The Defence Ministry delivered more than 33,000 bulletproof vests, 19,000 helmets, 13,500 pairs of shoes, and over 22,000 sets of uniform to the Armed Forces of Ukraine within a week.
The Russians are resettling the families of their servicemen to the temporarily occupied territories, where they expropriate real estate property of Ukrainians who have fled the occupation.
President Volodymyr Zelensky met with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis at the Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv.
In a decision adopted in the light of a report by Council of Europe Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić, the Committee of Ministers has condemned human rights violations committed by the Russian occupying authorities, against ethnic Ukrainians, Crimean Tatars and other residents of temporarily occupied Crimea.
An additional security assistance package for Ukraine, totaling $1 billion, approved by U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday, includes Harpoon anti-ship missile systems, HIMARS ammunition, additional M777 howitzers, and many more.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson have discussed the situation on the battlefield and Ukraine’s defense needs.
The situation at the front line is challenging at the moment, as the Ukrainian military do not have enough guns and heavy weapons. Meanwhile, Ukraine will soon achieve heavy weapons parity and will be able to launch the counteroffensive.
In a phone call, Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed military assistance and coordinated the further steps to ramp up sanctions pressure on Russia.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has discussed Ukraine’s European integration and post-war reconstruction with Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania Edi Rama and Prime Minister of Montenegro Dritan Abazović in Kyiv.
The issue of the release of Ukrainian defenders is too sensitive, so unnecessary comments should not be made to prevent Russia from accusing Ukraine of breaking the agreements. Currently, most of Mariupol defenders are in Donetsk region.
A background session with Oleksandr Tkachenko, Minister of Culture and Information Policy, Former award-winning journalist and TV producer will take place on June 16