Ukraine

Tokayev instructed to send official inquiries to Ukraine regarding the attempted assassination of Kazakh opposition leader Aidos Sadykov in Kyiv and stated that Kazakhstan was ready to join the investigation if necessary.

Almost half of the pedestrian approaches in Kyiv do not meet the requirements of inclusiveness, making it difficult for people with disabilities and people with limited mobility to move around and integrate into public life, according to the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Urban Development.

The occupiers in Crimea are preparing for a possible landing of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as Ukrainian partisans have discovered new Russian firing points and fortifications being built in Yevpatoriya.

In some regions of Ukraine, agricultural companies allocate funds and participate in the repair of local roads used by their large vehicles.

Parliamentarians from 46 Council of Europe countries will create a platform to find mechanisms for the return of Ukrainian children deported by Russia during the next session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

The expert predicted what will happen next with the exchange rate.

Polish Sejm Marshal Szymon Holovnya is in Ukraine on his first visit to Kyiv in his new post.

The Verkhovna Rada has passed in the first reading a draft law that provides for the creation of a military police with law enforcement functions to ensure law and order, military discipline and prevention of offenses in the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces and the State Special Transport Service.

North Korea hopes to build alternative trade and payment systems with Russia, bypassing Western controls and sanctions.

Antigua and Barbuda joined the communiqué of the Global Peace Summit, although it was not represented at the Summit.

The shadow economy in Ukraine was as high as 55% before Russia's full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, and it has only gotten worse since then.

The coin of the restorer of Athos is presented in Kyiv.

The authorities in Ukraine have fully or partially implemented almost 25% of the anti-corruption measures envisaged by the State Anti-Corruption Program for 2023-2025, with the lowest rate in the defense sector.

Denmark announced the 19th aid package to Ukraine aimed at establishing the production of military equipment, including agreements with allies on procurement and investment in the Ukrainian defense industry, additional equipment for Danish F-16 aircraft, and supplies from Danish defense stockpiles to support Ukraine's immediate and long-term defense capabilities.

The SBU prevented Russian attempts to obtain intelligence on Kharkiv's defense by detaining an informant who was preparing missile and drone strikes and a breakthrough by sabotage groups in the region.

Russia's so-called "peace plan" with demands to Ukraine makes a mockery of the UN principle, US Permanent Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said.

551 children were killed and more than 1,388 injured in Ukraine as a result of Russia's full-scale armed aggression, with Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kherson regions suffering the most.

The National Bank of Ukraine has set the official hryvnia exchange rate at 40. 5493 UAH/USD, strengthening the hryvnia by 10 kopecks.

Over the last day, 129 combat engagements took place in the frontline, most of them in the Pokrovsk and Kramatorsk sectors, where 39 and 21 attacks were repelled respectively.

On June 19, no precipitation is expected in Ukraine, the temperature will range from 15-20°C at night to 27-32°C during the day, southwest wind, 3-8 m/s.

Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops have lost approximately 529,750 personnel and 7984 tanks.

On the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ukraine is investigating about 300 cases of sexual violence committed by Russian troops as a method of warfare against civilians and prisoners of war during the ongoing invasion.

Albatrosses are one of the largest flying birds, and the wandering and southern king albatrosses have a record wingspan of up to 3. 7 meters and even more. Of the 21 albatross species known to science, 19 are endangered.

The US military-industrial corporation Northrop Grumman plans to start producing medium-caliber ammunition in Ukraine as part of a joint production agreement between the Pentagon and the Ukrainian government, with plans to expand production to tank and artillery ammunition.

Austria has the ability to compensate for gas supplies if they are cut off from Russia by using strategic reserves, rebuilding the system to receive gas from Norway and the Persian Gulf, and OMV can reorient itself against Gazprom if Ukraine does not extend the gas transit contract after 2025.

Secretary Blinken said that the upcoming NATO summit will focus on ensuring Ukraine's long-term success, and if Putin expects the allies to weaken their support for Ukraine, he is mistaken.

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.