Newsletter 19/06/2024
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Ukraine identifies Russians who executed four Ukrainian POWs near Robotyne
In the second half of May of this year, near the village of Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region, servicemen of the aggressor state of Russia committed another war crime - they shot dead Ukrainian prisoners of war. The episode of the execution was recorded on video: four Ukrainian servicemen with their hands raised without weapons surrender into captivity, the Russians force them to lie face down and shoot them at close range.
Intelligence officers identified those involved in the war crime - they turned out to be Russian invaders who were part of the assault group of the 70th Motor Rifle Regiment (military unit 71718) of the 42nd Motor Rifle Division of the 58th Army of the Southern District of the Russian Armed Forces.
The specified military unit is based in Shali (Chechnya, Russia).
Servicemen of the 70th Motor Rifle Regiment of the Russian army are also involved in the war crime:
Captain Dmitriy Olegovich Nagorny, born on November 21, 1995 -- commander of the 2nd battalion;
Senior Lieutenant Temirlan Umarovich Abutalimov, born on May 2, 1997 -- commander of the 1st assault company;
Lieutenant Zaur Sergeevich Bekov, born on July 16, 1997 -- commander of the 3rd assault company;
Senior Lieutenant Yusup Paizulaevich Imagazaliyev, born on July 18, 1999 -- the commander of the 6th assault company.
Also, Ukraine’s law enforcers have identified the Ukrainian soldier who was beheaded by Russian invaders after being captured.
A research institute in Lviv partially destroyed in a Russian drone attack
Ukrainian air defenses shot down 19 of 21 Shahed UAVs launched by enemy overnight
Ukraine's air defenders shot down 19 enemy attack UAVs of the Shahed type in the Kherson, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Khmelnytskyi and Lviv regions.
War
Russia recruits Ukrainian children through social media to set fire to military vehicles - Lubinets
Russia is recruiting Ukrainian children to set fire to vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, offering a reward of several thousand dollars.
General Staff: 59 combat engagements since start of day, enemy intensifies activity in Siversk sector
The number of combat engagements on the front lines has increased to 59 since the beginning of the day. The enemy has intensified activity in the Siversk sector, attacking most actively in the Pokrovsk sector.
The "harvest" is not harvested by farmers, but by explosives technicians
Source: Official Telegram channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
Specialists of the explosives service of the police are cleaning Ukrainian lands from Russian ironclads meter by meter.
Remember, if you find suspicious objects, do not approach them, do not touch them.
Economy
Ukraine wants to create two lists for critical infrastructure - for summer and winter seasons
The State Energy Supervision Inspectorate plans to complete the update of the list of critical infrastructure facilities that are not subject to the shutdown schedules by July 1.
Parliament approves bill on creating register of biofuel production units
The Verkhovna Rada has approved at first reading a bill to create a register of production units that use biofuels as the only type of fuel.
Politics
Ukraine, EU finalize text of security agreement – President’s Office
The negotiating teams of Ukraine and the European Union have agreed on the text of the security agreement that will be signed in the near future, according to the President’s Office.
Putin trying to find potential successor among own relatives
"Vladimir Putin dismissed four deputy defense ministers and replaced them with a ‘close relative,’ the son of a former Russian prime minister, and an economist on June 17 in an ongoing purge of officials in the Russian Ministry of Defense," says Institute for the Study of War.