Our peace can only withstand such aggression by force of arms,” he added. “We are a country that has always valued and will always value peace. Zelensky told Swiss parliament that Ukraine is “not a source of aggression, not a territory of war, and not some kind of conflict zone.” “I know that Switzerland is having a discussion about permits to re-export weapons to protect Ukraine,” Zelensky said via video, urging that his request for weapons is only to restore peace to Ukraine, “exactly as envisaged by international law.” Watchdog visits nuclear power plant: Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, visited the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to assess the situation after the Nova Kakhovka dam collapse. Grossi said it is essential that the water stays at the same level for the plant’s safety.Russian President Vladimir Putin claims the Kh-47's hypersonic speed makes it extremely difficult to intercept. Commander Serhii Yaremenko said soldiers in his brigade realized the missiles were moving directly toward them and the Patriot system, but "did not panic for a second." Later they learned there were six Kinzhals among the assault. Use of US Patriot system: Ukraine said its defenses successfully intercepted six Russian Kinzhal missiles, Russia's toughest weapons using the United States Patriot air defense system last month.At the beginning of the month, the lower house of the Swiss Parliament rejected a bill known as "Lex Ukraine" that would have allowed third-party countries to transfer Swiss-made arms to Ukraine. Switzerland is a neutral country with a legal framework ensuring it does not send weapons directly or indirectly to belligerent states. Ukraine's appeal to Switzerland: President Volodymyr Zelensky asked Swiss lawmakers to export weapons to Ukraine.US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also pointed out Kyiv has the ability to recover and repair its damaged equipment and get it "back into the fight." Delivery of the equipment has begun and "should be complete within several weeks," it said. New military aid for Ukraine: The United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Denmark will deliver "high priority" air defense equipment to Ukraine, the nations said in a joint statement.Russian attacks in the first two weeks of June were focused on "targets related to logistics, industrial facilities, as well as oil and gas supply," he added. Russia pushes back: Russia is attempting to advance in other areas, with assault operations in the Kharkiv region and along parts of the Donetsk front, according to Oleksii Hromov, deputy chief of the Ukrainian general staff.Meantime, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have repelled Ukrainian offensive operations in the region on Thursday. Zaporizhzhia offensive: More than 100 square kilometers of territory have been liberated "in the Zaporizhzhia direction" over the last week in southeast Ukraine, a senior figure in Kyiv's military has claimed. A clandestine Ukrainian unit has also claimed successes against Russian forces in Bakhmut. Ukrainian counteroffensive: Ukraine’s military offensive is continuing in “several directions” and Kyiv’s troops are “gradually but surely advancing” in the south of the country, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said.That attack was one in a string of alleged assassination attempts in the occupied city of Melitopol.Īnd earlier this month, a deadly car bombing targeted “Kremlin collaborators” in a town just outside Melitopol, according to the city's Ukrainian mayor. In May, a Moscow-appointed court chairman was targeted in an attack, according to the Russian-installed governor of the occupied Zaporizhzhia region. Other attacks in southern Ukraine: Russia-backed officials have accused Ukraine of making several recent assassination attempts in southern Ukraine. The Ukrainian military has not yet commented on the report. The June 9 strike on Arabat Spit ended up badly damaging a temporary accommodation center and left one person dead, Saldo told Russian state news agency TASS.ĬNN cannot independently confirm the veracity of Saldo's accusation. Ukrainian forces launched more than 10 "high precision" missiles at his "supposed location" in the southern region, Saldo claimed in a post on his official Telegram channel. Vladimir Saldo, the Moscow-installed governor of the Russian-occupied Kherson region, claims Ukraine tried to assassinate him last week. Vladimir Saldo attends a meeting in Moscow on December 22, 2022.
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