Addressing the participants of the American Jewish Committee Global Forum, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky once again called for increasing sanctions on Russia and helping Ukrainians with offensive weapons.
Zelensky said that the day before, the list of Ukrainian children killed by the Russian military had increased by 24 names and now has 287 names. The President called for unity to overcome Russian hatred, and "for the future of millions of children in Ukraine and various European countries who deserve to live in safety. To live in peace, just to live."
The advisor to the head of the President's office, Mykhailo Podoliak, listed the weapons needed by the Ukrainian army to end the war and drive the occupiers out of the country. To win, Ukrainians need to achieve parity in the numbers of heavy weapons. In particular, 1 000 155 mm howitzers, 300 MLRS, 500 tanks, 2 000 armored vehicles and 1 000 drones.
Russian troops launched a missile attacks on Pryluky, Chernihiv region.
Three missile strikes were recorded. Evacuations have been announced in the villages of Zaizd, Petrivske, Tykhe and Sukhostavets: there is a risk of fire spreading due to missile strikes.
The Armed Forces repelled several enemy attacks in the Bakhmut and Slovyansk directions.
The enemy, surpassing our defenders in equipment and artillery, does not abandon attempts to capture Donetsk and Luhansk regions completely, said Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk.
The defense forces actively defend themselves and inflict heavy losses on the Russian army.
According to the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, Serhiy Haidai, all the bridges leading to Severodonetsk have been destroyed, it is impossible to bring humanitarian aid to the city and evacuate the residents.
In the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery destroyed the headquarters of the Russian occupiers, discovered by the National Guard.
Among the enemy's losses were an ammunition depot, an MT-LB (auxiliary armored tracked vehicle), a so-called Z-mobile, armored vehicles, and two army trucks, one of which contained ammunition. The NMU stressed that this is just one of many episodes of effective cooperation.
The anti-aircraft missile division of the 93rd separate mechanized brigade "Kholodny Yar" shot down an enemy combat helicopter Ka-52 in the Izium direction.
Ka-52 crashed into the temporarily occupied territory between the settlements of Sulyhivka and Dovhenke.
According to the Operational Command South in the Kherson region, Russian troops are retreating to the line of defense and torturing local residents.
The communities of Beryslav district suffer the most.
In the International Legion, Ukraine is defended by servicemen from 55 countries, all parts of the world and continents.
Most are the citizens of the United States and Britain, as well as Poles and Canadians with Ukrainian roots, said the speaker of the International Legion of Defense of Ukraine, Damien Magru.
A new mass grave of civilians was found in the Bucha district.
The National Police is working to identify the bodies of the dead.
Due to the fighting in the Kyiv region, about 4.5 thousand enterprises had shut down, and now 90% have returned to work.
Ten companies have moved to other regions under the government program.
The Russian occupiers are exporting not only grain from Ukraine. Ukrainian lawyers are preparing lawsuits for damages of $ 20 billion due to the destruction of Azovstal and the theft of metallurgical products from Mariupol.
According to the chairman of the Federation of Metallurgists of Ukraine, Serhiy Bilenky, it is hard to prevent metallurgical piracy: "All products made in Mariupol are exported through our port in the city. Maybe they plan to sell them somewhere. Or use it for domestic consumption. It is piracy and a violation of all norms of international law. I think this will be adequately assessed in court. "
On June 13, the European Commission held a preliminary debate on the membership of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova in the European Union, Radio Liberty journalist Ricard Jozwiak wrote on Twitter.
He believes that Ukraine and Moldova will receive the candidate status with conditions. The final decision will be made next week.
Albania, Turkey, Northern Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia previously received the status of a candidate with conditions - the so-called potential candidate. Ten years later, none of these countries is a member of the EU.
Poland built the first 140 km of border fence with Belarus.
The construction of the 5-meter fence is planned to be completed by the end of June.
The Eighth Administrative Court of Appeal in Lviv has banned the Socialist Party, which the National Security and Defense Council and the Justice Ministry consider pro-russian.
The party's property, according to a court decision, is transferred to the state. However, the decision can be appealed to the Supreme Court.
The same day, the court banned another party, Justice and Development.
Its previous leader proposed renaming Ukraine Rus and making russian the state language.
The court seized Morshynska's (brand of a sparkling water - translator's note) assets belonging to russian oligarch Mikhail Friedman for a total of 53.4 million hryvnias.
Earlier it was reported that Mikhail Friedman wanted to become a citizen of Ukraine. He consulted with the Ukrainian authorities on obtaining Ukrainian citizenship and re-registering his assets in Ukraine.
Facebook has become available in Ukrainian for iOS.
If the working language of the smartphone is Ukrainian, then the Facebook application will also automatically switch to it after a while.
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