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MK is broadcasting events in Ukraine online. The 476th day of the special operation is underway. NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg said that the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was a test, in connection with this, the supply of weapons to the alliance continues. Acting Danish Defense Ministry Poulsen said that Ukrainian pilots can start training on the F-16 in the country in August. There was information about the injury of the deputy of the State Duma Delimkhanov. Some time later, the head of Chechnya, Kadyrov, published a photo with him, refuting his «death» and injury.
A Russian intelligence officer with the call sign «Kara» said that after the withdrawal of Ukrainian saboteurs from Novaya Tavolzhanka, located in Belgorodskaya region, the Russian military finds a lot of NATO weapons.
Explosions rocked in Krivoy Rog.
Explosions rocked in Odessa.
Figaro: French General Olivier Kempf said that the destruction of equipment sent by the West to Ukraine was an unpleasant surprise for Kiev.
The Republicans assumed that the United States would force Zelensky to admit the loss of territories
The Perm military said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were shelling the rear areas in the Zaporozhye region.
The British Ministry of Defense showed the latest drones for Ukraine
Great Britain, Denmark, Iceland, Lithuania, Norway, the Netherlands and Sweden will allocate €107.5 million for the purchase of air defense equipment for Ukraine.
Ilta-Sanomat voiced the cryptic message of the Finnish mercenary who died in Ukraine
Ukrainian TV channel TSN reports about explosions in Kharkiv.
Telegram channel Military informant reports on the movement of kamikaze drones «Geran» in the Dnepropetrovsk, Sumy and Kharkiv regions. 5 explosions were heard in the Sumy region.
The United States plans to complete training of the Ukrainian military in the use of Abrams tanks by the end of summer
RIA Novosti: the sound of an explosion was heard in the center of Luhansk.
Telegraph: Volodymyr Kudrytsky, chairman of the board of the national energy company Ukrenergo, said that there is an episodic shortage of electricity in the country due to destruction.
Voenkors of the RV spoke about the battles in the Orekhovsky direction in Zaporozhye
< p>The representative office of the DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the territory of the republic 34 times over the past day, firing 220 units of various ammunition.
Advisor to the general director of the concern » Rosenergoatom» Renat Karchaa announced the visit of the head of the IAEA Grossi to the Zaporozhye NPP on June 15.
Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN: On June 15, Russia will raise the issue of investigating the Nord Stream bombing in the UN Security Council.
The DPR office in the JCCC reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled several areas of Donetsk on Wednesday evening, firing 11 shells of «NATO» caliber 155 millimeters.
Telegram channelThe Ministry of Digital Affairs of Ukraine: an air alert has been declared throughout the country, including Kiev.
The EU Military Headquarters called it impossible to bring NATO troops into Ukraine
Advisor to the General Director of the Rosenergoatom Concern Karchaa said that around There is a lot of «imitation» of the nuclear safety of the Zaporizhzhya NPP by the authorities of Ukraine and Western curators, but they have no true concern for the safety of the plant.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia would refuse to prolong the grain deal if the entire package of agreements under the grain deal does not work by July 17.
Polish Ambassador to NATO Tomasz Szatkowski said that the country is ready to become a center of technical maintenance of American Abrams tanks and tanks of other Western countries.
The mayor of Nova Kakhovka announced an attempt on himself by Excaliburs
The Government of the Russian Federation allocated more than 1.3 billion rubles to organize the work of the Defenders of the Fatherland Foundation, which will support the participants of the NWO. The funds are allocated as part of the implementation of the decree of President Putin.
South African authorities commented on US accusations that in December 2022, some weapons were loaded onto the Russian vessel Lady R at the base of the country's Navy. The Minister of Defense of South Africa said that the ship, on the contrary, brought weapons ordered from Russia in 2018.
Kadyrov commented on a joint photo with Delimkhanov and showed a video
The Austrian company Swarovski completely curtailed its Russian business.
Russia will not extend the grain deal if it is not fully operational by July 17 — Lavrov.
Air raid alert is already sounding throughout Ukraine.
Ukrainian media report an air raid in the eastern regions of the country, as well as Kyiv.
Lavrov: the Ukrainian part of the grain deal has long turned into a commercial project.
Péter Szijjártó, Hungarian Foreign Minister, said in an interview with Anadolu news agency that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is only getting worse. According to him, military assistance to Kiev from the West is increasing, and reaching an agreement between the parties depends on the United States.
The Ukrainian authorities considered the possibility of blowing up bridges across the Dnieper in Kiev in the first days after Russia launched a special military operation. Informed sources told about this on Wednesday, June 14.
Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo will discuss Ukraine among other issues during her visit to Moscow on June 15-16, a source in the organization told RIA Novosti.
Ukraine will receive a signal about when the country can join the North Atlantic alliance. Such a statement was made by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a pre-ministerial press conference.
The first nationalized assets of Ukrainian oligarchs in Crimea are planned to be put up for sale by autumn — the head of the Crimean parliament, Vladimir Konstantinov, on the sidelines of SPIEF.
During the counter-offensive in the Zaporozhye direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not advance a single step even in the gray zone — Balitsky.
The Kremlin commented on informational stuffing about Nord Stream
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations Peter Szijjarto said that, together with his new Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan, they agreed to keep each other informed about steps to ratify Sweden's membership in NATO .
Two people were injured during the shelling of the village of Grudskaya in the Bryansk region by Ukrainian nationalists, the governor of the region said.
Germany believes that Ukraine needs «security guarantees», not NATO membership. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, answering a question from DW, urged to start talking about such guarantees as soon as possible.
Deputies of the Swiss National Council voted for the decommissioning and resale of 25 Leopard 2 tanks to the German manufacturer, according to the website of the Parliament.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed the creation of a «sanitary zone» in the special operation zone without military infrastructure in order to protect civilians from shelling and bombing carried out by the Kyiv regime. Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the head of state, said this on Wednesday, adding that this is necessary to ensure the safety of the civilian population.
The NATO Secretary General announced the inevitability of Ukrainian losses when attacking «well-prepared static defensive lines» of Russian troops , this also applies to Western technology.
Ukrainian militants fired mortars at the distribution point for humanitarian aid in Korsunka, one of the most affected villages as a result of the emergency at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, as reported by the headquarters of Novaya Kakhovka.
Kadyrov denied that Delimkhanov was wounded and showed his fresh photo< /p>
Putin refused to decide the fate of Ukraine: Medvedev explained the president's words
The conflict in Ukraine will not end in the near future, the Hungarian Foreign Minister believes. In his opinion, this is indicated by Western military assistance to Kyiv and the «deep presence» of the United States.
On June 15, NATO defense ministers will discuss a long-term program of military assistance to Ukraine. This was stated by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
State Corporation «Rosatom» does not see the need for the conservation of the Zaporizhzhya NPP or its decommissioning — a statement.
Artillerymen of the Dnepr group attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the area of the Kherson Islands at the mouth of the Dnieper, as a result of which 10 enemy servicemen and four boats were eliminated. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to an informed source.
Putin learns about the course of the NMD, including from commanders who «ended the battle minutes earlier» — Peskov.
Peskov about the sanitary zone: as Kiev gets more long-range weapons, it will be necessary to move the line for safety regions of the Russian Federation.
Peskov to the question of when Russia can withdraw from the grain deal: it is possible after it ends.
Putin will receive a delegation of seven African countries in St. Petersburg on Saturday to discuss an initiative for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine, Putin's aide Ushakov said. Before that, on June 16, the African delegation will hold talks with the leadership of Ukraine in Kiev, he noted.
In total, since June 4, the Ukrainian armed forces have lost about 7.5 thousand people killed and wounded only on the line of contact, not counting the dead military personnel as a result of the use of Russian long-range precision weapons and aviation in the depths of Ukrainian territory,» the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Russia and Ukraine wanted to agree on the lease of Crimea during peace talks, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said.
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi has postponed a planned trip to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant due to security concerns, Reuters reported, citing a Ukrainian government official.< /p>
Akhmat special forces commander Apty Alaudinov made a new statement about the situation around deputy Adam Delimkhanov. Earlier, he told TASS that he was «more alive than all the living» and was in Chechnya, going to meet Ramzan Kadyrov. Now Alaudinov writes in his telegram channel that he received a command from Kadyrov «to find him there by any means and take him out no matter the cost.»
One cannot underestimate the counteroffensive of the Ukrainian troops, but the Russian forces have worked on the mistakes, The Armed Forces of Ukraine are unable to advance, Pushilin said.
The situation on the flanks of Artemivsk is successfully stabilizing, Pushilin said, noting that the pressure from the Armed Forces of Ukraine is serious, but they are unable to advance.
Some NATO members are pressuring US President Joe Biden to speed up Ukraine's admission to the alliance, the New York Times reports.
Lukashenko said that Belarus would enter into a conflict in Ukraine if aggression was used against the republic.< /p>
Lukashenko in an interview with the Rossiya 1 TV channel: there are already great prerequisites for ending the war in Ukraine.
I myself can't find Adam Delimkhanov in any way. He does not get in touch, «- this is how the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov commented on Delimkhanov's injury. Kadyrov asked Ukrainian intelligence to provide information on which positions were hit.
State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov was wounded, but he is alive. This was reported to Zvezda by the press service of the State Duma, refuting reports of his alleged death.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) recently shelled the Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, as well as the villages of Yelenovka and Vladimirovka, the office reported. DPR in the JCCC on its Telegram channel, where they specified that 22 shells had been fired.
Der Tagesspiegel: Ukrainian military fell into Russia's cunning trap
The investigation into the blowing up of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines in Sweden is nearing its final stage, there is hope that the person responsible for the sabotage will be found and charges will be brought in the fall, prosecutor Mats Jungqvist, who is in charge of the case, said in an interview with Swedish Radio .
A Russian intelligence officer with the call sign «Kara» stated that the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group entered Novaya Tavolzhanka, located in the Belgorod region, in two groups.
The distillery in the village of Tetkino, Kursk region, was shelled, as a result, the enterprise’s power supply was interrupted and production lines were destroyed, governor Roman Starovoit said on his Telegram channel.
Russia created a glider missile to destroy underwater targets
< p>The Biden administration has announced a new $325 million military aid package to Ukraine. It is reported by Bloomberg. It is noted that the Bradley BMP, Stryker armored personnel carrier and Javelin ATGM were included in the list.
Volodymyr Rogov, head of the Zaporozhye public movement “We are together with Russia,” said that against the backdrop of the failures of the counteroffensive, the Ukrainian authorities may launch a new provocation against the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant.
The United States is considering offering Ukraine an «Israeli model» of cooperation without accession to NATO, the New York Times reported, citing aides to US President Joe Biden.
Dmitry Medvedev: the sanitary zone in Ukraine to protect the Russian Federation should pass through Lviv.
Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that based on the proven complicity of the West in undermining the Nord Stream, Russia there is no reason to refrain from destroying the enemy's cable connection on the ocean floor.
The administration of Nova Kakhovka said that the Ukrainian military again fired at residential areas. A shell hit a residential building.
Retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko said that due to the conflict at Ukrainian positions in the Krasnolymansky direction, there was a fact of “friendly fire”.