Ukraine exited the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship on June 26 after a scoreless draw with Belgium in Group E. All four teams, including Belgium, Ukraine, Slovakia, and Romania, approached the Source : kyivindependent.com/ukraine-c…
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Ukraine eliminated from Euro 2024 after goalless draw with Belgium
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EXPLAINER: How Ukraine’s political opposition has responded to more than 2 years of full-scale invasion and martial law
Elections are suspended. Martial law has granted new wartime powers to the president’s office. The largest opposition party in parliament was banned after the full-scale invasion. More than two years Source : kyivindependent.com/explainer…
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PACE adopts 3 resolutions on Ukraine, including on Russia's cultural genocide
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted three resolutions related to Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine on June 26, said Maria Mezentseva, the head of the Ukrainian del Source : …
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EU states agree on new sanctions package against Belarus to 'strengthen measures' in response to Russia's war
The European Union ambassadors agreed on a new sanction package targeting Belarus, the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union announced on June 26. “This package will strengthen our m Source : …
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Putin's Hysterical: Frozen Russian Assets Will Fund Ukraine's Defense
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Lithuania to allocate at least 0.25% of its GDP to support Ukraine's security, defense
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda announced on June 26 that Lithuania will allocate at least 0.25% of its GDP to assist Ukraine’s security and defense. The decision was approved during the State De Source : …
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Military intelligence behind cyberattack on several providers in occupied Crimea, source confirms
Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) carried out a cyberattack on several of Russia’s largest Internet providers operating in Russian-occupied Crimea on June 26, a source in the agency confirm Source : …
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Russian drone attack on Kherson injures 5, including children
Russian forces attacked the city of Kherson on June 26, injuring five people, including two children, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said. Two sisters, aged 12 and 15, suffered multiple injuries after a Source : kyivindependent.com/russian-d…
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Ukraine's crowdfunded satellite takes over 4,000 images of Russian facilities, military intelligence says
A satellite purchased via a Ukrainian crowdfunding campaign took 4,173 images of Russia’s targets in almost two years, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) said on June 26. About 38% of all data rece Source : …
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ICC judges issue arrest warrants on Russian generals Sergei Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov
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Zelensky signs law on use of English in Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law on June 26 establishing English as an official language of international communication in Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian parliament’s website. The law de Source : …
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Russian court sentences 5 foreigners who fought for Ukraine to prison in absentia
A Rostov-on-Don court sentenced five citizens from the U.K., Sweden, and Croatia in absentia to prison terms ranging from 3.5 to 23 years on June 26 for fighting alongside Ukraine amid Russia’s full-s Source : …
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Impact and Defense: Mitigating the Growing Threat of KAB Bombs on the Battlefield
Table of Contents I. KAB Guided Aerial Bombs: Their Impact on the Battlefield II. Addressing the Aerial Threat: Options and Solutions III. Summary After Russia failed to establish air dominance in Ukr Source : …
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Historian explains how Germany misunderstands Ukraine and why
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Greg Kulchyckyj on emotional threshold for supporting Ukraine-
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Russian oligarch Pumpyansky wins appeal against EU sanctions
Russian oligarch and business tycoon Dmitry Pumpyansky has successfully appealed against sanctions imposed by the European Union, according to a decision by the EU General Court published on June 26. Source : kyivindependent.com/russian-o…
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33% of Ukrainians think Ukraine moving in 'right direction,' 47% disagree, survey shows
A recent survey by the Razumkov Center, published on June 26, indicates that 33% of Ukrainians believe the country is moving “in the right direction,” while 47% feel it is heading “in the wrong direct Source : …
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Ukraine state-owned enterprises weekly — Issue 137
Editor’s Note: This is issue 137 of Ukrainian State-Owned Enterprises Weekly, covering events from June 17-23, 2024. The Kyiv Independent is reposting it with permission. Corporate governance of SOEs Source : kyivindependent.com/ukraine-s…

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Nepali prisoner of war was fighting for Russia in Ukraine
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How Crimea and life there have changed over the past 10 years of occupation?
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Russian guided bomb attack on Kharkiv Oblast town injures at least 4
Russian troops hit the town of Derhachi in Kharkiv Oblast on June 26 with a guided aerial bomb. Nine people suffered in the attack, Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported. The Russian guided bomb damaged h Source : kyivindependent.com/russian-g…

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Mykola Murskyj on the specific way to phrase things in the war
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Russia’s war on Ukraine. 17.06.2024
In the operational zone of the Ukrainian Operational Group of Forces (OTG) “Kharkiv” , on the Kharkiv direction, Russian forces attacked 5 times in the Vovchansk area. 3 assaults were repelled. In the Source : …
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Political divide over Ukraine manifests in Pennsylvania, crucial US swing state
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – Once a month in the basement of a minimally marked neighborhood building, an age-spanning group of Ukrainian Americans gather to discuss the typical meeting minutes of mos Source : kyivindependent.com/political…

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US efforts to sanction Russia, Iran hampered by desire to keep gas prices low, sources tell WSJ
U.S. efforts to sanction Russia, Iran, and Venezuela have collided with President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign and related desire to keep domestic gas prices low, resulting in measures that are wea Source : …