● Russian general Surovikin detained and interrogated – report
Russian General Sergey Surovikin has been interrogated over several days regarding his ties to Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Wagner Group, Bloomberg reported on June 29, citing informed sources.
● Russia’s FSB and Ministry of Defense locked in intensifying conflict – Ukrainian intelligence
The ongoing conflict between two of Russia's main security forces – the FSB security service and the Defense Ministry – has escalated and is now in an “active phase,” Ukrainian Military Intelligence spokesman Andrii Chernyak said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine on June 29.
● Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrives in Kyiv
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in Kyiv on June 29, to join the International Working Group on the ecological damage from the war and assess the environmental impact of military actions, including from the destruction of the Kakhovka HPP and reservoir.
● US inclined to supply Ukraine with ATACMS missiles – report
The United States is reportedly on the verge of approving the transfer of Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS), a long-range missile system, to Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reported on June 29, citing several U.S. and EU officials.
● Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina in hospital after Kramatorsk missile strike
Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina was injured and hospitalized as a result of a Russian missile strike on Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, on June 27, PEN Ukraine, a civic organization of Ukrainian authors, confirmed on Facebook on June 29.
● Russian-built dam near occupied Tokmak causes flooding, satellite imagesshow
Russian invasion forces have built a dam on the outskirts of occupied Tokmak in Zaporizhzhya Oblast, presumably to use flooding tactics against Ukraine's counter-offensive, open-source investigative outfit Bellingcat reported on June 29.
● Zelenskyy’s office calls out Russia's threatto destroy Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant
There is a possibility that the Russian military will destroy the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant, as the aggressor state has a "propensity for terrorist warfare," advisor to the head of the President’s Office Mykhailo Podolyak said on June 29.
An absolute majority of Ukrainians – 78% – have close relatives or friends who have been injured or killed due to the Russian invasion of the country, according to a Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) survey released on June 29.
● Macron says NATO should ‘give shape’ to Ukraine's accession prospects
French President Emmanuel Macron has called on NATO to "shape" Ukraine's future accession and put it on a "concrete" path to post-war membership in the alliance, pan-European news website Euractiv reported on June 29.
● Only one-third of Russians would reverse Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine, survey shows
Only 35% of Russian citizens would reverse Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s decision to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to the results of a new survey conducted by the Russian Field sociological company on June 16-19.