On Monday, June 23rd, 2018, this is how things are going.
Fighting
- At least five people have been killed and dozens have been injured in overnight Russian drone and missile attacks in and around Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials.
- According to the officials, the attacks also caused a metro station’s entrance to become a bomb shelter and set off fires in residential areas.
- During the night on Monday, Russia said it would launch 352 drones and 16 missiles at Ukrainian territory.
- According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian air defense units destroyed 16 Ukrainian drones between 10 p.m. on Sunday (GMT) and 6 a.m. on Monday (03 pt).
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine, stated in his weekly speech on Sunday that Norway would invest $400 million in the defense sector.
Diplomacy
- Zelenskyy says he will travel to the UK on Monday to talk about Russia’s defense and other pressing issues. He wrote on social media that “we will also be negotiating new and potent measures to put an end to the strikes and put pressure on Russia for this war.”
- Spain hasn’t committed to amounteding to at least 5% of its GDP annually, according to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who stated on Sunday.
- Following the news that NATO allies are reuniting this week in the Netherlands, they have come to agreement to significantly increase their defense spending to combat what they see as a growing threat from Russia and give Europe more authority over its own security.
- Due to the anticipated rise in energy prices following the US bombing of Iran on Sunday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has urged the European Union to halt a proposed ban on Russian energy.
Source: Aljazeera
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