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MK is broadcasting events around Ukraine online. Day 489th day. President of Belarus Lukashenko spoke about the reaction to Prigozhin's rebellion. Putin met with the security forces in the Kremlin and named the amount of state spending on the Wagner PMC. PMC heavy equipment goes to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The National Guard may receive heavy weapons, including tanks, Zolotov said. The FSB terminated the criminal case against Prigozhin.
Lukashenka agreed with Minister of Defense Khrenin that PMC «Wagner» may be useful to the army of Belarus: "I agree. Talk to them.»
Lukashenko confirmed Prigozhin's arrival in Belarus.
Lukashenka cited the final part of his conversation with Prigozhin: “At the end, he said: “You know, you can do whatever you want. But don't be offended by me. The brigade is prepared for transfer to Moscow. And as in the 41st (you read books, an educated, intelligent person), we will defend Moscow. Because this situation is not only in Russia <…> God forbid, this turmoil would have gone all over Russia, and the prerequisites for this were colossal, we were next. — Washington ordered them to leave the country.
Lukashenko said that General Yevkurov and FSB director Bortnikov also participated in the negotiations with Prigozhin. According to Lukashenka, «Yevgeny (was) in complete euphoria, the first round was spoken for 30 minutes in obscene language.»
The total amount of state spending on the Wagner PMC, which Putin brought: 86.2 billion rubles since May 2022 for maintenance, 110.1 billion rubles for insurance payments to fighters and family members, 80 billion rubles was income " Concord" from military state orders for food.
Euractiv: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will soon be extended his tenure for another year.
Kadyrov said that the Chechens in the Belgorod region did not allow the DRG to break into the territory of the Russian Federation and destroyed the enemy.
Lukashenka told how he asked Putin not to rush and how he contacted Prigozhin (quote from Belta): I ask: «Where is he?» — "In Rostov". I say, «Okay. A bad peace is better than any war. Do not rush. I'll try to contact him.» He once again says: «It's useless.» I say, «Okay, wait.» Somewhere we talked for maybe half an hour <…> It was necessary to find these phones… I say: «How can I contact him? Give me the phone.» He says: «Most likely, the FSB has a telephone.» We have clarified. By the middle of the day, we installed as many as three channels through which we can talk with Rostov.
The mayor's office of Rostov-on-Don said that the banners calling for the PMC «Wagner», which appeared a day after the departure of the PMC from the city, «cultural figures published on their own initiative», so they «expressed their civic position».
Lukashenko: On June 24, an entire brigade was ready to be transferred to Russia if necessary.
Ukraine has lost 259 tanks and 780 armored vehicles, Putin said.
The Minister of Defense of Belarus presented Lukashenka with a «nuclear bomb» — model of the Soviet bomb in 1949. So this is the old one. The modern one looks different … " — Lukashenka noted and called on «enemies» not to think «that we are very happy about nuclear weapons.»
Putin — at a meeting with the security forces: the contents of the Wagner group fully provided by the state. According to him, from May 2022 to May 2023, the authorities paid PMCs more than 86 billion rubles. «I hope that no one stole anything or stole less, but we will deal with it all,» Putin said.
Lukashenka spoke about fears because of Wagner in Belarus
Reuters: Denmark expects to simultaneously train up to six Ukrainian pilots and up to 40 military personnel for the maintenance of F-16 fighters.
Lukashenko, at a meeting with the head of the Belarusian Ministry of Defense Khrenin, said that «this commotion in Russia, of course, we were strained very seriously. According to him, «our military responded well. All military. Both the police and the border guards. They responded clearly, within noon they were brought to the desired state.
TASS: More than 2,500 military, law enforcement officers and representatives of other power structures took part in the meeting with President Putin on Cathedral Square in the Kremlin.
Zolotov: “We concentrated all our fists, all our forces on the outskirts of Moscow. Because if you scatter the groups, they would go through like a knife through butter.
Zolotov claims that before the start of the rebellion, «from the camp of Prigozhin» there was information about its preparation, the dates were given from 22 to 25 June.
Zolotov: the National Guard will have heavy weapons, tanks, this issue was discussed with the president.
Zolotov named two reasons for Prigozhin's rebellion
The head of the National Guard, Zolotov, said that the rebellion was inspired by the West and overlapped with Prigozhin's ambitions.
Putin wished the security forces good luck. The broadcast ended with the anthem of the Russian Federation and gun salvos.
The army and the people were not with the rebels, Putin said.
Putin told the military that the pilots who died during the rebellion «with honor done their duty.» He asked to honor the memory of the dead with a minute of silence.
Putin told the military that they «stopped the civil war»
Railway service restored in Crimea after damage to the tracks in the Kirov region.
The Vatican reported that the Pope's envoy for a settlement in Ukraine, Cardinal Zuppi will visit Moscow on June 28-29.
Speaker of the State Duma Volodin asked the head of the security committee to analyze who left Russia at the entrance — according to him, such actions should be punished.
< p>Shoigu in military uniform appeared on the Cathedral Square of the Kremlin, where Putin is expected to speak.
Peskov explained why the criminal case against Prigozhin was closed: “The agreements are being implemented. You know that the President always keeps his word. Peskov did not specify what kind of obligations the negotiators assumed.
Peskov: in the situation with PMC "Wagner" the main role was played by the efforts of the president of Russia, his will «to prevent the worst.» Peskov did not agree with the assessment that the positions of the Russian authorities were shaken due to an attempted armed rebellion, he stated the presence of «ultra-emotional tantrums»; on the Internet.
Journalists from the Kremlin pool RIA Novosti write that hundreds of military and security officials have gathered on Cathedral Square in the Kremlin, Putin is expected to speak on the porch of the Faceted Chamber, which will become «a new page in the history of the Kremlin.» Putin will turn to the units that ensured order and law during the rebellion, Peskov confirmed.
The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation ruled that foreign agents cannot be election observers.
TASS: Hungarian Prime Minister Orban said that Putin is not a war criminal for him.
Ukrainian media report on explosions in Kremenchug, Poltava region and in Sumy.
Commander-in-chief of Iran's law enforcement forces Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Radan arrived in Russia, he intends to meet with Patrushev, Iranian publications write.
On the morning of June 27, two planes landed at the Machulishchi airfield near Minsk, which the US authorities previously called associated with Prigozhin.
Lukashenko: «If Russia collapses, we will remain under the rubble, we will all die.»
< p> Speaking about bringing the army of Belarus to combat readiness, Lukashenka said that «no one, even in these snotty Telegram channels, blathered against»: «No family, no wives, no children, no relatives — no one.»
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According to the report presented by Governor Gladkov, the intensity of shelling has decreased in the Belgorod Region. For June 26 "arrivals" were only in the Shebekinsky district — seven shells, no one was injured, nothing was destroyed.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports on preparations for the transfer of heavy equipment from the PMC "Wagner" to units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
The FSB closed the case of Prigozhin
Lukashenko: «I gave all orders to bring the army to full combat readiness.»
The next step of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the conflict with Kiev – complete liberation of all of Eastern Ukraine, believes the former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, Colonel Douglas McGregor.
Marochko claims that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is withdrawing its units located northeast of the city of Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, from advanced positions.
Servicemen of the Russian army destroyed a convoy with personnel and equipment of Ukrainian troops near the city of Kremennaya in the LPR, said Marochko, a retired lieutenant colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR. According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine moved in order to rotate in Belogorovka.
< p>Russian air strikes, minefields and bad weather impede the advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Politico newspaper said, citing Ukrainian officials.
9:52 Ret. LNR Lieutenant Colonel Marochko said that in the Krasnoliman direction, the Russian military destroyed a convoy with equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the Kirovsky district of Crimea, the railway tracks were damaged, there were no casualties, Aksenov said. Repair of the damaged railway will take from 4 to 8 hours.
Ukraine will not be able to return the territory if the UAF does not turn the tide on the battlefield in the coming weeks, writes The Washington Post.
CNN: The West discouraged Ukraine from inflicting strikes against Russia during an attempted mutiny by Wagner PMC
Retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Marochko said that near the city of Solerdar, the Ukrainian military attacked the positions of Russian troops with banned chemical munitions.