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• Ukraine, Russia Target Energy Facilities With Drones, Missiles RFE/RL 20 Jun 2024 -- Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles and drones overnight, damaging energy infrastructure and prompting even more power blackouts, while Ukrainian drones reportedly struck deep inside Russian territory, setting oil installations on fire in two regions.

Ukraine

• The Life of Ukraine Must Be Preserved, Particularly in Terms of Energy Supply - Address by the President President of Ukraine 20 Jun 2024
• Situation in the Energy Sector and Preparations for the Heating Season: President Held a Meeting of the Staff President of Ukraine 20 Jun 2024
• Andriy Yermak Discussed Peace Formula Implementation with Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada President of Ukraine 20 Jun 2024
• Ukraine and Ireland Discussed Peace Summit Outcomes and Future Bilateral Security Agreement President of Ukraine 20 Jun 2024

Russia

• Ukrainian Drone Crashes on Private House in Russia's Kuban, One Person Killed Sputnik 20 Jun 2024 -- A drone has crashed on a private house in the town of Slavyansk-on-Kuban in Russia's Krasnodar Territory, destroying the house and killing one person as a result, the region's operational headquarters said on Thursday.
• Putin: West Going to Blame Zelensky for Unpopular Decisions and Remove Him in 2025 Sputnik 20 Jun 2024 -- On the last day of his official visit to Vietnam, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a press conference where he shared his thoughts on a number of poignant geopolitical issues.

United States

• U.S. To 'Reprioritize' Missile Sales To Speed Ukraine Deliveries RFE/RL 20 Jun 2024 -- The United States will "reprioritize" planned deliveries of Patriot air-defense missiles to get them to Ukraine faster, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on June 20 as Washington works to fill Kyiv's "desperate need" for more air-defense capabilities.
• US to rush air defense missiles to Ukraine VOA 20 Jun 2024 -- The White House announced Thursday it would move Ukraine to the front of the line for deliveries of powerful air defense missiles, after a barrage of Russian missile and drone attacks damaged energy facilities throughout the besieged country.

NATO

United Nations

Foreign Reactions

• OSCE gathering strengthens criminal justice systems against trafficking of refugees from Ukraine OSCE 20 Jun 2024 -- Amid the unprecedented number of Ukrainians who fled the war and emerging cases of human trafficking and exploitation involving refugees, a strong criminal justice response in the host countries has become more crucial than ever.
• South Korea says to reconsider supply of weaponry to Ukraine Press TV 20 Jun 2024 -- South Korea says it will review the possibility of supplying weapons to Ukraine, after North Korea and Russia signed a mutual defense pact during President Vladimir Putin's visit to Pyongyang.
• US asks Vietnam to support Ukraine's sovereignty, territorial integrity VOA 20 Jun 2024 -- The United States called on Vietnam Thursday to support Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity following Vladimir Putin's one-day visit to Hanoi, part of the Russian president's brief Asian tour seeking to shore up alliances in the face of mounting Western sanctions.
• Summit on Peace in Ukraine: first NCSC report on Cyber Situation Network Federal Council - Swiss Government 20 Jun 2024 -- Even before the Summit on Peace in Ukraine got under way, cyberattacks on the conference and network infrastructure in Switzerland were expected. A number of cyberattacks were then confirmed, but they were all detected early and quickly averted. In order to jointly counter the expected cyberattacks, Switzerland set up a Cyber Situation Network coordinated by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). Today, the NCSC published an initial review of the work of the Cyber Situation Network.

News Reports