Ukraine war: rocket attacks on airport – Finland plans “robust fence”
Created: 06/10/2022 15:29
By: Julius Fastnacht, Tobias Utz, Isabel Wetzel, Daniel Dillmann, Lucas Maier
A Russian unit apparently refuses to fight near Kharkiv.
Great Britain warns of a cholera outbreak in Mariupol: the news ticker on the Ukraine war on Friday, June 10th.
Bachmut in focus:
Russian troops are advancing
Russia probably blocks evacuations:
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister raises allegations
Soldiers apparently refuse to fight:
heavy losses for Russia
Editor's note:
This news ticker on the Ukraine war is continuously updated by our editors.
The parties to the conflict are partly the source of the information.
Information on the number of casualties or the course of the war cannot be directly verified independently.
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Finland is probably planning to strengthen the border barriers with neighboring Russia due to the Ukraine war.
A "robust fence with a real barrier effect" is planned, said Sanna Palo, head of the legal department of the Finnish border guard, on Friday.
The fence will "in all probability" not extend over the entire border.
The measures planned by the government in Helsinki should be implemented “as soon as possible”, it said.
Behind Finland's plans is the concern that Moscow could use migration movements to exert political pressure.
So far, the 1,300-kilometer-long border with Russia has primarily been protected by light wooden fences.
However, Palo did not name a specific start time for the plans on Friday.
A Finnish police officer in the border region with Russia.
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The Ukrainian Interior Ministry reports that on Friday (June 10) there were already more than 20 explosions in the Chernihiv border region.
Russia fired mortars and artillery at the area.
So far there have been no fatalities.
The information cannot be independently verified.
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The governor of the Luhansk region, Serhiy Hajdaj, has reported heavy losses in Russia.
He said on Friday: "They die like flies."
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According to their own statements, Russian troops attacked an airport and a tank factory in Donbass on Friday night.
"At Dnipro Airport, high-precision surface-to-air missiles were used to destroy the Ukrainian armed forces' aircraft technology, and in the Kharkov area production capacities for the repair of weapons technology," said Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov on Friday morning.
In addition, more than 500 Ukrainian soldiers were killed at the front by Russian air, rocket and artillery strikes.
In addition, 13 armored cars, nine artillery pieces, six rocket launchers and 16 military vehicles belonging to the Ukrainian army were disabled.
According to Konashenkov, 16 ammunition depots were also destroyed.
The information cannot be verified independently.
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News about the Ukraine war: Russian troops are advancing on Bakhmut
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Russian troops in the Donbass continue to advance towards the city of Bakhmut.
The main goal of the army is to cut off supplies to the administrative center of Sievjerodonetsk, warns the Ukrainian general staff in a situation report.
Russia attacked in the direction of the villages Vozdvyschenka and Roty.
These are only about ten kilometers southwest of Bachmut.
The road from Bakhmut to Sievjerodonetsk can also be shelled from there.
The information cannot be independently verified.
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Gustav Gressel, military expert at the think tank “European Council On Foreign Affairs” in Berlin, has assessed the supply situation of the Ukrainian army as very difficult.
Replenishment deliveries, as far as weapons are concerned, are extremely important, said Gressel on ARD.
The Russian army not only has great artillery superiority, but also much larger stockpiles of ammunition, he said.
The Ukrainian army does not have a shortage of fighters, but rather problems with firepower and mobility, Gressel continued in the ARD interview.
His statements cannot be independently verified.
News on the Ukraine war: Deputy Prime Minister criticizes the Russian blockade
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Iryna Vereshchuk, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, has stated that Russia is blocking the evacuation from the occupied territories of the Zaporizhia region.
"Russia is shamefully lying when it says residents don't want to flee," she told media group Suspilne.
The information you provide cannot be independently verified.
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The deputy head of the Ukrainian military intelligence service, Vadym Skibitsky, has demanded new deliveries of weapons.
"It's an artillery war now," he told the Guardian.
"And we are losing in terms of artillery," he added.
Everything now depends on what the West delivers.
“Ukraine has one artillery piece for every 10 to 15 Russian artillery pieces.
Our western partners gave us about 10 percent of what they have,” Skibitsky lamented.
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The British Ministry of Defense has warned of a possible cholera outbreak in the destroyed port city of Mariupol.
The morning's situation report states that the Russian occupying forces have problems ensuring the cleanliness of the drinking water.
The situation in Mariupol has been dramatic for weeks.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has also repeatedly warned of a cholera outbreak.
Ukraine News: Russian soldiers probably refuse to fight
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A Russian unit apparently refused to fight.
This is reported by the Ukrainian General Staff.
Accordingly, the association is a motorized infantry unit of the 1st Army Corps.
The unit had previously suffered heavy casualties in the Kharkiv region, sources said.
The information cannot be independently verified.
Russian soldiers in the Kaliningrad region.
© Vitaly Nevar / Imago Images
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Seven attacks by Russian forces were apparently repelled by Ukrainian troops in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions on Thursday (June 9).
This is announced by the Ukrainian General Staff, as reported by the news portal Kyiv Independent.
Among other things, ten tanks, four armored vehicles, a military camp and five drones of the Russian army were destroyed.
Update from Friday, June 10, 6:00 a.m.:
The Ukrainian President Selenskyj has reported military successes in Zaporizhia.
In a video address on Thursday evening, he reiterated that the troops had managed to repel numerous Russian attacks.
In the region around Kharkiv, further territorial gains have also been recorded, according to Zelenskyj.
The information cannot be independently verified.
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has again emphasized the need for tough sanctions against Russia.
In order to end the war of aggression against Ukraine, these are essential, said Scholz on Thursday (June 9) at the summer festival of the Potsdam Chamber of Crafts.
However, not only Russia is affected by the sanctions, they would also affect Germany, said the Chancellor.
The dpa writes that he is happy that hardly anyone has opposed the sanctions.
"It shows how much everyone wants to do what is necessary to support Ukraine in its struggle for independence and freedom."
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Fighters from the Azov steelworks in Mariupol are in the detention center.
A total of 2,449 soldiers were taken to a prison in the city of Olenivka, as pravda.ua writes.
The detainees should be prepared in the prison for a possible exchange, it is said.
So far, an exchange in the context of the battles for the steel mill has only taken place with corpses.
Ukraine war: Scholz comments on Putin's plans - separatists sentence three fighters to death
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Russia has been holding a military exercise in the Baltic Sea since Tuesday.
This takes place parallel to an exercise by the NATO military alliance, which is sometimes seen as a provocation.
Around 60 ships and 40 aircraft and helicopters from the Baltic Fleet are involved in the military maneuvers.
The military exercises also took place on land in the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.
The NATO maneuvers have been taking place since Sunday and are scheduled to last until June 17th.
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The Supreme Court of the separatist “Donetsk People’s Republic” has sentenced three foreign fighters in the ranks of the Ukrainian armed forces to death as mercenaries.
The accused are two Britons and one Moroccan.
The judgment can be appealed.
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz has commented on Vladimir Putin’s plans for the Ukraine war.
He told the radio station Antenne Bayern: Putin is primarily bombing eastern Ukraine, "and obviously has the idea that once he's bombed everything down, it can then become part of the Russian empire."
According to Scholz, Russia's development opportunities are severely restricted by western sanctions.
"And he won't get rid of them without doing what we're asking him to do all the time, which is to withdraw his troops and agree on a fair peace with Ukraine."
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Apparently, the bodies of a total of 58 Ukrainian fighters from the Mariupol steelworks were brought to Kiev.
This is reported by the medium Nexta.
As soon as the soldiers have been identified, the funerals can begin, it said on Thursday.
The information cannot be independently verified.
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Ukraine records “up to a hundred soldiers killed and up to 500 wounded” soldiers in the fighting with the Russian army every day.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Thursday that the situation on the front lines in the eastern Donbass region was difficult.
"The Kremlin continues to press with sheer masses, stumbles, meets strong resistance and suffers heavy casualties," Reznikov said in a statement published online.
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After the Russian rocket attacks in Kharkiv on Wednesday afternoon, the bombing apparently continued into the night of Thursday.
The medium Nexta published photos on Twitter that are supposed to show the fire of a café, a school and a library.
According to the report, two people died.
The information is not independently verifiable.
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The United States is delivering new “M777” howitzers to Ukraine.
This was announced by the US Department of Defense on Thursday.
A photo shared by the ministry shows a plane being loaded with the weapons.
News about the Ukraine war: fighting rages around Sloviansk
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The “territorial defense forces” of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” have reported that the fighting for Sloviansk has begun.
The information cannot be independently verified.
At the beginning of the week, British intelligence reported that the Russian army was advancing on the city of Sloviansk.
The strategically important access routes in the north are particularly hotly contested.
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Evacuation of the city of Sievjerodonetsk is apparently no longer possible.
Russia now controls most of the area.
Mayor Olexander Strjuk spoke of a very difficult situation on Thursday morning.
Around 10,000 civilians are currently stuck in the city in Donbass.
News about the Ukraine war: probably a Russian rocket attack at night
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In the town of Nowohrad-Wolynskyj (Zhytomyr region), a rocket hit probably occurred on Thursday night.
The Ukrainian media reported unanimously with reference to information from the authorities.
The community is around 220 kilometers west of the capital Kyiv.
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A NATO spokesman has given the reason for the cancellation of Secretary General Stoltenberg’s visit to Berlin: According to this, the Norwegian suffers from shingles, which can occur after a Covid 19 disease.
Stoltenberg is therefore working at home and will complete the planned visit to Germany “not personally, but from a distance”.
Alternative dates with Scholz and Lambrecht are also being discussed via video conference (see update from 8.45 a.m.).
Ukraine-News: Russia forms troops at Izyum
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According to the British secret service, Russia is currently strengthening its troops around Izyum.
Further advances are therefore planned there.
Russian troops reportedly want to put pressure on Sieverodonetsk -- and advance deeper into the Donbass -- but their units in the area are undermanned, according to the UK MoD's June 9 situation report.
The information cannot be independently verified.
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According to initial reports, there were explosions in the Luhansk region on Thursday morning.
This is reported, among other things, by the Nexta medium.
According to preliminary information, a base of the Wagner group in the Stakhanov stadium was the target of the attack.
The information cannot be independently verified.
News about the Ukraine war: NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg cancels visit to Germany
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg surprisingly canceled his visit to Berlin on Thursday.
This was announced by the Federal Ministry of Defense.
Meetings with Chancellor Scholz and Defense Minister Lambrecht were actually planned.
Nothing is known about the reasons for the cancellation.
According to their own statements, the Ministry of Defense does not know them either.
Ukraine-News: Expert sees revenge in Putin
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Udo Lielischkies, former Moscow correspondent for ARD and Russia expert, assumes revenge as Putin’s motive for the Ukraine war.
Lielischkies said on Wednesday evening on "Maischberger": "After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Putin developed a sense of revenge.
He wants to take revenge on the United States.” The Russian president is now deliberately using lies to stay in power, he has been pursuing “politics with fear,” according to Lielischkies.
"And it works, because the West is afraid." Surprisingly, the West does not contradict its lies.
"Lying and getting away with it is a show of power," emphasized the Russia expert.
First report from Thursday, June 9, 6:30 a.m.:
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj speaks of the loss of the city of Sievjerodonetsk in eastern Ukraine as a decisive signpost about "the fate of our Donbass".
In a video message broadcast on Wednesday evening (June 8), Zelenskyy called the battle "one of the most difficult in this war", but also stressed that the Ukrainian forces are defending their position with all their might and inflicting heavy casualties on the Russian army.
The nearby city of Lysychansk, on the other hand, is still fully controlled by the Ukrainian army, but is subject to "heavy and chaotic" bombardment.
Sieverodonetsk and Lysychansk are the last cities of the Luhansk region that Russia has not yet conquered.
Their capture would allow Moscow to advance towards the major city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region.
This would bring the Kremlin a decisive step closer to its goal of completely conquering the Donbass.
(jf/tu/dil/iwe with AFP/dpa)