Ukrainian forces do not lower their heads in the face of the Russian invasion and launch a new and massive series of cross-border attacksfrom Krasnodar to Bryansk: refineries, an airport, radar and intelligence centers of the enemy they were targeted with a rain of drones in an attempt to ease pressure on Donbass and Kharkiv, where Vladimir Putin’s troops continue to maintain the initiative.
The Kremlin’s response was to once again raise the bar on nuclear weapons, with a possible lowering of the threshold for the use of atomic weapons. Putin announced that Russia plans to “further develop its nuclear triad (missiles launched by land, air and sea) as a guarantee of strategic deterrence and to preserve the balance of power in the world.” As for the front in Ukraine, the Russian president assured that “the supplies of unmanned aerial systems of different types, armored vehicles and means of precision destruction, assault aviation, enemy detection systems, of control and communication systems for the troops”.
On the map the red line marks the borders demanded by Putin. The areas occupied by Moscow are highlighted in red
The epicenter of the clashes remains Chasiv Yar (100 km north of Avdiivka), a strategic city on a hill that would open the way to the last disputed areas of Donetskwhere the invaders launch massive frontal attacks, while the defense forces admit an “extremely difficult” situation.
For Kievin difficulty on the field, good news has arrived from Brussels, with the definitive green light from the 27 to start accession negotiationsstarting next week (together with Moldova).
The map shows the eastern front where Russia’s attacks have intensified
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Ukrainian postal worker killed by a Russian drone in the Kharkiv region
A Russian drone hit a Ukrposhta vehicle in the Vovchansk community of the Kharkiv region, killing an employee and injuring the driver, who were transporting pensions.
According to Ukrinform, the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, Oleh Syniehubov, reported this on Telegram. “In the Vovchansk community, an employee of the Ukrposhta mobile post office was killed while transporting and delivering pensions… The driver accompanying the woman was injured. Their vehicle was hit by an enemy UAV. The victim walked to Buhaivka, where the military saw him and took him to Kharkiv hospital,” the regional governor wrote. He added that Russian forces carried out the launch today, around 10 am, but at the moment it is not possible to access the place where the woman was killed due to the intense shelling. As reported, the Russian army shelled Borova in the Izium district of the Kharkiv region last night. In the morning, he attacked Kruhliakivka, Kupiansk District.
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Ukraine will receive 1.5 billion euros from frozen Russian assets before the EU summer recess
The European Peace Facility could receive the first payment of 1.5 billion euros in proceeds from frozen Russian assets before the EU’s summer recess. By the end of the year, Ukraine could receive military equipment worth up to 3 billion euros from this source.
This was announced by the Executive Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis during a press conference following a meeting of EU Economy and Finance Ministers in Luxembourg, as reported by a Ukrinform correspondent. “In May, member states agreed to use revenue from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine. We estimate that our measures will make up to 3 billion euros available this year – and we expect to make a first payment of 1.5 billion euros before the summer break,” he said. Dombrovskis also stressed that the EU will immediately focus on using these revenues for military support of Ukraine. “We are working at full speed to be able to make the first purchases soon,” he said. Dombrovskis also said that Ukraine will receive 1.9 billion euros in so-called “pre-financing” next week. As reported, around 260 billion euros of Russian Central Bank assets have been “tied up” in the form of securities and cash in the jurisdictions of G7 partners, as well as in the European Union and Australia. More than two-thirds of these assets are held in the EU.
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Ukrainian forces will be reinforced by more than 2,000 lieutenants
Ukraine’s higher military education institutions have graduated more than 2,000 lieutenants this year. President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated officers who graduated from higher military educational institutions of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports. “These weeks Ukrainian higher military educational institutions are graduating young officers – more than two thousand lieutenants who will strengthen our combat brigades and Ukraine as a whole. Now all of them still have to prove themselves, their qualities, their strength. They still have to grow in experience and ranks. I have no doubt that among them there are those who will definitely grow from commander to commander, who are grateful to their mentors now, but who will also become mentors to others”, reads the post. . According to the president, the Defense Forces of Ukraine are now such that “we are rightly proud of our soldiers and their achievements in the defense of the country. But at the same time, we know that our army needs more modern practices and skills, more technology, more human centricity. And this will happen.”
