A 22-year-old man who sustained severe injuries during Russia's missile strike on Dnipro on June 2 has died in hospital. The death toll from that attack has risen to 17.
The Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the European Union has confirmed that the Accession Conferences with Ukraine and Moldova will be convened on Monday, June 15, to open Cluster 1 – Fundamentals.
In June 2026, Ukrainian military personnel are set to receive increased pay, amounting to at least 30,000 hryvnias for rear-echelon positions and an average of 300,000 hryvnias for front-line infantry soldiers.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky will take part in discussions on the situation in Ukraine during the G7 Summit in Évian-les-Bains on June 16, in order to “restore convergence of positions” among the G7 countries in support of Ukraine.
Joint Ukrainian-Polish search operations will begin on June 8 in the Lviv region on the site of the former village of Huta Peniatska (now part of the Pidkamin settlement community in the Zolochiv district).
Russian forces continue attempts to break through southwest of Huliaipole and capture the settlements of Verkhnia Tersa and Huliaipilske in the Zaporizhzhia region by the end of the month. Russian command has also tasked the 7th Air Assault Division with taking control of Stepnohirsk by the end of June.
Ukraine is urging Brussels to open all six negotiation clusters for its EU accession already in June, ahead of the previously indicated July timeline, warning that the country is already falling behind its planned accession schedule.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed hope that the European support package worth EUR 90 billion will become operational no later than the beginning of June, with the first tranche allocated to drone production.
As of June 2026, the Ukrainian Navy will have five mine countermeasure vessels in service. In particular, the Netherlands is currently training the crew of the minehunter Zr. Ms. Makkum, which will be renamed Henichesk and transferred to Ukraine in June.
The first review of Ukraine’s program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is scheduled for June 2026. If successful, Ukraine will receive USD 686 million (SDR 503 million).
June 2025 recorded the highest number of civilian casualties in Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war, with 232 people killed and 1,343 wounded.
In June 2025, Russia launched over 330 missiles, including nearly 80 ballistic missiles, at Ukraine's peaceful cities and communities, as well as over 5,000 attack drones and 5,000 glide bombs.
In the Poltava region, mass events were banned from June 18 to 24 inclusive due to the increased likelihood of air strikes on facilities in the regional center and the Poltava district.