On the night of June 22, Russian drones attacked three merchant ships heading to Ukrainian ports. As Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Alexey Kuleba reported , as a result, a fire started on the ship flying the flag of Panama, and a crew member, a 58-year-old Egyptian citizen, died: “Eight sailors, including citizens of Turkey and India, were forced to evacuate on a life raft.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced attacks on a plant in Voronezh, where components for the Iskander and Kh-101 OTRK missiles used for attacks on Ukraine are produced. As follows from the message, the attack on the enterprise was carried out by air-launched cruise missiles. Most likely we are talking about Storm Shadow .

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, which flew past the Sun last year, may be almost three times older than the Solar System - its age is estimated at 12 billion years. This is stated in a study published in the journal Nature. 3I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object that humanity has been able to observe after Oumuamua in 2017 and Comet Borisov in 2019.

The former Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Development of Spain, José Luis Abalos, was sentenced to 24 years and 3 months in prison for fraud in the procurement of protective masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, he will spend 16 years and 6 months in prison. This was reported by El Pais.

Photo: Ural56.ru Available in English Gasoline prices in Russia continue to rise, and the authorities of more and more regions are introducing restrictions on its sale. This is stated in the Echo material , which was prepared based on data from the Iona source monitoring system developed by The Insider. The situation by region is as follows. Primorsky region.

The US Treasury issued a temporary license allowing the production, supply and sale of Iranian oil, petroleum products and petrochemical products until August 21. This was announced by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent after the completion of negotiations between representatives of Washington and Tehran in Bürgenstock, Switzerland. Bessent said that the decision was made within the framework of the agreements reached during the negotiations.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces' strike on the Voronezh plant, which the Ukrainian Armed Forces call a manufacturer of electronics for the Iskander and X-101 missiles, hit an enterprise sharing a building with the company VZPP-Mikron JSC. The Insider wrote about this company in an investigation into the supply of Taiwanese silicon for Russian military microcircuits. The Astra Telegram channel reported that Voronezh Semiconductor Device Plant - Assembly JSC (VZPP-S JSC) was attacked.

Russian TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov said that work on the construction of dams designed to protect bridges from Ukrainian attacks has been stopped in recent days. The Agency drew attention to this. Solovyov spoke about the lack of funding on the “Sunday Evening” program, criticizing the Central Bank’s decision to reduce the key rate by only 25 basis points - from 14.5 to 14.25%, as well as the head of the Central Bank Elvira Nabiullina and Deputy Chairman Alexei Zabotkin.

The International Olympic Committee has approved the redistribution of medals in the women's 800-meter race at the 2012 Olympics in London. Former Russian track and field athlete Ekaterina Gulieva lost her silver due to disqualification for violating anti-doping rules. Kenyan runner Pamela Gelimo will receive a silver medal, and American Alicia Montano will receive a bronze medal. South Africa's Caster Semenya will remain the Olympic champion.

Telecommunications companies Team Telecom Armenia and AzerTelecom signed an agreement on the transit of Internet traffic through the territories of Armenia and Azerbaijan on a commercial basis. ARKA Telecom reports this with reference to the press service of Telecom Armenia OJSC. As part of the agreement, Telecom Armenia expands the number of countries and geography of supply of international Internet traffic and ensures transit through its infrastructure in the direction of Azerbaijan.

The captain of the Argentina football team, Lionel Messi, became the top scorer in the history of the World Cup for men and women. In the group stage match of the 2026 World Cup against Austria, he scored two goals, and Argentina won with a score of 2:0 and advanced to the playoffs of the tournament ahead of schedule. Messi now has 18 goals in world championships. The first goal against Austria was the Argentine's 17th at the World Championships.

On the morning of June 22, seven earthquakes were recorded in the Black Sea, two of which were felt by residents of Sevastopol. This was announced by the “governor” of the city, Mikhail Razvozhaev, with reference to data from the Crimean seismic network. The first noticeable earthquake occurred at 06:14. Its magnitude was 3.7, the epicenter was approximately 26 km from Sevastopol. A second earthquake of magnitude 4.4 was recorded at 08:48 about 30 km from the city.

Russian drones attacked three merchant ships bound for Ukrainian ports overnight into June 22. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba said a fire broke out on a Panama-flagged vessel, killing a crew member, a 58-year-old Egyptian citizen. “Eight sailors, including citizens of Turkey and India, were forced to evacuate on a life raft. The vessel sustained significant damage and lost its seaworthiness,” Kuleba said.

In occupied Sevastopol, the movement of motorcycles, mopeds, ATVs and other light motor vehicles was prohibited from 22:00 to 06:00, as well as during the “Air raid” and “Air alert and sea danger” signals. The restrictions came into force at midnight on June 22 and will remain in effect until further notice. The occupation administration reports this. The decree was signed by the head of the city’s occupation administration, Mikhail Razvozhaev.

The Presidential Grants Fund allocated 995 thousand rubles for the “Positive Content Media Laboratory” project, aimed at training students, librarians and youth activists to create videos about traditional spiritual and moral values. Another 430 thousand rubles are declared as co-financing. The total budget of the project is 1.43 million rubles. The recipient of the grant was the autonomous non-profit organization cultural and educational center “Art and Technology”.