Searches at former Yermak deputy's, three security agreements at once, probable suicide attempt in Kyiv metro: June 27 highlights
The advisor to the Minister of Defense, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, was searched in the case of "leaked" NABU documents. Ukraine signed security agreements with the EU, Lithuania and Estonia. In the Kyiv metro, a man was hit by a train, presumably after attempting suicide. We have collected the main news for June 27.
Searches at former Yermak deputy’s
The former deputy head of the Office of the President and the current adviser to the Minister of Defense, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, was searched in connection with "leaked" NABU documents.
Investigative actions took place near Bigoli restaurant in Kyiv. Tymoshenko himself was in a car around which NABU detectives were working. As the ex-deputy head of the President's Office later said, his phone and other gadgets were taken from him.
He asserted that he has nothing to do with the case being investigated by the law enforcement officers, and they seem to have no claims against him personally.
Ukraine signed three security agreements at once
During the summit of EU leaders, Ukraine signed a security agreement with the European Union, as well as with Estonia and Lithuania.
The agreement between Ukraine and the EU for the first time establishes multilateral long-term commitments of all 27 EU member states for the next 10 years to provide support to Kyiv in all key areas — military, financial, humanitarian and political.
Meanwhile, Estonia, according to the agreement with Ukraine, will provide defense aid worth more than €100 million in 2024 and allocate at least 0.25% of GDP every year in 2024-2027 to military support for Ukraine.
Lithuania will also aim to annually provide defense support to Ukraine in the amount of 0.25% of GDP, and in the future will resume its military training mission on Ukrainian territory.
A probable suicide attempt in the Kyiv metro
A 30-35-year-old man was hit by a train in the Kyiv metro, at the Universytet station. The emergency services said that the victim was under the first carriage of the train with his legs trapped, but they were not amputated.
According to the driver of the train, it was a suicide attempt. The man was hospitalized in a state of shock, he is alive.
Ukrenergo commented on the export of electricity
Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, the head of the board of NPC Ukrenergo in an interview with hromadske, said that there has been a period of constant power shortage in the grid for over a month, so Ukraine does not export electricity. Physical flows of electricity from Ukraine are shown on social media, but this is not export, he asserts.
In addition, Kudrytskyi said that the Cabinet of Ministers is working on the possibility of not turning off the power for part of the front-line territories, where the humanitarian situation is difficult, and there is a real threat to life due to shelling.
NYT: NATO plans "mission for Ukraine"
The New York Times, with reference to unnamed representatives of the USA and NATO, writes that at the summit of the North Atlantic Alliance, the creation of a mission will be announced, which will work in Germany under the auspices of the Alliance and coordinate all aid to Ukraine.
This should guarantee Ukraine's support, even if Donald Trump becomes the next US president. According to the outlet, the Biden administration and NATO officials will present the creation of the mission to Kyiv as something important in the conditions while Ukraine's accession to the Alliance is impossible.
Ukraine’s intelligence paralyzed traffic on the Kerch bridge
Cyber specialists of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine "turned off" cash registers in occupied Crimea and traffic on the Kerch bridge.
After the damage to the infrastructure of the Crimean Internet providers, on June 26, cyber specialists of the military intelligence attacked the servers of propaganda media, communication operators, the system of registration and control of traffic on the Crimean (Kerch) Bridge.
Other news
- Drones attacked a research plant in Russia’s Tver Oblast.
- Ukraine received a new tranche of €1.9 billion from the EU under the Ukraine Facility.
- Mukachevo Mayor Baloha was released from custody after bail was posted for him.
- The Georgian Parliament approved a package of anti-LGBT laws in the first reading.
- MP Marchenko explained why she threw the money over the fence when NABU visited her.
- Searches are being conducted at the residence of a person involved in the case of leaking information from the NABU.