It's a reference to the Soviet tradition: 12 cities of the Soviet Union were awarded the title following the WWII.
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.
Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched seven Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles and 239 drones overnight on June 18.
The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War (POWs) has not specified how many civilians and military personnel were among the 522 repatriated bodies.
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