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In Legnica, a woman struck two 13-year-old Ukrainian girls, presumably because of their national origin. The police are investigating the attack.

The police of the Polish city of Legnica are conducting an investigation after an attack on two 13-year-old Ukrainian girls because of their origin. This was reported by the press secretary, director of the Department of Social Communications of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration of Poland, Karolina Gałecka, on social network X, reports UNN.

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According to the spokeswoman, around 9:00 PM on Polarna Street, near the pool, an unknown woman attacked two 13-year-old girls, hitting them.

According to the report, an unknown woman struck the teenagers. An investigation is currently underway to determine whether their physical integrity was violated. No one has the right to use violence against another person, especially a child. It is also reprehensible that the attack was most likely based on the national origin of the teenagers

- reported Karolina Gałecka.

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The Warsaw police detained five Poles for an attack on three Ukrainians aged 15-18. The incident occurred on a bridge due to national hatred.

Ukraine’s Luch Design Bureau has partnered with European missile manufacturer MBDA, the maker of Storm Shadow cruise missiles, to develop the next-generation Neptune-2 cruise missile under a newly signed memorandum of understanding.

According to a statement published by MBDA on June 16, the agreement focuses on advancing Ukraine’s long-range strike capabilities through continued cooperation on the Neptune missile family. The company said the partnership will combine MBDA’s expertise in missile technologies with Luch’s experience in designing and producing complex weapons systems.

“The agreement will focus on the further development of the Neptune cruise missile. LUCH and MBDA will implement breakthrough innovations to develop deep strike capabilities for Neptune-2, while advancing strategic defence cooperation with Ukraine,” MBDA stated.

MBDA said the partnership reflects its broader support for Ukraine and highlighted the company’s experience in developing long-range precision strike systems. The European defense group is known for producing several missile families, including the Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles currently used by Ukraine.

The Ukrainian state-owned Luch Design Bureau is the developer of the Neptune missile system and has been responsible for its design, integration, and production. Originally developed as an anti-ship missile following Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, the Neptune gained international attention after being used to sink Russia’s Black Sea Fleet flagship cruiser Moskva in April 2022.

In recent years, Ukraine has expanded the missile’s role beyond maritime targets. A land-attack version, commonly known as the Long Neptune, entered service with significantly extended range and a larger warhead.

Ukrainian officials have stated that the missile can strike targets at distances of up to 1,000 kilometers, compared with approximately 280 kilometers for the original anti-ship variant.

According to previously disclosed specifications, the Long Neptune carries a 260-kilogram warhead and retains compatibility with launch systems used by earlier versions of the missile. The enlarged design incorporates additional fuel capacity, increasing both the missile’s dimensions and operational reach.

Ukrainian forces also used Neptune missiles in strikes on the Atlant Aero facility in Taganrog, which produces Molniya and Orion-series drones, as well as during a broader November 2025 operation that targeted the Beriev Aircraft Company, associated with Russia’s A-50 airborne early warning aircraft and Tu-95 strategic bombers, alongside energy infrastructure in Novorossiysk and Tuapse.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed Law No. 4699-IX, which removes Russian from the list of languages to which Ukraine applies the provisions of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

Source: Ruslan Stefanchuk, Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) on Facebook, as reported by European Pravda
Details: On 12 June, Stefanchuk announced that Zelenskyy had signed Law No. 4699-IX.

Quote: "This is an important decision for protecting Ukraine's linguistic space and fulfilling our European obligations. Russian has been removed from the list of languages to which Ukraine applies the provisions of the Charter. This is a fair and logical decision. The language of the aggressor state cannot benefit from protection mechanisms created to support the languages of indigenous peoples and national communities."

Details: Stefanchuk stressed that Ukraine respects linguistic and cultural diversity but needed to eliminate the possibility of continued Russian imperial influence.

"This decision is about Ukraine's dignity, justice and linguistic security," the speaker added.

The law had been awaiting the president's signature for more than six months after being passed by parliament in early December 2025, following a lengthy legislative process. The legislation amends Ukraine's implementation of theEuropean Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, removing Russian and the non-existent Moldovan language from the list of protected languages.

The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages was created to support endangered or declining languages spoken by relatively small numbers of people.

Countries joining the Charter are responsible for determining which languages fall under its protection.

Ukraine has received information from the United States about the threat of a Russian strike with the Oreshnik missile.

A source in the Ukrainian authorities informed RBC-Ukraine about this .

"There was information beforehand," an informed source told RBC-Ukraine.

There were no official statements from the American administration or warnings from the US Embassy in Kyiv at the time of publication of the news.

Recall that Russia may use the Oreshnik missile against Ukraine within 24 hours . The Ukrainian Air Force officially warned about this, and also called on not to ignore air alert signals.

Today, Ukraine is not able to track the launches and flight of the Oreshnik on its own, explained Anton Zemlyanyi, a senior analyst at the Ukrainian Center for Security and Cooperation, in a comment to RBC-Ukraine.
But still, the Ukrainian air defense receives information about Russian activity: in particular, thanks to intelligence data from partners. Read more in a separate article by RBC-Ukraine .

Oreshnik launches in Ukraine

Let us remind you that the Russians have already attacked Ukrainian cities with Oreshnik three times.

The first was the attack on the Dnieper in 2024. Then - a strike on the Lviv region in January 2026. The third attack - the "arrival" on the garages in Bila Tserkva this May. And another "Oreshnik" fell on the territory of the occupied Donetsk region during the May attack .

The Oreshnik launches take place from the Kapustin Yar test site near Kazakhstan, 1,100 km from Kyiv. The city, which is located nearby, lives in poverty, squalor, and filth. RBC-Ukraine told and showed what it looks like in a separate article .

President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that he expects important decisions for Ukraine to be made at the EU, G7, and NATO summits in June and July.

According to a Ukrinform correspondent, the president made this statement in Tallinn during a joint press conference with Estonian President Alar Karis.

“The main thing that is very important today is to prepare for the negotiations and decisions we all expect from the summits at the level of the European Union, the G7, and NATO. June and July of this year could determine a great deal,” Zelensky said.

According to him, the first thing Ukraine needs is clear diplomatic action “so that Russia does not think the war can bring it anything.”

“Ukraine’s positions on the front lines are strong. Russia loses over 30,000 of its soldiers every month, either killed or seriously wounded. Our long-term impact on Russian logistics, oil refining, and military production is also significant. In temporarily occupied Crimea and parts of Russia, there is already a gasoline shortage, and in some places, there is no stable connection; the Russian budget is in tatters. We must keep up the pressure and bring Russia back to the diplomatic track,” the president noted.

Also, he emphasized that Russia has not yet demonstrated a willingness to negotiate.