On Friday, June 26, Russian invaders attacked a minibus in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region, with an FPV drone. Two people were killed, and 12 others were injured.

Ukraine and Russia have carried out another exchange of prisoners of war. 160 Ukrainian defenders have been released.

On 21 June, ‘Eurosatory 2026’, one of the largest defence technology exhibitions, came to a close in Paris.

The European Commission is proposing to extend the temporary protection for Ukrainians until 4 March 2028.

Drone operators from ‘Black Sky’, part of the Ukrainian National Guard’s 3rd Special Operations Brigade ‘Spartan’, have detected and struck Russian troops’ air defence positions. The targets were two scarce components of the enemy’s anti-aircraft missile system in the vicinity of the temporarily...

A video filmed by an eyewitness whilst driving across the Kerch Bridge from the Krasnodar Krai side of the Russian Federation has been shared on social media. The footage shows a traffic jam involving a large number of vehicles waiting to cross into Russia.

In Kharkiv, a man attacked members of the TCR and SS with a knife during an alert procedure. One soldier was killed, and another was wounded.

On 25 June, 257 combat engagements between the Defence Forces and Russian occupiers were recorded on the front line.

France and Italy are concerned about the EU’s new proposed sanctions against Russia, particularly the travel ban on former military personnel and changes to oil policy.

On the night of June 26, the Kremenchuk District came under a combined attack involving missiles and UAVs. Industrial facilities were hit; there are partial power outages, but no casualties have been reported.