[Korrespondent] 23:26 Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said that a price ceiling should be set for energy imports from the Russian Federation: "Even when energy prices fall, it is unthinkable to return to the same dependence on Russia that existed before. It is necessary to work to completely eliminate this dynamic."
23:24 On Saturday, June 25, the Russians fired 62 missiles at Ukraine, Zelensky said in an evening video message: “What are these missiles about today? handwriting: to escalate whenever international events take place, and at the same time, they are about decisiveness, about, for example, that the leaders of the G7, who have gathered in Germany today for a summit, have enough overall potential to stop Russian aggression and against Ukraine, and against Europe as a whole. It's possible."
The President clarified that "this is only possible if we receive everything we ask for, and exactly in the time frame we need - weapons, financial support, and sanctions against Russia."
23:15 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, after a telephone conversation with Zelensky, assured that at the G7 and NATO meetings this week he will continue to "emphasize the importance of supporting Ukraine and protecting democracy." "You can count on Canada's support," Trudeau added.
23:13 Ukrainian special forces are involved in sabotage deep in the Russian rear, writes The Times. Some details of the operations were told to the publication by the fighters of the MTR unit. They did not name the goals of their covert operations, but the journalists concluded that the explosions at weapons depots and oil depots in Russia were most likely related to the actions of the Ukrainian special forces.
23:08 Turkey will hold in Brussels a new round of talks with Finland and Sweden regarding their membership in NATO. It will take place before the summit of the alliance, which starts on Tuesday, June 28, in Madrid. At the summit itself, one more negotiations are expected - Erdogan will take part in them.
23:01 Zelensky addressed the Belarusians in an evening video message: "I want to address the citizens of Belarus today. To people - both civilians and in uniform. You are being drawn into the war. And even more actively than it was in February and in the spring months. In the Kremlin everything has already been decided for you - your lives are worth nothing to them. But you are not slaves and not cannon fodder. You should not die. And you can not let anyone decide for you what awaits you next. "
22:42 Georgian authorities are helping Russia bypass sanctions, Arakhamia said: "When this information became available to the United States, we heard many words from various Georgian officials that this was allegedly not true. But over time, more and more objective information appears to confirm my words. Soon data on transactions abroad and the accounts of many pro-government MPs and ministers from Georgia will become more accessible, and of course, the connections of Mr. Ivanishvili, who is very deeply involved in helping the country-sponsor of terrorism bypass sanctions.But should disappoint everyone who decided to make money on the deaths of Ukrainians. This will not happen. And Mr. Ivanishvili should be the first to get ready. We are taking off soon, and this is not a tourist trip."
22:19 Blinken said that Putin has already lost, despite local successes. According to him, Putin's strategic goal was to end the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine, erase it from the world map and include it in Russia, which failed to be done. Also, Russia failed to quickly capture Kyiv and other major cities of the country. And in a geopolitical context, Putin has failed to divisive NATO.
Blinken also commented on the attacks on Kyiv on June 26: "Ever since Putin lost the battle for Kyiv and had to turn his attention only to Eastern and Southern Ukraine, Russian troops have fired missiles from a distance from time to time, mainly to terrorize people ".
21:44 According to the Georgian opposition TV channel Mtavari, there is a tanker with Russian oil products in the terminal of the Georgian port of Batumi. The journalists found out that the Turkish-flagged ship Esen Ka left Tuapse for Batumi, loading 30,000 tons of vacuum gas oil. The raw materials belong to the sub-sanctioned Rosneft. Mtavari's source said that now the Georgian side intends to change the origin of the cargo and send it to Europe as oil products from Kazakhstan. The TV channel claims that people close to the oligarch Bidzini Ivanishvili, Ucha Mamatsashvili and Grigol Liluashvili, are in charge of the situation around the tanker.
21:29 Reznikov said that the condition for the resumption of dialogue between the West and Russia can only be the demilitarization of the European part of the Russian Federation: "The long-term answer is obvious - the condition for a dialogue on the resumption of relations between the civilized world and Russia should be the demilitarization of at least the European part of the terrorist state. Depth and parameters demilitarization must be determined by experts."
21:00 Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko said that Russia is ready for negotiations with Ukraine, "but not decorative," Moscow's conditions "should be accepted."
20:57 On the morning of June 26, the Russians attacked Kiev with X-type missiles - these are modern and expensive missiles, the cost of each is from $ 5 million and more, Yuri Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said on the air of the telethon.
20:55 Ukraine has become a testing ground for testing Russian missiles of various types, Yury Ignat, a representative of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said on the air of the telethon: "The weapons used by Russia are extremely diverse. Ukraine, unfortunately, is a kind of testing ground for Russia."
As an example, he cited Kalibr sea-based missiles, which are fired mainly from the Black Sea. Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic bombers are launching Russian X-type missiles - they are already flying out of the Caspian region. Kh-22 is a fast missile that can reach speeds of about 3,000 km/h, they are launched from TU-22M3 bombers. If earlier the Russian Federation made such launches from the Rostov region, from the Black Sea, now it has transferred these aircraft to the north. Entering the airspace of Belarus, the plane strikes at the northern regions, such a missile has a range of only 600 km. Ignat called the Iskander and Soviet Tochka-U complexes the most destructive - it is most difficult to shoot down their Ukrainian air defense missiles.
20:48 The Armed Forces of Ukraine again hit Zmeinoye, OK Pivden reported: "Active hostilities continued at Zmeinoye with diverse forces and types of weapons. The results are being specified."
20:46 The drilling platform of Chernomorneftegaz in Crimea was again fired upon, the Russian TASS reports with reference to the "emergency services of Crimea". According to the source of the publication, the shelling was carried out by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, there were no casualties.
20:18 Reznikov urged the West to respond to today's shelling of Ukraine. In his opinion, the answer should consist of two parts: strengthening sanctions and deploying an air defense system in Ukraine.
20:12 The Verkhovna Rada will strive to adopt all the laws necessary for Ukraine's accession to the EU until 2025, Stefanchuk said on the air of the telethon. He recalled that in more than two years of work of the current convocation of parliament, 81 legislative acts related to European integration were adopted, which was an absolute record. "After that, we will receive a number of EU directives, in accordance with which it is necessary to adopt legislative acts. We are currently working on this set of bills," the speaker of parliament said.
According to him, there will be about a hundred such acts. Stefanchuk promised that the Rada would make every effort to make 2025 "the year when Ukraine fulfills all obligations to become a member of the EU." "There will be no delays behind the parliament, because our direction is clear, we will go towards it, including the well-known turbo mode," he stressed.
19:49 Scholz said that Russia's attack on residential buildings in Kiev demonstrates the importance of international unity in supporting Ukraine: "The fact that this is a brutal war waged by Putin, we have now seen again with rocket attacks on houses in Kiev - this shows that it is right that we stand together and support Ukrainians to defend their country, their democracy, their freedom of self-determination."
19:23 The failure of the G7 countries to import gold from Russia will deprive it of about $ 19 billion a year, Blinken told CNN: "The initiative that we are announcing affects the second most profitable export item that Russia has after energy."
18:59 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that on the territory of Belarus, the preparation of sabotage and reconnaissance groups by the forces of the Russian Armed Forces for further actions on the territory of Ukraine is noted.
18:51 G7 countries plan to commit themselves to indefinite support of Ukraine while there is a war with Russia, writes Bloomberg with reference to the draft document: "We will continue to provide financial, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support and support Ukraine as much as necessary" .
18:32 The invaders suffered significant losses in the Bakhmut direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine also repelled assaults in the Slavic direction, at the same time, the Russian army is trying to block Lysichansk from the south, the General Staff said.
17:49 Ukraine will not lose the status of a candidate for EU membership even if the conditions of the European Commission are not met, Deputy Prime Minister Olga Stefanishyna said on the air of the telethon: "The decision of the European Council, which was adopted on June 23, is different from the recommendation provided by the European Commission. Because the status We received the candidate unconditionally... As for the seven conditions, the decision provides that the European Commission at the end of the year will assess the fulfillment of these conditions, and from this the further stages related to membership will be determined.
Stefanyshina explained that the fulfillment of these seven conditions would allow the start of EU accession negotiations. "The positive thing is that we have already done something in each of these areas. And literally in the next three days, the president will approve a roadmap for the implementation of each of the seven points," she added.
17:36 Under the cover of a thunderstorm, the enemy attacked the Odessa region with two Onyx-type anti-ship missiles, firing them from the Bastion coastal missile system from the territory of Crimea, OK Pivden reports. Both missiles were destroyed by air defense forces on approach to Odessa.
16:44 Hundreds of civilians of Energodar and nearby villages are being held captive by the Russian military - they are being held for ransom, city mayor Dmitry Orlov said. The standard price for releasing a prisoner under any pretext is 50,000 hryvnias. This money is extorted from the captives themselves or their relatives.
16:40 Johnson said at the G7 summit that he would be honored to receive Zelensky on a state visit, "if he can ever leave and it would be reasonable for him to leave Ukraine." But now, according to the British prime minister, the main thing for Ukraine is that Western leaders remain united in supporting Zelensky: “I think he did an absolutely amazing job leading his country and world opinion in a terrible time.”
16:22 In Kakhovka, Kherson region, the car of Irina Makhneva, who, under the Russian "administration", dealt with education and culture, was blown up. Russian media write that Makhneva herself was not injured, because she did not have time to get into the car.
16:17 In Kiev, search and rescue operations are still ongoing in a residential building, where the Russians hit with a rocket in the morning, Klitschko said. According to him, the body of one deceased was found, six residents of the house were injured. Four of them, including a seven-year-old girl, were hospitalized. According to doctors, the girl was operated on, her condition is stable. The girl's mother is in a state of moderate severity.
16:10 Lukashenka can involve 12-15 thousand combat-ready soldiers of the Belarusian troops in the war against Ukraine, Belarusian opposition leader, commander of the White Legion organization Sergei Bulba said on the air of the Espresso TV channel. According to him, Lukashenka can use against Ukraine the three most combat-ready brigades of the Special Operations Forces of the army of the Republic of Belarus, which constantly conduct training with the Russians. The number of these troops in Belarus is more than 9 thousand people. In addition, Lukashenko may involve the 120th Guards Rifle Brigade, the expert added. He stressed that Putin is in complete control of Lukashenka.
16:01 In the occupied part of the Zaporozhye region, Russians are seizing empty apartments and resorting to threats for this. According to the OVA, the Russian army decided to place personnel in the apartments of local residents who left the occupation for the territory controlled by Ukraine. The administration says that the occupiers even demand the keys to empty apartments from relatives and acquaintances, threatening them with physical violence. In case of refusal, the Russians knock out the doors and move into apartments.
15:48 On the Zelenodolsk community of the Dnepropetrovsk region, the Russians opened fire again, two people were injured. In Zelenodolsk itself, high-rise buildings, a house of culture and a post office were damaged, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
15:46 The EU will study the possibility of joining the embargo on Russian gold, which is planned to be introduced by Great Britain, Canada, the USA and Japan, the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, said on the sidelines of the G7 summit. At the same time, he noted that the ban should not harm the economy of the European Union.
Charles Michel also promised that the EU will provide more military, financial and political support to Ukraine and support efforts to unblock Ukraine's Black Sea ports in a way that would take into account the interests of its security.
15:32 Johnson and Macron came to the conclusion that there is an opportunity to turn the tide of the war in Ukraine, writes The Guardian, citing a Downing Street representative. Britain and France have agreed to continue to support Ukraine in order to strengthen its position both on the battlefield and at the table of possible future negotiations.
15:13 At the NATO summit in Madrid, the largest military deployment of the alliance's forces since the Cold War will be discussed, writes El País. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has resulted in NATO recognizing Russia as its main threat. A significant increase in the alliance's troops in Eastern Europe is expected to protect the allies.
14:58 Johnson said that now is "not the time to turn our backs on Ukraine": "They need the support and determination of the G7 more than ever. The UK will continue to support Ukraine at every step, because we know that their security is our security, and their freedom is our freedom."
14:39 Yermak said that the G7 summit should respond to Russian strikes on Kiev. The head of the OP suggests four steps:
- sanctions should be more aggressive: "an embargo on gold exports is good, but a gas embargo is needed in the new EU sanctions package";
- response to the food crisis - military convoys to unblock Ukrainian ports;
- recognition of Russia as a sponsor of terrorism;
- more heavy weapons for Ukraine - "this is the way to defeat an enemy who understands only force."
14:28 As a result of two rocket strikes near Cherkassy, one person was killed, five were injured , an infrastructure facility was damaged, the head of the IVA Igor Taburets said.
13:47 Scholz said after the meeting with Biden: "We remain united, we remain together. This is our clear message to President Putin."
13:35 Biden said that Russian missile strikes on Kiev are "another manifestation of their barbarism."
13:24 Johnson noted Scholz's activism regarding Ukraine: "I never thought I would see from the German Chancellor what Olaf Scholz is doing, that he is sending weapons to help Ukrainians defend themselves." The British prime minister also stated that Scholz had made "tremendous progress" in refusing Russian gas, despite the damage to Germany.
13:19 The leadership of institutions and organizations of the Gomel region of Belarus has been warned about the likelihood of the return of units of the RF Armed Forces. At the same time, the Russians are planning to increase the number of operational-tactical aviation on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, according to the military intelligence of Ukraine. The official reason is the joint patrolling of the airspace as part of the training of aviation and air defense units. For this purpose, a flight of ten aircraft to the Baranovichi airfield is planned.
Also, since June 22, mobilization exercises have been ongoing in the Gomel region. The combat training classes with reservists announced earlier in the Belarusian media are not being held, the reservists themselves are used to carry out chores.
13:04 Kuleba called on the G7 summit to respond to attacks on Kiev and other cities of Ukraine with new sanctions against the Russian Federation and the supply of heavy weapons.
13:01 For the fourth day in a row, large columns of military equipment are moving through Mariupol in a westerly direction. A limited military corps remains in the city, mainly to protect potential military facilities - the port, factories, and the railway. "The mood of the occupiers cannot be called victorious. Leaving an already familiar place by the sea for the sake of the front is not the best prospect," wrote Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.
12:56 The Russians are gathering forces in Slavyansk, they will try to repeat the scenario of Mariupol , the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko said on the air of the telethon: "We are observing the accumulation of manpower, heavy armored vehicles and artillery in the Slavyansk direction. The enemy is using his tactics and trying to move closer to the line our defense in order to, in addition to missiles, aircraft, which they systematically use in the Donetsk region, use cannon artillery to shell the city. The Russians do not change their tactics, we saw what happened in their native Mariupol and Severodonetsk, so we are preparing for any scenario with Slavyansk" .
12:50 People's Deputy Goncharenko urges the people of Kiev to respond to air alerts - especially those who live in the area of the government quarter on Lipki.
12:24 Rescue work in the Kiev high-rise building, destroyed by a rocket hit this morning, faced problems, Klitschko said on the Kiev TV channel: "The situation is complicated by the fact that there is quite a lot of smoke, and firefighters, given the people [under the rubble], do not want much fill it with water, because people can also die from a large amount of water."
12:07 In the courtyard of a private kindergarten in the Shevchenko district of Kiev, a water main was damaged after a missile attack, the Kyiv City State Administration reported. The leak was promptly localized, the kindergarten is temporarily without water, the pressure in the city's water supply networks is within normal limits.
12:04 Rocket attacks on Kiev should be regarded as a deliberate escalation, said the former Prime Minister of Sweden, co-chairman of the European Council on Foreign Relations Carl Bildt. According to him, the shelling of residential areas of the capital is a signal for the G7 summit, which started today in Bavaria.
12:00 In Mariupol, Russians, on a tip from priests of the Russian Orthodox Church, burned books from the library of the church of Peter the Grave, among them there were unique copies, said Mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko.
11:53 The speaker of the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat said that the Russians fired at Kiev from Tu-95 and Tu-160 aircraft with X101 missiles , which can fly at a distance of up to 5500 km. Bombers took off from Astrakhan, missiles were launched over the Caspian Sea.
11:51 The head of the Cherkasy Regional State Administration Oleksandr Skichko reported explosions in the city.
11:49 There is no point in waiting until Russia's offensive potential runs out or the enemy "gets tired." The Russian Federation replenishes its armed forces through covert mobilization, and it is possible to achieve victory over it only with the help of military force, Major General Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, told Reuters reporters.
"The strategy is very simple. Stabilize the situation. Get the necessary amount of equipment and prepare the necessary amount of forces and means to launch a counteroffensive in order to return our entire territory. <...> We should not wait for a miracle that they will get tired, stop wanting to fight, and so on We will recapture our territory as a result of our counter-offensive," Budanov stressed.
11:44 Podolyak compared Russia with terrorists: "Sunday morning woke Kiev not with birdsong, but with explosions. Four "high-precision" Russian missiles hit residential facilities in the center of the capital. The Second Army of the World is no different from the Taliban or Hezbollah, destroying civilization But terrorists always face one end - retribution."
11:40 Enemy aircraft was spotted over Belarus, three bombers flew towards Ukraine, reports Belaruski Gayun.
11:31 A strike on Kiev was delivered from the Caspian Sea region, the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
11:28 Ukraine in the near future will not do anything in the direction of rapprochement with NATO, because the alliance has clearly "rejected the aspirations" of Kiev, Igor Zhovkva, deputy head of the OP, Igor Zhovkva, said in an interview with the Financial Times: "We will not do anything more about this." He acknowledged that Ukraine's accession to NATO in the short term is impossible. At the same time, Zhovkva called for the exclusion of references to Russia as a partner of NATO from the strategic concept of the alliance.
In turn, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albarez, in an interview with the El País newspaper on the eve of the NATO summit in Madrid, said that the issue of Ukraine's entry into the alliance "was never discussed, and now it is not."
11:12 From the house in the Shevchenko district of the capital, where the rocket hit, 25 residents were evacuated. A total of four victims were hospitalized, including a seven-year-old girl and her mother. Search and rescue operations continue, Klitschko said.
11:10 The second rocket in Kiev hit a kindergarten, Anton Gerashchenko reports from the scene.
11:05 From under the rubble of a house in Kiev, where a rocket hit today, they managed to get a woman, the mother of a seven-year-old girl, who was taken earlier. The injured woman turned out to be a citizen of Russia, Anton Gerashchenko showed her passport to journalists on the spot. The dead man is probably her husband.
10:30 Russian media report that Shoigu inspected "the Russian group of troops involved in a special military operation" in Ukraine.
10:28 Today at about 6:00 an enemy missile flew critically low over the South Ukrainian nuclear power plant, Energoatom reported. The missile flew from the south to the north of Ukraine, probably its target was Kyiv.
10:26 After the shelling of a house in the Shevchenko district of Kiev, five people were injured, the National Police reports.
10:21 Johnson intends to use the upcoming G7 and NATO summits to urge France and Germany to provide more military support to Ukraine. The British prime minister also fears that pressure will be intensified to "force Ukrainians into a bad world," writes The Independent.
10:14 At night, the invaders again fired at residential areas of Kharkov, in particular Nemyshlyansky and Kholodnogorsky, only civilian infrastructure, including a medical facility, was hit, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. Two Kharkiv residents were hospitalized. The Izyum direction remains the hottest in the region, the enemy is trying to hold their positions.
10:10 Explosions were heard in Nikolaev this morning. According to Mayor Alexander Senkevich, citing the military commandant's office, Ukrainian defenders destroyed a Russian drone that was conducting reconnaissance.
10:06 British intelligence assesses the capture of Severodonetsk by the Russian army as a significant achievement, but notes that this is only one of many tasks in the stated Russian goals to reach the borders of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
According to intelligence, most of the Ukrainian defenders most likely abandoned defensive positions in Severodonetsk. It is an important industrial center and is strategically located on the Seversky Donets. However, this is only one of a number of difficult tasks that Russia will have to perform in order to capture the entire Donbass. This, including the attack on Kramatorsk and maintaining the main supply chains in Donetsk, analysts say.
09:47 State Emergency Service reported that one person was killed in Kyiv as a result of a missile strike.
09:36 In Sarny, Rivne region, under the rubble of an object that was hit by a Russian missile last night, they found the body of another deceased, said the head of the Regional State Administration Vitaliy Koval. The total number of victims thus rose to four, all of the dead - men aged 30 to 51 years.
09:27 Johnson invited Zelensky on an official visit to Britain in October, it is possible to arrange a meeting with the Queen, writes The Sunday Times.
09:12 Klitschko said that a seven-year-old girl was pulled out from under the rubble of a residential building in the Shevchenko district, she is alive, now her mother is being rescued.
09:05 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of June 26. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut and Kurakhovsky directions.
- personnel - about 34,850 (+150) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1532 (+21),
- armored combat vehicles - 3659 (+14),
- artillery systems - 764 (+0),
- MLRS - 243 (+2),
- air defense systems - 99 (+0),
- aircraft - 217 (+0),
- helicopters - 184 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 630 (+4),
- cruise missiles - 139 (+2),
- ships/boats - 14 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 2564 (+4),
- special equipment - 60 (+0).
08:58 The G7 summit starts in Germany, Biden has already arrived there. The summit will include seven working sessions to discuss the global economy, partnerships for developing countries, foreign and security policy, sustainable development, food security, multilateralism and digital technologies. The participants will also discuss the situation around Ukraine.
08:51 Rescuers showed a photo of a destroyed house in Kiev:
08:49 After the capture of Severodonetsk, the Russian army concentrated all its forces on the capture of Lisichansk. Massive airstrikes are inflicted on the city, said the head of the Lugansk Regional Military District Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the Russians entrenched themselves in Severodonetsk, Sirotin, Voronovo and Borovsk. In Severodonetsk, the Russians “finally” fired at Azot and the State Emergency Service training ground, opened fire on the villages of Pavlograd and Sinetsky, as well as on the already destroyed bridges to Lisichansk. Volcheyarka, Loskutovka, Verkhnekamenka and Zolotarevka suffered from Russian shelling.
08:40 There are people under the rubble of a residential building in the Shevchenkovsky district of Kiev, where a Russian missile hit. Some residents were evacuated, two victims were hospitalized, Klitschko said. Rescuers and paramedics are on the scene.
08:29 The UK is ready to provide an additional $525 million to Ukraine as guarantees for a World Bank loan at the end of 2022, the press service of the British government said. The new support raises the UK's total fiscal aid to $1.5bn.
08:24 As a result of the shelling of Kiev, a fire started in a nine-story residential building, the top three floors were partially destroyed, the State Emergency Service reported. The fire occurred on a total area of 300 square meters. m. According to preliminary data, there are victims.
08:07 In the Kiev region, air defense worked - one missile was shot down, the head of the OVA, Alexei Kuleba, said. The remains of the rocket fell in the vicinity of one of the villages, no damage or casualties were reported.
07:49 The Russian Army is concentrating its main efforts on the Lisichansk direction and attempts to encircle the units of the Defense Forces in the Lisichansk region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report .
07:46 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Ukrainian military leadership probably wants to centrally coordinate the actions of partisans in the occupied territories. The goal is to undermine Russian control and possibly prepare for coordinated operations with Ukrainian forces. Major General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmitry Marchenko said that the Ukrainian partisans are just waiting for the right moment to join the fight against the enemy.
07:03 Klitschko said that in two houses "rescue and evacuation of residents are taking place."
06:44 Klitschko reported several explosions in the Shevchenko district of Kiev. Ambulances and rescuers are on the way, the mayor said.
02:25 Lithuania will not succumb to the Kremlin’s threats regarding transit to the Kaliningrad region, President Gintas Nauseda said: “Lithuania must maintain control over goods transported through its territory. speeches about concessions to Russia in response to the Kremlin's threats. I clearly explained to the head of the European Commission how Lithuania sees this situation."
01:37 Commandos of different NATO countries continue to operate on the territory of Ukraine, including those from Great Britain, Lithuania, Canada and France. Also, CIA special agents remain in Kyiv, they all work to fight the invaders, writes The New York Times.