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“The strike targeted Russia’s Federal Research and Production Center Titan-Barrikady, a major defense enterprise that manufactures launchers for the Yars and Topol-M strategic missile systems, as well as launchers for the Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile system.” ~ @kyivindependent_official 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . Ukrainian-made long-range Flamingo FP-5 missiles “successfully struck” a key Russian military-industrial facility in the city of Volgograd overnight on June 27, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

The strike targeted Russia’s Federal Research and Production Center Titan-Barrikady, a major defense enterprise that manufactures launchers for the Yars and Topol-M strategic missile systems, as well as launchers for the Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile system.

“Confirmed strikes were followed by a fire on the plant’s premises,” Zelensky said.

Titan-Barrikady is one of Russia’s leading military-industrial enterprises and forms part of the state space corporation Roscosmos. In addition to missile launch systems, the enterprise produces heavy artillery systems, naval artillery mounts, and coastal anti-ship missile systems.

The facility has been under international sanctions since Russia launched its all-out war.

Photo: Volodymyr Zelensky/X.

Video: exilenovaplus / Telegram.

“Every prisoner exchange is the result of tireless work by Ukraine’s teams and the bravery of those defending our country on the battlefield. Thank you to everyone who continues to work to bring every Ukrainian home 🇺🇦” ~ @ukraine.ua 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @ukraine.ua with @use.repost_ . . . 🇺🇦 160 Ukrainian defenders are back home from Russian captivity. All of them had been held by Russia since 2022.

Among those released are service members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, the State Border Guard Service and the State Special Transport Service. They defended Ukraine in Mariupol and at Azovstal, as well as in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Chernihiv, and Sumy regions.

Among them are 115 defenders of Mariupol, including 58 officers.

Every prisoner exchange is the result of tireless work by Ukraine’s teams and the bravery of those defending our country on the battlefield.

Thank you to everyone who continues to work to bring every Ukrainian home 🇺🇦

“Fuel shortages have been reported in more than 60 Russian regions and over 80% of Russians believe a large-scale economic crisis in Russia is inevitable.” ~ Presidential Office of Ukraine. Scroll through the carousel in this post at @ukraine.ua for the new stark reality Russia can no longer ignore. 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @ukraine.ua with @use.repost_ . . . While Russia chooses to prolong its aggression instead of pursuing peace, Ukraine continues to increase the pressure needed to make a dignified peace possible. Thanks to the courage and determination of Ukraine’s defenders, the war is increasingly returning to the country that started it.

Swipe through for a reality check ➡️

“The outage is expected to add pressure to Russia’s fuel market, which has already experienced shortages, rising prices, and supply disruptions following repeated attacks on refining infrastructure across the country.” ~ @kyivindependent_official 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . Moscow’s largest oil refinery is unlikely to resume production this year after suffering extensive damage in recent Ukrainian drone attacks, Reuters reported on June 24, citing industry sources.

“It will take at least half a year to repair,” one industry source told Reuters.

The outage is expected to add pressure to Russia’s fuel market, which has already experienced shortages, rising prices, and supply disruptions following repeated attacks on refining infrastructure across the country.

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“The attacks are part of Ukraine’s broader effort to disrupt Russian military logistics in occupied Crimea, which has intensified in recent weeks.” ~ @kyivindependent_official 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . A railway bridge across the North Crimean Canal, fuel facilities, and military infrastructure across occupied Crimea were struck in a large-scale overnight Ukrainian operation, Ukrainian military officials said on June 23.

The attacks are part of Ukraine’s broader effort to disrupt Russian military logistics in occupied Crimea, which has intensified in recent weeks.

In the latest overnight attack on June 23, Ukraine also hit more than 60 Russian military targets in occupied Ukrainian territories using medium-range drones capable of striking targets at distances of approximately 30 to 200 kilometers (20 to 120 miles), Unmanned Systems Forces Commander Robert “Madyar” Brovdi said.

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“The Voronezh Semiconductor Plant, allegedly a producer of electronics for Russian Iskander and Kh-101 missiles, as well as for the Pantsir S-1 air defense system, was the main target of the strike, the General Staff wrote on Facebook.” ~ @kyivindependent_official 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost [screenshot from video] @kyivindependent_official . . . A large electronics factory producing parts for advanced Russian missile systems has been struck by Ukrainian forces in the Russian city of Voronezh, Ukraine’s General Staff reported on June 22.

The Voronezh Semiconductor Plant, allegedly a producer of electronics for Russian Iskander and Kh-101 missiles, as well as for the Pantsir S-1 air defense system, was the main target of the strike, the General Staff wrote on Facebook.

Voronezh Oblast Governor Aleksandr Gusev reported a missile threat in the region at 11:40 a.m. local time. Within an hour, photos and videos showing large plumes of smoke rising above Voronezh and heavy damage to a facility quickly identified as the semiconductor plant emerged on social media.

Without mentioning any successful hits, Gusev said that three people had been reported injured in the strike. More videos emerging from the city showed collateral damage to residential areas.

Video: Exilenova_plus / Telegram; Ukraine General Staff / Facebook.

"Drone strikes on Russia's energy facilities have become central to Kyiv's war strategy, aimed at eroding Moscow's capacity to fight and bringing the reality of the war home to Russian civilians." ~ @kyivindependent_official

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. . . Gas stations in Russian-occupied Crimea have been instructed as of June 21 to completely suspend sales of fuel to civilians, as Ukraine steps up medium-range drone strikes on energy infrastructure across the peninsula.

"Fuel will only be dispensed to state services that ensure the vital activities and security of the Republic of Crimea," Sergey Aksyonov, the Russian-appointed governor of occupied Crimea, said in a video address on the morning of June 21.

The ban is effective as of 9 a.m. on June 21, Aksyonov added.

The announcement comes after overnight Ukrainian strikes on oil infrastructure in the peninsula.

Drone strikes on Russia's energy facilities have become central to Kyiv's war strategy, aimed at eroding Moscow's capacity to fight and bringing the reality of the war home to Russian civilians.

A wave of Ukrainian medium-range strikes have targeted occupied Crimea in recent weeks. Kyiv aims to turn the peninsula "into an island" by striking Russian supply chains to isolate Crimea from mainland Russia, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said on June 17.

Ukraine's military reportedly struck fuel transit terminals and port infrastructure in the early hours of June 21 on both sides of the Kerch Strait, a key logistics corridor feeding the peninsula. A day earlier, Ukrainian drones hit gas compressors and a bridge connecting Crimea to Kherson Oblast.

Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces Robert Brovdi, known by the call sign "Madyar," said in a post on Telegram that strikes on the night of June 21 targeted oil terminals, gas compressors, and radar systems in Crimea.

Ukraine has also stepped up its long-range air campaign in recent months, with dramatic strikes on Moscow and Saint Petersburg.

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Earlier this week: “Member states of the [UDCG] announced new contributions in support of Ukraine.... Every contribution to Ukraine’s defence is an investment in our collective security and brings us closer to a just and lasting peace.” ~ @mfa_ukraine 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @mfa_ukraine with @use.repost_ . . . Member states of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Ramstein format) have announced new contributions in support of Ukraine.

We thank Norway 🇳🇴, the Netherlands 🇳🇱, Germany 🇩🇪, Sweden 🇸🇪, Luxembourg 🇱🇺, Lithuania 🇱🇹, Latvia 🇱🇻, Iceland 🇮🇸, and Australia 🇦🇺 for contributing more than $1 billion to the PURL programme. This is the largest PURL support package announced within the framework of Ukraine Defense Contact Group meetings.

We are grateful to Norway 🇳🇴, Denmark 🇩🇰, Luxembourg 🇱🇺, Spain 🇪🇸, and Lithuania 🇱🇹 for supporting the Czech ammunition initiative and the delivery of long-range munitions, amounting to more than $500 million.

We also appreciate the support of the United Kingdom 🇬🇧, the Netherlands 🇳🇱, and Norway 🇳🇴, which have committed nearly $1 billion toward the production of Ukrainian drones and missiles.

Every contribution to Ukraine’s defence is an investment in our collective security and brings us closer to a just and lasting peace.

“[N]ow it is especially telling that all 100% of the long-range sanctions on Moscow and other Russian regions are applied with… Ukrainian-made weapons. Russian propaganda will have a hard time fitting this into their lies.” ~ Andrii Sybiha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 🇺🇦💙💛🇺🇦

#Repost @mfa_ukraine with @use.repost_ . . . 💬 Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha:

“Ukraine is not just hitting Russia. It is doing so with Ukrainian weapons.

Putin’s propaganda has always told the Russian people that they are fighting the entire “collective West”, not just Ukraine.

This was meant to hide Putin’s humiliation and explain why this war lasts longer than WWI. A war against a country he said did not exist and was meant to collapse years ago.

But now it is especially telling that all 100% of the long-range sanctions on Moscow and other Russian regions are applied with… Ukrainian-made weapons.

Russian propaganda will have a hard time fitting this into their lies.

Putin did not just miscalculate when he attacked Ukraine. He made a historic mistake. With every month of him refusing to accept it and end this war, things will only get worse for him and his regime.

At any moment of time, Putin has the way out. He just needs to order his occupation forces to cease fire and stop the war”.

“This package of drones, air defense missiles and radars will help to protect innocent Ukrainian people from Putin’s barrage of drones and missiles.” ~ British Defense Secretary, Dan Jarvis 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇬🇧

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . The U.K. will provide Ukraine with 150,000 drones and more than 350 air defense missiles and radar systems under a new military aid package worth 752 million pounds ($1 billion), the British government announced on June 18.

The package, unveiled during the NATO defense ministers’ meeting and Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) gathering in Brussels, will be financed through the U.K.’s 2.26 billion-pound ($3 billion) Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA) loan to Ukraine, backed by proceeds generated from immobilized Russian assets.

The assistance includes Ukrainian-produced drones to be delivered by the end of 2026, as well as Lightweight Multirole Missiles (LMM) and ground-based radar systems aimed at strengthening Ukraine’s air defenses against Russia’s continued missile and drone attacks.

British Defense Secretary Dan Jarvis announced the package after meeting President Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels on the sidelines of the NATO defense ministers’ meeting and the UDCG, which brings together nearly 50 countries coordinating military support for Ukraine.

“This package of drones, air defense missiles and radars will help to protect innocent Ukrainian people from Putin’s barrage of drones and missiles,” Jarvis said.

Zelensky said additional Patriot systems and anti-ballistic capabilities would be among Kyiv’s top priorities at the NATO defense ministers’ meeting amid Russia’s ongoing large-scale aerial attacks on Ukraine.

Photo: John Thys/AFP/Getty Images.

“Drones have become one of the defining technologies of this war. They help protect Ukrainian soldiers, disrupt Russian logistics, and strike military targets far beyond the front line.” ~ @ukraine.ua 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @ukraine.ua with @use.repost_ . . . Just two years ago, Ukraine set a target of producing 1 million drones in a year. Today, production capacity has grown tenfold – and Ukraine could potentially double this year’s output.

Drones have become one of the defining technologies of this war. They help protect Ukrainian soldiers, disrupt Russian logistics, and strike military targets far beyond the front line.

As Russia continues its aggression, strengthening Ukraine’s technological advantage remains essential 🇺🇦

The G7-Ukraine meeting attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in France on June 16 resulted in the expression of and commitment to fortified support for Ukraine. 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @mfa_ukraine with @use.repost_ . . . Today, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in the G7–Ukraine meeting, discussing next steps to support Ukraine with the leaders of France, the UK, Italy, Canada, Germany, the USA, Japan, the European Council, and the European Commission.

As Russia continues its attacks, it is essential that we sustain and scale up our support – from providing more air defence missiles and licences to produce them, to helping Ukraine get through another winter and increasing pressure on Russia.

The world must ensure Russia never succeeds in normalising its war against Ukraine.

Ukrainians continue to endure the merciless brutality of Russia’s malevolent barbaric attacks. 🇺🇦😢💔💙💛❤️‍🩹😢🇺🇦

#Repost @ukraine.ua with @use.repost_ . . . Overnight, Russia launched 70 missiles and 611 drones across Ukraine, including more than 60 missiles aimed at Kyiv alone. The Kyiv, Dnipro, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, and Mykolaiv regions were targeted.

In the capital, at least four people were killed, and dozens more were injured. Residential buildings, educational institutions, and cultural sites were damaged.

Russia also struck the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, set part of the Mystetskyi Arsenal complex on fire, and damaged one of the workshops at the Dovzhenko Film Studio.

In Dnipro, Russian strikes hit a railway station, a college, and several businesses. In the Sumy region, a residential building was struck, injuring three people, including a child. In Kharkiv, Russia carried out a double strike, killing four rescuers and a civil protection specialist who were responding to an earlier attack.

Ukraine needs stronger air defence, especially anti-ballistic capabilities, to protect its people.

“President Volodymyr Zelensky published photos of what he claimed were internal Kremlin documents obtained by Ukrainian intelligence, pointing to growing dissatisfaction with Russian President Vladimir Putin inside Russia.” ~ @kyivindependent_official 🇺🇦💙💛🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . President Volodymyr Zelensky published photos of what he claimed were internal Kremlin documents obtained by Ukrainian intelligence, pointing to growing dissatisfaction with Russian President Vladimir Putin inside Russia.

Published on June 14, the documents contain forecasts of approval ratings for Putin and his ruling party, United Russia, over the next four months ahead of Russia’s parliamentary elections scheduled for September, according to Zelensky.

The reports predict growing public dissatisfaction with Putin’s rule and warn that “this indicator will not reach a plateau” before the vote, Zelensky wrote on Telegram.

Support for United Russia is also steadily declining, potentially requiring “significantly greater falsifications” to secure the desired election outcome, he claimed.

“Substantial growth in protest sentiment in Russian regions is also being reported,” the Ukrainian president added.

He argued that potential events in June, July, and August could further affect the situation in Russia.

Zelensky also pointed out that despite what he described as declining approval ratings, the Kremlin continues to reject “all public and non-public peace proposals” put forward by Ukraine.

“If these trends continue, an agreement may eventually have to be concluded with someone else from Russia — someone who will not shut themselves off from reality,” he said.

Photo: Zelensky / Telegram

“Kyiv has increasingly targeted transport links connecting Crimea with other occupied areas in southern Ukraine as part of a broader effort to complicate Russian supply routes and logistics to front-line troops.” ~ @kyivindependent_official 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @kyivindependent_official with @use.repost_ . . . Ukrainian forces struck bridges linking occupied Crimea with Russian-held territory in mainland Ukraine overnight on June 13. Ukraine’s Da Vinci 1st Separate Assault Regiment confirmed strikes on the Chonhar road bridge, a railway bridge, a pontoon crossing, and military trucks in the area.

“The throughput capacity of the pontoons is low, forcing trucks to queue up for them and become ready targets for us,” the unit said in a statement, adding that the operation was “part of a unified plan” to disrupt Russian logistics routes from occupied Crimea.

Kyiv has increasingly targeted transport links connecting Crimea with other occupied areas in southern Ukraine as part of a broader effort to complicate Russian supply routes and logistics to front-line troops.

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Photo: Ukraine’s 1st Separate Assault Regiment Da Vinci / X

“All 27 EU members agreed to launch the first cluster of negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova during an Intergovernmental Conference on June 15, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced.” ~ @kyivindependent_official 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇪🇺

#Repost @mfa_ukraine with @use.repost_ . . . 🇺🇦🇪🇺 Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha welcomed the unanimous approval by all 27 EU Member States of the European Union’s Position on Negotiation Cluster 1 for Ukraine at today’s COREPER meeting.

💬 “I am grateful to the Cypriot Presidency of the Council of the EU, the European Commission, and all EU Member States for their leadership, unity, and continued support for Ukraine’s EU accession.

This decision recognizes Ukraine’s reform efforts and demonstrates the EU’s commitment to a credible and merit-based enlargement process.

We now look ahead to the Intergovernmental Conference in Luxembourg on June 15, where Cluster 1 is expected to be formally opened for Ukraine. We remain focused on delivering reforms and advancing the accession process at a steady pace.

Together, we are bringing the reunification of Europe closer and building a stronger, more secure, and more united European future”, the Minister stressed.

“[Over] the past year alone – from June to June – [the number of Russian targets struck thanks to Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces] amounts to more than 356,000.” ~ Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky 🇺🇦👏💙💛🙏🇺🇦

#Repost @ukraine.ua with @use.repost_ . . . Pioneering, unique, and efficient. Controlling land, sea, and air at the same time. Today, the Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine mark their day – for the first time.

Created in 2024, this brand new branch of the Ukrainian military has shown impressive results – its UAV units rank among the top 10 most effective ones in our army. Equipped with unmanned systems and robotic complexes, the Unmanned Systems Forces account for neutralising every third enemy target.

Integrating people and technology, the USF succeed in preserving lives of military personnel, while also setting a new standard of drone warfare. Their scale of work is impressive – from reconnaissance and targeting to deep strikes on enemy logistics, and their experience is already shared with foreign partners.

Glory to every warrior of the Unmanned Systems Forces! May your wings fly smoothly, and your engagements be 100% precise – leading to victory 🇺🇦