During the day, the invaders launched 420 strikes on the Zaporizhia region, carrying out airstrikes on 8 settlements using drones, MLRS and artillery attacks, as a result of which residential buildings were destroyed, but there were no civilian casualties.
One person was killed and two civilians were injured as a result of a massive rocket attack by Russian invaders on a recreation center in the village of Zmiev, Kharkiv region, after midnight.
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops have lost approximately 511,130 personnel and 7,779 tanks.
China has identified two central government employees, Wang and his wife Zhou, as spies recruited by the British intelligence agency MI6 as part of an exchange and financial incentive program to collect intelligence.
A firefighter was killed during a rescue operation in southern Germany as a result of severe flooding caused by heavy rains and rising water levels in the Danube and its tributaries.
President Zelensky visited the Philippines for the first time, met with President Marcos Jr. , discussed the opening of the Ukrainian Embassy in Manila, bilateral cooperation, the territorial integrity of Ukraine and the participation of the Philippines in the world peace summit.
The Czech Republic has launched a pilot project to promote the voluntary return of Ukrainian refugees, providing free bus and ambulance tickets for 400 people and 30 patients, respectively, from June to November.
Zelensky arrived in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, to personally invite President Ferdinand Marcos to a peace summit and call for regional leaders to participate, as well as announce Ukraine's plans to open an embassy in Manila this year.
Russian authorities forcibly moved an entire orphanage from Kherson, Ukraine, to Russia, filming the process on video for propaganda purposes, which experts believe may constitute a war crime.
EU ambassador to Ukraine Katarina Maternova held her first meeting with Ukrainian officials, including Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, to discuss Ukraine's priorities, urgent energy needs in connection with Russia's attacks, as well as reforms related to the IMF program, EU funds and anti-corruption efforts.
Ukrainian security forces repelled 60 enemy attacks, while the most tense situation developed in the Pokrovsky direction, where they repelled 17 attacks.
Yaroslava Maguchikh won gold in the high jump at the first stage of the 2024 Diamond League in Stockholm, Irina Gerashchenko won bronze, and Imke Onnen from Germany won silver.
Putin discussed with Xi Jinping the suspended operation to build the power of Siberia-2 gas pipeline due to China's demands to reduce prices and supply volumes, potential financing by Chinese banks of the Russian defense industry in the face of US sanctions, and China's refusal to participate in the summit on Ukraine in Geneva.
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, an Air Alert has been declared in eastern Ukraine due to the threat of ballistic missile strikes.
A Riposte Alimentaire activist glued a piece of oilcloth to Claude Monet's "Maki" painting at the Musee d'orsay in Paris in protest against climate change, prompting the French culture minister to call for criminal penalties for damaging works of art during protests.
Romania will discuss the possibility of transferring the Patriot air defense system to Ukraine to protect its territory.
According to leaked internal documents, the Russian state human rights foundation has spent millions of euros to finance pro-Russian propaganda websites and activities in Europe.
The brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine has provided US intelligence agencies with a rare opportunity to recruit angry Kremlin spies who are waging war, openly appealing to disgruntled Russians to grant them access to information that is useful to the United States.
Trump, if he wins, promises to declassify documents about the Kennedy assassination and the September 11 terrorist attack and threatens to take revenge on his opponents.
Ukraine can theoretically shoot down a Russian plane in Russian airspace using German Patriot air defense systems as part of a permit issued by Berlin to launch strikes on Russia.
Saudi Arabia refused to participate in the Ukrainian peace summit in Switzerland on June 15-16, allegedly due to the absence of Russia.
Zelensky congratulated Hola Tomasdottir on winning the presidential election in Iceland and expressed hope for strengthening Ukrainian-Icelandic cooperation and ensuring peace in Europe and beyond.
Next week, electricity shortages will resume in Ukraine due to planned repairs at nuclear power plants, the consequences of recent shelling and increased consumption due to rising temperatures, which will lead to expected power outages during the day.
North Korea has temporarily suspended the launch of balloons filled with garbage and excrement into South Korea as a countermeasure, but warned it could resume the campaign if anti-North Korean leaflets were sent from the South.
The Russians carried out 19 attacks on border territories and settlements of the Sumy region, while 46 explosions were recorded in several settlements.
Halla Tomasdottir, an entrepreneur and former director of Richard Branson's company, won Iceland's presidential election with 34. 1% of the vote, becoming the country's second female president.
The Ombudsman appealed to the UN and the Red Cross to document the facts of bullying and ill-treatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war by the Russian military in the Kharkiv direction, which violates the Geneva Conventions.
OPEC + countries have agreed to extend most of their oil production cuts until 2025, gradually curtailing them to support the market amid slow growth in global demand.
France and the United Kingdom have allowed Ukraine to strike at Russian military facilities in Russia with long-range scalp/Storm Shadow cruise missiles, allowing it to strike at airfields in border regions such as Kursk and Belgorod.
Vladimir Zelensky will attend the G7 summit in Apulia, Italy, as confirmed by Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni.
