General Staff: Russia has lost 536,840 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

4:18 PM

Spotify removes music by pro-war Russian singers.

The removals impacted the band Lyube and singers Grigory Leps, Oleg Gazmanov, and Shaman, who sang at a concert in Moscow in September 2022 in support of the illegal annexation of Ukrainian territory.

3:34 PM

Ukrainian partisans claim they located air defense system protecting Putin's dacha in Sochi.

Ukrainian partisans claimed on June 27 that they had located an air defense system covering the skies above Russian President Vladimir Putin's luxury dacha in Sochi.

3:12 PM

Belarus says it is reinforcing security at Ukrainian border after claims of 'security incidents.'

The Belarusian border service claimed earlier in the day that border police had intercepted a drone that had crossed into the country from Ukraine in order to obtain information about Belarusian border infrastructure.

2:45 PM

Belarus weekly

Belarus Weekly: US designates Belarus as State Sponsor of Human Trafficking

2:26 PM

Putin gifted Kim Russian-made luxury car made by company that uses South Korean parts, Reuters says.

Aurus, the luxury car company in question, imported at least $34 million in South Korean parts between 2018 and 2023, according to customs data seen by Reuters.

12:38 PM

Finland announces $170 million in new military aid for Ukraine.

The total amount of military assistance Finland has provided Ukraine now stands at 2.2 billion euros ($2.3 billion), the Finnish Defense Ministry said.

12:17 PM

Another Russian Su-25 downed, Ukraine's National Guard claims.

This is the second Russian Su-25 jet that Ukraine has claimed shot down this month.

11:07 AM

Kremlin claims 'provocations' from US drones over Black Sea, prepares potential response.

The Russian Defense Ministry said U.S. drones were being used to conduct reconnaissance and find targets for "high-precision weapons supplied to the Armed Forces of Ukraine by Western states.

9:48 AM

US, Russia set for UN Security Council clash over North Korea arms embargo.

A meeting of the U.N. Security Council on June 28 will see the U.S. confront Russia over violating a North Korea arms embargo, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to UN Robert Wood told Reuters.

8:46 AM

US elections

Trump rejects Putin’s peace terms while Biden unnerves Democrats at historic debate

8:44 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 540,490 troops in Ukraine since Feb 24, 2022.

This number includes 1,170 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

7:01 AM

Drone hits oil depot in Tambov Oblast, Russian official says.

The drone hit the facility at 4:35 a.m. local time and caused a small fire, according to Governor Maksym Yegorov.

5:27 AM

Biden, Trump face off on Ukraine at US presidential debate.

Trump said that Putin's stated terms for a ceasefire were "not acceptable." He also said that Ukraine has taken too much U.S. military aid and called Zelensky a "salesman."

4:35 AM

Shelling destroys radiation monitoring station at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, IAEA reports.

The loss of the station further limits the Russian-occupied nuclear plant's external capacity to detect radiation release in an emergency.

3:02 AM

EU leaders support Ursula von der Leyen for second term as Commission chief.

Ursula von der Leyen has secured the nomination for a second term as President of the European Commission following an agreement between EU leaders at a Brussels summit on June 27.

2:38 AM

Anti-Corruption Bureau searches former deputy head of President's Office.

Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the former deputy head of the President's Office, was searched on 27 June in connection with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau's leak.

12:05 AM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine signs security agreements with EU, 2 Baltic states

12:05 AM

European MPs call on Charles Michel to suspend Hungarian presidency of EU Council.

German members of the European Parliament (MEPs) sent a letter to European Council President Charles Michel, demanding to suspend Hungary's presidency of the EU Council.

11:52 PM

2 killed, 2 injured after Russian shelling of Kurakhove.

A woman and a man, both aged 40, were killed in Russia's attack on Kurakhove, while two more people were hospitalized with injuries, Donetsk Oblast Governor Vadym Filashkin said.

11:35 PM

Poland, Czechia, Germany ask EU to help cover expenses for hosting refugees from Ukraine, Bloomberg reports.

The leaders of three states sent a joint letter with their request for funding to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

10:45 PM

Zelensky: 'Ukraine doesn't want war to last for years,' looking ahead to 2nd peace summit.

"We don't have much time. We have a lot of injured, killed, both military and civilians. So we do not want this war to last for years. Therefore, we have to prepare this plan and put it on the table at the second peace summit," President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists in Brussels on June 27.

10:40 PM

Over 1,000 Russian soldiers killed or wounded on average each day in May in Ukraine, NYT reports

"May was a particularly deadly month for the Russian army in Ukraine," the article read.

9:54 PM

FT: Ukraine, US, Israel in talks to send up to 8 Patriot systems to Kyiv.

The outlines of the deal, which is not yet finalized, have been discussed between ministers and senior officials of the three nations, unnamed sources told the Financial Times. It may include Patriot systems being sent from Israel to the U.S. and then to Ukraine.

9:12 PM

Czechia has sent first 50,000 shells to Ukraine, minister says.

A total of 50,000 shells are the first batch of 180,000 rounds of ammunition financed by Germany, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said.

8:28 PM

Source: Military intelligence stops traffic on Kerch bridge, collapses accounting systems in Crimea.

The attacks targeted the servers of propaganda media, telecom operators, and the system for registering and controlling traffic on the Kerch Bridge, according to the source.