[Korrespondent] 22:41 Kuleba addressed Western partners: "Ukraine has proved that it is capable of the impossible, and won important battles for Kiev, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkov - against all odds. Imagine what Ukraine is capable of with enough weapons. I urge partners to put a clear goal of Ukrainian victory and accelerate the delivery of heavy weapons."
22:35 In the Zaporozhye direction, the Kadyrovites launched an artillery strike on the Buryats, Arestovich said. According to him, after that the Buryats were sent to the Kherson direction, and the Kadyrovites - to Severodonetsk.
22:32 The "DPR" states that the number of victims of the shelling of allegedly Ukrainian troops of Donetsk has increased to four people, 22 civilians were injured. Pushilin claims that "Kyiv has crossed all boundaries", in the recent shelling of Donetsk, "forbidden methods of warfare" are used, and asks for help from the Russian Federation.
22:28 U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink, during a meeting with the head of the SBU Ivan Bakanov, said that "if Russia does not pay a high price for its actions, the existence of other democracies will be in jeopardy, which will mark the end of the international order based on rules, and create opportunities for aggression elsewhere."
22:23 The US Department of Defense considers the issue of preserving the state "Ukraine" resolved "in the long term." "Looking at the longer term, I think we can assure ourselves today that the country called 'Ukraine' will survive," a Pentagon spokesman said at a briefing.
22:19 Zelensky on Tuesday, June 14, will hold a press conference for the Danish media, writes UP. Denmark is called one of the countries opposing granting Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership.
22:17 The main goal of Russia's "special military operation" is to protect the "DPR" and "LPR", Peskov said.
22:11 Zelensky said that thanks to the counter-offensive, part of the communities of the Kherson region have already been liberated; "in the battles in the Donbass - and they will definitely go down in military history as one of the most brutal battles in Europe and for Europe - the Ukrainian army and our intelligence tactically still outmaneuver the Russian military, and this despite the significant advantage of the Russians in the amount of equipment, and especially in artillery systems.
It was possible to knock out the enemy from the Zhitomir region, Kiev region, Chernihiv region, Sumy region; managed to liberate a significant part of the Kharkov region. In total, more than a thousand settlements have been liberated, the offensive of the occupiers in the south of Ukraine has been stopped, the President stressed.
"We will come to Mariupol. And we will liberate the city for the third time. It was liberated from the Nazis in 1943 - a brilliant operation. In 2014, on this day, June 13, thanks to the courage of our Azov people and other units, Mariupol was liberated in the times. Freed from the militants, who then did not fully realize what the Russian state was directing them to. And now they see it. They see the burned Mariupol. They see why the Russians came there. But we will not allow this city to be made dead. We will return it. Definitely ", Zelensky stressed.
21:49 Zelensky, in an evening video message, urged to communicate with residents of the occupied territories: "I ask everyone who has such an opportunity to communicate with people in the occupied south, Donbass, Kharkiv region. Tell them, tell them about Ukraine. Tell them the truth. Talk about that there will be liberation.<...> Of course, we will liberate our Crimea as well. The flag of Ukraine will again be over Yalta and Sudak, over Dzhankoy and Evpatoria. And let each of the Russian officials who seized the precious land in Crimea remember: this not the land where they will rest."
"We are dealing with absolute evil. And we have no choice but to move on. Liberate our entire territory. Drive out the invaders from all our regions. And although now the front is already more than two and a half thousand kilometers wide, it is felt that the strategic the initiative is still ours. <...> We will rebuild everything that the occupiers have destroyed. From Volnovakha to Chortkiv. Because this is Ukraine," the president said.
21:15 U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink said she had discussed support for Ukraine with Zaluzhny and Reznikov: "Ukraine's armed forces are fighting with extreme determination. Together with our team, we are fully focused on ensuring that Ukraine gets the capabilities necessary for its defense. Discussed with General Zaluzhny and Oleksiy Reznikov, how to continue to strengthen Ukraine on the battlefield."
21:13 The United States, together with allies and partners from different countries, is ready to fully contribute to the implementation of the request of the Ukrainian side to equip the Armed Forces of Ukraine with defense weapons to protect their land from Russian aggression, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said during a visit to Thailand.
21:11 Pushilin said that the "DPR" will turn to the Russian Federation for help "to counter the shelling of Donetsk by the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
21:03 Everything that is happening in the Donbass speaks of a plan for the legal annexation of the occupied territories by Russia by September 1, said Petr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol. So, according to him, the entire leadership de facto passed into the hands of the Russians. In Donetsk, the puppet Pushilin performs only representative functions of a "talking head". In Mariupol, a "consultant" was assigned to Ivashchenko, allegedly to help. In the Mariupol region this morning a large meeting was held on the distribution of zones of influence in the resorts, where the collaborators also received nothing.
In addition, according to Andryushchenko, yesterday the Russians clearly outlined how the educational process will be conducted in the schools of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
Meanwhile, the banking system in Mariupol is being built around a Russian bank. And in Donetsk, experts in all areas are adapting everything to Russian legislation. "No quasi-republics and satellites. No one is hiding anymore," sums up Andryushchenko.
20:42 Russia's attack on Ukraine prevented the world from recovering from the covid crisis and returning to the previous pace of prosperity growth. More details in the material Minus a trillion .
20:30 Poland urgently needs to replenish stocks of military equipment, since it has transferred all its tanks to Ukraine, Duda said at a meeting with the leadership of the country's Ministry of National Defense. According to him, Poland handed over to Ukraine "hundreds of tanks, combat vehicles, artillery units, as well as drones, MANPADS, hundreds of thousands of ammunition, spare parts and other equipment." The Polish president estimated the value of the transfer at $1.7 billion. "We are asking the allies to hand over weapons to us, not necessarily new ones. We have handed over used equipment and are ready to accept the same," he said.
19:55 The risk of the use of nuclear weapons in the world is now higher than at any time since the Cold War, and a new round of the nuclear arms race is expected in the next decade, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). More details - in the material Nuclear strike is more likely .
19:39 Erdogan announced the start of laying a gas pipeline at the bottom of the Black Sea off the coast of Turkey. Ankara expects to produce 10 million cubic meters of gas from a new field in the Black Sea in the first quarter of 2023. Gas production from a Black Sea field off the coast of Turkey will peak by 2026, Erdogan added.
19:15 All bridges leading to Severodonetsk have been destroyed, evacuation and delivery of humanitarian cargo is impossible. The residents of Severodonsk remaining in the city are surviving in extremely difficult conditions, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. But, he said, the Russians have not fully captured Severodonetsk, part of the city under Ukrainian control.
Gaidai also said that Russian troops continue to shell Lisichansk, there is an evacuation from this city, and humanitarian aid is delivered daily. Even in the event of a quick expulsion of Russians from Severodonetsk, it will not be possible to resume communications before winter, the head of the OVA added.
18:53 The Cabinet of Ministers, as part of a two-year experiment, allowed the issuance of passports and international passports to Ukrainian citizens who are abroad. Branches of the State Migration Service will accept documents for issuing a passport abroad.
18:42 Ukraine expects to harvest about 50 million tons of grain this year, Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy Taras Vysotsky said on the air of the telethon. In addition, a harvest of 15 million tons of oilseeds is expected. "Maybe about 48-50 million tons of grain in total. Of course, this is less than in previous years, when we are used to 60-75-85 million tons, but if we take a ten-year history, when we had 40-45 million , then this is not critical," Vysotsky added.
18:40 Macron will arrive in Ukraine on June 15, said the first adviser to the French Ambassador to Ukraine Bruno Cassanel. According to him, the French President will visit Kyiv after his visit to Moldova.
18:38 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that the enemy has significant problems with the recruitment of units that are storming in the territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In the Slavic direction, the Russians attempted an assault in Bogorodichnoye, but were unsuccessful, retreated and consolidated in the northwestern part of the settlement.
In the Severodonetsk direction, the enemy conducted assault operations in order to establish complete control over Severodonetsk, advanced on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Metelkino area, but had no success. Also, the enemy continues to strengthen the group of troops operating in the Krivoy Rog direction.
18:35 Songs in Russian have practically disappeared from the air of Ukrainian radio stations. Taras Kremin, Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language, said: “We saw that in response to the large-scale invasion of the territory of Ukraine by the aggressor country, not only songs by Russian performers, but also actually Russian-language songs disappeared from the air of Ukrainian radio stations. Of the almost 4 thousand songs analyzed, only one in Russian. It's really impressive."
At the same time, the commissioner noted that the Russian language is still present along with Ukrainian on the air of radio broadcasts of an entertaining, informational and analytical nature. According to Kremnya, this circumstance "restricts the rights of citizens to receive information in Ukrainian."
18:31 The mayor of Odessa, Gennady Trukhanov, said that the city will rename the city toponyms associated with Russia: "Odessa suffered its losses in this war. And we do not want to have anything to do with the state, which today is trying to wipe our city, our country from the face lands. In particular, we are talking about the names of Odessa streets, which have nothing to do with the history of Odessa! I believe that such streets as Novomoskovsk, Borodinskaya, Kurskaya, Voronezhskaya, Chapaeva and others should be renamed."
The mayor specified that the decision on renaming would be made by the deputies of the city council on the recommendations of the historical and toponymic commission.
18:07 Lithuania will give Ukraine 110 anti-drone guns of its own production, Lithuanian journalist Andrius Tapinas said. According to him, their total cost is about 1.5 million euros.
17:50 Stoltenberg said Sweden has taken important steps to meet Turkey's demands for approval of the country's application to join NATO: "I welcome the fact that Sweden has already begun to change its anti-terrorism legislation. And Sweden will ensure that the legal framework for arms exports reflects future status as a NATO member with new commitments to allies".
17:31 Since the introduction of sanctions against private aircraft of Russian oligarchs and officials, sanctioned aircraft have made about 30 flights over European countries, writes Welt am Sonntag.
So, on February 28, the planes of billionaire Alisher Usmanov flew from the airports of Florence and Munich to Tashkent. In early March, the Bombardier aircraft of Russian businessman Albert Avdolyan flew from Nice to Istanbul. In April, the plane of billionaire Viktor Vekselberg flew from Basel, Switzerland to Kazakhstan. Also, after the imposition of sanctions, at least eight flights over France were made by the helicopter of Russian businessman Alexander Zanadvorov. The source of the publication explained that the implementation of sanctions against business jets and helicopters is sometimes difficult due to non-transparent ownership structures.
17:12 The European Commission discussed the applications of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia for the status of a candidate for EU membership, journalist Rikard Jozwiak said. According to him, applications for membership were discussed at the preliminary debate. "It looks like the status of a candidate with conditions for Ukraine and Moldova, but Georgia's application is still in question," the journalist notes.
17:07 People continue to leave Mariupol for the territory controlled by Ukraine, albeit in very small numbers, Mayor Vadym Boychenko said on the air of the telethon: “Today there is almost no such opportunity [to leave Mariupol]. Today, the evacuation is not as numerous as it was earlier. That is, today about 70-120 Maruipol residents reach the controlled part of our state every day."
Earlier, the Mariupol authorities reported that about 130,000 residents remained in the city.
16:54 Zelensky spoke with the Presidents of Poland and Slovakia Andrzej Duda and Zuzana Czaputova: “Poland and Slovakia have been helping our army and Ukrainians forced to go abroad since the first days of the war. Thanks to Andrzej Duda and Zuzana Czaputova for this important support and powerful advocacy in the countries - EU members of the European integration movement of Ukraine".
16:40 Another mass grave was found in the Buchansky district. A mass grave of seven shot civilians was discovered today at the positions of the occupiers near the village of Mirotskoye, Buchansky district. Many of the victims had their hands tied and their knees shot through, Andrey Nebitov, head of the Main Directorate of the NP, said.
16:34 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov during a meeting with Deputy Minister of Social Policy Vitaliy Muzychenko opposed the construction of temporary modular housing for internally displaced persons. He recalled that in Kharkov, at the beginning of hostilities in the Donbass, a modular town was built, the maximum service life of which was calculated for three years, but people still live there.
"There is nothing more permanent than temporary. Therefore, I am categorically against temporary housing. And there is no need to install modular towns in Western Ukraine, spending 30% of the funds, or even more, of what is needed for permanent housing. We have projects , resources, capabilities and construction personnel. Let's start building already. There is nothing to delay," Terekhov said.
16:25 Starting from February 24, the German government approved the supply of weapons and other equipment to Ukraine in the amount of 350.1 million euros, the country's Ministry of Economy reported. So, as of June 1, the German government gave the go-ahead for the supply of weapons worth 219.8 million euros, as well as other equipment, such as helmets and protective vests, for 85.2 million euros. In addition, weapons and equipment for the Bundeswehr were approved in a simplified manner in the amount of 45.1 million euros.
16:13 The International Legion of Defense of Ukraine includes representatives of 55 countries, Legion Speaker Damien Magru said at a briefing: "We have representatives of countries from all parts of the world, all continents, even as far away as Brazil, South Korea, Australia." At the same time, most of the legion consists of citizens of the United States and Great Britain, followed by citizens of Poland and Canada, the Baltic countries and the Nordic countries, including Finland.
Magru stressed that the International Legion is part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, therefore it is financed by the Ukrainian army. All legionnaires receive the same salary as Ukrainians and therefore cannot be considered mercenaries. Magru explained that according to international law, the primary motivation for mercenaries is funding, and they should receive more money than army representatives.
16:05 The Cabinet of Ministers has banned the export of coal, fuel oil and gas from Ukrainian production.
16:02 Neither Macron nor Scholz confirmed their visits to Kiev.
15:49 In the Pryluky area, on which the Russians launched rocket strikes this afternoon, an evacuation was announced. According to SuspÑ–lne with reference to the representative of the Chernihiv OVA Sergey Boldyrev, evacuation has been announced in the villages of Zayezd, Petrivske, Tikhoe and Sukhostavets due to the threat of fire spreading after rocket strikes.
15:36 Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki responded to Moscow's constant threats against him: "If Russia ever thought about attacking Poland, the Kremlin should know that in Poland 40 million Poles are ready to take up arms to defend their homeland" . He added that Poland had been a prisoner of Russia for many centuries and "does not want this slavery again": "We reject their colonialism, their imperialism. We are in a free country and we will fight for our freedom."
Morawiecki noted that one of the elements of "an extensive program of building and strengthening the defense is to strengthen the power of the Polish army - to increase its numbers and weapons."
15:04 In the Donbass, the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated three villages and moved the front section by 15 kilometers, the JFO reported.
15:01 Suspicious activity has been noticed in the south of Belarus with an "inspection" of the abandoned 369th missile regiment, where nuclear weapons could previously be placed, reports Belaruski Gayun. So, the day before, an arrival of a Mi-8 helicopter of the Belarusian Air Force was recorded in the area of ​​​​the village of Cheretyanka, near which a regiment of strategic missile troops was stationed from 1959 to 1996. Previously, it included two divisions with eight units of launchers for ground-based ballistic missiles R-12 (SS-4), the RSD-10 Pioneer missile system and RT-2PM Topol.
The monitoring group also reports that, based on the fact that there was a platform for unloading nuclear missiles on the territory of the regiment, it is likely that nuclear warheads were also present there. The current state of the facilities is unusable, but it is likely that renovations may begin there.
14:53 Street battles are taking place in Severodonetsk, the enemy command does not spare its people, using the tactics of World War II, Alexander Motuzyanik, press secretary of the Ministry of Defense, said. According to him, the enemy controls the city center and has an advantage in artillery. He also said that the enemy was entrenched on the outskirts of Old Saltov, Kharkov region.
Motuzyanyk also said that in the Bryansk and Kursk regions, the enemy is holding part of his troops in order to prevent the deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to other directions. And the Seversky Donets is getting shallow because of the heat, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are strengthening in places where the enemy can try to force the river.
14:50 Police officers are investigating criminal proceedings into the deaths of more than 12 thousand Ukrainians, head of the National Police Igor Klymenko said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine. According to him, 1,200 bodies, including those found in mass graves, have not yet been identified. More than 1,500 civilians have died in the Kyiv region alone, he added.
14:46 More Ukrainian refugees leave Germany than arrive in Germany. Many Ukrainians do not feel comfortable and are returning home, Ambassador to Berlin Andriy Melnyk told Bild: “Most Ukrainians are returning, and for a long time. More people leave this country than come to you. Germany should think about why so many Ukrainians do not want to come here stay".
14:43 The Russians caused damage to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant by about 40 billion hryvnias, Energoatom President Petr Kotin said in an interview with LIGA.net. He clarified that this amount includes buildings destroyed during shelling and fires, damaged equipment, as well as losses from the forced reduction in electricity production.
Kotin also said that since the beginning of the large-scale war, electricity consumption in the country has decreased by almost 40%, in industry - by 60%: "We are forced to work with only half of our power units. Nevertheless, we continue to carry out PSO and supply cheap electricity to the population. And this is over 60% of the electricity produced by Energoatom."
14:25 In Mariupol, the Russians, together with collaborators, began trading in stolen Russian "humanitarian aid". As the adviser to the mayor of the city Petr Andryushchenko, the son of the "mayor" Ivashchenko Vladimir, who took on the function of "decisive" in power, said, he found a common language with representatives of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation and, with the help of collaborators from Urzuf, implements the "help" received from the Russians through a network of "his own "entrepreneurs.
Meanwhile, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation continue looting and looting of surviving houses. Mariupol residents report that, surprisingly, all Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations pay exclusively in hryvnia (sometimes also in dollars and euros) and almost never in rubles. Apparently the money was stolen from Ukrainian homes.
Andryushchenko also said that the occupying authorities had officially warned that from July 1, all humanitarian aid would be intended for the disabled, the rest would have to work "for food." All destroyed housing is planned to be demolished by September 1, and the construction of the first hostel for 2,000 people will not be completed until mid-July. There will be no compensation for the destroyed housing, as well as restoration of the damaged one. Only demolition and partial assistance with building materials.
14:16 Amnesty International in its report stated that Russian troops purposefully shelled Kharkiv with prohibited cluster munitions, which killed hundreds of civilians. Human rights activists interviewed about 160 Kharkiv residents, including victims of shelling, witnesses, relatives of the victims, as well as doctors. At least 28 cases of indiscriminate cluster strikes have been documented.
14:09 Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have attacked residential areas of settlements in the Donetsk region with supersonic air-to-ground missiles of the X-22 Storm type from the times of the USSR, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. In total, 43 civilian objects were destroyed in 11 settlements, the vast majority of which were residential buildings.
13:52 Macron set the task for the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of France to revise the parameters of the law on military planning until 2025, taking into account the "geopolitical context". According to him, France "entered the war economy."
13:49 As a result of yesterday's shelling of Chortkiv, Ternopil region, three educational institutions were damaged at once: a school, a preschool educational institution and one of the buildings of a sports school, the city council said.
13:47 The Russians have just launched three missile attacks on Priluki, said the head of the Chernihiv OVA Vyacheslav Chaus. Information about the destruction is specified.
13:40 A Ukrainian ship with 18 thousand tons of corn arrived in the Spanish port of La Coruña. This is the first batch of Ukrainian grain products that has reached northwestern Spain by a "new sea route" laid across the Baltic Sea to avoid Ukrainian ports blocked by the Russian Navy, writes CNN.
13:09 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the Wagnerites in Kadievka thanks to TikTokers from the Russian Federation, said Kirill Mikhailov, researcher of the Conflict Intelligence Team. According to him, the Russians posted a video with their location on the network, the Armed Forces of Ukraine identified their positions and covered the base with artillery fire.
13:07 Pushilin published a photo with the "mayor" of Svyatogorsk Vladimir Bandura, who went over to the side of the "DNR". Earlier, the State Bureau of Investigation opened a criminal case against the collaborator on the fact of high treason.
12:59 Zelensky addressed the participants of the American Jewish Committee Global Forum - one of the most influential structures actively promoting solutions for the defense of Ukraine: "Defend the need for tougher sanctions against Russia. You can do it. Help us speed up the supply of weapons to Ukraine so that we can liberate the occupied areas. We need a powerful offensive weapon, without which the war will only drag on. I know that your help is already significant. But you can use even more influence."
12:56 The "DNR" again claims that the center of Donetsk is allegedly being shelled by Ukrainian troops. A dead woman and child are reported.
12:44 Melitopol residents are boycotting grocery stores that the occupiers opened in the seized ATB supermarkets, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said: “People don’t go there. Everyone buys food in the city’s markets, because they don’t even want to show their assistance to collaborators and occupiers.
According to Fedorov, resistance to the invaders is growing in Melitopol, the partisans are acting pointwise: "The inhabitants of the city have united with our defenders - the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the special services, and today this resistance results in obstructing the movement of armored trains, the movement of the railway."
In turn, the Ukrainian military intelligence reports that in Melitopol, due to the massive refusal of teachers to conduct the educational process according to the Russian program, the occupiers are recruiting people without pedagogical education to the positions of teachers. There was also an increase in the number of teachers seconded from the Russian Federation and the occupied Crimea. Local teachers who refuse to cooperate with the occupiers are faced with domestic problems and threatened with reprisals.
12:38 Near Nova Kakhovka and Berislav, Kherson region, the invaders are forcing the population to hand over 70% of the harvest to buyers from Crimea. Purchase prices in some places are about 10% of retail prices. At the same time, there is a ban on the export of crops to territories controlled by Ukraine. There are cases when entrepreneurs distribute strawberries and cherries to the population for free, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
12:16 On June 12, the invaders in the occupied territories of the Kherson region staged a celebration of the "Day of Russia", but local residents ignored the events, adviser to the head of the Kherson military administration Sergei Khlan said: "The invaders could not even make a propaganda picture. There were no people who wanted to come to this action, only people who had been brought up. There were about three dozen there. And there was also a part of the people who came exclusively for food packages. <...> They wanted to hold a concert there, but they no longer lured them with food packages, so people didn’t come there at all. "
11:55 The time for Ukrainian-Russian negotiations has not yet come, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in an interview with France Culture. In her opinion, the final success in the war should be the "defeat" of Russia. Clinton also considers Macron's position that the West should not "humiliate Russia" irrelevant. According to her, "Putin has long crossed the red line."
11:52 The occupied Zaporozhye NPP has resumed data transmission through the information system to the IAEA headquarters in Vienna. The head of the organization, Rafael Grossi, said that this is "an important element in the implementation of IAEA safeguards", but the transfer of data "does not replace the physical presence of IAEA inspectors at a nuclear power plant for regular verification of nuclear materials."
11:50 Russia has earned 93 billion euros from the export of fossil fuels in the first 100 days of full-scale war in Ukraine, the Center for Energy and Clean Air Research (CREA) has calculated. At the same time, the European Union imported 61% of Russian fuel in the amount of about 57 billion euros.
11:44 Over the past 24 hours, the enemy has been shelling residential areas of Kharkiv from artillery and MLRS Smerch and Hurricane, several rocket attacks on industrial buildings have also been inflicted. As a result of daytime shelling, one civilian was injured. The invaders also fired on the Chuguevsky and Izyumsky districts of the region, one person was wounded in Korobochkino, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the Kharkiv OVA.
11:41 Exactly eight years ago, Ukraine liberated Mariupol from the invaders. In April 2014, Mariupol was under the control of terrorists who temporarily seized power in the city. In response, on June 13, the Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted a special operation to liberate the city. In fact, this day became the birthday of the Azov Regiment for the people of Mariupol, recalls Petr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.
11:39 Poland has already built 140 km of a fence along the border with Belarus.
11:37 On June 12, units of the anti-aircraft missile forces of Ukraine shot down a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber, the press service of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
11:13 During the night shelling of Bakhmut, three residential buildings and three infrastructure facilities were damaged, including an ambulance station. Previously, three people were injured, said the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
10:55 The head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai said that Ukraine is negotiating the withdrawal of civilians from the Azot plant in Severodonetsk: "We are trying to agree, with the help of Irina Vereshchuk, to organize a corridor, so far without success. Azot shelters are not as strong as in Mariupol Azovstal, Therefore, we need to take people out without fail with security guarantees."
According to Gaidai, the Russians control 70% of the city. There are about 500 civilians, including 40 children, in the industrial zone, which was occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:41 Podolyak listed the heavy weapons needed "to end the war and kick Russia out of Ukraine":
- 1000 155 mm howitzers;
- 300 MLRS;
- 500 tanks;
- 2000 armored vehicles;
- 1000 drones.
He recalled that a meeting of the Contact Group of Defense Ministers will be held in Brussels on June 15, at which decisions will be made.
10:23 Ukraine should join the EU not in decades, but in years, Deputy Head of the European Commission Vera Yurova said in an interview with El PaÃs: "Let's give her the opportunity to get candidate status as soon as possible. This is a very strong symbolic message and incentive for the Ukrainian people. We We'll make a decision on Friday."
10:07 Macron, Scholz and Draghi will visit Kiev on June 16 - before the European summit, the G7 meeting and the NATO summit, the Italian newspaper La Stampa reported.
09:32 British intelligence notes that in the coming months, forcing rivers will become one of the most important determining factors in Ukraine. Thus, the 90-kilometer central section of the Russian front line in the Donbass lies to the west of the Seversky Donets River. To achieve success, it will be necessary to carry out either ambitious flank actions or assault forcing of rivers.
Analysts say Ukrainian forces have often succeeded in blowing up bridges before retreating, while Russia has struggled to establish large-scale river crossings under fire.
09:16 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of June 13. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut direction.
- personnel - about 32,300 (+150) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1432 (+2),
- armored combat vehicles - 3492 (+8),
- artillery systems - 718 (+3),
- MLRS - 226 (+0),
- air defense systems - 97 (+0),
- aircraft - 213 (+1),
- helicopters - 178 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 585 (+3),
- cruise missiles - 125 (+0),
- ships / boats - 13 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 2460 (+5),
- special equipment - 54 (+0).
08:54 Today, at about 6:00 from the territory of the Russian Federation, the invaders opened mortar fire three times on the territory of the Esman community of Sumy region, and after 7:00 there were about 30 more explosions. There are no preliminary victims and no damage, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.
08:47 Ukraine did not expect that Belarus would provide its territory for the invasion of the Russian Federation, just as it did not expect Russia to attack on a wide front, Podolyak said in an interview with the Belarusian edition of Zerkalo: "Intelligence showed that Russia was ready for an attack all last year. But the question is was in the scope of the invasion. We thought there would be intense fighting in eastern Ukraine."
08:44 The nuclear arsenals of the countries of the world will begin to grow in the near future, and the risk of their use has become the highest in recent decades, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said. The reason was the war in Ukraine, which exacerbated the contradictions between the leading nuclear powers.
Analysts point out that all nuclear powers are now building up or upgrading their arsenals, with most of them giving more space to nuclear rhetoric and the role that nuclear weapons play in their military strategies, a very worrying trend.
08:38 For June 12, three local residents were killed in Lisichansk, including a six-year-old child, another person was injured, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, in Severodonetsk, the Russians dominate the artillery, they damaged the treatment facilities. At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully repelled assault actions in the areas of Viktorovka - Vrubovka and Kamyshevakha - Vrubovka. The enemy resumed offensive operations in the area of ​​the settlement of Zolote.
08:32 Loans of residents of the Zaporozhye region to Ukrainian banks will be nullified, "there is no logic for people to pay extortionate interest," said Vladimir Rogov, a member of the occupying "main council of the military-civilian administration" of the region.
08:30 Borrell said that the EU can be expanded, and Ukraine has a chance to get the status of a candidate.
07:54 NATO countries handed over 150 155 mm howitzers to Ukraine, adviser to the Minister of Defense Yuri Sak said in an interview with DW. According to him, for the counter-offensive, Ukraine needs 100 rocket-volley fire systems. It is precisely with the absence of such weapons that the situation in Severodonetsk is connected, where the fighting on the part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine could be more "dynamic". At the same time, Sak assured that Ukraine controls the territory of the Azot plant in Severodonetsk.
07:39 The enemy continues counter-offensive operations in the north of the Kharkiv region, stormed Izbitskoe in the direction from the Russian border, entrenched himself there on the northern outskirts, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the morning report . The invaders managed to replace more than 100 units of damaged armored and automotive vehicles, tried to storm the Valley and Bogorodichne in the Slavic direction, but to no avail.
In Severodonetsk, the enemy has a partial success, pushed the Ukrainian units out of the city center, and the fighting continues. At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed the attack on Vrubovka from Kamyshevakhi and Viktorovka. The enemy is also advancing on Zolote. From Dolomite, the enemy stormed in the direction of the village of Kodema, as well as to the east, in the Novolugansk region.
07:09 Russians attacked Zelenodolsk in the Krivoy Rog region at night with cluster munitions, as a result, five people were injured, one died. Hits were recorded on residential buildings and other objects, said Dmitry Nevesely, a representative of the Zelenodolsk OTC.
04:11 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russian troops are trying to move southeast of Izyum in the direction of Slavyansk and have made some progress. The Russians apparently tried to push Ukrainian forces away from the front line in the northeast of Kharkiv region and on June 12 shelled Ukrainian positions in and around Kharkiv.
Russian forces continued ground assaults in Severodonetsk and blew up bridges from the city, likely in an attempt to cut off Ukrainian land routes from Bakhmut to Lysychansk and Severodonetsk. In southern Ukraine, the Russians have focused on defense, analysts say.
02:33 APU during the day with a pair of helicopters, a pair of attack aircraft and a fighter, delivered powerful blows to enemy positions. The strikes hit the enemy's concentration and the ammunition depot, OK Pivden reports. The confirmed losses of the enemy are 22 people, three T-62 tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles and three vehicles.
00:50 Ukraine is ready to transfer its weapons to NATO standards in a month, Reznikov said in an interview with The Economist. According to him, the Ukrainian military personnel mastered Western artillery in just two weeks, which allows us to talk about the possibility of Ukraine rearming in such a short time. "As Churchill said, give us the tools and we'll finish the job," Reznikov added.