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Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:01 In the Volchansk community of the Kharkov region, an enemy UAV hit a Ukrposhta car during the transportation and delivery of pensions - the head of the Ukrposhta mobile department was killed, the driver was injured, the prosecutor's office reported. Another person was wounded as a result of an enemy airstrike on the village of Borovaya, Izyum district.
21:16 The Russian Air Force service has found out that former mercenaries of the Wagner PMC are now partially serving in Syria, the Central African Republic and in the Chechen Akhmat unit fighting against Ukraine. The activities of mercenaries in the CAR are led by Pavel Prigozhin, the son of Yevgeny Prigozhin. At the end of October 2023, the commander of the special forces unit, Akhmat Apty Alaudinov, announced that former Wagnerites were joining his unit and going to war against Ukraine.
20:45 The situation in the Kharkov region has become “even more stabilized,” Zelensky said in an evening video message. “Donetsk region is very difficult. Especially this Pokrovsky direction - dozens of Russian attacks every day,” the president added.
20:34 The United States is having a “serious and intensive conversation” about how to help Ukrainian industry produce on Ukrainian territory what the country needs to protect itself, Deputy Secretary of State for Political Affairs John Bass said during a visit to Kiev. He recalled that air defense is now a top priority for Ukraine, and Washington is focused on this. But American support is not limited to this issue, Bass added.
20:29 Ukraine will receive another Patriot air defense system - it will be transferred by the Netherlands together with another country, said Prime Minister Kaisa Ollongren. She clarified that the Netherlands and another unnamed country managed to assemble parts that could form a complete system.
19:33 The Russians hit the coastal zone of the Odessa region with ballistics - a recreational infrastructure facility was damaged, no people were injured, said Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA.
19:30 The Russian army launched a missile attack on a food warehouse in Krivoy Rog, two people were injured, said the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA Sergei Lysak. In addition, one person was wounded as a result of shelling in the Nikopol region.
19:27 Ukraine will receive the first tranche from frozen Russian assets by the end of summer, European Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis predicts: “According to our estimates, this year, thanks to our measures, up to 3 billion euros will be available, and we expect to make the first payment in the amount of 1.5 billion euros until the summer holidays."
19:16 The Russians shelled the village of Kindeyka, Kherson region, two people were injured. Another person was wounded as a result of shelling in the village of Veletenskoye, the OVA reported. In addition, it became known that one person was killed as a result of yesterday’s shelling of Kherson.
19:08 The Slovak Ministry of Defense announced that it is filing a lawsuit over the transfer of MiG-29 fighter jets and components for the Kub air defense system to Ukraine in March 2023. The department claims that the previous government, by its decision, committed a criminal offense - in particular, they are accused of sabotage, abuse of power and abuse of duties, which jeopardized the country's defense capability. The main argument is that the government of Eduard Geger, which ordered the transfer of the MiG-29 to Ukraine, was transitional and therefore had limited powers. Ukraine officially received from Slovakia 13 MiG-29 fighters and components for the Kub air defense system.
19:03 Syrsky decided to organize additional training on studying the norms of international humanitarian law for sergeants and officers. The first stage of the project is currently underway - 11 classes will be held by the end of June. According to the curriculum, they will cover about 450 military sergeants and officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18:44 On Saturday, June 22, hourly shutdown schedules will be applied throughout Ukraine from 16:00 to 24:00, Ukrenergo reported. From 18:00 to 23:00 there will be more restrictions.
18:23 Consultations have begun on the technical details of the transfer to Ukraine of funds related to income from frozen Russian assets, said the head of the NBU Andrey Pyshny. “A huge shift and achievement is that the statement was made clearly: the immobilized assets and seized assets of the Russian Federation will remain immobilized until the Russian Federation compensates for the entire volume of losses. This is an important element for the idea of providing a loan to Ukraine to work,” he added.
17:36 Trump said that Biden should never have promised Ukraine membership in NATO. According to the US presidential candidate, it was Kyiv’s intentions to join the Alliance that provoked the Russian invasion.
17:01 The government has allocated 1 billion hryvnia for buses that will transport children to schools with shelters, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov. The money was distributed among the regions. Thanks to co-financing from local budgets, local authorities will purchase 500 buses by the beginning of this school year. The government's goal in 2024 is to create a safe environment for about 300 thousand students to study in person.
16:47 Moscow is only ready for a comprehensive dialogue with Washington, which will include issues of US participation in the “Ukrainian conflict,” Peskov said. He called the dialogue between the Russian Federation and the United States “extremely needed,” since “problems are piling up, including in connection with global security.”
16:19 Seven more Ukrainian children who lived in the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region were returned home, said the head of the Kherson OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
16:08 Ukraine held the final round of negotiations with Poland on signing a bilateral security agreement, the Presidential Office reported.
15:45 Russian troops began to storm Chasov Yar from the Toretsk direction, trying to put pressure on Shumy and New York from Horlivka, said Nazar Voloshin, speaker of the operational-strategic group of troops Khortitsa. According to him, fighting is going on, the situation is under control.
15:33 The largest fire in several years at the Diehl metallurgical plant in Berlin, which occurred in early May, was probably Russian sabotage, writes Bild, citing sources in one of the foreign intelligence services. Foreign intelligence officers have concrete evidence of Russian involvement, and German authorities are now studying this data.
The Diehl concern also produces Iris-T air defense systems for Ukraine, but they were not made at the Berlin plant - metals were processed there, for example, for cars. It is unclear why a metallurgical plant was chosen rather than a military plant. Perhaps the target was the capital of Germany, the publication suggests.
15:15 On the night of June 21, in the village of Vorontsovka in the Krasnodar Territory, an unidentified missile hit the barracks of military unit 33859, an air defense military unit near Yeisk. Nearby is the Vorontsovsky training ground. The barracks building was damaged and nine Russian servicemen were wounded, Astra sources in the region's emergency services reported.
15:02 The defense forces thwarted the Russians’ plans to occupy the Borovaya Kharkov region, said Andrey Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense: “Yes, the enemy is trying to raise reserves, and a potential threat remains, but we are not yet talking about the formation of new powerful groups to repeat the situation.” He added that the Defense Forces are studying the situation, preparing for different scenarios.
14:31 The Russians fired high-explosive bombs at the Vozdvizhensk community of the Zaporozhye region: a private house was completely destroyed, one person was killed, two were wounded, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
14:20 As a result of Russian attacks, Ukraine lost 9 gigawatts of power - this is equivalent to the consumption of the Netherlands, or this is the same amount of power as Slovakia and the Baltic countries consume together, said Vladimir Kudrytsky, Chairman of the Board of NEC Ukrenergo.
13:59 US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs John Bass arrived in Kiev, Ambassador Bridget Brink said. According to her, "he will meet with Ukrainian officials and other partners to reaffirm our strong support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia's illegal aggression."
13:37 The Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU confirmed that the European Union has approved the negotiating framework for Ukraine and Moldova: “The EU Council has approved the common positions of the European Union, including the negotiating framework, for accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. This paves the way for the launch of negotiations in Tuesday, June 25, in Luxembourg."
12:48 EU ambassadors gave “consent in principle” to the opening of negotiations on accession to the European Union with Ukraine and Moldova on June 25, Le Point writes, citing sources.
12:09 In Anapa, the Russian Armed Forces shot down their own Ka-29 helicopter, Russian public pages write. According to them, the Pantsyr air defense system attacked the helicopter.
12:00 Hungary will not participate in NATO’s “military mission” in Ukraine, Orban said: “We have achieved the minimum goal, I agreed with the NATO Secretary General, Hungary will get off the train. NATO will have a military mission in Ukraine, but Hungary will not accept The driver could not be convinced to participate, and now only Trump can stop the train.”
11:52 American senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal presented a bipartisan bill recognizing Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. The document provides for the introduction of sanctions for countries that cooperate with the Russian Federation, expanding the list of dual-use goods that will not be allowed to be exported to Russia. If passed, the law would open up the possibility of lawsuits and other civil claims from victims of Moscow-sponsored terrorism.
11:46 On the night of June 20, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine successfully attacked a warehouse of fuels and lubricants in the Tambov region of the Russian Federation, as well as the Enemskaya oil depot in the Republic of Adygea, the General Staff reported. At least five explosions were recorded in the area of the Enemskaya oil depot, after which a fire started. At least one container with petroleum products was damaged in the Tambov region.
In addition, on the night of June 21, drones attacked the Afipsky, Ilsky, Krasnodar and Astrakhan oil refineries. Radar stations and electronic intelligence centers in the Bryansk region and Crimea were also attacked. Information about hitting targets is being clarified.
Also tonight, the Defense Forces carried out a successful strike on the storage and preparation sites for the use of Shahed-136/Geran-2 attack drones, educational buildings, control and communication points for the crews of these UAVs located in the Krasnodar Territory. Based on the results of combat work, a series of explosions and a fire followed by detonation were recorded.
11:20 South Korea can supply Ukraine with 155-mm artillery shells, air defense systems and other weapons, Yonhap writes. According to the South Korean agency, the administration of President Yoon Seok-yeol is still studying the possibility of supplies. Putin the day before threatened Seoul with “retaliatory measures” if it began supplying weapons to Ukraine.
11:14 In the morning, the Russians dropped a guided bomb on a residential building in Selidovo, Donetsk region - two people were killed, three were wounded, said the head of the OBA Vadim Filashkin. Five five-story buildings and six private houses were damaged.
10:49 Ukraine does not seek direct contacts with Russia, but admits that the experience of the Black Sea Grain Initiative can be used for its participation in the second Peace Summit, Kuleba said: “Then Ukraine negotiated with Turkey and the UN, then Turkey and the UN negotiated negotiations with Russia. The agreement looked like a document signed between Turkey, the UN and Ukraine, and Turkey, the UN and Russia."
10:38 The Air Force cannot yet confirm the use of the FAB-3000 bomb by Russian troops in the Kharkov region, said Ilya Yevlash, spokesman for the Armed Forces of Ukraine: “It will finally be possible to talk about this only when it is officially possible to detect the wreckage and at least get acquainted with the site. It’s difficult to tell from the video, so we need to wait a little until we can study this place and tell with certainty what type of ammunition it was.”
According to Yevlash, the Russians most often use FAB-250 and FAB-500, converting them to use a unified new ammunition. “The FAB-3000 is a fairly rare case, and probably, if the examination confirms this, it will be one of the first times that the Russians have used such a powerful aerial bomb,” he added.
10:33 The Japanese government has expanded sanctions against Russian individuals and defense companies. The new list includes 11 people and 42 companies, the country’s Foreign Ministry reported.
09:45 In Yeysk in the Krasnodar Territory, after a night attack, a fire occurred on the territory of the 726th air defense training center, OSINT analyst AvScanNZ reports, citing satellite images. They show at least three fires.
09:37 Since the beginning of 2024, the level of domestic violence in Ukraine has increased by 14% and continues to grow, Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said in an interview with Radio Liberty. According to him, there is a direct connection between this indicator and post-traumatic stress disorder in military personnel returning from war. “A very large percentage, about 60%, are military,” the minister noted. In his opinion, the psychological rehabilitation of veterans in Ukraine “is in its infancy, and if we do not select specialists and train them, then we will have big problems after the end of the war.”
08:51 The Russians fired at the village. Russian Tishki, Kharkov district, one person was wounded, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
08:44 In the Donetsk region on June 20, five people were killed as a result of Russian shelling: three in Roskoshne, one each in Nikolaevka and Konstantinovka. Another 11 people in the region were injured, said the head of the OVA, Vadim Filashkin.
08:29 In the Kherson region over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and one was wounded, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. The administrative building and five private houses were damaged.
07:53 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of June 21:
- personnel - about 531,980 (+1060) people,
- tanks - 8001 (+14),
- armored combat vehicles - 15,372 (+35),
- artillery systems - 14,106 (+54),
- MLRS - 1106 (+1),
- air defense systems - 861 (+2),
- aircraft - 359 (+0),
- helicopters - 326 (+0),
- UAV of operational-tactical level - 11 260 (+0),
- cruise missiles - 2298 (+0),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 19,181 (+47),
- special equipment - 2367 (+10).
07:39 At night, drones attacked a number of objects in Russia. Thus, the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar region reported that several municipalities were attacked at once - Temryuk, Yeisk and Seversky districts. In the Yeisk region, where the military airfield is located, according to the official version, “there were no casualties among the civilian population and no destruction of civilian infrastructure.” Later, the operational headquarters clarified that as a result of the attack, damage was recorded to the building of the Yuzhny bus station and the boiler room in Krasnodar, four people were injured. Two more people were injured as a result of a UAV crash on the territory of the Ilsky Oil Refinery. There, utility buildings were damaged and a fire broke out on an area of 50 square meters. m.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that at night air defense systems allegedly intercepted and destroyed 70 UAVs over the territory of Crimea and over the Black Sea, 43 UAVs over the territory of the Krasnodar Territory and one UAV over the territory of the Volgograd Region. In the northwestern part of the Black Sea, six unmanned boats of the Ukrainian Navy were allegedly destroyed, the Russian Defense Ministry claims.
06:58 On the night of June 21, the Russians launched a strike from tactical aircraft with X-59/X-69 guided missiles. All four missiles were shot down in the Kirovograd and Kherson regions, the Air Force reported.
01:43 Ukraine can use American weapons to strike any Russian forces attacking across the border, not just those located in the Kharkov area, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said: “It’s not about geography. It’s about common sense. If Russia is attacking or planning to attack Ukraine from its territory, then it makes sense to allow Ukraine to strike back at the forces that are attacking it from the other side of the border."
In turn, Pentagon Speaker Pat Ryder said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces cannot use ATACMS for strikes deep into the Russian Federation. At the same time, according to him, American weapons can be used to strike the border territories of the Russian Federation, and not only on the borders of the Kharkov region.
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