A woman at the scene of shelling by Ukrainian Armed Forces in the center of Donetsk. File photoMOSCOW, June 16The Russian Defense Ministry said that air defense shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft and drones, the center of Donetsk came under fire again, Moscow presented new data on American biological laboratories in Ukraine, and French President Emmanuel Macron said that France, Germany, Italy and Romania are in favor of providing Ukraine the status of a candidate member of the European Union. The course of the Russian special operationRussian air defense systems shot down one Ukrainian Su-25 and seven drones in a day, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said on Thursday. He noted that high-precision missiles hit two command posts of the Ukrainian troops, an electronic warfare station near the Kharkiv village of Pyatikhatki, a launcher of the Tochka-U missile system and a combat vehicle of the Uragan multiple launch rocket system in the Barvenkovo district of the Kharkiv region. According to Konashenkov , manned and unmanned aircraft of the Russian Federation destroyed 280 nationalists, the Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile system near the village of Rechki, Sumy region, as well as a repair and restoration center for armored vehicles near Kharkov. Rocket troops and artillery hit 195 concentration areas and 34 command posts of Ukrainian troops, Konashenkov said. According to him, since the start of the special operation, Russian troops have destroyed more than 1,500 aircraft in Ukraine. 2022/06/609937ba500ca1b32d3636c8e9125f49.jpg» />Yesterday, 13:02 Infographic Map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine on 06/16/2022 psychiatric clinics. «In accordance with the available information, highly active substances of neuromodulators were tested on socially unprotected citizens of Ukraine, which caused, among other things, irreversible damage to the central nervous system. This is a clear violation of the norms of international treaties in the field of human rights,» Kirillov said. noted that experiments on mentally ill people in Ukraine have been going on since at least 2011, one of the curators, American Linda Oporto Al-Harun, has visited the laboratory near Kharkov more than once. He also said that Ukrainian scientists took part in the American project P-268 to create new viruses, which Could not be carried by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. According to him, the interest of American customers in mosquitoes of this species, vector-borne infections of dengue, Zika and yellow fever, is not accidental.
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Kirillov said that during the last major outbreak of yellow fever in Africa in 2013, 170,000 cases of a severe form of the disease were recorded, of which 60,000 were fatal. He also noted that «intentional outbreaks» of the Dengue virus, carried by Aedes mosquitoes — the same ones that were studied in Ukraine — occurred in Cuba in the 70-80s. Donbass is under fire again Donetsk People's Republic, having fired 386 ammunition from «Grads», mortars and artillery of various calibers, the DPR reported. According to Donetsk, during the 120 days of escalation, 176 civilians were killed in the republic, 839 were injured. The center of Donetsk was again subject to shelling by Ukrainian forces, the mayor said. near the Central department store of Donetsk. There are victims, three cars were damaged, the windows of local houses were damaged,» he specified. vjs-no-js»>Your browser does not support this video format.
Steps towards recognition of the DPR and LPRHead of the DPR Denis Pushilin gave an interview to RIA Novosti at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. According to him, the DPR embassy in Russia will be opened in late June-early July, the date of commencement of work and the location of the diplomatic mission are not named based on security measures. He noted that the decision to hold a referendum on the accession of the DPR to Russia will be made after the completion of the special operation. Answering a question about the possibility of participating in the next elections, he said that he felt responsible for the fate of the republic and did not intend to leave it.
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The head of the DPR also said that in the course of a special military operation in Ukraine, «all Russian cities» should be liberated, including Odessa. According to Pushilin, Vladimir Zelensky should be brought before an international tribunal for war crimes of Ukraine in the Donbass. DPR Foreign Minister Natalya Nikonorova suggested that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad consider the possibility of Damascus participating in an international tribunal over Ukrainian security forces. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that Moscow will welcome the recognition of the DPR and LPR by other countries, especially friendly Syria. The head of the Luhansk People's Republic, Leonid Pasechnik, said in an interview with RIA that Syria had confirmed to the leadership of the LPR that it was ready to recognize both republics of Donbass.
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Scholz, Macron and Draghi in KievMakron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi visited Kyiv. Also, the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, arrived in the capital of Ukraine. Four European leaders held talks with Zelensky. Macron said that France, Germany, Italy and Romania are in favor of «immediately» granting the status of an EU candidate for Ukraine, BFMTV reported. He also said that Ukraine should negotiate with Russia itself: neither France nor Germany would do this instead. Jake Sullivan. Press conference following the meeting of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in Kyiv
Press conference following the meeting of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in KievInterview with LavrovRussian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gave an interview to the British TV channel «BBC». «We did not attack anyone. We attacked the Russians on the Uk the rain,» he said. «I tell you again: we had no other choice. We have explained all this many times, a thousand times,» he pointed out. He noted that now the Ukrainian regime is attacking civilians with Western weapons — just like it was done in 2014, «when the putschists came to power, when they bombed the center of Luhansk from planes when 50 people were burned in Odessa.» He asked a rhetorical question: «Does anyone remember this now?» Ukraine Crisis Reveals Critical U.S. Vulnerabilities