The European Union has imposed sanctions on 19 Chinese companies to punish Beijing's support for Russia's war in Ukraine.
If Russia is concerned about casualties among its forces, it should immediately stop this war and return the sovereign territory of Ukraine, rather than sending its forces in unnecessarily, the Pentagon spokesman said.
Two railway workers were injured and infrastructure and rolling stock were damaged in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, as a result of hostile shelling on June 24, but trains continue to run as scheduled.
Russian troops attacked a residential area of Kharkiv, damaging apartment buildings, but no casualties were reported.
Numerous explosions occurred in Kharkiv.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban criticized the negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU, but said that Budapest is not blocking the process and supports the start of negotiations.
A series of explosions were reportedly heard in Kharkiv, probably outside the city.
In Chernihiv region, Russian troops attacked two communities with drones, mortars, and artillery, and 23 explosions were recorded over the past day.
China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe has successfully returned to Earth with the first samples from the unexplored backside of the Moon after a nearly two-month mission.
Russians fired 7 times at the border areas and settlements of Sumy region, causing 40 explosions in Mykolaiv, Bilopil, Velykopysarivska and Znob-Novhorodska communities using various types of weapons - mortars, artillery, AGS and tanks.
The U. S. State Department said that Ukraine's offensive operations "minimize the risk of civilian casualties". This is how Assistant Secretary of State John Bass commented on the strike on Crimea on June 23.
In Kharkiv region, Russian troops shelled Kharkiv and five districts, causing power outages, damaging houses, warehouses, a repair station, and partially destroying a school, the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration said.
In the Kherson region, Russian troops shelled residential areas, damaging 20 private homes, critical infrastructure, administrative buildings and sewage treatment plants, killing 1 person and injuring 3 others.
On June 25, partly cloudy weather is expected, with intermittent rain, thunderstorms, air temperature in different regions will be 12-30°C, northwest wind, 7-12 m/s.
The International Space Station canceled astronauts ' spacewalk due to a water leak in the spacesuit of NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson.
Since the beginning of the day, 114 battles have taken place at the front, the hottest – in the Pokrovsky direction, where the enemy made 35 attempts to put pressure, and also became more active in the Limansky direction with 18 attacks.
Due to a heat wave in June in Greece, six tourists were killed, the last of whom was found dead 67-year-old German on the island of Crete.
The pace summer session started in Strasbourg.
Ukraine is becoming the first country in the world to allow couples to marry online via video link, revolutionizing public services and making long-distance marriages possible.
The court postponed to August 7 the preparatory hearing in the case against ex-President Yanukovych and former officials in connection with the Maidan shootings in 2014.
The truck lost a wheel while driving on the Paton bridge in Kiev, damaging another car, but there were no reports of injuries.
By July 10, All Ukrainian trucks must return to Ukraine to receive updated documents and markings before continuing transportation in accordance with the new rules of "transport visa-free regime", which will fully come into force after this date.
At least 4 people were killed and 34 injured, including two children aged 12 and 13, in a Russian missile strike on the town of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, which was one of the largest attacks on civilians in recent times.
Emergency power outages and increased consumption restrictions were introduced from 13:00 to 23:00 in many regions of Ukraine due to insufficient efficiency of previous measures to reduce electricity consumption.
Bundesrat President Manuela Schwezig visited Kyiv, where she met with Ukrainian prime minister Denys Shmyhal to discuss protecting people and infrastructure, helping in the energy sector, and partnership at the local and regional levels.
EU countries have approved the allocation of the first tranche of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of up to 1. 4 billion euros from frozen Russian assets, bypassing Hungary's veto.
20 people remain hospitalized after enemy attacks on Kharkiv on June 22 and 23.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal expressed gratitude to the EU for the adoption of the 14th package of sanctions against Russia, noting the need to increase pressure and continue joint work to stop Russian military aggression.
Russian troops attacked Toretsk, Donetsk region, killing a 63-year-old woman and injuring a 64-year-old man in a private house.
A large-scale fire caused by the attack of Russian troops in Odessa was eliminated by rescuers, as a result of the attack, 3 people were injured.
