War in Ukraine, US Declaration: Soon $450 Million in Military Aid to Kiev – Global

A peace plan can be drawn up only after Kyiv fulfills all the demands of Russia. This was stated by a Kremlin spokesman Dmitriy Peskovciting TASS.

Military assistance for how
US HIMARS missile launchers have arrived in UkraineUkrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov announced it on Twitter. “Thank you to my colleague and friend US Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III for these powerful tools! Summer will be hot for the Russian occupiers. And most recently for some of them,” the tweet continues. Reznikov did not specify how many Hymars arrived in the country, but last week, Politico wrote – citing unidentified US Defense Department officials – that the Pentagon was considering sending. Four other missile launchers of this type. A few hours after announcing the arrival of the missile launchers, Forts told CNN that The Biden administration is expected to announce Another batch of military aid to Ukraine by today There must be High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and ammunition in the package. Close up, Bloomberg – citing the Associated Press – confirms that the US is preparing to announce Additional $450 million in military aid to Ukraine.

UNESCO
More than 150 cultural sites were partially or completely destroyed in the 4 months of the war in Ukraine, UNESCO and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization announced today in Paris. “According to the examinations made by experts – reads the UNESCO statement – 152 cultural sites were partially or completely destroyed due to the fighting. Among them, 50 religious sites, 30 historical buildings, 18 cultural centers, 15 monuments, 12 museums and cultural sites. 7 libraries “. Three-quarters of the damage recorded after February 24, the date of the beginning of the Russian invasion, is concentrated in three regions: Donetsk regions (45 affected sites), Kharkiv (40) and Kiev (26), UNESCO explains. “These repeated attacks on Ukrainian cultural sites must stop – under no circumstances should cultural heritage in all its forms be targeted,” Director-General Audrey Azoulay said.

from the field
“Violent fires in the city of Lysichansk caused by the Russian invaders” who fired “more than a hundred missiles”. This was stated by the governor of the Lugansk region in the far east of Ukraine, Serhiy Gaidai, specifying that “whole neighborhoods are under fire from the Russians” who use “artillery and mortars.” Gaidai talks about “many civilian casualties”, but “Despite the fires, the city is still at the forefront of the Ukrainian resistance to the occupiers. Lysychansk is defending itself!”.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, in Telegram, was quoted by the Interfax news agency as saying that the village of Katrinivka, located in the Lugansk People’s Republic, “has been captured and is under our control.” “Akhmat’s special forces units, together with the coalition forces, liberated another outpost in the Lugansk People’s Republic, the village of Katrinivka,” Kadyrov said.

The Russians bombed the Chuhoev neighborhood of the Kharkiv region, and 7 civilians, including 2 children, were wounded. This was stated by the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleg Senegubov, as reported by UNIAN.

About 34,430 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion, 200 of them in the past 24 hours: this was announced by the Kyiv army, Ukrinform reports. In its update of Moscow’s losses so far, the Ukrainian military notes that 216 fighters, 183 helicopters, and 620 drones have also been shot down. In addition, Kyiv forces claim to have destroyed 1,504 Russian tanks, 756 artillery pieces, 3,632 armored personnel carriers, 137 cruise missiles and 14 ships.