The Ukrainian army has repelled dozens of Russian attacks on the front lines in the east and south. This was announced by the Kiev General Staff, who spoke of 71 ongoing battles, compared to 82 yesterday. Most of the attacks were recorded in the city of Avdiivka and Donbass. From the Russian newspaper Ria Novosti, citing local sources, we learn that Ukrainian troops fired nine bullets in Donetsk and Gorlovka. Gorlovka is located 50 kilometers north of Donetsk, the city is the headquarters of the chemical company “Styrene” and a coal mining company. It is one of the most populous areas in the region.
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9:02 p.m
Ukrainian media: “Beetle found in army chief’s office”
During an inspection in the office of the head of the Ukrainian army, General Valery Zaluzhny, a device for intercepting communications was found. This was reported by Ukrainian media, citing sources from military circles. According to sources, the bug consisted of elements that make it impossible to find out where it came from or who installed it
8:48 p.m
Zelensky: “EU accession negotiations are difficult, but we have made a decision”
Ukraine's negotiation process to join the European Union will not be easy, but historically Kiev has made a choice. This was stated by the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his evening speech. “The negotiation process will not be easy, but the most important thing is that historically we have made a decision: Ukraine will always be part of our common European home,” Zelensky said. “We have the decision of the European Council that we have been working towards all year, i.e. the decision to start accession negotiations. In the next few days we will officially start a process with the European Commission to assess the conformity of Ukrainian.” “Comparing the EU's legislation with that of the EU,” concluded the Ukrainian president
5:40 p.m
Media Kiev: “Tonight the Russian military airport in Rostov was hit”
The Security Service (SBU) and the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) carried out a special operation overnight, hitting the equipment of a Russian military airport in the Rostov region. This is reported by Ukrainska Pravda, citing security service sources. The raid would have been carried out using drones. This morning, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that it had “intercepted and destroyed” 33 Ukrainian drones in three border regions (Lipetsk, Rostov and Volgograd). However, according to Ukrainian sources, SBU and Afu “inflicted significant damage on enemy equipment.” The military airport is “an important target”. At the time of the attack, there were up to 20 SU-34 fighters, three radar stations and other equipment at the facility, according to Kiev
5:13 p.m
Kiev: “Mobilization is needed to maintain current forces”
The total number of Ukrainian Defense Forces is currently about 1.1 million people, and a recruitment campaign cannot cover these quantities, so Ukraine cannot do without mobilization. He underlined it Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukrainian Military Intelligence (Gur), as reported by Ukrinform. “The current composition of the Ukrainian Defense Forces is about one million one hundred thousand units,” Budanov reports, explaining that he cannot give exact figures for security reasons. In his opinion, “no recruitment campaign can cover such volumes” and “only mobilization can achieve this.” For this reason, said the head of the Gur, “it is necessary to reject even the idea that it is possible to distance ourselves from the mobilization.”
The head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, has appeared on television again and denied the news in the Russian media that has reported him for days as dead or in a coma after the Russian attack on Kiev on May 29, Rome, June 20, 2023 , describe. SOURCE RBC UKRAINE + ++ATTENTION THE PHOTO MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED OR REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE ORIGINAL SOURCE TO WHICH IT REFERS +++ NPK++ 15:53
Russia is not interested in extending the grain agreement with Ukraine
Russia is not interested in extending the agreement on Black Sea grains, the RIA news agency reported on Sunday, citing Russian Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev. “The volume of our grain exports did not decrease at all, taking into account the conclusion of the grain agreement, on the contrary, it increased slightly,” Patrushev told RIA. Russia withdrew in July from a deal that had allowed Ukraine to safely export grain from its Black Sea ports, saying it had abandoned the deal because the agreement did not provide for grain shipments to poorer countries and because the country always still faces obstacles to its grain and fertilizer exports.
3:21 p.m
Russia: Putin, “sovereign power,” unanimous party support
Vladimir Putin's candidacy for the presidential elections, which will take place in exactly three months, announced in recent days, has been consolidated with the unanimous support of his United Russia party, led by Vladimir Putin Dmitry Medvedev. This was reported by the Ria Novosti agency. The president promised his supporters that he would make Russia “a sovereign and self-sufficient power, otherwise it will no longer exist.” Putin has already been elected president four times: in 2000, 2004, 2012 and 2018; The possibility of running again was made possible by the recent adoption of special constitutional amendments. According to the Central Election Commission, the elections will last three days: from March 15 to 17.
(afp) 2:58 p.m
Kiev: 346,070 Russian soldiers have been killed since the start of the war
Russia has lost 346,070 soldiers in Ukraine since the war began on February 24, 2022, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported. The count includes the 1,250 victims of the last 24 hours.
According to the report, Russia also lost 5,739 tanks, 10,692 armored fighting vehicles, 10,766 fuel vehicles and tanks, 8,137 artillery systems, 923 multiple rocket systems, 609 anti-aircraft systems, 324 aircraft, 324 helicopters, 6,278 drones, 22 boats and a submarine.
(afp) 2:43 p.m
Putin: “We will not sell sovereignty for a few sausages”
The historical challenges facing Russia require the unity of “all patriotic forces.” The President said it Wladimir Putin He thanked the United Russia Congress for supporting his re-nomination in the elections next March. “Russia cannot, like other countries, give up its sovereignty and become someone’s satellite in return for some sausage,” the president added.
2:37 p.m
United Russia unanimously supports Putin's reappointment
The party conference United Russiaof President Vladimir Putin, voted unanimously to support his re-nomination in elections scheduled for next March.
(afp) 2:08 p.m
Moscow: “The command of the 47th Ukrainian brigade in Avdiivka destroyed”
The command of the 47th Ukrainian mechanized brigade was destroyed in an attack by Russian forces in the region Avdiivkathe Moscow Defense Ministry said in its daily bulletin.
The ministry cited by Russian authorities adds that other attacks hit Ukrainian fuel depots in the Kirovograd and Khmelnitsky regions, far from the front. According to the same bulletin, Russian air defense forces shot down three Ukrainian fighter jets – two Mig-29s and one Su-25 – and 91 drones in the last 24 hours. While several attack attempts were repelled at various points along the front, over 500 Ukrainian soldiers were killed or wounded.
(Portal) 1:51 p.m
Ukraine: “Workers at the Zaporizhzhia power plant must have Russian passports”
Hundreds of Ukrainian technicians Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant They are forced by the Russian occupiers to accept a federal passport in order to continue working at the plant, which is now dependent on the Russian nuclear agency Rosatom. Europe's largest power plant was occupied by the Russian military shortly after the invasion began in March 2022. “The Russian aggressor state, under whose temporary occupation the critical infrastructure is, is increasing pressure on Ukrainian citizens working at the nuclear power plant in order to force them to obtain Russian passports and sign contracts with Rosatom,” Ukrainian military intelligence said Gur via his Telegram channel. “Several hundred Ukrainian employees of the nuclear power plant must have passports of the aggressor state and sign contracts by December 31, 2023,” we read on Gur's social profile, who accuses them of exerting psychological pressure on the technicians to convince them to sign. Anyone who does not accept, Kiev reports, will not have access to the workplace.
12:54 p.m
Clashes break out between Kiev and Moscow forces on Russian territory
Firefights between Moscow and Ukrainian forces are underway on Russian territory near the border with Ukraine in the Belgorod region, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said. The fighting took place in the Krasnoyaruzhsky district, in the village of Terebreno, Gladkov said, quoted by the Interfax agency. The governor added that power lines were damaged in several villages.
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12:26 p.m
Gazprom continues to deliver gas to Europe via Ukraine
The Russian energy giant Gazprom said it would send 42 million cubic meters of gas to Europe via Ukraine today, a volume equal to that of recent days.
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10:25 a.m
Putin: “The West must find common ground with us”
“The West will have to find common ground with Russia because it has to take Russia into account” and Moscow, in turn, is interested in good relations with the NATO countries. This is what the Russian President said Wladimir Putin in an interview broadcast by Russian agencies on Rossiya-1 television. Russia, Putin said, has no interest in attacking NATO countries, as American President Joe Biden has claimed. “We have no mutual territorial disputes with them and we have no desire to ruin our relations with them. We are interested,” concluded Putin, “in expanding relations.”
09:48
Putin: “We will create a military district near Finland”
Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised to create the “Leningrad Military District” near the border with Russia Finland, due to the country's membership in NATO. Putin said in an interview with Rossiya-1, reported by Interfax, that there were no problems in relations between Russia and Finland, but there would be problems now. “They dragged Finland into NATO. Did we have any disputes with Finland? All disputes, including those of a territorial nature from the middle of the 20th century, have long since been resolved,” Putin said, “there were no problems. Now there will be some.” Because now we will create the Leningrad Military District and concentrate some military units there.”
(afp) 09:25
Putin: “Attack NATO? Biden nonsense. I am naive about western countries.
The US President’s statements are “nonsense” Joe Biden, according to which Russia could attack NATO countries if it won the war in Ukraine. This is what the Russian President said Wladimir Putin. Biden only wants to justify his policy with this because Russia has “no interest in fighting NATO, neither geopolitically, economically nor militarily,” Putin added in an interview with the Ria Novosti agency on Rossiya-1 television.
The Russian president also said that in the first years of his term he was “naive” about the intentions of Western countries aimed at the “disintegration” of Russia, as happened with the USSR. And he claimed that former US national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski had a plan to “split Russia into five parts and exploit its resources.”
07:14
Russian drones attack Odessa, one civilian dies
A Ukrainian civilian was killed in a Russian drone strike on Odessa. The governor announces it.
05:52
Moscow: 33 Ukrainian drones shot down by Russian defense system
The Russian defense reports the downing of 33 drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which were intercepted in flight over the Lipetsk, Rostov and Volgograd regions. The ministry considers the offensive to be a “terrorist attack”. “The air defense systems in use – we read in a statement published in the media – destroyed and intercepted 33 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles.” The governor of the Rostov region, Vasily Golubev, said there were no casualties as a result of the “massive attack”. .