It came reiterate the European Union’s support for Ukraine. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez arrived in kyiv on Saturday July 1, on the first day of Spain’s presidency of the EU. “Already in kyiv. I wanted the first act of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union to be in Ukraine” with Volodymyr Zelensky, wrote Pedro Sanchez on his Twitter account, saying that he would transmit “all the solidarity of Europe”. “We will continue to help the Ukrainian people until peace returns to Europe”, added. Follow our live.
Volodymyr Zelensky orders to strengthen the border with Belarus. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered on Friday to strengthen security on the border with Belarus in the face of the arrival in this Moscow-allied country of fighters from the paramilitary group Wagner after an abortive rebellion in Russia. “By decision of the General Staff, Commander-in-Chief Zalouzhny and General Nayev were ordered to strengthen the northern leadership in order to guarantee peace”, did he declare.
News sites linked to Wagner’s boss blocked. News portals belonging to the Patriot media group close to the head of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigojine, have been blocked by the Russian telecoms policeman. Their internet addresses appear in the register “Restricted” of Roskomnadzor, a government agency responsible for blocking illegal and extremist content, as well as media and other resources banned by the authorities.
The head of the Ukrainian army calls for more means. The Ukrainian army is limited in its counter-offensive by a lack of armament, in particular combat planes, estimates its commander-in-chief Valery Zalouzhny in an interview published by the Washington Post. “It annoys me”, he says about Westerners who complain about kyiv’s slow progress against the Russians, when he would like them to deliver weapons to them more quickly. To compete with Russian air power, Ukraine needs the promised F-16 fighter jets as soon as possible, insists the general-in-chief.