[Korrespondent] 23:19 The Russians fired on the Shostka district of the Sumy region from barrel artillery, seven employees of the State Forestry Administration were killed, said the head of the OVA Vladimir Artyukh.
23:16 The Luxembourg Parliament adopted a resolution recognizing the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as a genocide of the Ukrainian people.
23:14 The Russians are pulling coastal missile systems Bal to the Ukrainian border. The complex can be used for strikes against land targets. It is armed with Kh-35 and Kh-35U missiles, which, after modernization in 2021, have increased their range from 260 to 500 km. The command of the Air Force of Ukraine admits that it will not be easy for the military to respond to shelling by Bal systems, because the speed of the missiles is very high. For more details, see the material Russia is pulling together Bal complexes: why are they dangerous .
23:07 Zelensky said in an evening video message that today a meeting was held with diplomats of a number of countries regarding the supply of components for the production of weapons by the Russian Federation: "Russia still has the opportunity to receive critical components for the production of missiles created by companies from around the world, including companies from some partner countries. These components are then delivered to Russia in various ways. If we take, for example, one of the missiles that hit Krivoy Rog today, then about 50 components in it - mostly microelectronics - were produced in other countries."
"Ukraine has applied sanctions against all companies in Russia that produce missiles. It is precisely such full sanctions restrictions that should be at the global level against all of them. Every way to circumvent sanctions should be legally punished also at the global level ... It is definitely cheaper - once and for all to block the supply of terrorist components for terrorists than to constantly spend more and more anti-missiles for air defense," the president stressed.
22:15 With the beginning of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction, Russia deployed 20 helicopters to the Berdyansk airfield, Radio Liberty reports, citing satellite images from Planet Labs. In total, at least 27 helicopters of the Russian army are now at the occupied Berdyansk airfield.
22:08 Zelensky held a meeting in Kiev with IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi, reports the OP. The parties discussed specific steps to minimize risks and prevent incidents at the ZNPP, as well as ways of interacting with the IAEA for this. In particular, Zelensky supported Grossi's proposal to send a group of IAEA experts to Ukraine to assess the consequences of the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station and prepare proposals for specific areas of assistance to overcome them. The President stressed that this mission will be fully supported by the Ukrainian institutions.
21:40 In a joint investigation by NOS, Nieuwsuur, Zeit and ARD, it is reported that the CIA in June 2022 allegedly warned Ukraine against sabotage on the Russian Nord Stream pipelines after it received a message from the Dutch intelligence about the preparation of such a plan. Journalists write that the Dutch military intelligence MIVD intercepted the plan of sabotage, which Zaluzny was allegedly supposed to lead.
At the same time, media sources in the intelligence services note that there is still no certainty who is behind the sabotage at Nord Stream, and "several versions are being considered," including Ukraine's involvement.
21:34 Lukashenka said that Belarus allegedly received rockets and bombs from Russia, which are "three times more powerful than those used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki."
21:18 The number of victims of missile attacks on Krivoy Rog has increased to 36 people, 12 of them were hospitalized, ten in serious condition. 11 people died, including a 17-year-old teenager, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Serhiy Lysak. Also, the Russians hit Nikopol twice today with heavy artillery: one person was injured, four high-rise buildings, a library and a gas pipeline were damaged.
20:47 Putin met with Russian "military commissars". During the conversation, the President of the Russian Federation for the first time commented on the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station and traditionally issued a series of false statements about the so-called "special operation". About what other lies Putin uttered - in the material Tanks and mobilization .
20:05 Zaluzhny said that he had a telephone conversation with the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley: "He spoke about the situation at the front. In the east and south of our country, there are heavy defensive and offensive battles. There are certain successes, we are implementing our plans, we are moving forward. Ahead of the next meeting of the Ramstein Defense Contact Group, we discussed priorities for the Ukrainian army. It is important to strengthen air defense, artillery and counter-battery capabilities."
19:59 Zelensky held a meeting on the creation of a special international tribunal that will judge the Russian military-political leadership for the crime of aggression against Ukraine, the President's Office reports. The head of state instructed to work out a draft resolution of the UN General Assembly on the need to create a special international tribunal, which would be coordinated with the position of Ukraine's partners.
Also at the meeting, it was decided to analyze the mechanism for the formation of the tribunal by signing a number of partner countries of the relevant international agreement. At the same time, the remaining states will have the opportunity, without being the founders of the tribunal, to support its activities and recognize decisions.
19:26 The United States announced a new $325 million military aid package to Ukraine. It will include, in particular, ten Stryker armored personnel carriers, 15 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, Stinger MANPADS, Javelin ATGMs, AT-4 grenade launchers, 155-mm and 105-mm shells, TOW missiles, ammunition for small arms, grenades, communications equipment and spare parts.
19:20 The UK government announced the transfer of new military assistance to Ukraine in the field of air defense in the amount of more than $115 million. It is assumed that weapons will be purchased in the coming months through an international fund to help Ukraine. As part of the package, radars will be supplied to protect against indiscriminate Russian strikes, as well as weapons and a significant amount of ammunition.
19:09 The Ukrainian offensive is showing the first signs of success, but you need to be prepared for the fact that it will be "bloody and heavy", because the Russians managed to build fortifications, Stoltenberg said. "These are quite heavy defensive lines, and breaking through them is a difficult task," the NATO Secretary General added.
18:56 Putin said that during the talks in Istanbul in March last year, the Ukrainian delegation initialed the draft peace treaty, "but then Kiev threw it out." Putin claims that the agreement allegedly "provided detailed security guarantees." "We are now ready for negotiations, but Ukraine is counting on a counteroffensive," the head of the Kremlin added. According to him, the war can be ended quickly "if the West stops supplying weapons to Ukraine."
18:50 Kadyrov said that his militants are being sent to the Belgorod region "to prevent subversive attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
18:47 Putin said that Russia is thinking about withdrawing from the grain deal, especially since "the corridor is used by Kiev for attacks using drones." According to him, the Russian Federation signed a grain agreement "not for Ukraine, but for the friendly countries of Africa and Latin America." At the same time, he complained that Moscow was "once again deceived" - nothing was done in terms of liberalizing supplies from Russia.
18:39 Iran receives parts from China that help it quickly supply drones to Russia, writes The Wall Street Journal, citing sources. So, inside the Shahed drones shot down in Ukraine in April, Western experts discover microchips released in January of this year in China. This allowed Iran to scale and accelerate its production of kamikaze drones, experts point out.
At the same time, they clarify that the Chinese parts that were found in the drone navigation system are widely used in commercial electronics, so it will be difficult to restrict Iran's access to them with the help of sanctions.
18:27 The Defense Council of the Kirovograd region decided to observe the regime of silence during the air raid at night and during the curfew, said the head of the Regional Military District Andrey Raikovich. He clarified that this applies to business entities of all forms of ownership - until the end of the alarm, the operation of agricultural machinery, production plants, machines, units is prohibited.
18:16 Putin said that so far in Russia there is no need for a new wave of mobilization, but this will depend on the goals of the "special operation": "Do we need to go to Kiev again? If yes, then we need mobilization, if not, then no. Now there is no need for mobilization." According to him, now the emphasis is on the recruitment of contract servicemen, who have allegedly recruited 156,000 since January.
Putin also said that the conduct of a "special operation" in Ukraine is "a response to the crossing of red lines." According to him, the strikes on the entire energy system of Ukraine, the "destruction" of the headquarters of the GUR is also "a response to the crossing of red lines." He also stressed that Russia will continue to "selectively work on objects" in Ukraine, "and not like these idiots."
17:58 The intensity of the fighting in the Bakhmut direction has decreased, said the speaker of the Eastern Directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Cherevaty. According to him, the Russians continue to rotate in Bakhmut, which is used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. "The enemy understands the importance of Bakhmut for him, therefore he sends there, first of all, airborne troops, which, in their understanding, are an extreme argument against the threat of losing positions," Cherevaty said.
17:29 Putin said at a meeting with Russian military commanders that "the goals of the special operation are changing in accordance with the current situation, but in general they remain the same." According to him, Russia is "gradually and methodically" engaged in the "demilitarization" of Ukraine, and the Ukrainian defense industry will soon "completely cease to exist." The head of the Kremlin claims that the West is using Ukraine to "rock Russia", and this will "never suit" Moscow.
He also said that the Russian Federation was definitely not interested in the tragedy at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, "these are serious consequences for the new Russian regions." At the same time, the explosion of the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, according to him, "unfortunately", disrupted the plans for the offensive of the Ukrainian forces across the Dnieper: "Unfortunately, because this offensive would have ended very badly for the Ukrainian troops."
Putin said that Ukraine's activity in relation to the Belgorod region is aimed at diverting Russian troops from other directions, but the Russian Federation will not transfer its troops there. At the same time, border security will be strengthened, as will counter-battery combat. "If arrivals to the territory of the Russian Federation continue, Moscow will have to consider creating a sanitary zone in Ukraine so that they cannot reach us," Putin added.
16:51 As of June 12, the area of ​​the Kakhovka reservoir has decreased by 50%, and the volume of water - by 60-70%, said Ihor Syrota, general director of Ukrhydroenergo. He also warned of "serious consequences for the environment" if the water in the reservoir falls below a critical level of about 3 meters.
16:36 Residents of Lugansk write in local public pages about a powerful explosion in the city. According to journalist Andrei Tsaplienko, it was a blow to the Russian base.
16:20 Minister of Internal Affairs Igor Klymenko specified that in Kryvyi Rih four people were killed as a result of a Russian missile hitting a five-story residential building, seven more dead were found in a warehouse of bottled water, which was collected, in particular, for the needs of the Kherson region. About 25 civilians worked at the warehouse where the enemy missile hit. One of the victims was 17 years old.
16:12 Putin signed a law on the seizure of Russian conscripts' passports. After receiving a notification of a ban on traveling abroad, the conscript will have to hand over his passport within five days. In addition, retired military personnel will deposit their passports with the FSB for five years.
15:54 Ukraine has submitted a request to Australia for F-18 fighters, Ukrainian Ambassador Vasily Miroshnichenko said. He clarified that an initial inquiry had been made about the status of some 41 aircraft stored at an air base north of Sydney.
15:31 As a result of the explosion by the Russians of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, water is contaminated with fuels and lubricants and pesticides, and there have already been several cases of detection of cholera and Escherichia coli, said Oleg Pavlenko, head of the state environmental supervision department of land resources of the State Environmental Inspectorate. He stressed that the water from the wells can only be used after they are cleaned and samples are tested in the laboratory.
15:22 About 1,300 hectares of agricultural land in the Kherson region were flooded as a result of the explosion of the Kakhovka dam, Andriy Kravchenko, deputy director of the Department of Agrarian Development of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, said. According to him, about 25 thousand hectares in the region remain under the threat of flooding. There are damaged lands in the Nikolaev region, although the level of flooding there is much lower.
15:00 Putin signed the law on the denunciation of the agreement between Russia and Ukraine on the Sea of ​​Azov and the Kerch Strait. Ukraine allegedly "lost" access to the Sea of ​​Azov, so the agreement became irrelevant.
14:55 At the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, Western countries did not even want to transfer MANPADS to Ukraine, but only advised them to dig trenches and "kill as many Russians as possible," Reznikov said in an interview with Foreign Affairs. According to the minister, no one believed that Ukraine would survive. When asked by a journalist what stage of the war Ukraine is currently in, he replied: "Toward the end of the first half."
14:38 The total number of deaths as a result of the Russian night attack on Krivoy Rog has increased to 11 people, the search and rescue operation has been completed. The head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Serhiy Lysak, specified that the last body of the deceased was removed from under the rubble of a private enterprise. The structure is being dismantled now.
14:06 The Russians are blowing up hydraulic structures in the territories where the Armed Forces of Ukraine are counterattacking. Russian troops have mined a large number of small hydraulic structures in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions and are blowing them up every day in different settlements, said Vladislav Dudar, a spokesman for the Department of Environmental Safety and Mine Action of the Ministry of Defense. According to him, the consequences of these actions are not large-scale yet, agricultural lands of one or two villages suffer from each such explosion, but this happens regularly.
13:57 In Kiev, they plan to install 200-250 modular concrete shelters, for which the city will allocate 300 million hryvnias, the Kyiv City State Administration reported.
13:35 The Russians fired artillery at Belozerka, Kherson region, hit the church courtyard, a priest was killed, another person was wounded, the President's Office reported. Four residential buildings, a post office, administrative buildings, a central square, and critical infrastructure facilities were damaged.
13:26 In Krivoy Rog, ten people have already died after a nighttime missile strike on an apartment building, one person is under the rubble, 28 are injured, 12 of them are hospitalized in a medium, serious and very serious condition, said the head of the Civil Aviation Administration Oleksandr Vilkul. The rescue operation continues. Tomorrow, June 14, the city has declared a Day of Mourning.
12:52 The United States, following Britain, plans to provide Ukraine with tank shells with depleted uranium, writes The Wall Street Journal, citing American officials.
12:29 Ukraine is increasing the production of attack drones with a long range of use and a powerful explosive charge, Yuriy Ignat, speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said. In particular, according to him, Ukraine already produces more powerful UAVs than Shahed.
12:01 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar reported on the progress of Ukrainian troops during the offensive operation:
- in the Bakhmut direction in the area of ​​​​the Berkhovsky reservoir - by 250 meters,
- in the Toretsk direction - 200 meters,
- in the Berdyansk direction - from 0.5 to 1 km, the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe territory taken under control - up to 3 square meters. km.
"The enemy is doing everything to hold the positions he has captured. He actively uses assault and army aircraft, conducts intense artillery fire. During the offensive, our troops encounter continuous minefields that are connected to anti-tank ditches. All this is combined with constant counterattacks and the massive use of ATGMs and kamikaze drones," Malyar said.
According to her, now there are fights in the areas: Malaya Tokmachka, Novodanilovka, near Makarovka in the Orekhovskoye direction; Marinka; Berry on Bakhmutsky; Cheerful on Limansky.
11:54 As a result of a nighttime Russian attack, the main networks in the Dnipropetrovsk region were damaged, due to which more than 9,000 people were left without electricity. The blast wave also damaged the Kryvyi Rih thermal power plant, the Ministry of Energy reported.
11:48 Early in the morning, the Russians fired from barrel artillery at an orphanage in the Belopol community of the Sumy region, the OVA reported. As a result of the shelling, the roof of the assembly hall caught fire, people were not injured. Currently, all 135 wards of the boarding school have been evacuated to safe places.
11:26 "Authorities" of the occupied Kherson region reported 17 dead from the consequences of the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station.
10:59 Over the past day, the defense forces have advanced in the Berdyansk direction at a distance of 500 meters to 1 km, the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe territory taken under control amounted to 3 square meters. km, said the speaker of the General Staff Andrey Kovalev.
10:53 Undermining the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station was well prepared by the national legislation of Russia, Zelensky's adviser Oleg Ustenko said. So, a few days before the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, the government of the Russian Federation adopted a resolution aimed at "ensuring the safety of hydraulic structures" in the occupied territory of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. The document provides that until January 1, 2028, it is prohibited to investigate accidents at hydraulic structures that occurred as a result of hostilities, sabotage and terrorist activities.
10:44 Against the backdrop of recent reports of the destroyed Leopard 2 tanks in Ukraine, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius promised to transfer more of these tanks to Kiev: "We will not be able to replace every tank that is now out of order. But we will continue to supply more repaired Leopard 1A5 tanks - until By the end of the year there will be more than 100.
10:40 British intelligence reports that Russia has likely moved from receiving small shipments of Iranian UAVs by air to larger shipments by ships from Iran via the Caspian Sea. Since the invasion, this international north-south transit corridor has become much more important - it allows the Russian Federation to gain access to Asian markets, including arms supplies. The intelligence added that Russia is also working to launch a domestic production of drones, "almost certainly with the support of Iran."
10:33 The 137th battalion of the 35th Marine Brigade announced the liberation of Makarovka in the Donetsk region - now stabilization measures are underway in the village.
10:31 In Krivoy Rog, the number of deaths as a result of a rocket hitting a residential building has increased to six, five people are under the rubble at two sites, said the head of the city's Defense Council Alexander Vilkul. Of the 25 wounded, ten are in serious condition, three are in extremely serious condition. In total, there were five hits in the city, rescue work continues.
10:17 In the Belgorod region, the armed struggle of citizens of the Russian Federation against the Putin regime continues, and the state is carrying out cruel filtration measures with the population of the region, Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said in an interview with Channel 24. According to him, security officials and FSB officers massively accuse the local population of disloyalty, check for links with the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Freedom of Russia Legion. Such actions, on the contrary, increase discontent among local residents and expand the base of support for Russian rebels, Yusov said.
At the same time, the representative of the GUR emphasized that Ukraine supports those who condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but does not participate in hostilities on the territory of the Russian Federation.
09:59 The defense forces continue the defensive operation in the Bakhmut direction, they are moving forward, the enemy is losing positions on the flanks, said Alexander Syrsky, commander of the Ground Forces.
09:53 In the Kherson region, the water level continues to fall and in the morning the average level of flooding is 2.70 meters, which is 27 cm less than last night, said the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin. In total, ten people are known to have died. Another 20 people were injured, 40 are missing. On the Left Bank, the situation remains critical.
09:16 Russians fired 14 X-101/X-555 air-launched cruise missiles and up to four Shahed-136/131 UAVs across Ukraine at night. The Air Defense Forces destroyed ten cruise missiles and one strike drone, the Air Force Command said. In addition, in the morning the enemy made a second attack from the Caspian Sea with three Tu-95ms. According to preliminary data, this time only one cruise missile reached Ukraine, which was destroyed by Ukrainian air defense.
08:57 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed (in Konstantinovka), five more were injured. In the Zaporozhye region, two were killed and two wounded, in Kherson - three wounded, according to the IVA.
08:50 At night, the Russians attacked Kharkiv with Shahed drones: the facade of a building in the Kievsky district was damaged, a fire broke out in a warehouse in the Saltovsky district, previously without casualties, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
In addition, over the past day, the enemy from cannon artillery, MLRS, mortars, using aircraft, fired at the settlements of Kharkov, Kupyansky, Chuguevsky and Bogodukhovsky districts of the region. As a result of an attack on the Shevchenkovo ​​village of the Kupyansky district from the MLRS Tornado, at least nine residential buildings, a gas pipeline and a store building were damaged, two people were injured.
08:28 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 13.
- personnel - about 216,650 (+470) people liquidated,
- tanks - 3935 (+4),
- armored combat vehicles - 7642 (+6),
- artillery systems - 3766 (+20),
- MLRS - 601 (+0),
- air defense systems - 363 (+1),
- aircraft - 314 (+0),
- helicopters - 300 (+1),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 3309 (+2),
- cruise missiles - 1183 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 6473 (+2),
- special equipment - 511 (+1).
08:14 The Russian army continues to focus its main efforts on attempts to completely occupy the Lugansk and Donetsk regions, there are heavy battles. Over the past day, 26 combat clashes took place on the indicated sector of the front. In particular, the Defense Forces repelled all 14 enemy attacks in the Marinka area, the General Staff said in a morning report .
In Melitopol, Zaporozhye region, the invaders threaten the parents of graduates not to issue certificates of graduation from school to those students who refuse a Russian passport. Meanwhile, in the Kherson region, the Russians are actively taking out the loot from the flooded settlements. In particular, empty trucks arrive in Golaya Pristan under the guise of humanitarian aid, which Russian servicemen load with loot - household appliances, furniture, etc.
07:50 Zelensky showed the consequences of a missile attack on a multi-storey building in Krivoy Rog:
07:41 The Russians launched a missile attack on Krivoy Rog. Three cruise missiles shot down the air defense, but there are also hits. Damaged civilian objects and a five-story building. According to preliminary information, three residents of the house died, 25 were injured , 19 of them were hospitalized, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Serhiy Lysak. Apartments from the first to the fifth floors are burning in the house, the fire covered 700 square meters. m.
In addition, three people were injured at a private enterprise, there may be more people under the rubble of the destroyed warehouse. Four more were injured at another location, a building and a car were on fire there, the fire has already been extinguished. An automobile enterprise was also damaged, trucks caught fire. There are also damages in the rescue unit.
04:52 The Russians again tried to attack Kiev - previously, with X-101/555 cruise missiles fired by Tu-95MS strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea region. All enemy targets in the airspace around Kyiv were detected and successfully destroyed, there were no reports of casualties or damage, said Sergey Popko, head of the KGVA.
01:39 The White House on Tuesday, June 13, will announce a new military aid package for Ukraine worth up to $325 million, Voice of America reports. It will include Stryker armored fighting vehicles and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, which will replace those lost during the offensive, as well as ammunition for NASAMS and HIMARS systems.
01:07 The Ukrainian military eliminated the chief of staff of the 35th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Federation, Major General Sergei Goryachev, Russian military publics report. They also write about the difficult situation along the line of contact and the acute shortage of ammunition.
00:11 The head of the Foreign Ministry and the elected president of Latvia, Edgars Rinkevics, said that the main obstacle on Ukraine's path to NATO is not Hungary, not Ukraine itself or Russia's unspoken "veto", but an internal discussion in the Alliance: "The reason is that now the members NATO does not have a clear understanding of what to do with the situation when a belligerent state joins the Alliance, and what this means in the context of Article 5. To put it bluntly: this is the main question. And this is the question that many member states cannot answer.