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🇬🇧 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that the UK had seized the Russian shadow fleet tanker Smyrtos in the English Channel.
The operation took place on June 14 and lasted about six hours. It involved the Royal Marines, specially trained officers from the National Crime Agency, and the Royal Air Force.
According to the UK Ministry of Defence, the tanker will remain detained and under surveillance off the southern coast of England while the investigation continues.
❗️Russia struck the Lozova railway station in Kharkiv region, according to Ukraine’s Ministry for Communities and Territories Development.
The attack damaged locomotives and injured a train driver and his assistant. Emergency services are working at the scene, and the extent of the damage is being assessed.
❗️Fewer and fewer Russians are willing to go to war despite record financial incentives, CNN reports.
To attract new contract soldiers, Russian authorities are offering signing bonuses of up to $80,000, debt relief, and other benefits. Recruitment campaigns are being promoted through television, social media, and billboards across the country.
However, according to CNN, contract recruitment fell by about 20% in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the same period last year.
At the same time, Russian military losses remain high. Western intelligence estimates that Russia is losing tens of thousands of troops each month on the battlefield.
To compensate for personnel shortages, Moscow has recruited prisoners, enlisted North Korean troops, and intensified efforts to attract migrants into military service.
CNN also notes growing economic pressures inside Russia. Businesses are reporting labor shortages, while wage growth continues to lag behind inflation and rising living costs.
📞 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that he spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump and that the two will meet on the sidelines of the G7 summit.
“We discussed what can help bring peace closer now, and I informed the President about the latest developments on the battlefield and how our position has strengthened.
We agreed to discuss these issues in more detail during our meeting at the G7 summit. We have some good ideas that can help bring peace closer and save lives. Thank you!” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram.
👀 Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev claimed that the detention of a Russian tanker by the UK was an attempt to divert public attention from Britain’s migration problems.
In a post on X, Dmitriev commented on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s announcement regarding the interception of a vessel linked to Russia’s shadow fleet, arguing that London was allegedly trying to distract the public by escalating tensions instead of addressing domestic issues.
Earlier, on June 10, Dmitriev drew attention after publicly calling on “aliens” to use their supposed omnipotence to persuade Starmer to step down from office voluntarily.
❗️A one-month-old child and four other people were injured in a Russian UAV strike on Kharkiv’s Kyivskyi district on Sunday evening.
The attack also damaged the Kharkiv Art Museum, along with other civilian infrastructure in the area. Emergency services are working at the scene.
🔹 Russian forces are disguising military fuel tankers as civilian vehicles in an attempt to protect logistics routes from Ukrainian strikes, according to Ukrainian Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk.
“They are already building additional structures over fuel tankers, disguising them as civilian trucks. There is also information that vehicles intended for transporting food products, including milk tankers, are being used for this purpose,” Pletenchuk said.
He noted that the occupiers’ main logistical artery remains the railway connection running through Dzhankoy in temporarily occupied Crimea toward Russia’s Rostov region, as it is capable of handling large volumes of cargo and military supplies.
🔸 Ukrainian marines have pushed Russian forces out of part of the island zone between Kherson and temporarily occupied Oleshky, Commander of the 34th Separate Marine Brigade Dmytro Pulinets told Krym.Realii.
According to him, the operation concerns the islands of Oleksiivska, Kruhlyk, Korabeliv, and Potemkinskyi.
Pulinets said Russian forces are making significant efforts to regain control of the islands.
“Their logistics were disrupted, and the kill zone expanded. They had a strong position at the Konkivskyi road bridge, where they constantly concentrated personnel and equipment, but then things started to go wrong for them,” he said.
The commander added that Ukrainian troops continue to hold positions on the left bank of the Dnipro River to prevent Russian forces from crossing the river.
Supplies and ammunition are delivered to marine positions exclusively by air. According to Pulinets, rotations to and from the left bank are conducted as complex special operations. Marines wait for rain, snow, or fog, and all available means are used to cover their movement in and out of positions.
🚀 During the overnight attack, Russia launched more than 25 ballistic missiles and approximately seven Zircon hypersonic missiles at Kyiv, as well as about one ballistic missile each at Dnipro and Kharkiv.
In total, the attack involved approximately 480 strike drones and around 28 Kh-101 cruise missiles.
The strike was one of the largest combined missile and drone attacks carried out against Ukraine in recent months.
📸 The aftermath of the overnight Russian attack on Kyiv.
Damage from the massive Russian attack has been recorded in nearly every district of Kyiv. Emergency crews are working at almost 50 locations across the city, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
At least four people were killed and 23 injured, including a child.
▪️In Obolonskyi district, residential buildings and warehouses were damaged. Fires broke out at debris impact sites, and about 30 vehicles caught fire.
▪️In Podilskyi district, falling debris caused fires in a private house and a three-story building.
▪️In Solomianskyi district, residential buildings were damaged, and a fire broke out on the grounds of an educational institution.
▪️In Pecherskyi district, residential and non-residential buildings were damaged. A dormitory caught fire. Another blaze occurred at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, where the roof of the Stefanivskyi Chapel of the Assumption Cathedral was set ablaze.
▪️In Dniprovskyi district, debris damaged residential buildings.
▪️In Desnianskyi district, a fire broke out on the grounds of a kindergarten.
▪️In Holosiivskyi district, warehouses were burning. A residential building and an infrastructure facility were damaged.
▪️In Darnytskyi district, debris fell in open areas.
▪️In Shevchenkivskyi district, residential buildings, infrastructure facilities, and businesses sustained damage.
▪️A power line was damaged in northern Kyiv, leaving around 140,000 subscribers without electricity.
▪️The costume workshop of the Dovzhenko Film Studio was also hit. The studio reported that Ukraine’s largest costume collection was destroyed, while other buildings on the site were damaged as well.
❗️Russia’s overnight attack on Ukraine: rescuers killed in Kharkiv, injured in Dnipro, Kyiv region, and Sumy.
▪️ Kharkiv — Five State Emergency Service rescuers were killed and at least five others injured while extinguishing a fire after a second Russian strike hit the site. Condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims.
▪️ Dnipro — One person was injured. A business was damaged, causing a fire. One college building was destroyed, while the blast wave shattered windows at a school and the House of Organ and Chamber Music.
▪️ Kyiv region — Three people were injured, including an 11-year-old boy. The consequences of the attack were recorded in five districts. A multi-story residential building, private homes, vehicles, and warehouses were damaged.
▪️ Sumy — Two drones struck civilian infrastructure. One hit a residential apartment building, injuring three people, including a child. Another struck the city center, damaging a non-residential building.
🎼 The House of Organ and Chamber Music in Dnipro was also damaged during Russia’s overnight attack.
The blast wave shattered windows and damaged the historic building, adding to the destruction inflicted on civilian and cultural sites.
Russia continues to target not only Ukrainian cities and infrastructure, but also the country’s cultural heritage.
🙏 Ancient icons and other sacred relics at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra were saved following the Russian attack.
This was reported by Bishop Avraamii, abbot of the Holy Dormition Kyiv Pechersk Lavra of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
“In the first hours after the emergency, all my attention, as well as that of the brethren, clergy, staff, and relevant services, was focused on urgent measures to protect the sacred relics and ensure their safety,” Avraamii said.
According to him, an emergency evacuation of the most valuable religious artifacts was organized to prevent their loss or damage.
🕯 Five people were killed and 24 others injured, including two children, as a result of Russian shelling in Kharkiv region, according to the regional military administration.
In Kharkiv, four State Emergency Service rescuers were killed while extinguishing a fire after a repeated Russian strike hit the area. Six more rescuers were injured.
A 39-year-old man was also killed in the city. Among the wounded were nine women, three men, and a one-month-old girl.
In Lozova, a 56-year-old man, a 42-year-old man, a 62-year-old woman, and a four-year-old boy were injured.
In the village of Osynove, part of the Kupiansk community, a 71-year-old woman was injured.
🤬 Russia’s Ministry of Defense claimed that today’s strikes targeted “defense-industrial complex facilities.”
However, among the sites damaged were the Dormition Cathedral complex of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, the Dovzhenko Film Studio, a hospital, a Nova Poshta terminal, and the House of Organ and Chamber Music in Dnipro.
According to Russia’s official narrative, such civilian and cultural sites are being presented as “missile production facilities” or “ammunition storage sites,” despite the publicly reported damage to religious, medical, cultural, and civilian infrastructure.