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MK is broadcasting events around Ukraine online. Day 485 The EU has introduced the 11th package of sanctions. Member of the US Congress Lindsey Graham announced the preparation of a resolution according to which the possible use of tactical nuclear weapons by Russia in Ukraine would be an attack on NATO. During the night, the air defense system worked twice over Kursk. On the night of June 23, an air alert was declared on the territory of Ukraine
Medvedev posted the first post in a week: «Duda scum»
Podoliak: Ukraine's counter-offensive is hampered by slow deliveries of Western military hardware to Kiev. According to him, the time that the Ukrainian side spent persuading Western partners was used by Russia to strengthen its position.
The head of Rosatom Likhachev met with the head of the IAEA Grossi in Kaliningrad, the parties discussed the nuclear safety of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
The plant that produces more than half of the lysine in Russia suffered from shelling
Russian Foreign Ministry: Moscow responded For the 11th package of sanctions, the EU has significantly expanded the list of European representatives who are prohibited from entering Russia.
The press service of the Moscow Railway confirmed that unknown persons attempted to set fire to railway equipment on the Rostokino-Vladykino stage.
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Saldo said that four Storm Shadow missiles were fired at Genichesk, as well as Skadovsk, located on the Black Sea coast.
The Danish brewing company Carlsberg Group has completed the search for a new investor for Baltika. Who will buy the Russian asset is not specified.
TASS: at least three explosions thundered in Genichesk, Kherson region, a column of black smoke rises.
Wagner Center PMC fell under EU sanctions.
The heads of the Belgorod, Voronezh, Magadan regions, Kamchatka, Krasnodar, Stavropol territories were included in the expanded EU sanctions list.
Politico: Ukraine may receive F-16 fighters in early 2024.
Bloomberg : The European Union intends to increase the European Peace Fund used to help Ukraine by 3.5 billion euros.
Russia is unlikely to publish data on the number of nuclear charges supplied to Belarus, said Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov
Peskov commented on the words of Obama, who said that in Crimea in 2014 there was «a certain sympathy for the ideas that Russia represented.» «We see that from time to time such rational judgments still make their way,» the Kremlin spokesman said.
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The German defense concern Rheinmetall announced that it would supply Ukraine with another 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles in the summer.
A «saboteur in shorts with the emblem of the Armed Forces of Ukraine» was detained in Crimea
The military commissariat of the Chernihiv region announced a general mobilization. Previously, it was announced in Kiev and Ivano-Frankivsk.
In Ukraine, exercises will be held in the coming days to respond to possible emergencies at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
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The head of the SVR, Naryshkin, named another reason for the start of the SVO. According to him, Moscow learned that at the beginning of 2022 Kyiv was going to «finally strangle the Donbass with the consent or even with the prompting of its Western masters.» And after the start of the SVO, according to him, documents were found «saying that, indeed, Kiev planned.»
The Governor of Sevastopol Razvozhaev said that «on the North side in the cinema district "Sailor" in the military unit from 12.00 to 13.00 military training firing will be held. According to him, «everything is calm» in the city itself.
The European Union imposed sanctions against more than 100 Russians and 87 organizations
Switzerland has joined the EU countries on restrictions on the export of high-tech products to Russia, the European Commission said.
Russian schoolchildren will be taught the underlying causes of the start of SVO, this will take the entire 11th grade and part of the 10th, Minister of Education Kravtsov announced .
The MAKS air show has been postponed to 2024, there is a corresponding letter from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Rostec reported.
In a new package of sanctions, the EU introduces a mechanism that provides for a ban on the export of a number of goods and technologies to third countries in order to prevent their re-export to the Russian Federation. The list of goods and technologies prohibited for transit through the Russian Federation has also been expanded, new sanctions against the media have been introduced, including a ban on the broadcasting of five more channels. In addition, the import of Russian oil along the northern branch of Druzhba was finally banned, and oil imports from Kazakhstan along this branch will continue.
The European Union officially approved the 11th package of sanctions against Russia.
The President In France, Macron is ready to talk on the phone with Putin if the Russian president expresses such a desire. He stated this in an interview with France 24 TV channel.
Ukrainian media reported that six Soviet monuments were demolished in the Lviv and Zhytomyr regions the day before — in the settlements of Chishki, Peretoki, Stenyatyn, Staroe Selo, Varyazh and Ushomyr.
Arestovich, a former adviser to the Office of the President of Ukraine, said that Ukraine is in could create nuclear weapons in a short time. He clarified that the development of such weapons would begin in the event of a nuclear strike by Russia.
Marochko reported on daily attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to break through the defenses of the RF Armed Forces in the LPR and DPR
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The West is trying to spoil Moscow's relations with Kazakhstan, Shevtsov, deputy secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, said during Russian-Kazakh consultations on security. According to him, Washington and its allies are engaged in spreading slander and manipulating public opinion, including through social networks.
Retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Marochko said that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is currently transferring operational reserves to the city of Kupyansk , located in the Kharkiv region.