African delegation in Kyiv, Prigozhin’s hidden motive, Putin antisemitism condemned
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Your slice of the headlines in Ukraine. Daily. Monday, June 19, 2023
Russia launched its heaviest missile attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in weeks on June 16 – the same day South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and other African leaders were in the Ukrainian capital for talks on a possible peace mission.
Explosions rocked the Russian-occupied east bank of Kherson Oblast deep behind the front line on the morning of June 18, with repeated blasts and a column of smoke rising near the village of Rykove, local Telegram channels have reported.
The Russian authorities not only failed to evacuate Ukrainians after the terrorist attack on the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant, but also prevented volunteers from helping the victims, human rights organization Amnesty International has said in a statement.
An epidemic of cholera is spreading among Russian military personnel in Kherson Oblast and Crimea following a Russian terrorist attack on the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant, the Atesh partisan movement reported on Telegram on June 17.
Yuriy Romaniuk, the head of the NGO Ukraine in NATO, has told Radio NV that the leader of the Wagner mercenary company, Yevgeny Prigozhin, may secretly want to see a Ukrainian victory over Russia.
Ukraine’s membership of NATO would put an end to the territorial encroachments of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, Andriy Yermak, Head of the President’s Office, wrote on Telegram on June 17.
Maxar Technologies has published new satellite images of the flooding in Kherson Oblast after the Russian forces demolished the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant.
Military expert Pavlo Narozhnyi, speaking on Radio NV, has said the ongoing active operations by the Armed Forces of Ukraine along the front line signify only the initial stage of the Ukrainian offensive.
Germany will “immediately” provide Ukraine with additional 64 guided missiles for U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems, German television news channel n-tv quoted the country’s Defense Minister Boris Pistorius as saying on June 16.
U.S. President Joe Biden supports a plan from NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg for Ukraine not to have to complete a “membership action plan” (MAP) to join the alliance, U.S. news website Axios reported on June 15.
Following Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin’s comment that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a “disgrace to the Jewish people,” Ukraine’s Chief Rabbi, Moshe Reuven Azman, has come to the Ukrainian leader’s defense.
Polish border guards came under fire from the territory of Belarus, resulting in their patrol vehicle being struck by gunfire and two side windows being shattered, Polish media outlet RMF 24 reported on June 15.
Ukraine has established the whereabouts of 11 Ukrainian prisoners of war who are being kept in Hungary after being transferred from Russia, Oleh Kotenko, Ukraine’s Commissioner for Persons Gone Missing under Special Circumstances, said on Telegram on June 15.
German news magazine Stern has rebuffed yet another claim by Russian propaganda, refuting a false report about the health of Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukrainian intelligence.
The upcoming NATO Summit in Vilnius is set to endorse a long-term aid package for Ukraine, ultimately leading it towards membership of the Western defensive alliance, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with the German newspaper Die Welt on June 17.
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