Ukraine today - 10/06/2022

10/06/2022. War in Ukraine. As of today, Russian military death toll in the ongoing war has reached 31,700, including 200 in the past day alone. On June 9, Ukrainian troops stopped an advance by Russian forces near Bakhmut, in Donetsk region, Oleksiy Hromov, deputy chief of the Main Operations Department of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said.

Mykhailo Podoliak - adviser to the head of the Ukrainian President’s Office. Source: AP

At a summit in Madrid on June 23-24, the European Parliament will recommend that the leaders of the European Union grant Ukraine the status of a candidate for EU membership.  This was stated during the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg by the chairman of the EP Committee on Foreign Affairs David McAllister, Ukrinform reports.  Mr McAllister noted that because of Russia's aggression against Ukraine, the whole of Europe is threatened, so the EU must respond appropriately to global strategic rivalry and complex security threats.