Ukraine

At the Eurosatory 2024 exhibition in Paris, KNDS presented its new Colibri kamikaze attack drone, a batch of which will be delivered to the Ukrainian Armed Forces this summer to counter Russian occupation forces.

Zelenskyy thanked the Ecumenical Patriarch for signing the Peace Summit communiqué and said that Ukraine had already begun preparing the next steps by involving more participants in the work on the points of the Peace Formula.

Andriy Yermak discussed the results of the Peace Summit with South African National Security Adviser Sidney Mufamadi, thanking South Africa for its participation and expressing hope that more countries will join the Joint Communiqué on the foundations of peace.

Since the beginning of the day, 113 combat engagements took place in various sectors of the frontline, the situation was the most intense in the Pokrovsk sector, where Ukrainian troops repelled 20 attacks and are engaged in 17 more battles.

Ukraine is actively preparing for possible winter power outages due to serious damage, but is striving to minimize outages as much as possible.

The Head of State said that the world's determination opened new prospects for restoring security in Ukraine. Among other things, this concerns the security of Kharkiv.

U. S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken condemned China, Iran and North Korea for supporting Russia's military economy and defense industrial base, which made Russia's invasion of Ukraine possible.

Ksenia Bailo and Marko Barsukov won a bronze medal in the mixed pairs synchronized diving from the 10-meter tower at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade.

Russian occupiers at the front pray in Ukrainian in front of drones to be captured, as they have no way back and face death or being sent to storm Ukrainian positions if they return.

The number of high-rise buildings in the capital that are connected to critical infrastructure lines and do not shut down during the schedules has tripled. In October 2022, there were 1497 such buildings, or 12% of the total. Now there are only 510 or 4%

The evacuation of the population from the border areas of Sumy region has been ongoing since July last year: 28 settlements within the five-kilometer border zone have been fully evacuated and are under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, while the evacuation of other settlements is ongoing.

In Germany, only about 33,000 Ukrainian refugees have been employed through the accelerated labor market integration program, which is significantly less than the planned 200,000 at the time of the program's launch.

The leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church, including Patriarch Kirill, is tasked with convincing the world religious community that it is Ukraine, not Russia, that violates the principles of religious freedom, despite Russia's bloody crimes against freedom of conscience and destruction of religious monuments in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets condemned the beheading of a Ukrainian soldier by the Russian military in Donetsk region, calling it a barbaric act of cruelty and urging partners to act decisively to ensure Russia is punished for such atrocities.

A Swiss parliamentary committee has approved a proposal to amend the law to allow indirect arms exports to Ukraine, which are currently prohibited due to the country's neutrality.

President Zelenskyy met with Lithuanian Seimas Speaker Chmilite-Nielsen to discuss strengthening Ukraine's defense capabilities, Ukraine's integration into the EU and NATO, and the implementation of the Ukrainian peace formula.

Due to the increase in electricity consumption caused by the hot weather, on June 19, hourly power outages will be in effect throughout Ukraine for 24 hours, except for critical infrastructure facilities.

More than 300,000 Ukrainians liable for military service have updated their personal data through Administrative Service Centers in a month, reports the Ministry of Digital Transformation.

russian special services are actively recruiting Ukrainian teenagers through social media to set fire to military equipment, which is just another attempt to destabilize the situation in Ukraine.

Russian propagandists spread disinformation about the arrival of French mercenaries on three boats in one of Odesa's ports, which the Center for Countering Disinformation debunked as an absurd fake.

Poroshenko's Eurosolidarity party and the Russian Kremlin use the same theses to criticize Ukraine and the Peace Summit in Switzerland, a political expert believes.

Russia's aggression against Ukraine and the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East contributed to the growth of extremists in Germany in 2023: the number of right-wing extremists reached 40,600 and left-wing extremists reached 37,000, according to the annual report of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV).

Companies controlled by Odessa businessmen Serhiy Groza and Vladimir Naumenko, part of the GNT Group agroholding, have been implicated in criminal cases of "gray" exports, international scandals with U. S. lenders and violation of the ban on cooperation with sanctioned companies.

Beijing said that NATO should stop "attacking China" over Russia's war against Ukraine, noting that China is neither the creator nor a participant in the "Ukrainian crisis," as Beijing calls the war.

Ukraine's food system is stable, providing over 90% of domestic consumption and exporting two-thirds of agricultural products.

This month, Ukraine expects to receive €1. 9 billion under the Extended Fund Facility program and $2.2 billion from the IMF.

Ukrainian soldiers who returned from Russian captivity show signs of ill-treatment, which is a violation of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War.

In the occupied Donetsk region, the enemy is massively filtering the local population under the age of 60 for loyalty to Ukraine, holding them in a school building, confiscating their documents and phones, and forcing men to sign contracts with the Russian army to replenish their losses.

This year, Ukraine expects to harvest about 21 million tons of wheat, about 5 million tons of barley, and 4 million tons of rapeseed, which is higher than the average for the last decade, despite an earlier harvest due to weather conditions.

This year, the number of graduates of the National Defense University of Ukraine is a record - 101 officers, who were congratulated on their successful graduation by President Zelensky, Defense Minister Umerov and Commander-in-Chief Syrsky.