[Korrespondent] 23:59 As of the evening of June 28, the total number of Russian missiles that hit Ukrainian cities was 2811, Zelensky said in an evening video message. According to him, there is all the evidence of Russian crimes, including a video of an attack on a shopping center in Kremenchuk, which the head of state added to his address. The President stressed that the Russian missile purposefully hit precisely this object.
"For this act of state terrorism, as well as for all the others, Russia will be responsible. On the battlefield in Ukraine, by strengthening sanctions and, of course, at the tribunal," Zelensky said. He also warned Russian propagandists who lie about this terror and try to justify the actions of the Russian army: "Each of you will also be punished. We have all the evidence of what the Russian military is doing against our people."
23:53 Two rocket explosions were heard in Kharkiv tonight, after the second one a fire broke out in the southern part of the city, reports Suspіlne.
23:51 As a result of the shelling of the border areas of the Sumy region, two people were killed, three were injured, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. The Russians fired on Krasnopolskaya, Velikopisarevskaya and Miropolskaya communities.
23:48 Zelensky suggested that the UN Security Council send a special or authorized representative to Kremenchuk to make sure with his own eyes that the people who died in the shopping center were victims of Russian shelling. The president also listed the names and ages of the children who died as a result of a series of Russian shelling of Ukrainian cities.
22:49 Abduction of people in Melitopol has been on a massive scale since the first days of the occupation, the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov said. According to him, the 16-year-old son of the head of the state regional administration of Zaporozhye has been in captivity for about two months.
22:35 Zelensky spoke at a meeting of the UN Security Council and said that Russia should not be in the Security Council of the organization as long as it commits terrorist attacks such as shelling Ukrainian cities.
22:33 The EU has begun deliveries of more than 90 off-road trucks under the European Peace Fund. They will be sent to support the medical, engineering and logistical units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the General Staff said.
22:31 Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov announced the expulsion of 70 Russian diplomats convicted of espionage.
22:28 The memorandum of understanding between Turkey, Sweden and Finland contains obligations to combat terrorist organizations, as well as unblocking the export of weapons to Ankara, writes Millyet. The document consists of 11 points and is primarily related to the obligation of Sweden and Finland to fully cooperate with Turkey in the fight against terrorism, incl. through intelligence sharing.
22:17 Erdogan's office reported that Sweden and Finland have committed themselves not to support the Kurds.
22:10 The Cabinet of Ministers has created the position of Commissioner for Internally Displaced Persons, who will have the status of Deputy Minister for Reintegration. The appointment will take place shortly.
22:03 Germany and the Netherlands will give Ukraine six more German-made Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled artillery mounts, Deutsche Welle reports. Earlier, both countries handed over 12 such self-propelled guns to Ukraine: Germany - seven and the Netherlands - five.
22:00 The Government of Belarus has announced that it has decided to fulfill its debt obligations under Eurobonds in the national currency.
21:58 In the controlled territory of the Donetsk region, one civilian died from Russian shelling on June 28 - in Avdiivka, eight more people were injured, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
21:56 In Severodonetsk, the civilian population began to leave the shelters of Azot, when the shelling of the Russians subsided, the mayor of the city Alexander Stryuk said. According to him, before the start of the assault, 10-11 thousand people remained in the city, now there are 7-8 thousand. You can leave Severodonetsk only in the direction of the occupied territories. At the same time, the city is running out of food brought by Ukrainian volunteers.
21:49 Reznikov confirmed the training of the Ukrainian military in handling the M777, HIMARS and MARS II: "Since April, thousands of servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been trained for the use and operation of weapons and military equipment of foreign production abroad. Now the following Ukrainian military are studying the basics of operating artillery systems of the caliber 155 mm M777, self-propelled guns Crab, multiple launch rocket systems M142 HIMARS, M270 and MARS II".
Also, according to the minister, this week, with the support of the UK, another project was launched - a basic combined-arms training course for military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: "The first few hundred military personnel have already arrived for training. In total, the project is designed to train more than one thousand of our military personnel."
21:37 All the forces of the Lviv region are preparing for any manifestations of aggression on the part of the Belarusians, since no one has canceled the risk of an invasion from the northern direction, Andrey Godik, the first deputy head of the UVA, said: “Our tasks are very simple, but require painstaking work. First of all, this is the coordination of all forces and means - both the law enforcement bloc and the military - to coordinate plans to repel aggression from Belarus. It is also the establishment of interaction with neighboring regions."
In addition, according to him, preparations are being made through the construction of additional defense and engineering networks in the Lviv region: "We are ready for anything. And our task is to be ready for anything. But first of all, we need to be ready for increased missile and air strikes from the north."
21:23 Turkey at the NATO summit this week will support the membership of Finland and Sweden in the alliance. The parties signed a joint statement after talks in Madrid, Finnish Presidential Office Saule Niinista said.
20:56 The United States will announce tomorrow the deployment of new army, navy and air force contingents in Europe on a long-term basis, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said. According to him, the main part of the forces will be deployed in the Balkans, in the Baltic countries and on the eastern borders of Russia. At the same time, NATO will assume a historic set of commitments on the issue of deployment of forces, the contingents will remain in place after the end of the Ukrainian crisis.
Sullivan specified that the US build-up of forces in Europe is not so much because of Russian actions, but because of "long-term changes in strategic realities." In particular, it will announce the deployment of two additional US Navy destroyers at a base in southern Spain.
20:41 The Russians launched several missile attacks on the Odessa region, one of the missiles was shot down by air defense, said the head of the OVA Maxim Marchenko. According to him, there were no casualties or damage.
20:35 As a result of the shelling of Tsirkunov on the northeastern outskirts of Kharkov, two people were killed, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said on the air of the telethon. One person was also wounded in Tsirkuny and five in Kharkov. At the same time, he assured that there was no need for evacuation from Kharkov yet, as well as warnings regarding a direct assault on the city. According to Sinegubov, recently there was an attempt to break through to Kharkov from the north, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed it.
20:23 The head of the Dnepropetrovsk Regional Council, Nikolai Lukashuk, specified that the Russians fired six Kalibr sea-based cruise missiles in the region today, four were shot down by air defense forces: three over the Sinelnikovsky district, one more over the Dnieper. Two enemy missiles hit the regional center. One hit the building of a motor transport company - more than 30 cars, three boxes, several one-story buildings and a hangar were damaged there on the adjacent territory. The second rocket hit the territory of an industrial enterprise, there is destruction of buildings. Employees of the State Emergency Service are carrying out rescue operations, dismantling the rubble and looking for people.
In addition to rocket attacks, during the day, the occupiers from barrel artillery hit the Krivoy Rog region - they hit Zelenodolsk and Velikaya Kostromka, one person was injured. The Russians also hit the territory of the Krivoy Rog TPP , the consequences are being investigated.
19:59 From the very beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Belarus has provided its territory as a springboard for the Russian military. Now again, Russian planes are shelling Ukrainian cities from the territory of Belarus, and troops are being pulled to the land border. About what kind of provocations the Russians can prepare in Belarus - in the material Bridgehead for the attack .
19:52 The Cabinet of Ministers at today's meeting agreed on the dismissal of the head of the Kherson Regional State Administration Gennady Laguta.
19:29 Explosions were heard in the occupied Berdyansk in the evening, Russian media reported, citing the "administration" of the Zaporozhye region, that unexploded ordnance was disposed of in the port of Berdyansk.
19:17 Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said that the Indonesian authorities will not allow Putin to personally participate in the G20 summit in Bali on November 15-16: "Joko Widodo categorically ruled out the participation of the Russian president in the G20, Putin will not come." Draghi added that his participation via video link is possible.
18:44 Russia has not abandoned plans to seize the entire south of Ukraine with the subsequent occupation of Moldova, Dmitry Pletenchuk, military press officer of the Nikolaev OVA, said on the air of the telethon: "We understand why they need the whole south of Ukraine. The economic blockade of Ukraine and access to seaports - the main reason for Russian attacks on our southern cities. And, of course, they dream of a land corridor to the unrecognized Transnistria with the subsequent occupation of Moldova."
As for the immediate plans of the Russians in the south, according to Pletenchuk, they are limited to the defense of the occupied territories: "The military-political leadership of the state is well aware and understands that the occupiers are trying to gain a foothold in the territory that they have already occupied. The Russians are building a layered defense in Kherson region. The enemy is preparing to repel the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
18:41 In the Kharkiv region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed the attacks of the Russians in the areas of Dementievka, Dovgalevka and Zaliman, and in the Slavic direction they stopped the offensive in the directions of the villages of Dolina and Mazanovka, the General Staff reports. The troops of the Russian Federation do not stop trying to take control of the Bakhmut-Lysichansk highway, they launched an offensive in the direction of the settlement of Disputed, but to no avail.
18:35 The Russians fired six missiles in the Dnepropetrovsk region tonight, the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said. Three missiles were shot down over the Dnieper and Sinelnikovsky district. In Dnipro, as a result of a missile strike, the railway infrastructure and an industrial enterprise were destroyed, and a service company was on fire. Rescuers are working at the site of the impacts, looking for people under the rubble. In the Sinelnikovsky district, the extent of the destruction is being investigated.
18:27 In Poland, a fundraiser for Bayraktar for Ukraine has been opened. According to Polish journalist Slawomir Serakovsky, it is planned to collect 4.5 million zlotys in 30 days, more than 60 thousand have been collected so far.
18:24 "Referendum" on the accession of the Donetsk region to Russia is scheduled for September 11, 2022. As Piotr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, said, the occupation administrations received instructions to prepare the venues and "commissions" and handed them over, in particular, to the committees of the population's self-organization.
18:17 Mayor of Zhytomyr Sergei Sukhomlin did not rule out an attack from Belarus: "If a few weeks ago I said that the likelihood of an attack from Belarus is low, now the situation is changing very much."
18:15 In Dnipro, a Russian missile hit a service station, there are people under the rubble , rescuers are already working on the spot, Mayor Boris Filatov said. He stressed that there was no military equipment, soldiers or weapons at the Autodiesel service station.
18:08 Mayor of Warsaw Rafal Trzaskowski said that he also spoke with the deepfake Klitschko in early June. According to the PAP news agency, immediately after the phone call, the staff contacted the Klitschko office in Kyiv, where they were told that the mayor did not make a video call at that time. The Warsaw City Hall called the police. Trzaskowski said he calmly accepted the apparent fraud, no sensitive issues were discussed.
18:05 "Deputy head" of the Kherson region Kirill Stremousov said that the mayor of Kherson Igor Kolykhaev was "detained".
18:01 The US has banned the import of gold from Russia. The sanctions list has also been expanded: personal sanctions have been imposed against 57 individuals (including Tina Kandelaki, her husband and children, ex-Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, Melitopol Mayor Galina Danilchenko and others), as well as against more than 110 organizations, among them which Kamaz, Tupolev and the Union of Volunteers of Donbass.
17:58 The head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bastrykin, said that the Investigative Committee has evidence that the Ukrainian military allegedly planned on March 8 "to start an operation from Severodonetsk with access to the Russian border."
17:55 Putin signed a law legalizing "parallel imports" (that is, smuggling) to Russia for 2022 and exempting from criminal and administrative responsibility for it.
17:43 The Ukrainian military has already begun to learn how to control Norwegian-made NASAMS air defense missile systems, which the United States should transfer, writes Politico.
17:32 In Mariupol, the first actions of mass disobedience since the beginning of the Russian invasion took place. As the adviser to the mayor Petr Andryushchenko said, the occupiers planned to demolish several nine-story buildings on the street. Solnechnaya - the locals were informed 24 hours in advance, and they were not able to take out their personal belongings. The arrival of the EMERCOM of the Russian Federation was greeted by a protest action, which in itself was a surprise for the Russians - people literally lay down under the tractors. As a result, with the participation of local collaborators, they agreed to postpone the demolition, and in the future notify local residents at least two weeks in advance.
The second incident occurred at the headquarters of the Metro, where yesterday they began to pay salaries to "volunteers" - people who worked on the removal of rubble and in landscaping. The process was controlled by State Duma deputy Sablin. Instead of the announced salary for a month and a half, people were given only a month - 11 thousand rubles each, and the rest for half a month was offered to "forgive". A riot began, access to the Metro was closed, and people were dispersed by the Russian military with shots in the air. The rest of the money was never given to people, but the very fact of active opposition occurred.
17:14 Russia cannot and should not win, Macron said: "We will continue to impose sanctions until a complete victory is achieved on Ukrainian terms. As for the timing, no one expects the war to end in the next month."
17:11 Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said following the G7 summit that the "moment of truth" on the issue of unblocking Ukrainian grain is close: "The UN Secretary General said that now we are close to the moment of truth on unblocking Ukrainian wheat." On this issue, "there is good news," he added. Russia has agreed that Ukraine, Turkey and the UN can play a role in unlocking grain in Ukrainian ports, Draghi said. Now everyone is waiting for the final "yes" of the Kremlin, and it may sound "very soon".
17:08 Mayor of Dnipro Boris Filatov announced rocket attacks on the city.
17:03 Occupation "authorities" of Zaporozhye and Kherson regions set a new "rate" of currency exchange: 1 hryvnia = 1.5 rubles (instead of 2). Earlier, the "LPR" and "DPR" switched to the same course.
16:58 The SBU has established the identity of two Russian commanders who gave the order to shoot civilians in the Kyiv region. This is battalion commander Major Maxim Krasnoshchekov and deputy company commander Major Alexander Vasiliev - servicemen of the 15th separate motorized rifle brigade of the 2nd Guards Combined Arms Army of the Central Military District of the Russian Federation.
They led the actions of motorized rifle units of the Russian Federation during the occupation of the village of Pobeda, Kyiv region. The invaders forcibly kept local residents in one of the premises and tortured them, and then ordered their subordinates to shoot people with machine guns right at the place of torture and blow up the building with the bodies in order to hide the war crime. Majors Krasnoshchekov and Vasiliev were announced on suspicion of violating the laws and customs of war.
16:52 The prosecutor's office will check the actions of the officials of the shopping center in Kremenchuk, who did not provide evacuation during the missile attack. According to the Office of the Prosecutor General, a pre-trial investigation has been launched into official negligence, which entailed grave consequences (part 2 of article 367 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
16:49 Scholz, during the final statements on the sidelines of the G7, said that a new "Marshall Plan" is needed to restore Ukraine. He also said that the G7 leaders agreed to set a ceiling on Russian oil prices and provide billions of dollars of food aid to prevent the famine caused by the war in Ukraine.
16:43 Finland will allocate 70 million euros to Ukraine. According to the country's Foreign Ministry, the funds will be used for humanitarian assistance, as well as for long-term cooperation in the areas of education, the rule of law, energy and climate sustainability.
16:41 On June 30, the commercial export of electricity from Ukraine to Europe will start, Minister of Energy Herman Galushchenko said: "The initial export volume is 100 MW, and the volumes will increase gradually, after a monthly ENTSO-E assessment of the impact on the European energy system. After the implementation of additional technical measures capacity for selling electricity abroad could increase to 4-5 GW."
16:33 G7 leaders urged China to adhere to the principle of peaceful settlement of disputes, pressuring Russia to stop invading Ukraine, as well as abandoning its "vast maritime claims" in the South China Sea.
16:30 Lithuania has officially banned the import of Russian gas - this decision was made by the Seimas of the Republic. 123 MPs voted in favor, two abstained.
16:28 Spokesman of the Ministry of Defense Oleksandr Motuzyanyk explained why the Russians strike civilians: "The Russian Federation is conducting a campaign of missile terror against the civilian population of Ukraine in order to break the spirit and destroy the unity of Ukrainians. In recent days, the enemy has launched a series of strikes using air and ground-based missiles on civil infrastructure facilities in Kiev, Kiev, Cherkasy and Odessa regions".
16:16 Zelensky met with actor and director Sean Penn, who is filming a documentary about the war in Ukraine. "From the first day of the full-scale invasion, he was in Kyiv and saw what Russian aggression is. Soon the whole world will be able to see the whole truth about the war thanks to his film," the president said.
16:13 Johnson does not consider a war between Britain and Russia likely. “I don’t think it will come to that. <...> Putin and the Kremlin will try to expand the conflict and say that this is something between NATO and Russia. This is not at all. We are talking about an invasion of an independent, sovereign country. about the West and all Ukraine's friends giving them the support they need to protect themselves." According to the British prime minister, the leaders of the G7 agreed to "give the Ukrainians the strategic strength they need in order to try to change the situation."
16:07 Macron said that the G7 countries agree on the need to supply Ukraine with weapons for defense, but not for attacking Russian territory: "All allies adhere to the same line - we supply weapons, equipment, ammunition to help Ukrainians defend themselves on their territory, and not to attack another territory."
Commenting on Kyiv's calls to declare the Russian Federation a sponsor of terrorism, Macron said that France does not share such a methodology: "As for the issue of qualifying as a sponsor of terrorism, I want to be understood correctly. France does not share such a methodology, because we always strive to be guided by a legal approach" .
16:02 Around Lisichansk, heavy fighting continues on all sides, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. He stressed that Lisichansk is the last outpost of Ukraine in the Luhansk region, and the task of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is to hold out as long as possible.
According to Gaidai, in Lisichansk, the townspeople who were going to fetch water came under fire. As a result, ten people died and at least 30 were injured. Recently, humanitarian aid has not been delivered to the city, because the roads are constantly shelled. Lisichansk has stocks of food and medicine for several weeks. It is dangerous to evacuate now, so residents are advised to stay in shelters.
15:49 UK Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace warns of a possible shortage in the country of the crews of the Navy and the Air Force, as well as long-range rocket artillery. He sent a letter to Johnson asking him to increase the defense budget to 2.5% of GDP by 2028, writes The Guardian.
15:46 Due to the increase in fuel supplies to Ukrainian gas stations in July, restrictions on the volume of purchases per visit will be lifted for motorists, Andriy Gerus, head of the Energy Committee of the Rada, said.
15:41 In the Black Sea, there are two ships in full combat readiness to launch 16 missiles, Defense Ministry spokesman Alexander Motuzyanik said.
15:39 Six battalions of the Belarusian army are strengthening on the border and conducting reconnaissance, said the speaker of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Alexander Motuzyanyk. Intelligence also reports that the Russians are preparing DRGs from among the Belarusian military, he added.
In turn, the monitoring group Belaruska Gayun reported that a convoy of the Russian army was seen in Mozyr, which headed towards the border with Ukraine. Among the equipment - three trawls based on KAMAZ with four missiles for the S-400 air defense system and a military truck crane, as well as one S-400 air defense system.
15:35 Russian special services tried to hack the national telethon, SBU speaker Artem Dekhtyarenko said. The SBU assumes that on the eve of the Constitution Day of Ukraine, the Russian special services wanted to use the resources participating in the national telethon for their own destructive information operations.
15:14 One of the two missiles that Russia fired at Kremenchuk hit the Kredmash road machinery plant. According to the head of the plant, military vehicles have not been produced there since 1989 - only civilian vehicles.
14:49 Telegram channels showed video from surveillance cameras during the Russian missile attack on Kremenchug:
14:37 The coordinating headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war clarified that 17 Ukrainian defenders were released from Russian captivity according to the 17x15 formula. 16 Ukrainian servicemen are returning home, including two officers and 14 soldiers, as well as one civilian. Five of those released are seriously injured and require urgent treatment.
14:25 Adviser of the mayor of Kherson, kidnapped by the invaders, Galina Lyashevskaya, said that this morning Igor Kolykhaev arrived at one of the municipal institutions where the remaining employees of the city executive committee worked. As soon as he got out of the car, he was immediately detained by armed representatives of the National Guard and, most likely, the FSB: “They seized hard drives from computers, opened all the safes, searched for documents. All this time, Kolykhaev was kept in a separate office in handcuffs under armed guard. After After the search, Kolykhaev was put on bus Z and taken away.
14:04 Danilov replied to Medvedev, who said that an attempt to encroach on Crimea would be considered as a declaration of the Third World War: "The return of the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea will be without attempts, but immediately."
14:01 The Russian Foreign Ministry recommends that Russians refrain from traveling to Estonia "in connection with Estonia's openly hostile attitude towards Russia and its citizens."
13:59 G7 once again called on Russia to end the blockade of Ukrainian Black Sea ports. This is stated in the G7 statement on global food security: "We strongly support Ukraine in the resumption of agricultural exports to world markets, as well as the UN's desire to open a safe maritime corridor through the Black Sea."
13:56 An exchange of prisoners took place in the Nikolaev region. According to people's deputy Fyodor Venislavsky, 14 Russian prisoners of war were exchanged for 17 Ukrainian ones. This was the 13th prisoner of war exchange between Ukraine and Russia. According to the correspondent of Suspіlny from the scene, among those released from Russian captivity there is one military man, the rest are civilians abducted from different cities. Three people were returned from the territory of the Russian Federation. Of the 17 Ukrainians, five were wounded.
13:52 On the eve of the NATO summit in Madrid, Roscosmos published satellite images and coordinates of "decision-making centers in the West."
13:46 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine received a new request from the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the acquisition of Bayraktarov, so in the near future, almost all the capacities of the Baykar Makina plant will be focused on meeting the needs of the Ukrainian army, Reznikov said. According to him, since February 24, the Ministry of Defense has put up to 50 such drones into service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, several more have already been locked and paid for by the Ministry of Defense, their delivery is expected in July. Now we are talking about orders for dozens more drones, the minister added.
13:42 At the time of the missile attack, there were up to a thousand people in the Amstor shopping center in Kremenchug, most of the visitors left it during the air raid, Monastyrsky said: "During the air raid, most people were able to leave the premises and go to the shelter, which is located opposite the mall building Therefore, we believe that most people were able to get out. How many people are under the rubble - I think we will understand this over the next day."
13:38 Speaker of the so-called "parliament" "LPR" Denis Miroshnichenko admitted that the surrendered Ukrainian military from Severodonetsk Azot could be exchanged.
13:35 The Russians fired at the Industrial District of Kharkiv, a fire broke out at one of the enterprises, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said. According to preliminary data, five people were injured, one was hospitalized in serious condition, the rest were in medium condition.
13:21 The head of the State Duma Committee on Defense, Andrei Kartapolov, said that some of the captured Ukrainian military are now in the Russian Federation, they are being investigated. According to him, "all persons who surrender are all checked for involvement in possible war crimes, and if they are not guilty, they have two ways: either to receive Russian citizenship, or to wait in line for an exchange."
13:14 A Russian agent was detained, who corrected the fire on the Yavorivsky firing range. According to the press service of the SBU, the former KGB officer received instructions via Telegram from Moscow curators, and dumped secret information there. As a result of the rocket attack on the test site, 50 people were killed and 150 were injured. The offender will be tried for treason.
13:10 Over the past four days, Russia has fired about 130 missiles at Ukraine from different platforms, Zaluzhny said in a telephone conversation with American and British colleagues Mark Milli and Tony Radakin. So, according to him, four days ago the Russian Federation launched 53 cruise missiles in Ukraine, three days ago - 26 missiles, two days ago - almost 40; over the past day - 12.
Zaluzhny also said that today the area of active hostilities begins in the north of the Kharkiv region and ends on the left bank of the Dnieper near the city of Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region. The most intense hostilities are being conducted in the north of the Lugansk and Kharkiv regions.
In the area of the Kharkov region, over the past day alone, there were 270 artillery attacks (for this, Russia used 45,000 ammunition), two missile and 32 air strikes. "The situation is very complicated, but controllable," the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine added.
13:04 The head of the Poltava OVA, Dmitry Lunin, showed photographs from a shopping center destroyed by a Russian missile. He stressed that the shopping center worked for civilians and had no military significance - this can be seen from the photo: "They sold food, various things, including toys. Parents went there with their children. And the Russians knew this very well. That is, unequivocally, an undisguised and cynical terrorist attack took place in Kremenchug yesterday.
12:59 The mayor of Slavyansk, Vadim Lyakh, said that a garage cooperative on the street came under fire at night. Mira - very close by is a multi-storey building and the private sector. In the morning, a rocket hit one of the industrial enterprises. In both cases, there were no casualties, but the shelling of the city is becoming more intense. "This is a significant opportunity to make a decision to evacuate," Lyakh stressed.
12:55 Peskov commented on Zelensky's words that he hopes to end the war before the end of the year: "Kyiv can stop everything before the end of the day by fulfilling Moscow's conditions and ordering to lay down their arms."
12:49 In Kremenchug, "more than 20" dead and 59 wounded , said the deputy head of the Presidential Office Kirill Tymoshenko.
12:47 France will give Ukraine a "large number" of armored personnel carriers, said the Minister of the Armed Forces of the country, Sebastien Lecornu: "In order to move quickly in areas that are under enemy fire, the armies need armored vehicles. France will supply significant quantities of VAB-type transport vehicles, which also have armament". The minister did not specify the timing of the deliveries, but added that Paris is also exploring the possibility of supplying French-made Exocet anti-ship missiles.
12:33 The Russian troops have let out eight rockets across Nikolaev today. There is destruction in the abandoned town of the location of the 79th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and at the central stadium of the city, Mayor Alexander Senkevich said in a commentary to the UP. According to him, three out of eight missiles were shot down. There were no casualties.
12:22 In the Zaporozhye region, another operation was held to return the bodies of the dead Ukrainian servicemen. Ukraine returned the bodies of 46 people, of which 21 were defenders of Azovstal, the Ministry of Reintegration reported.
12:13 The identities of the majority of those killed as a result of a missile attack on the shopping center in Kremenchug have not yet been established, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said: "As of today, we have 18 bodies of the dead, 21 missing. Some of them may be from these 18 victims that have already been found, since most of the bodies are unrecognized due to the fact that they were badly burned."
According to the minister, at the moment we can say about the analysis of 60% of the rubble of the shopping center. "Therefore, the figures are not yet final. We will try to sort everything out by tomorrow morning and report on the final number of deaths," he said.
12:08 As a result of yesterday's shelling of Kharkov, nine people were killed, another 32 were injured of varying degrees of severity, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said.
12:05 In the Kutsurubsky community of the Nikolaev area because of the Russian attacks burned down 10 hectares of winter wheat, reported in GSChS. Also, as a result of the shelling, a granary burned on the territory of the Pervomaisky community of the Nikolaevsky district.
12:02 In the Odessa region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down an Onyx rocket fired from the Crimea, said OVA speaker Serhiy Bratchuk.
11:48 Ukrainian law enforcement officers have already identified Russian pilots who carried out a missile attack on a shopping center in Kremenchuk, Poltava region, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said at a briefing at the scene. He did not provide details.
11:42 The mayor of Kherson, Igor Kolykhaev, was probably kidnapped by the invaders. "They took away Igor Kolykhaev," his adviser Galina Lyashevskaya wrote, without giving details.
11:40 The shelling of the shopping center in Kremenchug can be considered in The Hague, Venediktova said from the scene of the shelling on the air of the telethon.
11:36 The investigation found out that the administration of the Amstor shopping center in Kremenchuk decided not to close the shopping center during an air raid from June 23, Mayor Vitaly Maletsky said. He also said that Prosecutor General Irina Venidiktova visited the scene of the tragedy. According to the mayor, the toughening of the responsibility of the owners of the shopping and entertainment center, shops and other crowded places for non-compliance with the rules of evacuation during an air raid was discussed.
Maletsky appealed to establishments of all forms of ownership: "During air raids, visitors and personnel should be evacuated to shelters. In case of violation of this requirement, we will take measures, including criminal cases and the closure of institutions."
11:28 Three explosions were heard in Mariupol yesterday. While clearing rubble in the Central District of the city, a 15-year-old teenager and a 23-year-old man were blown up by a grenade. Both were from among the team of "volunteers", that is, they actually participated in paid work to clear the rubble. Both are in intensive care in a serious condition, said the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko.
The second explosion thundered in the area of Karpov Ave., Kalmiussky District - here the invaders ran into a shell when they robbed one of the industrial bases. Information about the victims is being specified. The third explosion - in the market area in the 17th microdistrict near hospital No. 2. Also the detonation of a shell, there were no casualties among civilians.
11:19 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that yesterday in Kremenchug the Russian Aerospace Forces allegedly attacked "the hangars with weapons and ammunition received from the United States and European countries, in the area of the Kremenchug plant of road machines." According to Moscow, "the detonation of ammunition stored in the hangar caused a fire in a nearby non-functioning shopping center."
11:15 Zelensky said that he spoke with Stoltenberg before the start of the NATO summit in Madrid, stressed the importance of providing air defense to Ukraine. In turn, the Secretary General of the alliance said that at the summit, NATO members will strengthen support for Ukraine "now and in the long term."
10:58 G7 countries will consider the possibility of introducing cap prices for Russian gas. The leaders of the G7 intend to instruct ministers to study this issue, writes Bloomberg. This is expected to be announced after the conclusion of the three-day summit on Tuesday. Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi insists on the introduction of marginal prices. It is also expected that in the final communiqué the leaders will mention a mechanism for limiting prices for Russian oil.
10:23 The EU will provide Ukraine with special equipment to protect against chemical and nuclear threats, writes CNN. The total cost of deliveries is 11.3 million euros. These will include 300,000 protective suits, almost 6,000 liters of decontaminants and 850 items of equipment for decontamination operations.
10:19 The media write that in the occupied Perevalsk in the Luhansk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the military unit of the occupiers. Local residents report that there are now many ambulances and many wounded Russian soldiers. The "LPR" said that "Ukrainian troops for the first time struck the city of Perevalsk from the American MLRS HIMARS."
09:57 Over the weekend of June 25 and 26, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched from 60 to 80 long-range missiles in Ukraine, the total cost of which ranges from $150 to $220 million, Forbes calculated. The Russian troops launched the most missiles in the Zhytomyr region (about 30), another 20 missiles - in the Chernihiv region. According to the publication, Russia has used the entire arsenal of missiles that it has - Tochka-U, Kh-22, Onyx, Iskander, Caliber and Kh-101.
09:43 Mayor of Kremenchug Vitaliy Maletsky said that on June 28, 29 and 30, a three-day mourning was declared in the city for those who died as a result of a missile attack on the Amstor shopping center. He noted that today is Constitution Day in Ukraine, but in Kremenchug the state flags will be flown at half mast. No entertainment activities are allowed on these days. "What happened is the biggest tragedy in the modern history of Kremenchug," the mayor stressed.
09:34 British intelligence reports that the nature and results of Russia's use of military formations near Severodonetsk, as well as missiles during the last series of strikes, indicate the depletion of the resource of Russian forces. Thus, during the latest series of missile strikes throughout Ukraine, the old Soviet Kh-22 and more modern Kh-101 missiles, fired from the airspace of Russia and Belarus, were most likely used.
These weapons are designed to hit targets of strategic importance, but Russia continues to use them in large numbers to gain a tactical advantage. In addition, the Russians brought together the main elements of six different armies, but were only able to achieve tactical success at Severodonetsk. The armed forces of the Russian Federation are increasingly depleted, analysts say.
Experts also reported that the Ukrainian military continues to gain a foothold in Lisichansk after retreating from Severodonetsk and cause damage to Russian command centers, inflicting successful strikes far into the rear of the enemy.
09:23 According to Nikolaev, 11 missiles were fired in the morning, some of them were shot down, the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim said.
09:19 Nikolaev on the morning of June 28 was subjected to massive rocket fire. Shelling was recorded in the Shirokovskaya, Ingulskaya and Berezegovatskaya communities. Information about the victims and the consequences is being specified, the OVA said.
Also, the city of Ochakov was subjected to shelling, the blows fell on the territory of the city market, on the building of the palace of culture, on the private sector, as well as a direct hit on two residential buildings. Three people were killed, one of them a child, six more were injured. As a result of the strike, in some areas there is no water, gas, energy supply and the Internet. Shelling was also recorded in the Mishkovo-Pogorelovskaya, Galitsinovskaya, Shevchenkovskaya communities. According to preliminary information, no casualties.
09:16 The rubble of the Amstor shopping and entertainment center in Kremenchug continues to be cleared, more than a thousand people worked on the ruins all night. As of now, 18 dead are known, 36 more people are considered missing , said the head of the Poltava OVA Dmitry Lunin.
09:13 Yesterday's shelling of Lisichansk, as a result of which eight people were killed, was carried out by the Russians with a cluster Hurricane, prohibited by the Geneva Convention. Of the 21 wounded, many had to amputate their limbs, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. He also said that the Russians were throwing so-called “petal” projectiles around the city, and urged residents to be very careful.
09:10 At a meeting with Lukashenka, Putin did not talk about the transfer of missiles with nuclear weapons to Minsk, it was about complexes that are technically capable of carrying different types of weapons, Peskov said.
09:06 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of June 28. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut direction.
- personnel - about 35,250 (+250) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1567 (+15),
- armored fighting vehicles - 3704 (+17),
- artillery systems - 778 (+7),
- MLRS - 243 (+0),
- air defense systems - 102 (+1),
- aircraft - 217 (+0),
- helicopters - 185 (+1),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 636 (+0),
- cruise missiles - 139 (+0),
- ships/boats - 14 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 2589 (+14),
- special equipment - 61 (+1).
08:40 British Chief of Staff Patrick Sanders calls to prevent World War III. Britain and its allies are facing their "moment of 1937" after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, he said, and must do everything possible to prevent another world war. Sanders explained that containing Russia "means more army, ready most of the time." He expects "all ranks to be ready to train hard and go into action."
08:37 Ukraine can provide its storage facilities for European gas, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said: "Ukraine is ready to lend its shoulder and become a reliable partner for Europe in ensuring sustainable gas supply this heating season. Our UGS facilities are the largest in Europe, and we offer them for storage of gas reserves of European countries, especially since storage conditions in Ukraine are the most optimal in Europe."
08:33 Western weapons that continue to flow into Ukraine will soon allow the liberation of the territories around Nikolaev, Kherson and Kharkov, says former US Special Representative for Ukraine Ambassador Kurt Volker: "I think that the Ukrainians will advance and regain control over the territory around Nikolaev and in in the end they will reach the city of Kherson in the south, and will also push the Russians further from Kharkov. Volker acknowledged that very difficult battles are coming up in the near future, however, in the battles with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, "the Russians are really exhausted."
08:30 The Ministry of Internal Affairs reports that rescue and search operations are continuing at the site of the missile strike in Kremenchuk, 440 people are involved, including 14 psychologists. It is known about 18 dead, one of them died in the hospital. In total, 59 people suffered from the blow, 25 were hospitalized in the intensive care hospital in Kremenchug. The numbers are not final.
08:18 Ukrainian defenders stopped the enemy in four directions, in particular in Kharkiv, Lisichansk and Zaporozhye. In the Slavic direction, the invaders were thrown back, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report .
07:45 The number of victims of a missile attack on a shopping center in Kremenchug has increased to 18 , said the head of the Poltava OVA Dmitry Lunin.
07:32 The US Department of Defense highly appreciated the achievements of the Ukrainian military, which effectively restrain the Russian army with small forces. This was stated by a senior Pentagon official: "From a military point of view, the small number of Ukrainians that kept the Russians in Severodonetsk for so long is something that we will all study in the future."
07:07 The leaders of the G7 countries and the UN representative condemned the missile attack on a civilian object and stressed the inevitability of punishment of the military-political leadership of Russia. Other world leaders also reacted to the missile strike .
05:13 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggests that, given the data collected, including the strike on Kremenchug, such attacks by the Russians will escalate.
Experts also reported that over the past day, the Russian army gradually advanced southwest of Lysichansk near the T1302 Bakhmut-Lysichansk highway, but did not completely interrupt the Ukrainian lines of communication with Bakhmut. In the course of offensive operations east of Bakhmut, the Russian troops achieved a moderate advance. At the same time, Ukrainian troops repelled the Russian offensive north of Sloviansk.
Russian forces launched limited and localized attacks along the front lines around Kharkov but made no progress on 27 June. The counteroffensives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine along the southern direction continue to force the Russian Federation to choose defensive operations on the line of collision.
01:46 Russians fired two missiles at Kremenchuk, one - exactly at the shopping center, said Minister of Internal Affairs Denis Monastyrsky during a briefing at the scene of the tragedy late at night. According to him, there was an air raid warning signal, but not all employees and visitors of the shopping center took shelter. Those people who were slightly injured or received shell shock were in shelters, the minister said. The attack is unprecedented in terms of the number of dead and wounded in this part of Ukraine, Monastyrsky stressed.
He also said that in two days Russia fired about 100 missiles into the country. The minister drew attention to the fact that the enemy chooses such periods of time or such places where there is the largest concentration of civilians.
Anton Gerashchenko said that the second rocket hit a wasteland.
01:30 According to preliminary data, at the time the Russian missile hit the shopping center in Kremenchug, there were about 200 people there. This was announced on the air of the telethon by the press officer of the State Emergency Service Alexander Khorunzhiy, answering a question about the number of evacuees during the air raid.
01:12 Any attempt to encroach on the Crimea will be regarded as a declaration of war on Russia, Medvedev said: "If this is done by a country that is part of NATO, this is a conflict with the entire North Atlantic alliance. World War III. Total catastrophe."
00:55 The UN Security Council on Tuesday, June 28, will hold a meeting on the war in Ukraine. The meeting will start at 22:00 Kyiv time.