Zelensky: "Spiderweb" Ukraine’s own operation
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine had conducted Operation "Spiderweb", which targeted dozens of Russian bombers inside Russia, independently, without any assistance from international partnes.
02 June 2025
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine had conducted Operation "Spiderweb", which targeted dozens of Russian bombers inside Russia, independently, without any assistance from international partnes.
During talks in Istanbul, the Ukrainian and Russian delegations agreed on an "all-for-all" exchange of two categories of prisoners of war.
The main topics of the meeting of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda in Vilnius included bilateral relations, pressure on Russia, and economic projects.
One of the key issues on the agenda of the NATO summit, which will take place in three weeks in The Hague, will be continued assistance to Ukraine.
Rustem Umerov, head of the Ukrainian delegation and Minister of Defense, stated following negotiations with the Russian side mediated by Türkiye in Istanbul, that three key points were discussed: a ceasefire, exchange of prisoners and return of children, and a meeting of leaders.
United States Shifts Rhetoric on Russia at UN Security Council
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that during the Bucharest Nine summit, held today in Vilnius, decisions were made to allocate new aid packages for Ukraine.
The countries of the Bucharest Nine and Nordic countries will continue to provide Ukraine with political, military, economic, and humanitarian support to achieve a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met with U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham to discuss coordination between the EU and the U.S. on sanctions in response to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
The goals of today's meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Istanbul are to assess the conditions and prospects for a ceasefire, discuss a prisoner exchange, and prepare for a meeting at the presidential level.
On the southern front, Russian forces significantly increased their drone and missile strikes in May, using 500 Shahed drones and 2,300 unguided aerial rockets.
During the talks with Russia in Istanbul, the Ukrainian side will insist on an unconditional ceasefire, discussion of humanitarian issues, the return of children and the exchange of prisoners.
The Security Service of Ukraine hit 41 Russian strategic aircraft at four military airfields in the rear of the Russian Federation.
Combined attacks by the Russian Federation are forcing Ukraine to make difficult decisions regarding which areas to protect with a limited number of Patriot air defense systems.
As a result of an audacious operation by the Security Service of Ukraine conducted on Russian soil, thousands of kilometers behind the frontlines, at least 13 Russian warplanes were destroyed and more were damaged.
Six people, including a child, were injured in Kharkiv’s Kholodnohirskyi district Monday morning as a result of a Russian combined air attack.
Ukraine’s air defense shot down 52 Russian attack drones overnight Monday amid a combined air raid that involved 4 Iskander missiles and 80 UAVs.
Great-Russian chauvinism, not just Putin is a threat to all the world
On Sunday, June 1, a total of 146 combat clashes took place between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders, with the most engagements occurring in the Pokrovsk sector.
In Kherson region, three people were killed and 19 wounded as a result of Russian aggression within the past 24 hours.
The total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to June 2, 2025, amount to approximately 989,700 personnel, with 1,140 personnel eliminated in the past 24 hours.
Karol Nawrocki, the candidate from the right-wing conservative party Law and Justice and current head of the Institute of National Remembrance, is winning the Polish presidential election with 50.89% of the vote.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham stated that the U.S. Senate plans to consider a new package of sanctions against Russia ahead of the G7 Summit, scheduled for June 15–17 in Canada.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a phone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the request of the Russian side.
During an air raid alert triggered by the threat of drones, explosions were heard in Kharkiv, and there are reports of casualties as a result of enemy strikes.
On International Children's Day in Warsaw, activists gathered to remind the general public that the Russian aggressors chose Ukrainian children as their deliberate targets.
During the Eucharistic service on Sunday in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV entrusted families, especially those suffering from the war in Ukraine and the Middle East, to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Drone operators from the 14th Operational Brigade named after Ivan Bohun of the National Guard of Ukraine, known as "Chervona Kalyna," have destroyed three Russian electronic warfare systems in the Pokrovsk sector.
01 June 2025
The Russian army, which is highly dependent on Western semiconductor technologies, is suffering greatly from U.S. and EU sanctions, since Russia is incapable of developing its own technology of this kind.
President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukrainians will defend themselves by all means available to them.