Digest June 5: Destruction of Russian air defence and loan from USA

06.06.2024

According to Jake Sullivan, we can expect the next US military aid package for Ukraine “in the coming weeks”.

“AFU destroyed 2 Pantsyr air defense systems, a command post and a drone control center”, — Pletenchuk.

“Russia’s victory in Ukraine will be more expensive for the West than the current aid to Kyiv!”, — Boris Pistorius.

The US is ready to lead a loan of $50bn to Ukraine repaid by profits from frozen Russian assets if the EU can indefinitely extend sanctions against Moscow, — Financial Times.

“Germany should be ready for war against Russia by 2029. At the same time, three topics are of central importance – personnel, technology and finances”, — Boris Pistorius.

Democrats in the US Congress expressed hope that all restrictions on the use of weapons against Russia will be lifted, — Voice of America.

GUR actually paralyzed the work of a number of Russian state institutions and large companies. Our “cybers” are now conducting a large-scale DDoS attack, — UP.

“Zelenskyy and Biden will meet twice: during the celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy, and next week – in Italy on the sidelines of G7 summit”, — Jake Sullivan.

China’s “Peace Plan” to settle the war in Ukraine has been supported by more than 20 countries, — Bloomberg.

Ukrainian prisoners are brutally beaten by employees of SIZO-2 in the Voronezh region, — Gulagu net.

“The enemy is trying to advance in 4 directions: despite the difficult situation, there are chances to change it in our favor”, — Syrskyi.

Mike Johnson believes that the current authorizations for AFU to use US weapons from the Biden Administration are not enough, — Voice of America.

France requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on Ukraine on June 7.

“Ukraine will receive €300 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to support the energy sector”, — Prime Minister Shmyhal.

“We began to regularly notice air objects on the border with Russia. We won’t go into details about which ones. The threat of Russian hybrid influence remains real”, – Finnish Border Guard.

Ukrainian officials are pressing the U.S. and other countries to ramp up their F-16 pilot training, saying the current pipeline isn’t producing enough aviators, — Politico.

Author: Tetiana Stelmakh | View all publications by the author