Sanctions, rockets and cholera fears: 7 June 2022

What did the security picture look like on 7 June 2022? The day brought a tightening of financial pressure on Russia, set against fresh military developments in the days just before it.

On 7 June 2022, the US Department of the Treasury banned all trading of Russian debt and stocks, including on the secondary market.

Pressure beyond the battlefield

The Treasury move followed other sanctions-related steps on 6 June 2022. A federal judge in the US state of New York ordered the seizure of two private jets, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner and a Gulfstream G650ER, owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.

Also on 6 June 2022, Latvia banned all Russia-based TV media outlets that threaten the territorial integrity and independence of another country, citing the Russo-Ukrainian War. The measure was to last until Russia de-occupies Crimea and ends its warfare against Ukraine.

Arms and the front line

On 6 June 2022, the United Kingdom announced it would send several M270 long-range rocket artillery systems to Ukraine.

The previous day, 5 June 2022, Russia launched airstrikes on Kyiv for the first time since 28 April. The Russian Defence Ministry said the missile strikes targeted T-72 tanks supplied to Ukraine by several EU countries. At least one person was injured.

On the same day, Russian major general Roman Kutuzov was killed in Mykolaivka, Luhansk Oblast. Ukraine's president visited troops on the front line at the border of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, including in Lysychansk and Soledar, as he said in his evening address. Russian forces also advanced on Bila Krynytsia, which Ukrainian forces had recently retaken. Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the military administration, said Russian units had returned to previously occupied positions.

Concern in Mariupol

On 6 June 2022, Petro Andryushchenko, an advisor to Mayor Vadym Boychenko, warned that Mariupol might have suffered a cholera outbreak.