Zelensky in Munich: PURL, security guarantees and Europe's role in negotiations

By 2029, Taiwan plans to increase its stockpile of anti-ship missiles to over 1,800 units. The country aims to counter threats from China.

The court has cleared NABU detective Viktor Gusarov of criminal charges relating to allegations of treason. He had spent five months in pre-trial detention.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the full-scale invasion of Ukraine had been a strategic disaster for Russia, and that the Kremlin had failed to achieve most of its key objectives.

Ukraine’s key European allies are exploring the possibility of involving Russia in negotiations to bring the war to an end. However, the final decision on the next steps rests with the Ukrainian leadership.

The United Arab Emirates has begun actively purchasing and testing Ukrainian interceptor drones to counter Iranian Shahed-136 drones. However, it soon became clear that the drones alone were not enough – the entire Ukrainian detection and coordination system is required for them to operate effectively.

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

Brian Mast, Chair of the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, has stated that Washington has no plans to approve new large-scale financial aid packages for Ukraine

The city authorities have allocated 2,148,145,000 hryvnias for the construction of new civil defence shelters and the renovation of existing ones in 2026. In 2025, almost the same amount was allocated for construction alone.

Since the launch of the Ukrainian maritime corridor in 2023, 200 million tonnes of cargo have been transported via it, of which 118 million tonnes is Ukrainian grain.

MP Danylo Getmantsev stated that parliamentarians are dissatisfied with the slow progress in bringing the economy out of the shadows, and that, instead of delivering tangible results, the Economic Security Bureau is ‘feeding’ the public with presentations and manipulating the figures in its reports.

Petrol stations in Moscow and St Petersburg are introducing limits on the sale of petrol and diesel. The companies attribute these measures to market conditions and supply difficulties.

The Ukrainian wheat market is starting the 2026/27 season with substantial carryover stocks and favourable forecasts for the upcoming harvest. Towards the end of the current marketing year, export activity picked up significantly, boosting market sentiment and trade expectations.

Russia is facing mounting pressure due to the situation on the front line, economic problems and strikes by Ukrainian drones on its territory. European officials suggest that Moscow’s increasingly aggressive rhetoric may be linked to attempts to restart the negotiation process on its own terms.

The Russian military has attacked at least 935 port infrastructure facilities since the start of the full-scale war. People have also been injured.

Since the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia has killed 707 children in Ukraine, with a further 2,548 wounded. 4 June marks the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression.

On the night of 4 June, the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Unmanned aerial vehicle unit struck a Russian ‘Svitlyak’-class border patrol vessel in the temporarily occupied Crimea. Air defence systems, infrastructure facilities and the enemy’s railway equipment were also targeted.

On Thursday, 4 June, the Zaporizhzhia Thermal Power Station came under heavy shelling. This poses a serious threat to the power supply to the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.