Thursday, June 13, 2024

Russian navy fleet, including frigate, nuclear-powered sub, arrives in Cuba

"Russia’s Admiral Gorshkov frigate and the nuclear-powered submarine Kazan, accompanied by a tug boat and a fuel ship, have arrived in Cuba for a five-day visit seen as a show of force by Moscow amid rising tension over its invasion of Ukraine.
Curious onlookers, fishermen and police gathered along the Malecon seafront boulevard in Havana to welcome the fleet as it entered the city’s harbor. Cuba, a longtime ally of Russia, saluted the vessels’ arrival with a 21-gun salute, while Russian diplomats waved small Russian flags and took selfies against a backdrop of the harbor’s historic fortresses." AJ

Ukraine reports 60 enemy attacks today, most of them on Pokrovsk and Siversk axes

"The Russian army has already launched 60 attacks today, most of them in the Pokrovsk and Siversk sectors in the Donetsk region. On the Kharkiv axis, fighting is raging near Vovchansk and Tykhe.
In the Kupiansk sector, the enemy launched five attacks today, with two of them still ongoing near Petropavlivka and Pishchane. The aggressors also dropped guided aerial bombs near Petropavlivka. In the Siversk sector,
Ukrainian forces have already repelled half of the 12 enemy attacks today. Enemy offensive operations are continuing near Spirne and Rozdolivka.
The invaders are also active in the Kramatorsk sector. In total, six combat clashes took place here today, one of them still ongoing.
In the Pokrovsk sector, the aggressor is trying to advance near Novooleksandrivka, Novopokrovsk, Novoselivka Persha and Kalynove. Seven battles are raging. In general, the number of enemy attempts to improve their positions has reached 20.
Ukrainian defenders are courageously restraining the invaders and inflicting significant losses on them." Ukrin

German Members of Parliament snub Zelensky

"Lawmakers from two German opposition parties, the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the new left-wing populist Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW), refused to attend a speech by Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky in the Bundestag on Tuesday." RT