Air Force: Ukraine downs all 29 attack drones launched by Russia overnight

4:24 AM

Russia attacks 10 communities in Sumy Oblast.

Russian forces attacked 10 communities in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy Oblast in 30 separate attacks on June 22, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported.

1:58 AM  (Updated:  June 23, 2024 2:18 am)

Germany calls for EU-China trade discussions, criticizes Beijing's exports to Russia.

Germany’s vice-chancellor expressed readiness to discussions with Beijing regarding EU tariffs but adopted a more stringent stance on Chinese exports to Russia during the first visit to mainland China by a senior European politician since the tariffs were introduced.

4:37 PM  (Updated:  June 22, 2024 11:34 pm)

Russian attack on Kharkiv kills 3, injures 54, including children.

The sounds of explosions were reported as of around 3:15 p.m. local time. The attack was carried out with glide bombs, targeting a residential area.

11:31 PM

FT: Around $855 million in Serbian ammunition reaches Ukraine.

Serbian-Ukrainian relationships are complicated by Belgrade's friendly attitude toward Russia, as Serbia has refused to join sanctions against Moscow.

11:29 PM

Ukraine's partisans claim infiltration of Russian air base, leave 'surprises' for pilots.

ATESH said it had scouted the Baltimore airfield in Voronezh, around 220 kilometers north-east from the border with Kharkiv Oblast and home to Russia's 47th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment.

10:22 PM

UK's Nigel Farage doubles down on controversial Ukraine/Putin comments.

Farage's comments echo Kremlin disinformation lines used to justify the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, namely that Russia was forced to start the war to protect itself from the threat from NATO.

9:26 PM

Military: Russia firing missiles from Azov Sea, Black Sea 'not safe enough'.

Around 30% of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet had been destroyed as of December 2023, according to the Ukrainian military.

8:06 PM

Ukrainian army says some Russian troops withdrawing from Vovchansk area.

The withdrawal of Russian units was also seen near the villages of Lyptsi and Tykhe, where Russian armed forces suffered losses from Ukrainian troops.

7:45 PM

Negotiations needed to end war in Ukraine but Putin 'cannot be trusted,' says Mark Milley.

Vladimir Putin on June 14 said Moscow would only cease fire and enter peace talks if Ukraine withdraws from the four Ukrainian regions claimed – but not fully controlled – by the Kremlin.

7:07 PM

Zelensky: Two more countries sign global peace summit communique.

"We see growing global support for the Peace Formula, meaning the support for the UN Charter, which we want to restore to full force," Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Twitter.

5:41 PM

Russian media: Ukrainian forces allegedly hit air defense system in Belgorod Oblast.

As a result of the attack, grass was set on fire near the village of Dubovoe, according to Gladkov. The governor also claimed that the fire was promptly extinguished. The roofs of two houses and 17 cars were damaged in the village, he said.

3:33 PM

Media: Official who gave Putin wrong intelligence on Ukraine war resigns.

The 5th Service is in charge of the FSB's relations with foreign partners and gathering intelligence in former Soviet countries, including Ukraine. The intelligence provided by the 5th Service turned out to be inaccurate in many ways when the all-out war started, Important Stories said.

2:12 PM

Fighting ongoing in Toretsk sector amid reports of captured village in 'gray zone.'

Ukrainian forces are holding back Russia's assault in the Horlivka — Toretsk direction in Donetsk Oblast on June 22 amid ongoing fighting, Nazar Voloshyn, the spokesperson for the Khortytsia group of forces, told the Kyiv Independent.

1:05 PM

Suspect in attempted murder of Kazakh opposition activist in Kyiv reportedly surrenders in Kazakhstan.

Altai Zhakanbayev, one of the two suspects in an assassination attempt of Kazakh opposition activist and journalist Aidos Sadykov in Ukraine, was detained in Kazakhstan after surrendering to the local police on June 21, Kazakhstan's Prosecutor General's Office reported.

12:13 PM

Satellite image shows significant destruction of oil depot in southern Russia following drone strike.

A satellite image obtained by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) shows three of the six fuel tanks burned down after a Ukrainian drone strike on an oil depot in Russia's Rostov Oblast.

11:15 AM

Russian attacks against Ukraine kill 8, injure 19 over past day.

Russia targeted a total of 14 Ukrainian oblasts — Chernihiv, Sumy, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Luhansk, Vinnytsia, Lviv, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Kharkiv, and Donetsk. Casualties were reported in the latter four regions.

9:58 AM

Air Force: Ukraine downs 25 of 29 incoming Russian missiles, drones overnight.

Since spring, Russia has intensified its attacks against Ukraine's critical infrastructure in a renewed assault against the country's energy grid. This night's attack was the eighth massive strike against energy facilities in recent months.

9:07 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 533,090 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022.

This number includes 1,110 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

5:51 AM  (Updated:  June 22, 2024 7:28 am)

Russian attacks damage energy infrastructure in multiple oblasts, casualties reported.

Russian forces launched missile and drone attacks overnight on June 22, targeting critical energy infrastructure in multiple Ukrainian regions.

4:44 AM

US, China hold nuclear talks for first time in 5 years, Reuters reports.

Informal discussions on nuclear weapons between the United States and China resumed in March for the first time in five years, Reuters first reported on June 21, with Beijing delegates assuring their American counterparts that they would not resort to using nuclear threats over Taiwan.

2:45 AM

Mediazona confirms identities of over 56,800 Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine.

Since Mediazona's last update at the end of May, the names of 2,677 Russian soldiers have been added to the list of casualties.

2:04 AM

SBU charges two bloggers suspected of sharing military positions on social media.

Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) charged two social media bloggers for allegedly sharing the positions of Ukraine's Armed Forces on their social media platforms, the SBU announced on June 21.

12:09 AM

Russian drone attack kills postal worker delivering pensions in Kharkiv Oblast.

A Russian drone hit an Ukrposhta postal vehicle in the community of Vovchansk in Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast, killing the driver and injuring another, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported on June 22.

11:56 PM

Shmyhal meets US Deputy Secretary of State to discuss further US aid for Ukraine.

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and U.S. Acting Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs John Bass held a meeting on June 21 to discuss further Ukraine-U.S. cooperation.

11:46 PM

Israel, Ukraine to suspend visa-free regime.

Israel will soon impose new travel restrictions on Ukrainians, leading Ukraine to impose similar requirements in response, Ukraine's Embassy in Israel announced on June 20.