The US authorities will provide Ukraine with an additional $450 million military aid package. This was stated at a briefing at the White House by Pentagon spokesman John Kirby. The new assistance package will include multiple launch rocket systems, patrol boats, and artillery ammunition. As Kirby noted, the total amount of assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the war amounted to $6.1 billion.

Tankers owned by Russian state-owned Sovcomflot continue to deliver oil to European ports in defiance of Western sanctions, the international platform OCCRP reported. As investigators found out, the Russian company was able to circumvent the restrictions by registering them as the property of its subsidiaries in Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) considers "the most convincing scenario to date" that the Malaysia Airlines flight was shot down by a missile from a Russian Buk system. This is stated in a resolution adopted unanimously at a plenary session of the assembly in Strasbourg. PACE said it was "appalled by the disinformation spread by the Russian authorities about the plane crash," which has caused "pain and suffering" to the relatives and friends of the victims.

Brief summaries of major developments throughout the week (June 20–24, 2022): Ukraine’s Severodonetsk withdrawal, a collaborator is killed in Kherson, trouble at Katyn In the digest below, Meduza condenses the latest news stories in and around Russia and Ukraine. (Cover page photo: Stanislav Ostrous . ) This feed is now closed. You can find next week’s updates here . 23 июня 2022 г. 21:20:21 Major events on June 21, 2022 🕵️ America’s ‘Nazi hunter’ in Ukraine: During a visit to Ukraine, U.S.

Whether the “full blockade” from the EU is waiting in the Kaliningrad region - and are preparing for war with NATO. Report "Medusa" Vitaliy Nevar / TASS Ice -breeding vessel Yuri Topchev in the Kaliningrad Sea Trade Port. June 22, 2022 In the second half of June, Lithuanian authorities banned automobile transit through their territory of a large number of goods that came from Russia to its exclus - the Kaliningrad region.

The summit of EU leaders agreed on the status of EU candidates for Ukraine and Moldova. This was announced by the Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel and the head of the European Council Charles Michel . “A historic moment and a signal of hope for the Ukrainian people,” Bettel tweeted. In turn, Michel congratulated the Presidents of Ukraine and Moldova, Vladimir Zelensky and Maia Sandu, noting the joint future of the countries and the EU.

The Russian Ministry of Education has prepared amendments to the Federal State Educational Standard (FSES) for secondary general education, according to which schoolchildren will study “special operations” in Ukraine as part of a history course. The department's draft order, which drew the attention of RBC, was published on the portal of draft regulatory legal acts.

The Ozon trading platform website has started selling goods imported into the Russian Federation using the parallel import mechanism. The marketplace's press service told RIA Novosti about this. "Goods imported via parallel import are available on Ozon. We have already started selling popular brands of electronics from Ozon, including smartphones, computers and their components imported via the parallel import mechanism," the trading platform said in a statement.

A preparatory hearing on the case of Russian serviceman Mikhail Romanov, who is accused of killing Alexei Zdorovets, a resident of the village of Bogdanovka, and raping his wife, was held in the Solomensky District Court of Kyiv. This is reported by the Ukrainian edition of "Grati". Meduza wrote extensively about the alleged crimes of Mikhail Romanov in the Kiev region, based on the stories of the victims and eyewitnesses.

"Medusa" recalls a musician who never dreamed of becoming a star-but will remain a symbol of the early 1990s Robert Netelev / TASS The singer Yuri Shatunov died at the age of 48, an extensive heart attack was the cause of death. From 1986 to 1991, he was a soloist of the "affectionate May" - the most popular group in the USSR at that time.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has confirmed its decision that Eurovision 2023 will not take place in Ukraine, which is the winner of this year's song contest. "The EBU has regretted the decision to move the event to another country and will continue discussions on finding a suitable venue for the Eurovision Song Contest next year," the union said in a statement.

The State Hermitage has decided to impose a moratorium on exhibitions in the US and Europe after the return of all of its exhibits from exhibitions abroad. The museum's website says this moratorium will be the first since the 1990s that the Hermitage has imposed restrictions on exhibitions in Russia for security reasons and high financial risks.

Russia and Belarus need to take urgent measures to strengthen the defense capability of the Union State. This was reported by the Zvezda TV channel, the head of the Russian Defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting in Moscow with his Belarusian counterpart Viktor Khrenin.

Ukrainian positions in Luhansk region under increasing pressure as Russian forces gradually advance Aris Messins / AFP / Scanpix / LETA A house destroyed by shelling in Lysychansk. June 2022. The situation in Ukraine’s Luhansk region is “extremely difficult,” Governor Serhiy Haidai said in an interview on Thursday, June 23. Russia has captured most of the region and, according to Haidai, sent “all reserves” to storm Severodonetsk and the Zolote–Toshkivka area south of Lysychansk.

American manufacturer of network equipment Cisco has decided to withdraw from Russia and Belarus. It is reported by Reuters, citing a company statement . Cisco promised to provide support to employees working in Russia and Belarus. The company plans to contact customers, partners and suppliers to resolve financial issues, including reimbursement of prepayments for services and software.