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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.

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

12:05 AM

War update

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

Key developments on June 27: * Ukraine, EU sign security agreement in Brussels * Ukraine signs long-term security deals with Estonia, Lithuania * Russian chemical plant reportedly targeted by drone attack * Ukraine repels Russian troops from eastern Chasiv Yar neighborhood, military says * Russia has sent around 10,000 immigrants who recently received citizenship

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.

7:33 PM

Russia attacks Kharkiv with FAB-500 gliding bomb for first time, injuring 4.

Russian troops attacked the city of Kharkiv with a FAB-500 bomb on June 26 for the first time since the beginning of the full-scale war, said Oleksandr Filchakov, head of the regional prosecutor's office. At least four people were injured and two more suffered from shock.

7:22 PM

Ukraine repels Russian troops from eastern Chasiv Yar neighborhood, military says.

Ukrainian troops pushed Russian forces out of the Kanal neighbourhood in the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast, Nazar Voloshyn, the spokesperson for the Khortytsia group of forces, told Interfax Ukraine on June 21.

5:04 PM

Ukraine signs long-term security deals with Estonia, Lithuania.

The two nations have joined 17 countries, including the U.S., the U.K., Germany, and France, that have signed similar bilateral treaties to help Kyiv repel Russia's aggression.

4:25 PM

Ukraine, EU sign security agreement in Brussels.

President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a security agreement with the European Union on June 27 during the EU leaders summit in Brussels.

4:00 PM

Russian official calls for total destruction of 'everything Ukrainian.'

There can be "no truce" with Ukrainians, Dmitry Rogozin said, because "any truce, let alone reconciliation, is certain death for our children and grandchildren."

3:49 PM

Poland grants Ukrzaliznytsia license for freight transport.

State-owned railway company Ukrzaliznytsia has been granted a license by the Polish Railway Transport Authority, allowing it to enter the European railway freight transportation market, the company announced on June 27.

2:47 PM

Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast kill 1, injures 7.

Civilian casualties were reported in Toretsk, Selydove, and the village of Yasenove, Governor Vadym Filashkin said.

2:28 PM

Ukraine receives another $2 billion tranche from EU's Ukraine Facility, PM Shmyhal says.

The total budgetary support for Ukraine from the EU so far in 2024 has "reached nearly 8 billion euros ($8.6 billion)," Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said, adding that there is "more to come."

1:56 PM

Zelensky arrives in Brussels to sign EU-Ukraine security agreement.

"It (the agreement) will for the first time establish the commitment of all 27 member states to provide Ukraine with broad support despite any internal institutional changes," Zelensky said via his Telegram channel.

1:36 PM

Russian chemical plant reportedly targeted by drone attack.

Russia's Defense Ministry confirmed on June 27 that Tver Oblast came under drone attack overnight, hours after Russian Telegram channels claimed a major chemical research plant in the region had been targeted.

11:57 AM

Russia has sent around 10,000 immigrants who recently received citizenship to join military fighting in Ukraine, official says.

In October 2023, Investigative Committee head Alexander Bastrykin suggested that individuals who recently received Russian passports but declined to serve in the military could have their citizenship revoked.

11:11 AM

US wants to invite Armenia, Azerbaijan to upcoming NATO summit, sources tell Azerbaijani media.

The news came as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James O'Brien is scheduled to arrive in Baku on June 27, in what will be his third trip to the South Caucasus in two months.

10:53 AM

Russian attacks kill 2, injure 31 over past day.

Civilian casualties were reported in Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Kherson oblasts.

10:07 AM

Sanctioned Russian Interior Minister attends UN meeting in New York.

The U.S. announced sanctions against Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev and other top Russian officials on Feb. 25, 2022, the day after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. Despite being sanctioned, Kolokoltsev does not appear on the U.S. Treasury's list of individuals barred from entering the U.S.

9:26 AM

Forbes Ukraine: Ikea decides to reopen store in Kyiv.

Swedish furniture giant Ikea decided in May to make plans to reopen its store in Kyiv, Forbes Ukraine reported on June 27, citing two managers of shopping centers and two commercial real estate consultants.

8:11 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 539,320 troops in Ukraine since Feb 24, 2022.

This number includes 1,260 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

7:58 AM

Air Force: Ukraine downs 28 of 29 Russian aerial targets overnight.

Ukrainian air defense shot down all of the 23 Shahed-type attack drones and five of the six missiles launched by Russia overnight on June 27, the Air Force reported.

7:03 AM

Russia arbitrarily depriving political prisoners from contact with family, Amnesty International report finds.

Russian authorities are being accused of systemically depriving Russian political prisoners and government critics of contact with families in order to ensure cooperation and "impose additional suffering on them and their families," an Amnesty International report released on June 26 charged.

5:41 AM

SBU: Former Ukrenergo official charged with embezzling funds designated for bulletproof vests.

Investigators from the SBU and National Anti-Corruption Bureau allege that the unnamed former official organized the procurement of bulletproof vests at an "artificially inflated price" in the spring of 2022, following the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in the spring of 2022.

2:45 AM

Poland, Baltic states call on EU to build defense line along border with Russia, Belarus.

Poland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania called on the European Union to build a line of defense along the bloc's border with Russia and Belarus to protect the EU from military threats and other harmful actions from Moscow.

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9:52 AM

Sanctioned Russians hold 'golden' Maltese passports, FT reports.

Russian businessman Albert Avdolyan is one of at least seven individuals who bought Maltese passports before later being sanctioned by the United States, the EU, or Ukraine for links to Russia’s invasion.

9:17 AM

Czech initiative delivers another 400,000 shells to Ukraine, Prague says.

Czech Defense Minister Jana Cernochova reiterated that the initiative already supplied 1.5 million rounds of various calibers in 2024 and has enough funds to continue until this fall.

8:54 AM

Drones reportedly strike Russian plant producing parts for missiles, radars.

"Unidentified" drones targeted the Kremniy-El plant, a major facility specializing in microelectronics for Russia’s military-industrial complex, said Andrii Kovalenko, an official at Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council.

8:30 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 949,800 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022.

The number includes 1,160 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

8:22 AM

Kyiv's Special Forces report raid on Russian positions in Kursk Oblast, dispute Moscow's claim of recapture.

"While the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, (Valery) Gerasimov, reports the 'liberation' of the Kursk region from Ukraine’s Security and Defense Forces, operators of the 73rd Naval Special Operations Center continue to carry out missions in the area successfully," the military said.

8:00 AM

Trump says he believes Zelensky is ready to give up Crimea to Russia.

When asked whether he thought Zelensky was willing to cede the peninsula, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014, Donald Trump responded: "I think so."

7:20 AM

Ukraine recorded the world's highest military burden in 2024, think tank reports.

Ukraine’s military spending grew by 2.9% in 2024 to reach $64.7 billion, roughly 43% of Russia’s total expenditure, according to a report released on April 28 by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.

4:59 AM

Trump urges Putin to 'stop shooting, sit down and sign a deal' to end Ukraine war.

U.S. President Donald Trump on April 27 voiced frustration with Russia and urged President Vladimir Putin to stop attacks. "I was very disappointed that missiles were flying, [fired] by Russia."

3:46 AM

Schumer criticizes Trump’s handling of Russia-Ukraine war, warns of risk to US alliances.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s handling of the Russia-Ukraine war, warning that it risks damaging America’s European alliances.

2:11 AM

North Korea confirms for first time it has deployed troops to fight alongside Russia in Kursk Oblast.

In a statement reported by the state-run KCNA news agency, the ruling Workers’ Party described the deployment as demonstrating the "highest strategic level of the firm militant friendship" between North Korea and Russia.

2:19 PM

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11:40 PM

Russia wants to 'deceive America,' 'drag out war,' Zelensky says.

"Since March 11, when America proposed a complete and unconditional ceasefire at talks in Saudi Arabia, the Russians have used almost 8,500 aerial bombs, almost 200 missiles of various types, and almost 3,000 Shaheds," Zelensky said on April 27.

10:55 PM

Prior US aid to Ukraine not included in minerals deal, PM Shmyhal says.

"It has been agreed that the document does not count the assistance provided before its signing," Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on April 27, following talks on the minerals deal in Washington.

9:56 PM

Russia will not hand over control of Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant to US, Lavrov says.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov dismissed the idea of any changes to the management of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in an interview with CBS News on April 26.

9:18 PM

Ukraine war latest: Ukraine, Europe's ceasefire proposal includes US security guarantees, no recognition of Crimea, Reuters reports

7:13 PM

Next week could be critical in deciding future US involvement in Russia-Ukraine peace negotiations, Rubio says.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the upcoming week will be crucial for determining whether the U.S. will continue its involvement in efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, NBC News reported on April 27.

5:47 PM

Russian commander contradicts Kremlin, admits Ukrainian forces still fighting in Kursk Oblast.

Ukraine also earlier denied the Kremlin's claim, saying that the statements "do not correspond to reality."

2:25 PM

(Updated: April 27, 2025 4:32 pm)

Ukraine, Europe's ceasefire proposal includes US security guarantees, no recognition of Crimea, Reuters reports.

The document, reprinted in full by the news outlet, contains numerous points that show the diverging viewpoints of the U.S. on one side, and Ukraine and its European allies on the other as they seek to end Russia's full-scale invasion.

4:05 PM

Russian airstrikes on Kostiantynivka kill 3 civilians, injure 4.

Russian forces dropped FAB-250 bombs on a residential area, damaging 21 homes.

3:29 PM

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Recognition of Crimea’s annexation and Kursk situation | Ukraine This Week.

In the latest episode of Ukraine This Week, the Kyiv Independent’s Anna Belokur breaks down the late Pope Francis’ complex legacy in Ukraine, marked by a refusal to condemn Russia’s invasion outright amid statements of support for Ukraine’s struggle. Meanwhile, the deadliest attack on Kyiv in months leaves a dozen civilians dead and many more injured, as U.S. leadership reportedly considers recognizing Russia’s illegal occupation of Ukraine’s Crimea.

3:26 PM

'Probably broke all records' — NASAMS downs 11 Russian cruise missiles in less than 2 minutes, Ukraine's Air Force claims.

NASAMS have been in service with Ukrainian forces since November 2022.

2:00 PM

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