Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,212

On Friday, June 20, this is how things are going.

Fighting

Russian drones attacked the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odesa overnight, injuring at least 14 people and seriously harming railway infrastructure, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Residential structures, a higher education institution, a gas pipeline, and private cars were among the damage reported by Odesa Governor Oleh Kiper. According to emergency services, there have been at least 10 drone attacks in the area.
Power wires and rails were damaged during the attack, according to Ukrainian state railways Ukrzaliznytsia, according to a report from Ukrzaliznytsia.
Russian drones attacked Kharkiv overnight in northeastern Ukraine, killing several multistory homes and injuring them, according to Kharkiv officials.
According to the Ukrainian military, 86 drones were launched overnight by Russia, with 34 of them fatally, and 36 of them were lost. Neither was the case because the drones were drone simulators without weapons, or because they were drones that didn’t have warheads. According to the report, drones struck eight locations.
Sergei Sobyanin, mayor of Moscow, claimed that two drones were shot down while entering the Russian capital by air defense systems.

Hennadiy Shapovalov, the head of Ukraine’s land forces, was replaced by Mykhailo Drapatyi, who resigned due to a deadly attack on a Russian training facility. As part of a military shake-up, Rapatyi was re-appointed as the joint forces commander.

According to officials from both countries, the most recent exchanges took place in the framework of an Istanbul agreement, which included more prisoners of war.
Zelenskyy also indicated that he would like to speak with Putin.
Andrii Sybiha, the foreign minister of Ukraine, claimed that the conflict between Israel and Iran had exposed Russian hypocrisy, with Moscow opposing Tehran’s nuclear program and condemning strikes while “ruthlessly” attacking Ukraine.

Since Russia’s massive invasion of Ukraine in 2022, its $2 trillion economy has grown thanks to rising defense spending.
Few serious businesses, including Sergei Aleksashenko, a former deputy governor of Russia’s central bank, would consider Moscow, Russia, as a potential investment destination even if the war were to end tomorrow.

Source: Aljazeera