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Kyiv continues its counteroffensive operations in at least three directions

Kyiv continues its counteroffensive operations in at least three directions

Cover Image: A shopping center is partially destroyed following a Russian attack the night before in Odesa, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Nina Liashonok/AP

  • According to the Ukrainian deputy defense minister, “heavy fighting” is currently taking place on the frontline. A “Extreme Conflict” Hanna Maliar also noted on Ukrainian television Wednesday evening that Russian and Ukrainian forces are now facing each other. “Tough Fight”.
  • Kyiv’s counter-attacking front is showing results. Ukrainian forces continued counter-offensive operations in at least three directions and advanced on the front on Wednesday, the US think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in a note released overnight Wednesday through Thursday.
  • NATO Secretary General wants to strengthen military support in Kyiv. Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday pleaded for increased military support from the coalition for Ukrainian forces to carry out their counteroffensive against Russia. Arms deliveries and the reorganization of the alliance’s ammunition stockpiles will be the focus of defense ministers’ discussions with their Ukrainian counterparts on Thursday.
  • The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief’s visit to the Zaporizhia power plant was postponed until Thursday. The IAEA said on Sunday that it needed access to the area around the plant to check the size of the vast reservoir that contributes to the cooling of the installations.
  • The International Committee of the Red Cross was able to see 1,500 prisoners of war “from both sides”. The ICRC did not say how many were seen on the Russian side. The system has come under repeated criticism from Volodymyr Zelensky, who has accused it of not doing enough to reach out to Russian-controlled soldiers.
  • The Russian border regions of Kursk and Belgorod were shelled overnight by the Ukrainian armed forces from Tuesday to Wednesday. Russian officials announced Wednesday. Officials have not reported any casualties.
  • Alexander Lukashenko announced that Belarus had received its first Russian tactical nuclear weapons. Some of these are weapons “Three times as powerful” [BelarusianPresidentAlexanderLukashenkoannouncedthattheUShaddroppedbombsontheJapanesecitiesofHiroshimaandNagasakiin1945[1945ஆம்ஆண்டுஜப்பானியநகரங்களானஹிரோஷிமாமற்றும்நாகசாகிமீதுஅமெரிக்காகுண்டுகளைவீசியதுஎனபெலாரஷ்யஅதிபர்அலெக்சாண்டர்லுகாஷென்கோஅறிவித்தார்
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