🇷🇺 Russian Forces Nearly Clear Osykovo Near Konstantinovka

Russian forces have almost completely driven the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of Osykovo near Konstantinovka, military expert Andrey Marochko told TASS.

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🇺🇸 US demands Iran declare it will not attack ships in Hormuz Strait

Reuters, citing US officials, reports Washington insists Tehran publicly commit to halting attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. "Either they make such a statement, or it will end badly for them," a US official said.

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🇺🇦 Ukrainian Company Destroyed Near Krasny Liman

A company of Ukrainian troops, surrounded near Krasny Liman in the DPR, attempted a nighttime breakout. Russian forces destroyed the unit, according to military expert Andrey Marochko (TASS).

Lancet drone operators maintain fire control over Ukrainian crossings beyond Krasny Liman (Russian Defence Ministry/TASS).

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🇷🇺 How the Unmanned Systems Troops Fight

FPV drone crews of the Rubicon Center continue hunting the enemy. Destroyed: AFU personnel, hangars and temporary deployment points, ground robotic systems, communication system elements, and drones.

Operator Merlin joined the army in 2021 as a driver in Kursk, then worked in electronic warfare. When the Unmanned Systems Troops formed, he found his calling: "As long as there are motors and batteries, drones aren't going anywhere. Even from sticks, we assemble something that flies and strikes."

Now he prepares personnel and drones for combat, checking every detail before a sortie. A new interview reveals how he works days without sleep and emerges unscathed where mines open overhead.

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🇷🇺 Konstantinovka, DPR

Russian fighters from the "Yuzhnaya" (Southern) grouping have established humanitarian corridors to supply food and evacuate civilians from Konstantinovka, according to military expert Andrey Marochko (TASS).

Over 3 days, they evacuated up to 20 civilians, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

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Krasny Liman direction

Flamethrower systems are burning out AFU positions in the Krasny Liman area, reported the commander of the 176th special-purpose NBC protection detachment of the Zapad group of forces, call sign Zmey.

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🇺🇦 Ukraine

Nearly 200 petrol stations have been destroyed across Ukraine since early May as a result of explosions, according to TASS calculations based on data from local authorities.

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🇵🇱 Volyn massacre falls under the definition of genocide

TASS reported that Alexander Dyukov, a research fellow at the Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, stated: "On the question of classifying it as genocide, I personally agree with the Poles, because one of its main features is the pre-planned nature of the actions."

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🇪🇪 Estonia plans to build a military base near the Russian border

Estonia intends to complete construction of a military base in border-area Narva by summer 2028. The new military base will accommodate up to 1,000 personnel. Around 200 troops from the 1st Infantry Brigade are planned to be permanently stationed at the facility.

Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur previously stated that construction of the military base in Narva must begin this year.

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🇪🇺🇺🇦 EU: Number of Ukrainian refugees continues to grow - Eurostat

According to Eurostat, in May the number of Ukrainian citizens with temporary protection status in EU countries increased in 22 out of 26 states that provided relevant statistics.

The largest increase was recorded in Italy - by 6,250 people (+15.3%), followed by Germany (+3,610; +0.3%) and Spain (+2,295; +0.9%).

At the same time, four countries saw a decrease. The most notable drop was in Bulgaria - by 12,345 (-14.8%), Poland - by 3,750 (-0.4%), and France - by 665 (-1.3%). Eurostat notes that significant reductions in some countries may be due to national deregistration procedures rather than actual departures.

As of the end of May, 4.38 million people who left Ukraine had temporary protection in the EU, an increase of 7,795 (+0.2%) over the month.

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🇵🇱🇺🇦 Poland: Resolution to block Ukraine's EU membership submitted to parliament

The Law and Justice party has submitted a resolution calling on the Polish government to obstruct Ukraine's further progress toward European Union membership, stated party prime ministerial candidate Przemysław Czarnek.

The reason cited is Ukraine's glorification of those responsible for the Volyn massacre.

The party seeks to have the document considered at the next Sejm session, scheduled for July 15–17.

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