30 June 2026
During the first half of 2026, the State Environmental Inspectorate of Ukraine's Central District estimated environmental damage caused by Russian aggression in the Poltava region at more than UAH 2.59 billion.
Since 2022, Ukrainian refugees have contributed about 1.6 billion Moldovan leu (more than $90 million) to Moldova's state budget through taxes and social security contributions.
Cardinals of Polish and Ukrainian descent in Rome, together with the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, have appealed to both nations to seek reconciliation.
In Lviv, Ukrainian and Polish surgeons performed a complex intrauterine operation at the 16th week of pregnancy to save a baby with a congenital disorder.
29 June 2026
Since February 2022, the Russian Armed Forces have executed 129 Ukrainian prisoners of war and individuals who had ceased participating in hostilities.
Daytime maximum temperatures in several Ukrainian regions set new historical records for June 25-28, surpassing previous highs recorded for those dates.
Ukraine once had more than 100 distinct embroidery techniques, but most of them have been lost, largely due to Soviet policies.
Oleksandra Shutko, a researcher of Ottoman Empire history, has published a new book in which she draws on archival documents to describe life in the sultan’s harem and the influence of Ukrainian women on the Ottoman Empire. The book launch will take place in Kyiv on July 2.
28 June 2026
A bust of Hetman Ivan Mazepa was unveiled on the grounds of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra on Ukraine's Constitution Day.
Russia has damaged 740 religious buildings in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree launching preparations to commemorate the 1,000th anniversary of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced plans to erect a full-scale monument to Hetman Ivan Mazepa in Kyiv.
On Sunday, June 28, Ukraine is expected to have partly cloudy weather. In the eastern and Dnipropetrovsk regions, and during the day in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, a slight short-term shower is possible, with thunderstorms in some places; the rest of the country will be dry.
During the Conference on Ukraine’s Recovery in Gdańsk, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, with support from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, announced the allocation of 1.5 million euros to support Ukrainian media and civil society organizations in 2026–2027.
A total of 92 educational institutions from 26 countries around the world have already joined the Global Coalition for Ukrainian Studies, including four universities in Poland: the University of Warsaw, Jagiellonian University, the University of Gdańsk, and the Kraków University of Economics.
Ukrainian journalist Iryna Levchenko, who was unlawfully detained in occupied Melitopol, has been transferred from Simferopol to a pre-trial detention center in Russia’s Krasnodar region.
Ukraine's National Antarctic Scientific Center (NASC) and the Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences have signed an agreement to conduct joint scientific research in the Arctic and Antarctic.
27 June 2026
Four participants — Estonia, Switzerland, the Swiss National Science Foundation, and the SaveScienceUA initiative — joined the International Coalition to Support Science, Research, and Innovation in Ukraine during the URC-2026 Conference in Gdańsk.
Seven Ukrainian civilians who had been illegally held in Russian captivity for years have returned home.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has approved amendments proposed by the Ukrainian delegation to a resolution on transnational repression, addressing Russia's abuse of Interpol mechanisms and international wanted notices to persecute individuals for their pro-Ukrainian activities.
26 June 2026
Ukraine is working to establish a new mechanism for the return of civilian hostages, and the families of Ukrainians held captive by Russia may receive good news in the near future.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has published exclusive video footage of a prisoner exchange that took place on June 26.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that 160 Ukrainian servicemembers, all of whom had been held in Russian captivity since 2022, had been released.
The government has added the Republic of Moldova to the list of countries whose citizens are eligible for the simplified procedure for obtaining Ukrainian citizenship.
Reports that a Belarusian Airlines IL-62 aircraft crossed the Ukrainian border are false; no aircraft entered Ukrainian airspace.
Ukraine should focus on building a comprehensive defense system that integrates state institutions and civil society, rather than copying individual defense institutions from other countries.
The Kremlin has elevated the funding of children's military training programs to the highest state level by involving the Presidential Grants Foundation, which was established by Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
25 June 2026
On Friday, June 26, no precipitation is forecast in Ukraine, although in the southern part, the eastern regions and Vinnytsia region there may be a slight short-term rain and thunderstorms in some places during the day.
A photo exhibition dedicated to the war in Ukraine has opened at the International Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2026), held on June 25–26 in the Polish city of Gdańsk.
On Thursday, June 25, variable cloudiness will persist in Ukraine, with mostly no precipitation. Only during the day in the northern and eastern regions, a light short-term rain and thunderstorms are possible in some places.