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The fact of the day
Ukraine struck a Sukhoi Su-57 (Su-57) fighter stationed at the Akhtubinsk airfield in Russia’s Astrakhan region located nearly 600 km from the Russian-Ukrainian border. This neutralization of a Su-57 “is a first in history,” said the Ukrainian military intelligence service GUR
Ukraine’s intelligence agency also released satellite images before and after the attack, showing fire damage and debris around an Su-57 parked at an airfield. She did not specify how the attack was carried out, and did not directly claim responsibility. A Source within the Ukrainian intelligence services, however, told AFP that the GUR had carried out the strike with Ukrainian-made combat drones.
Sentence of the day
“ I want to emphasize that this offensive [russe] in Kharkiv stalled. Kharkiv remains threatened but the Russians have not gained ground in recent days in this area. » »
These are the words of the White House national security adviser. Jake Sullivan, who gave an interview to CBS, stressed that he saw this in particular as a consequence of the green light given by Washington to the Ukrainians to strike in Russia, on the other side of the border. “From the president’s point of view [Joe Biden], it’s just common sense. What was happening around Kharkiv was a Russian offensive where they were going from one side of the border to the other, and it made no sense not to let the Ukrainians strike across that border,” Jake Sullivan further explained to CBS.
The number of the day
2. This is, according to the official report from the Ukrainian authorities, the number of victims of Russian strikes in Ukraine this Sunday. One person died in the village of Khotimlya in the Kharkiv region, where a school and several houses were targeted. In the Kherson region, a residential area was targeted, killing one person.
Today’s trend
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is traveling to Russia on Monday and Tuesday, where he is due to meet with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, his ministry announced on Sunday. The latest developments in Ukraine and Gaza but also in Syria, Libya and the South Caucasus must be addressed during this visit, according to a press release from the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
During the visit of the head of Turkish diplomacy to Moscow, particular attention will be paid to “economic cooperation” between Moscow and Ankara. “The common desire of both parties to increase mutual investments continues,” underlines the press release from the Turkish ministry.
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In Moscow, Hakan Fidan, who visited China this week, is also due to attend a meeting of Brics foreign ministers due to take place in Nizhni-Novgorod on June 11. Around twenty countries including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa and Turkey were invited to participate in this meeting.
