New developments and warnings

In a combat update on the morning of June 24, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that in the previous 24 hours, the country's air force had carried out 13 attacks on personnel clusters of Russian forces, according to Ukrinform News Agency.

In addition, the Ukrainian side said that Ukrainian missile and artillery units hit 4 clusters of Russian military equipment and servicemen, 15 artillery units in firing positions, 2 electronic warfare systems and 5 air defense missile systems.

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According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian military launched 14 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles and 3 Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into Ukrainian territory in the previous 24 hours. Russia also attacked the Zaporizhzhia province in southern Ukraine with 4 S-300 missiles.

Ukrainian soldiers fire mortars towards Russian positions in the village of Storozheve in Donetsk region on June 21.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also said that Ukrainian air defense units destroyed 14 missiles and 2 UAVs, 1 Ka-52 attack helicopter and 7 enemy reconnaissance UAVs.

The Russian military also carried out 51 air strikes and 59 multiple launch rocket system strikes against Ukraine in the previous 24 hours, according to the war update.

According to the Ukrainian military, Russian forces continued to focus their offensive efforts on the cities of Lyman, Avdiivka and Marinka in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine and more than 28 military clashes occurred there in 24 hours.

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Neither side commented on the information given by the other.

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US National Security Advisor dodges question about Ukraine's counterattack?

US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby on June 23 refused to say whether the US was concerned about Ukraine's counterattack against Russian forces, according to RT.

Speaking to reporters, Mr. Kirby was asked whether the White House was concerned that Ukraine's offensive was "moving more slowly than desired," as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged earlier this week.

“I certainly don’t stand here talking to the Ukrainian offensive,” Mr. Kirby replied. “They’re the ones who did it.”

However, Mr. Kirby continued by explaining why Ukrainian soldiers and armor have repeatedly failed to penetrate Russia's multi-layered defense network, which stretches hundreds of kilometers along the front line in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.

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"Sometimes your plan doesn't always work out exactly as you expect, but that's what's expected when you go into battle. Again, what we're going to focus on is making sure that they can ultimately be successful," Kirby stressed.

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Russia issues new warning to the West

The Russian Foreign Ministry on June 24 warned the West not to exploit the uprising carried out by the Wagner mercenary group to achieve what Moscow considers its "anti-Russian" goals, according to AFP.

"We warn Western countries against any hint of using Russia's domestic situation to achieve their anti-Russian goals," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

"All goals of the special military operation (of Russia in Ukraine) will be achieved," the Russian Foreign Ministry stressed.

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Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukraine was taking advantage of the turmoil in Russia to concentrate its forces to retake Bakhmut, an important city in the Donbass region that Kyiv lost control of in May, according to RT.

Earlier, on the night of June 23, Mr. Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner group, Russia's key force in the war in Bakhmut, called on rebel forces to rebel against the Russian Ministry of Defense after a conflict between the two sides.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on the Telegram messaging app on June 24 that what is happening in Russia has exposed Moscow's weakness in relying on mercenaries.

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said on June 24 that Russia would not allow an uprising led by Mr. Prigozhin to turn into a coup or a global crisis, according to TASS news agency.

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Russia warns of Ukraine counterattack

Speaking at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on June 23, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said that the counterattack by the Ukrainian armed forces was completely self-destructive, according to TASS news agency.

“The Ukrainian armed forces have been conducting a suicidal counterattack against Russian positions for almost a month now; they have spent tens of thousands of mobilized troops, hundreds of pieces of armored vehicles,” Nebenzya said.

"Now they face a bigger task: how to make a victory out of defeat and total defeat. Struggling with this task together with them are Washington, London and Brussels, which never thought about Ukraine and its interests in this way," Nebenzya said.

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Meanwhile, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhnyi told Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley on June 24 that Ukraine's counterattack "is proceeding according to plan."

"We discussed in detail the situation along the entire front line. I told him about the offensive actions of our units. I informed him that the operation is going according to plan," Mr. Zaluzhny wrote on social media, according to AFP.

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