2/ According to preliminary data, the strike hit the former Luhansk Academy of Internal Affairs (Yubileyny settlement), where Russian occupiers have been based since the beginning of 2014.
2/ Ukraine’s military updates that the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s missile carrier Tsiklon was destroyed in occupied Crimea on 19 May, not a minesweeper as earlier reports suggested. It reportedly was the last surface carrier of the Kalibr cruise missiles.
#Lithuania will acquire Amber-1800 radars for the Ukrainian army with a detection range of up to 400 kilometers.
This was announced by Boris #Pistorius, German Defense Minister.
According to the German Minister of Defense, Lithuania will join the so-called Air Defense Coalition, which is aimed at strengthening Ukrainian air defense, and will provide 6 Amber-1800 radars.
2/ According to the German Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius, Lithuania is contributing to the German IAAD initiative which aims to strengthen the Ukrainian air defence with six AMBER-1800 air surveillance radars. He did not provide any further details such as a planned delivery date."
@elCelio The current timetable seems to be Danish ones this summer, Dutch ones in the autumn and the Belgian ones before end of the year. Norway ones seem unclear at the moment.
The #US and most #EU nations will boycott a #Kremlin ceremony to swear in Vladimir #Putin for a new six-year term as president on Tuesday, but #France and some other EU states were expected to send an envoy despite a plea by #Kyiv.
The varying diplomatic response by the Western powers underscored differences over how to handle the Russian leader more than two years after he launched a full-scale invasion of #Ukraine.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine blew up the bridge over the Siverskyi Donets-Donbas channel to stop the Russian offensive in the Chasovoy Yar region , — Chairman of the Council of Reservists of the Ground Forces Tymochko
Yale University History Professor Timothy #Snyder joins# MSNBC’s Jonathan #Capehart to discuss why pro-#Putin propaganda is so prevalent in the #Republican Party.