According to information from Kyiv, up to 100 Ukrainian soldiers die every day at the front.  France wants to supply Ukraine with more heavy weapons.  The current developments.
 
 Kyiv.  
 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy continues to see his countrys situation in the war against the Russian aggressors as complicated.  On the battlefield in the east of the country, the Ukrainian army is bravely braving the enemy, he said.  
 
 Meanwhile, Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin in Moscow placed the armed conflict he had ordered against Ukraine on the same level as the Great Northern War under Tsar Peter I - and spoke of a return campaign from Russian soil.  Russia had Ukraine on 24.  attacked in February.  For Kyiv, Friday is 107.  Day of War.
 French President Emmanuel Macron has promised Ukraine that more heavy weapons will be supplied if necessary.  On the other hand, it is still unclear when Germany will deliver the weapons recently promised to Ukraine, complained the ambassador in Berlin, Andriy Melnyk.  
 Meanwhile, Kyiv criticized the death sentence of the Supreme Court of the separatist Donetsk Peoples Republic against three foreign fighters of the Ukrainian army.  
 
Airport and tank factory under fire
 According to their own statements, the Russian armed forces attacked an airport and a tank factory in eastern Ukraine during the night.  "At the Dnipro airport, high-precision surface-to-air missiles were used to destroy the Ukrainian armed forces aircraft technology, and in the Kharkov area production capacities for the repair of weapons technology," said the spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov.
 At the front, more than 350 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and 13 Disabled armored cars, 9 artillery pieces, 6 rocket launchers and  military vehicles and  Ammunition depots have been destroyed.  In addition, Konashenkov reported on the shooting down of two fighter jets and five drones.
 
Nothing new in the East
 The situation at the front was "without any significant changes," Zelenskyj said in a video message on Thursday.  The strategically important town of Sievarodonetsk and its neighboring city of Lysychansk, as well as other cities in the Donbass that Russian attackers currently consider key targets in the east of the country, could defend themselves effectively.  He campaigned for further rapprochement between the EU and his country.  "Most Europeans support the integration of Ukraine."
 
Russian troops are advancing on Bakhmut from the southeast
 According to Ukrainian information, Russian troops have recently advanced to the Bakhmut transport hub in the ongoing heavy fighting in the Donbass.  They are threatening to cut off supplies to the administrative center of Sieverodonetsk.  "The enemy attacked in the direction of Vozdvyschenka - Roty, was partially successful and is establishing itself at the positions taken," said the Ukrainian General Staff in its situation report on Friday.  The villages are only about ten kilometers southwest of Bachmut.  The road from Bakhmut to Sievjerodonetsk can also be shelled with heavy equipment from there.
 
"Russians have more casualties than Ukrainians"
 According to Ukrainian sources, Russian troops suffered significant losses in the battle for Sievjerodonetsk.  "The Russians have significantly more casualties than the Ukrainians," said Luhansk governor Serhiy Hajdaj on Facebook.  The ratio is "one to ten".  He gave no information on Ukrainian losses.  The Russian army has withdrawn the remains of units from the republic of Buryatia in Russias Far East.  "They die like flies," said Hajdaj.  The information cannot be verified independently.
 
Situation at the front is difficult
 According to Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov, the situation at the front is difficult.  "Every day up to 71 of our soldiers are killed and up to 350 wounded," Reznikov wrote on Facebook.  Russia suffers great losses.  "But there are still forces advancing in some parts of the front," he said.  
 Ukraine urgently needs heavy weapons.  "We have proved that, unlike many others, we do not fear the Kremlin. But as a country, we cannot afford to lose our best sons and daughters."  Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podoljak even spoke of 71 to 200 deaths every day.  
 
France pledges more heavy weapons to Ukraine
 French President Macron pledged to supply Ukraine with more heavy weapons if needed.  In a phone call with Zelenskyy, Macron emphasized that his country was still on Ukraines side, the Élysée Palace said.  Macron asked Zelenskyy about needs in terms of military equipment, political and financial support and humanitarian aid.
 
Ukrainian ambassador wants more clarity from Germany
 Ukraine has not yet received any information from Germany as to when the weapons recently promised by the federal government for defensive combat against Russia will be delivered.  So far there is no clarity as to when the Mars multiple rocket launchers from Bundeswehr stocks will be handed over, said the ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, the "Tagesspiegel" (Online).  "We expect the traffic light to quickly fulfill this promise because our troops need this weapon system most urgently to protect Ukrainian civilians from barbaric attacks by Russia."  
 
Ukraine criticizes death sentences against pro-Russian separatists
 Ukraine has sharply criticized a trial of three foreign fighters in its armed forces.  The Supreme Court of the separatist Donetsk Peoples Republic had sentenced two Britons and a Moroccan to death as mercenaries.  Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko said that foreigners in the Ukrainian army are regular soldiers and should be treated as such.  They had the rights of prisoners of war.  The process put propaganda above law and morality.  The three men can still appeal.
 
Kyiv cancels twinning with Minsk
 Because Belarus supports the Russian war of aggression, the Ukrainian capital Kyiv has terminated the city partnership with the Belarusian metropolis Minsk, which has existed since 1997, as Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced.  The former boxing world champion emphasized that rockets were flying from Belarus to Ukrainian towns and villages, and Russian troops had also marched in from there.  
 
Putin, like Tsar Peter the Great, wants to "take back" Russian soil
 Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin has placed the war he has ordered against Ukraine on the same level as the Great Northern War under Russias Tsar Peter I and has spoken of a return campaign for Russian soil.  Peter didnt conquer the area around todays metropolis of St. Petersburg from the Swedes, but rather won it back.  "Apparently its our lot too: to bring them back and strengthen them," Putin said, according to the Interfax agency, drawing parallels to the war against Ukraine.  June 9th is 350.  Birthday of Peter the Great, who was the first Russian tsar to call himself "Emperor".
 
Zelenskyj urges speed in Ukrainian EU process
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged the EU to speed up his countrys accession.  When a poll shows that 71 percent of Europeans consider Ukraine to be part of the European family, he wonders why there are still skeptical politicians who in this respect, he said on Friday in a video message at the Copenhagen democracy summit of the Alliance of Democracies foundation founded by former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.  (dpa)