The European Union has approved additional restrictive measures over cyberattacks against EU countries and Ukraine. The list includes persons affiliated with the Russian intelligence agencies.
The European Peace Fund may receive the first payment of EUR 1.5 billion in proceeds from frozen Russian assets before the summer break in the EU. By the end of the year, Ukraine may receive military equipment worth up to EUR 3 billion from this source.
Tuesday afternoon, the Russian invasion forces launched an airstrike on the village of Slatyne in the Kharkiv district, leaving a number of buildings damaged.
Russian military bloggers have criticised the Russian Ministry of Defence's report of 16 June that Russian troops had captured Zahirne, a village southwest of Huliaypol in Zaporizhzhia region.
Near the village of Klishchiivka in the Kramatorsk axis, soldiers from the 22nd Separate Mechanized Brigade captured a Russian "turtle tank", also taking its crew prisoner.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine discussed with Pope Francis the consequences of Russian aggression against Ukraine, Russian air terror, and the challenging situation of Ukraine’s energy sector.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called the decision by the G7 countries to use $50 billion in profits from immobilized Russian assets a "historic step."