Listed below are the important thing occasions on day 1,206 throughout Russia’s battle on Ukraine.
Right here’s the place issues stand on Saturday, June 14:
Combating
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated troops halted Russian forces from advancing within the northeastern Sumy area following Moscow’s deployment of roughly 53,000 troops in its course.
- Zelenskyy dismissed Russia’s claims that its forces had crossed the executive border into the central Ukrainian area of Dnipropetrovsk.
- Russia’s defence ministry stated troops had taken management of the village of Zelenyi Kut within the japanese Donetsk area.
- Russian air defences shot down 110 aircraft-type unmanned aerial autos, its defence ministry added.
- Governor of Kherson, Oleksandr Prokudin, stated on Telegram {that a} 45-year-old resident was killed after a drone assault.
Diplomacy
- Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners of battle for the fourth time in a single week beneath agreements signed in Turkiye earlier this month.
- Russia’s defence ministry stated troopers had been receiving medical remedy in Belarus earlier than being transferred to Russia, however the ministry didn’t say what number of prisoners of battle had been concerned within the swap.
- Ukraine stated it acquired the our bodies of 1,200 troopers from Moscow. In line with Russian state media, Moscow didn’t obtain any of its lifeless troopers from Kyiv.
- The prisoner swaps are anticipated to proceed till June 20-21.
- Zelenskyy burdened that Europe’s help for his nation was “stalling” with out the USA.
- The Ukrainian chief wrote on X that “US-Russia dialogue feels too heat” and warned that appeasing Russian President Vladimir Putin wouldn’t finish the battle.
- Ukraine stated it hoped that the continued navy escalation between Iran and Israel wouldn’t have an effect on its assist, because the assaults have led to a “sharp rise in oil costs”, which is able to damage Kyiv and assist Moscow, Zelenskyy stated.
- The 2 sides aren’t any nearer to any momentary ceasefire settlement as a concrete step in the direction of ending the battle, regardless of some preliminary momentum from United States President Donald Trump.