Cover photo: Rescue workers inspect a building hit by a Russian missile in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, June 13, 2023. Andriy Dubchak / AP
- Sumy Oblast governor says Russian forces shelled eight villages in this area of north-eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, June 13, killed seven people. Also in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday three people died in attacks on Odessa in the south of the country.
- Ukrainian army ‘making progress’ on counteroffensive assured the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, on Tuesday, June 13, at the reception by US President Joe Biden. “The more territories Ukrainians can liberate, the better their position at the negotiating table will be,” said the head of the Atlantic Alliance.
- That’s what Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the Ukrainian army suffered near “catastrophic” losses since it launched its counter-offensive on several front sectors in Ukraine. Half of Ukraine’s losses are “irreversible,” claims the Russian president.
- Moscow claimed for the first time on Tuesday the capture of German Leopard tanks and American Bradley tanks, Vehicles provided by Westerners.
- However, Vladimir Putin acknowledged this Russia had not adequately prepared for attacks from Ukraine on its territory. “It became clear that several things were missing: high-precision ammunition, communications equipment, drones,” the Kremlin chief said.
- On his side, The supreme commander of the Ukrainian army, Valeri Zalouzhny, reported “advances”. The broadcasters said there were fierce offensive and defensive battles in eastern and southern Ukraine. “We’re having successes, we’re executing on our plan and we’re making progress,” he says.
- France accused Russia of going behind on Tuesday a massive digital interference operation especially through the publication of false articles hostile to Ukraine Copying the layout of major French dailies, including Le Monde, on the actions of the Moscow “hybrid war”.
- The Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi was in Kiev on Tuesday. He meant toinspect the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant on Wednesday. occupied by Russia, particularly to see if it is endangered by the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam on the Dnieper, whose water is used to cool the six reactors.
- The United States on Tuesday announced $325 million in additional military aid. aimed in particular at strengthening the Ukrainian air defenses. As Ukraine’s largest donor country, they have supplied or promised the Kiev Armed Forces more than $39.7 billion worth of various weapons since the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022.
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