Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal visited Posad-Pokrovske village in Kherson region, where comprehensive reconstruction under the Build back better principle is underway.
The government is directing UAH 6.6 billion from the Fund for the Elimination of the Consequences of Armed Aggression to restore infrastructure in eight regions across the country.
On June 15, Zaporizhzhia Fish Protection Patrol, the Security Service of Ukraine in Zaporizhzhia region, and the State environmental inspectorate of Ukraine revealed the suffocation of 9,000 specimens of aquatic bioresources as a result of water level decrease in the Kakhovka reservoir.
The biggest challenges for European media, in particular news agencies, are the growing wave of fakes and disinformation amid Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, as well as the spread of artificial intelligence.
As a result of Russian strikes on Kherson on June 16, 23 people were injured, including three children. Criminal proceedings have been launched over another enemy shelling.
In Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks on achieving peace in Ukraine with representatives of the Republic of South Africa, the Union of the Comoros Islands, Egypt, Senegal, Zambia, Congo and Uganda.
The blowing up of the dam at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant by Russia is a war crime aimed at disrupting the Ukrainian counteroffensive. Such a step on the part of the Russian Federation demonstrates the fear on the part of the Putin regime and their readiness to commit any crimes in order to avoid defeat.
The President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, said that the Russian missile strikes, which he witnessed during today’s visit to Kyiv, are not working too well toward establishing peace.
The government of Estonia approved the principles of utilizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine. Thus, Estonia became the first European nation to develop such a legal solution.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the first batch of nuclear charges that are supposed to be deployed in neighboring Belarus has been delivered to the country.
NATO Allies are gradually agreeing that the threshold for defense contributions set by NATO at 2% of GDP should only be a “floor,” which is important, including for the purchase of weapons and ammunition for Ukraine.