Explosions have been heard in Ufa, Russia. A column of black smoke can be seen rising from one of the sites.

Due to the hot weather and Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, the country may implement extended power outages during peak periods.

On the night of 25 June, the temporarily occupied Crimea came under a massive drone attack. Explosions were heard in the areas of Sevastopol, Simferopol, Saky, Yevpatoria and Yalta, as well as in the Pervomaiskyi, Krasnoperekopskyi and Simferopol districts.

In the village of Poltavskaya in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai, an oil depot has caught fire for the second time this June following a drone attack.

Russian dictator Putin is showing a complete unwillingness to engage in diplomatic dialogue and has rejected the latest peace appeals from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, which had previously been backed by Washington.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Ukraine’s operation, particularly with regard to the temporarily occupied Crimea, has been carefully planned. Our state will "promptly create the conditions" under which Russia, the aggressor state, will be forced to choose peace.

The US State Department assesses Ukraine's current position in the fight against the Russian Federation as victorious and notes a radical change in the dynamics on the battlefield.

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has stated that the relay stations in Belarus, which were helping Russian drones to target strikes on Ukraine, have ceased operations since 22 June.

Ukraine is to receive 15,000 long-range artillery rounds from Denmark. Some of the ammunition has already arrived. The decision was taken as part of the reorientation of international support towards the needs of the front line

The Defense Council of the Chernihiv region has decided to introduce mandatory evacuation from 12 settlements in the region starting July 1.