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Italy will not stand in the way of its NATO allies’ decision to continue military support for Ukraine in 2027. Government sources have denied reports that Rome is opposed to the associated financial commitments.
The number of complaints to the Ombudsman regarding rights violations during mobilisation has increased 333-fold since 2022. Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian Parliament’s Commissioner for Human Rights, described the problem as systemic and cited examples of egregious incidents.
The Security Service of Ukraine has carried out a strike on the ‘Saki’ military airfield in the temporarily occupied Crimea. The strike targeted the airfield’s infrastructure, in particular the hangars housing combat aircraft.
In the Chernivtsi region, law enforcement officers have uncovered a distribution network for drugs and psychotropic substances that operated via Telegram. Over 9.5 kilograms of illicit substances were seized.
Petrol shortages have been reported in at least 78 regions of Russia, as well as in occupied Crimea and Sevastopol. In a number of regions, the authorities have already imposed restrictions on the sale of fuel due to shortages.
The death toll from this morning’s Russian missile strike in Dnipro has risen. As of 29 June, five people are known to have been killed and 28 wounded.
The State Bureau of Investigations has transferred the seized crypto assets of a transnational hacking group to the ARMA for management. The sum in question is over 8.3 million USDT, which, at the current exchange rate, exceeds 372 million hryvnias.
The Binance cryptocurrency exchange will cease providing services to customers in European Union countries from next week. The company was unable to obtain the licence required to operate under the new MiCA regulations in time.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hagseth has relieved General Christopher Donaghy, one of the key US military figures in Europe, of his post. He is expected to announce his early retirement.
The US has stepped up its sanctions pressure on Cuba by imposing new restrictions on five state-owned companies that are vital to the country’s economy. Havana has described these measures as an act of aggression.
On the night of 24 June, the Ukrainian Defence Forces carried out strikes on strategic industrial facilities in Russia’s Orenburg Oblast. The General Staff confirmed that a gas processing plant and Russia’s only helium plant had been hit.
Law enforcement officers in the Kyiv region have uncovered two schemes involving the illegal extraction of groundwater in the Brovary and Fastiv districts. The total amount of losses incurred by the state exceeded 257 million hryvnias.
