After talks in Kyiv, the African delegation met Russian President Vladimir Putin to urge an end to the conflict.

Meanwhile, Ukraine says its counteroffensive is advancing in the south. Here is the latest: https://t.co/N4Pr4HIV9H

— DW News (@dwnews) June 17, 2023

Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 17 June 2023.

Find out more about Defence Intelligence’s use of language: https://t.co/tcEIjHdhNp

🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/7thvlrT5UM

— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) June 17, 2023

Here are today’s control-of-terrain maps for #Russia‘s invasion of #Ukraine from @TheStudyofWar & @criticalthreats.

All changes on our interactive map, updated daily: https://t.co/NSEN3OTKX0 pic.twitter.com/Ve3powiJrN

— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) June 17, 2023

Ukraine war must end, South African President Ramaphosa tells Putin https://t.co/VMZnFxuRDu

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 17, 2023

#UPDATE In a symbolic step, alliance leaders are aiming to hold a first session of a NATO-Ukraine Council with President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, the alliance’s chief Jens Stoltenberg said Friday in Brussels.
Full story: https://t.co/MVvnDhGyog pic.twitter.com/UB6r1fnKSJ

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 17, 2023

Russia on Saturday said it had destroyed three drones targeting an oil refinery in the southern border region of Bryansk, as Ukraine pursues its counteroffensive against Russian forces.
Full story: https://t.co/RXsqRC8UOg pic.twitter.com/oNpFPhu5LG

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 17, 2023

Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Saturday called for more tanks to be manufactured “to meet the needs of Russian forces” in Ukraine after Kyiv launched a counteroffensive with Western arms.
Full story: https://t.co/L2fRfIwEbX pic.twitter.com/HrpceJ4Qkv

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 17, 2023

St. Petersburg International Economic Forum: The giant flags of Russia, the USSR and the Russian Empire were raised today over the waters of the Gulf of Finland in St. Petersburg.

https://t.co/QDcc6Sjk3z pic.twitter.com/N76NE6k1dP

— Victor vicktop55 (@vicktop55) June 17, 2023