The Ukrainian counteroffensive continues, but is slowed down by millions of Russian mines. Attacks on the population of the areas flooded by the bursting of the Dnieper dam are also continuing. And Ukrainian intelligence released a record showing it was the Russians who blew up the facility.
The war in Ukraine, what is there to know?
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Live news from the Ukraine-Russia conflict
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10:09 AM UK, Ukrainians break through the first line of Russian defenses
07:39 KIEV: Russians attack Kherson during evacuation, wounded
1:54 p.m
The Russian Ministry of Defense regulates volunteering
The volunteer military units will sign contracts with the Russian Defense Ministry by July 1 to obtain the legal status needed to fight in Ukraine. “The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation signed a decree establishing the procedure for organizing the service activities of volunteer units in order to increase the efficiency of the deployment of volunteer units as part of the United Forces Group,” the ministry said in a note. “The decree stipulates that volunteer units must sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation by July 1, 2023: this will give volunteer units the necessary legal status and create unified approaches to organizing comprehensive support and performing their duties.” .
1:44 p.m
Moscow, Reykjavik’s anti-Russian actions will have an answer
Moscow must take into account the hostile decision of Reykjavik (which yesterday announced the temporary closure of its embassy in Moscow from August 1) as it builds relations with Iceland: inevitably, all anti-Reykjavik Russians must be given an adequate response. This was announced by the Russian Foreign Ministry, citing Interfax.
1:32 p.m
Kiev, “taken back 1,400 meters from Bakhmut in 24 hours”
Ukrainian troops have advanced up to 1,400 meters at several points on the front line near the eastern city of Bakhmut in the past 24 hours. “We’re launching a counterattack. We managed to advance up to 1,400 meters on different front sections,” he said. Serhiy CherevatyA spokesman for the Military Command East said Ukrainian forces had inflicted heavy casualties on Russian troops and destroyed military equipment in the region.
1:14 p.m
Ukraine, “cold shutdown” of last Zaporizhia reactor
Energoatom, Ukraine’s atomic energy agency, said it put the last operational reactor at the Zaporizhia power plant on a “cold shutdown” as a precautionary measure in the face of the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam, which caused flooding and drastically reduced the water level used for cooling. Five of the six reactors at the power plant occupied by Russian forces are already in the same cold shutdown condition. A visit from a delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency is expected in the next few days.
1:02 p.m
Media: Pro-Russian governor of Kherson injured in hotel bomb attack
The pro-Russian governor of the occupied Kherson region of Ukraine, Vladimir Balance, was allegedly injured in the bombing of a hotel in the Kherson region where he was staying. This was reported by the broadcaster RBC-Ukraine, citing the local newspaper Most, after which Saldo was hospitalized in serious condition. There are currently no official confirmations or denials in this regard.
12:43 p.m
The water level of the Kiev and Zaporizhia power plant is stable
The water level in the cooling basin of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is stable and the situation remains under control, Ukrainian nuclear operator Energoatom said in a statement. “On June 10 at 08:00 (9 a.m. in Italy), the water level in the Kakhovka reservoir near Nikopol is 10.42 meters and in the cooling reservoir of the Zaporizhia NPP is 16.67 meters, which is enough to meet the demand cover the plant,” reads the note published on Telegram.
12:25
Scholz wants to talk to Putin “soon”.
The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz intends to conduct an interview with the Russian President “soon”. Wladimir Putin. Scholz himself said this and recalled having spoken to Putin shortly after the start of the military offensive against Ukraine. “I intend to speak to you again soon,” said the Chancellor at the 38th German Evangelical Church Congress in Nuremberg, southern Germany. Scholz then explained that a prerequisite for a “just peace” is that Russia withdraw its troops, “that has to be understood”. When asked about the need for talks, Scholz replied: “Negotiations are going well, but we need to understand who and what to negotiate with.”
12.00
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived in Kiev
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in Kyiv. A meeting with the President of Ukraine is on the agenda Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The leader of Ottawa accompanied by the Deputy Premier Christa Freeland and from the ambassador Larissa Galadza, laid a wreath at the memorial wall in front of St. Michael’s Monastery in central Kiev. He also stopped to speak to some Canadian-trained Ukrainian soldiers.
11:29
In Kherson, Moscow only evacuates those with Russian passports
Russia is only evacuating citizens with Russian passports from flooded areas in the occupied territories of southern Kherson region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said, as reported by the Kyiv Independent. The army also said the Russians are forcibly evicting civilians from their homes in flood-hit squats to house the Moscow military. “The Russian occupiers continue to use the consequences of their crime for their own ends,” the report, published on Facebook, reads.
10:54
Ukraine, 6,000 people evacuated due to dam collapse: Dnipro will return to its banks by June 16
After the attack on the Kakhovka Dam in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine, 6,000 people were evacuated. This was stated by Vladimir Saldo, the Moscow-appointed head of the Kherson government, according to which the waters of the Dnipro River will return to their banks and their original course by June 16. Among those evacuated were 235 children, Saldo stressed, adding that the water level of the Dnipro River has already dropped by three meters compared to Tuesday’s peak. “The pumping of water and the collection of garbage from the streets has started,” Saldo said.
(afp) 10:28
Parolin: “Zuppi could meet Patriarch Kirill”
The Pope’s envoy for the peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, Cardinal Matteo Zupicould meet the Patriarch of Moscow Kirill: “From the evidence I have, I believe that this was to be expected.” The cardinal underlined this Peter Parolino, Secretary of State of the Vatican, on the sidelines of the international meeting on the theme of fraternity held at the Vatican with thirty Nobel Prizes. In the last few days, Parolin spoke to Zuppi, who had returned from the mission in Kiev: “There was a meeting with Zelenskyy that was not obvious. He was received and was able to deepen the concepts that the President had already expressed to the Pope.” and that is a peace plan that they would like to achieve with the widest possible consensus of the international community and certainly the Holy See could also be involved in it. Now we will see how, especially as far as the humanitarian aspects are concerned,” he explained to Parolin. While in Moscow, the Cardinal reiterated that now is the time to talk to the Pope and see his guidelines, but I believe that meeting Kirill would not be difficult. From the information I have, I think it could be predictable”.
10:09 a.m
In the UK, Ukrainians break through the first line of Russian defenses
Ukrainian forces have penetrated the front line of Russian defenses in some areas of the front, while Russia’s performance to date has been mixed, writes the British MoD in its daily intelligence report on the course of the conflict. “Over the past 48 hours, major Ukrainian operations have been taking place in several sectors of eastern and southern Ukraine. In some areas, Ukrainian forces are likely to have made good progress and breached the first line of defense,” read the report, published on Twitter. In others, Ukraine’s progress has been slower.”
09:48
Kiev, Russian attack on Mirgorod military airport
Russian forces last night launched missile and drone attacks on the Mirgorod military airport in central Ukraine’s Poltava region, the head of the regional military administration confirmed on Telegram. Dmytro Lunin, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda. “During the night attack near the Mirgorod military airport, the enemy used cruise missiles and ballistic missiles of the Iskander type, as well as attack drones made in Iran. The airport’s infrastructure and equipment was damaged. No sacrifice,” Lunin wrote.
09:27
Kiev, 20 drones and 2 Russian missiles destroyed in the night
Ukrainian forces last night destroyed 20 Shahed drones and two Russian missiles, out of a total of eight missiles of different types, as well as 35 Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones fired from Moscow against critical infrastructure and military installations in the country, it said it in the message the Ukrainian Air Force as reports Ukrainska Pravda. The attack, according to the Air Force, lasted from 11:00 p.m. yesterday (10:00 p.m. in Italy) to 5:00 a.m. local time this morning and was launched from the area of the east coast of the Sea of Azov.
09:11
Kiev, the death toll in Odessa rises to 26
The number of wounded in the attack by Russian forces on Odessa last night, which killed three people, has risen to 26, the southern Ukrainian task force said, according to Ukrainska Pravda.
(Portal) 09:06
Nord Stream 2, the WSJ: “The saboteurs would have used Poland as a base of operations”
German investigators are examining evidence that a sabotage team used Poland as a base of operations for an operation to damage the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea last September. The Wall Street Journal reported on it. Investigators have fully reconstructed the two-week voyage of the Andromeda, a yacht suspected of being involved in the explosion in the gas pipelines that supply Russian gas to Europe. Data was obtained from radio and navigation devices, satellite and mobile phones, e-mail accounts “and DNA samples left on board, which Germany wanted to link to at least one Ukrainian soldier,” the newspaper reported.
08:49
Russian ballistic missiles arrive over central Ukraine and the Poltava region
Russian forces had overnight attacked the Poltava region in central Ukraine with ballistic missiles, Iskander cruise missiles and kamikaze drones, the head of the regional military administration, Dmytro Lunin, said on Telegram. Ukrinform. “There is damage,” Lunin wrote, adding that debris from the downed drones and missiles hit eight buildings and four cars. “There were no injuries,” he emphasized. According to pro-Russian blogger Oleksandr Talipov, Mirgorod military airport was hit, damaging equipment and infrastructure.
08:34
Moscow: “Kiev bombs displaced persons, one woman dies”
Moscow accused Ukrainian forces of bombing shelters for displaced people fleeing flooded areas in the Kherson region and killing a woman. According to the interim governor of the region, Volodymyr Saldo, the attack – presumably with British storm shadow missiles – took place around 5 a.m. against “temporary accommodation centers in the Arabat Spit area”. “Heavy shelling of the port of Zhelezny by the criminal regime of Kiev has been going on since night. The Positive Hotel was destroyed,” he added.
08:19
UN: “Humanitarian crisis in Ukraine worsens after dam collapse. 700,000 people without drinking water”
The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine has “extremely worsened” following the collapse of the Kakhovka Dam, UN humanitarian affairs chief Martin Griffiths said, as reported by the Guardian. The senior official stressed that the humanitarian situation in Ukraine after the dam collapse was “extremely worse” than in the past. Griffiths noted that 700,000 people need clean water and that flooding farmland in one of the world’s largest “granaries” will cause a “cascade of problems” including reduced grain exports, rising global food prices and reduced food availability for millions of people around the world neediest.
(handle) 07:39
Kiev: Russians attack Kherson during evacuation, wounded
“During evacuation operations, Russian troops fired again on the Kherson regional center, “injuring three people, including an underage girl.” “The civilian infrastructure was damaged. Prosecutors, together with police investigators, continue to take all necessary measures to document the war crimes committed by the Russian army,” he continues.
07:07
Tass: Two ballistic missiles launched in Crimea destroyed
Russian air defense forces stationed in Crimea have destroyed two ballistic missiles launched from Ukrainian territory. This was announced by the Tass agency, indicating that these were Grom-2 Otrk tactical missiles. There are no deaths or injuries.
06:13
In Odessa three dead and ten injured
The night air raid by Russian forces on Odessa in southern Ukraine left three dead and ten wounded. This was announced by the Southern Command of the Kiev Army. The attack was carried out using Iranian-made Shahed-131/136 drones, which were destroyed by anti-aircraft guns. However, some debris landed on a building, causing a fire and severe damage to some homes, including those of the victims.
The first Leopard 2 tank destroyed by the Russians
02:45
Airplane alarm in Kyiv
Shortly after 2:30 a.m., an alarm was raised in Kiev about an impending air raid. All citizens have been asked to go to the nearest emergency shelters. There are currently no reports of explosions and anti-aircraft defenses are not deployed.
01:43
Two civilians were killed in Odessa
The attack on Odessa killed two civilians, a 44-year-old man and his 40-year-old wife, who lived in an apartment building hit by a drone.
00:36
Russian drone attack on Odessa and Mykolayiv
Late on Friday evening, a Russian drone attack took place in the Odessa and Mykolaiv oblasts in southern Ukraine. According to reports from the Southern Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Shahed-136/131 attack drones were deployed and anti-aircraft guns were activated.