Notices by Russia-Ukraine Daily News (rvps2001@mastodon.social)

🇮🇪 MEPs will vote next week on a resolution calling for a ban on Irish alumina exports to #Russia

It comes as the Government finalises an investigation into the Aughinish Alumina plant in Co Limerick which exports half of its product to Russia where it is smelted into aluminium.

https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/07/03/meps-to-vote-on-resolution-calling-for-ban-on-irish-exports-of-alumina-to-russia/

#ireland

🇷🇺 Searches for “when will the SVO [special military operation] end” on Yandex hit their highest level since #Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Telegram channel Mozhem obiasnit (“We Can Explain”) reported.

https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/06/30/record-numbers-of-russians-are-searching-the-internet-for-when-the-war-in-ukraine-will-end

🇺🇦🇩🇰 #Ukraine and #Denmark discussed a potential drone cooperation agreement and expanded efforts to strengthen anti-ballistic capabilities during a June 29 meeting between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Danish Defense Minister Jeppe Bruus, who was visiting Ukraine for the first time since his appointment.

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-denmark-drone-deal-anti-ballistic-capabilities/

🇷🇺 A Russian team may be allowed to participate at a #FIFA event for the first time since Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine after soccer's global authority said its inaugural U-15 World Cup and Festival, set to be held in Azerbaijan in October, is open to all FIFA member associations.

https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/inaugural-u-15-world-cup-festival-may-mark-russian-return-fifa-events-2026-06-25/

#russia

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 The Freedom of #Russia Legion announced that it had carried out Operation "Torch" on the territory of the Russian Federation, during which six gas distribution stations in Russia's Moscow and Tver regions were put out of operation.

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4137154-freedom-of-russia-legion-disables-six-gas-distribution-stations-in-moscow-and-tver-regions.html

🇺🇲🇷🇺 An aspiring MAGA influencer’s Russian friend turns out to be an FSB officer with ties to the Wagner Group

Elizabeth Lane, who has called America “the cancer of the world,” appears to have close personal ties to Dmitry Grizdak.

https://theins.press/en/inv/294041

#russia #usa

🇷🇺 #Putin is becoming increasingly deluded about both the Russian military’s progress on the ground in #Ukraine and the scale of its technological advances, according to two former senior #Kremlin officials cited in a report by the Financial Times on Monday.

https://novayagazeta.eu/en/articles/2026/06/23/former-top-officials-say-putin-being-misled-about-progress-of-war-as-russian-advances-in-ukraine-slow-en-news

#russia

🇺🇦 Ukrainian law enforcement authorities have detained a 34-year-old man suspected of acting as an intermediary in an alleged Russian-backed plot to assassinate a senior military intelligence official, the Prosecutor General's Office said on June 23.

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-detains-alleged-intermediary-in-russian-backed-plot-to-assassinate-senior-military-intelligence-official-the/

#ukraine

🇺🇲 Clothing and gear from the tactical brand 5.11, procured for Russian military personnel taking part in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, is being imported into #Russia through Latvian, Hong Kong, and Polish firms, The Insider has found.

https://theins.press/en/news/294015

#usa

🇭🇺 #Hungary has delayed a key procedural step needed to push forward the EU membership bids of #Ukraine and Moldova, Politico reports.

https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-delay-eu-membership-ukraine-moldova/

💬 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged authorities in neighbouring #Belarus for the second day running to dismantle relay stations he said were playing a role in staging Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian regions.

https://www.reuters.com/world/zelenskiy-again-urges-belarus-dismantle-relay-stations-2026-06-20/

#ukraine #russia

🇷🇺 #Russia’s labour market no longer requires the number of university graduates currently being produced, Russia’s Education and Science Minister Valery Falkov said on Thursday, noting that the demand for university places that had built up over recent decades simply no longer reflected the country’s economic reality.

https://novayagazeta.eu/en/articles/2026/06/19/russia-no-longer-needs-so-many-graduates-countrys-education-minister-warns-en-news

🇺🇸 #Trump's interim deal to end the #Iran war met scorching public criticism from some of his fellow Republicans as copies of the signed agreement circulated on Capitol Hill on Thursday.

One Republican senator called the framework pact announced this week the "worst foreign policy blunder in decades."

https://www.reuters.com/world/republicans-blast-trumps-iran-agreement-details-emerge-2026-06-18/

#usa #iranWar

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 A fire broke out at an oil depot in #Russia's Krasnodar Krai overnight on June 16 following a drone attack, local authorities said.

https://kyivindependent.com/drone-attack-sparks-fire-oil-depot-russia-krasnodar-krai/

#ukraine

🇪🇺 A special committee of the European Parliament is set to investigate its pro-Russian Luxemburger, Fernand Kartheiser, for potential breaches of parliamentary rules linked to his ties to #Russia, according to a letter first seen by the Kyiv Independent on June 15.

https://kyivindependent.com/exclusive-european-parliament-to-scrutinize-its-most-pro-russian-member/

🇬🇧 British police say they stopped the far-right activist Tommy Robinson and seized his phones as he returned from a trip to #Russia

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jun/14/police-stop-tommy-robinson-way-back-london-from-russia

🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukrainian military personnel struck a Russian Black Sea Fleet facility in temporarily occupied Sevastopol overnight on 10-11 June. The Ukrainian Navy said the attack was carried out using a domestically produced Neptune coastal missile system.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/06/11/8038898/

#ukraine #russia

🇺🇸🇺🇦 The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday said it voted to extend U.S. security assistance for #Ukraine and increase authorized funding to $750 million, the latest pushback from Congress against the Trump administration's pullback on aid for Kyiv as it fights a Russian invasion.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-lawmakers-seek-750-mln-ukraine-rename-pentagon-department-war-defense-bill-2026-06-11/

#usa

🇪🇺🇷🇺 EU imports of Russian liquefied natural gas from the Yamal project increased by nearly 18% in the first five months of 2026, according to a report by environmental and sanctions-monitoring NGO Urgewald shared with the Kyiv Independent.

https://kyivindependent.com/russian-arctic-lng-imports-to-eu-rise-despite-ban-as-loophole-persists/

#europe #russia

🇩🇪🇺🇦 #Germany will contribute an additional 300 million euros to the Czech-led initiative supplying artillery ammunition to #Ukraine, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced on June 9 during talks with his Czech counterpart in Berlin.

https://kyivindependent.com/germany-pledges-300-million-euros-to-czech-ammo-initiative/