Moscow: "Peace only if Kiev accepts our requests". More weapons are coming from the US

" American Himars rocket launchers have arrived in Ukraine ". This was announced by Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov , thanking his US counterpart on Twitter and adding: “Summer will be hot for the Russian occupiers. And the last for some of them ".

But the supply of new weapons to Kiev to resist the Russian offensive does not end there.
According to what is leaked from Washington, the Biden administration is in fact ready to send new weapons worth 450 million dollars to Ukraine.

All this while the Moscow offensive in the Donbass continues, with the resumption of negotiations which for the moment remains very far away.

"A peace plan can only be drawn up after Kiev has satisfied all of Russia's requests ," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov , quoted by TASS.

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The new US supplies amounted to 450 million dollars

New details on the supplies announced by Washington: according to the Bloomberg agency quoting the Associated Press, the United States is preparing to announce an additional 450 million dollars in military aid to Ukraine.

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From the US other weapons in Kiev

The Biden administration is expected to announce another dispatch of military aid by today

to Ukraine. Informed sources report it to CNN. In the package there should be other High Mobility Artillery Missile Systems (HIMARS) and ammunition.

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Exchange of prisoners, it is

The possibility of exchanging 77 Russian seamen from eight civilian ships stationed in Ukraine is being negotiated. This was stated by the Russian Commissioner for Human Rights, Tatyana Moskalkova. "Just yesterday I spoke with the Ukrainian side of 77 of our sailors who are in a rather complicated situation, because their ships have been put up for sale and could end up ashore. But we are discussing the possibility of exchanging them," Moskalkova told Interfax.

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Kiev: "The new US rocket launchers have arrived"

"The American Himars rocket launchers have arrived in Ukraine": Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov announced today on Twitter. "Thanks to my colleague and friend American Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III for these powerful tools! Summer will be hot for the Russian occupiers. And the last for some of them," the tweet continues.

Reznikov did not specify the number of Himars arriving in the country, but last week Politico - citing anonymous US Defense Department officials - wrote that the Pentagon was considering sending four more such rocket launchers to Kiev. ***

Moscow: "The US stops the recruitment of mercenaries"

Russia is asking Washington "with determination" to intercept the recruitment activities of mercenaries conducted by the Ukrainian embassy in the United States, as they could unleash "unforeseeable international consequences". This was stated by the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

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Moscow: "Peace only if Kiev accepts all our requests"

A peace plan can only be drawn up after Kiev has fulfilled all of Russia's demands. This was stated by the spokesman of the Kremlin Dmitri Peskov,

quoted by Tass.

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14 Donetsk locations attacked

Russian troops have attacked 14 locations in the Donetsk region of Ukraine in the past 24 hours, causing the death and injury of several civilians. This was announced by the national police on Telegram. The Russians used S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems,

artillery and tanks. Twenty-five civilian buildings were destroyed and damaged:

18 residential buildings, including two condominiums. Ukrinform writes it.

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The Pope: "We are back to the drama of Cain and Abel"

Speaking of the "beloved and tormented Ukraine", Pope Francis said today that "we are there

returned to the drama of Cain and Abel; a violence has been unleashed that destroys life, a Luciferian, diabolical violence, to which we believers are called to react with

the power of prayer, with the concrete help of charity, with every Christian means so that weapons give way to negotiations. "The Pontiff affirmed this when he received in audience the participants in the plenary assembly of the Reunion of Works for Aid to Eastern Churches (Roaco).

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The Russians bomb the Karkhiv region, 7 injured

The Russians bombed the Chuhuiv district in the Kharkiv region and 7 civilians, including 2 children, were injured. This was stated by the head of the regional military administration of Kharkiv, Oleg Sinegubov, as reported by UNIAN.

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Michel: "Decisive moment in the EU, we will give Ukraine candidate status"

"This is a defining moment for the European Union. I am confident that today we will give candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova and express a clear and strong European perspective for Georgia." This was stated by the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, arriving at the summit of EU heads of state in Brussels.

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Ukraine: at least 324 children killed since the beginning of the war

The death toll of children killed in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion has risen to 324, the country's attorney general's office said. At least 597 minors were injured. This was reported by Urkinform. Currently, most of the victims have been registered in the Donetsk region (308). Followed by the region of Kharkiv (175), that of Kiev (116), Chernihiv (68) and Lugansk (54).

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Kiev, 34,430 Russian soldiers killed since the beginning of the war in Ukraine

About 34,430 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion, of which 200 in the last 24 hours: this was announced by the army of Kiev, reports Ukrinform. In its update on the losses suffered by Moscow so far, the Ukrainian military indicates that 216 fighters, 183 helicopters and 620 drones have also been shot down. In addition, Kiev forces claim to have destroyed 1,504 Russian tanks, 756 artillery pieces, 3,632 armored troop transport vehicles, 137 cruise missiles and 14 ships.

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Kadyrov, taken Katerynivka village in Lugansk

The village of Katerynivka in the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) "has been taken, and is under our control". This was announced on Telegram by Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, quoted by Interfax. "Akhmat's special forces units, together with the allied forces, liberated another location in the Lugansk People's Republic, the village of Katerynivka," said Kadyrov.