Newsletter 06/06/2024
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U.S., NATO, 50-strong coalition stand with Ukraine - Biden
According to the U.S. leader, autocrats around the world are closely watching to see if the West lets illegal aggression go unchecked.
"Cannot let that happen. To surrender to bullies, to bow down to dictators is simply unthinkable," Biden emphasized.
The U.S. president emphasized that democracy is never guaranteed and freedom is never free, so every generation must defend and fight for it. He drew parallels with the events of 80 years ago.
“In their generation, in their hour of trial, the allied forces on D-Day did their duty. Now the question for us is, in our hour of trial, will we do ours? We're living in a time when democracy is more at risk across the world than at any point since the end of World War II,” said Joe Biden.
DIU releases video showing destruction of Russian tugboat Saturn
On June 6, 2024, a special unit of the 9th Department of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine successfully struck a Russian raid tugboat of the Project 498 Saturn or Proteus off the coast of temporarily occupied Crimea
EU considers using its own budget as guarantee for loan to Ukraine - media
The European Commission is discussing the idea of using the future interest earned on Russian assets frozen in Europe to provide Ukraine with a multi-billion dollar loan, with the EU's seven-year EUR 1.2 trillion budget as a guarantee.
Ukrainian human rights activists submit submissions to ICC on five Russian propagandists
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Center for Civil Liberties (CCL) and the Kharkiv Human Rights Group presented a submission to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on hate crimes committed by Russians against Ukrainians.
The submission refers to the responsibility of five leading Russian propagandists for inciting hatred against Ukrainians: Vladimir Solovyov, Margarita Simonyan, Dmitry Kiselyov, Dmitry Medvedev and Sergey Mardan. The submission also calls for Gromov's responsibility.
USD 2.2 billion tranche: IMF says when it will make decision
The IMF Executive Board will decide on the allocation of a new tranche of USD 2.2 billion under the EFF programme to Ukraine at a meeting to be held in the coming weeks.
According to the preliminary results of the fourth review, the effectiveness of Ukraine's implementation of the EFF programme "remains high" despite the challenges of the war. At the same time, she said, all quantitative performance criteria were met, and the requirements of one structural beacon and another structural beacon with a short delay were fulfilled.
War
Two civilians injured as enemy shells Pryozerne in Kherson region
The Russian army shelled the village of Pryozerne in the Kherson region with artillery, injuring two people.
Destruction, casualties in Selidove following Russian bombardment
On Wednesday evening, Russian troops hit the town of Selidove in Donetsk region with two UMPB D-30SN gliding bombs, leaving six civilians injured.
Russians moving air defense systems from Mariupol to occupied Crimea
"After the successful strikes targeting Donetsk and Luhansk, ATESH assets on the ground together with the ‘Mariupol. Resistance’ unit are seeing the invaders actively relocating across the area. Our agent reported, that the Russian military personnel were ordered to deploy in residential quarters in order to secure equipment and manpower," reported by the ATESH guerilla movement on Telegram
The enemy shelled Kherson all night
Source: Prokudin Oleksandr's official telegram page
All night, the enemy relentlessly covered Kherson with fire. The Shumen district of the city was under attack.
Due to the "arrivals", five fires broke out at different addresses at the same time.
The flames engulfed residential buildings, farm buildings, cars, as well as the building of a hypermarket.
Kherson rescuers had to work until the morning to put out the fires.
Fortunately, no one was injured as a result of these strikes.
How the city looks now and what eyewitnesses say - in the video.
Politics
MFA Ukraine names starting point for deepening Ukraine-Peru cooperation
The field of modern technology can become a starting point for deepening long-term cooperation between Ukraine and Peru. The Peruvians are also interested in close cooperation on the repair and maintenance of aviation equipment.
U.S. believes allowing Ukraine to hit targets inside Russia with American weapons not to escalate tensions
The U.S. president's permission for Ukrainian defenders to use American weapons against targets located Russian soil will allow Ukraine to better defend itself and is not something that further escalates conflict.
Polish President convenes Security Council over situation on border with Belarus
Polish President Andrzej Duda is convening a meeting of the National Security Council on 10 June in connection with the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border, as well as the scandal over the detention of soldiers who fired warning shots in the direction of a group of illegal migrants.
Society
"Pro-Russian" culprit arrested in France on suspicion of plotting terror attack
In Roissy-en-France, local police detained a 26-year-old man on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack. During the search of the hotel room where he the person was staying, materials intended for the manufacture of explosive devices were discovered. One of them detonated, injuring the suspect so hotel visitors had to be evacuated.
Project on temporary hydraulic structure in place of Kakhovka HPP ready for implementation – Ukrhydroenergo
Ukrhydroenergo PrJSC has developed a project on the construction of a temporary hydraulic structure in place of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP), which was destroyed by Russians.
A year ago, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine endorsed a decision to develop a project on temporary connection between the left and right banks of the Kherson region and preventing the operation of the water reservoir.
Publication
West's readiness for confrontation with Russia, RF and man-made disasters, Ukrainian media sphere
The Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security pursues efforts to provide a brief explanation to foreign audiences on the current topics of particular interest as regards Ukraine.