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Missiles, warrants and a border line: late June 2024
Summary
A look back at the security reports surrounding 30 June 2024, from strikes on Ukrainian cities to legal action against Russian commanders.
What did the security picture look like on 30 June 2024? The days leading up to that date were marked by Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian cities, new legal moves against Russia and a call for a fortified EU frontier.
On 28 June 2024, a Russian missile hit a nine-storey residential building in Dnipro. At least one person was killed and 12 others were injured. Four days earlier, on 24 June, Russian Iskander-M ballistic missiles struck Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, killing at least four people and injuring 40.
Legal pressure on Moscow
On 25 June 2024, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Valery Gerasimov, Russia's Chief of the General Staff, and Sergei Shoigu, the former defence minister. The same day, the European Court of Human Rights unanimously found Russia guilty of systematic human rights violations in the Crimean peninsula.
Prisoners and a proposed defence line
Also on 25 June, Russia and Ukraine each returned 90 prisoners of war in an exchange mediated by the United Arab Emirates.
On 26 June 2024, the leaders of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia called on the European Union to build a €2.5 billion (US$2.67 billion) defence line between them and Russia and Belarus. They said it was needed to secure the EU against military, economic and migrant-related threats.
