You missed the newest occasions on the war in Ukraine ? 20 Minutes takes inventory for you each night. Right here is the gist of this Saturday, June 20, 2026, on the 1,577th day of the battle.
Reality of the day
At the very least one particular person was killed Saturday in a Russian bombing on town of Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine, based on native authorities. “Following an enemy aerial bombardment utilizing guided bombs, a strike was reported in a residential space,” Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov wrote on Telegram. “Sadly, throughout search and rescue operations, the physique of a deceased particular person was discovered below the rubble of the destroyed constructing,” he added. At the very least 9 folks have been injured within the assault, based on the pinnacle of town’s army administration, Oleg Synegubov.
In the present day’s assertion
« The battle between Poland and Ukraine delights Putin and shocks our allies »
The phrases are from the Polish Prime Minister Donald Tuskon X, whereas an unprecedented diplomatic disaster broke out between the 2 neighbors. Polish President Karol Nawrocki had withdrawn the day earlier than Volodymyr Zelensky the Order of the White Eagle – Poland’s highest distinction – in protest towards the Ukrainian determination to call a army unit after the UPA, a nationalist group held in Poland answerable for the deaths of greater than 100,000 Poles through the Second World Battle. Volodymyr Zelensky instantly returned the medal.
The Ukrainian response didn’t cease there. Overseas Minister Andriï Sybiga, head of the presidential administration Kyrylo Budanov and Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland Vasyl Bodnar have all introduced that they are going to return their very own Polish decorations. Kyrylo Boudanov judged Karol Nawrocki’s determination “a present given to the Moscow aggressor, who won’t fail to make use of it towards our two international locations”. Andriï Sybiga spoke of “unjustified, impulsive and contemptuous measures”, deploring a “ineffective escalation”. Then again, former Russian President Dmitri Medvedev was fast to rejoice on the quarrel over X, accusing kyiv of proximity to Nazism.
The variety of the day
187that is the variety of Ukrainian drones that Moscow claims to have shot down in a single night time over Russian territory, together with within the Moscow area, based on the Russian Protection Ministry.
The development
The disaster between kyiv and Warsaw reveals an previous and nonetheless vivid reminiscence divide. The 2 international locations agree on the details – massacres did happen through the Second World Battle – however differ on the phrases: Warsaw speaks of genocide, kyiv of “tragic battle in a context of battle”. In Poland, the reminiscence of the victims has develop into a central aspect of “historic diplomacy”, notably below the management of nationalists, generally linking help for Ukraine (or its integration into the EU) to the decision of this historic dispute. An explosive equation, from which Moscow intends to take benefit.
