In a car accident in the Sart department of France, near the city of Le Mans, four people died, and at least 30 others were injured, 11 of them in serious condition.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu believes Russia may provoke an even greater crisis in Transnistria in order to destabilize Moldova ahead of parliamentary elections this fall and influence public votes on the left bank of the Dniester.
The Air Force of Ukraine showed how a MiG-29 fighter jet operating over Zaporizhzhia region delivers a high-precision strike involving guided aerial bombs, targeting a Russian UAV control point.
Active fighting continues near the settlement of Dvorichna which the Russian invasion forces have not seized despite propaganda reports claiming the opposite.
The European Union member states agreed to extend temporary protection status for Ukrainian nationals, who fled Russian invasion to find shelter on EU territory.
The agreement on minerals, signed by Ukraine and the U.S., is more political than economic in nature and is aimed at changing the narrative in the U.S. regarding Ukraine.
Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Heorhiy Tykhyi, said Russia “forgot to look at the mirror” when condemning Israel for "unprovoked military strikes against a sovereign UN member state" Iran.
Former U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker does not see the prospect of achieving peace in Ukraine by the end of the year, though he allows for the possibility of a ceasefire.
Recent large-scale Russian attacks have not been focused on energy infrastructure, although isolated strikes on specific facilities have occurred. The situation in front-line regions remains challenging.
The counterintelligence unit of Ukraine's SBU State Security Service and the National Police have thwarted an attempt by Russia's FSB to detonate an improvised explosive device in the central park of Ivano-Frankivsk.
Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine Oleksandr Kava emphasized the need to transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine for reconstruction during a panel discussion A New Marshall Plan for Ukraine at the GLOBSEC 2025 Forum in Prague, a Ukrinform correspondent reports.