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The Embassy of Ukraine in Japan will soon send 33 portable water purification devices in case of emergencies to Odesa. Ukraine's Ambassador to Japan Sergiy Korsunsky said this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. "In the near future, 33 portable water purification devices in case of emergencies will be sent to Odesa. We ask Odesa to share [them] with Mykolaiv. I want to believe that they will not be needed, but we should have them just in case," he wrote. The diplomat thanked the Yokohama City Hall and businesses, as well as Yokohama MPs and Japanese officials who responded to the embassy's…

U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink has visited the restored bridge in the village of Stoyanka, Kyiv region. According to Ukrinform, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine said this on Facebook. Blink also met with Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov. The minister thanked the United States for supporting Ukraine in the military, financial and humanitarian spheres, as well as for increasing sanctions on Russia. "Our focus is on the reorientation of logistics chains and the development of infrastructure projects that will help restore transport links, speed up the delivery of essential goods and assistance from partner countries. This is one…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he is confident that Ukraine and the European Union together will be able to quickly rebuild the country after this war. He said this at a joint press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Kyiv on Saturday, June 11, according to an Ukrinform correspondent. "We are coordinating our steps in this direction in order to synchronize our internal plan for the reconstruction of Ukraine and the European reconstruction platform for our state. I believe that together with the European Commission and European countries we will be able to create all…

Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov and Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, General Valeriy Zaluzhny have informed UK Secretary of State for Defense Ben Wallace about the successful use of British security assistance by the Ukrainian military. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said this in a statement posted on its website, Ukrinform reports. It was stated at the meeting that Western weapons, including British weapons, are one of the factors that help Ukraine destroy the enemy. "NLAW, Ukrainian anti-tank missiles of 'British origin' with Swedish roots is the reason for hundreds of pieces of destroyed enemy equipment and hundreds of liquidated…

The Czech Republic reported that a Czech national, who had volunteered to join the Ukrainian Army to help the country repel Russian invasion, was killed in action. This is the first death of a Czech citizen, confirmed officially, Radio Prague International reports, according to Ukrinform. "Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky confirmed the information about the death of the first Czech volunteer who took part in helping the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donetsk region," the statement said. According to information from social networks, the man in question was from Třebíč. Czech Television reported that he had operated in Ukraine for several months…

A Russian spy network was neutralized in Dnipropetrovsk region, which is believed to have been ordered to spot missile strikes on the regional center Dnipro. That’s according to the local office of the Security Service of Ukraine, Ukrifnorm reports. “In a large-scale raid in Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk regions, an extensive intelligence network set up by Russian special services was neutralized. At the behest of their Russian handlers, they reconnoitered the coordinates of telecommunications infrastructure targets for enemy missile strikes. In addition, the attackers recorded the movement of military equipment of the Armed Forces and handed over to the aggressor the…

The head of the President's Office, Andriy Yermak, said that Russia's "food terrorism" must be stopped. Yermak addressed the issue in a Telegram post, seen by Ukrinform. "The Russians are shelling Ukrainian fields with incendiary munitions. Those who are creating a global food crisis in an attempt to reconstruct the Holodomor are also willing to destroy Ukrainian crops," Yermak said. Read also: MFA Ukraine urges African Union leader to persuade Russia to stop war According to the chief of the President’s Office, the Ukrainian military is putting out field fires, but "food terrorism" must be stopped. "Yermak added that the…

Ukraine expects seven Panzerhaubitze 2000 howitzers to arrive from Germany approximately on June 22. Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany Andriy Melnyk said this in an interview with Radio NV, Ukrinform reports. He noted that the Bundestag had made a political decision on April 28, 2022, on sending heavy weapons and integrated systems to Ukraine. "As of today, on the 105th day of the Russian war against Ukraine, not a single, I repeat, not a single unit of heavy equipment – at least artillery, howitzers, infantry fighting vehicles, tanks – has been delivered to Ukraine," Melnyk said. The Ambassador added that…

Russian troops launched 16 strikes on Donetsk region over the past 24 hours, killing and injuring civilians. "Over the past day, the Russians launched 16 strikes on Donetsk region. Crimes have been documented. Police have recorded 30 damages to civilian objects, as well as infrastructure damages. Civilians were killed and injured," the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine posted on Telegram. In particular, Russian troops struck 13 localities of Donetsk region: Avdiivka, Zalizne, Mykolaivka Horniak towns; Cherkaske, Novomykolaivka, Vysokoivanivka, Pershotravneve, Sukha Balka, Ptyche, Karpivka, Netaylovo, and Novobahmutivka villages. According to the Ministry data, the enemy fired tanks, small arms, heavy…

Russian soldiers no longer hope to get out of Ukraine alive. The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. In an intercepted phone call with his mother, a member of Russia's armed forces complains: "They are sending us to fight. There are 20 of us. There is no difference - whether you are first or second. We will go there to die. There is a battalion there, and there are just 20 of us. We have all come to terms with the fact that if we go there, we won't come…