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We have completed live coverage of the 119th day of Russiaʼs full-scale war against Ukraine. Read about the main events of the 120th day of the war in the new live text coverage.
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson said that in the next few months the pace of advance of Russian troops will slow down as the Russian army runs out of resources. The enemy may reach a point where there will be no more movement forward.
Two explosions were heard in the area of the occupied seaport of Skadovsk, the mayor Oleksiy Yakovliev reported.
Foreign Policy: Boston Dynamicsʼ Spot Robo Dog will go to Ukraine to look for mines. The Pentagon will send one of its robots to demine facilities in the Kyiv oblast. Spot will work with HALO Trust specialists who have contracts with the United States to work in Ukraine.
The head of the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration Oleh Syniehubov summed up the day.
As a result of the shelling of the Nemyshlianskyi district of Kharkiv, four residents were injured. Five women died in the village of Pryshyb, Izium district. and in Balaklia one person was wounded.
In Zolochiv, the bodies of two more victims were retrieved from the rubble. In total, three people were killed in the shelling in Zolochiv.
In Chuhuyiv, two people were killed and four others were injured. One was wounded in the village of Tykhopillia.
There is fighting on the line of contact. The 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Brigade destroyed 11 units of enemy equipment in the Izium region — tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, and Iveco LMV combat vehicles.
Serhiy Haidai, head of the Luhansk oblast: the Russians continue to collect reserves in Sievierodonetsk and in the direction of Toshkivka-Zolote, where fighting continues.
According to him, the Russians want to surround the Ukrainian military.
In addition, Lysychansk continues to suffer from enemy shelling. In a few days, the city suffered catastrophic destruction
Also, according to Haidai, the Russians refused to force the Siverskyi Donets River for fear of heavy losses.
The Ukrainian Navy is forming a combat river flotilla on the Dnipro. The First Division is already carrying out tasks in the north of the country near the borders of Belarus.
A combat river flotilla is being created in Ukraine. The First Division has already entered service in the north
In 12 hours, the Serhiy Prytula Foundation raised UAH 156 million in donations for one Bayraktar strike drone. "There is one bird," he said.
In total, Prytula plans to raise money for three Bayraktar drones.
On June 22, the Russians killed four civilians in Donetsk oblast.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have spoken out against talks on ending the war on Russian terms.
"Ukraine, and only Ukraine decides what suits them. Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine! We are far from negotiating because Putin believes in a dictated peace. It is all the more important that we stick to the course,"the German leader said.
Johnson, in turn, called for Ukraine to at least return the territories seized after February 24.
"We are convinced that we must help Ukrainians to put up strategic resistance. But we cannot be Ukrainians more than Ukrainians themselves. This is their crisis, and they have to decide what to do. They will not give up the territory in exchange for peace, they will not make a bad deal. Ukrainian territory must be restored, at least to the borders by February 24. The countryʼs sovereignty and security must be protected, "Johnson said.
The "Diia" application won a bronze award at the Cannes Lions Awards 2022 in the Creative Business Transformation category.
"We are grateful to the entire Diia team and the Fedoriv Agency for transforming the country together and setting trends for the world!" said Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov.
In Moscow, the square near the US Embassy was officially renamed DNR Square. At the same time, the KTF Jermilov font on the banners that covered the area during the renovation was stolen from Ukrainian designers Oles Gerhun and Yevhen Anfalov. There is an anti-war inscription on the square itself.
Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Central Intelligence Agency, said that at this stage of the war there was no threat of the Belarusian army invading Ukraine.
"Calm down, the situation is completely under control. Military training, exercises, and border strengthening are underway in Belarus. There is a whole range of military actions, but they are not aimed at fighting against Ukraine at this stage. If they have such thoughts, we will know about it at once and we will all take adequate actions together," Budanov said.
The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Kirill Budanov, commented on the detonation of the car of Peopleʼs Deputy collaborator Oleksiy Kovaliov in the occupied part of Kherson oblast: “I can confirm that a certain action was taken. The car is exactly blown up. We are finding out the condition of this collaborator and traitor. "
The head of the Central Intelligence Agency, Kyrylo Budanov, suggested that some of the captured Azovstal defenders would return home in the near future. He stated this on the air of the telethon. According to him, the intelligence service knows about the fate of each prisoner, the vast majority of whom are being held in Olenivka.
The head of the German Ministry of Defense, Christina Lambrecht, said that 12 German and Dutch Panzerhaubitze 2000 anti-aircraft guns had already arrived in Ukraine together with the studied crews.
Germany promised Ukraine seven PzH 2000, and the Netherlands — five.
Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petro Andriushchenko said that the occupiers dismantled stationary checkpoints and left only checkpoints near the bridges. Russian troops are increasingly using mobile teams that are suddenly appearing in different parts of the city. This is due to lack of resources, as the remnants of the occupiers were taken to other parts of the front.
The Belarusian Gayun telegram channel, which is considered extremist in Belarus, reported that the military was digging trenches and trenches on the border with Ukraine. They are all equipped with firing points.
Earlier, the channel published updated dislocations of checkpoints in the border areas of the republic.
The General Staff of Ukraine has published the evening report as of June 23.
- In the Volyn and Polissia directions without significant changes.
- In the Sivershchyna direction, Russia fired artillery at the areas of the villages of Turia, Myropilske, and Slavhorod in Sumy oblast.
- In the Slobozhanshchyna direction, the Russian army is storming to improve its tactical position in the Slovyansk area. The occupiers fired at the areas of Bohorodychne, Nova Dmytrivka, Novopavlivka, Kurulka, Dolyna, Pryshyb, Krasnopillya, Vernopillya, Ridne, Chervone, Shnurky, Chervona Polyana, Karnaukhivka, Velyka Komyshuvakha, Nova Dmytrivka and Semylanne with barrels and multiple rocket launchers.
- In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy is trying to hold back units of the Defense Forces to prevent them from reaching the state border. There were artillery shellings in the areas of Kharkiv, Bayrak, Peremoha, Korobochkyne, Shevelivka, Rubizhne, Lebyazhe, Mospanovo, Shestakove, Petrivka, Ruska Lozova, Khrestyshche, Kulinichi, Udy, Staryi Saltiv, Verkhniy Saltiv, Pitomnyk, Rtycheni, Rtyche.
- In the Donetsk direction, the occupiers are trying to move towards the city of Bakhmut and establish control over Sievierodonetsk.
- In the Sievierodonetsk direction, Russia struck by aircraft in the areas of the villages of Verkhnyokamyanka, Sievierodonetsk and Syrotyne. Fighting continues for Sievierodonetsk.
- In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian Federation struck by aircraft in the areas of the settlements of Berestovo, Yakovlivka, Klinove and Vershina and launched air and missile strikes near Chasov Yar, Novoluhansk and Hirske.
- Russia is not actively advancing in the Kramatorsk direction, but is firing at Ukrainian soldiers with artillery in the Pryshib, Sydorove, Donetsk and Mayakov districts.
- In the Avdiivka, Kurakhove, Novopavlivske and Zaporizhzhia directions, constant shelling continues to prevent the transfer of Ukrainian troops to other directions.
- Russia struck near Novobakhmutovka, Kamyanka, Avdiivka, Pavlivka, Vuhledar and Shevchenko.
- In the area of the village of Novobahmutivka in Donetsk oblast, the Ukrainian military repulsed the Russian assault and forced them to withdraw.
- In the South Buh area, the Russian army is equipping positions, firing artillery and jet artillery to prevent the advance of our troops into the occupied territory.
Ukraine plans to implement the recommendations of the European Commission on granting EU candidate status by the end of 2022, said Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Olha Stefanishina.
"The European Commission has identified seven areas for us, they are not absolutely difficult, each of them serves the interests of the country. These are issues related to the implementation of amendments to the legislation on the High Council of Justice and the High Qualifications Commission of Judges — the formation of these institutions, as well as changes to the legislation on the selection of judges to the Constitutional Court, the beginning of the NABU director. These measures are already being implemented to some extent, but we will speed up this process. We plan to complete it by the end of the year," Stefanishina said.
At the end of 2022, the European Commission will prepare a conclusion and assessment of how effectively Ukraine has coped with this task.