KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – SATURDAY, 18 JUNE 2022, 16:09 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has visited the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Mykolaiv Oblast. Source: Zelenskyy on Telegram; the president’s website Quote: “Our brave guys and gals.

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – SATURDAY, 18 JUNE 2022, 18:30 The invaders have fired on a gas processing plant in the Izium district, Kharkiv Oblast. Source: Suspilne, quoting Anatolii Nozrdiachov, the head of the Donetsk territorial hromada (community).

ROMAN PETRENKO – SATURDAY, 18 JUNE 2022, 14:52 The artillerymen of the 81st Brigade of the Air Assault Forces of Ukraine destroyed one tank and two infantry fighting vehicles of the Russian occupiers and killed their crew.

ROMAN PETRENKO – SATURDAY, 18 JUNE 2022, 16:00 The Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Medvedev, believes that after the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, by August “there will be no one to talk to.

EUROPEAN PRAVDA – SATURDAY, 18 JUNE 2022, 15:26 On Saturday, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy submitted to the Verkhovna Rada [Ukrainian Parliament] a bill ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Domestic Violence, also known as the Istanbul Convention.

OLENA ROSHCHINA – SATURDAY, 18 JUNE 2022, 16:30 The pilot of the downed Russian Su-25 attack aircraft ejected and has been taken prisoner. Source: 72nd Separate Mechanised Brigade named after the Black Zaporozhians.

IRYNA BALACHUK – SATURDAY, 18 JUNE 2022, 12:27 Andrii Yermak, the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said that almost half of the sanctions plan against Russia has been implemented. Source: Yermak on Telegram Quote from Yermak: “Of the sanctions plan put forward by the McFaul-Yermak Group, 48% has already been implemented.

IRYNA BALACHUK – SATURDAY, 18 JUNE 2022, 11:47 The water supply problem in Mariupol is getting worse, with people being forced to take water from puddles after pipe leakages. Source: Petro Andriushchenko, adviser to the Mayor of Mariupol, on Telegram Quote from Andriushchenko: “Mariupol.

ROMAN PETRENKO – SATURDAY, 18 JUNE 2022, 10:58 Oleksii Danilov, the Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, reminded Ukrainians that the lend-lease is not working yet, it may start in July-September.

ROMAN PETRENKO – SATURDAY, 18 JUNE 2022, 13:07 A car belonging to the collaborator Yevhen Soboliev, the director of a correctional facility, has been blown up on Admiral Seniavin Avenue in Kherson. The occupiers say this was done by Ukrainian partisans.

IRYNA BALACHUK – SATURDAY, 18 JUNE 2022, 13:27 The Russians fired missiles at Kryvyi Rih; there were casualties and destruction. Source: Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of the Kryvyi Rih military administration, on Telegram Quote from Vilkul: “Missiles hit the Inhulets district in Kryvyi Rih.

ILLIA KOLDOMASOV – SATURDAY, 18 JUNE 2022, 12:14 Oleksandr Kubrakov, the Minister of Infrastructure, said that almost 24,000 kilometres of roads, 305 bridges and 6,300 kilometres of railways have been damaged or destroyed so far.

SATURDAY, 18 JUNE 2022, 15:03 Ukraine has created a website titled “Book of Executioners of the Ukrainian people”, which contains verified data on Russian war criminals. Source: Andrii Yermak, the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, on Telegram Quote from Yermak: “The Book of Executioners of the Ukrainian People has been created.

IRYNA BALACHUK – SATURDAY, 18 JUNE 2022, 09:22 323 children have already been killed and over 583 injured by Russian invaders in Ukraine. Source: Office of the Prosecutor General on Telegram Quote from the Prosecutor General’s Office: “As of the morning of 18 June, over 906 children have been injured in Ukraine as a result […]

ROMAN PETRENKO – SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2022, 12:41 Aerial reconnaissance by the National Guard of Ukraine detected Russian military equipment and gave the coordinates to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who then hit three multi-purpose light-armoured towing vehicles, disabling one of them.

Anastasiia Kalatur – Saturday, 18 June 2022, 07:10 There are more and more deserters among the Russians. Source: Summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 6 am on 18 June Details: On the Volyn, Polissia and Sivershchyna front, the situation has not changed significantly.

ROMAN PETRENKO – SATURDAY, 18 JUNE 2022, 11:41 In Donetsk Oblast, defenders from the 72nd Separate Mechanised Brigade named after the Black Zaporozhians have shot down a Russian Su-25 aircraft using an Igla man-portable air defence system (MANPADS).

Olena Roshchina – Saturday, 18 June, 2022, 11:11 First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska called on Europeans not to forget about the war and to grant Ukraine the status of a candidate for membership of the European Union because Russia will perceive the refusal to do so as a Russian victory.

ROMAN PETRENKO – SATURDAY, 18 JUNE 2022, 10:24 AM Denys Monastyrskyi, the Minister of Internal Affairs in Ukraine, says that as of now, about 270,000 sq km of land will have to be cleared of mines. Source: Monastyrskyi speaking live on the 24-hour news broadcast, quoted by the press service of the Ministry of Internal […]

KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO – FRIDAY, 17 JUNE 2022, 23:16 Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, states that there is no such concentration of troops in Belarus as of 24 February.

Denys Karlovskyi – Friday, 17 June 2022, 20:17 Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has said in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin that he does not recognise the ‘quasi-state formations’ in Donbas.

IRYNA BALACHUK – SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2022, 08:39 Fighting continues in Sievierodonetsk, the Russians unsuccessfully tried to conduct assault operations outside the city, and the invaders also launched airstrikes on neighbouring villages Syrotyne ta Borivske.

IRYNA BALACHUK – SATURDAY, 18 JUNE 2022, 09:39 Russia continues to suffer casualties in its bloody war against Ukraine – in 115 days of confrontation, the Ukrainian defenders have already liquidated 33,350 Russian occupiers and destroyed 1465 of their tanks, 14 ships, 216 aircraft, and 739 artillery systems.

DENYS KARLOVKSYI – FRIDAY, 17 JUNE 2022, 22:50 On Friday, 17 June, Russian forces fired on Sumy Oblast from all the types of weapons. Overall, there were more than 100 ‘incomings’ in the oblast. Source: Dmytro Zhyvytskyi, the Head of the Sumy Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Details: After 15:00, two Russian drones appeared in […]

DENYS KARLOVSKYI – FRIDAY, 17 JUNE 2022, 21:47 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine has made some gains on the battlefield thanks to military aid from the United States of America.