A bill on the Ukrainian National Pantheon has been tabled in the Verkhovna Rada

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has announced that he will resign in the coming weeks. Following this, early presidential and parliamentary elections are due to take place in the country, although the next elections were not due until 2027

Alexander Lunin, a Russian veteran of the war against Ukraine, has published a video message addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin. In it, he spoke of the torture of soldiers in the Russian army and warned that, should the Kremlin fail to act, the military might turn their weapons against the Russian authorities

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has stated that he is prepared to act as a mediator in resolving the differences between Ukraine and Poland, should Kyiv and Warsaw deem it necessary

The Swiss Federal Council has decided to strengthen the country’s air defence. The government will resume payments for the American Patriot systems and, at the same time, begin negotiations on the procurement of another long-range air defence system from a different manufacturer

The possible reduction in the US military presence in Germany is already having an impact on towns where US troops have been stationed for decades. Local residents and property owners fear the economic consequences due to uncertainty over future decisions by Donald Trump’s administration

In Mukachevo, police have arrested a 62-year-old local man suspected of attempting to murder his neighbour. According to the investigation, the man stabbed the victim twice in the entrance hall of a block of flats

In France, around a thousand deaths were recorded during a record-breaking heatwave. People aged 65 and over were the hardest hit by the abnormally high temperatures

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has announced that he will resign in the coming weeks. Following this, early presidential and parliamentary elections are due to take place in the country, although the next elections were not due until 2027

The Kyiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office has notified the director of one of the branches of JSC ‘Ukrzaliznytsia’ that he is under suspicion. According to the investigation, in 2025 he organised auctions for the lease of freight semi-wagons using a scheme which, according to law enforcement officials, caused the state-owned enterprise losses of over 48 million hryvnias

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence, Kirill Budanov, have issued messages to mark Ukraine’s Constitution Day. In their addresses, they emphasised the importance of the Constitution, the unity of the Ukrainian people and the struggle for the country’s independence

In Mukachevo, police have arrested a 62-year-old local man suspected of attempting to murder his neighbour. According to the investigation, the man stabbed the victim twice in the entrance hall of a block of flats

In France, around a thousand deaths were recorded during a record-breaking heatwave. People aged 65 and over were the hardest hit by the abnormally high temperatures

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence, Kirill Budanov, have issued messages to mark Ukraine’s Constitution Day. In their addresses, they emphasised the importance of the Constitution, the unity of the Ukrainian people and the struggle for the country’s independence

To mark the 30th anniversary of the Constitution of Ukraine, Ukrzaliznytsia has unveiled a special commemorative stamp for holders of the ‘Traveller’s Passport’. The commemorative stamp will be available from 28 June to 5 July at Kyiv Central Railway Station

On the night of Sunday 29 June, Russian forces launched a ballistic missile strike on Kyiv. Air defence forces engaged the enemy targets, but debris was reported to have fallen in the Darnytskyi district, where several fires were also reported. As of now, two people are known to have been injured.