In Dnipro, a man beat a 55-year-old acquaintance to death

This year’s US Independence Day celebrations are taking place against a backdrop of extreme heat and widespread power cuts. Due to the weather conditions, more than 840,000 homes have been left without power, and festive events in a number of cities have been cancelled or postponed

On 1 July 2026, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine adopted a resolution on the establishment of the Ukrainian National Pantheon. The memorial complex, which is of national significance, will be situated within the grounds of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve.

The ‘For the Defence of Human Rights’ award, established on the initiative of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, was presented in Ukraine for the first time. Among the first ten recipients of the award was businessman Rinat Akhmetov

A fatal road traffic accident involving a Mercedes Sprinter minibus and a Volvo lorry has occurred on the Odessa–Melitopol–Novoazovsk road in the Mykolaiv region. According to the latest reports, 12 people have died and a further six are in hospital.

An 18-year-old Ukrainian man, Zakhar Onyshchuk, is being sought in Poland; he has not been in contact since the evening of 29 June. His relatives are appealing to anyone who may have any information about his whereabouts to help with the search

This year’s US Independence Day celebrations are taking place against a backdrop of extreme heat and widespread power cuts. Due to the weather conditions, more than 840,000 homes have been left without power, and festive events in a number of cities have been cancelled or postponed

On 4 July, a major fire broke out at a car trailer factory in Stavropol, Russia. The blaze was reported by Russian media and local Telegram channels

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, congratulated the United States of America on Independence Day, thanked the American people for their support of Ukraine and emphasised the role of the US in the struggle for freedom

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence has reported a successful operation in the temporarily occupied Crimea. According to Ukrainian intelligence, a Russian MiG-29 fighter jet was destroyed as a result of a strike on the Belbek military airfield

The ‘For the Defence of Human Rights’ award, established on the initiative of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, was presented in Ukraine for the first time. Among the first ten recipients of the award was businessman Rinat Akhmetov

A fatal road traffic accident involving a Mercedes Sprinter minibus and a Volvo lorry has occurred on the Odessa–Melitopol–Novoazovsk road in the Mykolaiv region. According to the latest reports, 12 people have died and a further six are in hospital.

Law enforcement officers have uncovered an organised group in Lviv which was using a fraudulent call centre to swindle money from citizens of Ukraine and EU countries. The total amount of losses identified exceeds 2.7 million UAH.

An investigation is underway in the Zhytomyr region into a case of illegal sand extraction, which has caused the state losses of over 2.5 billion hryvnias. Law enforcement officials have notified a further suspect involved in the scheme of the charges against them.

The Security Service of Ukraine has carried out drone strikes on the ‘Saki’ and ‘Gvardeyskoye’ military airfields in the temporarily occupied Crimea. Hangars containing aircraft, drones and equipment were hit.

Law enforcement officers have uncovered a fraudulent network of cryptocurrency exchanges operating in seven regions of Ukraine. During the searches, they seized cash in various currencies totalling over 20 million hryvnias.