Russian President Vladimir
Putin
has given the order to occupy the entire
Lugansk
and
Donetsk
region by 1 July.
Channel 24 reports this, citing sources of the Ukrainian secret services, UNIAN reports.
EUROPE FINDS EMBARGO AGREEMENT
- The
European Union
reaches an agreement on the
Russian oil
embargo , part of the sixth package of sanctions against
Moscow
for the war in
Ukraine
that will be finalized tomorrow by the ambassadors of the 27 in Brussels: immediate stop to crude oil arriving from Russia to the EU by sea, while the embargo on gas transported by pipelines postponed.
The adoption of "emergency measures" is foreseen in the event of supply interruptions.
Patriarch Kirill
should also enter the EU black list .
And the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, voted to impose sanctions against Kirill.
High representative of EU politics Josep
Borrell
: "Historic decision, Moscow will have to reduce the price of oil"
THE FOOD CRISIS -
Russian Foreign Minister Sergej
Lavrov
will be in Turkey on June 8 to "discuss safe corridors" for transport of wheat from Ukraine.
Turkey announces it.
The European heads of state and government meeting in Brussels adopted the summit conclusions on food security with an appeal to Russia to end attacks on transport infrastructure in Ukraine, lift the blockade of Ukrainian Black Sea ports and allow food exports, then calling on member states to speed up work on solidarity corridors.
African Union President Macky Sall will call Vladimir Putin to express his "concern" about the food crisis that is developing following the war in Ukraine and to emphasize that the African Union shares the same positions as the European Union on Russia's responsibility, not sanctions, in the current crisis.
According to what is learned, Sall himself said this during his speech at the European Council.
The European Council is ready to offer 9 billion for reconstruction in Ukraine.
Zelensky to the EU: 'Enough quarrels, sanctions are approved'
THE SITUATION ON THE FIELD -
Russia announces that it has destroyed a Ukrainian position "where the nationalists had placed artillery sent from Italy".
But defense sources deny it.
Meanwhile, the Russians continue to advance in the Donbass:
Severodonetsk is
close to surrender .
The Norwegian Refugee Council said up to
12,000 civilians
remain trapped and in need of help in the eastern city.
And the pro-Russians announce that the civilian ships in Mariupol "are now our fleet".
Meanwhile, Biden
denies that the US will send missile systems to Kiev that can reach Russian territory.
"It is essential that
Putin
don't win this war.
At the same time we must ask ourselves if it can be useful to talk to him.
Ukraine must decide what peace it wants. "So yesterday
Draghi
.
Azovstal wives found 'Women of Steel Council'
WHAT IS THE EUROPEAN AGREEMENT ON THE OIL EMBARGO
Bombing continues in the city of Lysychansk
THE SITUATION IN SEVERODONETSK AND MARIUPOL -
The Norwegian Refugee Council has stated that up to 12,000 civilians remain trapped and in need of help in the eastern city of Severodonetsk, where Russian troops are advancing and fighting is ongoing street by street.
"I am horrified to see Severodonetsk, the thriving city where we had our operational headquarters, become the epicenter of another chapter in the brutal war in Ukraine," said Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council.
After the bombing of an evacuation vehicle near Lysychansk, in which a French journalist was killed and several people were injured, the evacuation from the Lugansk region was halted.
- The annexation of Mariupol by the Russians has entered an active phase: the procedure for accepting the documents to obtain the passports of the Federation has started.
This was announced by the adviser of the legitimate mayor of the occupied Ukrainian city Petro Andryushchenko, quoted by Ukrainska Pravda.
"To get the documents, Mariupol residents must first obtain a certificate of registration in Donetsk, and then submit documents for a passport in Novoazovsk to the so-called migration service. Given the state of communication with Donetsk, this is problematic. But we can say that Russia's annexation of Mariupol has moved on to the next stage of implementation, "said Andryushchenko.
Some ships from the port of Mariupol will become part of the commercial fleet of the (self-proclaimed and pro-Russian) People's Republic of Donetsk (Dpr).
This was announced by the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, reported by the Russian agency Interfax.
"Some of the ships, which were in the port when the special operation began, will be transferred to the jurisdiction of the DPR. Decisions have already been made. These ships will be renamed," said Pushilin.
In this way, the Donetsk People's Republic will be able to form its own commercial fleet. "
THE FIRST CARGO SHIP FROM MARIUPOL DEPARTED -
The first cargo ship after two months of blockade due to the war has left the port of Mariupol, carrying a load of metal.
This was reported by the press office of the Russian Southern Military District quoted by Tass.
She was the first ship to enter the port after the end of the fighting in Mariupol.
"The ship has left the port," said the press office.
ANSA agency
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Filorussi, civilian ships in Mariupol are now our fleet