🇫🇷 Reaching a ceasefire in 2025 is possible—but only through massive military aid to Ukraine, says French General Nicolas Richoux.

"Putin won’t stop until he seizes all regions annexed in Russia’s Constitution. Only a large-scale Western response, not sanctions alone, can alter his calculus," he said.

A fire broke out last night at the fuel depot of the Krymsk airbase in Russia's Krasnodar Krai, according to FIRMS data analyzed by monitoring group "Crimean Wind."

🇺🇸 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for continued direct negotiations between Ukraine and Russia during a call with French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, per the State Department.

They also discussed the Middle East and reaffirmed their commitment to preventing Iran from developing or acquiring nuclear weapons.

🇷🇺 The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that, in accordance with agreements made in Istanbul, repatriation trains carrying the first batch of Ukrainian soldiers’ bodies have begun moving to the exchange site today. Russia is ready to return over 6,000 bodies.

Missile threat from Neptune cruise missiles reported in Crimea, Sevastopol, the southern coast of Crimea, and Novorossiysk

According to Russian monitoring channels: two missiles are heading towards occupied Crimea near Tarkhankut.

Following the June 5 strike on Russian Iskander-M missile system positions in Bryansk Oblast, a large group of Russian officers was eliminated — including Lt. Colonel Oleg Podozyorov, commander of a battalion in the 26th Missile Brigade.

Renewed air alarms in occupied Sevastopol as well as Krasnodar Krai.

🇩🇪 Germany plans rapid expansion of bunkers amid fears of a Russian attack within the next 4 years, reports The Guardian. Ralph Tiesler, head of the Federal Office of Civil Protection, stated Germany is currently underprepared. Of ~2,000 Cold War-era bunkers, only about 580 are operational.

🇷🇺 Alexander Bastrykin, head of Russia’s Investigative Committee, called for the creation of a military tribunal modeled after the Nuremberg Trials to prosecute Ukrainian perpetrators of so called 'attacks on civilians.'

He added that Ukrainian military and political leaders are internationally wanted, but Interpol has so far declined to cooperate.

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The “Kristall” oil depot in Engels has been burning for the third day following a reported drone strike, per ASTRA. The oil storage facility supplies fuel to Engels-2 military air base, home to Russian bombers.

🇺🇦 Ukraine faces mounting information pressure and attempts to unilaterally dictate the terms of POW exchanges, warns GUR chief Kyrylo Budanov.

He stresses that all actions follow the Istanbul agreements, and no one side should decide alone. Preparations are ongoing, and manipulations—especially on a holy day—are unacceptable.

🇱🇹 Lithuania's President Nausėda has criticized German Chancellor Merz for failing to follow through on promised sanctions against Russia after it ignored a ceasefire ultimatum.

"This undermines trust—not just in sanctions, but in all support for Ukraine," Nausėda told Bild, urging tougher EU action.

EU's 18th sanctions package is now in the works.

🇺🇦 Ukrainian forces have captured a former commander of a Russian Caspian Flotilla minesweeper. Capt. Lt. Oleksii Mamaiev was taken prisoner near Tyotkino (Kursk region), where Ukrainian troops advanced and seized Russian positions. Once commander of a Caspian minesweeper (2013), he was serving as a platoon leader in Russia’s 165th battalion at the time of capture.

🇸🇰🇪🇺 Slovakia will block any EU sanctions against Russia that harm national interests, says PM Fico.

He opposes a ban on Russian nuclear fuel imports and adds:

“I want to be a constructive player in the EU, but not at Slovakia’s expense.”