After meeting with his general, Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that the Ukrainian troops “advanced in all directions”, “This is a happy day. I would like the guys to have more days like this,” he added. His statements were made after Ukrainian troops occupied a bridgehead near the Antoniv bridge on the left bank of the Dnieper and recaptured the village of Rivnopil.

Highlights of the war in Ukraine, day 489, LIVETEXT:

07:21 Zelenskyi on Monday praised Ukrainian troops for advancing “on all fronts” after spending a whole day handing out awards to front-line soldiers on the country’s eastern and southern fronts

07:15 The new Bulgarian government will increase military aid to Ukraine. Prime Minister Mykola Denkov’s office on Friday approved a new package of “military and military-technological” aid to Ukraine, the government’s press service reported on Monday.

00:39 Africa, one of the defiance stakes of the Wagner Group. “While we were fighting in Africa…” It was not by chance that Yevgeny Prigozhin mentioned the African continent on Saturday, June 24, in one of his Telegram posts

A brief summary of recent events:

• Vladimir Putin gave a speech on Monday night in which he said he had ordered to “avoid bloodshed” that he believed Ukraine and the West wanted in the failed uprising by the Wagner paramilitary group, thanking Russians for their “patriotism” and their unity
• Yevgeny Prigozhin sent his first message on Monday after ending the uprising that began in Russia on Saturday, insisting that his actions to lead his mercenaries to Moscow were not aimed at the Russian president. An American military analyst says that Prigozhin should avoid windows on upper floors
• Russia’s Pravda newspaper published an editorial on Monday that could be compared to an indictment, counting Russia’s partners who showed loyalty and those who betrayed during the military mutiny instigated by Prigozhin on Friday night.
• The UAE declares its full support for Putin’s actions. The President of the United Arab Emirates called Putin and declared his full support for the actions of the Russian leadership.
• “We have no choice, Russia will have to launch a nuclear attack on Europe”: RIA Novosti has published the most threatening nuclear message from Moscow to date.
• A rare absurd situation is happening in Russia: the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin has been sentenced to prison, as well as all the citizens of the country who condemned the uprising of the mercenaries of the “Wagner” PMC.
• “Remember Putin’s concept of eternal war? I think he will have to reconsider this idea.” Prigozhin’s rebellion showed that Russia has a big problem.
• British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday that his country was prepared for the scenario of a sudden collapse of Russia after media reports that contingency plans were being prepared in London.
• Benchmark natural gas prices in the European market rose sharply on Monday morning as jitters over an uprising in Russia added to worries about supply in an already volatile market.
• EU countries have agreed to increase by 3.5 billion euros the maximum value of the fund used to finance military aid to Ukraine, raising its ceiling to more than 12 billion euros.
• German banking group Deutsche Bank has informed its clients that it can no longer guarantee full access to their Russian shares, and some of them are simply disappearing.

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• Monday’s events related to Russian aggression were broadcast LIVE on HotNews.ro