Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,209

This is however things basal connected Tuesday, June 17:

Battlefield

• A monolithic onslaught overnight connected Kyiv killed astatine slightest 14 radical and wounded 44, officials successful the Ukrainian superior said connected Tuesday. Russia struck 27 locations astir the metropolis with missiles and drones, damaging residential buildings, acquisition institutions and captious infrastructure facilities. Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko said a further six radical were injured successful strikes successful Odesa connected the Black Sea, and different successful Chernihiv, successful the north.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched much than 440 drones and 32 missiles astatine his country. Mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko said that a national of the United States was killed successful the city’s Solomianskyi district.
• Andriy Yermak, main of unit to Zelenskyy, slammed the Russian strikes connected residential buildings successful Kyiv, accusing Moscow of “continuing its warfare against civilians”.
• Russia’s Ministry of Defence said connected Tuesday that aerial defence units intercepted and destroyed 147 Ukrainian drones implicit Russian territory, including the Moscow region, overnight.
• Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that 2 Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow had been repelled.

Diplomacy

• • In a wide continuation of Kyiv’s bid to transportation United States President Donald Trump to driblet his enactment for Moscow, Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha declared that the onslaught connected Kyiv arsenic the G7 acme was being held successful Canada sent a awesome of disrespect to the US and different partners who person called for an extremity to the war.
  • Zelenskyy met with Austrian counterpart Alexander Van der Bellen and Chancellor Christian Stocker, and secured pledges of non-military aid. The 2 countries signed agreements connected issues similar de-mining, vigor and cybersecurity. Austria has had a argumentation of neutrality successful spot since 1955.
  • From Austria, Zelenskyy travelled to the G7 summit, wherever helium pushed for sanctions against Russia and enactment for Ukraine. Zelenskyy besides discussed buying US weapons with Trump, but added that US subject assistance was not connected the agenda.
  • Ukraine said Russia has returned the bodies of 1,245 Ukrainians killed successful the war, concluding the last signifier of a deal to repatriate much than 6,000 dormant Ukrainian soldiers, reached during 2 rounds of bid talks successful Turkiye earlier this month. Russia’s Ministry of Defence disputed the figure, saying that the bodies of 1,248 Ukrainians had been returned.
  • Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu arrived successful North Korea to conscionable with person Kim Jong Un connected Tuesday, according to Russian authorities media. Shoigu’s 2nd sojourn to Pyongyang successful 3 months regards an unspecified “special” ngo from President Putin. Kim has supplied Russia with thousands of troops and ample shipments of subject equipment, including artillery and ballistic missiles, to enactment its warfare successful Ukraine.