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Day 119 📌 Russian occupational authorities proposed introducing the death penalty, the mayor of occupied Melitopol said. BTW, he was abducted at the beginning of the war but later exchanged. More on the situation in Ukraine is in today's brief: sharethetruths.org/2022/06/22/war…

As a result of the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine, more than 592 🇺🇦 children have been injured, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on June 22. The figures are expected to be higher since they do not include casualties in areas where hostilities are ongoing 😔

Decisive battles are taking place on the territory of the #Sievierodonetsk and #Lysychansk agglomerations, and the 🇷🇺 leadership demands that its troops reach the administrative borders of the #Luhansk region by June 26, – says Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar.

As a result of the 🇷🇺 shelling of the beach in Chasov Yar, #Donetsk region, 1 person was killed, and 11 were injured. Among the wounded are 6 children. 🇷🇺 forces shelled #Zaporizhzhia region. As a result of the shellings, the school and a number of civilian objects were destroyed

Overnight, #Kharkiv was shelled with guided missiles; they struck college & metro station – 3 civilians killed and 7 injured. 15 civilians were killed, 16 injured as a result of 🇷🇺 shelling of the Kharkiv region. 🇷🇺 shelling killed 6 near Chuhuiv. 3 people also died near Zolochiv

🇷🇺 drones have attacked Krasnopillia in the #Sumy region. Four people were injured, two were hospitalized in serious condition, and a car was damaged.

US Attorney General Merrick B. Garland visited 🇺🇦 to reaffirm the US commitment to help identify & prosecute individuals involved in war crimes & atrocities. He announced the launch of a War Crimes Accountability Team. It will be led by the US’ top Nazi hunter Eli Rosenbaum.

Turkey is planning to host 🇷🇺, 🇺🇦, and UN officials for talks in the coming weeks aimed at resuming the export of grain that is currently stuck in Black Sea ports. The planned meeting in Istanbul will be preceded by a visit to Moscow this week by a Turkish defense delegation 🙄

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said Russia’s move to cut gas deliveries through the Nord Stream pipeline by about 60% was politically motivated and aimed at unsettling the markets 🤷‍♀️ This is affecting deliveries to France, Italy, and Austria as well as Germany.

🇷🇺 gas export monopoly Gazprom has already halted all deliveries to Poland, Bulgaria, the Netherlands, Finland & Denmark after energy companies in those countries refused to pay for deliveries in RUB. In response, some countries are planning to fire up coal-fired power stations.

President @ZelenskyyUa believes that Russia’s latest threats to Lithuania and the aggressor’s pressure on energy supplies are arguments for the adoption of the seventh package of EU sanctions against Russia 😕

As proposed by Poland, the new package of sanctions against 🇷🇺 would include suspending the export of European technologies to 🇷🇺, including so-called dual-use goods. Meanwhile, Ireland has frozen €1.72 million of assets linked to sanctioned 🇷🇺 individuals and entities.

According to the 13th National Survey on the War results, 75% of respondents believe that things in 🇺🇦 are moving in the right direction. 93% of respondents believe that 🇺🇦 will be able to repel 🇷🇺 attack. 69% of respondents believe 🇺🇦 will be able to join the EU in 5 years.

The evidence gathered by @RSF_inter indicates that the 🇺🇦 photo journalist Maks Levin & the friend who was with him were executed in cold blood by 🇷🇺 forces, probably after being interrogated and tortured, on the day they went missing, 13 March 2022 😞

The Three Seas Initiative’s (#3SI) member states have granted 🇺🇦 participating partner status to the group and supported its efforts to join the EU. The new form of partnership is addressed to potential EU member countries. 🇺🇦 is the first country to join in this way 😊

The Grand Duchy of #Luxembourg has allocated 15% of its defense budget to support the Ukrainian Army after the visit of Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel to Kyiv – President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said during a briefing 🙏

Indonesian President @jokowi will head to #Kyiv & #Moscow to push for peace and discuss the global food crisis partly caused by 🇷🇺 invasion of 🇺🇦. Jokowi will be the first Asian leader to visit the countries since the war began, said Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi.