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☆ Ukraine has destroyed 2 prized Russian thermobaric rocket launchers. They were taken out by US-supplied howitzers, say reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukraine appears to have destroyed two Russian thermobaric rocket launchers, using US artillery. If Ukraine continues to damage these systems, it could affect Russia's defensive capabilities, ISW said. Images of destroyed TOS-1A heavy thermobaric rocket launchers have circulated on social media from respected war-monitor platforms. —🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) June 9, 2023The thermobaric rocket launchers are mounted on top of tanks and can launch rockets up to two miles, per Forbes. Serhii Mykhalchuk/Getty ImagesAlthough Russia has a limited supply of highly destructive weapons, Russian sources have highlighted the use of them in striking Ukrainian positions in recent days, ISW said.

Persons: ISW, — Organizations: Service, Washington DC, of Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Russia, Western

☆ Reports of Russian casualties as they 'withdraw through their own minefields' driven back by Ukraine's counteroffensive, UK intel says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Isobel Van Hagen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Reports of Russian casualties as they 'withdraw through their own minefields,' per UK intel. Military progress on both sides of the conflict has been mixed in the last two days, the UK MoD said. "In some areas, Ukrainian forces have likely made good progress and penetrated the first line of Russian defenses. In others, Ukrainian progress has been slower," Britain's MoD said in a statement. "Russian performance has been mixed: some units are likely conducting credible maneuver defense operations while others have pulled back in some disorder, amid increased reports of Russian casualties as they withdraw through their own minefields," the ministry added.

Persons: —, Mykhalchuk, Sam Fellman, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Insider's Ryan Pickrell Organizations: intel, MoD, Service, UK's Ministry of Defence, Russian Airforce, CNN, US, Mine Locations: Ukraine, Donetsk Oblast, Russia, Russian, Azov

☆ Zelenskyy says 'counteroffensive, defensive actions' taking place in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds a press conference during the European Political Community (EPC) Summit in Bulboaca, on June 1, 2023. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that counteroffensive and defensive actions were underway against Russian forces, asserting that his top commanders were in a "positive" mindset as their troops engaged in intense fighting along the front line. Zelennsky said that "the counteroffensive, defensive actions are taking place in Ukraine. This is a nuclear power plant's safest operating mode. Energoatom employees are still working at the power plant, although it remains controlled by the Russians.

Persons: Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Justin Trudeau, Vladimir Putin's, Zelennsky, Trudeau, Energoatom, Natalia Humeniuk, Oleh Syniehubov, Dmytro Lunin, Lunin, Ruslan Strilets, Oleksandr Prokudin, Prokudin, Martin Griffiths, Olaf Scholz, Putin —, —, Scholz, Putin Organizations: Political, Russian, Canadian, Putin, Ukraine, Ukraine's, Staff, International Atomic Energy Agency, Emergency Service, Gov, Associated Locations: Ukraine, Bulboaca, Canada, Moscow, Ukraine's, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian, Russian, Odesa, Kharkiv, Poltava, Russia

☆ Ukraine's offensive against Russia is missing a key element because no allies sent F-16 jets fast enough: expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Kieran Corcoran | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But an expert said it will likely suffer from a significant capability gap: close air support. Because this is where they'll feel their lack of aircraft to attack those, the close air support which F-16s would do very well." Close air support is pretty much what it sounds like — aircraft working closely with ground units, usually to clear out obstacles or damage key positions or weapons so that foot soldiers and armor can advance. The F-16 has distinguished itself in the past in close air support, including in the Kosovo War, the First Gulf War and in the US invasion of Afghanistan. As a Pentagon spokesman said in a recent briefing, F-16s to Ukraine is a "long-term" endeavor and "will not be relevant to the upcoming counter offensive."

Persons: —, Michael Clarke, Per Clarke, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ryan Pickrell Organizations: Service, of, King's College London, The Times, NATO, —, Biden Administration, Pentagon Locations: Ukraine, Russian, London, Russia, Kosovo, Afghanistan

☆ Ukraine's forces are facing 'tough battles' and taking losses early in its offensive, but war experts say it has a lot left to hammer Russian lines
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

There are reports of heavy personnel and equipment losses in some sectors. Ukrainian forces gained ground in areas around Bakhmut, a city of limited strategic value that Russia only recently captured at tremendous cost. Through its counteroffensive operations, Ukraine is confronting these hardened Russian defenses with a force that while experienced is employing new weapons with, in some cases, new tactics. Ukrainian forces will suffer losses, including of both Western and Soviet equipment, during any offensive operations," ISW said. "Loss of equipment — including Western equipment — early on in the counteroffensive is not an indicator of the future progress of Ukraine's counteroffensive," it said.

Persons: —, ISW, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, ANATOLII STEPANOV, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Serhii Naiev, Yevhen, it's, Mark Hertling Organizations: Service, Ukraine, Institute for, CNN, Getty, for Strategic, International Studies, DC, Wagner Group, Joint Forces of, Armed Forces of, Operational, Publishing, US Army Locations: Bakhmut, Russia, Donetsk Oblast, Zaporizhia Oblast, Donetsk, Ukraine, AFP, Europe, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Kyiv Region, Soviet, Ukrainian

☆ Russian forces are shooting at Ukrainian rescuers trying to reach people trapped in the floods, Zelenskyy says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukrainian rescuers are being "shot at" by Russia, Zelenskyy said, after a key dam was destroyed. "As soon as our helpers try to rescue them, they are shot at," Zelenskyy told Politico in an interview published on Wednesday. Ukrainian rescuers are working to help people on the Russian-occupied east bank of the Dnipro river, he said. When our forces try to get them out, they are shot at by occupiers from a distance," Zelenskyy said. A view shows flooded residential buildings after the Nova Kakhovka dam breach, in Kherson, Ukraine June 8, 2023.

Persons: Zelenskyy, —, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Smilianets Zelenskyy, Nova Kakhovka, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Service, Politico, REUTERS, Tass, Guardian Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Dnipro, Kherson, Kherson region, Russian, Nova

☆ Tucker Carlson called Ukraine's Jewish leader Zelenskyy 'rat-like' on his Twitter show, repeating a well-worn antisemitic trope
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Haven Orecchio-Egresitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In his new Twitter show, Tucker Carlson called Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy "rat-like." Tucker Carlson kicked off his new Twitter show with an antisemitic trope. During the debut of his show, the recently ousted Fox News host called Ukraine's Jewish president "rat-like" — repeating an age-old slur used against Jews. "Ukraine, as you may have heard, is led by a man called Zelenskyy. The slur of depicting Jews as vermin dates back to the early 20th century, The Guardian reported in 2015.

Persons: Tucker Carlson, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Carlson, —, Vladimir Putin, oligarch, BlackRock, George Soros, Soros, Carlson didn't Organizations: Ukraine, Fox News, NBC News, Guardian, Defamation League, Twitter, Israeli, Haaretz Locations: Russian, Southern Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russia, Ukraine, Nazi Germany, Nazi

☆ Ukraine is kicking off its big offensive armed with powerful Western tanks and weapons, but breaking Russian lines may be anything but easy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Ukrainians are armed with Western weapons, including tanks and armored vehicles, but they are facing tough Russian defenses. There appear to be Ukrainian offensive operations against Russian defenses in the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk oblasts, among other locations along the front lines. As some experts have said, the stakes for the Ukrainian offensive are high. Unlike last summer's sweeping offensive around Kharkiv, Ukrainian forces are facing much more heavily defended positions. The think tank added, as Russia makes claims of thwarting Ukraine's offensive, that "the success or failure of this phase may not be apparent for some time."

Persons: —, Klaus, Dietmar Gabbert, Mark Milley, Laurent van der, ISW, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, Ukrainian, Washington Post, Financial Times, Kyiv hasn't, ABC News, NBC, Institute for, Bundeswehr, Getty Images, US, Joint Chiefs of Staff, CNN, New York Times, 81st Airmobile Battalion, Le Monde, Russian Ministry of Defense, Wall Locations: Ukraine, Donetsk, Russia, Russian, Klietz, Germany, Ukrainian, Kharkiv, Seversk, Novopokrovka

☆ Floods from the dam Russia is accused of destroying also wiped out its own defensive positions, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Flooding from the Kakhovka dam destruction is harming Russia's defensive positions, experts said. Kyiv says Russia of blew up the dam to harm Ukraine — but it may have had unintended consequences. "The flood also destroyed Russian minefields along the coast, with footage showing mines exploding in the flood water," the ISW added. The Kakhovka dam, which is upstream from Kherson, was damaged on Tuesday, releasing a torrent of water from its reservoir. Western countries have condemned Russia in broad terms since its destruction but haven't explicitly said it deliberately destroyed the dam.

Persons: —, Hola, ISW, haven't, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy Organizations: Institute for, Service, Russian, Russia, NBC, Ukrainian Presidential, AP Ukraine, Politico Locations: Kyiv, Russia, Ukraine, Dnipro, Russian, Ukrainian, Kherson —, Reuters, Kherson, Kakhovka, Kherson region

☆ Video shows floods pouring into southern Ukraine's war zone after a major dam was blown up, sparking a new flashpoint in the war
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Kakhovka dam was destroyed on Tuesday, releasing a flood of water into southern Ukraine. Footage shows torrents of water from the Kakhovka Reservoir draining rapidly into the Dnipro River. "The Russian occupation troops destroyed the Kashkova hydroelectric station," said the Southern Command of Ukraine's forces on its Facebook page. The Kakhovka Reservoir holds around 18.2 cubic kilometers of water, or 4 trillion gallons. The Kakhovka Reservoir also supplies water to millions of people in Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014.

Persons: —, Vladimir Leontyev, Leontyev, Vladimir Solovyov, Mark Hertling, Hertling, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, he's, Oleksandr Prokudin Organizations: Service, Southern Command, Kremlin, International Atomic Energy Agency, United States Army, US Seventh Army, Cornucopia, National Security and Defense Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Russian, Kherson, Dnipro, Novaya Kakhovka, Crimea, United States Army Europe, Kyiv, Swedish, Moscow, Ukrainian, Geneva

☆ Engineers modeled the disastrous flood that would follow a key dam in Ukraine being destroyed. The reality is even worse, they say.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Engineers predicted what would happen if Ukraine's Kakhovka Nova dam was breached. The dam was breached for real on Tuesday, and the reality is worse than predicted, one said. Russia and Ukraine are blaming each other for destroying the dam. In the wake of the news, animated maps created in October last year by Swedish engineers Dämningsverket have widely recirculated on social media. He told Insider: "The real dam break looks worse than the scenario I modeled because of higher water levels in the reservoir than what I had anticipated."

Persons: —, Dämningsverket, Henrik Ölander, Hjalmarsson, I'm, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Engineers, Service, New Civil, New York Times Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Kherson —

☆ The destruction of a major Ukrainian dam could have grave consequences. Here’s what we know so far
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Sam Meredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

A partially flooded area of Kherson on June 6, 2023, following damage sustained at the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam. "The destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam only confirms for the whole world that they must be expelled from every corner of Ukrainian land. "As a result of detonation of the engine room from the inside, the Kakhovskaya [hydroelectric power plant] was completely destroyed. 'No immediate risk' to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plantThe U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said it was closely monitoring the situation at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Europe's largest nuclear power station.

Persons: Dmitry Peskov, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy, Ukrhydroenergo, Nova Kakhovka, Peter Stano, Jens Stoltenberg, meanwhile, Rafael Grossi, Grossi, Carl Court Organizations: Anadolu Agency, Getty, Google, Tass, CNBC, NBC News, Internal Affairs Ministry, Afp, National Security and Defense Council, European Commission, Ukraine, European Union, NATO, Twitter, International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Carl Locations: Russian, Ukraine's Kherson, Ukraine, Nova Kakhovka, Moscow, Nova, Crimean, Russia, Kherson, Ukrainian, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia

☆ Video from Ukraine shows an entire house washed away in floods after a crucial dam was destroyed
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A video shared online shows a house being washed down the Dnipro River. An expert told Insider the dam explosion is a "disaster" and will cause catastrophic flooding. The video, which was first published on Telegram and has since been verified by the BBC, shows the red roof of the large house as it is flushed down the Dnipro River. The house in the video was later identified by BBC reporter Adam Robinson, who shared aerial pictures of it from June 2020. Dr. Stephen Hall, a politics lecturer at the University of Bath, told Insider that the explosion is a "humanitarian disaster" that will have several implications in the weeks to come.

Persons: —, Adam Robinson, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Dmitry Peskov, Al Jazeera, Stephen Hall Organizations: Service, Reuters, The Guardian, BBC, Kremlin, University of Bath, Dnipro Locations: Russian, Kherson, Dnipro, Ukraine, Nova, Russia, Ukrainian

☆ Ukraine accuses Russia of blowing up dam to put a massive natural obstacle in the way of its counteroffensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A huge dam in Ukraine was breached on Tuesday, creating a natural disaster. Ukraine said Russia blew up the damn to try and hamper Ukraine's counteroffensive. An expert said the flood will make it harder to Ukraine to reach occupied territory over the Dnipro river. Podolyak's comment suggests he thinks Russia would struggle to keep Ukraine back without taking such action. Russia and Ukraine both warned earlier in the war that the other side may target the dam.

Persons: —, Mykhailo Podolyak, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Podolyak, Andrii Yermak, Sergey Radchenko, Vladimir Leontiev, Nova Kakhovka, Zelenskyy, Mustafa Nayyem, Oleksandr Prokudin, Yermak Organizations: Service, Twitter, Russia, BBC, Johns Hopkins School, International, Politico, Kremlin, NATO, Ukraine's State Agency for Restoration, Infrastructure Development, International Atomic Energy Agency Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Dnipro, Nova, Crimea, Kherson, Europe

☆ Mines are being swept away in the floodwaters and exploding after a key dam in Ukraine was destroyed
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Paul Squire | Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An explosion at a dam in Ukraine caused a flood that is submerging towns downstream. Ukrainian officials warned that mines are being swept away by the flood. Ukraine accused Russian forces of blowing up Kakhovka dam to cause havoc and slow a military attack. The Kakhovka Dam is located upstream of Kherson. Russian officials, meanwhile, blamed Ukraine for the sabotage.

Persons: —, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrhydroenergo, Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, Emergency Service, International Atomic Energy Agency Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Ukraine's, Dnipro, Kyiv, Kherson, Crimea, Ukrainian, Europe

☆ CIA was warned of a high-level Ukrainian plot to sabotage Nord Stream pipeline months before it was attacked: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The CIA received intelligence on Ukrainian plans to attack Nord Stream months before the pipeline was sabotaged. Details about the planning was included in intelligence leaked online and obtained by The Washington Post. In the wake of the blasts that severely damaged the Nord Stream pipeline, President Joe Biden declared the incident a "deliberate act of sabotage" and said the US and its partners were working to "get to the bottom" of what exactly happened. Though Kyiv is a suspect in the attack on the Nord Stream pipeline, Russia, which has blamed the West, has also been identified as a potential suspect with the means and some motives to conduct such an attack. A senior European diplomat told The Post that when European and NATO policymakers meet, the attitude among them is generally: "Don't talk about Nord Stream."

Persons: —, Valerii, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Joe Biden Organizations: CIA, The Washington Post, Service, Washington Post, Air National Guard, Post, Ukraine's, New York Times, NATO, Kyiv Locations: Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russia, Germany, Kyiv, Nord, Russian, Baltic, European

☆ Ukraine posts ominous video saying nobody should be talking about its counteroffensive: 'Plans love silence'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ukraine posted a video saying nobody should be talking about its counteroffensive plans. The short, ominous clip shows various soldiers putting a finger to their lips. In the slickly-produced, 35-second clip, various Ukrainian soldiers in the field look to the camera and raise a finger to their lips. Beyond military secrecy, the video — subtitled in English — also appears to be aimed at reassuring Western allies, who have poured resources into Ukraine for its keenly-anticipated counteroffensive. Ukraine's MOD produced a rousing video at the end of May that also seemed aimed at galvanizing anticipation for the operation.

Persons: —, Defense Oleksii Reznikov, Reznikov's, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, Defense, Street Journal, Ukraine, MOD, — Locations: Ukraine, Russia

☆ Oleksandr Zinchenko returns to Ukraine for first time since war broke out
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Ukrainian soccer star Oleksandr Zinchenko says his first trip back to his home country since the Russian invasion has been hard to comprehend. But in my head, there are a lot of thoughts.”Violence continues to be the reality for many across Ukraine. Rebuilding a schoolBoth Zinchenko and Shevchenko visited the school in Chernihiv Oblast, north of Kyiv, which had been damaged by a Russian missile. “I use every chance in public and using interviews to remind people that the war is still going on in Ukraine,” he says. The meeting was also an opportunity to discuss the charity match, which will see both Zinchenko and Shevchenko lead opposing teams.

Persons: Oleksandr Zinchenko, “ It’s, ”, I’ve, I’m, Volodymyr Zelenskyy –, Andriy Shevchenko, Shevchenko, “, ” Shevchenko, Zinchenko, ” Zinchenko, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, He’s, he’s, “ We’re, Zelensky, ” Zinchekno Organizations: CNN, Arsenal, Premier League, CNN Sport, UNITED, Chelsea’s, Manchester City, Manchester United Locations: Ukrainian, Ukraine, Russian, Chelsea’s Stamford, London, Chernihiv Oblast, Kyiv

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke in Finland Friday about peace talks in Ukraine. "The prerequisite for meaningful diplomacy and real peace is a stronger Ukraine," he said. Blinken described the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a catastrophic strategic failure for Moscow that had strengthened NATO, the European Union and Ukraine. Ukrainian officials acknowledged their forces were responsible and claimed Russian ships were evacuating the port. The U.K. Ministry of Defense said the incursions could be a Ukrainian strategy to disperse Russian forces before a counteroffensive.

Persons: Antony Blinken, —, Blinken, Potemkin, Grigory Potemkin, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy, Putin, Dmitry Peskov, Washington, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Serhii Popko, Denis Pushilin, Vyacheslav Gladkov, Roman Starovoit, Alexander Bogomaz Organizations: Service, —, Kremlin, NATO, European Union, General's, Gov, Russia Legion, Air, Ministry of Defense Locations: Finland, Ukraine, United States, Russia, China, Moscow, Kyiv, Crimean, Sweden, Baltic, Beijing, Brazil, Western, Azov, Berdyansk, Russian, Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian, Ukraine's, Donetsk province, Russia's Belgorod, Belgorod, Kursk, Russia's Bryansk, Russia's, Smolensk, Belarus

☆ Zelenskyy says Ukraine is ready for its counteroffensive but warns that 'a large number of soldiers will die'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Peter Gelling | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the WSJ that Ukraine is ready for its counteroffensive. Zelenskyy said he would like to wait for more support from allies but isn't willing to wait "for months." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told The Wall Street Journal that his country was ready to start re-taking territory from the Russians. He told the WSJ that he expects that "a large number of soldiers will die." It's in this context that Ukraine, which has been collecting weapons from its allies for months, will mount its much-anticipated counteroffensive.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy, —, Wagner, Bakhmut Organizations: WSJ, Service, Wall Street Journal, Wagner Group Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Bakhmut, Russian

☆ Ukraine war live updates: Zelenskyy ramps up pressure for NATO membership; Russia says its border villages shelled
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Natasha Turak | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

NATO allies are left to deliberate Ukraine's membership to the alliance, following a major European security summit in Moldova that saw Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy push for his country's ability to join the Western defense organization. The prospect of Ukraine's NATO membership is a contentious one over which member states are sharply divided, with many fearing further retaliation from Moscow. It is virtually impossible for a state to join NATO while that country is currently at war or has part of its territory occupied by a non-NATO adversarial state, given the risk that would pose to the rest of the members. Meanwhile, Kyiv's military reports it shot down more than 30 Russian missiles and drones in an early morning attack, and Russian authorities in the country's western border regions say some of their villages have been shelled by Ukrainian forces.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: NATO Locations: Moldova, Moscow, Russian, Ukrainian

☆ 'Everyone can see the reality' in Ukraine except for Putin, UK defense minister says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shake hands after a meeting, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 10, 2022. British Defense Minister Ben Wallace on Friday said Vladimir Putin is "at risk of losing everything" if Russia does not withdraw its forces from Ukraine. In a busy week for diplomacy, European leaders met in Moldova in recent days for the European Political Community summit, attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Defense ministers from around the world gathered in Singapore on Friday for the Shangri-La Dialogue Defense Summit. Moscow was meanwhile hit by drone strikes earlier this week, with President Vladimir Putin claiming the attacks targeted Russian civilians, while the country's foreign ministry vowed to respond with "the harshest possible measures."

Persons: Ben Wallace, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Wallace, it's, CNBC's, CNBC's Sri Jegarajah Organizations: British, European, Ukrainian, NATO, Dialogue Defense, CNBC, Storm, U.K, CNBC's Sri, UN Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Russia, Moldova, Oslo, Singapore, Ukrainian, Russian, Moscow

☆ The Pentagon will pay for SpaceX's Starlink in Ukraine months after Elon Musk complained and asked it to pick up the bill
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Pentagon announced Thursday it will pay SpaceX for Ukraine to use its Starlink service, per Bloomberg. It comes after Elon Musk complained that donated terminals were costing his company too much money. The European Union had previously considered stepping in too, over concerns Musk could stop the vital service on a whim. But in October, Musk grew concerned over how much the operation was costing SpaceX, which had donated Starlink units to Ukraine. The billionaire said "only a small percentage" of Starlink terminals had been paid for, and the cost would exceed $100 million by the end of 2022.

Persons: Elon Musk, —, Starlink, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Musk, SpaceX Organizations: Pentagon, SpaceX, Bloomberg, European Union, Service, Wired, CNN, Politico, Department of Defense, Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, Financial Times Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Union, Ukrainian

☆ Zelenskyy: We need unity through our alliance with Europe
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailZelenskyy: We need unity through our alliance with EuropeUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on the prospect of Ukraine joining NATO and said that the alliance's Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, was supportive of the idea.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Jens Stoltenberg Organizations: Europe Ukrainian, NATO, alliance's Locations: Ukraine

☆ Moscow does not have a 'veto against NATO enlargement,' NATO's Stoltenberg says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a press conference to present the next North Atlantic Council (NAC) Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on April 3, 2023. Kenzo Tribouillard | AFP | Getty ImagesNATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that all NATO allies agree that Russia cannot prevent Ukraine's eventual membership of the military alliance. Speaking to reporters ahead of an informal meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Oslo, Stoltenberg said all allies agreed that "NATO's door is open for new members." "All allies also agree that Ukraine will become a member of the alliance, and all allies agree that it is for the NATO allies and Ukraine to decide when Ukraine becomes a member," he said. "It is not for Moscow to have a veto against NATO enlargement, but most importantly, all allies agree that the most urgent and important task now is to ensure that Ukraine prevails as a sovereign, independent nation.

Persons: Jens Stoltenberg, Kenzo Tribouillard, Stoltenberg, Vladimir, Putin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy Organizations: NATO, North Atlantic Council, NAC, Foreign Affairs, AFP, Getty, Political Locations: Brussels, Russia, Oslo, Ukraine, Moscow, Vilnius, Lithuania, EU, NATO, Moldova, Europe

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