Ukraine

Slovakia's new president, Peter Pellegrini, met with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the EU summit in Brussels, discussing his plans to visit Ukraine and assuring Zelenskyy of Slovakia's support for a quick and just peace for Kyiv.

In Ukraine, hourly power outage schedules will be in effect throughout the day on June 28 at the direction of Ukrenergo, DTEK reports.

Spain and Ukraine have launched a pilot project to develop Ukrainian railways in line with EU standards. Spain is providing financial support, companies, expertise and ready-made solutions for modernization.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit Warsaw to meet with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk ahead of the upcoming NATO summit to discuss Ukraine's defense and path to EU and NATO membership.

In Kyiv, a 35-year-old BMW driver hit a 10-year-old boy on a pedestrian crossing, causing the child to sustain serious injuries, and was notified of suspicion under Article 286 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Another five militants who fought against Ukrainian forces in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions were sentenced to 15 years in prison for the assaults on Avdiivka, Bakhmut and Robotyno based on evidence provided by the Security Service of Ukraine.

The rental housing market in Ukraine is characterized by a high demand for one-bedroom apartments, where tenants pay attention to the availability of gas, the number of floors and the frequency of power outages when choosing a property.

A 1938 John Deere Model A tractor, a legendary automotive rarity, was smuggled into Ukraine disassembled among car parts in a van.

Ukrainian Railways Cargo Poland, a division of Ukrzaliznytsia, has received a rail transportation license from the Polish Railways Administration, allowing it to provide cross-border transportation services between Ukraine and Poland.

55 million tons of cargo, including 37. 4 million tons of agricultural products exported to 45 countries, were transported through the Ukrainian sea corridor in the 10 months of its operation.

President Zelenskyy said that within a few months, before the second Peace Summit, as a next step after the first summit, a detailed plan should be prepared to address each crisis caused by Putin's war in Ukraine.

Zelensky hopes that most countries will support Ukraine despite potential political changes, as the fight is for freedom and for being on the right side of history.

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy signs bilateral security cooperation agreements with the President of Lithuania and the Prime Minister of Estonia during the EU leaders' summit.

The Russian occupation forces bring workers from Russia and Crimea to the occupied Askania-Nova nature reserve in Ukraine as part of "industrial tourism," endangering civilians by exposing them to military facilities in the protected area.

German Chancellor Scholz called on the EU to provide financial support to countries such as Germany, which are hosting large numbers of Ukrainian refugees, to finance social assistance, vocational training and language courses for them.

Ukraine and the European Union sign a Security Agreement during an EU leaders' summit attended by President Zelenskyy, Charles Michel, and Ursula von der Leyen.

Russia has granted Russian citizenship to more than 30,000 migrants and sent 10,000 of them to fight in the war against Ukraine.

Arriving at the European Council meeting in Brussels, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed his desire to discuss with EU leaders the next steps after the start of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the bloc, as well as pressing issues such as air defense and the need for urgent delivery of military aid packages.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on June 27, 2024, for a closed-door meeting.

A large fire at the Russian military training ground at Cape Chauda in occupied Crimea, from where Russia launches Shahed drones into Ukraine, has spread significantly overnight, media reports say.

PrivatBank said it has started the process of selecting a new chairman of the board, while the current chairman Gerhard Bösch will continue to perform his duties until a smooth management transition.

In the next three days, Ukraine is expected to have hot weather with temperatures up to 35°C, mostly without precipitation, except for light rains and thunderstorms in the western regions.

President Zelenskyy is in Brussels to attend a European Council meeting, sign a security agreement with the EU and two other security agreements, and hold talks.

Over the past week, more than a million Ukrainians have updated their military records through the Reserve+ app, which now allows them to generate a QR code that has the same legal force as a paper document, saving time and resources.

A new outpatient clinic has been opened in Novi Troiany, Bolhrad district, Odesa region, with a capacity of 5000 residents and qualified medical staff and modern equipment.

Prime minister Denys Shmyhol instructed ministers to immediately make working trips to front-line regions after President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized officials for not being there for months.

In the 2023-2024 marketing year, official statistics on grain exports from Ukraine improved due to the current grain corridor and a decrease in gray exports. Total exports increased by 3% y-o-y, including wheat exports up 10% and corn exports down 275,000 tons.

Zelensky invited the Organization of American States to work together to develop action plans based on the formula for peace in order to bring a just and lasting peace closer, ensuring reliable stability for everyone in the world.

Ukrposhta introduced new stamps " taxes. The army. Victory " to draw public attention to the importance of paying taxes to support the military.

Ukraine faces power outages throughout the day, with stricter restrictions from 17:00 to 11:00, imports electricity from Romania, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Moldova, while 465 settlements remain without power due to fighting and technical problems.