Oksana Pokalchuk resigned after Amnesty International published a report on Aug. 4 accusing Ukraine’s military of endangering civilians, saying there was no proper reaction from the organization’s leadership to the Ukrainian office's opposition to the report. “Even yesterday I had the naive hope that I could fix everything,” said Pokalchuk. “Today I realized that this will not happen.”
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Monday, June 8
The decision represents the most high-profile conviction in a corruption case in Ukraine's independent history.
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Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova claimed the vote had taken place "amidst severe repression" and that democratic procedures were "grossly violated."
The heaviest fighting is taking place in the Pokrovsk sector in Donetsk Oblast, the Oleksandrivka sector, which lies at the junction of Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk regions, and the Huliaipole sector in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the commander-in-chief said.
The target was Andrii Yusov, spokesperson for Ukrainian military intelligence and deputy head of Ukraine's Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, he confirmed later in the day.
"I don't know how we can even talk about negotiations," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
Russian forces launched 155 drones, 124 of which were intercepted, according to Ukraine's Air Force.
The drone entered the country after being diverted by Russian electronic warfare systems, Latvia's military said.
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Ukraine's military reportedly launched another onslaught of middle strikes on Russian and Russian-occupied regions overnight on June 8, striking multiple oil depots and electrical substations, Russian Telegram media channels reported.
The number includes 1,330 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
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The leaders of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, and Ukraine issued a joint statement on June 7 setting out five conditions that must be met between Kyiv and Moscow to bring a resolution to Russia's war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian drones continued their medium-range on western Russia, as well as Russian-occupied territories on June 7, damaging and destroying several military targets, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) reported.
Sunday, June 7
Zelensky said in a June 7 interview with Sky News that he asked Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich to deliver a message to Putin: Ukraine will never surrender Donbas, and Zelensky is ready to meet with Putin.
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The attack was carried out with Ukraine's homemade Fire Point drones and new long-range Behemoth UAV, causing significant damage to the bridge, the military said.
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