[YouTube] Russia's central banker, Elvira Nabiullina, has been missing for nearly 3 weeks, driving rumors that she may have been ousted. This is a big deal for Russia's economy, and their ability to continue to wage their war against Ukraine. Nabiullina has been absolutely crucial for Russia's war effort, keeping the Russian economy running, if barely, through sustained sanctions and the ever rising costs of warfare. If she is truly missing, it marks a potentially drastic step by Vladimir Putin, and likely an entirely new phase in the war in Ukraine.
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Nabiullina is one of the few, within the Russian financial system anyway, who apparently is not on the take.
And 'honesty' within that system has consequences.
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She also kept the Russian economy going for as long as it has... but she has also stated it can't go on like this. Putin didn't want to hear that and suddenly she was "sick". So she said "fuck this" and left, was asked to leave or disappeared by Putie pie.
The magic she could provide (aka short term benefits with long term pain) to keep things going has run out.
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[Regnum] A series of earthquakes occurred on June 19 in the Pacific Ocean, off the eastern coast of Kamchatka. This follows from data published on the website of the Kamchatka branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake was recorded at 06:52 UTC (09:52 Moscow time) 178 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. Another strong tremor, measuring 6.2, occurred at 07:52 UTC (10:52 Moscow time), 175 km from the city.
In just one hour, more than ten tremors were recorded off the coast of Kamchatka. Their magnitudes ranged from 3.6 to 6.9. Most of the epicenters were located 140–180 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
There were no reports of casualties or damage.
Seismologists had previously recorded tremors in other parts of the Far East. On June 12, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 105 km east of Severo-Kurilsk. The city felt a magnitude of up to 3.0 on the Richter scale, with the earthquake's center located at a depth of 37 km.
On June 10, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Primorsky Krai, 33 km southeast of the village of Olga. On the same day, a magnitude 5.2 tremor was recorded in Kamchatka, 160 km from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, as well as magnitude 4.7 and 4.6 earthquakes in the region's waters.
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[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.
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[NewsFront] 22:03 In the period from 14:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 50 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Tver regions, the Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea. 21:47 Operators of the NRTK "Courier" group "Center"created aerosol curtain for the advance of assault units.
18:46 Units of the 3rd Army Corps continue successful progress in urban development of Konstantinovka.
Operators of unmanned systems continuously monitor the situation, accompany the actions of assault groups and document the results of their work.
18:11 Su-34 crews inflicted strikes with FAB-500 aerial bombs with a universal planning and correction module against Ukrainian Armed Forces targets.
17:31 Operators of attack UAVs of the Vostok group caught rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Drone operators from the Center group shot down enemy heavy hexacopters and destroyed an enemy UAV launch site in the Dobropillya direction.
16:53 Crews of the Tornado-S MLRS and the 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled howitzer destroyed enemy equipment and manpower.
15:52 During the day, in the period from 8.00 to 14.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 216 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Smolensk, Voronezh, Tula, Kaluga, Oryol, Tver, Lipetsk, Ryazan regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Black Sea.
16:20 Units of the Southern Group of Forces released the village of Yurkovka, 10 kilometers from Slavyansk (Donetsk People's Republic).
13:49 On frames: Under objective control, the American BM "MAXPRO" first runs over a mine, planted in advance by Russian military personnel, and is then destroyed by FPV drone operators of the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the "Sever" Guards group.
12:31 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation from June 13 to 19, 2026
From June 13 to 19, in response to terrorist attacks by Ukraine on civilian targets in Russia, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a massive strike and six group strikes using high-precision weapons and attack drones.
As a result, defense industry facilities, fuel and energy, transport and port infrastructure used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, military airfields, ammunition and fuel depots, territorial assembly centers, assembly, storage, preparation and launch sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries were damaged.
Over the course of a week, units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of four mechanized units, two motorized infantry units, a battalion of unmanned aerial systems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, four territorial defense brigades, and two border detachments of the Ukrainian Border Service.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces, the enemy lost over 1,540 servicemen, ten combat armored vehicles, 78 cars, three field artillery guns and five electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "West" force group have improved their tactical position. Over the past week, they have defeated four mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, two territorial defense brigades, and a National Guard brigade.
In the village of Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault units of the 25th Army continued to destroy scattered Ukrainian Armed Forces units for a week. Units of the 67th Motorized Rifle Division captured 37 strongholds and liberated 251 buildings.
Over the course of a week in Krasny Liman, the enemy lost more than 185 personnel and over 45 units of weapons and military equipment, including a 155mm M-777 howitzer and a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, as well as 24 vehicles.
In total, enemy losses in the "West" group's area of responsibility amounted to more than 1,490 servicemen, 24 armored combat vehicles, 120 vehicles, and 15 field artillery pieces. Five electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
Last week, units of the Southern Group of Forces advanced deep into enemy defenses and liberated the towns of Artema and Rai-Aleksandrivka in the Donetsk People's Republic. Over the past 24 hours, the town of Yurkovka in the Donetsk People's Republic was liberated.
The manpower and equipment of five mechanized brigades, a motorized infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, an artillery brigade, a mountain assault brigade, an unmanned aerial systems brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade were damaged.
In the village of Konstantinovka, during the week, assault groups of the "Southern" group of forces continued to conduct combat operations to destroy the encircled enemy in the southwestern part of the village and offensive operations in the Nikolaevsky microdistrict.
Over the past week, 627 buildings have been liberated from Ukrainian militants. More than 540 Ukrainian servicemen, over 160 pieces of various weapons and military equipment, and 116 vehicles have been destroyed.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the Southern Group of Forces, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 985 servicemen, 27 combat armored vehicles, 143 vehicles, and 23 field artillery pieces.
Over the past week, as a result of decisive actions by units of the Center group of forces, the settlements of Novy Donbas and Kutuzovka in the Donetsk People's Republic were liberated.
Defeats were inflicted on the formations of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an airmobile brigade, an airborne brigade, an unmanned systems brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three naval infantry brigades, four National Guard brigades, and the Azov special forces brigade.
The enemy's losses in this direction amounted to more than 2,040 military personnel, 18 combat armored vehicles, 39 cars, nine field artillery pieces and two Grad multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles.
Throughout the week, units of the "East" group of forces continued active offensive operations. They defeated the personnel and equipment of four mechanized brigades, two assault brigades, five airborne assault brigades, four assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade.
The losses of Ukrainian armed forces in the area of responsibility of the "East" group of forces amounted to over 3,140 servicemen, 20 combat armored vehicles, 53 cars and nine field artillery pieces.
12:01 Artillerymen of the "Southern" group hit targets in Konstantinovka.
The crew of the 1442nd Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment covered the enemy’s temporary deployment point with fire from a 152mm Giatsint-B howitzer.
08:49 During the night, from 20:00 Moscow time on June 18 to 7:00 Moscow time on June 19, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 133 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Voronezh, Oryol, Smolensk, Tula, Rostov, Ryazan regions, the Moscow region, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea.
07:33 Changes on map over the past 24 hours:
Advance west of Novogorovka
Russian Armed Forces reached the outskirts of the village of Ukrainian
Rai-Aleksandrovka was liberated
Advance in Konstantinovka
Vasilevka cleared
Advance northeast of the village of Dolgaya Balka
06:02 The crew of the T-80BVM tank of the 35th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center group, having destroyed firing points and a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, supported offensive of assault units.
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[Regnum] The United States and Ukraine are discussing a phased ceasefire in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict zone, beginning with limiting the combat zone. This was reported on June 19 by the British publication The Economist, citing sources.
According to them, US President Donald Trump's team is in constant contact with Ukrainian authorities on settlement matters. According to one of the scenarios being discussed, a ceasefire in the conflict zone would be implemented in two stages: first, limiting hostilities to a 50-70 km zone on both sides of the front line, followed by a broader agreement.
One of the sources also clarified that Trump has begun to view the conflict differently, making it more “humanly understandable” for him.
On May 13, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov recalled that to cease fire and open a corridor for peace talks, Kyiv regime leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy must order Ukrainian troops to cease hostilities and withdraw from Donbas. The Kremlin spokesman also noted that Russia and the United States continue to maintain ongoing dialogue on this issue. He added that information is being exchanged with the Ukrainian side through the Americans.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, for his part, noted that Russia is seeking not a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine, but a long-term and sustainable peace that will ensure security for all. The president noted that Kyiv is not yet ready for such a scenario, so Moscow will continue to pursue its goals, but hopes that over time all parties will recognize the need to resolve the crisis.
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[Regnum] Seven young men, aged 17 to 28, were detained in St. Petersburg on suspicion of creating an extremist group and attacking civilians. This was reported on June 19 by Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs spokesperson Irina Volk.
"It has been preliminarily established that the perpetrators attacked civilians motivated by political, ideological, racial, national, and religious hatred or enmity. They used weapons," Volk wrote on her Telegram channel.
Police, supported by the National Guard, conducted searches at the residences of the detainees. Law enforcement officers seized firearms, bladed weapons, ammunition, smoke bombs, a bat with nails, and extremist symbols.
Investigators continue to investigate the criminal case under Parts 1 and 2 of Article 282.1 of the Russian Criminal Code (“Organization of an extremist community”).
"The question of choosing a preventive measure for the defendants is being decided," Volk added.
On June 17, 11 members and organizers of an extremist group, including seven minors, were detained in Yaroslavl. The extremist group, founded in January, united individuals with an ideology aimed at inciting hatred and enmity based on ethnicity. Members committed violent acts against targeted victims and also painted banned symbols in public places.
According to investigators, the two leaders of the organization held high positions in the criminal hierarchy. They operated in the cities of Zima and Sayansk. The defendants and their active supporters promoted the principles of extremist ideology among people with criminal views. They also called for aggression against government officials and law enforcement officers.
The agency's Telegram channel reported that the defendants organized a fundraiser to support supporters of the criminal subculture. The Russian Investigative Committee clarified that the funds were distributed to create favorable conditions for individuals who share these views, including inmates in correctional facilities.
Investigators from the regional Investigative Committee, with the assistance of police and the Russian National Guard's Special Rapid Response Unit, detained seven individuals. During searches of their residences, law enforcement officers seized banned literature, 1 million rubles in cash, and financial documents.
A criminal case was opened based on materials from the Center for Combating Extremism of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal Penitentiary Service Directorate for the Irkutsk Region. Depending on their role, they are accused of committing crimes under Article 210.1 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Occupying a high position in a criminal hierarchy") and Parts 1 and 2 of Article 282.2 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Organizing and participating in the activities of an organization recognized as extremist in accordance with Russian law"). By court order, all detainees have been sent to pretrial detention.
The Federal Security Service (FSB) previously published video footage from Penal Colony No. 7 in the Zabaykalsky Krai. Law enforcement officers there dismantled a clandestine extremist cell. During searches of the penal facility, security forces discovered and seized literature promoting the activities of a banned international organization. Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko clarified that the cell was created by individuals previously convicted of serious and especially serious crimes.
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