounts, there are three of them. In addition, there is a boat group and special forces units of the Russian Federation."
Budanov said that the operation is ongoing and will continue until the island is completely liberated. He clarified that all the "unusual" events in the Kherson region over the past four days have occurred thanks to the resistance movement, which cooperates with the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies, including military intelligence.
22:07 Zelensky talked with the student community of key universities in Canada: "If Russia seizes Ukrainian territories and kills Ukrainians with impunity, this can become an example for other states in any corner of the planet, so the whole world should join in countering the aggressor, and in no case You can't get tired of the war in Ukraine."
21:52 Local residents of occupied Skadovsk Kherson heard explosions. The mayor of the city, Alexander Yakovlev, said that two explosions were heard: "It flew into the industrial zone near the port. Information about the destruction and victims is being specified."
21:46 In the Internet troops of Ukraine, the total number of "fighters" exceeds 200 thousand people, Deputy Minister of Culture Anastasia Bondar said on the air of the telethon. According to her, the main task of the Internet troops is to remain in the global information space - with Ukrainian topics. Anyone who has access to the Internet can join such troops. "These are not bots - these are real people who devote part of their time to helping Ukraine spread this or that information," Bondar explained.
21:13 An enemy missile that was flying today in one of the districts of the Odesa region was destroyed by air defense forces, OVA speaker Serhiy Bratchuk said.
21:07 Zelensky said that he had talked with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer: "We discussed the upcoming summit of the European Council. Thanked Austria for humanitarian support. We exchanged views on the reconstruction and the upcoming conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine in Lugano."
21:05 Ukrainian forces have moved the first line of defense of Russian troops in the Kherson region, said the press secretary of the Pivden Operational Command Forces Natalya Gumenyuk on the air of the telethon. According to her, the fortifications that the enemy erected no longer help him.
Ukrainian forces continue to advance in the Kherson direction, Gumenyuk noted, but as soon as Kyiv reports encouraging news, Russia intensifies shelling. So, today Nikolaev was fired upon. In the Mykolaiv region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are moving towards the Kherson region, Gumenyuk added and urged to observe the regime of information silence so as not to interfere with gaining a foothold in the liberated settlements.
20:58 The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov, confirmed the fact of the attempt on the life of a collaborator, people's deputy Alexei Kovalev in the Kherson region: "I can confirm that a certain action was committed. The car was definitely blown up. In what condition this collaborator and traitor is, we find out."
20:56 Ukraine may soon take away some of the defenders whom Russia captured in Mariupol, Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said on the air of the telethon: "We clearly know about the fate of almost all of them, we are engaged in their release from captivity. I hope that in the near future many see their loved ones at home." He clarified that we are not talking about the return of all at once - in the near future they hope to release a "more or less significant" number of prisoners. The main problem, according to Budanov, is the exchange of command personnel.
Budanov also said that the bulk of the prisoners of war are in a camp in the occupied Yelenovka, Donetsk region, but periodically "certain people" are taken out of there for investigative actions.
20:52 Russian TV presenter Maxim Galkin was excluded from the list of persons threatening the national security of Ukraine. Galkin was included in the corresponding list of the Ministry of Culture in November 2021. From the beginning of the war, he took a pro-Ukrainian position.
20:50 Lithuania has expanded restrictions on the transit of sanctioned goods through its territory to the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation - the ban now applies not only to the railway, but also to roads, Delfi reports, citing a representative of Lithuanian carriers. Lithuanian customs officers do not allow trucks with prohibited goods to pass, which is why queues form at checkpoints.
20:48 Germany warns Russia against countermeasures in response to restricting the transit of sanctioned goods to the Kaliningrad region through Lithuania, said German government spokesman Steffen Hebestrait: "We urge Russia not to take any measures that violate international law." He stressed that Lithuania acts within the framework of European sanctions and does not restrict the movement of goods that are not subject to them.
20:44 Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Kirill Budanov said on the air of the telethon that there is no threat of an invasion of the Belarusian army into the territory of Ukraine now: "At this stage, there is no threat from the Belarusian side, I can tell you with absolute certainty. The situation is under control. Belarus continues and military training, and exercises, and the strengthening of the border, a whole complex of various military actions is now taking place.But they are not aimed at conducting military operations against Ukraine at this stage.If they have such thoughts, we will immediately know about it and Let's all take appropriate action."
20:33 Ukraine has earned the status of a candidate in the EU, said the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, speaking in the European Parliament: "Now we need to make a decision in the European Council and comply with the historical responsibility that we face."
20:15 Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin specified that Azovstal in Mariupol could continue to work "as an industrial park or a place of recreation", but not as a metallurgical complex. Earlier today, he said that the Russian government "would be inclined to believe that Azovstal should continue to work," since "that's 12,000 employees."
20:12 The Belarusian army is digging trenches and trenches near the borders with Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania, reports Belaruski Gayun.
20:07 Russian language and literature will no longer be taught in the Odessa region, said Alexander Lonchak, director of the Department of Education and Science of the OVA. According to him, the corresponding textbooks have already been seized, and all Russian writers have been removed from the educational program. The teaching of the Russian language in schools will also be completely banned: "We were offered to leave the Russian language and literature as an elective, but we refused. The department stands for its complete ban in all city educational institutions."
19:53 In Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, under the rubble of a high-rise building destroyed today by a Russian rocket, the bodies of three people were found, head of the Zolochiv community Viktor Kovalenko told SuspÑ–lny.
19:36 Replacing the British stockpiles of weapons depleted in connection with deliveries to Ukraine will take several years, British Chief of Staff Tony Radakin said at a meeting of the Lords Committee on Foreign Relations and Defense: "Let's be honest, we are talking about years, because in fact In fact, it is impossible to get fast production at the click of a button when it comes to modern weapons."
Radakin added that it could be "five to ten years" before the UK can deploy a division capable of fighting alongside US forces: "We could field a division now, but it's not the one we'd like."
19:13 Agreements on holding talks with the participation of Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN on the export of grain have not yet been reached, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko told Interfax-Ukraine: "Ukraine welcomes the efforts of the UN Secretary General to resolve the issue of export of grain from the Ukrainian sea blocked by Russia ports. At present, expert consultations between the parties concerned are ongoing. Concrete agreements on holding quadripartite negotiations with the participation of Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN have not yet been reached."
19:00 Ukraine ratified the Istanbul Convention, which it signed back in 2011. This document is one of the most effective international acts in the field of protection of women's rights. For more than a decade, it could not be ratified because of the threats that, according to conservative segments of the population, are hidden under the concept of "gender". Read more in the material What is the Istanbul Convention.
18:23 As a result of today's mortar attacks on the village of Prishib, Kharkiv region, five local residents were killed, the head of the Izyum district administration, Stepan Maselsky, said on the air of the telethon. The women were at the entrance of a multi-storey building.
18:12 In Mariupol, the occupiers have changed the tactics of movement control: stationary checkpoints have been dismantled, only checkpoints in the area of ​​bridges have been left. At the same time, control is more often used by mobile groups that suddenly appear in different parts of the city, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor. According to him, the change in tactics is connected with the withdrawal of most of the military from the city to other sectors of the front. In particular, for the second day in a row, large columns of vehicles are leaving Mariupol and the Mariupol region in the direction of Berdyansk-Pologi.
18:00 As a result of an enemy missile attack on Nikolaev, a terminal owned by the agricultural trader Viterra caught fire, writes Bloomberg with reference to the company's data. The terminal can export up to 1.5 million tons of oil per year. The mayor of the city, Alexander Senkevich, said that "the fire broke out on the territory of a private enterprise where oil was stored."
17:57 Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin said that the government of the Russian Federation "will be inclined to believe that Azovstal should continue to work," since "there are 12,000 workers." Earlier, the "DPR" stated that the plant would not be restored, because its work had a bad effect on the environment.
17:54 Security will work in Ukrainian schools, and systems will also appear to alert the alarm. In addition, children will be trained to evacuate, Minister of Education Sergei Shkarlet said on the air of the telethon.
17:52 Next week, training will begin for the Ukrainian military on the use of the Mars II multiple launch rocket system, which Germany promised to provide, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said. Mars II will be the next weapon system that Berlin will provide to Ukraine after the already transferred seven Panzerhaubitze 2000 heavy self-propelled artillery mounts (five more were transferred by the Netherlands).
The German government has promised to provide three Mars II systems, with three more coming from the UK and four from the US. These systems are important "to support Ukraine with artillery that is long-range yet very accurate," Lambrecht said.
17:49 The Ministry of Digital Development reported that Ukrainians who suffered from Russian aggression can receive compensation in the amount of 5,000 to 30,000 euros - for this you need to submit an application to the European Court of Human Rights within four months, but no later than January 16, 2023. The corresponding form must be filled out on the website: https://espl.com.ua
17:30 Scholz, during his speech in the Bundestag, said that he does not currently see the prospect of negotiations on Ukraine: “We are far from negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Russia believes in a dictated peace. We must continue to support Ukraine, including with a large number of weapons <...> Ukraine is receiving weapons that it especially needs at the current stage of the war. Germany is supplying weapons - today and in the future."
The chancellor also stressed that "partnership with Putin's imperialist Russia is unthinkable in the foreseeable future."
17:26 Russian media today spread information that Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili accused Ukraine, which allegedly demanded not to give his country the status of an EU candidate. He stated that the head of the Servant of the People faction, David Arakhamia, personally traveled to Europe and the United States and insisted on this: "Arakhamia practically put forward an ultimatum to Europe that if Georgia received the status of a candidate, they would be very upset."
Arakhamia himself commented on this information: "Georgia has always been and will be a friend of Ukraine. I want to thank all the Georgian people for supporting Ukraine and our citizens. And I ask you not to fall for the provocations and fakes spread by the Prime Minister of Georgia."
16:55 Lithuania is ready for Russia to cut them off from the common power grid due to transit restrictions to Kaliningrad, President Gitanas Nauseda said in an interview with Reuters: "We are ready for unfriendly actions from Russia, such as disconnecting from the BRELL system or other It will not be wrong for us to use this example to show what Russia really is and what methods and threats it uses to solve its problems.Maybe this will cool the heads of those who say that we should help the Russian Federation save face, then how defiantly she threatens us."
At the same time, Nauseda added that he does not believe that Russia "will challenge us militarily, because we are a member of NATO."
16:34 Belarus has placed wooden dummies of tanks on the border with Ukraine in order to "promptly disguise and demonstrate its presence," Defense Ministry spokesman Alexander Motuzyanyk said.
16:32 Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned against expanding military alliances. He stated this at the BRICS virtual forum with the participation of the top leadership of Russia, India, Brazil and South Africa. According to Xi Jinping, "the Ukrainian crisis is ... a wake-up call." He warned that one should not seek one's own security at the expense of the security of other countries.
16:18 Russia regularly hits Ukrainian oil refineries and fuel depots, but this time the Russian refinery has already been put out of action. More details - in the material Fire at an oil refinery near Rostov - what is known .
16:10 Miami Police will hand over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine the weapons purchased from the local population during the Guns 4 Ukraine action. According to The Washington Post, American law enforcement officers pursued two goals - to reduce the number of weapons on the streets of the city and to help the defenders of Ukraine. Therefore, they announced that they would buy weapons without question about their origin, even if they are prohibited types.
They paid $50 for pistols, $100 for guns, and $150 for assault rifles. As a result, the police collected 68 weapons. However, only a small part will be transferred to Ukraine, since a special federal license is required for the export of weapons.
15:58 Ukraine plans to complete seven steps towards EU membership by the end of this year, said Olga Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration. Earlier, German Ambassador to Ukraine Anka Feldhusen said that Ukraine can easily cope with the seven requirements stipulated by the European Commission, since much has already been done.
"The decision is so historic that almost all EU leaders confirmed the existence of a consensus on the start of Ukraine's accession to the European Union and granting it the status of a candidate for EU membership," the Deputy Prime Minister said. At the same time, Stefanyshina admitted that Kyiv does not have high expectations from the NATO summit in Madrid, no breakthrough decisions on Ukraine and the end of the war with Russia are expected there.
15:44 As a result of rocket attacks of Nikolaev in the city one person was lost, two more got wounds, one school, five high-rise buildings, four private houses and two private enterprises are damaged, mayor Alexander Senkevich reported.
15:37 The son of a journalist, the general director of the Blitz-Inform publishing house, the editor-in-chief of the magazine Business Vladimir Chepovoy, Ivan asks not to spread unverified information about the death of his father at the front. According to him, officially his father is listed as missing, he is not on the lists of dead or wounded.
15:35 Ukraine has assured its Western partners that it is not going to attack Russian territory and will use the weapons provided by the West only for its own defense, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said in the Bundestag.
15:31 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said she was "alarmed" by the West's repeated statements that Russia is to blame for the global food crisis: "This is a lie - such accusations are a complete lie. This means that the West can supply all these weapons to "Ukraine, but for some reason nothing can be taken out of Ukraine? This is illogical - on the one hand, the European Union says that a threat to global food security is being created, but at the same time they are blocking the delivery of goods to their own continent."
15:29 Doctors Without Borders has recorded a "shocking level" of indiscriminate violence against civilians in Ukraine, writes The Guardian. On a special train of the organization, its employees evacuated more than 650 patients from the east of Ukraine from March 31 to June 6, 40% of the wounded were elderly people and children with shrapnel and gunshot wounds, traumatic amputation.
"Most of the patients we spoke to when determining who was responsible for their injuries pointed to Russian and Russian-backed military forces," the organization said.
15:22 The Armed Forces of Ukraine stopped the enemy's advance in the direction of Molodyozhny and Yekaterinovka, Donetsk region, said Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk. He also said that Severodonetsk remains the hottest point, the enemy is working on resuming the offensive in the direction of Izyum and Slavyansk - the invaders are actively conducting reconnaissance.
15:16 In the Odessa region, the Russians launched four missile strikes today, said the head of the OVA Maxim Marchenko. According to him, the blows were inflicted on an infrastructure facility. There were no casualties, but the object itself was damaged.
15:14 In the Vladimir region of the Russian Federation, three servicemen and a civilian were killed during the explosion of ammunition during unloading and loading operations, the Western Military District said.
15:10 In Odessa, from June 22, any alcohol can be bought from 9:00 to 20:00, OVA reported. It is forbidden to sell alcohol to military personnel, National Guard soldiers and policemen.
14:53 In the Kherson region, an attempt was made on the head of the "military-civilian administration" of Chernobaevka, Yury Turulev, he was slightly wounded, the administration of the village told RIA Novosti.
14:42 Indirect losses in Ukrainian agriculture due to the reduction and rise in production costs, the blockade of ports are estimated at more than $23.3 billion, according to a study conducted by the Center for Food and Land Use Research KSE Institute together with the Ministry of Agrarian Policy.
14:27 Finland is ready to fight with Russia in the event of its attack, said the head of the country's Defense Ministry Timo Kivinen: "We have systematically developed our military defense precisely for the type of hostilities that is being conducted in Ukraine, with the massive use of firepower, armored vehicles, as well as aviation ". According to the minister, Finland has created a significant arsenal, but the decisive factor is the motivation of the Finns. The general also believes that even after joining NATO, Finland itself will still bear the main responsibility for the defense of Finland.
14:16 Customs data showed that Switzerland imported gold from Russia during the war, writes Reuters. In May, Switzerland received 3.1 tons of gold from the Russian Federation for about $200 million. The publication notes that Western sanctions against Russia were not aimed directly at the commercial supply of gold, but many banks, shippers and processors stopped working with the Russian Federation after its invasion of Ukraine.
13:59 Zelensky said that he had held talks with Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins: I am grateful to Latvia for supporting the granting of candidate status to Ukraine. This decision is important for Ukraine and the whole united Europe. We discussed the issue of Ukrainian grain exports."
13:51 Great Britain explained why it did not issue visas to members of the Russian delegation to the OSCE. According to The Guardian, citing a representative of the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs, there are currently no restrictions or prohibitions for Russian citizens to work in the UK on long-term work visas, but applications from Ukrainians are given priority, and applications for student, work and family visas are processed longer.
13:36 A layered air defense system has been created around Kiev, which is generally capable of protecting the city from air attack. The system is constantly being improved, said Alexander Pavlyuk, commander of the group of forces and means of defense of the capital. At the same time, he added that the threat of a second offensive in the Kiev direction still exists, and an even greater threat is the likelihood of rocket attacks on the city.
13:33 The European Union considers Russia's reduction in gas supplies to Europe to be a "fraudulent move," European Commission spokeswoman Elina Bardram said: "Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine has led to an emergency situation in the EU... Considering the very fraudulent actions that we are seeing from the administration Putin regarding the fact that Gazprom is reducing flows very sharply, we are taking some very important measures, but all these measures are temporary."
13:25 Novoshakhtinsky oil refinery confirmed that the fire at the plant was caused by two drones.
13:23 Two-thirds of Europeans support Ukraine's membership in the EU - this is the highest figure in 15 years, writes Reuters. Most countries showed a significantly more positive attitude towards Ukraine's EU membership than six months earlier, especially in the Baltic countries. At the same time, only every tenth respondent has a positive attitude towards the Russian Federation - compared to every third in 2018.
13:21 Semenchenko was released - he was released by the court at the request of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Kirill Budanov. Budanov promised to make sure that after leaving the pre-trial detention center Semenchenko would arrive at the military unit, and then to the front, and guaranteed Semenchenko's participation in the trials after the war. Semenchenko published Budanov's letter and his selfie in military uniform and said that "now we will bring Ukraine's victory closer together."
13:03 Talks were held in Moscow between the delegations of the Russian and Turkish defense ministries, they discussed the safe exit of Turkish merchant ships and the export of grain from Ukrainian ports. Moscow said that the delegations emphasized the importance of "interaction in a bilateral format, which made it possible to ensure the exit from the port of Mariupol, including the Turkish dry cargo ship Azov Concord." And the Turkish Defense Ministry said that an agreement was reached on the need for quadripartite negotiations on the grain issue.
12:55 Reporters Without Borders published an investigation into how Ukrainian photojournalist Max Levin and military man Aleksey Chernyshev, who accompanied him, could have died. Journalists have found evidence that Levin and Chernyshev were killed by the Russian military on March 13, probably after interrogation and torture. Investigators speculate that Levin was probably killed with one or two shots at close range, while Chernyshev may have been burned alive. RSF notes that Levin and Chernyshev could have been killed by the military of the 106th Airborne Division or Russian special forces.
12:39 Russia has started the transfer of weapons to Belarus: a new batch of rocket launchers for the S-300 air defense system arrived in Belarus at night, the monitoring group of Belarus Gayun reports. Presumably, two Il-76MD VKS of the Russian Federation flew from Pskov to Gomel airport, which brought to Belarus at least 16 missiles for the S-300, and also, presumably, one ZRPK Pantsir.
12:22 Governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev said that the fire at the Novoshakhtinsk refinery, according to one version, arose as a result of a drone attack, fragments of two such devices were found on the territory of the plant. According to him, there were no casualties in the incident. Novoshakhtinsk Refinery is the largest supplier of petroleum products in the south of Russia.
12:17 Russians fire at Nikolaev, the head of OVA Vitaly Kim confirmed the information on seven rocket strikes.
In turn, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that yesterday, as a result of a strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces, "up to 500 servicemen of the Ukrainian 59th mechanized brigade with weapons and military equipment stationed in the shops of the Nikolaev shipbuilding plant Okean" were allegedly destroyed. In addition, the fuel terminal in Nikolaev was allegedly destroyed, "from which Ukrainian military equipment was supplied."
11:53 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that "taking into account the risks of further escalation of the Ukrainian crisis and the general unpredictability of the development of the international situation, the unconditional priority of Russian diplomacy is the prevention of a direct conflict between nuclear powers, maintaining a dialogue on deconflicting." In particular, according to him, "the work to ensure strategic stability, preserve the nonproliferation regimes for weapons of mass destruction, and improve the situation in the field of arms control is extremely in demand."
11:50 Russia's response to restrictions on transit to Kaliningrad will be "practical, not diplomatic," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. According to her, Moscow has sent a note to Lithuania and the EU about the need to "return the situation to a legal course," and "if this is not done, retaliatory actions will be inevitable."
11:19 In the Kharkiv region, at least three people died per day, six were injured, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said.
10:55 Kuleba said that he had a telephone conversation with Borrell on the eve of the EU summit this week: "Ukraine's status as a candidate for EU membership will draw a line under decades of uncertainty and carve in stone: Ukraine is Europe, not part of the Russian world. I thank the High Representative of the EU for supporting Ukraine on this path."
10:49 Britain refused to issue visas to members of the Russian delegation to participate in the regular session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Russian Senator Vladimir Dzhabarov said. He stressed that Russia "does not recognize the decision of the session in which it will not be able to take part," but considers it "inappropriate" to leave the OSCE PA.
10:42 From June 22 to July 1, Belarus will hold mobilization exercises with the military commissariats of the Gomel region, training camps for those liable for military service are planned, the country's Defense Ministry said. "In the course of the exercise, questions will be worked out on the re-staffing of military commissariats by calling up military reserve personnel," the ministry said.
10:40 The Turn Back We Live Foundation was the first in Ukraine to receive the official right to buy military goods abroad. Now volunteers will be able to buy even heavy weapons.
10:32 A fire broke out at the Novoshakhtinsky oil refinery in the Rostov region. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation, a fire on an area of ​​​​50 square meters. m, there is no threat of fire spread. Earlier, Telegram channels reported that a drone was allegedly circling over the refinery.
10:29 There will be no accelerated procedure for Ukraine's accession to the EU, Minister Delegate for European Affairs at the French Foreign Ministry Clement Bon said in an interview with Europe 1 radio station: "Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow we will grant Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU accession. This will be the beginning of a long negotiation process with certain conditions ... There will be no accelerated procedure, no exceptions.
10:26 In Mariupol, the Phoenix operator's SIM cards, which the invaders allegedly "distribute" to local residents, are actually sold for 450 hryvnias by people close to the collaborators, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city. He also warned everyone who uses this operator that all conversations are tapped.
According to Andryushchenko, demolition of houses continues in the city, concentrated on the Left Bank district. All high-rise buildings along Meotida Boulevard up to number 46 will be demolished. People are driven out into the street, they are not given the opportunity to take their personal belongings. Russian employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, who are engaged in demolition, do not neglect looting. No one is purposefully looking for those who died under the rubble, but for a bribe they can search separately at the specified address.
10:08 Pushilin said that those "sentenced" to death in the "DPR" have not yet turned to him with a request for pardon. He also said that the charter of the "international tribunal" over the foreigners who fought on the side of Ukraine "is already at the final stage of development." According to him, the "tribunal" may take place in Mariupol.
09:47 Indonesian President Joko Widodo will visit Ukraine next week, he will also visit Moscow, Der Spiegel reports, citing the country's foreign minister. Widodo plans to meet with both Putin and Zelensky to overcome the food crisis.
09:44 In Moscow, the territory near the US embassy was officially named "Square of the Donetsk People's Republic."
09:39 Europe must immediately prepare for a complete shutdown of Russian gas supplies this winter, and governments must take steps to keep aging nuclear power plants running, Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency, told the Financial Times.
09:37 Journalist, general director of the Blitz-Inform publishing house, editor-in-chief of Business magazine Vladimir Chepovoy died in the battle, said Lyudmila Shikota, press secretary of the deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration.
09:35 The draft outcome of the EU summit on June 23-24 contains a provision on granting the status of a candidate country to Ukraine and Moldova, journalists from The Wall Street Journal reported. The document also discusses the need to strengthen sanctions against the Russian Federation and its sole responsibility for the global food crisis.
09:34 The head of the Sumy OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky reported on the mortar shelling of the Esman and Novoslobodskaya communities. A total of 20 shells were fired, there were no casualties. As a result of yesterday's shelling of the Krasnopol community, six people were injured.
09:32 Slavyansk, Donetsk region, was shelled last night and tonight. According to Mayor Vadim Lyakh, the outskirts, in particular the Northern District, were hit, there are wounded.
09:28 The Armed Forces of Ukraine still hold the industrial zone in Severodonetsk, where more than 500 civilians remain, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. About 7-8 thousand people remain in the city itself. Humanitarian aid is brought to Lisichansk daily, and the "silent" evacuation continues. There are no occupiers in Lisichansk itself yet, fighting continues in the surrounding villages.
09:19 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of June 22. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Slavyansk, Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions.
- personnel - about 34,230 (+130) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1496 (+0),
- armored combat vehicles - 3614 (+8),
- artillery systems - 752 (+0),
- MLRS - 239 (+0),
- air defense systems - 99 (+1),
- aircraft - 216 (+0),
- helicopters - 182 (+1),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 614 (+3),
- cruise missiles - 137 (+0),
- ships/boats - 14 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 2543 (+6),
- special equipment - 60 (+1).
08:54 During the shelling of the city of Chasov Yar, Donetsk region, one person was killed, 11 were injured, including six children, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko. The area of ​​Zolotaya Rybka Beach was shelled, and the remains of cluster munitions were found on the spot.
08:40 British intelligence reports that the Russians are trying to cover the Severodonetsk area through Izyum in the north and Popasnaya in the south, so heavy artillery shelling continues. The Russian Federation may be preparing for an attempt to transfer a large number of reserve units to the Donbass.
Analysts note that although the Russian Federation has not disclosed its losses since March 25, the "DNR" reports more than 2,000 dead military personnel and about 9,000 wounded. The losses of the "DPR" army, according to British intelligence, are equivalent to about 55% of its original strength, which underlines the extreme attrition of Russian and pro-Russian forces in the Donbass. There is also a high probability of equipping the "DPR" forces with obsolete weapons and equipment. On both sides, the ability to form and deploy reserve units at the front is becoming increasingly important to the outcome of the war.
08:34 The Russians are approaching Lisichansk, gaining a foothold in settlements nearby, the city is being shelled by aircraft. Over the past day, at least three civilians were injured, and several policemen were injured. Rocket strikes were carried out on the buildings of the police, the prosecutor's office, the SBU, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
In Severodonetsk, according to him, street fighting continues, the Russians again opened fire on the villages of Sinetsky and Pavlograd, on already destroyed bridges and twice on the Azot plant. On the Popasnyansky direction, the enemy entered Toshkovka, which allowed him to increase his fire influence on other settlements. The Russian army is already entrenched in Ustinovka, Podlesnoye and Mirnaya Dolina, and are attacking Belaya Gora.
08:30 Due to insufficient support for Ukraine, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio leaves the 5 Star Movement party, Reuters writes. Di Maio accused party leader and ex-premier Giuseppe Conte of undermining the government's efforts to support Ukraine and weakening the position of official Rome in the EU.
08:28 Lavrov will pay a visit to Iran today, Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, said.
08:24 Ukraine spends 5-6 billion dollars a month on the war, said USAID head Samantha Power. It's a "staggering" cost, she said, and the promised US$7.5 billion in aid will not cover it: "We know that this money won't be enough, we know that more direct budgetary support will be needed going forward."
07:45 The Russian army is concentrating its efforts on the Severodonetsk and Bakhmut directions to enter the administrative borders of the Lugansk region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report . The enemy is trying to establish control over Severodonetsk, to block the units of the Defense Forces in the areas of the settlements of Borovskoye and Voronovo, the fighting continues. For reinforcement, in the Bakhmut direction, the enemy regrouped troops.
The Russians are holding up to three battalion-tactical groups in the Bryansk and Kursk regions, and are also trying to resume the offensive against Slavyansk. In the direction of Mironovka - Semigorye, the Ukrainian military repulsed the assault in the direction of the Uglegorsk TPP. They also stopped the offensive in the direction of Molodezhnoye - Ekaterinovka, the enemy retreated.
05:18 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russian troops are successfully advancing into Lysichansk from the south and are likely to attack the vicinity of Lysichansk in the coming week. This Russian offensive is a clear setback for the Ukrainian defense in the Severodonetsk-Lysichansk region, analysts say. That being said, the Russians will likely need further protracted fighting with Ukrainian forces, similar to the blockade battles in Mariupol and Severodonetsk, to capture Lysichansk.
At the same time, Russian operations on the Izyum-Slavyansk axis are increasingly stalled as the Russians prioritize operations around Severodonetsk.
04:30 U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price recalled NATO Article 5 against the backdrop of aggravated relations between Lithuania and Russia: "Our obligations under NATO, in particular our obligations under Article 5 of NATO - the condition that an attack on one will be an attack on all - these commitments from the United States are ironclad... We support our NATO allies and we support Lithuania."
03:27 On the Serpentine Armed Forces of Ukraine, they hit the Pantsir C1 air defense system, a radar station and enemy vehicles, OK Pivden reported.
01:35 At a meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation in Ukraine, the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN, Serhiy Kislitsa, announced the need to put an end to Russian fascism and recalled that at one time there was no vote on accepting Russia into the UN instead of the USSR.
01:13 US National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby reacted to Peskov's words about the possible execution of American volunteers: "It's terrible that a government official in Russia could even allow the death penalty for American citizens ... in Ukraine."
00:56 Gazprom's reduction of gas supplies to Europe is an "economic attack" on the part of Moscow, said German Economy Minister Robert Habek. According to him, such an "attack" is intended to provoke an increase in gas prices by reducing its volume and thereby "cause a debate in Europe and Germany about the grave situation and anxiety" in connection with the shortage of raw materials. This, in turn, paralyzes the debate as to whether support for freedom is the right thing to do.
00:04 The conflict over Ukraine could become an "endurance contest" between Russia and Europe, Biden said: "I do think that at some stage there will be a game of waiting - what the Russians can withstand and what Europe will be ready to withstand."