#WARRIORUSSIAUKRAINE. Erdogan and Putin will talk about peace at the SCO in Astana. The Russians hit the kyiv energy plant. The Ukrainians, the Russian oil company

From what is emerging, the next NATO Secretary General will be the current Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, as the next NATO Secretary General. The current Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, will leave office on October 1, 2024. Rutte made a series of statements a few days ago which can be summarized as follows: we must find a modus vivendi with Russia. The news was picked up by many Western media, emphasizing the very high probability of such an appointment. Even Stoltenberg himself, nicknamed Rutte, is a “strong candidate”.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit July 3-4 in Astana, Kazakhstan, where the Ukrainian conflict, the bilateral agenda and the construction of a bilateral agreement. gas in Türkiye, according to Turkish television Habeturk.

According to the Romanian media g4media, the Supreme Defense Council of Romania, contrary to the position of the army, decided to transfer one of the two combat-ready Patriot missile systems to Kiev: taking into account the significant deterioration of the security situation in Ukraine caused by persistent and massive Russian attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure, notably energy, and the regional consequences of this situation, including for the security of Romania, the members of the Security Council, in close coordination with the allies, decided to transfer the Patriot system to Ukraine.

“This transfer is subject to the condition that our country continues negotiations with its allies, in particular with the American strategic partner, in order to obtain a similar or equivalent system which meets the needs to ensure the protection of national airspace, by modernizing the Romanian army and guaranteeing interoperability with the NATO system, as well as identifying a temporary solution to cover the operational vulnerability thus created,” report Romanian media.

According to the Financial Times, the Biden administration has stopped all deliveries of batteries and anti-aircraft guided missiles for the Patriot air defense systems not intended for Ukraine in order to ensure supplies to the Ukrainian armed forces “until until their defense needs are not met. .”

Missiles and anti-aircraft artillery are used to cover energy targets targeted by both sides; in fact, in its daily report, the Russian Defense Ministry states: In response to attempts by the Kiev government to damage Russian energy facilities, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a group attack with air weapons at long range and high precision beam. and unmanned aerial vehicles against Ukrainian energy facilities, facilities that ensure the production of weapons and military equipment for the Ukrainian armed forces. The objectives of the attack were achieved. All designated targets are hit.

And Ukrainian and Russian sources on social networks reported that last night the gerans achieved Ukrainian energy goals. Ukrenergo said that due to a Russian drone attack, equipment at power plants in the kyiv, Vinnitsa, Dnepropetrovsk and Donetsk regions was damaged.

Conversely, Russian air defense systems shot down 74 Ukrainian unmanned aircraft and hit 21 American-made HIMARS multiple-launch missile systems.

Ukrainian forces have indeed carried out a new attack against Russian oil infrastructure. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, air defense systems intercepted around 15 Ukrainian drones in six regions, but some drones managed to hit their targets.

In the Republic of Adygea, an accident occurred on the territory of the Lukoil-Yugnefteprodukt oil depot in the village of Enem, causing a fire at the plant. At 6 a.m., emergency services extinguished the fire which covered an area of ​​approximately four hundred square meters.

In the Tambov region, drones attacked the Platonovskaya oil depot in the village of the same name. The fire is still being extinguished, with the participation of all regional emergency services.

In the Krasnodar region, the town of Slavyansk-on-Kuban was hit, where a Ukrainian drone crashed into a residential building. The likely target was the Slavyansk ECO refinery, one of the largest enterprises in the region, which had been attacked before.

And here is the Russian-Ukrainian front line on June 20, 2024 at 3:00 p.m..

In the direction of Kharkov, fighting continues in Volchansk. The Ukrainians attempted to evacuate the wounded and transfer their reserves under Russian artillery fire. For the second day, Ukrainian counterattacks subsided. However, sources on social media report that Ukrainian assault units made up of former prisoners of war have arrived. In the Liptsy region, kyiv is strengthening its forces.

On the Svatovo-Kupiansk front, the Ukrainians expect the Russian army to attack Borovaya.

In the Toretsk region, south of Bakhmut, Russian armed forces advanced from the former “Mayorsk” entry and exit checkpoint to the eastern outskirts of the Pivnichnoye-Kirovo settlement, occupying a pumping station and a section of the railway line up to a depth of 2km. There are also reports of the advance of our troops towards the settlement of Nyu-York – Novgorodskoye.

On the Zaporozhye front, the situation has not changed much. The Ukrainians use artillery and attack the Russians with drones.

In the Kherson direction, the situation has not changed. The actions of small groups of infantry on both sides are noted. Ukrainian forces use FPV drones for their attacks.

Russia's Belgorod region has been subjected to extremely frequent bombing in recent days. Seven civilians were injured in Shebekino, Grayvoron and Beryozovka.

A high intensity of attacks was also observed in the Kursk region of Russia. The settlement of Tiotkino was attacked several times, as well as Novy Put, Elizvetovka, Otruba in the Glushkovsky district, Uspenovka and the village of Gordeevka in the Korenevsky district, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Gornal and Oleshnya in the Suzhansky district. A Ukrainian rocket was shot down over the Medvensky district.

Russian air defense forces shot down thirty-seven Ukrainian drones equipped with small arms and electronic warfare equipment in border areas.

In the Krasnodar Territory, Slavyansk-on-Kuban was attacked, as well as the villages of Enem in Adygeya and Afipsky, where drones struck oil refineries.

In the Donetsk direction, Russian forces advanced west of Netailovo, and in Krasnohorivka they continue to storm the positions of Ukrainian formations in the northeast. On the northern flank, fighting took place near Karlove. On the opposite bank, Russian armed forces advanced towards the former dacha settlement. Consolidating this area will allow them to take the northern and central parts of Karlove under fire support to assist the assault teams.

Russian troops also managed to gain a foothold on the outskirts of Yasnobrodivka, the Ukrainians attacked northwest towards Skuchne with heavy losses.

To the south, fighting continues in the central part of Krasnohorivka. From the east, Russian troops break through enemy defenses along Nakhimov Street and on the banks of the Lozova River, forming a “semi-cauldron” for Ukrainian units defending in the private sector and on the territory of Shevchenko Park .

In Maksymilianivka, Russian armed forces have entered the eastern suburbs and fighting also continues in forest plantations to the southeast of the settlement. At the same time, the enemy still holds the northwestern outskirts which merge with Heorhiivka.

Antonio Albanian

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