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Russia’s war against Ukraine
Firefighters work at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone and missile strike in Kyiv on June 23. (Aleksandr Gusev / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images)
After 40 months of waging full-scale war on Ukraine, Putin condemns ‘unprovoked aggression against Iran.’ Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has killed tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians, and the true extent of the death toll is simply not known.
Zelensky arrives in UK to boost defense cooperation as Russia intensifies attacks against Ukraine. Zelensky’s visit comes just a few hours after yet another Russian attack on Kyiv, which killed at least seven.
Ukraine returns bodies of 3 Russian soldiers repatriated as remains of Ukrainians, Interior Ministry says. Ukraine has said the practice of passing off the bodies of Russian soldiers as Ukrainian is part of an attempt to obscure the scale of its military losses from the Russian public.
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Ukraine strikes Atlas oil depot in Russia’s Rostov Oblast, General Staff says. The facility supplies fuel and lubricants to Russian military units.
Lion attacks collaborator at safari park in Russian-occupied Crimea. Following Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014, Oleg Zubkov renounced his Ukrainian citizenship and began cooperating with the Russian authorities.
Russia ordered 2 assassination attempts on popular journalist Dmytro Gordon, Ukraine security service says. Dmytro Gordon, a prominent Ukrainian journalist and YouTube host with 4.5 million subscribers, is known for his sharp criticism of Russian aggression.
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Explained: How Ukraine and Russia swap prisoners of war
Even after Ukraine cut diplomatic ties with Russia in 2022, prisoner exchanges have continued as one of the few remaining channels of communication between the two countries.
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Ukraine war latest: Russian attack on Kyiv kills at least 9, injures 33
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia deployed 368 aerial weapons, including 352 attack drones, 11 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, and 5 Iskander-K cruise missiles.
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Human cost of Russia’s war
‘It was impossible to look at‘ — Russian mass missile, drone attack on Kyiv kills at least 9, injures 33. Russia launched a wave of missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and surrounding region overnight on June 23.
Russian attacks on Sumy Oblast kill 3 people, including 8-year-old boy. Russian forces launched a drone attack on Sumy Oblast overnight on June 24, killing three people, including an 8-year-old boy, and injuring three others, Governor Oleh Hryhorov reported.
2 killed, 12 injured in Russian missile strike on Odesa Oblast. The attack targeted a local educational institution and destroyed the building, Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper said.
International response
Serbia halts all arms exports amid Russian scrutiny over Ukraine. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on June 23 that Serbia has halted all arms exports, denying that the move was in response to Russian criticism over munitions reportedly reaching Ukraine.
Aerospace giant Airbus to train Ukrainian specialists in aircraft maintenance. As part of the deal, Airbus will send representatives to Ukraine to train local specialists, who will then become certified instructors for aircraft maintenance.
Zelensky, Starmer hail ‘massive step forward‘ in military cooperation. During a joint visit to a U.K. military training site for Ukrainian personnel, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he and Zelensky held “an excellent bilateral meeting” and had agreed to an “industrial military co-production agreement.”
In other news
Trump downplays Iran’s missile strikes on US bases in Iraq and Qatar, calls response ‘very weak.’ At least 10 missiles were fired at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar and at least one toward a base in Iraq, Axios reported.
Exclusive: Ukrainian deputy prime minister suspected of corruption says he won’t step down. Ukrainian minister and deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov has been formally named a suspect in a high-profile illegal land grab case, becoming the highest-ranking official in Ukrainian history to face such charges.
Ukrainian energy giant to build $115 million solar program with British partner. Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK and British clean energy group Octopus Energy have launched a program to install rooftop solar panels and battery storage systems at Ukrainian businesses and public institutions, DTEK announced in a press release on June 23.
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