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NATO will take a step towards Ukraine, but will not yet provide it with a clear timetable for joining the bloc, — Deputy Secretary General of the Alliance Mircea Joane said on RFI.
🇫🇷France now supports Ukraine's membership in NATO to influence Russia, — media
🇵🇹 Portugal will soon hand over 14 more M113 armored personnel carriers and 9 towed 105-mm howitzers to Ukraine.
In total, Portugal transferred 45 machines of the M113 series to Ukraine
The Russian Federation has begun creating defensive lines near Perekop, apparently preparing for a scenario where the Ukrainian military tries to enter Crimea, the UK intelligence reports.
The Russian mass media finally confirmed the death of Major General Sergiy Goryachev in Ukraine — he was the chief of staff of the 35th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Federation.
208 cases of sexual violence by Russian forces have been documented in Ukraine, including 13 against minors, the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office said on June 19. Majority of victims are women (140 cases), but actual figures are likely much higher.
🇺🇸 The potential transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine will last for months, said the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Military and Political Affairs Stanley Brown.
One of the first steps will be a license to train Ukrainian pilots. Brown noted that the State Department is already processing relevant requests from third countries to begin pilot training.
"What we are doing is historic. Things that used to take months and weeks are happening in a few hours," he added.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the eve of the Conference on the Restoration of Ukraine in London.
🇫🇷 This year, France will allocate an additional 40 million euros of non-refundable financial aid to Ukraine for urgent reconstruction and is also preparing a multi-year plan for assistance for civilian needs, — during the meeting, the head of the Foreign Ministry, Catherine Colonna, stated at a conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine.
American General Electric (GE) left Russian customers without repairing gas turbines. The company made such a decision against the background of the expansion of US sanctions, which prohibit American companies from providing engineering services in Russia.
On June 19, the company stopped servicing turbines in the Russian Federation, closed access to the monitoring system, and may also stop supplying original spare parts. "Repair and replacement of nodes are most critical for the most powerful turbines, including the only H-class machine in Russia at the Kazan CHP-3,"— writes the publication.
Instead of Russian oil, Germany agreed to increase purchases from Kazakhstan by six times. During the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier's visit to Astana, the state oil and gas corporation "KazMunayGas" signed an agreement to supply Germany with 100,000 tons of oil per month from the Karachaganak field.
The Moscow court has fined the Viber messaging platform for refusing to remove "fakes about the war in Ukraine"
The amount of the fine is 1 million rubles (approx. $12 000).
According to the results of 2022, the population of Germany increased by 1.12 million people. This is a record increase since the final unification of the country in 1990, — Bloomberg.
The influx of foreigners ensured population growth. Net migration to Germany quadrupled to 1.46 million people — mainly due to refugees from Ukraine.
According to last year's results, the number of Ukrainians living in Germany increased sixfold and amounted to 1.05 million people.
The EU will offer its version of using frozen Russian assets before the "summer vacation", European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.
Kyrylo Budanov met with the Japanese ambassador to Ukraine Matsuda Kuninori. [admittedly when he looks as much as a waxwork as this, you wonder if the Russians really did manage to bump him off]