Have you missed the latest events on the war in Ukraine? 20 Minutes takes stock for you every evening. Here is the gist of this Thursday, June 11, 2026, on the 1,568th day of the conflict.
Fact of the day
Discreet exchanges in Moscow this Thursday. The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that it had received the ambassadors of France, Great Britain and Germany for discussions, a few days after a summit in London in the presence of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The three ambassadors have not yet communicated about this interview. The entourage of Russian Minister Mikhail Galouzin indicated that they had been informed of the “destructive policy” of their three countries towards Ukraine, accusing them of wanting to “continue the war against Russia” on behalf and at the expense of the countries Europeans.
On Sunday in London, French, German and British leaders supported Volodymyr Zelensky’s proposal for a “direct dialogue” between Ukraine and Russia with a view to ending the conflict that began more than four years ago. Russian President Vladimir Putin, however, affirmed last week that he did not see “the point” of a meeting with the Ukrainian president until an agreement to end the war had not been negotiated in advance.
Today’s statement
« It once again underlines the extreme fragility of the electricity network and the permanent dangers for nuclear safety in times of war »
The words are by Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant lost all external power supply overnight from Wednesday to Thursday due to a strike on an emergency power station, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced.
This loss of the last external line of the power plant, 330 kV, comes while repairs were going to be carried out on the main 750 kV line, disconnected since March 24, underlines the guardian of nuclear safety. Rafael Grossi once again calls for “military restraint” in order to avoid a nuclear accident.
This is the 19th time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 that the Ukrainian power plant, which came under Russian control, has lost all external electrical power, underlines the IAEA, whose teams have ensured a permanent presence there since September 2022.
The trend
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will participate on Tuesday morning in a session of the G7 summit in Evian, France, Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday.
“It’s very important for us because we need to recreate convergence at the G7, in support of Ukraine on the different aspects of course of the war”, including on the need for “negotiations”, explained the president Frenchman during an exchange with civil society at the Elysée, in an allusion to the differences between Europeans and Donald Trump on this issue.
The number of the day
56Â %. More than half of the deaths caused by explosive weapons in the world in 2025 are attributed to the Israeli army, which is notably carrying out operations in Gaza in retaliation for the attack of October 7, 2023, according to the annual report of the Explosive Weapons Observatory received Thursday by AFP.
Other countries where civilians have paid a heavy price include Ukraine, Burma, Syria and Sudan, with state armed forces “responsible for 85% of all incidents causing civilian harm.”
