In Sumy region, Ukrainian border guards, in cooperation with other units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, successfully stopped a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group (SRG) from penetrating the region.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 90 combat clashes between Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, with fighting in the Pokrovsk and Lyman sectors being the most intense.
Reports claiming that Ukrainian units are supposedly "surrounded" by the enemy in the Kursk region are untrue and have been fabricated by the Russians for political purposes.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he had held "very good and productive" discussions with Vladimir Putin the day before, which confirmed the possibility of ending the war in Ukraine.
The leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and candidate for chancellor, Friedrich Merz, expressed hope that a EUR 3 billion aid package for Ukraine will be approved in the coming days.
Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi has conducted a working visit to the defensive sector of the National Guard's 13th Khartiia Brigade on the Kharkiv front.
Russian attacks have severely damaged the production facilities of Naftogaz Group, but specialists are doing everything possible to ensure the gas supply to consumers.
If the EU’s Committee of Permanent Representatives at the ambassadorial level fails to reach a consensus on extending sanctions against Russia for the next six months due to Hungary’s stance, the European Union's economic restrictions on Russia could be lifted on Saturday.
Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) will seek to place former Kyiv City Council deputy Denys Komarnytskyi, a key suspect in the "Clean City" case, on the international wanted list.
The Trump administration is imposing tougher restrictions on Russia's oil, gas, and banking sectors by further limiting Russia's access to American payment systems.
A total of 128 combat clashes took place on the frontline, with one-third of them occurring in the Pokrovsk sector, where 344 Russian invaders were killed or wounded.
Ukraine is urging the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) of the OSCE to pay special attention to the illegal deportation and forced Russification of Ukrainian children, which lies at the core of the Kremlin's genocidal policy against the Ukrainian people.