2023-06-23 09:27:04
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will be 1 year and 4 months on the 24th. The reversal offensive by Ukrainian forces in the south and east continues despite strong Russian resistance.
Ukrainian air defense officials said they had shot down 13 Russian cruise missiles and a reconnaissance drone by the morning of the 23rd, targeting a military airfield in Khmelnitsky Oblast, regarding 350 kilometers southwest of Kyiv.
Ukrainian forces are attempting to advance south into Melitopol and Berdyansk.
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained five men who tried to smuggle radioactive material into Ukraine and use it as a cover-up, Archyde.com reported, citing Russia’s TASS news agency.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Russia was considering a “terrorist attack” involving a radioactive leak at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, which is occupied by Russian forces.
Russian propaganda is at it once more, trying to fabricate the “dirty bomb” story. I reiterate: Ukraine has never had, does not have, and has no plans to acquire “dirty bombs”. When Russia first dropped this hoax last year, we granted full access to the IAEA, which debunked this lie.
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) June 23, 2023
A key bridge connecting Crimea and Russian-occupied territories in Kherson Oblast was hit by Ukrainian missiles on Friday, but is partially passable, Russian officials said.
The Russian-appointed governor of Kherson province said it was hit by a British-provided Storm Shadow missile, but Ukraine did not directly address the claim.
According to the War Research Institute, a US think tank, the bridge’s targeting was linked to Russia’s ground line of communication (GLOC) in southern Ukraine.strategy to attackIt suggests that the Ukrainian military is putting effort into
of the European Union (EU)11th package of sanctions once morest Russiahas come into force. Measures once morest marine transportation by tankers of Russian crude oil are included. The EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, said the sanctions may not have an immediate effect, but they are steadily reducing Russia’s military power.
Sanctions may not have the immediate effect that most would like, but they are achieving their objectives:
✅ degrade Russia’s military capability
✅ deprive the Kremlin from revenues
✅ impose costs on Russia’s economyHere is our new package of sanctions ↓ #StandWithUkraine
— European Commission (@EU_Commission) June 23, 2023
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