Turkey & Russia Say 3 Ukrainian Ports Can Now Be Accessed By Grain Ships: https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/turkey-russia-say-3-ukrainian-ports-can-now-be-accessed-grain-ships
American farmers warn about higher food prices in coming years. “There are things that we have to buy… There's something we have to buy that two years ago cost us $24, last year was about $46, this year it is costing us $96. Please understand, food prices are going to go up. You wanna act like it's the farmers' fault—it is not the farmers' fault. We are barely making it to grow the stuff so you guys are able to get it in August, September, October. Guys, this is not going away. Stop sticking your head in the sand and thinking 'oh, it's going to be okay', it's not going to fuckin' be okay”: https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/were-barely-making-it-furious-farmer-goes-viral-explaining-why-food-prices-are-going-go
The US apparently sent hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Javelins to Ukraine but didn’t even include a customer support number. Complicating the Ukrainian forces' ability to reach said hotline could prove to be both massively irresponsible and a gigantic waste of money: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-has-no-number-to-call-to-troubleshoot-its-200k-javelin-missiles
Russians Name Two Captured American Mercenaries: https://warnews247.gr/ektakto-oi-rosoi-aichmalotisan-tous-protous-dyo-amerikanous-stratiotes-epesan-se-enedra-kai-akolouthisan-sfodres-maches-poioi-einai-eikones-vinteo/
▲ TRANSLATION: All the information indicates that the Americans were captured after a battle either at Severodonetsk with the Legion of Foreigners or in the northeast Kharkov. These are Robert Drueke and Andy Huynh.
Ukraine Says Russian Forces Trying To Attack Simultaneously In Nine Directions: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-06-15/ukraine-says-russian-forces-trying-to-attack-simultaneously-in-nine-directions
In an echo of the prior fall of Mariupol, Ukraine rejected a Wednesday Kremlin ultimatum to surrender the holdout eastern city of Severodonetsk even as Russian forces have it surrounded, with all main bridges destroyed, and have reached the town center. A Russian-backed separatist official said that at least 1,200 civilians, including 127 children, are being "held hostage" at a chemical plant in the besieged Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk: https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/mariupol-deja-vu-ukraine-fighters-civilians-trapped-besieged-severodonetsk-chemical
Russia will provide a way out for civilians at the Azot fertilizer factory in the contested Donbass city of Severodonetsk, but will use a different plan to that requested by Kiev, the Russian military said on Tuesday: https://www.rt.com/russia/557135-ukraine-evacuation-besieged-plant-moscow/
In the updated Russian combat losses, Ukraine’s MoD announced that around 200 more soldiers from Russia were killed by Ukrainian forces on Wednesday, June 15: https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/06/16/ukraine-destroys-more-russian-tanks-as-combat-losses-revealed-as-of-june-16/
Analysts suggest that pro-Ukrainian activity in the temporarily occupied territories hinders efforts of Russia to annex and establish full-scale administrative control: https://charter97.org/en/news/2022/6/16/502613/
Kiev continues to increase the number of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard and Territorial Defense in various sectors of the front. In the Kharkiv region, the Russian army has gone on the offensive again and is restoring lost positions. Fighting continues near the village of Stary Saltov, which according to some reports is already under the control of Russian forces. There are also clashes on the fronts from the Zupovka to the Malye Prohody: https://southfront.org/no-way-out-for-ukrainian-troops/
