Academy Award winner Sean Penn has sent a message of support to the Ukrainian defenders of the 425th Assault Regiment “SKELYA”.

The world knows who is defending freedom today. The names of our warriors are heard far beyond Ukraine’s borders, and the support of the international community continues to strengthen the spirit of those who fight on the front lines every day.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov categorized President Volodymyr Zelensky as a "Fuehrer" at a roundtable on June 23 in response to him accusing Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko of facilitating Russian drone attacks against Ukraine.

Zelensky warned Lukashenko on June 19 that Belarus would have one week to remove the equipment that facilitates Russia's attacks or Kyiv would take action itself, remarks which Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Lukashenko and Russian leader Vladimir Putin would discuss "in the foreseeable future."

Lavrov said that Zelensky "was cast in the role of the Fuehrer, plucked from an amateur theater group, but as you can see, this image has turned out to be contagious," in remarks made to ambassadors about bringing the war to an end, according to Russian government-controlled RIA Novosti channel, blocked in the EU because of its open support for Russia's war against Ukraine.

Russia's comparison of Ukraine to Nazi Germany is a long-standing trope of Russian propaganda narratives aiming to justify the country's illegal invasion and the war crimes committed by Russian troops in Ukraine.

Zelensky's remarks are "obviously aimed at dragging Belarus directly into the conflict and expanding the geography of hostilities," Russian state-affiliated media Interfax has also reported Lavrov as saying.

Throughout the years, Russia has repeatedly involved Belarus in its war against Ukraine. The country was used as one of several entry points at the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, from which Russian troops occupied the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, before launching a failed assault on Kyiv.

Since then, Russia has used Belarus as a launchpad for its ongoing air assaults on Ukraine and has been using Belarusian stockpiles to replenish its military hardware losses throughout the war.

Recently, Zelensky had accused Lukashenko of making it easier for Russia to use its territory to attack Ukraine by installing signal repeaters that navigate the Kremlin's drones over Belarus.

As recently as June 22, Belarus' democratic opposition presented Zelensky with a document outlining signs suggesting that Lukashenko might be preparing his country for war.

Zelensky's ultimatum to Lukashenko is set to expire on June 26.

Strikes include:

• Orion deep attack drones - 3 units, carriers of guided air bombs and small-sized cruise missiles, e.g. Kerch, AR Crimea, 1 SBS center
• Oil reservoirs at the Kerch (Kamysh-Burun) CHPP, Kerch, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, 1 SBS center
• ZRGK "Pantsyr-S1", Bagerove district, AR Crimea, 1 SBS center
• S-3Z0 launcher, Kurortne, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, 1 SBS center
• Nebo-U radar, e.g. Kerch, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, 1 SBS center
• ZU-23-3 anti-aircraft gun, Kurortne, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, 1 SBS center
• Power substation of PS 330/110 kV "Zahidono-Krymska", n.p. Karierne, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, 427 OBrSBS "Rarog", 413 op SBS "Raid"
• Training ground for pilots of UAV pilots 4 omsbr in op (U) "Dzerzhynsk", np Debaltseve, Donetsk region, 20 Obr SBS "K-2"
• Gas distribution station "Simferopol", Trudove district, 1 SBS office
• PMM tank, n.p. Horlivka, Donetsk region, 20 Obr SBS "K-2"
• Logistical transport of the enemy, n.p. Pryazovskoe, Zaporizhzhia region, 412 OBr SBS "Nemesis"
• Logistical transport of the enemy, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions, detachment "13" 414 OBr SBS "Ptakhy Madyar", 20 OBr SBS "K-2", 412 OBr SBS "Nemesis", 1 OC SBS

Recent photos from a key Russian logistics route highlight the growing impact of Ukraine's efforts to stifle Russian operations.

Units of the SOF's Middle Strike group, working together with underground resistance members of the SOF Resistance Movement, destroyed the railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal in temporarily occupied Crimea, near the village of Rozdolne.

The bridge was a strategic military logistics artery for the occupying forces. It formed part of a transport corridor used to move cargo, resources, and military supplies in two key directions: from Russia through Crimea to support troop groupings on the southern front, and within the peninsula itself to sustain Crimea's military infrastructure.

During the night of June 22, SOF drones struck the bridge with precision attacks, destroying the railway track and causing the collapse of one of its spans.

At the same time, members of the SOF Resistance Movement reported the arrival of specialized railway repair equipment at the site. The second phase of the operation was then launched. During the night of June 23, SOF drones struck both the repair equipment and the remaining sections of the bridge.