Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who is leaving his post, plans to take a three-month leave before taking up his duties as NATO secretary general, as all 32 NATO member countries supported his candidacy for the highest post in the Alliance.
The European Union has agreed on a 14th package of sanctions against Russia aimed at its military-industrial complex, financial services, energy sector, circumvention of sanctions and those involved in the deportation of Ukrainian children, making it difficult for Russia to wage a war of aggression.
The man who was attacked by unknown assailants in Dnipro on June 20 is a former soldier of the Kraken Special Forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense.
Netanyahu promised that Israel will not leave Gaza until it reaches the release of all 120 Israeli hostages held by Hamas, both alive and dead, and destroys the military and managerial potential of the Kama Sutra.
Norway, Finland and Sweden have agreed to create a military transport corridor through their northern territories to ensure the rapid transfer of military personnel and equipment.
According to the US State Department, Russia plans to leave Ukrainians without electricity and heat in the winter, striking at Ukraine's energy facilities.
Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have agreed with China to build a 450-500 km long railway to Europe bypassing Russia as part of the China One Belt, One Road Initiative.
According to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine plans to hold the next global peace summit in one of the countries of the Global South, while several potential host countries will show interest.
Ukraine is negotiating with European Union countries on the possibility of returning men who illegally crossed the border from abroad to avoid military service.
Units of the 24th separate Mechanized Brigade were relocated to Chasov Yar, Donetsk region, to strengthen their defense against intense Russian attacks and shelling.
Spain beat Italy 1-0 in the group stage of Euro 2024 and reached the playoffs.
Russia and North Korea have signed an agreement on a comprehensive strategic partnership, which should concern China, as it contradicts China's position on a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine.
A 60-year-old woman suspected of damaging the graves of Ukrainian soldiers in Kiev will undergo a forensic psychiatric examination to determine whether she is sane, and she faces up to 7 years in prison if found guilty.
On June 20, the Russian army attacked four settlements in the Sumy region of Ukraine, resulting in 8 explosions from unmanned aerial vehicles and dropped mines.
During the day, the Russian aggressor launched missile and air strikes, carried out 2,634 attacks on Ukrainian positions using various weapons and unsuccessfully carried out numerous offensive operations in various directions, with the fiercest fighting taking place in the Pokrovsky direction, where Ukrainian defenders repelled 29 attacks, while 19 clashes continue.
Ukraine has put on The Wanted list Russian oligarchs Arkady and Igor Rotenberg, close allies of Vladimir Putin, for financing actions aimed at forcibly changing the constitutional order of Ukraine, money laundering and tax evasion.
The Ukrainian IT Army hacked and disrupted the services of major Russian companies such as Sberbank, VTB, Tinkoff, beeline, MTS, Vkontakte and the Mir payment system for several hours during a large-scale cyberattack.
In Odessa, a driver aggressively ran over employees of a shopping center on the hood of a car, wounding two servicemen at a checkpoint, one of whom received a head injury, and the driver was put on the Wanted list.
Anastasia Radina, head of the anti-corruption committee of the Verkhovna Rada, criticized NABU director Semyon Kryvonos for refusing to attend a meeting of the committee to investigate possible data leaks from the Bureau that may be related to a new journalistic investigation directly related to Kryvonos.
In order for the law on the "White Business Club" to come into force, it still needs to be signed by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. At the same time, he can veto the document.
MHP Procurement Conference 2024: big business on procurement will be held in Kyiv on July 19.
A charity race in support of the military will be held in Vinnytsia region.
Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine Semyon Kryvonos considers it premature to publicly discuss the ongoing investigation into possible information leaks from the bureau before its completion.
In the second half of the year, the dollar exchange rate may reach more than 42 hryvnias per dollar, but there are no grounds for its growth, economic expert Serhiy Fursa believes.
Odessa businessmen Sergey Groza and Vladimir Naumenko, owners of the agricultural holding GNT Group, most likely earned their fortune not quite honestly.
Businesses that evade taxes during the war should be punished publicly and loudly so that the country knows its "heroes", says Sergey Dorotich, head of the #ЅаѵеFOP movement.
A possible leak of information from NABU investigations will be discussed at a meeting of the Rada's anti-corruption committee, which is expected to hear NABU director Semyon Krivonos.
On June 20, Ukraine will experience short-term rains, thunderstorms, hail and squalls, the air temperature is 15-20°C at night and 21-33°C during the day, and in different regions it will be different.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, air defense systems shot down 5 shahids and 4 missiles during a massive enemy attack at night, but as a result of Russian terror, 3 people were injured and residential buildings, outbuildings, cars and infrastructure were damaged in Kryvyi Rih and Nikopol districts.
Russian armed forces fired at DTEK's thermal power plant, wounding three power engineers and causing serious damage to equipment, marking the seventh major attack on the company's facilities in the past three months.
