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Ukraine has officially denied Russian claims that the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a drone attack on a bus carrying a Belarusian children's football team in Russia's Bryansk Oblast. Source: Radio Liberty's Russian Service ; General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ; Centre for Countering Disinformation Details: Yegor Kovalchuk, acting governor of Bryansk Oblast, claimed on Wednesday that a Ukrainian drone had attacked a bus carrying a children's football team from Belarus. He said the team from Homiel was travelling to Russia's Gelendzhik for a holiday. The governor claimed that a Belarusian woman accompanying the team was killed in the strike. Six other people were supposedly injured, including four children. Russia's Investigative Committee opened a criminal case over what it described as a terrorist attack. The Kremlin also characterised the incident as a terrorist attack. Belarus's Foreign Ministry said it regarded the strike as "an act of terrorism against civilians" and demanded "comprehensive explanations" from Kyiv. General Staff spokesperson Major Andrii Kovalov officially rejected the accusations made by Russia. Quote from Kovalov: "During the specified period, Uk

Kiev is intentionally “hunting” civilians in Russia, Moscow has said following the deadly incident in Bryansk Region The Kremlin has condemned as terrorism a Ukrainian drone strike on a bus carrying a Belarusian youth sports team. One woman was killed and several passengers wounded, including children, in the attack in Russia’s Bryansk Region on Wednesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed Health Minister Mikhail Murashko to ensure that all those injured “in the terrorist attack by the Kiev regime” receive the necessary medical assistance, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. The attack on the bus, which was carrying 44 people, 28 of them children, was first reported by Bryansk Region’s acting governor, Egor Kovalchuk. Belarusian Deputy Health Minister Aleksandr Khodzhaev later said eight people, including six children, had been hospitalized. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also condemned the strike, accusing Kiev of targeting civilians and saying it was “hunting” children. She claimed Kiev puts minors in danger “without hesitation” and compared the latest case with a drone raid on a school dormitor

US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf have signed an agreement between the United States and Iran. Source: Reuters , citing a senior US official Details: The official also said that details of the agreement would be released within the next 24-48 hours, while technical discussions are expected to begin later this week. According to the source, the agreement provides for the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the lifting of the US blockade on Iran. An official signing ceremony will also take place on Friday, the source said. Both sides had previously stated that the agreement would be formally signed in Switzerland on Friday 19 June. " You will see significant increase in traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, actually starting already, and that will ramp up slowly over time ," the US official said on condition of anonymity. " We probably won't return to normal in two weeks, but we will see a significant increase in Strait traffic. " Speaking to reporters in France, where he is meeting French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of the G7 summit, Trump also confirmed that the agreement with Iran had already been

Mediator Pakistan says the sides will sign the agreement on Friday in Switzerland US President Donald Trump has announced that the peace deal with Iran is “now complete,” signaling the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. “I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorize the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade. Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who mediated the negotiations, said both sides “have declared the immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts, including in Lebanon.” Sharif added that the agreement would be formally signed on Friday in Switzerland. The US and Iran previously stated that a memorandum of understanding was largely finalized. According to Tehran, the document would focus on ending the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran’s nuclear program would be addressed in separate negotiations within 60 days of its signing. Trump had several heated phone calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in recent w

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will take part in the same working session at the G7 summit in Evian, France, and "could very well cross paths" on the sidelines, a senior US official said, according to Suspilne's correspondent and Le Figaro with AFP. The G7 summit takes place from 15 to 17 June in Evian. Trump will hold a bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on his arrival on Monday, one-on-one meetings with the leaders of Qatar, the UAE, Egypt, and India on Tuesday and Wednesday, and will take part in the G7 leaders' working session on Tuesday alongside Zelenskyy. No bilateral meeting scheduled Asked whether a bilateral meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy was planned, the US official said the two leaders "could very well cross paths" on the margins of Tuesday's session, while specifying that no formal bilateral meeting was on Trump's agenda. The official, speaking anonymously, described ending the Russo-Ukrainian war as a top priority for Trump: "We want the war to end as soon as possible. This is what President Trump prioritizes, one of his top prioriti

The Ukrainian leader can reportedly only hope for a behind-the-scenes audience with the US president US President Donald Trump has not scheduled an official bilateral meeting with Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky at the upcoming G7 summit in France, Bloomberg reported on Saturday, citing senior US administration officials. Since returning to office in January 2025, Trump has held several formal and informal meetings with Zelensky in an effort to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Zelensky has reportedly sought to use the encounters to finalize pre-negotiated agreements on Ukraine’s post-conflict economic recovery and “security guarantees.” However, repeated contacts between the two leaders have so far failed to produce an agreement. Trump will hold bilateral meetings with the leaders of France, Qatar, the UAE, Egypt, and India during the summit, which will be held from Monday through Wednesday in the town of Evian-les-Bains, officials familiar with the plans told the news agency. One official said the Ukrainian leader would take part in a working session with G7 leaders. Earlier this week, Western media, citing US administration sources, reported that Trump and Zel

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); A Russian drone struck the stable of a children's equestrian school in Sumy after midnight on 17 June, killing three horses. The strike was part of Russian attacks over the past day that left at least four people dead and more than 30 injured across Ukraine. Air defense downed most of the drones launched overnight — 97 of 119. The ones that got through hit homes, an elevator, gas stations, and the riding school, where children train every day. Sumy: a riding school, then a wider night The drone that hit the school was a Geran-2, the Russian-made version of the Iranian Shahed. It damaged the stable and started a fire that crews later contained, Sumy Oblast governor Oleh Hryhorov said on Telegram. No staff were hurt. Hryhorov said the Russians "deliberately struck a civilian object where children train every day." Acting mayor Artem Kobzar confirmed three horses were killed. Elsewhere in the oblast, a drone strike on the Bilopillia hromada injured three people — two men, aged 59 and 47, and a 62-year-old woman, regional police reported. Strikes damaged homes, vehicles, and infrastructure in several other hromadas

Several cities on the peninsula were subject to the attack overnight, according to local officials At least four people have been killed and ten others wounded in Ukrainian drone attacks on Crimea, local governor Sergey Aksyonov has said. One person was killed and three others were wounded during a drone attack on a suburban train traveling from Azovskoye to Kerch, Aksyonov wrote in a post on Telegram on Thursday morning. The strikes damaged several “nonresidential facilities” in the city of Simferopol, killing at least three people and injuring seven others, the governor added. The Crimean port city of Sevastopol, home to the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, was also attacked overnight, according to its governor, Mikhail Razvozhayev. At least 20 incoming Ukrainian drones were shot down by air defenses, and there were two incidents of drone debris falling in residential areas. No injuries were reported. The Russian Defense Ministry has reported that 272 drones were intercepted and destroyed over several regions of the country on Thursday morning. Apart from Crimea and the waters of the Azov and Black seas, the UAVs were downed over Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgogr

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Russia launched its largest combined strike in recent weeks against Ukraine overnight on 15 June, targeting Kyiv with ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and attack drones that sparked fires across nearly all of the capital's districts, killing five people and injuring 35, including two children, Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko and the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration (KCMA), Tymur Tkachenko , reported. Ukraine's Air Force said air defense intercepted 632 of the 681 weapons launched—50 missiles and 582 drones—leaving 20 ballistic missiles and 27 attack drones to strike 42 locations, with debris from downed drones falling on a further 12 sites. Scale and composition of the attack Ukraine's Air Force recorded 681 aerial attack systems in total: 70 missiles and 611 drones and loitering munitions of various types. The missile component comprised six Zircon anti-ship missiles launched from Russian-occupied Crimea; 34 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles from Bryansk and Kursk oblasts; and 30 Kh-101/Iskander-K cruise missiles from Vologda and Kursk oblasts, according to the Air Force. The drone component—61

Debris from intercepted drones sparked a fire at an apartment block and damaged residential properties in Krasnodar Region, officials have said Three civilians have been injured by an overnight Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s southern Krasnodar Region, Governor Veniamin Kondratyev has said. Debris from an intercepted UAV sparked a fire at an apartment block in the city of Krasnodar , injuring two people, Kondratyev said in a post on Telegram on Thursday. Several private homes were also damaged and one person injured in the Seversky district of the region, Kondratyev added. The Krasnodar regional operational headquarters released footage showing the aftermath of the attack. A video and photos posted on the agency’s Telegram channel show damage to the facade of the residential block, shattered windows, and the aftermath of fires in two apartments. In total, 330 Ukrainian drones were shot down across Russia overnight as the country came under another large-scale Ukrainian aerial raid, the Defense Ministry reported. The interceptions took place over Moscow, Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Kaluga, Kursk, Orel, Smolensk, Tver, and Tula regions, as well as over the Crimean Pen

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Ukrainian drones forced Rosneft's Kuybyshevsky oil refinery in Samara Oblast, Russia, to halt oil processing on 10 June , Reuters reported . The strike puts all three plants in the Rosneft Samara refining hub out of full operation at the same time. With Ukraine's deep strikes accelerating into the summer season, each new plant taken out compresses Russia's repair window and hardens the fuel-supply squeeze on its military logistics. Reuters confirms processing halt at both primary units Reuters cited two industry sources to confirm that processing stopped at both AVT-4 and AVT-5 after the strike . Each unit has a nominal processing capacity of about 73,000 barrels of crude oil (10,000 metric tons) per day. The hits caused damage and subsequent fires at both. Samara Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev claimed a massive overnight drone attack injured three people and caused "damage to several industrial facilities." An earlier report on 10 June described fires at the Kuybyshevsky refinery after the strike. Explore further Fire reported at Kuibyshev oil refinery in Russia’s Samara after drone strike Plant size

Kiev has conducted an early morning raid on the city of Cheboksary, Oleg Nikolaev has said Ukraine launched a missile and drone attack targeting the Russian city of Cheboksary early Wednesday morning, resulting in three injuries, local governor Oleg Nikolaev has said. Two of the wounded were hospitalized with moderate injuries, while a third person with minor wounds was treated and sent home, the governor of Chuvashia Region wrote on Telegram. Cheboksary is a city of almost 500,000 people on the Volga River, located some 900 km from Russia’s border with Ukraine. Ukrainian media claimed that Kiev deployed locally made long-range Flamingo missiles in the attack, which reportedly targeted an electronics plant in the city. Ukraine also attacked Russia's Samara Region overnight. Three people were wounded in a drone raid, according to local governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev. Several industrial facilities suffered damage in the attack, which involved dozens of UAVs, the governor said. Read more Ukrainian drone hits Moscow-Crimea passenger train – governor In total, 326 Ukrainian drones were shot down across Russia overnight as the country came under another large-scale Ukrainian aeri

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Both Ukraine and Russia called US President Donald Trump on his 80th birthday on 14 June , a day before the G7 summit in France, Suspilne reported . Ukrainian President Zelenskyy offered "good ideas" for peace and agreed to meet Trump at the summit. The Kremlin said Putin spoke to Trump separately and arranged for US envoys to return to Moscow, while insisting Zelenskyy should come to the Russian capital for talks. Russia has weaponized over a year of peace talks to maintain a direct line with the US while blocking every proposed ceasefire, continuing to strike Ukrainian cities, and trying to use Washington to extract concessions from Kyiv. The Kremlin's unchanged demands amount to Ukraine's capitulation, not a negotiated peace. Trump's envoy , Witkoff, has never visited Kyiv, while his multiple trips to Moscow have yielded no tangible results. Ukraine offers peace proposals, G7 meeting agreed Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram that he congratulated Trump on his birthday and discussed "many key things, including of course peace " in " quite some detail . " Presidential advisor Dmytro Lytvyn said the call lasted 30-35

Moscow recently described the US-mediated peace process as being in a “situational pause” due to the Iran war US President Donald Trump has signaled that Washington will refocus on efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict after peace talks were put on hold by the crisis in the Middle East. The prospect of renewed US engagement has reportedly unsettled EU officials, who fear the bloc could once again be sidelined if Washington resumes direct negotiations with Moscow. Here is RT’s breakdown of where the peace process stands and what could come next. Ukraine back on agenda At the G7 summit in France on Tuesday, Trump said Washington would turn back to trying end the Russia-Ukraine conflict once the Iran war is formally concluded. “Now that this [Iran war] is finished, we are gonna be focusing on that [Ukraine conflict] and see if we can get that one done,” he told reporters, referring to a memorandum of understanding he is expected to sign with Tehran on Friday. Read more Zelensky not on Trump’s G7 meeting list – Bloomberg Trump spoke after separate calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, saying both leaders appeared open

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Ukrainian drones struck four vehicular bridges at Crimea's northwestern entrance overnight on 11 June 2026 , quisling official Vladimir Saldo claimed. The strikes are part of Ukraine's most recent mid-range strike push—now at its fourth day—reaching every road corridor between Crimea and mainland Ukraine. The same night, drone attacks also rolled across Sevastopol, Bakhchysarai, Saky, and other Crimean sites. Russia depends on the Crimean land corridor to push fuel, ammunition, and replacements to its forces in occupied southern Ukraine. Ukrainian mid-range drones operating under the military's Logistics Lockdown program have steadily shrunk that corridor's reliability since May. Ukraine has now struck all three major connection points between occupied Crimea and mainland Ukraine within four days, damaging some bridges and destroying others. Four bridges damaged at the Armiansk isthmus Saldo, the Russian-installed head of occupied Kherson Oblast, named the four targets on his Telegram. They include the automobile bridge in the Perekop-Armiansk area and a bridge near Stavky, Kherson Oblast . Two more bridges nea

A malfunctioning Patriot interceptor fired by Ukrainian air defense forces has struck a historic monastery in Kiev, Moscow says Russian forces have carried out long-range attacks on military-industrial facilities in three major Ukrainian cities, as well as airfields and conscription offices, the Defense Ministry in Moscow announced on Monday morning. The strikes involved drones and missiles fired from air-, land-, and sea-based platforms, the ministry said, adding that all designated targets were hit. In a more detailed follow-up statement, the Russian military said a total of 16 industrial targets were hit, including a plant producing drone warheads and boosters for Ukraine’s flagship Flamingo cruise missiles. The statement also mentioned a strike on a postal terminal in Kiev, stressing that it was used for military logistics, delivering parts for drones, and electronic warfare systems. Similarly, Moscow said a cinema studio in Kiev was struck because Ukrainian forces used the facility to program kamikaze drones for attacks on Russia. The Aleksandr Dovzhenko national studio in Kiev was damaged in the overnight Russian barrage. © Ukrainian Culture Minister Tatyana Berezhna ya