News from Ukraine, Kiev: ‘Europe will find Russian mines on its beaches’. Lavrov: NATO wants to fight? We are ready” NATIONAL NEWSPAPER

9:30Kiev: 32 of 35 Russian drones shot down overnightDuring the massive night attack on Ukraine, Russian forces fired 35 Shahed kamikaze drones, of which 32 were shot down, the Kyiv Air Force reported. The Wehrmacht General Staff had previously reported that 28 of 30 drones had been shot down. “In total, the occupiers used 35 attack drones: 32 were destroyed by anti-aircraft defenses,” the report said, adding that 30 drones were shot down. from the Air Force and two from units of the Ground Forces.9:45Intelligence GB: “Wagner boss in dispute with Moscow”The leader of the Russian Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, makes “another deliberate attempt to undermine the authority of Russia’s official military authorities”. This is what the British Ministry of Defense writes in its latest update on the situation in Ukraine. Yesterday, British analysts pointed out: “Prigozhin said he awaits a response from the Russian Defense Ministry regarding a ‘contract’ of his own that he handed over to Moscow three days earlier.”9:55 a.m1,010 Russian soldiers have been killed in the last 24 hoursRussia has lost 1,010 men in the last day, bringing its ranks to 221,460 since the day Moscow attacked Ukraine on February 24. This was announced in the daily bulletin of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which has just been published on Facebook.10:10The pro-Russians: “Nova Kakhovka attacked by Kiev”Pro-Russian authorities deployed by Moscow in the Kherson region have accused Kiev forces of attacking the town of Nova Kakhovka with kamikaze drones and rockets. This was reported by the Tass news agency, which stated that three civilians were injured in the attack. The so-called kamikaze drones have so far been used by the Russian military, which received them from Iran.10:20Moscow: “Ukrainians arrested in Russia for espionage”The state-run Russian news agency Tass reports that security forces have arrested a Ukrainian citizen in the Kabardino-Balkaria region on suspicion of espionage. The 44-year-old was arrested in the city of Nalchik, reports TASS, citing the Russian secret service FSB. According to the FSB, it was established that the detainee collected military information on behalf of the Security Service of Ukraine and handed it over to a foreign intelligence officer. The investigations are still ongoing. If convicted, he faces a prison sentence of between 10 and 20 years, which he will have to serve in Russia.11:05Kiev: “It will be a tough fight, Russia will not capitulate”Ukraine must prepare for a tough fight because Russia will not give up easily, said Deputy Defense Minister of Kiev Hanna Malyar on TV, as reported by Ukrainska Pravda. “One must understand that the enemy will not give up so easily. We have to be prepared for a very tough duel. In fact, this is happening now,” Malyar said, noting that enemy resistance made it difficult for the Ukrainian army to advance south. At the same time, he added that Ukrainian troops are “acting as they should move, and the greatest results are yet to come.”11:40 a.mWagner is looking for drone pilots among video game enthusiastsThe Wagner mercenary group is recruiting again, this time not in Russian prisons but in cyberspace, and is looking for young video game enthusiasts who they can entrust with – real – war operations in Ukraine and Africa, according to the media on their Russian website Opposition Verstka. Ideal candidates should be between the ages of 21 and 35, have “joystick flight simulator experience” and a gaming background to join Wagner’s mercenaries as drone specialists. The patron of the paramilitary army, Yevgeny Prigozhin, needs “those who sit upright for hours to play,” reads the announcement published yesterday on the Russian social network Vkontakte.half past twelveThe EU is ready to train 30,000 Ukrainian soldiersAs part of the European Union’s military assistance mission in Ukraine, 30,000 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are expected to be trained this year. According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the Ministry of Defense via Telegram. “In 2023, as part of the EU military assistance mission to Ukraine, it is planned to train 30,000 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including soldiers of the Transatlantic Force,” the statement said. As reported, the participants of the Ramstein-13 meeting discussed the plans of the US European Command and individual European countries to train Ukrainian soldiers on aircraft, tanks and other platforms.1.30 p.mKremlin: “Low chance of peace talks due to Kiev’s position”Despite the constructive efforts of an African peacekeeping mission, Russia sees little chance of peace talks with Ukraine due to Kiev’s position on this issue, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today, citing Portal. Russian President Vladimir Putin held “very productive” talks with African leaders on Saturday and remains open to dialogue and contacts with Ukraine, Peskov said, but adding that the history of Kiev’s position suggests that “we can hardly speak of a “stable basis” for peace negotiations.2:25 p.mTrump: “With me, the conflict would end in 24 hours”Donald Trump is convinced that he can solve the conflict between Ukraine and Russia in 24 hours. In an interview with Fox, the former president claimed: “I would find an agreement within 24 hours. I would say one thing to Zelenskyy and to Putin. I would make a deal very quickly and that would stop the destruction.” Trump has been repeating for months that there would have been no war had he been President, even going so far as to say in the Fox mics that a conversation , which he led in the past with Vladimir Putin, delayed the invasion of Ukraine by several years. The tycoon said he told the Russian president that an invasion would be “a disaster”.3:05 p.mLavrov: NATO wants to fight? Russia is ready”“If NATO once again declares through the mouth of Stoltenberg that it is against freezing the conflict in Ukraine, it means that it wants to fight. Well, at this point let them fight, we are ready for it.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.3:35 p.mDuma: OK to enroll prisonersThe Russian State Duma, the lower house of parliament, has given the green light to bills allowing conscripts and criminals to be drafted into the army during periods of mobilization, martial law, or during the war: criminals who are recalled are exempt from liability and serve the armed forces; Authorizes contract recruitment of those convicted of minor or moderate offenses and pardons prisoners who always fight on contract basis.4:18 p.mBudanov reappears on video, Zaporizhia undermined by the RussiansThe head of Ukraine’s military intelligence service, Kyrylo Budanov, reappeared on TV and denied reports by the Russian media that he had been dead or in a coma for days following the May 29 Russian attack on Kiev. “The Zaporizhia power plant was further undermined. And the worst thing is that the radiator was undermined. If they disable it, there is a high probability that there will be significant problems,” he said in a TV show, the video of which can be seen on RBC-Ukraine.4:35 p.mTomorrow in London conference on reconstruction

Mobilize resources, attract investments, set short-, medium- and long-term priorities before the war is over. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow a new conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine will be held in London, which will be attended by a thousand representatives of 61 governments, international financial institutions, more than 400 companies and representatives of Ukrainian civil society. But it is not only a classic donor conference, but also a political signal of faith and support in Ukraine’s future while the Russian invasion is still ongoing.

8:58 p.mKiev: “Europe will find Russian mines on its beaches”

“Europe will find mines on its washed-away beaches” after the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam. This was stated by the Ukrainian Environment Minister Rusla Strilets in her speech via video link at the EU Environment Council in Luxembourg. The representative of the Ukrainian government put the environmental damage caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine at 52 billion euros, 1.2 billion of which was due to the collapse of the dam alone. The destruction of the dam containing 80,000 tons of water – which took place on June 6 – left “a million people without drinking water” because the volume of water had been reduced by 70%, the minister said.

21:32Zelenskyy: The army destroys the enemy in the south and east“Our soldiers in the south and east are destroying the enemy and physically liberating Ukraine. They will continue to do so. There is no place here for assassins and terrorists, and there never will be. Every Russian attack, every Russian terrorist attack explains the fact that the occupiers have no chance of staying on our territory.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram in his evening message to the country.10:26 p.mTajani appoints special envoy for Ukraine’s reconstruction

Italy is “ready to play its part in the reconstruction of Ukraine with its country system and with companies that have great know-how,” said Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani in London, where he traveled to take part in Ukraine Recovery conference tomorrow. Tajani then announced the appointment of a special envoy from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: the former Ambassador to Kiev Davide la Cecilia, who will accompany him to London.

11:59 p.mPentagon: The value of weapons in Kiev has fallen by 6 billion

The Pentagon overestimated the value of weapons shipped to Ukraine in the past two years by $6.2 billion, about double original estimates, an excess that will be used for future security packages. A detailed review of the accounting error found that the military used the replacement cost rather than the book value of equipment removed from defense inventories and shipped to Ukraine, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said.