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MK is broadcasting events around Ukraine online. 449th day. The Pentagon said that the damaged Patriot air defense system was repaired and returned to work. Several heavy shellings took place in the Belgorod region, there are dead. In Crimea, the railway was restored after the derailment of the train. Prigozhin announced the imminent capture of Bakhmut.
The representative office of the DPR in the JCCC reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk using eight MLRS Grad missiles.
Pushilin: The Armed Forces of Ukraine want to break through the flanks of Artemivsk, exhaustive measures are being taken against this
According to the online map of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, an air raid alert has been declared throughout Ukraine.
Ukrainian media report on the work of Russian Geraniums. and "arrivals" in Mykolaiv and Mykolaiv Oblast, and Kryvyi Rih.
Professor Katz: Ukraine lowers offensive expectations to hide future failure
Readovka telegram channel reports explosions in Odessa and Odesa region. Air raid alert continues to be announced in more and more regions of Ukraine.
Strana.ua: Explosions rocked the Khmelnytsky region of Ukraine
TASS reports that more than five explosions rocked Donetsk.
Prigozhin: Bakhmut has not yet been taken, heavy fighting is underway
< p>Ukrainian edition Strana.ua reports explosions in the Kiev region.
Sky News: Official London announced a ban on the import of diamonds, copper, nickel and aluminum from Russia.
Ukrainian publication "Vesti" reports about the sounds of explosions in the Chernihiv region.
The Financial Times suggested that Ukraine has time for a successful counteroffensive until September of this year.
G7 will tighten Russia's access to the financial system
USA Today: the United States is preparing a new package of sanctions against Russia .
Reuters: During the G7 meeting in Hiroshima, Japan, the leaders will discuss the idea of an international peace summit on Ukraine.
Prigozhin answered if he was afraid of being killed
The governor of the Belgorod region, Gladkov, reported on the shelling of Novaya Tavolzhanka — a car was damaged there, and «the litter in the forest belt caught fire from a lighting projectile.» A few minutes earlier, he confirmed the work of air defense over Belgorod.
A powerful explosion near Stary Oskol: a giant crater was found
Ukrainian President Zelensky will not be able to personally attend the G7 summit in Hiroshima, but will speak online, said Japanese Prime Minister Kishida.
Traffic on the damaged section of the railway in Crimea has been restored, trains follow the schedule, KZD reports.
Khodakovsky reported on missiles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of an unknown modification
In most regions of Ukraine, an air raid alert was declared, it lasted about half an hour.
Norway will double the number of instructors training the Ukrainian military, Defense Minister Gram said. Italian Defense Minister Crosetto said that the country would send its specialists to Poland and Germany to participate in the training of the Ukrainian military.
The Pentagon says that the damaged Patriot system in Ukraine was repaired and returned to service.
An air raid alert has been declared throughout Ukraine.
The Kiev authorities have renamed 23 more streets, appeared, including Bradbury Street and Orwell Lane.
Prigozhin said that PMC «Wagner» advanced another 400 meters in Bakhmut and that about 1 sq km of territory remained under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Russian Embassy confirmed the meeting with Medvedev, who fled to Norway from the PMC Wagner for his return. «This is his own initiative,» the embassy's press attaché told RIA.
Aksenov: technical traffic has been restored at the site in the Simferopol district where the cars left.
The person involved in the case of St. Petersburg pedophile teachers went to the NVO
Belgorod Governor Gladkov: "In the village of Nizhnee Berezovo Two people died in the Shebekinsky district, another one was taken to the hospital in serious condition. AFU killed civilians when they were in the garden and planting potatoes.
The Yerevan Brandy Factory, which produces Ararat brandy, will stop exporting products to the Russian market, Armenian Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan said. Since 1998, the plant has been owned by Pernod Ricard, and in early May it announced that it was stopping exports to the Russian Federation.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had supplied military products to the Nicaraguan army.
The Belgorod Ministry of Emergency Situations denied " breakthrough of saboteurs» to the region — an alleged battle between border guards and the DRG was previously reported by Shot. The department said that the purpose of this false information is to «sow panic among the population.»
«Dragon's teeth» found in Belarus near the border of Ukraine
Boris Grebenshchikov said that he had no idea why he was charged with a report «on discrediting the army», because he never talked about the army.
Yle : 1109 Russian citizens requested asylum in Finland after the announcement of partial mobilization in the Russian Federation.
Boris Grebenshchekov was issued a protocol on discrediting the army
Russian Foreign Ministry: the grain deal has been extended until July 17, inclusive, without any changes.
Razvozhaev: «Loud noises in the city — this fleet is conducting training exercises for EITI crews on the Northern Pier, including firing practice» .
The government of the Russian Federation has prepared the final version of the amendments to the tax legislation on the taxation of Russians who have left. It is proposed to fix them with a personal income tax rate of 13% (or 15% with income over 5 million rubles a year) regardless of their tax residency status, and the tax agent will be a Russian employer.
Pelageya, unloved by Ukraine, canceled the concert in Russia after two cancellations of speeches in Serbia.
CNN: EU does not plan to impose restrictions on Rosatom in the 11th sanctions package.
RIA Novosti: the DPR said that the best drone operators come from gamers.
Volodin declared that there was no Ukraine: “Ukraine as a state does not exist. Today this territory is a testing ground for weapons supplied by all NATO countries. Power in Ukraine is absolutely pocket-sized.
Strong explosions are reported in Kharkiv.
State Duma deputy Lantratova called for participation in the SVO as a volunteer as one of the grounds for granting academic leave to a student.
The State Duma approved in the first reading the law on the right of security officials — the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB, private security and others — to «stop traffic» drones. It will be possible to shoot down and damage any robots, not only flying, but also water, ground.
As it became known to "MK", actor Alexei Panin, who was charged with a criminal case after posts about the Crimean bridge, will soon be announced wanted.
Shot: up to 10 Ukrainian saboteurs were killed while trying to break into the Belgorod region.
Moscow's Basmanny Court arrested Ukrainian TV presenter Efrosinina in absentia in the case of «disseminating false information about the actions of the Russian army".
Former President of Ukraine Poroshenko announced the imminent counteroffensive of Ukrainian troops. According to him, it will begin «from day to day» and will go «at different points.»
Lavrov: the two months for which the grain deal was extended will be decisive in terms of its future.
African Mission in Ukraine plans to visit Russia tentatively in mid-June, Lavrov said.
Reuters: NATO is preparing for a possible conflict with the Russian Federation and for the first time since the Cold War is developing a specific defense plan, the document may be approved at the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius.
The State Duma adopted a law on holding elections in martial law territories after consultations between the CEC, the Ministry of Defense and the FSB.
Putin said that despite the sanctions, the export of agricultural products amounted to $41.6 billion.
Putin said that Russia provides itself with all the necessary products.
For Roizman (a foreign agent), the prosecutor's office requested a fine of 260 thousand rubles in the case «on the repeated discrediting of the army».
Kursk Governor Starovoit: “After the morning shelling of the FOK in Glushkovo, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the village again. As a result, the office of a local notary was severely damaged. There were no casualties during the repeated shelling.
Deputy Minister of the Belgorod housing and communal services quit to volunteer for a special operation, Governor Gladkov said. «The motherland must be defended!» — explained the head of the region.
Peskov: Kremlin confirms two-month extension of grain deal; the President of South Africa in a telephone conversation with Putin said that Africa wants to contribute to the settlement; the presence of Russian-friendly countries at the G7 summit in Japan does not cause concern for the Kremlin.
Ukrainian politicians put on military embroidered shirts
Surrendering a military prisoner in order to participate in an armed confrontation against the Russian Federation should be qualified only as treason, said the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.
The court refused to read Pugacheva's characterization of Roizman (foreign agent), who is being tried for «repeatedly discrediting the army»: «Your Alla…»
Speaker of the Crimean Parliament Konstantinov called «undermining» derailment of wagons on the railway in the Simferopol region. In his opinion, the state of emergency was the result of «the tricks of the Ukrainian Nazi team.»
Lukashenka said he did not believe in a Ukrainian counteroffensive: “The biggest disinformation is this counteroffensive. From my point of view, there is no counteroffensive and cannot be <…> In any battle, disinformation is very dangerous. Remember the Battle of Kursk, near Stalingrad, when we successfully misinformed the enemy and won this battle.
The price of gas in Europe dropped below $350 per 1,000 cubic meters. m for the first time since the beginning of June 2021.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Colin Kahl will leave his post this summer. This is stated in a statement by the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, published on the website of the Pentagon.
If the «dull-witted leaders» NATO will accept Ukraine into the alliance, Kiev will not give up trying to return the territories, Russia will have to respond harshly by all possible means, Medvedev said.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine continued to carry out artillery and missile attacks on the cities of Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Golaya throughout the night The pier and the villages of Kardashynka and Cairo in the Kherson region, located along the left bank of the Dnieper, were told on Thursday by a representative of the region's emergency services.
The commander of the Wagner PMC, who fled to Norway, Andrei Medvedev expressed a desire to return to the Russian Federation, although he believes that this could pose a danger to his life, writes Reuters.
The PMC fighter spoke about the problems of Bakhmut's release: «They beat me daily and massively»
A Russian citizen Dmitry Avdeev with the call sign Avdey, who fought in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was killed near Artemovsk (Bakhmut), writes the Russian Spring telegram channel.
Western countries supporting Ukraine fear that military support provided to Kiev will soon reach the limit, especially against the backdrop of the situation around the US presidential election in 2024 — Financial Times.
Freight train derailment in Crimea occurred due to interference unauthorized persons in the work of railway transport, said the Crimean Railway.
There were no victims due to the derailment of wagons with grain in Crimea, specialists and authorities are already working on the spot, said the head of the republic Aksenov.
An explosion on the railway occurred in the Simferopol region of Crimea, several train cars got off, writes Baza. According to Mash, 5 wagons with grain had previously left the tracks, no casualties are known yet.
The United States gave Ukraine five months, according to Western officials, the support of the allies is enough for this period, which gives Kiev one last chance in the conflict, according to the Financial Times.
China is playing a constructive role in alleviating the humanitarian situation in Ukraine and intends to continue to provide assistance, China's Special Representative for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui said during consultations with the Ukrainian authorities.