Society

The 2027 International Booker Prize will be named after Bukhman. It will be renamed in honour of the Russian-born entrepreneur Dmitry Bukhman and his wife Daria.

In Ukraine, there is no specific fine for air-conditioner condensate that drips onto the façade of a building, the pavement, the road or passers-by. A proposal to introduce such a penalty was put forward in the Verkhovna Rada, but the bill was not passed and was withdrawn from consideration.

Law enforcement officers in Monaco have identified a suspect in the explosion outside the home of Ukrainian businessman Vadym Yermolaev, which left three people seriously injured. According to media reports, the suspect is a woman aged around 30 who fled across the French border after the attack.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has definitively dismissed Google and Alphabet’s appeal in the Android case and upheld the fine of €4.125 billion. The companies were penalised for anti-competitive practices that reinforced the dominance of Google’s search engine on mobile devices.

Mykola Polishchuk, a well-known surgeon from Kyiv, is suspected of organising an attempt on the life of his ex-wife, to whom he was married for 33 years. According to the investigation, the motive was a long-standing dispute over the division of property and a court ruling ordering him to pay over 2.5 million hryvnias in compensation.

On 3 July 2026, Orthodox Christians following the new church calendar commemorate Saint Anatolius, Patriarch of Constantinople. In folk tradition, this day is known as Poppy Day, which is associated with the start of the poppy harvest, ancient customs, omens and a number of warnings.

The German company Quantum Systems, whose drones are being used extensively in Ukraine, has raised $1.2 billion in a Series D funding round. Following the deal, the company’s valuation rose to approximately $8 billion, making it one of Europe’s most valuable defence technology start-ups.

The Russian campaign against Ukraine’s European future operates through a multi-tiered network of websites, Telegram channels, pseudo-local resources, state-run media and anonymous accounts. A joint study by the European External Action Service and the Centre for Countering Disinformation identifies 244,000 posts, 1.39 billion views and 2,660 sources showing signs of inauthentic behaviour.

French journalists have identified the woman who was injured in the explosion in Monaco alongside Dnipro businessman Vadym Yermolayev. She has been identified as 46-year-old Anna Nasobina — the daughter of Oleksandr Nasobin, a former deputy prosecutor for the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The eldest daughter of Ukrainian singer Olia Polyakova suddenly fell ill whilst on holiday abroad. Twenty-one-year-old Maria was admitted to hospital with severe abdominal pain; however, according to the singer, they had to wait over an hour for medical assistance.

Ukraine’s flood defence system does not ensure adequate preparedness for large-scale flooding. The Audit Office has concluded that the state system operates in a piecemeal manner, and that the critical state of the infrastructure, a lack of equipment and the public’s poor preparedness could lead to significant loss of life and property.

Ukrposhta has begun sending export parcels to European Union countries under the new customs rules, which came into force on 1 July. Ukraine has become one of four countries outside the EU that managed to prepare for the new requirements before they came into effect.