The United States is allocating a new $225 million aid package for Ukraine, which will be used, in particular, to reconstruct the country's power grid.
The European Commission today briefed the Committee of Permanent Representatives in the European Union (Coreper) on the progress that Ukraine and Moldova have made in fulfilling the conditions for the start of interstate negotiations on EU accession and concluded that both countries have taken all the necessary steps.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin believes the new policy allowing the Ukrainian military to carry out limited strikes inside Russia with U.S. munitions will be "very, very helpful to the Ukrainians going forward."
The European Commission has confirmed that Ukraine has completed four additional reforms necessary for the opening of negotiations on accession to the European Union.
After receiving the status of candidate for EU membership, Ukraine has updated its legislative framework on national minorities, and now it meets international human rights standards.
Argentine President Javier Milei is unlikely to attend the Global Peace Summit in Switzerland on 15-16 June, as he wants to be in his country during national holidays.
It must be acknowledged that Russia is at war not only against Ukraine but also against the whole of the European Union, European values, freedom, and unity.
On Friday, June 7, the Ukrainian-Romanian duo Marta Kostyuk - Elena-Gabriela Ruse will play a semifinal match at the Grand Slam series tennis tournament, the French Open (Roland Garros), in Paris.
At a meeting in Shanghai with representatives of Chinese business circles, First Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha called on them to take a more active part in assisting Ukraine and developing trade and investment ties.
On Thursday, June 6, the so-called Autonomous Trade Measures (ATMs) came into effect in the EU, suspending all import duties and quotas for Ukrainian exports to the European market for another year.
French President Emmanuel Macron has thanked the Ukrainian people for their fight for freedom, saying that Europe's support will not weaken in the face of Russia's attempts to change borders or rewrite history.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska took part in the official international ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Allied landings in Normandy.