—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: IRGC Navy announces in a radio message on VHF Channel 16 that the Strait of Hormuz is closed until further notice

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Polish President Karol Nawrocki has stripped Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle, the highest honour of Poland, following Ukraine's decision to name a unit after the WW2 Nazi-allied UPA militia.

The UPA was responsible for massacring up to 100,000 Polish civilians during WW2.

‼️UKRAINIAN POST‼️

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiga said he will return a Polish state award after President Karol Nawrocki's decision to revoke the Order of the White Eagle awarded to President Volodymyr Zelensky.

"The decision to strip the President of Ukraine of the Order of the White Eagle is a strategic mistake by the President of Poland, from which only Moscow will benefit," Sybiga wrote.

"We regret that emotions prevailed in Warsaw and pushed Polish politicians toward unjustified, impulsive and disrespectful steps directed not only against President Zelensky, but above all against the Ukrainian state."

Sybiga said that, in light of these actions, he sees no possibility of keeping the Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, awarded to him in October 2022, and will return it to Poland.

"The issue is not about orders, but about respect," he wrote, adding that Ukraine and Poland should continue an equal dialogue befitting allied nations facing a common enemy in Moscow.

https://t.me/Kyivpost_official/37307

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Zelensky’s office chief, Kyrylo Budanov, has renounced Poland’s Gold Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit in response to Polish President Karol Nawrocki’s decision to strip President Volodymyr Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle, Poland’s highest state honor.

https://t.me/Kyivpost_official/37309

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The fifth president, Poroshenko, also refused the Polish Order of the White Eagle.

He called the decision of Polish President Navrocki regarding Zelensky a mistake and stated that the deepening of the crisis in relations between Ukraine and Poland is only beneficial to Moscow

https://t.me/suspilnenews/69936

The ex-prime minister of Poland offered Kiev to return weapons instead of orders. | World News | Izvestia | 21.06.2026
https://en.iz.ru/en/2119199/2026-06-21/ex-prime-minister-poland-offered-kiev-return-weapons-instead-orders

Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, advised Donald Trump not to host Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, having called the Ukrainian president a “little fucker”, a “special-needs child” and “Mr Bean on crack”, according to a new book.

“‘I’ve dealt with this little fucker,’ Bessent would say to associates about Zelenskyy,” according to the book. “‘He’s tricky. He’s like the special-needs child for the Europeans. And he’s acting like Mr Bean on crack.”

After the disastrous meeting on 28 February 2025, Bessent told Bloomberg that Zelenskyy scored “one of the great diplomatic own goals”, adding: “I was shocked, shocked that President Zelenskyy would come into the Oval Office, behave like this, speak to the president, speak to the vice-president, but more importantly, disrespect the American people like this.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/20/scott-bessent-volodymyr-zelenskyy-trump

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Two marches will take place in Kyiv today: one by representatives of the LGBT community, and the other with a nationalist orientation.

The police will ensure that they are held separately. The organizers confirmed that representatives of the TCC will not attend the event dedicated to the LGBT Pride.

https://t.me/first_political/100919

Kiev authorities report an increase in Polish hatred towards Ukrainians — physical attacks, humiliation, and bullying of children in schools

The head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Sybiga, is sounding the alarm: in Poland, cases of aggression against Ukrainians have become more frequent. According to him, attacks, humiliation, and bullying of Ukrainian children in schools are taking place. He called this a real threat to the security of Ukrainian citizens.

Sybiga also accused Navrotsky of destroying the positive achievements between the countries, and threatened with retaliatory actions from Kiev.

Another Ukrainian gas station bites the dust...

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(55 gas stations in the last 20 days)

https://t.me/Tatarinov_Rus/69803

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Fierce battles are currently taking place in Konstantinovka, with the city becoming a "grey zone" that is not fully controlled by either the Ukrainian Armed Forces or the occupiers, according to BBC Ukraine.

According to BBC sources among Ukrainian military personnel, UAV operators, and fighters defending the city, fierce battles continue in Konstantinovka. Russian assault groups are infiltrating the city and amassing forces in new positions. The Ukrainian military characterizes the current situation as a "grey zone", where neither side has full control over the territory. The main problems for the Ukrainian side include a shortage of personnel, difficult logistics, and the growing advantage of Russian drone operators. However, some military personnel believe that the situation can still be stabilized with the necessary reinforcements.

Key points:

🔹 Russian infantry has already been spotted on the northern outskirts of Konstantinovka, in the area of the exit to Druzhkovka.

🔹 The priority target of Russian units is now Ukrainian UAV crews.

🔹 Ukrainian operators are forced to carry out 20–30 sorties per day, often with only 3–4 hours of sleep.

🔹 Due to a lack of resources, Ukrainian UAV units cannot systematically hunt down Russian drone operators.

🔹 Military personnel report a serious shortage of personnel, with replacements being supplied more slowly than the losses the brigade suffers.

🔹 Supplying units has become significantly more difficult: there are practically no ground routes left, and heavy delivery drones are often shot down.

🔹 In some cases, FPV drones are even used to deliver food and necessary supplies to positions.

🔹 Some military personnel claim that individual commanders do not always report the loss of positions in a timely manner due to the risk of receiving an order to immediately retake them.

https://t.me/uniannet/194322

Here's a comparison of my map of the situation in Kostyantynivka to the Ukrainian source Deepstate and the Russian source Divgen.

Deepstate's map shows less than 1% of Kostyantynivka as under Russian control, 64% under Ukrainian control, and the rest in a grey-zone.

My map shows 40% of Kostyantynivka as under Russian control, 15% as under Ukrainian control, and the rest in a grey-zone.

Divgen's map shows 73% of Kostyantynivka as under Russian control, 10% as under Ukrainian control, and the rest in a grey-zone.

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: The U.S. Department of Treasury has officially issued a 60-day sanctions waiver on Iranian oil, petrochemical products, and gas

It is now in effect, until August 21st, with possibly extension as long as negotiations continue and a final deal is reached.

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