War in Ukraine. Latest information on June 21 [papildināts 19:13]

Live text – short and concise on the highlights of Russia’s war in Ukraine on June 21. For the fourth month in a row, Ukraine has been heroically defending its land against the aggressor’s invasion.

19:13. Ukraine has received the first self-propelled howitzer “Panzerhaubitze2000” from Germany, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said. “As always, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valery Zaluzhny, will use them 100% on the battlefield. Of course, a huge thank you to our artillery artists, who have already become a world legend,” Reznikov said.

18:41. It is proposed to extend the state of emergency declared in Lithuania in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine until September 15, according to the draft decision prepared by the Lithuanian Ministry of the Interior.

17:24. Latvia’s main goal at the European Council is to grant Ukraine the status of a candidate country for membership of the European Union (EU), and the country’s position at the forthcoming European Council, which will take place from 23 to 24 June in Brussels, Belgium, envisages.

16.27. Russia has been forced to abandon two large-scale projects because of the government’s lack of funding, said Alexei Chekunkov, Russia’s minister for development in the Far East and the Arctic. It is a bridge to the Sakhalin Island and the railway between Yakutsk and Magadan, the Minister confirmed in an interview with RBK. The cost of these projects is 2.3 trillion rubles (approximately 40 billion euros).

15.01. Russian President Vladimir Putin boasts that Russia’s first strategic missile system, Sarmat, will enter the battlefield by the end of 2022, pravda.com.ua reports.

14.59. Ukrainian forces have so far been able to prevent Russia from deploying a large front from the Black Sea in offensive Ukraine, British intelligence said. The attack from the sea was part of Russia’s original plan, the British Ministry of Defense said on Tuesday, but Ukraine “has largely neutralized Russia’s ability to control the sea.”

13.48. The press service of the National Guard of Ukraine informs that Ukrainian militants continue to fight persistently against the Russian occupiers in Severodonetsk. “Without rest, sleep, or even a few minutes of silence, the bodyguards, along with their brothers in arms from other Defense Forces, are defending the city. The battle for Severodonecka continues. The enemy gets what it deserves.”

12.18. The loss of life force of Russian troops in Ukraine has reached about 34,100 soldiers by Tuesday morning, the Ukrainian Army General Staff reports.

Since the start of the repeated invasion on February 24, Russia has lost 1,496 tanks, 3,606 armored personnel carriers, 752 cannons, 239 multi-barrel jet launchers, 98 anti-aircraft guns, 216 airplanes, 181 helicopters, 611 unmanned aerial vehicles, 137 autopilots and 137 missiles. and 59 specialized units.

11.39. We must help Ukraine win this war with all available means, the Speaker of the Saeima Ināra Mūrniece (NA) said at the Parliamentary Forum of the Three Seas Initiative on Tuesday, opening the event.

We are interested in lasting peace in Europe, and Russia’s interests are at odds with that, Mūrniece said, noting that Ukraine must help supply arms, continue to impose sanctions and isolate Russia and its satellite, the Alexander Lukashenko regime. The three countries of the maritime initiative also provide support to Ukraine in hosting refugees, the Speaker of the Saeima emphasized.

10.44. Serhiy Hayday, head of the Luhansk region’s military administration, said Russian forces were continuing to fire on the city’s brick factory. One rocket also hit the Azovstal plant.

09.19. The United States is discussing with Allies the possibility of further restricting Russia’s oil sales revenue by setting a price cap on its oil exports, U.S. Finance Minister Janet Elena said during a visit to Canada on Monday.

07.07. The Russian government has decided to pay officials double the salary for trips to the Russian-occupied Donbass territory of Ukraine, Radio Freedom reported.

04.48. Taiwan will help rebuild several Ukrainian cities following attacks by Russian troops, the Bucharest City Council’s press service said.

Taiwan’s financial and material assistance will go to Bucha, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Odessa, Sumy and Zaporizhia.

03.41. Dmitry Muratov, editor of Russia’s independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, sold his $ 103.5 million Nobel Peace Prize gold medal at an auction on Monday to help Ukrainian children who have fled the Russian invasion.

00.10. Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Reintegration of Occupied Territories, Irina Vereshchuk, calls on residents of the occupied Kherson region to leave the region through the occupied Crimea, pravda.com.ua reports.

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