The Ukrainian Air Force reported on Friday June 23 that it shot down 13 Russian cruise missiles overnight targeting a military airfield in the west of the country. “All thirteen Kh-101/Kh-555 missiles were destroyed by anti-aircraft defense”said the air force on Telegram. “This time the attack targeted a military airfield in the Khmelnytsky region”, she clarified. Follow our live.
“The Isolation of Russia”. “What does this summit say [pour un pacte financier mondial] ? Russia’s isolationassured Emmanuel Macron, guest of franceinfo, RFI and France 24, this Friday. “Russia has put itself in a situation of no longer respecting international law” and Emmanuel Macron assures that he has no “no reason to call today”.
Air raid alarms all over Ukraine. Sirens went off across Ukraine overnight from Thursday to Friday, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Telegram, quoted by The Kyiv Independent. Alarms were heard in Kyiv and in all oblasts of the country from 3 a.m. (local time).
The EU wants the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes. the assembly member of the Council of Europe urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban the participation of these athletes in the next Olympics and to “all other major sporting events”. For its part, the IOC has recommended the reinstatement of athletes in international competitions, under a neutral banner and “individually”if they did not actively support the war in Ukraine.
A damaged bridge between Crimea and Ukraine. “A strike hit the Tchongar bridge. There were no casualties”said the Russian governor of annexed Crimea on Thursday, adding that the damage was being assessed. Crimea serves in particular as a logistics rear base for the Russian forces deployed in southern Ukraine.
Moscow is preparing a “terrorist attack at the Zaporijjia power plant”, according to Zelensky. “Our intelligence has obtained information that Russia is considering the scenario of a terrorist attack at the Zaporizhia power plant, an attack with the release of radiation. They have prepared everything for this”he said on Telegram. “The world is warned, the world can and must act”.