Russia-Ukraine War: List of key events, day 1 218 | Russia-Ukraine War News

Here are the key events of day 1 218 of the Russian war against Ukraine.

Here’s how things are going on Thursday, June 26:

Struggle

• The Russian air defense units destroyed two drones targeting Moscow, said the mayor of the city, Sergei Sobyanin. VNUKOVO International Airport in Moscow has suspended departures and arrivals in response to the threat, said press agencies mentioned in aviation Rosaviattsiya. Restrictions have also been in place for a while at airports along the Volga river.

• The governor of the Russian region of Voronezh, who borders Ukraine, reported that more than 40 Ukrainian drones had been destroyed throughout the day.

• In the Russia Bryansk region, also on the border, the regional governor said seven drones had been destroyed.

• The Russian Defense Ministry, in a report earlier in the evening, reported that 18 drones had been destroyed during a three -hour period in several regions extending in the center and southern Russia.

• Russian forces have taken control of the Yalta colony in eastern Ukraine Donetsk regionSaid the Russian news agency led by the State of Ria, citing the Ministry of Defense in Moscow.

Politics and diplomacy

• NATO allies have promised to Increase their annual defense expenses To a total of 5% of the gross domestic product (GDP) by 2035. In the middle of the military threat of Russia, the transatlantic military block also reaffirmed its commitment to collective defense, declaring that “an attack on one is an attack on all”.

• The President of the United States, Donald Trump, said that he would consider providing more patriotic missiles than Ukraine needs to defend himself against Russian and Russian strikes, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin “must really end this war”.

• Trump also said that he would speak to Putin “soon” at the end of the war. He also told journalists that Putin may have territorial ambitions beyond Ukraine.

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had discussed the joint drone production possible at their meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit.

• Ukraine and the organization of the Council of Europe have signed an agreement constituting the basis of a special court intended to bring justice to the senior Russian officials for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. An agreement on the issue was signed by Zelenskyy and the secretary general of the Council of Europe Alain Berset at the headquarters of the Council in Strasbourg.

• Following the signing of the Agreement in Strasbourg, Zelenskyy said that “solid political and legal courage” was required to ensure that each “Russian war criminal faces justice”, including Russian President Putin.

• The whole of NATO, including the United States, is “totally committed” to maintain Ukraine in the fight against the invasion of Russia, said the secretary general of the Alliance, Mark Rutte, in an interview.

• Putin will not go to the top of the Brics next week in Brazil due to a current arrest warrant Consulted against him by the International Criminal Court, the employee of the Kremlin foreign policy, Yuri Ushakov, said.

• Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said that the European Union had become an enemy of Russia who was a direct threat to its security, and that Moscow was now opposed to Ukraine joining the commercial and political block.

• The German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius stressed the importance of the United States as a partner in the Ukrainian conflict and said that the Allies were working to prevent Washington from losing interest, in the comments to the Driver Ard.