Russia-Ukraine war live: anger continues over Putin’s pact with North Korea
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Fri, 21 Jun 2024 11:06:14 +0300
South Korea calls in the Russian ambassador and says it could supply arms to UkraineGood morning, and welcome to our Ukraine blog where the fallout from Vladimir Putins visit to North Korea and Vietnam continues.South Korea has summoned the Russian ambassador to protest over its pact with North Korea.
Two days ago the Russian president signed an agreement vowing mutual defence with North Korean leader Kim JongUn on a state visit to Pyongyang.Ukraine has said is dispatching reinforcements to Chasiv Yar, the embattled strategic hilltop town in the eastern Donetsk region, a vital flashpoint whose capture could accelerate Russian advances deeper in the industrial territory.The US will send the latest Patriot missiles rolling off the production line to Ukraine instead of other countries that ordered them, the White House said on Thursday.
Were going to reprioritise the deliveries of these exports, said John Kirby, the national security council spokesman.
It also applies to Nasams, another type of air defence missile.
Deliveries of these missiles to other countries that are currently in the queue will have to be delayed, Kirby said, though deliveries to Taiwan and Israel would not be affected.Ukrainian drones struck a Russian airbase in a second night of attacks on the Krasnodar region, reports online said.
Russian emergency officials, writing on the Telegram messaging app, confirmed three municipalities of Krasnodar came under massive attack.
The Russian journalistrun Astra social media channel reported that Yeysk, home to a military airfield, was hit by drones and there were fires afterwards, and posted eyewitness videos.
Nasa satellite fire monitoring indicated fires or hotspots at the airbase.
The Krasnodar region sits across the Kerch strait from Crimea.Ukraine can use USsupplied weapons to hit Russian forces that are firing on Ukrainian troops anywhere across the border into Russia and not just in Russian territory near Ukraines Kharkiv region, the Pentagon said.
Its selfdefence and so it makes sense for them to be able to do that, Ryder said.Volodymyr Zelenskiy has announced measures to protect Ukraines energy system, including protection for power plants under Russian fire and the development of alternative and renewable energy sources.
Drone and missile strikes have knocked out half of generating capacity since March, according to official figures.
Attacks overnight into Thursday hit four regions and cut power to more than 218,000 consumers, the energy ministry said.Zelenskiy outlined plans to develop solar energy and energy storage facilities, decentralised energy capacities, and a schedule for critical infrastructure sites to come up with alternative energy sources.
The work, he said, must be completed before winter and its increased energy demand.Russians on Thursday reported problems with processing payments at major banks after a distributed denialofservice DDoS cyberattack, Russias Kommersant newspaper reported.
The paper said the Telegram messaging app and major mobile phone networks were also affected.
The IT Army of Ukraine, a volunteer hacker group, claimed responsibility.
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