"Organizers of the KyivPride March announced on Thursday that the first gay pride event in the Ukrainian capital since the beginning of the Russian invasion will be held on June 16.The Kyiv Independent reported that the event will have “strict security measures,” the most notable of which is that only the 500 registered participants will know when and where the march will begin.
“The march will take place in close proximity to shelters in case of an air alert,” the Kyiv Independent said, passing along one of the few details that has been divulged to the public.
Kyiv’s metro system was originally proposed as the venue for the march, but the city council denied permission, citing security concerns. Kyiv City Hall explained that the metro is a “dual-use facility and part of the city’s infrastructure,” and one of its uses is to serve as an air-raid shelter during Russian attacks." Breitbart
"Russian President Vladimir Putin in a Friday speech addressed the West's efforts to host a major Ukraine peace summit in Switzerland this weekend. Though scores of world leaders will be there, Russia has not been invited, and China has snubbed the event citing that it's pointless without Moscow's representation given it is a party to one side of the war. Putin outlined his "conditions" for peace. He said for the military operation to be halted Ukrainian forces would have to withdraw from the four regions annexed by the Russian Federation. "Ukrainian troops must be completely withdrawn from the Donetsk People's Republic, the Luhansk People's Republic, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions," Putin said in a televised address. Putin also stipulated a second main condition for ending the war: Ukraine must reject ambitions to join the NATO alliance." ZeroHedge
"A fuel depot ignited in fire in the Russian region of Voronezh, and Kursk region was also hit. Spectacular footage separately emerged of Russia exploding a Ukrainian kamikaze drone in a fireball over Vladimir region. Over the same region, a Sukhoi Su-30SM warplane was seen firing a missile at an incoming UAV. A raging fire was seen at a facility linked to the Sukhoi Design Bureau, reported MSK1 media outlet. Russian sources said the fire was in a ‘non-operational’ building at the strongly guarded facility." MS
"Italy’s largest paper reported on a curious incident involving President Joe Biden during the G7 Summit with world leaders in Italy on Thursday. Corriere Della Sera, a paper based in Melon and in circulation since the 1880s, reported a Thursday episode that appeared to show Biden wandering off into the distance before Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni turned him back to the group of world leaders watching a skydiving show." Breitbart
"Israel rejected a French mediation effort with the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on Friday, saying that France had adopted “hostile” policies toward Israel and ignored atrocities carried out by Hamas terrorists." Breitbart
"Russia should shut down all the adult stores and use their merchandise as projectiles againstUkrainian troops, a lawmaker has proposed.
State Duma Deputy Vitaly Milonov made the comment in an interview with the Govorit Moskva radio station on Thursday. "We need to take all the stuff from sex shops, load it onto bombers and drop them on the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Let these rubber p***ies slap them upside the head,” Milonov said." RT
"A total of 109 combat engagements have been reported in Ukraine over the past 24 hours. Kupiansk axis: Ukraine’s Defense Forces repelled six attacks in the areas of Synkivka, Berestove, and Petropavlivka of Kharkiv region, as well as Stelmakhivka of Luhansk region." Ukrin
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Joe Biden have signed a ten-year bilateral security agreement that envisages support for Ukraine now and in the long term in order to strengthen the country's ability to fend off potential future aggression. The two leaders signed the agreement on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Italy." Ukrin
"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
"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
"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
"Russian invaders launched 547 strikes on 15 settlements in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region. Some 206 UAVs of different modifications attacked Huliaipole, Levadne, Robotyne, Mala Tokmachka, Malynivka, and Novoandriivka. Twenty-three MLRS attacks targeted Robotyne, Mala Tokmachka, Malynivka, and Huliaipole. As many as 311 artillery strikes were launched on Huliaipole, Orikhiv, Mala Tokmachka, Novoandriivka, Robotyne, Levadne, Malynivka, Novodanylivka, Charivne, Myrne, Huliaipilske, Novokarlivka, Mali Shcherbaky, and Stepnohirsk." Ukrin
"Russia sent a mass missile and drone attack primarily directed at Kyiv and its suburb of Vasylkiv 20 km away, but Ukraine managed to eliminate nearly every target. Ukraine managed to eliminate all 24 of Russia's Shahed attack drones and 5 of 6 ballistic missiles. A single Iskander-M ballistic missile managed to elude the defenses.
Air defense worked in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya, Poltava, Kharkiv, and Vinnytsia oblasts." UB
"Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has urged his compatriots to return home without waiting for the end of the conflict with Russia, saying the country needs additional workforce to be “rebuilt.” RT
"An Israeli strike on the village of Jouya in southern Lebanon late Tuesday killed a senior field commander of Hezbollah and three fighters for the Lebanese armed group, three security sources said. Hezbollah confirmed the death of the commander and said in a statement that he was Taleb Abdallah, also known as Abu Taleb. Abu Taleb was the most senior member of the group killed in eight months of fire between Israel and Hezbollah." France24
