Russia turns to 500-km/h Geran-4 jet drones to outrun Kyiv’s cheap interceptors
Defense adviser Serhiy Beskrestnov said the kill rate has climbed fivefold since winter, undermining the economics of propeller-driven attack craft.
Sybiha hails new page in Ukraine-Hungary relations as Cyprus launches first EU cluster procedure
The foreign minister credited Budapest's constructive engagement after a minority-rights deal cleared a two-year veto on Kyiv's path to Brussels.
Germany, France, and UK sketch plan to bring Putin to the negotiating table
The final decision on whether to pursue talks rests with Zelenskyy — European allies will not push Kyiv to embrace a strategy it does not agree with.
France arrests captain of Russian shadow-fleet tanker seized in Atlantic
The Tagor was boarded in international waters on 31 May after its captain refused to comply with French Navy orders.
Russia-installed Sevastopol official claims more than 20 drones shot down in overnight attack
Russian occupation authorities temporarily closed the Kerch Bridge to traffic as air defenses engaged drones over Sevastopol and Simferopol early on 4 June.
Ukrainian drones blow up Russian ammunition depot deep behind front line
Late-evening explosions and secondary detonations rocked a base in eastern Donbas on 3 June, with Telegram accounts split between Donetsk and Luhansk oblast.
ISW: Russia uses Yenakiyeve bus strike claim to legitimize devastating campaign against Ukrainian cities
Pushilin reports 8 killed; Kyiv has not commented as Moscow accelerates retaliation rhetoric and threatens punishment.
Norway pledges air defense support to Ukraine after Zelenskyy call
The conversation followed Russia's 2 June attack that killed 23 people and wounded 151 across Ukraine.
Latvia’s Kulbergs vows to cut trade with Russia and Belarus, but pharma sector exempted
The new prime minister cited national security in shielding drugmakers from his broader severing of economic ties with Moscow and Minsk.
Russia’s gasoline crisis spreads to St. Petersburg, Belgorod, Kursk, and occupied Luhansk — 40% of refining capacity is offline after Ukrainian strikes
Drone hits to 8 of the country's 10 largest plants in May alone have triggered coupon rationing, 20-litre caps, and 3-kilometre queues.
Gerhard Schröder turns up at Moscow’s Kempinski on eve of SPIEF, weeks after Berlin and Kyiv rejected Putin’s bid to install him as EU “mediator”
Gerhard Schröder, Putin's preferred EU "mediator" rejected by both Berlin and Kyiv, arrived in Moscow on the eve of the forum.
Hungary unblocks $7.7 billion in EU arms payments after dropping two-year veto on Ukraine aid
Prime Minister Péter Magyar's cabinet reversed a Viktor Orbán-era block, with the immediate sum a first tranche of more than €40 billion in queued claims.
Lithuania faces first US troop gap since 2020 as Pentagon reviews European posture
Two battalions of the 1st Cavalry Division withdrew on schedule; their successors' arrival date, size, and capabilities remain unannounced, Defense Minister Robertas Kaunas said.
WWII aerial bomb destroyed after Kharkiv Oblast resident finds it during construction work
Sappers from Ukraine's State Emergency Service identified the 100 kg high-explosive munition in Lozova and detonated it on a controlled range.