President Biden met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Washington on June 13 ahead of a major NATO alliance meeting next month in Lithuania. NATO’s 31 member states will meet in Vilnius to face a number of issues, including potentia…
The Russian missiles used in the attack on Kryvyi Rih[1] that killed 11 and injured 39 people on June 13 contained over 50 components produced in foreign countries, President Volodymyr Zelensky said[2]. Many of these components were microelectronics. “…
The Latvian government agreed on June 13 to grant additional humanitarian aid to Ukraine of around 430,000 euro ($464,000) to mitigate the consequences of the bombing of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant. The package will include electr…
The President’s Office reported[1] that President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on June 13 in Kyiv to discuss the risks posed to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant after the K…
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Laboratory analysis has confirmed the presence of E. coli and cholera in the waters near the city of Kherson following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, but not in high concentrations, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Military Media Center re…
On Tuesday, Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, visited Kyiv, where he met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy before a trip to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP. The plant is not far from the Kakhovka HPP that…
Russian forces have mined a large number of hydraulic structures in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts, Major Vladyslav Dudar, a representative of the Defense Ministry, reported[1] on June 13. “They are currently blowing up small hydraulic s…
A trial against Russia due to the Kakhovka Dam destruction may be launched at the International Criminal Court (ICC) if evidence emerges on concrete individuals involved, Greenpeace legal advisor Daniel Simons said on June 13.”There is an active…
The occupiers are blowing up hydraulic structures in the areas where Ukrainian troops are counterattacking.
Source: Vladyslav Dudar, a representative of the Department of Environmental Safety and Mine Clearance of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, du…