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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 23.06.2023 Ukraine MOD 23 Jun 2023
• Ukraine Says It Thwarted Major Strike On Airfield; At Least Three Killed In Russian Attack In Kherson RFE/RL 23 Jun 2023 -- Russia struck a public transport facility in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on June 23, killing at least three people as Ukraine grappled with yet another wide-scale attack involving Russian cruise missiles and Iranian-made drones.
• Ukrainian Officials: Main Counteroffensive Push Against Russia Still to Come VOA 23 Jun 2023 -- Three Ukrainian senior officials signaled Friday that the main part of the counteroffensive against the Russian invasion had not yet begun.

Ukraine

• May Ukraine's victory and state institutions' successful transformation be best tribute to memory of all our heroes - address of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 23 Jun 2023
• Head of State chairs meeting of National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine President of Ukraine 23 Jun 2023
• Security is the first priority - address by the President of Ukraine following the NSDC meeting President of Ukraine 23 Jun 2023
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in the events on the occasion of the graduation of officers of higher military educational institutions via video conference President of Ukraine 23 Jun 2023
• You are united by a common choice, high responsibility, courage, determination and loyalty to Ukraine, and in the future, you will all be united by victory - address by the President of Ukraine to the officers - graduates of military universities President of Ukraine 23 Jun 2023
• Ukraine's Naftogaz Files Motion In U.S. Court Seeking Payment From Russia For Losses In Crimea RFE/RL 23 Jun 2023 -- Ukrainian state-owned energy company Naftogaz said it has taken legal action in the United States to recover $5 billion awarded by an arbitration court in The Hague as compensation for damages and lost property in Crimea.

Russia

• Russia Launches Criminal Probe After Wagner Chief Blames Moscow's Forces For Attacks On Mercenaries RFE/RL 23 Jun 2023 -- The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has launched a criminal probe after what it said was a "call for an armed mutiny" by Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.
• Russian opens mutiny probe over Wagner chief's statements Press TV 23 Jun 2023 -- Russia has accused the head of the country's private military company Wagner of calling for an armed mutiny and opened a rebellion investigation in connection with his recent statements.
• Prigozhin Coup Attempt: What We Know So Far Sputnik 23 Jun 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin is being regularly briefed about Wagner Boss Yevgeny Prigozhin's armed coup attempt by the Ministry of Defense, the FSB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the National Guard.
• Prigozhin, His Men Enter Russian City Without Resistance, He Says VOA 23 Jun 2023 -- The owner of the Wagner private military group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said early Saturday that his forces had crossed from Ukraine into Russia and entered the city of Rostov facing no resistance by border guards. Prigozhin said his men were ready to go "all the way" against the Russian military and would destroy anyone who stood in their way.
• Russia Accuses Wagner Chief of Mutiny as He Vows to 'Punish' Defense Minister VOA 23 Jun 2023 -- Russia's Federal Security Services (FSB) opened a criminal investigation Friday against mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, accusing him of armed mutiny, citing the National Anti-Terrorism Committee.
• Latest in Ukraine: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Based on Lies, Says Russian Mercenary Chief VOA 23 Jun 2023 -- Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said Friday the Kremlin's reasoning for invading Ukraine is based on lies fabricated by the army's top brass. Prigozhin has for months been openly accusing Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Russia's top general, Valery Gerasimov, of gross incompetence.
• Ukraine hit Crimea-linked bridge with UK-supplied missiles: Russia Press TV 23 Jun 2023 -- Russian officials have said Kiev forces have used long-range missiles supplied by the UK to attack a bridge connecting Kherson province to the Crimean peninsula.
• Turkish Drone Factory in Ukraine May Become 'Legitimate Target' for Russia - Analyst Sputnik 23 Jun 2023 -- Baykar, a key Turkish defense firm, plans to start production of the Bayraktar TB2 and Bayraktar Akinci combat drones in Ukraine in 2025, CEO Haluk Bayraktar, revealed earlier.
• Russian Envoy Slams US Senators' 'Absurd' Claims About Nuclear Strike on Ukraine Sputnik 23 Jun 2023 -- Earlier, US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said the lawmakers were introducing a resolution to consider the use of a nuclear weapon by Russia in Ukraine as an attack on the NATO alliance.

United States

• Pentagon believes banned cluster munitions would be useful for Ukraine Press TV 23 Jun 2023 -- Despite a global ban on the use of cluster munitions, the US military believes they would help Ukraine push back against Russian forces.

NATO

• NATO Secretary General visits the Security Assistance Group-Ukraine NATO 23 Jun 2023 -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg travelled to Wiesbaden, Germany on Friday (23 June 2023), to meet and thank personnel from Allies and partners at the Security Assistance Group-Ukraine (SAG-U) command.

United Nations

• Ukraine: War 'weakening' international security, political affairs chief warns UN News 23 Jun 2023 -- Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the war "has weakened the international collective security system we have all pledged to uphold", the top UN political affairs official told the Security Council on Friday, briefing ambassdors on the current situation on the ground.

Foreign Reactions

• Ukraine's Allies Pledge Billions for Reconstruction, but Kyiv Needs Much More VOA 23 Jun 2023 -- Allies of Ukraine pledged tens of billions of dollars in grants and loans to help rebuild the country following Russia's invasion, at a conference in London this week.
• We will stand with the people of Ukraine for as long as it takes: UK statement at UN Security Council UK FCDO 23 Jun 2023 -- Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine.
• Iran rejects US claim on Russia's use of Iranian drones in Ukraine war IRNA 23 Jun 2023 -- Iran's permanent mission to the UN has rejected the latest claim by the US and its allies regarding Russia's use of Iranian drones in the Ukraine war.
• Tehran dismisses US claim of Russia's use of Iranian drones in Ukraine war Press TV 23 Jun 2023 -- Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations has dismissed the latest claim by the United States and its allies regarding Russia's use of Iranian drones in the Ukraine war.
• EU sanctions four Iranian entities over allegations of drone supplies to Russia Press TV 23 Jun 2023 -- The European Union has imposed sanctions on four Iranian entities over what it claims to be the supply of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to Russia in the war against Ukraine.

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