Right here’s the place issues stand on Sunday, June 15:
Combating
- Ukraine destroyed three Russian air defence methods within the Russian-controlled Zaporizhia area, Kyiv’s army intelligence stated in a put up on Telegram on Saturday.
- In his nightly handle on Saturday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated Ukraine’s forces recaptured Andriivka village within the northeastern Sumy area as a part of a drive to expel Russian troops from the realm.
Diplomacy
- Russian President Vladimir Putin informed his US counterpart, Donald Trump, on Saturday that Moscow is able to maintain one other spherical of peace negotiations with Kyiv after June 22, when the warring sides full exchanging prisoners and troopers’ our bodies.
- Zelenskyy is about to attend the Group of Seven (G7) assembly in Canada that begins Sunday. He’s anticipated to fulfill Trump on the sidelines of the summit on June 17.
- Discussing sanctions in opposition to Russia and attaining a ceasefire is predicted to be part of the G7 agenda. A joint assertion of G7 overseas ministers following an earlier assembly in Quebec in mid-March stated they “mentioned imposing additional prices on Russia” if Moscow didn’t comply with a ceasefire.
- Finland accused senior officers of the Eagle S, a Russia-linked vessel that broken undersea cables final yr between Finland and Estonia, of legal offences associated to the wreckage. The European Union’s government fee has described Eagle S as a part of Russia’s shadow fleet of gas tankers – vessels with obscure possession, acquired to evade Western sanctions amid the warfare in Ukraine.
- Germany is raring to extend defence spending within the EU’s subsequent finances, the Monetary Occasions reported. Berlin’s transfer got here in response to Russia’s threats to Europe and Trump’s name to the continent to do extra for its personal safety, the report stated.
