
Key developments on June 23:
- ‘It was impossible to look at’ — Russian mass missile, drone attack on Kyiv kills at least 9, injures 33
- Ukraine strikes Atlas oil depot in Russia’s Rostov Oblast, General Staff says
- Ukraine returns bodies …
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Key developments on June 23:
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Ukraine’s Armed Forces struck the Atlas oil depot in Russia’s Rostov Oblast overnight on June 23, the General Staff reported.
The attack ignited a fire at the site, with Ukrainian forces saying the strike had reached its intended target. …

Editor’s note: This story is being updated.
Iran launched multiple missiles at U.S. military bases in the Middle East, targeting sites in Qatar and Iraq, a day after the U.S. conducted air strikes on nuclear sites in Iran.
At least 10 missiles …

Even after Ukraine cut diplomatic ties with Russia in 2022, prisoner exchanges have continued as one of the few remaining channels of communication between the two countries.
Negotiated behind closed doors and carried out irregularly, POW swaps — and …

Ukraine’s state defense conglomerate Ukroboronprom and European aerospace giant Airbus have signed a trilateral cooperation memorandum at the Le Bourget International Air Show, the company announced on June 23.
The agreement launches initiatives …

Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated with additional details.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov has been formally named a suspect in a high-profile illegal land grab case, becoming the highest-ranking …
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U.S. President Donald Trump on June 23 called for urgent measures to prevent rising oil prices amid escalating tensions with Iran.
“Everyone, keep oil prices down. I’m watching,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “To the Department …

Ukrainian state grid operator Ukrenergo’s supervisory board has appointed Vitaliy Zaichenko, the company’s current chief dispatcher, as its new head, Ukrainian media reported on June 23.
The appointment comes after ten months of interim …

Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2023 authorized the ordering of at least two attempts to assassinate Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Gordon, Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) head Vasyl Maliuk told media on June 23, RBC-Ukraine reports.
Gordon is a …

Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK and British clean energy group Octopus Energy have launched a program to install rooftop solar panels and battery storage systems at Ukrainian businesses and public institutions, DTEK said in a …

A lion has attacked collaborator Oleg Zubkov at the Taigan Safari Park he founded in Russian-occupied Crimea, the Crimean Wind Telegram channel reported on June 22.
Zubkov is a businessman who renounced his Ukrainian citizenship and began cooperating …

Ukraine has returned the remains of three Russians who were handed over to Kyiv as part of an exchange of fallen soldiers' bodies, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko told Interfax Ukraine on June 23.
Ukraine has said the practice of passing off the …

President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the U.K. on June 23 to conduct several meetings with “a primary goal” of deepening defense cooperation, presidential spokesperson Serhii Nykyforov said in comments reported by Ukrinform. …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned U.S. strikes on Iran as “completely unprovoked aggression,” more than three years into his completely unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Putin made the comments at the Kremlin during a …

Russia has lost around 1,012,500 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on June 23.
The number includes 1,010 casualties Russian forces suffered …
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Russian Telegram channels are spreading the claim that Ukraine is allegedly preparing to mobilize women and lower the mobilization age to 18. As “proof”, they refer to the statement of …