Nayyem's dismissal, border breakthrough in Zakarpattia, and the results of the European Parliament elections: June 10 highlights

Dismissal of Nayyem

Mustafa Nayyem, head of the State Agency for Infrastructure Restoration and Development, has written a letter of resignation. He claims that the agency is being hindered in its work. The dismissal was preceded by a disrupted business trip of Nayyem, who was not allowed by the government to attend an international conference on recovery to be held on June 11-12 in Berlin.

According to him, since November last year, the Agency's team has faced “constant opposition, resistance and the creation of artificial obstacles”.

Nayyem's office had its budget for road restoration and maintenance projects completely canceled, and it “began to have nightmares about bureaucracy”, with documents for payment for protective structures, fortifications, or restoration being approved by the government for months, as well as “significant salary cuts”.

Border breakthrough in Zakarpattia region

A GAZ-66 truck with “military” license plates illegally crossed the border in the Zakarpattia region, heading to Hungary. Local border guards found the truck and detained 32 Ukrainian citizens.

According to Lesia Fedorova, a spokesperson for the Mukachevo border guard detachment, the truck's movement toward the border through a field was detected using technical means of terrain control. The response team found traces of the vehicle “towards the neighboring country”. During the inspection, it was not confirmed that the vehicle belonged to the military.

Elections to the European Parliament

The European Parliament elections, which took place from June 6 to 9, have ended. Pro-Ukrainian forces will remain in the majority, although right-wing conservatives and pro-Russian parties also gained high results.

Overall, the European People's Party group won the most seats (184), which has already stated that it will have a clear pro-European and pro-Ukrainian position. The second place went to the center-left Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (139 seats), and the third place went to the pro-European Renew group with 80 seats.

Read more about the election results here.

Russian warship catches fire

The Russian large anti-submarine ship Admiral Levchenko has caught fire in the Barents Sea, with an engine unit catching fire.

According to Dmitry Pletenchuk, a spokesperson for the Southern Defense Forces, the ship is currently “fighting for survival”, with several hundred crew members on board. The spokesperson said the fire was caused by a fire in one of the engine units.

Strikes on the Crimean air defense

On the night of June 10, the Ukrainian military successfully attacked anti-aircraft missile systems in temporarily occupied Crimea.

One S-400 anti-aircraft missile division of the occupiers near the city of Dzhankoi and two more S-300 divisions near the settlements of Chornomorske and Yevpatoriia were attacked. In addition, the military noted further detonation of ammunition in all three areas of the starting positions of the Russian anti-aircraft missile divisions.

Shelling of Kharkiv

At about 17:35, Russian troops attacked Kyivskyi and Saltivskyi districts of Kharkiv with three guided aerial bombs. As a result of the attack, 8 people were injured.

Russians hit a garage cooperative. 70 garages and 22 cars were damaged. Syniehubov also said that one of the munitions did not explode, so people will be temporarily relocated from the building to allow for detonation.

Power outages

Power companies have announced the introduction of hourly power outage schedules on June 11 throughout Ukraine. They will be in effect from 14:00 to 19:00.

Mykola Kokhanivskyi’s death

Mykola Kokhanivskyi, the founder of the OUN volunteer battalion, was killed in the Russian-Ukrainian war.

He participated in the 2012 parliamentary elections — he ran in the 97th majority constituency (Kyiv region) for the Congress of Ukrainian Nationalists. However, in the end, he received just over 1% of the vote.

During the Revolution of Dignity, he led one of the hundreds of Maidan Self-Defense units, which was formed mainly from members of the OUN, the nationalist organization to which he belonged at the time. With the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, he took part in the ATO, including the defense of Donetsk airport.

Other important news:

• Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed an amendment to the law extending the period of legal stay of Ukrainians in the country.
• The second man who attacked the volunteer in Kyiv was placed under nightly house arrest. At the trial, he tried to explain his actions by saying that he was fighting with a woman and his friend.
• Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Vadym Sukharevsky was appointed commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces.
• The rate of mobilization in Ukraine increased. In May alone, the army recruited as many people as in the last six months.
• More than 35% of Russian prisoners recruited by the Wagner PMC for the war against Ukraine died during the operation to capture the city of Bakhmut. They also accounted for 88% of all occupiers killed in the battles for the city.