[Korrespondent] 22:50 The Embassy of Ukraine in Israel sharply criticized the country because of its pro-Russian position: "While the people of Ukraine, including its significant Jewish community, are bleeding under the blows of Russian missiles and Iranian drones, the Israeli leadership, hiding behind verbal demagoguery about its neutrality, is actively building relations with the Russian Federation. In fact, on the ground, the so-called "neutrality" of the Israeli government is seen as a clear pro-Russian position." The Israeli Foreign Ministry intends to summon the Ukrainian ambassador because of this.
22:17 Zelensky said that he had a "positive and inspiring" conversation with Biden: "We discussed the course of hostilities and the processes taking place in Russia. The world should put pressure on Russia until international order is restored. We discussed the further expansion of defense cooperation with an emphasis on long-range weapons" .
21:59 Poland is strengthening the border with Belarus after reports of PMC Wagner moving there, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said. According to him, Warsaw is closely following the results of the military rebellion in Russia, and the Polish military has additionally strengthened the borders on the border with Belarus and the Kaliningrad region. Morawiecki explained that such measures are a reaction to a possible threat from Moscow, since "Lukashenko and Putin can act very strangely."
21:06 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He spoke about the current situation on the battlefield and shared Ukrainian assessments of the rebellion attempt in Russia and the impact of this situation on the course of hostilities. He also drew attention to the threatening situation created by the occupying forces at the Zaporozhye NPP. "The world's insufficient response to Russia's undermining the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station and the attempt to blow up the dam at the Krivoy Rog reservoir gives the occupiers the opportunity to prepare a terrorist attack with a radiation leak at the ZNPP. Ukraine's partners should demonstrate a principled reaction, in particular, at the Vilnius NATO summit," the president stressed.
20:48 US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken believes that Prigozhin's rebellion showed cracks in Putin's power: "Putin had to defend Moscow, the capital of Russia, from his own mercenary ... I don't want to speculate, but I don't think we saw the final episode."
20:27 The Russians made an unsuccessful attempt to penetrate the DRG across the state border of Ukraine in the area of ​​​​the village of Rodionovka, Sumy region, suffered losses and retreated, the General Staff said.
20:12 During the day, the Ukrainian military passed on the southern and northern flanks around Bakhmut from 600 to 1000 meters, said the speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces Serhiy Cherevaty.
18:54 Reznikov, in an interview with Fox News, said that the current actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not "the main offensive." According to him, events may occur this year that will be decisive for the outcome of the war in Ukraine. At the same time, the minister believes that the expectations of the result of the counteroffensive were exaggerated, and in the course of hostilities there are "various circumstances and obstacles." In particular, the defensive lines of the Russian army, especially minefields, became a serious obstacle.
18:31 Russia has completed preparations for a terrorist attack at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Budanov said in an interview with the British edition of The New Statement. Nuclear reactors without refrigeration can melt down in ten hours to 14 days, he said. An increase in the voltage on the power lines by the occupiers can lead to an accident at the station. "The plan of the terrorist attack at the ZNPP has been fully developed and approved. They can use technical means to accelerate the catastrophe," the head of the GUR warned.
He recalled the mining of the Zaporizhzhya NPP cooling pond by the Russian troops, and also reported that the occupiers had placed equipment filled with explosives near four of the station's six power units. According to Budanov, Russia may resort to a terrorist attack because of the defeat on the left bank of the Dnieper. There is a risk that the Russian Federation may carry out an attack on the ZNPP with a radiation leak as a "preventive measure" to stop the offensive operation of Ukraine and freeze the front line in its current form.
17:50 Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Naev commented on the rumors that the Wagner PMC will allegedly try to attack Ukraine from the territory of Belarus: “I want to assure everyone that the situation in the northern operational zone remains stable and controlled. Our troops continue to build up defense assets. all services are working in an enhanced mode - from intelligence to engineering troops.Currently, there is no increase in equipment or manpower of the enemy.The state border is under reliable protection in 24/7 mode.If this happens and the enemy tries to cross the state border, for them it will be nothing but suicide. Our soldiers are ready to give a decent answer to anyone who dares to cross the state border with weapons in their hands."
16:38 At a conference in London, it was possible to attract financial resources totaling about $60 billion to restore Ukraine, Shmyhal said.
15:47 NATO representatives contacted the Russian Ministry of Defense because of the situation with the Prigozhin rebellion, writes La Repubblica, citing sources. According to them, the Alliance wanted to make sure that what happened did not lead to a nuclear incident. In addition, the West immediately decided to make it clear that it had nothing to do with Prigozhin's actions.
15:14 The Russian military dropped a banned chemical munition on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Marinka area, said Valery Shershen, spokesman for the Tauride Defense Forces. However, the wind, he said, was in the direction of the enemy.
13:59 American intelligence knew that Prigozhin was planning a coup in Russia, CNN reports, citing sources. According to them, the head of the PMC Wagner planned to seriously challenge the Russian military leadership for quite a long time. In addition, according to one of CNN's sources, Prigozhin's claims about a lack of ammunition for operations in Ukraine were likely a deliberate deception to lay the foundation for a potential military challenge to the Russian leadership. At the same time, US intelligence decided not to make public Prigozhin's plans.
13:10 At night, the Russians shelled Kherson, one person died, residential buildings were damaged, the OVA reported. In the morning, the Russian army once again shelled Antonovka - one person was injured.
12:37 PMC Wagner mercenaries during their "riot" destroyed seven units of Russian aircraft, said Yuri Ignat, speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to him, one plane, two combat helicopters and four Mi-8 transport helicopters were destroyed. "Mi-8 transport helicopters are powerful equipment that helps the Russian army in the war against Ukraine," Ignat said.
“Prigozhin was afraid of the response of Russian aviation. And, frankly, aviation really needs to be afraid. Since it can smash the entire grouping in a matter of minutes. However, as we can see, everything ended a little differently. I just want to emphasize that if the appropriate order had been given , then the Russian pilots would have easily destroyed the Wagner columns that were moving towards Moscow," Ignat added.
11:28 From under the rubble of a house in the Solomensky district of Kiev, rescuers removed the bodies of two more dead, rescue work continues, Klitschko said. In total, five people died in the house where fragments of a Russian rocket hit on the night of June 24.
10:12 British intelligence states that Ukrainian forces are using the experience of the first two weeks of the counteroffensive to practice the tactics of storming a deep, well-prepared Russian defense. Ukrainian units are making gradual but steady tactical progress in key areas, analysts say.
At the same time, according to intelligence data, in the Lugansk region, Russian troops made significant efforts to carry out an offensive in Serebryansky forestry near Kremennaya. This is probably happening in accordance with the order of the Russian top leadership to go on the offensive when possible. Russia has made little progress, but Ukrainian forces prevented a breakthrough, experts say.
09:36 Germany will transfer another 45 Gepard anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine to strengthen its air defense, and also by the end of the year will transfer two IRIS-T SLM anti-aircraft missile systems and four more such systems next year, said the head of the Situation Center for Ukraine under the German Defense Ministry Christian Freuding.
09:29 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed (in Vugledar), two more were injured. In Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, two wounded each. Also, one person was wounded in the Kharkiv region, another one - in Nikopol, Dnepropetrovsk region, according to the IVA.
09:11 Copenhagen hosted consultations on key peace principles with national security and political advisers from Brazil, the UK, Denmark, the EU, Italy, India, Canada, Germany, South Africa, Saudi Arabia, the US, Turkey, Ukraine, France and Japan. The Ukrainian delegation consisted of a team from the Office of the President and the Foreign Ministry, Yermak said.
The head of the Presidential Office announced the venues that could become a potential venue for the Global Peace Summit: “First, I proposed Ukraine as the most desirable option for us. By the way, many countries have already expressed their readiness to host this summit, including such international venues as the General Assembly UN".
08:35 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 25.
- personnel - about 224,630 (+720) people liquidated,
- tanks - 4030 (+6),
- armored combat vehicles - 7806 (+2),
- artillery systems - 4034 (+19),
- MLRS - 624 (+5),
- air defense systems - 385 (+2),
- aircraft - 314 (+0),
- helicopters - 308 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 3472 (+12),
- cruise missiles - 1259 (+41),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 6735 (+4),
- special equipment - 552 (+4).
07:44 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Limansky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - 29 military clashes took place in a day, the General Staff said in the morning report .
In the occupied part of the Kherson region, there is an intensification of the process of evacuating local collaborators with Russian passports in their own cars to Crimea. However, the FSB of the Russian Federation conducts filtering in relation to each of them.
02:18 US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called the Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Turkey, Dmitry Kuleba and Hakan Fidan, to discuss the situation in Russia amid Prigozhin's rebellion. According to the State Department, during the conversation, the parties exchanged views on the latest developments in the Russian Federation, and Blinken assured "the support of Ukraine from the United States will not change, the United States will maintain close coordination with Ukraine as the situation develops."
00:25 In the Bakhmut direction, soldiers of the 1st mechanized battalion of the 3rd separate assault brigade completely defeated the 3rd battalion of the 57th guards motorized rifle brigade of the Russian Federation and cleared the western bank of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal from the enemy, said the commander of the Third Separate Assault Brigade Andrei Biletsky.
00:07 The representative of the "administration" of the occupied Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, announced the elimination of two "pro-Ukrainian terrorists" in Berdyansk, who allegedly opened fire from machine guns on the city embankment. According to Rogov, one of them was Tigran Hovhannisyan, who was previously detained for "anti-Russian activities".
Social networks confirm that one of the dead was 16-year-old Tigran Hovhannisyan, and also publish his last video, in which a teenager with a machine gun and tactical gloves says: "That's it, death, boys. Farewell! Glory to Ukraine!" They also write in social networks that Tigran Hovhannisyan and his friend Nikita Khanganov, both born in 2006, stabbed a local "policeman" and shot another occupier. Earlier in Berdyansk, they received accusations from the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation of allegedly preparing a sabotage on the railway. They were threatened with imprisonment for a period of 10 to 20 years.