Association of Ukrainian Cities: 8 Ukrainian mayors currently in Russian captivity
According to the association, six of the officials captured by Russia are mayors of settlements in occupied Kherson Oblast, including Kherson Mayor Ihor Kolykhaiev.
According to the association, six of the officials captured by Russia are mayors of settlements in occupied Kherson Oblast, including Kherson Mayor Ihor Kolykhaiev.





Russian forces launched several glide bombs on Kharkiv overnight on June 19, damaging dozens of homes and injuring at least six people, local officials reported.
Ukraine's allies collectively pledged $4 billion in military aid to Ukraine, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said following the conclusion of the Ramstein-format meeting in Belgium on June 18.
European Union leaders agreed on June 18 to extend sanctions against Russia for another 12 months instead of the customary six-month period.
"The U.S. responded positively to Poland's proposal to establish a permanent U.S. military base in Poland," Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said June 18 after meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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"Bulgaria will ask Patriarch Kirill to be removed from the sanction package," Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said.
"Russian ballistic missiles remain a problem, and we need an answer to that problem," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.