NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Thursday June 15 that the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 aircraft has already “begin”. He did not provide any details on the training countries, during his statement to the press, on the sidelines of the summit of defense ministers in Brussels (Belgium). The head of the alliance, however, recalled that no decision has been taken. was still taken on the delivery of these devices to the Ukrainian army. Follow our live.
The Ukrainian army “advance” on the forehead despite a “powerful resistance” Russian troops. Ukrainian forces advanced from “more than three kilometers” over the past ten days in the Bakhmout area in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Maliar told a press conference on Thursday. In the South, she reported “a gradual but certain progress” of the Ukrainian army, even though “the enemy is putting up strong resistance”.
The IAEA Director General has arrived at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. Rafael Grossi arrived Thursday noon as part of an inspection visit, announced the Ukrainian operator, Energoatom. His visit had to be postponed twice for security reasons. The Director General of the IAEA, who has already visited this gigantic power plant on several occasions, must in particular determine whether it has been endangered by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam. The water level in the cooling pond, which is currently stable, will be monitored.
Moscow claims that local “elections” are maintained in the occupied territories on September 10. The Russian electoral commission announced Thursday the holding of local “elections” on September 10 in the territories that Russia occupies in Ukraine and of which it has claimed the annexation in September 2022. These polls aim, according to the body, to elect regional assemblies and municipal councils, even as fighting rages in these regions, Lugansk and Donetsk in the east, Zaporizhya and Kherson in the south.
kyiv announces that it shot down a cruise missile and 20 Russian explosive drones overnight. Three missiles again hit a town in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Kryvyi Rig, the birthplace of President Volodymyr Zelensky. They touched “two industrial companies that have nothing to do with the army”, said Thursday on Telegram the head of the military administration of the city, Oleksandre Vilkoul. A 38-year-old man was injured and hospitalized, but his life is not in danger, he added.