The Office of the President of Ukraine is considering expanding the “Contract 18–24” program to include specialities related to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones).
In Bilopillia community of Ukraine’s Sumy region, Russian forces launched multiple follow-up strikes on a house where Ukrainian State Emergency Service (SES) firefighters had just extinguished a fire.
U.S. President Donald Trump stated that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is "playing with fire" and that, if not for him, many truly terrible things would have already happened to Russia.
The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has handed a note of protest to a representative of the Russian embassy in response to attacks on Ukrainian civilians.
The band Ziferblat, which represented Ukraine at Eurovision 2025, has raised 2 million hryvnias for demining systems during a charity fundraising campaign.
A power transmission line is being constructed in the temporarily Russian-occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions, potentially enabling the restart of the seized Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).
Since the beginning of the day, 87 combat clashes were recorded between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian invaders, with fighting continuing across seven frontline sectors. The most intense battles are taking place in the Pokrovsk sector.
President Volodymyr Zelensky presented state awards to soldiers of the Special Operations Forces and handed over the Golden Star Orders to the families of fallen heroes who were posthumously honored with the title.
The Siversk operational and tactical group has recorded a significant decrease in the use of enemy FPV drones and unmanned aerial vehicles in its area of responsibility. However, Russian forces continue to deploy their full arsenal of weapons.
Türkiye has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia and has expressed interest in hosting the next round of talks.
The Presidential Commissioner for Sanctions Policy Vladyslav Vlasyuk has denied information in some German media about the alleged termination of cooperation between the United States and the European Union in countering the circumvention of sanctions against Russia.
In the frontline regions, 15 educational spaces for schoolchildren have been built, and more than 180 underground facilities are planned to be commissioned by the end of the year.
In the village of Vasyshcheve, Kharkiv region, a large-scale fire of 7,500 square meters was extinguished at an enterprise that was attacked by Russian attack drones at night.
The European Union is interested in advancing negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU, which are currently blocked by only one country, Hungary. In this context, Denmark is ready to put pressure on Hungary to unblock the negotiation process.