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The first time Valery Golubkin's family saw him in court was the day he was convicted of treason and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Russian media reports on June 28 continued to speculate about the whereabouts of the deputy commander of Russian armed forces' united group, Sergei Surovikin, and his role in the weekend revolt despite Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov's dismissal of the reports.

The Kremlin said Thursday it could not provide information about Russian General Sergei Surovikin, who has not been seen in public since Saturday, when Wagner mercenary group head Yevgeny Prigozhin led a mutiny attempt against the Russian military.

Russian authorities appear to have detained General Sergei Surovikin over his suspected connection to the Wagner Group's mutiny last week, according to media reports.

A Houston man was sentenced today to 165 months, the equivalent of 13 years and nine months, in prison followed by a lifetime of supervised release for attempting to provide material support to Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization.

The Department of State has amended the terrorist designations of the Real IRA and ISIL-Libya to reflect new primary names, the New Irish Republican Army and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham in Libya, and associated aliases.

COVID-19 health and safety measures for aviation were formally retired by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on Thursday.

The Government has approved an amendment to the Government Decree on Communicable Diseases by which COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus will no longer be classified as a generally hazardous communicable disease. In future, COVID-19 will be defined as a monitored communicable disease. The amended Decree is scheduled to enter into force on 30 June 2023.

There are efforts made to make reaching goals of the special military operation by diplomatic means possible but prerequisites for such a decision are non-existent for now, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.

The European Union has already trained as many as 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers and plans to continue its training mission to support Kiev in the conflict with Moscow, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday.

EU countries do not exclude sending military missions to Ukraine with the consent of member states within the framework of "future security commitments," a British newspaper reported on Thursday, citing a source familiar with the discussions.

The Russian Investigative Committee has launched criminal cases against 160 mercenaries from 33 countries fighting as part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Earlier, French media reported, citing sources, that the Macron government was weighing the option of Ukraine joining NATO as an independent security guarantee.

Russia's Defense Ministry reported on June 28 that a point of temporary deployment of the commanders of the 56th motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kramatorsk was hit.

Russia has no intention to blow up the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (NPP) as it explained in a letter calling on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to compel Kiev to abstain from provocations, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia said.

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, in a surprise visit to Ukraine, assured President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of his strong support for Kyiv's "courageous" fight against the Russian invasion.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told a European Union summit on June 29 that the recent failed mutiny in Russia demonstrated the country's "weakness," saying it will aid Kyiv in its fight against Moscow's brutal invasion.

President Gitanas Nausėda called for continued and increased full-scale support for Ukraine at the European Council meeting in Brussels, which was also attended remotely by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

"The Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Egidijus Meilūnas participated in the Chairpersonship Security Review Conference 2023 of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which took part on June 28-29 and was dedicated to Russia's war against Ukraine."