Some countries’ peace proposals on the conflict in Ukraine contain ideas that could work. This was announced by the spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, to the TASS news agency during the economic forum in St. Petersburg. “Of course they exist,” the spokeswoman replied when asked about the possibility of concrete ideas on the peace proposals.
“I reiterate our gratitude to all countries, states and public figures, as many proposals have been presented personally by international public figures,” he added. “We are grateful to everyone who talks about peace, who makes suggestions and who makes themselves available”.
Putin attacks Zelenskyy: “It’s a shame for Jews”
“The Ukrainian counter-offensive has no chance of success,” Russian President Vladimir Putin argued in his speech at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, as reported by RIA Novosti. “Kiev forces are now attacking in some areas, they lost several tanks, fighting continues, but they don’t stand a chance,” added Tass.
“Global changes in all areas are not temporary, but fundamental, profound and irreversible.” “Russia is obliged to increase defense spending to ensure the country’s security,” he said.
“Russia will always be part of the world economy,” despite the sanctions, Putin said again at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
“I have Jewish friends who tell me Zelensky is not a Jew, but a disgrace to Jews“Putin said again. “NATO is being dragged into the war in Ukraine.”
Putin: “Zelensky is a shame for the Jews”
“Russia can destroy any building in the center of Kiev But for certain reasons it doesn’t,” Putin added, also explaining some Russian nuclear weapons have already been delivered to Belarus and the rest will be carried over by the end of the year.
The Russian President has called for compliance A minute’s silence in memory of Silvio Berlusconi during the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
explosionsmeanwhile in Kiev in the morning during the peacekeeping mission of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the capital. This was reported by the Ukrainian state broadcaster Suspilne. Earlier, after the launch of Russian Kalibr cruise missiles from the Black Sea towards the Kiev region, anti-aircraft sirens went off.
“An explosion in the capital. In the Podilskyi district. Rockets continue to fly over Kiev,” Mayor Vitalii Klitschko wrote on Telegram. Meanwhile, two missiles from the Kiev missile defense system were fired to intercept Russian missiles coming from the south-east of the city, the Guardian reports. Accordingly, Russian missiles flew over the headquarters and shortly afterwards explosions were heard. The air alert was sounded across the country this morning – with particular significance in Ukraine’s Mykolaiv, Kherson, Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Cherkassy and Vinnytsia regions – after Russian forces fired Kalibr cruise missiles from ships in the Black Sea, the Air Force had announced.
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The core issue of Ukraine’s accession remains, hypothesis of a sprint accession, but there is no agreement (ANSA)
“Putin inspires confidence by launching the most massive rocket attack on Kiev in weeks amid a visit by African leaders to our capital. The missiles are a message to Africa: Russia wants more war, not peace,” he writes, quoted by Telegram by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.
Ukraine’s Air Force said it repelled “six Kinzhal missiles, six Kalibr cruise missiles and two reconnaissance drones” in the morning’s airstrike on Ukraine, including the capital. The air alert in Kiev has been suspended.
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“One hundred Russians were killed by a Himar while waiting for a general” (ANSA)
“The situation in the area of the Military Command East remains tense. Despite the advance of our troops to the south and despite the enemy’s loss of territories and settlements in this direction, he continues to move some of the more combat-capable units in this direction from Bakhmut, completing these actions with heavy artillery fire, as well as army attacks and airstrikes on the positions of our Combine troops,” writes the commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi in Telegram. “At the same time,” he continued, “we continue to conduct offensive actions in separate directions, occupying dominant heights and forest strips with the aim of gradually pushing the enemy out of the approaches to Bakhmut. When the enemy units realized this, they put up desperate resistance.” Therefore, it is clear that our plans must be regularly adjusted and refined.” To this end, says Syrskyi, “I met with the commanders of the units, discussed problematic issues and ways found their solution”, also in contact with the fighting units.
Ukraine has reported the kidnapping of another 150 Ukrainian children by the Russians in the occupied Luhansk region in the east of the country. According to the Ukrainian National Resistance Center, part of the Kiev Defense Ministry, on June 8 children from the Luhansk district of Starobilsk were taken to two centers in the Prikuban district of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic in the Russian Caucasus. According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 19,393 Ukrainian children have been illegally relocated to Russia from the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk so far.
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From accusations of arming Ukraine in the war against Moscow to calls to “maintain channels of dialogue”. With the inauguration of Russia’s new ambassador to Italy (ANSA) in Rome, a clear change of tone can be observed.