Ihor Reiterovych, political analyst
I don’t believe in a scenario where the United States would eventually abandon Ukraine. This is unrealistic. And this, albeit cautious, is still a reason for optimism
23 June 2025
I don’t believe in a scenario where the United States would eventually abandon Ukraine. This is unrealistic. And this, albeit cautious, is still a reason for optimism
Due to a combined attack by Russians on Kyiv, there are five preliminary casualties in the city, with fires in several districts.
During the air attack on Kyiv, one of the exits of the Sviatoshyn metro station was damaged, and there are casualties.
A woman was killed and several people were wounded during an enemy attack in the Kyiv region, with houses and cars damaged in three districts.
22 June 2025
Norwegian company Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace, known for producing NASAMS air defense systems, has opened an office in Ukraine.
On June 22, Russian forces launched an Iskander-M missile strike on a training ground of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region.
In Ochakiv, Mykolaiv region, three people were wounded as a result of shelling by the occupiers, including two children.
Fourteen people were wounded as a result of a Russian army missile strike on a training ground belonging to one of the mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Ground Forces.
An elderly man was injured as a result of a drone strike on a village in the Kharkiv region.
On June 22, Russian forces launched a missile strike at a training ground of one of the mechanized brigades of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, where training exercises were being conducted with servicemen. Casualties, including both killed and wounded, have been reported.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met with Norwegian Minister of Defense Tore Onshuus Sandvik to discuss joint arms production, investment in Ukrainian weapons manufacturing, and strengthening of air defense.
In Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, emergency crews have recovered the bodies of two men from the rubble of a four-story residential building destroyed in a Russian missile strike. Search and rescue operations remain ongoing.
On June 22, a special unit of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Kabul 9, carried out a successful strike on a freight train carrying fuel for Russian forces in the temporarily occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region.
Over the past day, Russian troops shelled 36 settlements in the Sumy region, damaging houses and farm buildings.
Over the past day, Russian troops attacked three settlements in the Kharkiv region with guided bombs, unguided missiles, and drones.
There were 171 combat engagements between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops over the past day. The enemy launched the most attacks in the Pokrovsk sector, with increased activity also recorded in the Lyman sector.
The total combat losses of Russian forces in manpower from February 24, 2022, to June 22, 2025, have reached approximately 1,011,490 personnel, with 1,100 invaders eliminated in the past 24 hours alone.
21 June 2025
On June 21, a 60-year-old man was killed in the village of Staryi Saltiv, Chuhuiv district, following a Russian drone strike.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that after advancing only 200 meters in the Sumy region over the past week, Russian troops were pushed back by 200 to 400 meters by Ukrainian forces.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has denied reports that Patriot air defense systems were damaged or destroyed during recent large-scale Russian missile attacks.
Air defense forces destroyed 140 Russian drones and five missiles overnight, with another 115 air targets lost or suppressed by electronic warfare.
On June 20, a total of 188 combat clashes were recorded between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops, nearly a third of them in the Pokrovsk sector.
As of 06:00 on June 21, Russia has one warship armed with Kalibr cruise missiles operating in the Black Sea, with a total volley of two missiles.
The Russian army’s combat losses in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to June 21, 2025 amount to nearly 1,010,390 invaders, including another 1,060 troops killed or wounded in action in the past day.
20 June 2025
The West, namely Europe and the United States, must be consistent in their support for Ukraine, in particular, military assistance, which will increase the chances that Vladimir Putin will agree to negotiations.
American artist Fred Grandy, who was killed during a Russian airstrike on Kyiv on June 17, had come to Ukraine as a volunteer to help clear debris from buildings destroyed by Russian attacks.
Counterintelligence operatives with the Security Service of Ukraine apprehended a Ukrainian army deserter who flipped onto the Russian side to commit acts of arson and intended to assassinate an FSB target.
In the past day, 176 combat clashes between Ukraine’s Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders were recorded along the front lines.
In the Sumy region, police bomb disposal experts defused the warhead of a Russian cruise missile.