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#Russia expands military presence in the #Arctic and prepares a foothold for further expansion, according to Andrii Cherniak, representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine. Amid global warming and the emergence of new strategic opportunities in the Arctic, particularly pic.x.com/6k1OW9QWXW

💔 After more than 39 hours of search and rescue operations, emergency teams have completed their work at the site of one of the worst Russian attacks on Kyiv since the start of the full-scale war. At this single location in Solomianskyi district, rescuers recovered the bodies pic.x.com/kSFy6Vj2wC

As of 1 p.m. on June 18, rescue workers are still clearing the rubble in Kyiv. So far, 26 people are confirmed dead and 134 injured as a result of Russia’s June 17 attack. Yesterday, rescuers found the body of a son whose parents had spent the entire day waiting for news about pic.x.com/YXvZK0Bn3O

NEW: Russian forces conducted an at least platoon-sized mechanized assault in the Toretsk direction on June 17. Geolocated footage published on June 17 shows that Russian forces conducted a mechanized assault west of Yablunivka (west of Toretsk) with at least three armored pic.x.com/lWajNW4POE