Iran allegedly offers to sell advanced weapons for cryptocurrency

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy may attend the G7 summit, which is due to take place in France in mid-June. At the meeting, he plans to raise the issue of diplomatic efforts regarding the war and the strengthening of air defences.

At the EU Council meeting of interior ministers in Luxembourg, EU member states agreed on the need to extend temporary protection for Ukrainians beyond its current expiry date of March 2027.

Poland is introducing temporary restrictions on flights in the eastern regions of the country near the borders with Ukraine and Belarus. The new rules will apply from 10 June to 9 September 2026.

The Pentagon may scrap plans to supply Germany with Tomahawk missiles over fears that Russia would view this as an escalation.

Political analyst Volodymyr Fesenko stated that Kirill Budanov’s approval ratings began to rise following his appointment as head of the President’s Office and his active involvement in the negotiation process.

The US House of Representatives has passed the Ukraine Support Act, which provides for aid to Ukraine, direct loans and new sanctions against Russia.

The US is prepared to resort to military action against Iran once again if negotiations over its nuclear programme prove fruitless. At the same time, officials in Washington say that Donald Trump continues to hope for a diplomatic solution

Ukraine has received a new launcher for the IRIS-T air defence system. Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Germany for its support and stressed that, due to large-scale Russian air strikes, the country needs to further strengthen its air defences

Moldovan President Maia Sandu has stated that Ukraine’s international partners must step up economic pressure on Russia to force the Kremlin into genuine negotiations to end the war

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated that negotiations involving Washington to end Russia’s war against Ukraine have effectively been suspended due to a lack of progress

Restrictions on the sale of petrol have been introduced in at least 15 regions of Russia, as well as in the occupied territories of Ukraine.

On Thursday, 4 June, the average price of A-95 petrol in Ukraine fell by 5 kopecks to 75.82 UAH per litre. Diesel fuel fell by 3 kopecks to 85.39 UAH per litre.

The Cabinet of Ministers will allocate nearly 939 million hryvnias from the Finnish-Ukrainian Investment Fund to the development of distributed gas-fired power generation in Ukraine. The funds will be directed towards Ukrnafta projects in the Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv regions.

The government has expanded the list of young doctors who are eligible for a one-off payment of 200,000 hryvnias for taking up a post in state or municipal healthcare facilities.

Despite his public promises, the new head of the State Customs Service, Orest Mandziy, has begun a restructuring of the Service starting with middle management rather than overhauling the senior leadership. Furthermore, he has extended the contract of his deputy, whose integrity is questioned by campaigners.

A further 185 servicemen and one civilian have returned to Ukraine from Russian captivity.

US President Donald Trump has stated that he does not rule out a face-to-face meeting with Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei. According to him, this would be possible if an agreement were reached to end the war.

The Ukrainian Navy has stated that one of its unmanned surface vessels lost control whilst on a mission in the Black Sea due to Russian electronic warfare measures and ended up off the coast of Romania.

Russian combat aircraft continue to drop guided bombs over their own territory and the occupied regions of Ukraine. British intelligence believes this is due to errors made during aircraft preparation and the execution of flight missions.

In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, operators from the ‘Strix’ unmanned systems unit of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine shot down a Russian ‘Skat 450M’ reconnaissance drone. This is the second aircraft of this type that the unit has destroyed.