The United States will consider granting Ukraine a license to manufacture American interceptor missiles.

Yurii Butusov, commander of the UAV company of the 23rd Assault Regiment, part of the National Guard’s 2nd Corps ‘Khartiia’, has shown how soldiers are setting up new positions.

Ukraine’s Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov predicts that the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula will soon become isolated as a result of strikes by Ukrainian drones and "will turn into an island".

On 16 June and during the night of 17 June, the Defence Forces struck a tanker belonging to the Russian Federation’s shadow fleet, as well as the logistical infrastructure and command posts of the Russian invaders.

The enemy continues to actively deploy its forces to Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad, is putting pressure on the urban agglomeration and is attempting to extend its control over the area.

The fuel shortage in Russia is rapidly worsening. Restrictions on gasoline sales for private vehicles are already in effect in 53 regions of the country, as well as in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

The victims of the Su-24M plane crash in the Khmelnytskyi region were the pilot Bohdan Zahorulko and 23-year-old soldier Bohdan Babenko from the Bohodukhiv community.

In Ukraine, the demand for a change of government has risen significantly over the past three years.

The Ministry of Defence is to develop a special ‘calculator’ that will enable every member of the armed forces to work out when they will be discharged from service.

Over the past 24 hours, on 16 June 2026, the city of Kharkiv and nine settlements in the Kharkiv region came under enemy attack.