Since the beginning of the year, Ukraine has received $12 billion in aid from its partners, including $1. 5 billion from the EU and $8 billion from the United States.
Two brothers who had been living in Germany for several years decided to return to Ukraine illegally due to lack of work, crossing the Western Bug River in wetsuits.
The price of bitcoin remained stable at around $64,000 due to depressed sentiment in the cryptocurrency market, which is linked to expectations of higher interest rates in the US.
On weekdays, the volume of passenger traffic is 80-85 thousand people, and on weekends this figure increases to about 95 thousand.
The State Border Guard Service does not report a sharp increase in illegal border crossing attempts despite the new mobilization law, but such attempts continue on a daily basis, especially on the borders with Moldova and Romania.
Ukrainian border guards engaged a Russian subversive group in Sumy region, forcing the enemy to retreat behind the state border.
Polish farmers are currently blocking only the Hrebenne-Rava-Ruska checkpoint, through which only 70 trucks were allowed to cross into Poland over the past day, while 1300 trucks were allowed through the Yahodyn-Dorogusk checkpoint over the past day.
Russians shelled 21 settlements in the Kherson region, causing casualties and damage to buildings, including a kindergarten, with Bilozerka suffering the most.
Zaporizhzhia region plans to build at least 10 shelters, so-called "underground schools," by the end of the year, each with a capacity of about 1,000 students per shift.
Drone attacks on peaceful cities in Ukraine have been on hold for several days, but this could be a lull before preparations for a massive attack or monitoring of Ukraine's countermeasures, said Ilya Evlash, spokesman for the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Ukraine needs not only long-range Patriot systems, but also medium- and short-range systems to counter enemy attacks.
The National Bank of Ukraine devalued the hryvnia by 20 kopecks, setting the official exchange rate at 39. 6702 UAH/USD.
The situation in eastern Ukraine remains tense but controlled by the Defense Forces, with the hottest areas being Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Novopavlivske, where russians are storming Ukrainian positions.
Ukraine has received EUR 1. 5 billion from the EU under the Ukraine program, which will be used to finance the budget deficit. In total, by the end of the year, subject to fulfillment of obligations, the total amount of EU assistance will reach EUR 16 billion.
Russia is using mobile platforms and drones for reconnaissance and missile strikes from Crimea to compensate for the absence of missile carriers at sea after Ukraine successfully destroyed Russian strategic bombers.
The NBU assures that fluctuations in the hryvnia exchange rate on the foreign exchange market do not pose a threat. The market is currently in a state of managed flexibility, where exchange rate fluctuations depend on supply and demand.
The National Bank of Ukraine has lowered its inflation forecast for 2024 to 8. 2% from the previously expected 8.6% due to better actual inflation and improved forecasts.
Ukraine's real GDP growth in the first quarter of 2024 was weaker than expected due to limited budget spending and the blockade of the Ukrainian-Polish border.
The National Bank of Ukraine has cut its key policy rate from 14. 5% to 13.5% to support lending and economic recovery while managing inflationary risks.
The National Bank of Ukraine is preparing a series of steps for currency liberalization in the coming weeks, keeping international reserves at the current level, as part of its strategy to ease currency restrictions and return to inflation targeting.
The National Bank of Ukraine has cut its key policy rate from 14. 5% to 13.5% to support lending and economic recovery while managing inflationary risks.
As of today, there are no missile launchers in the Black and Azov Seas, only patrol boats that survey the area, according to a spokesman for the Southern Defense Forces.
Ukraine should prepare for possible massive attacks from Russia when weapons from international partners arrive, said Air Force spokesman Ilya Yevlash.
A Russian missile strike on Smila, Cherkasy region, damages the railroad, civilian infrastructure, and private homes.
The National Bank of Ukraine has set the official hryvnia exchange rate at 39. 4716 UAH/USD, strengthening the hryvnia by 11 kopecks.
Germany and the United Kingdom plan to intensify cooperation, including joint support for Ukrainian helicopters, weapons, maintenance, and training, to strengthen Ukraine's military-industrial base.
A TV tower in Kharkiv was damaged by a Russian missile strike, but TV broadcasting has been resumed and work is underway to fully restore the signal, the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration said.
Russian troops intensified shelling of the border areas of Sumy region in Ukraine, conducting 60 attacks and over 300 explosions in one day, resulting in 4 civilians being injured.
684 people remain in Chasovyi Yar and 1,260 in Krasnohorivka, despite the extremely difficult humanitarian situation in the frontline towns of Donetsk region.
In Odesa, during a morning attack, Russians hit a storage facility for broken vehicles. No one at the facility was injured.
