the Russian military attacks most of all in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky directions. Also, increased enemy activity is observed in the Seversky direction.
In Kiev, emergency crews have completed repairs and connected the last private homes that were de-energized as a result of the morning missile attack of the Russian Federation.
Satellite images show that part of the Kavkaz oil depot was damaged as a result of a Ukrainian rocket attack.
The Ministry of defense of Ukraine calls on parliamentarians to support the bill on the creation of a military police. The ministry emphasizes that this document is of key importance for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which are in urgent need of creating a justice system.
President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed gratitude to King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden to the Swedish people for their unwavering solidarity and support for Ukraine during his working visit to the Kingdom of Sweden.
Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Khilyuk, whom Russia won in 2022, is still alive and in Russian captivity awaiting an exchange, one of the released prisoners said.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since the beginning of the day on May 31, 62 military clashes have been recorded at the front, while the most intense fighting is taking place in the Pokrovsky direction.
According to BFMTV, French law enforcement officers detained an 18-year-old boy from Chechnya who could have planned a terrorist attack in the city of Saint-Etienne during the Olympics.
In connection with the Russian attacks on Ukrainian power plants, which caused significant losses and a shortage of electricity, Ukrenergo warns of a possible return to the planned restrictions on electricity consumption for domestic consumers.
Moscow openly admits that it plans to use Ukrainians who fled to Europe for propaganda purposes against Ukraine, using them to portray the Russian Federation caring for them, unlike Ukraine.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved an increase in electricity tariffs for individual and collective domestic consumers to UAH 4. 32/ kWh until April 30, 2025, while maintaining a preferential tariff of UAH 2.64/ kWh for consumers using electric heating during the heating period.
The National Bank of Ukraine has again raised the dollar - Hryvnia exchange rate to a historic high-the exchange rate as of June 3, 2024 is set at the following level: 40. 5373 UAH per 1 dollar.
The EU is considering imposing import duties on Russian goods such as food, nuclear fuel and medicines to reduce Russia's export revenues and use the funds received to support Ukraine in the ongoing war.
In Ukraine, beta testing of a new feature on the portal "Diya" has begun, which allows users to correct data about their place of residence in the register without visiting government agencies.
Ukraine managed to return 75 people from Russian captivity. Among them are National Guardsmen, border guards, a police officer and four civilians. The SBU also showed exclusive footage of the prisoner exchange.
Washington and Beijing held high-level talks to ease tensions and discuss cooperation in areas of mutual interest, such as the fight against drugs. The parties also discussed differences over Taiwan, the war in Ukraine and other issues.
According to the OSCE report, since 2014, Russia has deprived thousands of Ukrainian civilians of their liberty without legal grounds. Human rights activists believe that the actions of the Russian Federation on the territories of Ukraine should be qualified not only as war crimes, but also Crimes Against Humanity.
Ukraine exchanged Russian prisoners, and 75 Ukrainian defenders returned home, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed.
In Russia, they said that they had exchanged prisoners of war from Ukraine. Previously, 75 Ukrainians returned home, but official Kiev has not yet confirmed that the exchange took place.
German defense minister Boris Pistorius announced a new arms package for Ukraine worth 500 million euros during his unannounced visit to Odessa.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces attacked the Kerch ferry crossing with ATACMS missiles, damaging two ferries and significantly undermining Russian military logistics in the occupied Crimea.
It is expected that France will lead a coalition of countries willing to send instructors to Ukraine who will train future soldiers of the Defense Forces.
Ukraine has already signed 12 security agreements providing for military and financial support worth more than 2 23 billion from partners, in particular Spain, Portugal and Belgium.
Zelensky and Biden may sign a bilateral security agreement ahead of a peace summit in Switzerland, symbolizing Kiev's support amid tensions between the two countries.
The head of a defense enterprise in Mykolaiv is suspected of embezzling more than two million hryvnias. A man can be threatened up to 12 years of imprisonment.
Sweden threatens to unilaterally block imports of Russian liquefied natural gas if Hungary interferes with EU sanctions on Russian LNG.
The Russians in the occupied Crimea did not fulfill the plan to draft residents into the Russian army, so the invaders plan to strengthen forced mobilization measures on the peninsula.
John Lennon's guitar called Hootenanny, which he used during the recording of The Beatles 'albums" Help!"and" Rubber Soul " in 1965, was sold at auction for almost 2 2. 9 million, becoming the most expensive lot in the history of the British band.
Ukraine's men's futsal team will play against Romania, Germany, and Cyprus in the qualifying cycle for Euro 2026, with the best team from the group directly qualifying for the final tournament in Lithuania and Latvia.
Monobank users complain that they can't access the app and make transactions due to a crash.
