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20 June 2025
The Istanbul format cannot bring about radical changes, so without a meeting between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin, it is unlikely that a lasting ceasefire can be established and the war ended.
The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, showed an exclusive video of the prisoner exchange that took place on June 20.
During the spring campaign, fighters from the Russian Volunteer Corps, part of Timur's Special Forces, carried out a daring assault operation and captured enemy positions.
The US will continue to focus on the need to end Russia's war against Ukraine despite new serious escalations in the Middle East, as Russia remains a problem for US national security interests in Europe.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has enacted a decision by the National Security and Defense Council to impose sanctions on individuals and entities involved in the development and production of drones in Russia, as well as those involved in schemes to circumvent sanctions.
There are not many combat clashes in the southern direction at the moment, but the enemy is regrouping and preparing to intensify combat operations in a few days.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor believes that while it may be difficult, it is a sound and realistic goal to confiscate frozen Russian assets and use those funds to purchase U.S.-made weapons to support Ukrainian forces.
Another prisoner-of-war exchange between Ukraine and Russia has taken place, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Another prisoner-of-war exchange between Ukraine and Russia has taken place, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), to discuss continued support for Ukraine amid ongoing Russian aggression.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), to discuss continued support for Ukraine amid ongoing Russian aggression.
Early on Friday, June 20, Russian aircraft launched an airstrike on the Derhachi community in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region, leaving the village of Tsupivka without electricity.
An investigative judge of the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) has imposed pre-trial detention for a Kyiv-based real estate developer, with the option of release on bail set at UAH 100 million (approximately $2.5 million).
Europe and the United States must remain consistent in their support for Ukraine, particularly in terms of military assistance, as this will increase the chances that Vladimir Putin agrees to enter negotiations.
While U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to find common ground with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to begin negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, Russia has already provided ample justification for applying serious pressure to compel it toward peace.
Following another wave of Russian drone attacks on Odesa and Kharkiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged international partners to strengthen sanctions against Russia's energy sector and shadow fleet, and to lower the price cap on Russian oil to $30 per barrel.
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.
Sooner or later, President Trump will realize that Putin is the problem
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.
The Dutch House of Representatives has recognized the 1944 forced deportation of the Crimean Tatars as genocide.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha of Ukraine has welcomed the decision of 14 European countries to step up the fight against the Russian "shadow fleet" and called on all nations to stop feeding Russia’s war machine and tighten sanctions.
Ukrainian defense intelligence intercepted Russian military radio communications where an incident is discussed involving a Russian soldier, who was considered missing, being killed and “eaten” by his comrade.
On June 19, the Baltic, Nordic, and Polish interior ministers met in Tallinn, approving a joint decision to ban Russian citizens who had participated in the war against Ukraine from the Schengen zone.
In Ukraine’s Odesa, one person died and 14 were injured as a result of an overnight attack by Russian drones.
In the past day, 176 combat clashes between Ukraine’s Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders were recorded along the front lines.
Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the Ukrainian Ground Forces should implement their experience of coordination with NATO and combat experience.
In the Sumy region, police bomb disposal experts defused the warhead of a Russian cruise missile.
The total combat losses of Russian troops since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to June 20, 2025, amount to approximately 1,009,330 people, including 1,090 people over the past day.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said that tensions in the Middle East show at least two examples of Moscow's hypocrisy.