The European Commission on Tuesday 20 June asked member states for a budget extension of 50 billion euros to the EU budget to help Ukraine until 2027. “We are proposing a financial reserve for the next four years of 50 billion euros. This includes both loans and grants”, said the president of the European executive, Ursula von der Leyen, during a press conference. This extension to the 2021-2027 multi-annual budget will have to be approved unanimously by the Member States, and receive the approval of the European Parliament. Follow our live.
Russia threatens to hit Ukrainian “decision-making centers”. In the event of bombardments on Russian soil or on annexed Crimea with Western weapons, Moscow warns kyiv that it will retaliate by hitting its decision-making centres. “According to our information, the leaders of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are planning to strike the territory of Russia, including Crimea”said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
New Russian attacks “massive”. kyiv and the Ukrainian cities of Lviv and Zaporizhia targeted major strikes overnight Monday through Tuesday, according to military authorities. “There is no information regarding casualties or destruction at this time”the kyiv administration wrote on its Telegram channel. According to her, explosive drones attacked the city in waves from different directions.
Drones in Lviv, missiles in Zaporizhia. In Lviv, a “critical infrastructure” was hit by drones. No injuries were reported. According to preliminary information from the General Staff, seven S-300 missiles were fired at Zaporizhia and its suburbs. “There are no injuries and no residential building has been affected”wrote on Telegram the secretary of the city council of the city.