Six people were killed in a car bomb attack by the Russian army in north-eastern Ukraine near the border with Russia on Tuesday, June 13, the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. According to prosecutors, at the time of the bombing, the car was driving in a forest near the town of Seredyna-Bouda, Sumy region. Four of the six victims were foresters, he said on Telegram. Follow our live.
Russian night raids increase. Russian attacks on the port of Odessa at dawn killed three people and wounded 13 others. Moscow has intensified its nightly attacks on Ukrainian cities in recent weeks, as Kiev launched a major counteroffensive to retake areas held by Russian forces.
The investigation into the explosion of the Nord Stream gas pipeline is progressing. Sweden hopes to prosecute those responsible for the Nord Stream gas pipeline explosion “as early as this autumn”, said the Scandinavian country’s prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist. The judge says he met his German counterpart, with whom he works. In this interview on Swedish radio (in Swedish), quoted by Portal (in English), he gave no further details.
New American financial aid. The US on Tuesday announced additional military aid of $325 million (301 million euros) to Ukraine, which is intended in particular to strengthen its air defenses against Russia. These are primarily anti-aircraft equipment, artillery ammunition, anti-tank weapons and armored vehicles.