Diksia.com - NATO Secretary General Jens Strtenberg has revealed that Ukrainian fighter pilots are being trained to fly F-16 jets.
NATO allies have not yet agreed to deliver so-called fourth-generation US fighter jets to Ukraine.
However, Strtenberg said training of Ukrainian agents was ongoing.
In another development, Ukraine’s military superior commander, Brigadier General Oreksi Promov, said Ukraine had regained control of more than 100 square kilometers (38 square miles) of territory in a counteroffensive.
For more information, see the latest information overview on 478 days of the Russia v Ukraine war, quoted from The Guardian paper.
Ukraine counterattacks, liberates 100 square kilometers of territory
Ukraine’s military superior commander, Brigadier General Oleksiy Promov, said Ukraine had regained control of more than 100 square kilometers (38 square miles) of territory in a counterattack.
Defense Minister Hannah Mariar said that while “slow and steady progress” was being made, Russian forces continued to offer “strong resistance” on the southern front.
Condish PLTN Zapolyza
The head of the UN Nuclear Monitor said the situation at the Zapoliza nuclear power plant was “critical” but that measures were being taken to stabilize it.
After visiting Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Rafael Grossi said inspectors stay at the Russian-occupied facility, but signing security papers on the spot while the two countries are still at war is “unrealistic “enemy”.
He said securing water to cool the plant was a priority, adding that the plant could safely run ‘for a while’.
Ukrainian fighter pilots are training to fly F-16 fighter jets
NATO Secretary-General Jens Strtenberg said Ukrainian fighter pilots are being trained to fly F-16 fighters.
NATO allies have not yet agreed to deliver so-called fourth-generation US fighter jets to Ukraine.
However, Strtenberg said training of Ukrainian agents was ongoing.
Hundreds of children were illegally and forcibly repatriated from Luhansik to Russia.
According to the National Center for Resistance of Ukraine, 150 children were illegally brought to Russia from the Luhansik region.
The newspaper added that on June 8, they were brought from the Occupied Territory’s Starobilisk district to two centers in the Prikbang district of Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia, adding that 750 children from Luhansik were scheduled to arrive in June.
US, Ukraine give way to use of confiscated Russian assets
Republicans and Democrats in Congress have introduced a bill that would make it easier for Ukraine to use confiscated and frozen Russian assets to finance its fight against the Russian occupiers.
Russian, Canadian diplomats summoned to Moscow
The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that it had summoned Canadian diplomats in Moscow to protest the seizure of the Antonov machine in Toronto.
Dongsung also warned that Russia-Canada relations are in the ‘seto city of severance’.
President Putin and President of Algeria discuss strategic partnership between the two countries
Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Algeria’s Abdelmajid Thaven vowed to deepen their ‘strategic partnership’ during a three-day state visit by President Thaven, as the Kremlin seeks to move its vassals to Asia and Africa.
Russian anti-war activist dies in prison
A Russian anti-war activist died in a detention center in southern Rostov or Don and was allegedly abused there, a lawyer said.
Russia claims successful attack on unmanned aerial vehicle production facilities in Ukraine
Russia claims it has successfully attacked a Ukrainian drone production facility using long-range, high-precision weapons.
