Thursday, June 20, 2024

158 combat engagements on front lines, most of them in Pokrovsk, Kramatorsk sectors

"158 combat engagements were recorded on the front lines in Ukraine. In the Kupiansk sector, the number of combat engagements reached 14 over the past day. The defense forces repelled enemy attacks in the areas of Berestove, Synkivka, Stelmakhivka, Kruhliakivka, Stepova Novoselivka and Pishchane in the Kharkiv region. In the Lyman sector, Ukrainian forces repelled 16 enemy attacks near Terny in the Donetsk region, Hrekivka, Makiivka, Nevske, and Serebrianka forestry in the Luhansk region." Ukrin

Ukrainian air defense intercepts 5 missiles, 27 drones overnight

"The enemy attacked Ukraine with air- and ground-launched missiles and Shahed one-way strike drones in the night..... the enemy used 9 missiles and 27 strike drones: Oleshchuk said that critical infrastructure facilities had been targeted. The main direction of the attack was eastern Ukraine, particularly the Dnipropetrovsk region." Ukrin

Nasrallah Says 'No Place' Safe, Even Threatens Cyprus, If Israel Invades Lebanon

"Amid widespread reports and statements that Israel and Hezbollah are on the brink of full-scale war, the Shia paramilitary group's leader Hassan Nasrallah has warned of a war "without
rules or ceilings
" if
Israeli forces launch an offensive in Lebanon. "Storming the Galilee is a possibility that remains present within the framework of any war that the occupation may launch against 
Lebanon," Hezbollah's Secretary-General continued.
And that's when he for the first time of the conflict which began in wake of Oct.7 issued a warning against Cyprus, given that the Greek-speaking island-nation currently has a bilateral defense cooperation agreement with Israel.
"Opening Cypriot airports and bases to the Israeli enemy to target 
Lebanowould mean that the Cypriot government is part of the war, and the resistance will deal with it as part of the war," Nasrallah said." ZH