Listed below are the important thing occasions on day 1,209 of Russia’s battle on Ukraine.
That is how issues stand on Tuesday, June 17:
Battlefield
- An enormous assault in a single day on Kyiv killed at the least 14 individuals and wounded 44, officers within the Ukrainian capital mentioned on Tuesday. Russia struck 27 places across the metropolis with missiles and drones, damaging residential buildings, instructional establishments and significant infrastructure services. Minister of Inner Affairs Ihor Klymenko mentioned an extra six individuals had been injured in strikes in Odesa on the Black Sea, and one other in Chernihiv, within the north.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned Russia launched greater than 440 drones and 32 missiles at his nation. Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko mentioned {that a} citizen of the USA was killed within the metropolis’s Solomianskyi district.
- Andriy Yermak, chief of employees to Zelenskyy, slammed the Russian strikes on residential buildings in Kyiv, accusing Moscow of “persevering with its battle towards civilians”.
- Russia’s Ministry of Defence mentioned on Tuesday that air defence items intercepted and destroyed 147 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory, together with the Moscow area, in a single day.
- Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin mentioned that two Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow had been repelled.
Diplomacy
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- In a transparent continuation of Kyiv’s bid to influence United States President Donald Trump to drop his help for Moscow, Ukraine’s Minister of Overseas Affairs Andrii Sybiha declared that the assault on Kyiv because the G7 summit was being held in Canada despatched a sign of disrespect to the US and different companions who’ve referred to as for an finish to the battle.
- Zelenskyy met with Austrian counterpart Alexander Van der Bellen and Chancellor Christian Stocker, and secured pledges of non-military support. The 2 international locations signed agreements on points like de-mining, power and cybersecurity. Austria has had a coverage of neutrality in place since 1955.
- From Austria, Zelenskyy travelled to the G7 summit, the place he pushed for sanctions towards Russia and help for Ukraine. Zelenskyy additionally mentioned shopping for US weapons with Trump, however added that US army support was not on the agenda.
- Ukraine mentioned Russia has returned the our bodies of 1,245 Ukrainians killed within the battle, concluding the ultimate stage of a deal to repatriate greater than 6,000 lifeless Ukrainian troopers, reached throughout two rounds of peace talks in Turkiye earlier this month. Russia’s Ministry of Defence disputed the determine, saying that the our bodies of 1,248 Ukrainians had been returned.
- Russian Safety Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu arrived in North Korea to fulfill with chief Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, in accordance with Russian state media. Shoigu’s second go to to Pyongyang in three months regards an unspecified “particular” mission from President Putin. Kim has provided Russia with hundreds of troops and enormous shipments of army tools, together with artillery and ballistic missiles, to help its battle in Ukraine.
