Newsletter 13/06/2024
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Ukraine signs security agreement with Japan
In 2024, Japan will provide Ukraine with $4.5 billion and will continue to support the country's throughout the agreement's entire 10-year term.
"This includes security and defense assistance, humanitarian aid, technical and financial cooperation, as well as joint efforts on the Peace Formula. Additionally, the agreement implies sanctions against the aggressor and efforts to hold the aggressor accountable. We also greatly appreciate that Japan will cooperate with Ukraine in reconstruction and recovery,"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
NATO Secretary General proposes EUR 40 billion in annual support for Ukraine
"Since Russia's full-scale invasion, Allies have put their support on a firmer footing, and have provided around 40 billion euros worth of military support each year. I have proposed that we sustain this level of support as a minimum for as long as it takes, and that Allies share this burden equitably," said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
UK slams new sanctions on Russia, including its shadow fleet
The United Kingdom has announced 50 new sanctions designations and specifications to degrade Vladimir Putin’s war machine, in coordinated action with G7 partners to support Ukraine.
Norway donates over $45M worth of bomb launcher ammunition to Ukraine
Norway will supply Ukraine with bomb launcher ammunition worth about NOK 480 million (over $45 million).
Ramstein group members committed $98B in security aid to Ukraine - Austin
Member countries of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) have already committed more than $98 billion in security assistance to Ukraine.
Intel chief on Ukrainian strikes inside Russia: Russians “already feeling them”
According head of Ukraine’s defense intelligence (GUR), Kyrylo Budanov, the permission received from Western partners to use their weapons to strike targets inside Russia will improve the situation for the Ukrainian military at the front.
At the same time, Budanov noted that the claims of various "red lines" allegedly drawn by Russian “so-called President Vladimir Putin” are just a show for the public.
"Do they (red lines - ed.) exist at all? No. If they exist, where are they? How many times have they said over the years that they have been breached. I think it's all about playing to the public," the top spy said.
War
Ukraine tries to weaken Russian air defences before receiving F-16s - ISW
ISW analysts recall that on the night of 12 June, Ukrainian troops struck one S-300 battery and two S-400 batteries near the occupied Belbek and Sevastopol in Crimea.
The Institute for the Study of War also emphasises that geolocation images published on 12 June show damaged and destroyed Russian S-300 assets north of occupied Yevpatoriya and a destroyed Russian S-400 radar system south of occupied Dzhankoy, which confirms the Ukrainian General Staff's report of 10 June on strikes on Russian air defence assets in these areas.
It is noted that the destruction of Russian air defence systems in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation prompted the Russian command to move air defence assets from Crimea to this territory, which in turn worsened air defence on the temporarily occupied peninsula.
Ukraine takes down another Russian Zoopark counterbattery radar
Cyber operatives of the Security Service of Ukraine along with their colleagues from the Defense Forces used an FPV drone to locate and engage Russia’s Zoopark counterbattery radar worth $25 million.
Source: Official channel of the Security Service of Ukraine
Satellite images show aftermath of Ukrainian strikes targeting Russian air defense systems in Crimea
Satellite images were released to clarify the consequences of the Ukrainian strikes on the Russian S-300 air defense system outside Crimea’s Belbek, as well as on two S-400 systems near Belbek and Sevastopol.
Economy
British PM to announce USD 309 million for Ukraine at G7 summit
At the G7 summit in Italy, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will announce the allocation of GBP 242 million (approximately USD 309 million) in aid to Ukraine.
Aid toward increasing generation capacity, air defense: energy chief Galushchenko meets recovery envoy Pritzker
The Minister of Energy of Ukraine, German Galushchenko, held a meeting with the U.S. President’s Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery, Penny Pritzker. The parties met during the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin.
Govt allocates additional UAH 2.5B to support power grid in Kharkiv region
The Cabinet of Ministers has allocated an additional UAH 2.5 billion to prepare the energy system of the Kharkiv region for the upcoming heating season.
Politics
Eight EU members call for restricting Russian diplomats' movement - media
Eight foreign ministers of EU member states called on the EU top diplomat, Josep Borrell, to consider the ban on Russian diplomats’ free movement around the bloc, restricting it to countries of accreditation.
Social
Ukrzaliznytsia and Yellow Ribbon movement launched a train reminiscent of Ukrainian resistance during temporary occupation
