Julia Shramko
President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Ukraine's ambassador to the Netherlands Alexander Tarasevich as Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the organization for the Prohibition of chemical weapons.
In the Lviv region, a fire was extinguished as a result of a missile strike by Russian troops on a critical energy infrastructure facility, and the air defense forces in the West shot down 7 out of 10 enemy cruise missiles.
During enemy shelling in Volhynia last night, an outbuilding and a residential building in the Lutsk district caught fire, but the fires were extinguished, no one was injured, and nearby buildings were saved.
Robot logistician Volya-E helped evacuate hundreds of wounded soldiers from battlefields, saving countless lives that could not have been saved otherwise.
Throughout Ukraine, on Saturday, June 22, shutdown schedules will be applied from 16:00 to midnight, with stricter restrictions from 18 to 23 hours.
Ukrzaliznytsia is appointing additional trains from Kiev to Lviv and to mountain destinations, during peak load days, to meet, among other things, the increased demand of passengers for trips from the capital to the mountains.
Russian troops have stepped up assault operations in the Limansky direction, while three battles continue in the Toretsk direction in the area of Toretsk, Severny, the hottest - in the Pokrovsky direction, and one enemy attack continues in the Krynok area, the general staff report says as of 16:00 on June 21.
Ukraine and Poland are completing negotiations on signing a bilateral security agreement, which is expected to be signed in the near future.
The air forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine warned about the high-speed integral Kryvyi Rih, and the city reported audible sounds of explosions.
Seven children aged from 4 months to 13 years, including 3 boys and 4 girls, were returned from the occupied territories of the Kherson region.
The president of Moldova signed a decree on the start of negotiations on the Republic of Moldova's accession to the European Union.
Traffic on the Dnipro hydroelectric power station is temporarily restricted.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the approval by the EU countries of the negotiation framework on Ukraine's accession, noting that an intergovernmental conference is expected on June 25, which will actually begin the negotiation process.
A 60-year-old woman was informed of suspicion of desecrating the graves of the fallen defenders of Ukraine Dmytro Kotsyubailo, Andriy Pilshchikov and Pavlo Petrichenko, and faces up to 7 years in prison for hooliganism.
A high-speed target was detected moving from the Kharkiv region in the direction of Dnipropetrovsk, and an Air Alert was issued throughout Ukraine due to a potential missile Hazard.
A Chinese high-tech company and Slovak partner InoBat are investing 1. 2 billion euros to build an electric vehicle battery plant in Slovakia with an initial annual capacity of 20 gigawatt-hours.
The EU Council approved the common positions and negotiating framework for accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, setting the stage for the start of negotiations on June 25 in Luxembourg.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 64 military clashes occurred at the front today, while the enemy is most active in the Pokrovsky direction.
In the Zaporizhia region, Russian troops dropped high-explosive aerial bombs on the Vozdvizhevskaya community, in Vozdvizhovka one person was killed and two were injured.
By order of Prosecutor General Andrey Kostin dated June 21, the duties of Deputy Prosecutor General Dmitry Verbitsky were assigned to other deputies, the Prosecutor General's Office said on Friday.
Since the beginning of the day, 47 clashes have occurred at the front, 21 of them in the Pokrovsky direction, the enemy has become more active in the Novopavlovsky direction, and in the Kharkiv direction - without active enemy actions.
In Bucha, an unknown man got into someone else's car, threatened the driver with a grenade, demanded to be taken to the border, but then detonated the grenade, as a result of which he died.
Due to the difficult situation in the Ukrainian energy system after Russian attacks on facilities, restrictions on electricity consumption are in effect throughout the day on June 21, with increased restrictions from 13:00, and emergency assistance was received from Poland the day before to overcome the deficit.
Two people were killed and three were injured in a Russian airstrike on residential buildings in Selidovo, Donetsk region.
Law enforcement officers identified two citizens of Kazakhstan and declared suspicion for the attempted murder of Kazakh opposition politician and blogger Aidos Sadykov on June 18, copies of which were published on June 20 on the website of the prosecutor general's office.
Ukraine can use weapons provided by the United States to hit Russian forces that are firing at Ukrainian troops anywhere across the border with Russia, and not just on Russian territory near the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, the Pentagon said.
In Kharkiv, probably outside the city, a series of explosions were heard against the background of an air alert in the Kharkiv region, Suspilne reported.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party must submit a written statement of support for Ukraine if it wants to join the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) in the European Parliament.
The national team of Ukraine will play its second match of the Euro 2024 group stage against Slovakia in Dusseldorf, Germany, today, June 21. The application of the Ukrainian national team for the game has been announced.
Ukrgasvydobuvannya group has launched a new powerful well that produces 439,000 cubic meters of gas per day at a depth of 5,767 meters.