Ukraine News: Here is a summary of significant articles published on ForeignAffairs.co.nz on June 23, 2025.
MIL-OSI Video: Iran, Israel, Ukraine & other topics – Daily Press Briefing (20 June 2025)
Source: United Nations (video statements) Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Highlights: Iran/Israel Security Council/Afternoon Ukraine Occupied Palestinian Territory Peacekeeping Switzerland Children and Armed Conflict World Refugee Day Sudan Sri Lanka International Days Guests on Monday IRAN/ISRAEL Speaking to the Security Council this morning, the Secretary-General urged Israel and Iran to give […]
MIL-OSI Video: Ukraine: Rising Civilian Toll & Diplomatic Push Amid Escalating Attacks | Briefing | United Nations
Source: United Nations (video statements) Briefing by Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and Americas, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, on maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s9dUnBbnLs MIL OSI Video –
MIL-OSI Canada: Minister Anand to travel to Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany
Source: Government of Canada News June 22, 2025 – Ottawa, Ontario – Global Affairs Canada The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced that she will travel to Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany to attend the Canada-European Union (EU) Summit and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit, from June 23 to 26, […]
MIL-OSI New Zealand: New Zealand announces further aid for Ukraine
Source: New Zealand Government Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Foreign Minister Winston Peters have announced a new $16 million package of support for Ukraine ahead of this week’s NATO Summit in the Hague. “New Zealand stands in solidarity with Ukraine. Its war of self-defence is well into its fourth year and our condemnation of Russia’s illegal full-scale […]
MIL-OSI Global: US and Iran have a long, complicated history, spanning decades before US strikes on nuclear sites
Source: The Conversation – USA – By Jeffrey Fields, Professor of the Practice of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences People observe fire and smoke from an Israeli airstrike on an oil depot in Tehran, Iran, on June 15, 2025. Stringer/Getty Images With the U.S. bombing of three nuclear sites in […]
MIL-OSI Global: US joins Israel in attack on Iran and ushers in a new era of impunity
Source: The Conversation – UK – By Simon Mabon, Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University When US B-2 bombers hit Iran’s nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, Donald Trump declared the strikes a success and urged the Islamic Republic to make peace or face even more devastating strikes. The US president proclaimed the might […]
MIL-OSI Global: What is a ‘bunker buster’? An expert explains what the US dropped on Iran
Source: The Conversation – Global Perspectives – By James Dwyer, Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania The jagged silhouette of a B2 stealth bomber seen during a 2015 flyover in the US. Jonathan Daniel / Getty Images Late on Saturday night, local time, the United States carried out strikes against Iranian nuclear enrichment […]
Strikes on Iran mark Trump’s biggest, and riskiest, foreign policy gamble
Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) With his unprecedented decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites, directly joining Israel’s air attack on its regional arch-foe, U.S. President Donald Trump has done something he had long vowed to avoid – intervene militarily in a major foreign war. The dramatic U.S. strike, including the targeting […]
Russian attacks kill one in eastern Ukraine, one in the north
Source: Government of India Source: Government of India (4) Russian strikes on Saturday on key towns in Donetsk region on the eastern front of the war in Ukraine killed at least one person while another died in a drone attack in the north near the Russian border, officials said. The Russian military said its forces […]
MIL-Evening Report: What is a ‘bunker buster’? An expert explains what the US dropped on Iran
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Dwyer, Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania The jagged silhouette of a B2 stealth bomber seen during a 2015 flyover in the US. Jonathan Daniel / Getty Images Late on Saturday night, local time, the United States carried out strikes against Iranian nuclear enrichment […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Update 294 – Statement by the IAEA Director General on the situation in Ukraine
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: International Atomic Energy Agency – Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi Was in Ukraine as Part of the Ongoing Effforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) To Help Prevent aCcident During the Military Conflict, with The Wail of Air Raid Sirens ForCing His Meetings to Be Held in An Underground […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Update on events in Iran
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: International Atomic Energy Agency – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) continues to closely monitor and assess the situation in relation to the Israeli attacks on nuclear facilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran, issuing frequent public updates on developments and their possible impact on the population and the environment, […]
MIL-OSI Russia: Opening remarks by the IAEA Director General at the meeting of the Board of Governors
Translation. Region: Russian Federal Source: International Atomic Energy Agency – (Prepared for delivery at a Council meeting) Madam Chairperson, Following Friday’s attacks on nuclear facilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the military conflict continues. As I reported to the IAEA Board of Governors and then to the UN Security Council last Friday, the IAEA […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: United Nations Security Council Update
Source: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi (As prepared for delivery) I thank the President of the Security Council for allowing me the opportunity to update you on the IAEA’s activities concerning nuclear safety, security and safeguards in Ukraine. I also thank the Council for their continuing support of the […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: Press Arrangements for IAEA Board of Governors Meeting 9-13 September 2024
Source: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) The IAEA Board of Governors will convene its regular September meeting at the Agency’s headquarters starting at 10:30 CEST on Monday, 9 September, in Board Room C, Building C, 4th floor, in the Vienna International Centre (VIC). Board discussions are expected to include, among others: nuclear and radiation safety; […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: Update 296 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
Source: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Nuclear safety remains precarious at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) and its six reactors cannot be restarted as long as the military conflict continues to jeopardize the situation at the site, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi told IAEA Member States this week. Addressing the regular June meeting of […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: IAEA Director General’s Speech at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum
Source: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Nobel’s spotlight on our perilous path and how we change course I want to start by congratulating Nihon Hidankyō and the hibakusha for their Nobel Peace Prize. As a young diplomat almost 40 years ago, I was fortunate to be part of a UN disarmament fellowship programme and to […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: IAEA Director General Statement on Developments in the Russian Federation
Source: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) The IAEA has been monitoring the situation on the reported military activities taking place in the vicinity of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). This NPP has six units of two different reactor types: RBMK-1000 and VVER-510. Two of the RBMK-1000 are in shutdown and two are fully operational. […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: Update 297 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
Source: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) The IAEA team based at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) has been informed that challenges related to the availability of cooling water and off-site power will need to be fully resolved before any of its reactors can be restarted, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today. Those pre-conditions […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: IAEA Director General’s Introductory Statement to the Board of Governors
Source: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (As prepared for delivery) As the armed conflict in Ukraine enters its fourth year, the nuclear safety and security situation throughout the country continues to be highly precarious. The presence of the IAEA at all Ukrainian nuclear facilities has been and continues to be an invaluable asset to the […]