War

The wife of the President, Olena Zelenska, visited the Cultural Center of Ukraine at the Embassy of our country in Israel, where the Heritage exhibition is taking place. According to Ukrinform, she reported this on Telegram.  "Once upon a time, Golda Meir, one of the creators of the State of Israel, born in Kyiv, said of this creation: "We could not afford the luxury of pessimism." I think that all Ukrainians will now sign on to these words - wherever the war unleashed by Russia has thrown them. Ukrainians abroad are literal ambassadors of our language, culture, history, and modernity.…

The night before, British Typhoon fighter jets took to the skies over Estonia to intercept Russian Tu-134s and two Su-27s that flew near NATO airspace. This was reported by the Royal Air Force press service on Twitter, Ukrinform reports. “This evening, RAF Typhoons from 140 EAW in Estonia were scrambled to intercept a Russian Navy Tu-134 and 2x Su-27 ‘FLANKER’ Bs flying close to NATO airspace,” the statement said. Read also: Ukraine to walk "own path" toward NATO membership - Pentagon It is emphasized that the Russian aircraft failed to comply with international norms by not liaising with regional airspace…

Russians have mined the cooler at Zaporizhzhia NPP. If it is disabled, there is a significant possibility that there will be big problems. The head of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) Kyrylo Budanov said this during the United News telethon, Ukrinform reports. Answering the question whether there is a threat of an accident at ZNPP, he clarified that, unfortunately, there is a certain threat as of now. Read also: Ukrainian intelligence: What Russians do with ZNPP is nuclear blackmail "First of all, ZNPP was and still is under the temporary control of the occupation forces. The truth is that…

The defense forces continue to conduct offensive actions in the Melitopol and Berdiansk directions. The spokesman for the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andrii Kovalov said this on the air of the United News telethon, Ukrinform reports. "The Ukrainian defense forces continue to conduct offensive actions in the Melitopol and Berdiansk directions, namely in the directions of Novodanylivka - Robotyne, Mala Tokmachka - Verbove, Vilne Pole – Makarivka," he said. The spokesman emphasized that Ukrainian soldiers are consolidating their positions. According to Kovalov, the enemy is focusing its main efforts on defense and preventing the advance of…

Russian army has killed 490 children and injured another 1,027 children in Ukraine. "As of the morning of June 20, 2023, more than 1,517 children were killed and injured in Ukraine as a result of the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation. According to the official information from the juvenile prosecutors, 490 children were killed and more than 1,027 received injuries of various degrees of severity," the Prosecutor General's Office posted on Telegram. These numbers are not final as efforts are ongoing to establish casualties in the areas of military operations, in temporarily captured and liberated territories. Most children…

Over the past day, the Russian army shelled 19 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region, causing destruction and injuring one person. "The occupiers launched 72 strikes on civilian objects and supply lines in 19 towns and villages: they hit Zaporizhzhia and Rozumivka with missiles, Orikhiv and Preobrazhenka with aircraft, Mahdalynivka with UAVs, Huliaypole, Levadne, Lobkove with MLRS, 65 artillery strikes were launched on Huliaypole, Novodarivka, Zaliznychne, Novoandriyivka, Mala Tokmachka, Novodanylivka, and other front-line villages," Head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration Yuriy Malashko posted on Telegram. A 54-year-old man received mine blast injuries in Orikhiv and was taken to hospital. Fifty reports…

Three UAVs "Shahed-131/136" were destroyed by air defense systems in the Mykolaiv region. Vitaliy Kim, the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, said this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "At night, on June 20, three Shahed-131/136 strike UAVs were destroyed by air defense forces in the Mykolaiv region," he said. Kim added that the day before, at 13:17 and 17:19, the enemy had launched artillery strikes on the coastal and port areas of Ochakiv in the Ochakiv community. There were no casualties. "Also yesterday, at 16:55, as a result of shelling of the settlement of the Kutsurub community, a field…

Russia has reduced the number of ships on combat duty in the Black Sea to five, with one missile carrier among them. The Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform. "As of 12:00 on June 18, 2023, there were five enemy ships on combat duty in the Black Sea, including one Kalibr cruise missile carrier, with a total salvo of eight missiles," the report says. There is also one enemy warship in the Sea of Azov. In the Mediterranean Sea, Russia keeps eight warships on combat duty, including one Kalibr cruise missile…

Yuriy Ihnat, spokesman for Ukraine’s Air Force Command, confirmed the destruction of an ammunition depot of the Russian invaders near occupied Henichesk in Kherson region. "You have probably already seen the work in the village of Partyzany (Rykove), burning ammunition depots. The commander on his official Telegram channel has already thanked the guys for the good work. Less ammunition, more fire, more detonation of enemy warehouses, less of this will be directed at our defenders," Ihnat said on the air of the United News telethon, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. Read also: Defense forces destroy 77 enemy military equipment units in…

Over the past day, Russian troops shelled 20 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region. “The occupiers attacked 20 towns and villages of the region, launching 96 strikes from various types of weapons: four UAV attacks on Huliaypilske, Charivne; eight MLRS attacks on Stepove, Novoivanivka, Novodarivka; 84 artillery strikes on Huliaypole, Zaliznychne, Orikhiv, Kamyanske, and surrounding villages,” Yuriy Malashko, Head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, posted on Telegram. As noted, five reports on damage to houses and cars were filed. A 56-year-old man was injured in the Russian shelling of Orikhiv. He was hospitalized. Read also: Russian troops fire 467 shells at…