[Korrespondent] 23:33 Podolyak explained why negotiations with Moscow are impossible at the current stage: "For us, any peace process today, which was in 2014-2015, is fraught with a postponed war. This is the first component. The second component must be very clearly understood if we stop where today, we will not get money, investments. Ukraine will rot from an economic point of view. No one will invest in a country with a postponed war."
23:05 The point of the Ramstein-3 meeting is for countries to get together and hear, first of all, from Ukraine, what it needs, and decide what contributions they want to make in the future, Julian Smith, US Ambassador to NATO, said on the air of the telethon. According to her, Washington receives information from Kyiv about its needs almost daily and connects Ukraine with those countries that can meet these needs. Smith announced the participation of almost 50 countries in the Ramstein meeting on June 15 in Brussels.
23:01 Zelensky asked Zaluzhny to be very attentive to reports in the media and social networks that some Ukrainian fighters do not have enough personal protective equipment: "The reports that I receive differ significantly from what is being discussed by society. And I expect verification logistics in the army - checking what is supplied and how personal protective equipment is distributed. Today, everyone who is in war zones should have enough of everything necessary for protection. The state provides such supplies. "
22:57 Zelensky announced in an evening video message about his conversation with the Prime Minister of Canada, as well as with the President of Ecuador, who was elected a member of the UN Security Council: "He informed about the current situation on the battlefield and called for increasing pressure on Russia to end this war. And this conversation with the President of Ecuador, and yesterday's conversation with the President of Guatemala, were only the beginning of our new policy of resuming relations with Latin America."
22:26 Zelensky, in an evening video message, said that Ukraine needs modern anti-missile weapons, and delaying its provision "cannot be justified." According to him, Kyiv made the first requests for anti-missile systems long before the full-scale invasion. And this week there will be many different negotiations, the president noted, "and not only with European politicians who are capable of providing Ukraine with modern anti-missile systems."
22:07 Since February 24, the Germans have donated 812 million euros to Ukraine - this is the largest nominal amount of charitable contributions from German citizens since the Second World War, the German Central Institute for Social Problems (DZI) reported.
22:04 US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Wednesday, June 15, will chair a meeting of the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine in Brussels. The focus is on Kyiv's urgent demands to continue fighting Russia, the Pentagon said.
21:27 The Pentagon considers the Ukrainian side's assessment of daily losses on the battlefield to be reliable. According to the agency, the battles in the Donbass are fierce artillery battles. Kyiv said that every day in the battles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine they lose from 150 to 200 soldiers.
“Ukrainians know better what they are dealing with and we are actively asking them for information about the conditions on the battlefield. In general, we consider their assessment reliable and reliable. I would say that the numbers are not beyond what you would expect from such kind of artillery combat," said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
21:10 Today it became known that all the bridges across the Seversky Donets, separating Severodonetsk and Ukraine-controlled Lisichansk and the rest of the Donbass, were destroyed by the Russian army - the evacuation of civilians and the supply of humanitarian aid is now impossible. Russia, meanwhile, is gathering new forces. Read more in the material Azovstal 2.0?
20:49 An emergency hospital in Mariupol, on the basis of which an infectious diseases department is being opened, received a document warning of the possibility of a cholera outbreak, Piotr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city, said: “The order is to prepare. the number of corpses in the Seversky Donets River, "from where the Donetsk region takes water. Everything except Mariupol ... At the same time, all the public pages of the occupiers continue to write that the risk of cholera is a fake."
20:36 Lithuania will provide Ukraine with Turkish ammunition for Bayraktar TB2, Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas said. The Turkish company provided additional ammunition for the strike drone.
20:20 Mobilization in the Ukrainian army is proceeding according to plan, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said on the air of the telethon: "The consciousness of citizens is high and society is very motivated." Malyar added that the issue of mobilizing women in Ukraine is not on the table right now.
20:18 Putin probably still wants to capture a large part, if not all of Ukraine, US Under Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kohl said: "I still think he has plans for a large part of Ukraine, if not all country. At the same time, I do not think that he can achieve this goal. <...> They can achieve tactical successes here and there. The Ukrainians are holding on. I do not think that the Russians are capable of achieving these grandiose goals."
20:10 The status of a candidate for EU membership is very important for Ukraine, since it will allow to consolidate the European vector of the development of the state, Kuleba said in a comment to NV: "Why is this status so important? It will legally strengthen Ukraine in the European integration project. This is a bullet point after decades European policy of strategic uncertainty in relation to Ukraine. Uncertainty that has ceased to be constructive."
According to him, the green light for Ukraine's candidacy will destroy the long-standing narrative of Russian propagandists that "Ukrainians can never become part of the EU."
20:07 12 universities of the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine have simplified the admission procedure in 2022 as much as possible, said Deputy Head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Kateryna Pavlichenko. So, an application for admission and all documents can be submitted online, and a multi-subject test is now optional - applicants just need to pass an oral exam right at the educational institution. A medical examination can also be taken at the university or at any medical institution of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
There are benefits for the children of dead and wounded military personnel, as well as privileges for entering the magistracy for active military, rescuers, policemen, and Trooper fighters.
20:04 Washington intends to transfer intelligence information to Ukraine for strikes with the help of American missile defense systems, said US Deputy Secretary of Defense Colin Cole.
20:01 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed the assault near the village of Berestovo and inflicted losses on the Russians, fighting continues near Zolote and in Severodonetsk, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the evening report .
19:55 The number of people injured from the fall of rocket debris in Zolochevo, Lviv region, has increased to six. Doctors assess their condition as satisfactory, all of them are now on outpatient treatment, said the head of the Lviv OVA Maxim Kozitsky.
19:53 The Russians have kidnapped the Vice-Rector of Kherson State University Maksim Vinnik, the Kherson edition of Most reports. According to eyewitnesses, it happened near the dormitory of the university, after the capture of the main building of the university. The command to seize Vinnik to armed people was given by collaborator Tatyana Tomilina, who led the capture of KhSU. Vinnik was taken away in an unknown direction. The publication reports that Maxim Vinnik has a disability and needs constant medical care.
19:44 State budget revenues in May amounted to 101 billion hryvnia, expenses - 250 billion, said the head of the financial committee of the Rada Daniil Getmantsev. According to him, the state budget deficit is $5 billion a month, it is covered by subsidies from international financial organizations. At the same time, Getmantsev added that it is necessary to attract these funds every month "with a battle."
Hetmantsev clarified that the partners do not finance the military campaign - Ukraine pays these expenses from its own funds.
19:36 According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies, 300 MLRS installations that Podolyak requested from the United States is half of all American stocks, writes The Guardian. According to the publication, the US Army has 363 Himars cargo rocket artillery guns and 225 M270 tracked launchers, and the US Marine Corps has 47 more. The UK has 35 of its own versions of the M270.
And the powdered 1000 howitzers roughly correspond to the entire arsenal of the United States, which has 518 M777 towed howitzers of the type already delivered, the Marine Corps has another 481 units. The only request that could be assessed as realistic is 500 tanks. The United States has 2,645 Abrams tanks in service and about 3,450 more in storage.
19:25 The United States is working on a plan to export grain from Ukraine by rail with the creation of transshipment points on the border, including with Poland, Biden said in a speech on the economic situation in the United States.
19:12 Ukraine received from the West only 10% of weapons at its request, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar on the air of the telethon. According to her, the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not have enough weapons to successfully confront the Russian troops: “No matter how much effort Ukraine makes, we will not be able to win the war without the help of the West. From what Ukraine said, from what we need, we received only 10 %".
18:58 While performing a combat mission in the Kharkiv region, a well-known Kiev activist died, he was 24 years old. More details - in the material of the Russian Federation, the color of the nation is killing .
18:57 The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a single and unified form that will record the damage caused to the housing of Ukrainians by Russian troops. Now every citizen whose housing has been damaged or destroyed will have a digital document confirming their damage, Shmyhal said.
18:54 As a result of Russian aggression, 30 million hectares of Ukrainian territory require demining. The coastal waters of the Azov and Black Seas also need this. Currently, primary demining has already been carried out on more than 2 million hectares, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
18:41 The ECHR recognized the Russian law on foreign agents as a violation of human rights. The case was considered nine years later, after the exclusion of the Russian Federation from the Council of Europe and the refusal of the state to execute the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, BBC reports.
18:28 Zelensky said that the Ukrainians are not terrorists to shell the civilian quarters of Russia. So he answered the question of Danish journalists about whether Ukraine will shell the territory of Russia if the West agrees to it: "No. We are not interested in shelling civilians. We are not terrorists to shell civilian quarters. We are normal healthy people. This weapon is for us needed to liberate our state."
The President explained that there are places in Ukraine where Ukrainian defenders are concentrated at a distance of more than 100 km from the Russian occupiers. Therefore, according to Zelensky, Ukraine needs appropriate weapons that would reach them at such a distance.
18:15 A rocket was also shot down over the Ivano-Frankivsk region today, Svetlana Onischuk, head of the OVA, said. There were no casualties or damage to infrastructure.
18:03 Zelensky said that Ukraine will be ready for negotiations with the Russian invaders only when the occupiers are ready to end the war: "I am not looking for a balance to agree on something. We know exactly what we are doing. I have no doubts "We are ready to speak only when the other side is ready to end the war. There is no time for chatter."
17:51 During a press conference for journalists in Denmark, Zelensky said that the speed of de-occupation of the state's territories depends on the supply of weapons to Ukraine, and any delay in this matter is fraught with stagnation at the front. And the strength of Ukraine and the ability to withstand the Russian army depend on the unity of Europe and the world: "If Ukraine is not strong, Russia will go further. Kyiv is not the finish line in its marathon."
17:33 In Mariupol, the invaders have strengthened the control regime. Despite the checkpoints removed inside the city, control over the exit towards the Zaporozhye region has become tougher. All the trails are not just plowed up - the invaders are partially mining, partially setting up new roadblocks, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city. The issuance of entry and exit passes is blocked by bureaucratic refusals without explanation. The only way out of the city is Donetsk or Russia right away - "coercion to "self-deportation" is gaining momentum," the adviser said.
17:16 The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation announced that it limits the publication of data on budget reporting in order to minimize the risks of additional sanctions.
16:57 Syria is ready to recognize the independence of the "DPR", said Dmitry Sablin, coordinator of the group for relations between the State Duma and the SAR parliament, citing Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad.
Until now, the independence of the "LDNR" from the UN member states, except for Russia, has not been recognized by anyone. The "republics" recognized only Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
16:49 The Cabinet of Ministers agreed on "transport visa-free" with the EU. According to Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Mustafa Nayem, Ukrainian carriers have been waiting for this for almost five years - "in short, the signing of this agreement will have the same significance for carriers as the abolition of visas with EU countries." According to Nayem, after the signing of the agreement on transport liberalization, the problem of lack of permits for international transportation will be finally resolved. The signing of the document is planned before the end of June.
16:28 Ukrainian air defense systems are not anti-missile, their main task is to shoot down enemy planes and helicopters, so not all missiles can be shot down, Yury Ignat, press secretary of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, explained: "We have air defense systems in service, and not missile defense. The main task of our anti-aircraft missile systems is enemy aircraft - planes, helicopters. But we also shoot down cruise missiles. Yes, unfortunately, not all of them."
According to him, Russian missiles are high-tech and designed to be stealthy and fly at ultra-low altitudes, from 50 meters: "It can fly, say, along the Dniester, as it has been since the beginning of the war, it disappears from radar, and does not all air defense systems can destroy it."
16:20 In Mariupol, the occupiers actually stopped the exhumation of bodies, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor. According to him, the Russians made the process of reburial of Mariupol residents as difficult as possible, shifting all the problems onto the townspeople. Now you need to wait for the investigator with the prosecutor to carry out the exhumation, take the body to Donetsk for a forensic examination and only then bury it in a specially designated place. And at each stage you have to pay.
15:47 The "LPR" stated that there are up to 2,500 military personnel on the territory of the Azot plant in Severodonetsk, of which up to 20-25% are "foreign mercenaries."
15:33 Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from United Russia Yevgeny Fedorov proposed to withdraw the recognition of the independence of three more countries - Ukraine, Estonia and Latvia: "We just started with Lithuania. And it is clear why - Lithuania is more dangerous for the Russian Federation in terms of the situation related to the Kaliningrad region and in confrontation with NATO and the United States. And after the mechanism is worked out, we will work it out in other NATO territories. And not only NATO. Here, Ukraine, for example, also illegally left the USSR."
15:18 Zelensky, in an interview with ZDF, stated that there is skepticism on the part of Germany towards Ukraine: "There is a certain skepticism of the German leadership towards Ukraine, I do not think that Scholz brought it. This is especially evident in relation to future membership in the European Union or NATO. All this skepticism was before Mr. Scholz. I believe that this attitude will change."
15:16 Training of Ukrainian military personnel in handling German howitzers will soon be completed, after which these weapons will be able to be used in Ukraine, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said: "In the near future, training on the Panzerhaubitze 2000 will be completed so that it can be used in combat in Ukraine ".
15:13 Zelensky, during a conversation with Danish journalists, urged Ukrainians who left because of the war abroad not to rush to return: "The war continues. The situation is still unsafe in several regions. I can't ask people to return ... Now it's everyone's choice. I must say that we are counting on each of you, Ukrainians, wherever you are."
14:48 Kiev is guarded by the 40th tactical aviation brigade, it was from there that the general image of the Ghost of Kiev came from, said Yuriy Ignat, speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, it was these military pilots who took upon themselves heavy blows to defend the capital in the first two weeks of the war. The enemy then prevailed in air battles 1:6 - 1:10.
14:45 Podolyak, in an interview with The New York Times, explained why Ukraine is persistent in defending Severodonetsk, instead of leaving the city and avoiding losses: “Russians are bad at fighting in cities. In cities, you can maneuver, find shelter, and minimize losses. You will be able to resist longer and inflict significant losses on the Russians."
14:41 Fragments of a Russian missile, which the air defense forces shot down over Zolochev, fell on a brick factory, four people were injured, including one child. Doctors assess the condition of the victims as mild and moderate, said the head of the Lviv OVA Maxim Kozitsky. The missile was launched from a southeasterly direction.
14:26 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the Ukrainian side asked to organize a humanitarian corridor for the evacuation of civilians from the Azot plant in Severodonetsk to the territory controlled by Kiev in Lysichansk. But given that the last bridge over the Seversky Donets towards Lysichansk was blown up on June 13 (which Moscow blames on Kyiv), a safe evacuation there is not possible, the ministry said.
In this regard, the Russian military announced their readiness to conduct a "humanitarian operation" to evacuate civilians from Azot to Svatovo "LNR", for which tomorrow a "humanitarian corridor" will be opened from 8:00 to 20:00 and allegedly "the safe evacuation of all civilians is guaranteed people" to temporary accommodation centers. And the Ukrainian military of the RF Ministry of Defense, located on Azot, is offering to "stop hostilities and release the civilians they are holding through this corridor, as well as lay down their arms."
14:21 The enemy uses strategic bombers remotely, primarily TU-160 and TU-95, which use high-tech missiles worth millions of dollars. But recently, there has already been a tendency for the enemy to save these expensive missiles, said Yury Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, today the enemy is increasingly using Soviet types of missiles, such as XA-59 and XA-22. The latter is one of the most destructive: its warhead is 900 kg, and it flies in the wrong direction.
14:14 The enemy has not flown into the territory controlled by Ukraine for more than two months, and this is a very good indicator of the work of the Air Force, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said.
14:09 The head of the Khmelnytsky OVA, Serhiy Gamaly, also said that today, during an air raid, air defense forces shot down an enemy missile. The wreckage fell into the field, according to preliminary information, there were no casualties and no damage.
14:06 In the Ternopil region, according to preliminary information, the air defense forces worked on several enemy missiles. Preliminary - there are no casualties and destructions, the information is being specified, said the head of the OVA Vladimir Trush.
14:03 Air defense forces shot down a missile over Zolochev, Lviv region, head of the UVA Maksim Kozitsky said. As a result of the fall of the rocket, a civilian infrastructure object was damaged, information about the victims is being specified.
13:44 Podolyak told the NYT that a number of countries are giving weapons to Ukraine as if they want to defeat it: "If you think that we must lose, just tell us straight: we want you to lose. Then we will understand why you give us weapons at this level. The adviser to the head of the OP added that some Western European countries, including France and Germany, are "hiding from the war."
13:42 The mayor of Ternopil, Serhiy Nadal, announced possible explosions in the city and urged residents to take care of safety.
13:41 Britain did not turn to Russia about the "sentenced" to death in the "DPR", Peskov said. He added that "in the event of an appeal to Moscow, the Russian Federation is ready to listen to their position."
13:37 The Ministry of Social Policy cannot deliver pensions to 300,000 pensioners in the occupied territories, Minister of Social Policy Marina Lazebnaya said on the air of the telethon. She recalled that the pension is delivered either by banks or by Ukrposhta, and called on Ukrainians to leave the occupied territories to receive the accrued funds.
13:32 Podolyak addressed the partner countries on the eve of a new meeting in the Ramstein format: "Each participant in the Ramstein format should close their eyes and imagine a world in which Russia has won. Morning rockets to croissants, night sirens to lullabies, the disappearance of cities with a thousand-year history. This world will become a reality if the current pace of arms transfers is maintained. We are waiting for a decision."
13:30 Air defense works in the Lviv region, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky.
13:21 Podolyak responded to Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, who said that Georgia should be the first on the list of candidates for EU membership, and then Ukraine and Moldova: "No one enters the queue for death from Russian missiles. Ukraine pays a terrible price for the choice be a European democracy. The EU pays a heavy price to protect Western civilization. Because values are more important than profit. What is more important to you? Candidacy line number?"
Garibashvili said the day before that Georgia has earned the status of an EU candidate on the path of reforms carried out over the past nine years: "When they say that Ukraine is in a state of war and because of this it should be granted candidate status, I apologize if the assignment of status is determined by war We don't want war."
13:14 The terms of Ukraine's membership in the EU should be discussed only after the end of hostilities, said Minister Delegate to the French Foreign Ministry for European Affairs Clement Bon.
13:11 In the controlled part of the Donetsk region, the water supply is resumed, the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko said on the air of the telethon: "We are filling the tanks and taking all measures so that all remote cities, primarily Konstantinovka and Druzhkovka, have water."
13:09 A well-known metropolitan activist and intelligence officer of the 93rd Specialized Brigade Kholodny Yar Roman Ratushny died in a battle near Izyum on June 9, said the NGO Defend Protasov Yar , which was headed by Ratushny.
13:07 "DPR", having asked Russia for additional assistance, "is counting on more active use of ground-based and air-based missiles," said Eduard Basurin, a representative of the "People's Militia of the DPR".
13:05 The products of the Zaporozhye region have begun to be certified as made in the "DNR" or Russia, "which allows you to avoid additional taxation," said Vladimir Rogov, a member of the "main administration council": "Legally, it turned out that we are no longer Ukraine, but not yet Russia. A lot of large industries have fallen into this gray zone, that is, dozens of factories and all those enterprising people who provide hundreds and thousands of jobs. Now they have met us halfway." According to him, now the certification indicates not just "made in Melitopol, Berdyansk, Energodar", but, for example, "made in Melitopol, in Russia."
13:02 Ukraine has already returned dozens of children who were forcibly taken away by the Russian invaders, Vereshchuk said: "Today we are looking for these children, we are trying to compile lists. Each repatriation on our part is a real special operation." The minister also called on international institutions to help Ukraine and not to delay doing so, because now Russia is using children for anti-Ukrainian propaganda, and then they are going to be adopted.
12:51 For the second week in a row, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have tactical successes in advancing towards Kherson, which can develop into a full-fledged counteroffensive, adviser to the head of the Kherson OVA Serhiy Khlan said on the air of the telethon: "We are approaching Tomina Balka, and this is 20 kilometers to Kherson, where both once there are occupiers. Now the fighting is going on between Tauride and Tomina Balka."
According to him, "no matter how hard the occupiers try to return, recapture the lost positions, nothing works for them, and they roll back even more." At the same time, Khlan stressed that the Ukrainian shelling is not as massive as the Russian one: "Unlike the invaders, ours work precisely: they hit the ammunition, equipment and personnel of the enemy. Unfortunately, for the orcs it does not matter that they get into residential buildings, APU is the opposite."
12:38 Additional conscription into the armed forces of the Russian Federation will not be required, "there are enough volunteers participating in the special operation," said Viktor Bondarev, head of the Senate Defense Committee.
12:34 The mayor of Severodonetsk, Alexander Stryuk, said that today it is impossible to evacuate people from Azot. Preparations are ongoing to ensure the safe evacuation of civilians. The Armed Forces of Ukraine protect the city, moving forward as much as possible. The Russians are destroying the surrounding villages in the south of Severodonetsk, the Ukrainian military periodically push the enemy back, do not allow these settlements to be captured.
12:26 The head of the Nikolaev OVA, Vitaly Kim, said that the harvest and its export would continue even during the curfew: "Lists of all those involved in the harvest will be formed to ensure unhindered work at night. We will try to take the maximum amount to where it is could be sold."
12:03 Zelensky said in an interview with ZDF that time is now playing on Moscow, which "doesn't care how long this war lasts." "We need to act, time is playing on the enemy, not on us," the president said. He explained this by the fact that the Russians "mainly earn on oil products, on the export of energy resources."
11:57 In the Zaporozhye region, another exchange of bodies of dead servicemen took place. Ukraine returned the bodies of 64 defenders of Azovstal, the Ministry of Reintegration reported.
11:34 Zelensky in an interview with ZDF commented on Biden's statement that Kiev did not believe the invasion warnings. In particular, he said that the Ukrainian authorities asked the West for help, but, despite the knowledge about the upcoming invasion, they did not provide such assistance: “The question arises: why was the airspace not closed, why were we not supplied with weapons before this invasion, and why were not temporary sanctions have been introduced in order to stop the President of Russia in a preventive manner?"
"Let's be honest: we were preparing for this, at the beginning no one supported us, but now I am grateful to all partners for the support we have," the president added.
11:32 The Court of Appeal in Lvov has banned the pro-Russian party Nashi Yevgeny Muraev. The property of the party and all its cells is transferred to the state.
11:29 US billionaire Warren Buffett's son Howard donated $2.7 million to Ukraine. The funds he donated to the charity Spirit of America will go to nine buses for the needs of the terrorist defense, as well as to purchase 375 of the latest trauma kits for the military APU, Voice of America reports.
11:06 European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans supports granting Ukraine candidate status for EU membership: "Ukrainians defend our European values. And if, given this, they ask for the opportunity to join the EU, we cannot say no." At the same time, he noted that now it is impossible to name the terms of entry, and added that he understands the concern of some countries about the too rapid acceptance of a war-torn country.
11:03 Russians are testing new types of weapons and weapons prohibited by international standards in Ukraine, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said on the air of the telethon: "They actually use this war to test their new types of weapons, and all this is used here. They have some kind of weapon there is a "successful" test, some samples turn out to be extremely bloated in their quality characteristics, and it turns out that they cannot be used here normally at all.
11:00 The Russian missile ship Admiral Makarov is commanded by a former Ukrainian officer from Vinnitsa, who in 2014 remained in a military unit in Crimea captured by the Russians and continued to serve in the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation. Now, according to the State Bureau of Investigation, he was informed of suspicion of treason. "The deserter returned to Ukraine in 2022 with the invaders. The ship under his command launched cruise missiles at Nikolaev and Odessa," the SBI said.
10:47 Slovakia intends to help Ukraine meet the criteria for obtaining the status of an EU candidate country, Prime Minister Eduard Heger said after negotiations with Scholz. According to him, Kyiv will need a team that will support Ukraine on the path to reform. At the same time, there should not be a simplified scheme for joining the EU, Heger noted.
10:39 In the Donetsk region, the invaders tried to scrap the components for the air defense system. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the commanders of one of the batteries of the 933rd anti-aircraft missile regiment of the Russian troops, in order not to get to the forefront, decided to make their equipment incapable of combat. They removed the control units from the Tor-M2U combat vehicles and decided to sell them at a collection point for precious metals. However, they named too high a price and came into conflict with an employee of the reception point, who immediately reported the “businessmen” to the “MGB DPR”.
Now the command of the regiment explains the loss of electronic units as alleged military operations, and the "businessmen" continued to serve in the infantry units on the front line.
10:15 Officials in the Kherson region "appointed during the Ukrainian period and sabotaging work on the ground" will be removed, said Russia-appointed "deputy head" of the region Kirill Stremousov: "All those who sabotage work on the ground, all those who do not give in villages of a specific, clear position regarding our future development as part of the Russian Federation, will be removed in the near future. Many will simply be punished."
10:13 Governor of the Bryansk region Alexander Bogomaz said that due to the shelling of the village of Zaimishche, Klintsy urban district, several residential buildings were damaged, four people were injured.
10:11 In the Sumy region, the Russians fired at least 60 shells from mortars, self-propelled guns and MLRS, civilian infrastructure was damaged, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.
10:09 The UN responded to the shelling of Donetsk, where, according to the "DPR", a maternity hospital was fired upon. The Secretary General's spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that "any attacks on medical facilities are a clear violation of international law." The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said that the daily shelling and bombing of "non-government-controlled areas of Donetsk region", which lead to civilian casualties, is of great concern.
10:03 Sanctions come into force today against three more large Russian banks - Sberbank, Rosselkhozbank and Moscow Credit Bank, which are disconnected from SWIFT. Bloomberg also reported that the world's largest banks JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs suspended transactions for servicing Russian debt obligations.
09:45 In Mariupol, the occupiers with collaborators are going to open the Drama Theater on September 10, Piotr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city, said. According to the announcement, "the new season will open with two or three dance and variety-concert numbers, as well as a theatrical production."
09:28 In the Kharkiv region, one person died per day, five were injured, including three children, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. On the territory of the region, hostilities continue: in the Kharkiv direction, the enemy is still concentrated on defense, in the Izyum region, the Russian army is trying to establish control over Bogorodichny and is preparing an attack on Slavyansk.
09:13 In Belarusian Gomel, there is a train with howitzers, among them 13 Acacia self-propelled guns were spotted - all new, with fabric at the end of the muzzle, reports the monitoring group of Belaruska Gayun.
09:11 Mayor of Severodonetsk Alexander Stryuk said that all three bridges across the Seversky Donets have been destroyed, but there are communication routes with the city. In the bomb shelters of Azot, which the Russians are bombing, 540-560 people remain, they have certain food supplies.
09:09 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of June 14th. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut direction.
- personnel - about 32,500 (+200) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1434 (+2),
- armored combat vehicles - 3503 (+11),
- artillery systems - 721 (+3),
- MLRS - 229 (+3),
- air defense systems - 97 (+0),
- aircraft - 213 (+0),
- helicopters - 179 (+1),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 588 (+3),
- cruise missiles - 125 (+0),
- ships/boats - 13 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 2473 (+13),
- special equipment - 54 (+0).
09:04 British intelligence reports that Russia's main efforts are focused on the attack on the Severodonetsk pocket, and its Western Group of Forces, probably for the first time in several weeks, made a little advance in the Kharkov direction.
The first deputy chairman of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation predicted that government spending on defense would increase by 600-700 billion rubles, which could approach a 20% increase in Russia's defense budget. However, the industry may struggle, partly due to the effects of sanctions and lack of experience. Russia's production of high-quality optics and advanced electronics is likely to remain problematic and could undermine its efforts to replace equipment lost in Ukraine, analysts say.
09:01 This morning, the Russians launched a missile attack on the Odessa region, OK Pivden reported. Two Onyx missiles were fired, the air defense forces destroyed the shells.
08:59 The "DPR" stated that during yesterday's massive shelling of Donetsk, in which the "authorities" blame the Ukrainian side, five people were killed and 33 were injured.
08:57 Russian media write that 88 Ukrainian prisoners from Azovstal were transferred from the Lugansk pre-trial detention center to the Sukhodolsk correctional colony near the border with the Russian Federation.
08:54 Biden extended sanctions against Belarus for a year. "The actions and policies of certain members of the Belarusian government and others, as well as the malicious activities of the Belarusian regime and ongoing abuses, continue to pose an extreme threat to US national security and foreign policy," the White House website said in a statement.
08:51 The Russians again fired at two districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region - Krivoy Rog and Sinelnikovsky, hit the Apostolovsky and Pokrovskaya communities from Hurricanes, said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko. People, according to preliminary information, were not injured, houses in the Pokrovskaya community were damaged.
08:27 The United States is ready to provide Ukraine with $1.5 billion in monthly aid, First Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Derek Hogan said at a conference at the Woodrow Wilson Center. He stressed that US efforts are focused on providing Ukraine with medium and long-term assistance. Medium-term assistance is to support the continued operation of the Ukrainian government.
"We have already allocated $1 billion for this purpose through various mechanisms and intend to send $1.5 billion more every month for four to five months," Hogan said. He noted that over the past three months, the United States has already allocated about $53.6 billion in assistance to Ukraine, including military, and this is the largest assistance that the United States has provided to Europe since the Marshall Plan.
08:10 The Russians continue to storm Severodonetsk, destroy high-rise buildings and Azot with artillery, said the head of the Lugansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai. The bridge, the premises of the regional State Emergency Service were destroyed, the nearby villages of Sinetsky and Pavlograd were shelled. At the same time, the enemy failed to advance in the Metelkino area. Active hostilities on June 13 were also in the areas of Toshkovka - Ustinovka, Orekhovo - Zolotoe, Kamyshevakha - Vrubovka, Vasilievka - Belogorovka, Nyrkovo - Nikolaevka.
07:53 In the Donetsk region, the suburbs of Dobropolye came under rocket fire, a residential building was damaged, there were no casualties, Pokrovsk Mayor Ruslan Trebushkin said.
07:41 The European Commission will recommend granting Ukraine the status of an EU candidate country, Politico writes, citing sources. “Ukraine is the only country in Europe where people died, where people were shot because they were on the streets with EU flags. Now we can’t tell them: sorry guys, you were waving the wrong flag,” said one of the senior officials.
However, the recognition of Ukraine as a candidate country will require the unanimous approval of 27 countries in the European Council, and now at least three of them are still opposed, the newspaper notes, without naming the country.
07:05 Russian troops have transferred additional battalion-tactical groups to the Severodonetsk direction. The enemy has partial success in the Bakhmut direction, is fixed in the village of Vozrozhdenie, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report . The enemy also establishes full control over Bogorodichny north of Slavyansk, trying to gain a foothold in the center of Severodonetsk.
06:00 Vladimir Rogov, a member of the "main administration council" of the Zaporozhye region, said that "the task is to completely liberate the entire region and restore control over the entire border of the region."
05:36 Human Rights Watch reports that human rights activists are aware of thousands of examples of the use of booby traps and so-called surprise mines by the Russian army. For example, Russian mines were found in document covers, machine gun horns, children's toys, and candy boxes. However, the most cynical case was the installation by the Russians of a mine between a murdered mother and her living child, whom they tied to the woman's corpse.
04:11 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Russian occupation authorities probably staged terrorist attacks in Melitopol and Berdyansk on June 12 "Russia Day" to accuse Ukrainian partisans of attacks on civilians.
According to ISW, collaborator Volodymyr Rogov, who heads the occupation administration in the occupied territories of the Zaporozhye region, made a statement that "terrorists" staged three explosions in Berdyansk, and then retracted his statements and defined the situation as an accident at a power plant. Rogov said that the residents of Berdyansk associated any emergencies in the city with "Ukraine's attempts to disrupt peaceful life in the" liberated "areas."
"Deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs" Alexei Selivanov also said that unknown people planted an explosive device in Melitopol to disrupt the "Day of Russia." In turn, the head of the Zaporozhye OVA, Oleksandr Starukh, recalled that the Ukrainian authorities had warned about the possible terrorist activities of Russian troops by the "day of Russia."
02:14 In Ukraine, three thousand Britons are fighting on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, commander of the Georgian Legion Mamuka Mamuashvili told Sky News. In total, according to the publication, there are currently 20,000 foreign soldiers in Ukraine.
01:55 About 2,800 dollar millionaires may leave Ukraine by the end of the year - this is 42% of all citizens with a million fortune, the Henley & Partners analytical agency has calculated. At the same time, more than 15,000 dollar millionaires may leave Russia.
01:42 Berlin intends to expand military assistance to Ukraine and will supply additional weapons, Scholz told reporters in Berlin: "We are significantly expanding our support. We will supply Ukraine, including a modern missile defense system and a radar to detect artillery." The Chancellor recalled that Germany had already supplied Ukraine with anti-missile weapons, armored personnel carriers, and ammunition. At the same time, he did not specify the details and terms of new deliveries.
01:28 In Poland, two new combined-arms divisions will be formed, they will be deployed along the Vistula River, in the central region of the country, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said.
01:19 Zelensky, in an interview with ZDF, criticized Scholz's attempts to "keep a balance" in relations between Kiev and Moscow: "He and his government must make a decision: there should be no attempts to maintain a balance in relations between Ukraine and Russia." The President also urged the Chancellor to be more unequivocal in relations with Ukraine.
00:57 In total, about five Russian ships with 30-40 cruise missiles on board are present in the Black Sea near Odessa, the threat of an attack on the city remains. However, there are no signs of preparing support for such an attack from the land, and without such support, the attack is doomed to failure, Sergey Bratchuk, speaker of the Odessa OVA, said on the air of the telethon.