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16 June 2025
Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen has called on the Russian leadership to end its war of aggression against Ukraine and engage in serious and honest negotiations aimed at a peaceful settlement.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said the U.S. has canceled another round of talks on "normalization of relations and the work of diplomatic missions".
The German government has no plans to restart the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline for transmitting Russian gas or launch Nord Stream 2.
Over the years of the war with Russia, the moods toward Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration have changed considerably in the south and east of the country. Currently, it is supported by up to 90% of citizens in each region.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed that the Russians proposed exchanging their prisoners of war for the Ukrainian children they had abducted. According to him, such an idea is unacceptable.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has a distorted view of the capabilities of the Russian armed forces, particularly regarding modern missile weaponry.
During the latest repatriation, the Russians handed over to the Ukrainian side the bodies of their own soldiers, mixed in with the bodies of Ukrainian servicemen.
Approximately 80% of Ukraine’s population categorically reject the Russian "peace plan."
Germany is co-financing three drone production projects in Ukraine, though there are currently no plans to support missile manufacturing.
There will likely be many more meetings between Ukrainian and Russian delegations, with their level and scope potentially changing, but the outcome will depend on various factors — and it cannot be ruled out that Russia may eventually take the negotiation track seriously.
There is high activity of Russian invading forces observed in the Pokrovsk, Novopavlivka, Lyman, Kupiansk, Kharkiv, Toretsk, and Kramatorsk sectors of the front. This indicates a renewed enemy offensive that had been previously announced.
Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, 207 Ukrainian artists and 106 Ukrainian and foreign media professionals have been killed in Ukraine.
Ukraine has received the remains of another 1,245 fallen individuals, marking the completion of the repatriation component of the Istanbul agreements with Russia.
Russian forces are suffering significant losses in the Sumy region, leading to a noticeable decrease in the activity of small infantry groups near the border.
Police in Krakow (southern Poland) are searching for a man who tore down Ukrainian flags from various buildings across the city, including the Juliusz Slowacki Theater and the Sokol Gymnastic Society sports club.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, together with First Lady Olena Zelenska, will pay an official visit to Austria on Monday, June 16, during which he will hold talks with the country's leadership.
Russia is preparing to launch a disinformation campaign aimed at discrediting Ukraine during the final stage of prisoner exchanges, with the dissemination of fake lists of deceased individuals.
Ukrainian border guards are closely monitoring the situation in Belarus, where joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises are set to take place. It is possible that the enemy could resort to provocations or demonstrative actions near the Ukrainian border during these drills.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday that pressure on Russia must be stepped up to ensure a ceasefire in Ukraine, and called on the G7 nations to strengthen sanctions to achieve that goal.
On the second day of the G7 summit, the leaders of the seven participating countries will discuss Ukraine's recovery and ways to improve the nation’s economic situation.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces renamed the Kharkiv axis to South Slobozhanshchyna, adding the North Slobozhanshchyna axis to the daily war updates after the Russians intensified their offensive efforts in the border areas of Sumy region.
Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is trying to shift international attention away from Russia's war against Ukraine by offering the United States help in the Middle East settlement.
Russia has been illegally transshipping oil between tankers in the open sea off the coast of Greece and Cyprus.
Two settlements in Kharkiv region came under Russian strikes in the past day, leaving three people injured.
Two people were injured in Kyiv as a result of an overnight attack by Russian drones.
Ukraine’s air defense forces have intercepted and destroyed 125 out of 138 drones launched by Russian forces in an evening assault starting on June 15.
Intense fighting continued on the frontline in Ukraine on June 15, with 175 combat clashes recorded between Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops.
Overnight on June 16, Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 18 Russian drones over Cherkasy region.
Seven people were injured in Kherson region over the past 24 hours as a result of continued Russian aggression.
Russia’s total combat losses in its full-scale war against Ukraine have reached approximately 1,005,060 personnel as of June 16, 2025. This includes 1,200 Russian troops killed in the past 24 hours alone.