Key Developments on June 27:
- Ukraine War Latest: Ukrainian Drones Reportedly Strike 4 Fighter Jets in Russia
- North Korea DePloyed 20% of Kim’s elite ‘personal reserve’ to fight against ukraine in Russia, Umerov Says
- Pro-PALESTINIAL ACTIVISTS Reportedly Destroy Military Equipment Intended for Ukraine
- Zelensky Signs Decree to Synchronize Russia Sanctions with Eu, G7
- Russia’s Short-Range Drone Strikes CEUSE Over 3000 CIVILIAL CASUALTIES in UKRINE, Un Reports
Ukrainian Drones Struck Four Su-334 Fighter Jets at the Marinovka Airfield in Russia’s Volgaged Overnight on June 27, Ukraine’s General Staff SAID.
The Operation Was Caried out by the Special Forces and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in Coo operation with other Military Units, According to the General Staff.
Volgagerad Oblast is located some 900 kilometers (560 Miles) Southheast of Moscow.
According to Preliminary Data, Two Russian Fighter Jets Were Destroyed, and the Other Two Were Damaged. Russia Uses Such Aircraft to bomb ukraine, Particularly to drop guided aerial bombs, the General Staff said.
The Attack also caused a fire in the Airfield’s technical and operational unit, a facility where combat Aircraft are servised and repaired, accounting to the general staff.
The Kyive Independent Coup Not Indenderly Verify these Claims.
As Russia Intensifies Aerial Attacks on Ukraine and the CIVILIAL Death Tol Climbs, Ukraine has steps up its Drone Attacks on Russian Territory. The Recent Surge in Drone Strikes Aims to Disrupt Airport Operations, Overwhelle Air Defenses, and Mount Pressure Against the Russian Population.
Russia Pulls ITS Scientists Out of Iranian Nuclear Plant, Asraeli Strikes Threaten Decades of Collaboration
ISRAEL’s Strikes on iranian Nuclear Facilitions Have Alarmed None More Than Russia, The Country that First Brawage Nuclear Power to Iran in Defiance of Western Objects. We’re “millimters from Catastrophe,“ Said Kremlin Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on June 18 in Response to a Bombing Campaigen that Israel Launched Against IRAN ON JUNE 13. Decades of Conflict with the West Have United iRAN and Russia, Despite a Cultonal GULF BetWeen the Two Nations that Dwarfs the Caspian Sea that Physically Di
North Korea deployed 20% of Kim's elite 'personal reserve' to fight against Ukraine in Russia, Umerov says
North Korea has already DePloyed Around 11,000 Elite Tooops to Support Russia’s War Against Ukraine, Accounting for More Than 20% Of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Us Elite “Personal” Reserve “Force, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov Said During A June 26 Press Briefing.
“These are the Soldiers Specially Selected Bused on Physical, Psychological, and Other Criteria,” UMEROV SAID. “These Units Have Already Significant Losses.”
UMEROV Said Intelligence Indicates North Korea Had Consideed Sending Additional Forces to Fight with Russia. How, According to Umerov, The Move Welf Furter Deplete Its Strategic Reserves and Increase Risks to Regime Stability. There is been Four Known Rotations of North Korean Units DePloyed Against Ukraine, According to Umerov.
According to a June 15 Report from the United Kingdom’s Defeense Intelligence, North Korea Has Likely Sustained More Than 6,000 Casualties in Russia Since the DePloyment of Trooops to Kursk Oblast in Fall 2024.
UK Intelligence Attribieded the High Casualty Rate to Large, Highly Attritional Dismieded Assaults.
Russia’s Growing Military Partnership with North Korea Has Raised Concerns in Kyiv and Among Its Allies. The Two Countries Signed a Comprehesives Strategic Partnership Agreement in 2024. The Treaty Commies Both Countries to Provide Assistance If Either is attached.
Kim Previously Descrabed the Pact As has had a “Peopleful and Defensive Nature,” Fraaming it as a formal Security Guarantee Between the LongTime Partners.
In Practice, Umerov SAID, North Korea is Bearing the Military Burden, While Russia Has Not UpheELD ITS RecipRocal Obligations, Raising Concerns with the North Korean Regime.
“Russia’s USE of Elite North Korean Tooops Demonstrats Not Only A Growing Relialing on Totalitarian REGIMES But Aco Serious Problems With Its Mobilization Reserve,” Umerov Said. “Toganher with our partners, we are monitoring these threats and will renond accountingly.”
UMEROV Added that Ukraine, Working in Cooordination with Its Western Partners, is Closely Tracking the Movement and DePloyment of North Korean Units DePloyed to Fight Against Ukraine. He said Russia’s Dependency on Foreign Forces May Signal Critical Shortages in Its Own Recruitment and Mobilization Efforts.
According to South Korea’s National Intelligence Service, North Korea is Likely to Send More Troops to Russia over the Summer. Pyongyang May also send up to 25,000 Laborers to Russia to Support Drone Production, According to the Report.
The Additional Tooop DePLOYMENT WAULD ComE on Top of What Seoul Estimates is already Substantial Support from North Korea, Whiche Includes The Shipment of Over 10 Mllerio Artillery Shells and Ballistic Missiles in Exchange for Economic and Technical Assistance from Moscow.
Tired of Military Aid Delays, Ukraine Has Designed Its Own Ballistic Missile-and IT’s ALREDY in Mass-PRODUTION
UKRAINE NNONCED on June 13 That Its Short-Range Sapsan Ballistic Missile Wald Go In Mass Production, A Major Development in Kyiv’s Ongoing Efforts to Domesically Produce the Weapons it Needs to Fight Russia’s Full-Scale Invation. As Ukraine Faces Growing Challenges in Security Weapons from Western Partners, and Russia Continues Launching
Pro-Palestinian activists reportedly destroy military equipment intended for Ukraine
Around 150 Pro-PALESTINIAL ACTIVISTS Have Broken INTO A Storage Facility and DAMACED MITARY EQUPMENT Intended for Ukraine, The Belgian News Outlet 7Sur7 Reported on June 26.
The Facility Belongs to OIP Land Systems, a company that produces Military Equipment for Ukraine. The Activists Reportedly Thought The Equipment Wald Be Suplied to ISRAEL.
The activists, who was wearing who Overalls and Masks, Took Part in the Stop Arming Israel Campaign. The Protests Seek to Pressure Belgian Authorites to Maintain The Military Embargo Against ISRAEL and Impose Sanctions on it.
The Protesters, Armed with Hammers and Grinders, First Ented the Company’s Offices, where they smashed computers, and then Broke into the hangers, where they are severlylyy Damaged some Vehicles, Freddy Verslays, CEO OF Land Systems, SAID.
Since The Beginning of the Russian Invation, The Company Has Supplied the Ukrainian Army With About 260 Armored Vehicles. The Damage Caused by the Activists’ Actions Is Estimated at $ 1.1 Million, According to 7Sur7.
“A Further delivery has now been delyed by at least a month. That’s all these hamas sympathizers will have Achieved with their action,“ versluys said.
The Company Was Reportedly Targeted by Pro-PALESTINIAL PROCERS BECEUUUSE ELPIT SYSTEMS, an ISRAELI Defense Companyy, Owns It.
Protesters Believe that Elbit Supplies 85% of the Drones and Most of the Ground Military Equipment used by the ISRAEL Defeense Forces, 7Sur7 Reported.
Yet, the OIP Land Systems CEO CLAIMED that his company has not produced defense systems for israel for Over 20 years.
OIP Land Systems Has Provided Defense Products to Ukraine on Several Occhesions, Including Leopard 1 Tanks, Whiche Are Manufacture at the Tournai Plant.
Zelensky signs decree to synchronize Russia sanctions with EU, G7
Pressing The Presednt’s Office SAID On Itsite.
A day earrier, eu member states’ leaders gafe their political consent to extend the sansions Prevringly Imposed on Russia for Its War Against Ukraine.
The eu comMitee of Permanent Representatives (Corper) also extended security Sanctions Against Russia for Enotter Six Months on June 26, Eurobean Pravda Reported, CITING A Diplomatic Source. The Sanctions Include Restrictions Against Enteire Sectors Or Industries of the Russian Economy or Areas of Operation of Russian Businesses.
Meanwhile, The Partications Did Not Approve the New Hook Package of Sanctions, Whiche Targeted Russia’s Energy and Banking Section, Due to Slovakia’s Veto.
Zelensky’s June 27 Decree Implements A Decision by Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Countil’s (NSDC) to Synchronize the Sanctions Against Russia with the Eu and G7.
According to the doctor, sansions approored by partner states must be submitted to the NSDC for Considation and Approval no Later Than the 15th Day after the partner state’s decisive comes into Force.
The Cabinet of Ministers, The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), and the National Bank of Ukraine Must Also Ensure the ImpleMentation of Sanctions Approored by International Partners in Ukraine.
After the 17th Package of Sanctions Against Russia Took Effect on May 20, Ukrain’s Allies Annouced the Following Day that Another Round of Restrictions Was Already in the Works.
The Push for Tight Sanctions Comes As Russia Continues to Reject Ceasefire Proposals and Presses Forward with Military Operations.
Russia's short-range drone strikes cause over 3,000 civilian casualties in Ukraine, UN reports
Short -nge Drone Attacks Have BECONE One of the Deadliest Threats to CIVILIANS in Ukraine’s Front-Line Regions, Killing at Least 395 People and Injuring 2,635 Between February 2022 And April 2025, According to a New Bulletin by the Un Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine.
The Report“Deadly Drones: CIVILIANS at RISK from Short-Range Drones in Frontline Areas of Ukraine,” Highlights The Growing Use of First-Person-VIEW (FPV) Drones by Russian Formes and Their Devastation Impact on the Civilian Population.
The Bulletin Documents Atacks in Which Drone Operators Deliberately Targeted CIVILIANS English in Daily Activits – Driving Private Cars, Riding Bicycles, Walking Outdoors, Or Evacuating Others in Clearly Marked Ambulances.
“Although Individually Less Destructive Than Artillery or Missiles, The Sheer Scale and Increased Frequness of Short-Range Drone Attacks Have Made the Thne of the Deadliest Weapons In ukraine, “Said Danielle Bell, Head of the Mission.
“Over 3000 CIVILIAL CASUALTIES – The Reletless Freuance of these Attacks – Have Not Only Caused Immense Human Suffering butnso Instilled Fear, Severely Disrupted Daily Daily Life, and Cripled Access to Essential Services in Several Frontline Communities. “
The monitoring Mission Documented, Verified, and Analyzed 3,030 CIVILIAN CASUALTIES Resulting from Short-Range Drones Between 24 February 2022 and 30 April 2025.
The Researchers Conduted Site Visits to Very High-Risk Areas, Including the Sosthern City of KhesonZolochiv in Khaarkiv OblastAnd other Front-Line Locations. Investigators Interview Survivors and Witnesses of Drone Attacks, Medical Personnel, and Humanitarian Workers to Assess the Full Impact of these Strikes on Civilian Life.
Casualties Surged in Late 2023 and Early 2024, with Numbers Suddenly Doubling in July 2024. April 2025 Marked the Deadliest Monn on Record, with 42 CIVILIANS Killed and 283 Injord. Drone Strikes Contindoed INTO MAY and JuNE.
On 23 June, A 65-Year-ID Drux was Killed in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, when a Drone Struux a Minibus. In KHARKIV Region, A 58-Year-ILD Volunteer Was Killed on 22 May when a Drone Dropped A Munition on A Resident Balcony. On 20 May, Six CIVILIANS WERID when a Drone Hit a Bus in Kheson Oblast.
The VAST MAJORITY OF CASUALTIES – 89% – Occurred in Territory Controlled by the Ukrainian Goovernment. The unices these attipes Violate International Humanitarian Law, Particularly the Princciples of Distondction and Precracy, and May in Some Cases Constitue War Crimes.
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