Governor: Mine explosion kills 1 telecommunication worker, injures 3.

9:09 AM  (Updated:  June 24, 2025 9:36 am)

Ceasefire between Iran and Israel now in effect, Trump says.

"The ceasefire is now in effect. Please do not violate it!" U.S. President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social on June 24.

8:19 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,013,700 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022.

The number includes 1,200 casualties that Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

7:55 AM

Russian strikes kill 4, injure 5 in Kherson Oblast.

Russian drone and artillery strikes on Kherson Oblast killed four people and injured five others between June 23-24, local officials said. Twenty-nine settlements, including the city of Kherson, were hit.

6:28 AM

Russian drone strikes on Kharkiv injure 3, damage civilian buildings.

Russian forces launched a drone attack on Kharkiv overnight on June 24, injuring three people and damaging civilian infrastructure, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.

5:28 AM

Serbia halts all arms exports amid Russian scrutiny over Ukraine.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on June 23 that Serbia has halted all arms exports, denying that the move was in response to Russian criticism over munitions reportedly reaching Ukraine.

3:56 AM

Russian attacks on Sumy Oblast kill 3 people, including 8-year-old boy.

Russian forces launched a drone attack on Sumy Oblast overnight on June 24, killing three people, including an 8-year-old boy, and injuring three others, Governor Oleh Hryhorov reported.

12:38 AM

Zelensky, Starmer hail 'massive step forward' in military cooperation.

During a joint visit to a U.K. military training site for Ukrainian personnel, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he and Zelensky held "an excellent bilateral meeting" and had agreed to an "industrial military co-production agreement."

8:29 PM  (Updated:  June 23, 2025 11:48 pm)

Trump downplays Iran's missile strikes on US bases in Iraq and Qatar, calls response 'very weak.'

At least 10 missiles were fired at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar and at least one toward a base in Iraq, Axios reported.

10:49 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: 'It was impossible to look at' — Russian mass missile, drone attack on Kyiv kills at least 9, injures 33

9:23 PM

Ukraine strikes Atlas oil depot in Russia's Rostov Oblast, General Staff says.

The facility supplies fuel and lubricants to Russian military units.

10:12 PM  (Updated:  June 23, 2025 8:34 pm)

Business

‘A blueprint’ — foreign investors, Ukrainian hotel chain create jobs for war displaced

7:46 PM

Explainer

Explained: How Ukraine negotiates prisoner of war swaps with Russia

7:14 PM

Aerospace giant Airbus to train Ukrainian specialists in aircraft maintenance.

As part of the deal, Airbus will send representatives to Ukraine to train local specialists, who will then become certified instructors for aircraft maintenance.

6:56 PM

Exclusive: Ukrainian deputy prime minister suspected of corruption says he won't step down.

Ukrainian minister and deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Chernyshov has been formally named a suspect in a high-profile illegal land grab case, becoming the highest-ranking official in Ukrainian history to face such charges.

6:39 PM

Amid Iran-Israel tensions, Trump calls for action to keep oil prices down.

The surge in oil prices risks undermining Western attempts to curb Russia's war funding, as the Kremlin relies heavily on oil revenues to sustain its invasion of Ukraine.

6:34 PM

Ukraine state grid operator appoints CEO after 10-month vacancy, Ukrainian media report.

The appointment comes after ten months of interim leadership following the controversial dismissal of former CEO Volodymyr Kudrytskyi in September 2024.

6:08 PM

Russia ordered 2 assassination attempts on popular journalist Dmytro Gordon, Ukraine security service says.

Dmytro Gordon, a prominent Ukrainian journalist and YouTube host with 4.5 million subscribers, is known for his sharp criticism of Russian aggression.

5:40 PM

Ukrainian energy giant to build $115 million solar program with British partner.

Ukraine's largest private energy company DTEK and British clean energy group Octopus Energy have launched a program to install rooftop solar panels and battery storage systems at Ukrainian businesses and public institutions, DTEK announced in a press release on June 23.

5:18 PM

Lion attacks collaborator at safari park in Russian-occupied Crimea.

Following Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014, Oleg Zubkov renounced his Ukrainian citizenship and began cooperating with the Russian authorities.

1:59 AM  (Updated:  June 23, 2025 5:18 pm)

'It was impossible to look at' — Russian mass missile, drone attack on Kyiv kills at least 9, injures 33.

Russia launched a wave of missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and surrounding region overnight on June 23.

4:45 PM

3 killed, 12 injured in Russian missile strike on Odesa Oblast.

The attack targeted a local educational institution and destroyed the building, Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper said.

3:29 PM

Ukraine returns bodies of 3 Russian soldiers repatriated as remains of Ukrainians, Interior Ministry says.

Ukraine has said the practice of passing off the bodies of Russian soldiers as Ukrainian is part of an attempt to obscure the scale of its military losses from the Russian public.

2:38 PM

Zelensky arrives in UK to boost defense cooperation as Russia intensifies attacks against Ukraine.

Zelensky's visit comes just a few hours after yet another Russian attack on Kyiv, which killed at least seven.

2:02 PM

After 40 months of waging full-scale war on Ukraine, Putin condemns 'unprovoked aggression against Iran'.

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has killed tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilians, and the true extent of the death toll is simply not known.

1:43 PM

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,012,500 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022.

The number includes 1,010 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.