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🎙Read excerpts from the statement Representative of Russia to the OSCE «On increasing military involvement of certain NATO and EU member States in yet more confrontation in and around Ukraine» (meeting of the OSCE PC, 12.06.2025) 💬 Further to the Istanbul understandings of 2 June, a phased exchange of captured soldiers under 25 years old has begun. The first two groups returned home on 9 and 10 of June. Today, urgent “sanitary exchanges” of seriously ill and severely wounded servicemen are set to commence 🤝 We positively assess these practical outcomes of direct Russian-Ukrainian contacts. Once again, we express deep gratitude to the authorities of the Republic of Belarus for their assistance in facilitating the exchanges ⚡️Over the past two weeks, at least 203 civilians in Russian territories have been affected by shelling conducted by the armed formations of the Kiev regime, with 12 killed and 191 wounded, including six children. Since the start of 2025, Ukrainian armed formations have fired over 41,000 munitions at civilian targets, affecting 2,575 civilians: 420 killed, including 10 children, and at least 2,155 wounded, including 114 minors. Our opponents remain silent about these victims, driven by political motives and a desire to whitewash the criminal actions of the Kiev regime 💥 In response to the aforementioned attacks, the Russian Armed Forces conducted a series of high-precision strikes on aviation, missile, armored, and shipbuilding industry facilities in territories controlled by the Kiev regime, as well as on command posts, deployment sites of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, concentration sites of weapons and military equipment of Zelensky’s formations, airfield infrastructure, and ammunition and fuel storage facilities ❗️The liberation of territories in Donbass, Kharkov, and Sumy regions continues, including efforts to establish a “security zone” to protect civilians. Through effective operations, units of the 90th Tank Division of the “Center” troop grouping crossed into the Dnepropetrovsk region and are continuing their advance ☝️The Russian side reaffirms its commitment and readiness to resolve the Ukrainian conflict through political and diplomatic means, including through serious and professional work on the proposals presented in Istanbul on June 2 regarding the parameters of a final settlement, ceasefire conditions, and the sequence and timing of steps to be taken 🇷🇺 Russia will continue to consistently defend its legitimate national security interests for as long as necessary, protecting its people by all available means