Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said on Friday that Russia plans to simulate a major accident at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, controlled by pro-Moscow forces, to try to thwart a long-planned Ukrainian counteroffensive to retake Russian-controlled territory. The number of victims of the Russian missile attack on a clinic in the city of Dnipro in the east of Ukraine has increased to two dead and more than 30 injured, media reports.

Highlights of the war in Ukraine, day 458, LIVETEXT:

08:37 Ukrainian troops intercepted five “Orlan-10” drones and two “Zala” drones, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a Saturday morning briefing.

01:07Germany will move its Patriot missile defense system, currently based in Slovakia, to Lithuania to protect a NATO summit scheduled for July in Vilnius, the country’s defense ministry said in a statement cited by Reuters on Friday.

Germany has deployed two Patriot units in Slovakia and three in Poland.

23:56“Absolutely sick creatures”: Zelensky condemned the rocket attack on the Dnipro hospital

President Zelensky condemned those behind Russia’s deadly missile strike on a medical clinic in Dnipro, calling them “absolutely sick creatures,” Sky News reports.

He also says that two people have died and more than 30 have been injured.

A brief summary of recent events:

• VIDEO The first video of the cross-border raid in Belgorod. Legion “For the will of Russia”: the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hid behind trees and fences
• The Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine (GUR) reported that in the coming hours, the Russian occupiers are preparing a large-scale provocation by simulating an accident at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZAEP), Ukrainska Pravda reports.
• On Friday, Vladimir Putin said he was “completely surprised” by anti-Kremlin demonstrations in Georgia as Russia restored air links with the pro-Western country.
• Solovyov calls for a nuclear attack on England, Medvedev and Patrushev talk about a nuclear apocalypse / What is really hidden behind such speeches?
• Refusal to support Ukraine will signal China’s seizure of Taiwan – a US senator
• According to videos on social media and Ukrainian and pro-Russian officials, explosions were reported in Russian-controlled Mariupol on Friday night, with the latter saying Ukraine had fired two long-range missiles, CNN and Ukrainian Pravda reported.
• Nord Stream pipelines: New clues in the German investigation lead to Ukraine, Der Spiegel reports

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Friday’s events regarding Russian aggression were broadcast LIVE on HotNews.ro