Due to high electricity consumption amid the heatwave, Ukraine today introduced rolling blackouts in three phases and planned to import and provide emergency electricity from neighboring countries.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday on his first visit to Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war to hold talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on peace and bilateral relations.
Due to severe weather conditions, automatic protection systems cut off power to 177 settlements in 3 regions of Ukraine, and regional crews were engaged to restore power supply.
Russians shelled the border areas and settlements of Sumy region 8 times, causing 28 explosions and firing on 4 communities with mortars, artillery and drones.
Russian troops shelled Kherson, causing a 70-year-old man to sustain an explosive injury and shrapnel wounds.
189 combat engagements were recorded in various sectors on the frontline over the last day, with Ukrainian Armed Forces hitting Russian targets, including an ammunition depot, air defense system and radar stations.
Rescuers found the body of a woman in a house destroyed by enemy shelling in Dnipro on Friday, bringing the known death toll to two, and work on the site continues after 70% of the structures have been dismantled.
Varying weather conditions across Ukraine on July 2: rains, thunderstorms and hail in the western regions, hot and dry in the rest of the country, with temperatures ranging from 15-37°C.
Russian troops shelled residential areas in Kherson region, damaging buildings, infrastructure and injuring 9 people.
A bus carrying 124 new Apple iPhones, 10 Starlink satellite terminals and 2 Ecoflow battery stations worth UAH 6 million was detained at the Polish-Ukrainian border concealed from customs control, the State Customs Service reported.
Heavy rain and large hail reportedly fell in the Volyn region, according to social media.
A 51-year-old Kyiv resident will be tried for shooting and killing his neighbor's Belgian shepherd dog, Chip, who was brought back from the ATO zone.
An explosion occurred in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
Sounds like an explosion were heard after the Ukrainian Air Force reported a high-speed target from Russia's Kursk region moving toward Myrhorod, Poltava region.
The high-speed target was detected in the direction of Mirgorod from the Kursk region of Russia.
Businesses in Ukraine have been reporting negative performance for the second month in a row due to rising costs, power outages, weak investment demand, and a shortage of skilled workers.
Registration of e-cabinets for most applicants to Ukrainian higher education institutions began on July 1 and will last until October 31.
June in Kyiv was 2. 0°C warmer than normal with a maximum temperature of 31.9°C, and precipitation was almost twice the monthly norm of 135 mm, making it one of the ten wettest June months since 1891.
In the first half of 2024, Ukrzaliznytsia transported more than 90 million tons of cargo, up 28% compared to the same period in 2023, with exports up almost 59% to 45 million tons.
Turkey, Romania, and Bulgaria have set up a joint mine-sweeping force in the Black Sea to improve the safety of shipping, especially for Ukrainian grain exports.
In the Sinelnykivsky district of Dnipropetrovs'k region, air defense shot down an enemy missile.
A 5-year-old local resident was shot dead near a lake in Rivne region with an assault rifle, and a special police operation was launched to apprehend the alleged armed attacker who fled the scene.
In the Kharkiv region, an enemy bomb hit a school building, causing no casualties.
Ukraine will be one of the hottest countries in Europe on July 1, with temperatures of up to 37°C and a high fire danger in most regions, although localized rains are possible in some areas.
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy congratulated Hungary on its EU presidency, expressed readiness to contribute to strengthening Europe on the path to EU membership, and thanked Belgium for its leadership during the historic EU presidency, which helped advance Ukraine's accession negotiations and support programs.
Dmytro Verbytskyi was dismissed from the post of Deputy Prosecutor General by Andriy Kostin amid an investigation.
Due to the pollution and destruction of the natural ecosystem by the Russian occupiers in Mariupol, dead dolphins are once again washing up on the shores.
More than half of Ukrainian parents surveyed in Poland believe that their children receive equal opportunities in Polish schools and have sufficient conditions for successful adaptation, although one-third reported facing discrimination, according to a study by the educational platform Mathema.
Two men, aged 70 and 68, will stand trial for an incident involving a volunteer in an underpass in Kyiv's Obolon district after the case was referred to court.
A 24-year-old man died and another was hospitalized after a clash with a border guard during an attempt to illegally cross the Ukrainian-Romanian border, prompting the State Bureau of Investigation to launch an investigation into the circumstances of the incident.
