Israel has announced that it has killed Iran’s intelligence minister in a strike on Tehran

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.

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.