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In the Siversk operational axis, Ukrainian forces captured two citizens of Cameroon who had been fighting on Russia’s side.

Ukrainian institutions have already begun to implement the decision of the National Security and Defense Council on aligning the sanctions imposed against Russia with those introduced by Europe.

In Poltava region, a fire broke out at the premises of one of the enterprises as a result of a combined attack by Russia. The blaze has already been put out.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal met with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Kyiv to discuss enhanced support for Ukrainian air defense and further sanctions against Russia.

The disintegration of Russia could lead to a large-scale civil war, similar to the Yugoslavia case, but 10 times more dangerous due to Russia’s nuclear arsenal. At the same time, the Putin regime is confidently moving toward economic stagnation and political collapse.

Russia has begun returning outdated T-62 tanks to service due to a shortage of modern military equipment.

Russia has sustained its offensive operations in Ukraine largely by tapping into Soviet-era stores of armored vehicles, but this finite resource is now nearing depletion.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that, in addition to sanctions against Russia, international partners should include the latest technologies in their export control priorities. These are AI technologies that the aggressor state employs in the war effort against Ukraine.

The existing network of sanctions deters Russia from plans to start a war against EU and NATO member states.

The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has confirmed that Russia is systematically using chemical weapons against the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to Ukraine’s General Staff, 888 instances of chemical agents being used by Russian forces were recorded on the battlefield in May 2025 alone.

North Korea may dispatch additional troops to Russia to help Russia in its war effort against Ukraine in July or August. Also, Pyongyang continues to send Russia weapons.

EU leaders, during a summit in Brussels, called on member states to strengthen restrictive measures against Russia to restrain its capabilities to wage a war of aggression, and in this context welcomed the adoption of the 17th package of EU sanctions against the aggressor state. At the same time, the final document of the summit contains no mention of the 18th package of sanctions proposed by the European Commission.

Finnish customs are leading a major criminal case targeting a company from the east of the country that could have supplied Russia with components subject to sanctions in 2022-2023.

Russia can threaten very efficiently, but when its allies are in need of military help, Russia is not providing it.

The European Union and Canada will continue to impose sanctions on Russia until it ends its war against Ukraine.

During the military campaign that began in late spring, Russia aims to achieve some results at the front by autumn. So far, this campaign has had no effect.

On the night of June 23, Ukrainian Special Operations Forces, in coordination with Rocket Forces and artillery units, launched a strike on the Atlas oil depot in Russia’s Rostov region.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine responded to the recent comment by the spokesman for the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, that Russia has an "advantage" in the war and will not agree to a truce with Ukraine, noting that such a blatant disregard for the US's peace efforts exposes the country as weak.

In Sumy region, on the border with Russia, the enemy has somewhat reduced the activity of small assault groups.

Russia is trying to sow disbelief within Ukrainian society through terror. This includes intensified drone attacks against Ukrainian cities, fake and manipulative stories around the issue of POW exchange and repatriation of bodies.