[Korrespondent] 22.42 The Ukrainian Armed Forces' unmanned systems forces struck the facilities of the Hlibivka underground gas storage facility in temporarily occupied Crimea and a number of other targets on the peninsula itself, as well as in the Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhia regions. This was reported by the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, releasing a video of the combat operation.
It is noted that the Glibiv underground gas storage facility in Dozorne and its research center in Vnukovo (Tarkhankut) were hit. The storage facility regulates the seasonal and daily gas consumption rate on the peninsula and maintains pressure in the gas transportation system. Also in the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea, the Forces of Unmanned Systems hit the Repeynik radar station in Kamianske and a diesel locomotive in Rozdolne.
In addition, the following objects were hit:
- enemy radar station P-18 Terek in Novovasylivka, Zaporizhia region;
- two light armored multi-purpose transporters-tractors of the Russian army ZU-23 in Smolyaninovo and Tarasivka, Luhansk region;
- fuel tankers of the invaders in the Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Luhansk regions;
- a tank with enemy fuel and lubricants in Bryanka, Luhansk region;
- command and observation post of a unit from the 656th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 29th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Russian Federation in Velika Novoselka, Donetsk region;
- logistical transport of Russian troops in Luhansk and Zaporizhia regions.
21.36 For more than a year, US senators have not dared to contradict President Donald Trump, who completely stopped financial aid to Ukraine and pushed it to conclude an unprofitable peace deal with Russia. Now, when the White House's attitude towards the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has begun to change, congressmen have become more active. A group of senators from both parties has introduced a bill that "allows Ukraine to use assets confiscated by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and other sovereign assets of Russia to purchase military equipment to protect against Vladimir Putin's war machine." This was stated by Democratic Senator Tim Kaine, co-author of the document.
20.50 Russia has conducted exercises on organizing mass mobilization with the participation of officials from the regions of the Southern Federal District and the occupied territories of Ukraine. The events took place in the Volgograd region under the auspices of the Main Directorate for Special Programs of the President of the Russian Federation, Russian media reports. The exercises involved mobilization workers from executive authorities, municipalities and territorial structures of federal agencies from the Astrakhan, Volgograd and Rostov regions, Kalmykia, Crimea, Sevastopol, Luhansk and Donetsk.
19.48 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky visited military units performing combat missions in the Kostyantynivka, Sloviansk and Kramatorsk directions.
"I paid special attention to the situation in the Konstantinivka direction. I listened to the report of the commander of the 19th Army Corps, Brigadier General Oleksandr Bakulin, on the operational situation in the direction and directly in the area of ​​the city. We analyzed the enemy's actions, his intentions and possible scenarios for the further development of the situation," the commander-in-chief said.
Syrsky also reported that the Russian troops have an advantage in the number of soldiers and do not count on losses, due to which they constantly press. They operate in small assault groups and look for weak points in the Ukrainian defense.
"We detect these intentions in a timely manner, conduct active defense, and inflict significant losses on the enemy," he noted.
19.31 President Volodymyr Zelensky is skeptical about the words of the self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko about his unwillingness to be drawn into war. The Ukrainian leader noted that Russia will now continue to push Lukashenko into war, and he now "understands that Ukraine will respond."
"No need for unnecessary words. Today, he has repeaters on his towers - Russian repeaters, Belarusian repeaters. What's the difference between us? On his territory along two regions bordering Ukraine, there is equipment that adjusts fire on the Ukrainian population, specifically the population. We don't have such a strong front there now, where Ukraine and Belarus are. They are killing civilians there. There are repeaters on the corresponding towers. Can he take it down? Why say that he doesn't want to be in the war? Let him take down this equipment, let him turn off this equipment," Zelensky said.
The president is convinced that Lukashenko will have enough time to do this. "I think that a week will be enough for him to do this. Why do I say a week? Because now every day our civilians are dying because of this, our children are injured. If he doesn't do it, we will," the head of state emphasized.
19.20 French President Emmanuel Macron said that EU leaders should participate in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. There are several reasons for this. Clash Report reports. "Europeans are not mediators. We stand on the side of Ukraine. We provide assistance and support, and have also imposed sanctions against Russia," he stressed. Macron noted that Europeans should be at the negotiating table on the day they begin, since the EU's interests are directly related to what is happening in Ukraine.
19.00 French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticized European Council President Antonio Costa's attempts to establish diplomatic contacts with Russia at the EU leaders' summit.
In the closed part of the summit, the leaders of Germany and France commented disdainfully on the fact that Koshta's team had established informal contacts with the Kremlin in an attempt to join the negotiation process to end the war.
The heads of state most vehemently opposed to Russia, particularly the Baltics, as well as Denmark and the Netherlands, have rallied behind Macron and Merz, with some expressing "unprecedented fury" at Costa.
Politico writes that the discussion on Russia and Ukraine on the evening of June 18 took place without assistants or even mobile phones and lasted two hours longer than planned. The position of France and Germany was that now was not the time to talk with Russia, and when that moment came, these two countries and the United Kingdom should take the lead in the negotiations.
According to sources, other leaders - "a huge number" - took the opposite position, saying that the role of negotiator should be taken by the EU and supporting the president of the European Council.
18.24 A Russian drone hit the building of a logistics operator in Zaporizhia. At least three people are reported injured. The city is still on alert. There is a threat of the use of guided aerial bombs (GABs).
18.12 As a result of strikes by the Ukrainian army, the Moscow Oil Refinery has suspended operations for an indefinite period . This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
New strikes were also carried out on railway bridges in Crimea, the area of ​​concentration of occupiers in the Severodonetsk regions, a fuel and fuel depot in Mariupol, and other targets.
18:00 The court sentenced an agent of Russian military intelligence (better known as the GRU), whom the Security Service of Ukraine exposed in July 2025 in Zaporizhia, to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.
The investigation revealed that the attacker was a Russian-recruited recruit mobilized to a local military unit, who "leaked" data about his battalion and related units of the Defense Forces to them.
The focus of attention of Russian special services was data on the deployment, number, and armament of Ukrainian troops in the Zaporizhia direction.
The traitor also made photocopies of documents for the enemy regarding the deployment of new formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the front lines of the southern front.
SBU officers exposed the agent, documented his crimes, and detained him. At the same time, Defense Forces locations in the zone of enemy intelligence activity were secured.
According to the case materials, the traitor was part of a Russian spy network, which the SBU neutralized along with the exposure of the "mole." In addition to him, the Security Service then detained a resident of the enemy cell - the rector of the local UOC (MP) temple, who worked for the 316th intelligence center of the Russian GRU.
Even earlier, the SBU exposed their third accomplice, who is already serving a prison sentence for orchestrating the shelling of Zaporizhia.
During searches, phones and computer equipment containing evidence of intelligence gathering and contacts with the enemy were found on the detainees.
According to the SBU, the Russian "mole" was found guilty of high treason committed during martial law. By court decision, he received 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.
16.49 Since the beginning of the current day, Russian aggressors have launched 65 attacks on Ukrainian army positions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational update. The enemy launched the largest number of attacks in the Hulyaipil direction.
15.21 The government has supported new rules for managing intellectual property in the Defense Forces. The Ministry of Defense reported this on June 19. It is noted that military developments owned by the state can be transferred to mass production on a paid basis through a transparent licensing system. At least 25% of the funds from paid licenses will be paid directly to military personnel who develop the relevant technologies. The remaining amount will be directed to the needs of military R&D and the development of defense innovations. In some cases, technologies can be licensed free of charge. The resolution expands and supplements the mechanism for licensing intellectual property in the defense sector, introduced in October 2025 as part of the Ministry of Defense's pilot project on transferring technologies to production.
15.15 Moscow recognizes the need for contacts with Europe to resolve the most complex issues. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this in a comment to Russian propagandists.
14.56 Russian forces attacked Kramatorsk twice on the afternoon of June 19, hitting a high-rise building and a parking lot. At least one person was killed and three were injured.
The wounded are receiving necessary medical care, two of them are in serious condition. The final consequences of the shelling are being determined.
14.45 NATO Command Transformation and the NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training and Education Center announced the Persistent Airfield Denial competition with a prize fund of up to 250 thousand euros.
The Ministry of Defense notes that it is necessary to find technologies that will help to permanently limit the enemy's use of aviation infrastructure: aircraft, runways, fuel and ammunition storage facilities, and ground support infrastructure.
Ukrainian miltech companies, startups and engineering teams are invited to participate. The prize fund of the competition is up to 250 thousand euros. Proposals are accepted until July 20. The finalists will be announced on August 11.
14.01 SBU and SBI officers caught a lawyer from the Chernihiv Oblast Bar Council taking bribes. He demanded $80,000 from the wife of a suspect in an evasion scheme.
For this amount, the lawyer promised her to influence the judges and change the preventive measure for her husband, who was in custody at the time.
After that, the lawyer guaranteed the defendant's wife to "resolve the issue" regarding the closure of the criminal proceedings initiated for obstructing the activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during a special period.
SBU officers documented the lawyer's receipt of an "advance payment" and detained him "red-handed" while transferring the main part of the illegal benefit to him.
The lawyer has now been charged with abuse of influence, combined with extortion of undue advantage.
The defendant was given a preventive measure in the form of detention with the alternative of posting bail in the amount of 3.6 million hryvnias.
13.39 Energoatom continues to assess the consequences of the Russian drone attack on the Centralized Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility (CSSF) and is preparing to restore the damaged premises.
"A preliminary inspection by specialists of the commission to inspect damaged equipment, structures, and buildings at the Central Nuclear Power Plant site confirmed the absence of damage to the load-bearing structures," the company said in a statement.
According to the head of Energoatom, Pavlo Kovtonyuk, the company will restore the damaged premises within a month and a half on its own. The procedure for purchasing building materials for repair work is currently underway.
The exact amount of damage will be calculated.
14.31 A proposal for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine could include a phased plan – perhaps similar to the one Donald Trump has just agreed to with Iran, The Economist magazine reported.
13.34 Russians should not watch Moscow burn after Ukrainian drone attacks, but monitor the consequences of strikes on Ukrainian territory. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said this in a comment to propagandists.
13.13 With each month that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin refuses to end the war against Ukraine, the situation for his regime worsens. His attack on Ukraine has become a historic mistake , Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga wrote on the social network X.
13.04 In Kherson, Russian troops attacked two shuttle buses with drones, injuring seven people. This was reported by the head of the city military administration, Yaroslav Shanko, on Telegram.
"In Kherson, the enemy is attacking public transport in the morning. On one of the routes in the Korabelny district, the Russian occupiers damaged two buses at once within an hour," he wrote.
The first strike injured people at the bus stop. "As of this hour, four people are known to have been injured. They are hospitalized in moderate condition. Fortunately, the second attack did not cause any injuries," Shanko noted.
Later, the MVA added that seven people were already known to have been injured as a result of the attack by Russian drones on a minibus in the Korabelny district.
"Two more women, ages 61 and 54, went to the hospital. They have blast injuries, concussions, and acute stress reactions," the report says.
In addition, a 76-year-old man was taken to the hospital in moderate condition. He was injured as a result of enemy shelling of residential areas in the Korabelny district. The victim was in an apartment at the time of the Russian attack and suffered concussion, explosive and closed head injuries.
12.37 Residents of several districts of the Moscow region of Russia reported gasoline shortages , queues at gas stations, and restrictions on fuel assortment after drone attacks on the Moscow refinery.
12.15 The Primorsky District Court of Odessa found a serviceman guilty of the murder of a well-known Odessa activist Demyan Hanul. The perpetrator was sentenced to life imprisonment with confiscation of property and deprivation of the military rank of "senior lieutenant", the Prosecutor General's Office reported.
12.11 The European Union needs to resume talks with Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine, Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker said, but did not name an EU candidate for the role of negotiator. He expressed the opinion that the end of hostilities between the United States and Iran could create new momentum for peace talks on Ukraine, which is important to seize.
11:43 Russian aggressors struck a parking lot with fuel trucks in the Odessa region. One person was killed and four were injured, OVA head Oleg Kiper reported on Telegram.
11.27 In Ukraine , hackers have developed a copy of the Reserve+ service to make money on draft evaders. The SBU reported this. More than 4,000 users who were trying to avoid mobilization were authorized in the fake service.
11.19 In Donetsk region, two servicemen of the Russian army, natives of Khabarovsk Krai and Irkutsk Oblast, were sentenced in absentia to 12 years in prison for raping a local resident during the occupation. As reported by the Prosecutor General's Office, the criminals threatened the victim with the murder of children. According to the court verdict, the convicts must also pay the victim compensation - 500 thousand hryvnias each.
10.46 Russian drones attacked two civilian vessels that were in the Black Sea and were moving along the Ukrainian Sea Corridor. This was reported by the Ukrainian Sea Ports Administration (USPA). Currently, one sailor is known to have died, and five more are injured.
10.22 On Friday morning, six regions of Ukraine experienced power outages due to Russian shelling. Ukrenergo reported this. Emergency restoration work is already underway wherever security conditions currently allow.
09.30 Russians attacked a minibus in Kherson with a drone on Friday morning, June 19, injuring at least four people. According to regional authorities, the incident occurred at around 07.30 in the Korabelny district of the city.
08.49 On the morning of June 19, the Russians attacked Pavlograd, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, killing an 8-year-old girl. Another person was injured. The head of the regional military administration, Oleksandr Ganzha, reported on the consequences of the morning attack by the Russian Federation. He also noted that the wounded 49-year-old woman was hospitalized. Doctors assess her condition as moderate. As a result of the enemy strike, two private houses were set on fire. One dwelling was destroyed.
07.40 According to updated data from the Kharkiv authorities, six people were injured as a result of the attack on Kharkiv. Three children were among the injured. In addition, residential buildings and other infrastructure in the area were damaged. More than forty private houses were damaged by the shelling.
05.31 Russian troops on the night of Friday, June 19, launched air defense missile strikes on the Kholodnohirskyi district of Kharkiv. The night strike damaged about 15 private residential buildings and a warehouse. Five people were injured, including three children.
02.20 Late on Thursday evening, June 18, Russian drones burned down a gas station in Zaporizhia and a high-rise building in Sumy. In both cases, there were no casualties.
01.53 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine "productive" and highlighted three main areas: new contributions to the PURL program, support for the Czech initiative and the supply of long-range missiles, and contributions to the production of Ukrainian drones and missiles.