During the Conference on Ukraine’s Recovery in Gdańsk, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, with support from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, announced the allocation of 1.5 million euros to support Ukrainian media and civil society organizations in 2026–2027.

Ukrainian customs officers detected 540 cases of drug smuggling during the first five months of 2026, with the highest number of attempts recorded along the borders with Poland and Moldova.

As a result of debris from Russian drones falling in Chernihiv, damage was reported at one of the schools, and two people were injured.

Throughout the day, Russian forces shelled the Nikopol and Synelnykiv districts of Dnipropetrovsk region more than 40 times. One man was killed, and another was wounded.

The number of people injured in Russia's overnight attack on Zaporizhzhia has risen to 10, including two children.

Two Georgian volunteers were recently killed while fighting in Russia's war against Ukraine.

The number of people injured in Saturday morning's Russian attack on the Sumy community has risen to 18.

In Sumy, the number of people injured in the Russian drone attack on the morning of June 27 has risen to 13, including two children.

For the second time this month, the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) struck the “Vtorovo” oil pumping station, which supplies fuel to Moscow.

President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that the “Titan-Barikady” facility in Volgograd was struck by FP-5 “Flamingo” missiles.

Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have shelled the Sumy region more than 60 times—one man was killed and 14 others were injured as a result of the attacks.

The Ukrainian Navy has destroyed a boat attempting to provide logistical support to Russian forces near the Tendra Spit.

Over the past 24 hours (June 26), Ukrainian forces recorded 256 combat clashes with Russian troops.

Russian forces launched 924 strikes on 42 settlements in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region over the past 24 hours, killing one person and injuring 29 others, including three children.

Operators of the Black Sky UAV battalion of the Spartan Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine have destroyed two Russian launchers of the S-300 surface-to-air missile system near the town of Volnovakha in the Donetsk region.

Russian troops struck officers from the White Angel special police unit, who evacuate residents of border communities in the Sumy region daily.

The main outcome of the latest session of the Ukraine-Poland Interparliamentary Assembly, which took place in Gdańsk, was a dialogue free of ultimatums and attempts to impose positions.

On June 25–26 in Gdańsk, Poland, as part of the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026, the Ministry of Community and Territorial Development reached agreements to allocate 1.5 billion euros for Ukraine’s recovery.

In Semenivka, Chernihiv region, a 57-year-old man was wounded as a result of a Russian drone strike on the evening of June 26 near a “Nova Poshta” branch.

Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk has announced that he is relinquishing all of his current championship belts, but is not retiring from professional boxing.

A total of 92 educational institutions from 26 countries around the world have already joined the Global Coalition for Ukrainian Studies, including four universities in Poland: the University of Warsaw, Jagiellonian University, the University of Gdańsk, and the Kraków University of Economics.

Ukraine's National Antarctic Scientific Center (NASC) and the Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences have signed an agreement to conduct joint scientific research in the Arctic and Antarctic.

Four participants—Estonia, Switzerland, the Swiss National Science Foundation, and the SaveScienceUA initiative—joined the International Coalition to Support Science, Research, and Innovation in Ukraine during the URC-2026 Conference in Gdańsk.

The UK Defence Intelligence has analyzed a series of Ukrainian strikes on Russia-occupied Crimea in a recent report.

Russian forces carried out two drone strikes on the town of Derhachi in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on June 27, targeting gas stations in both attacks. A woman was injured and a gas station employee suffered an acute stress reaction.

Türkiye is once again ready to provide a venue for negotiation between Ukrainian and Russian delegations in an effort to revive the diplomatic process aimed at ending the war.

Seven Ukrainian civilians who had been illegally held in Russian captivity for years have returned home.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a “Pantsir-S1” anti-aircraft missile and gun system in Feodosia and the “Petropavlovsk” car ferry near Kerch in Russian-occupied Crimea.

Russian invaders launched missile and drone attacks on Naftogaz Group facilities in the Poltava and Kharkiv regions, causing damage.

Russian troops launched a drone strike against rescue workers who were battling a fire in Zaporizhzhia caused by a previous attack.

One person was killed and eight others injured as Russian forces struck Kharkiv and 19 settlements across the region over the past day.

Ukraine’s air defense forces intercepted or neutralized 113 out of 129 drones launched by Russia against Ukraine overnight from June 26–27.

FP-5 Flamingo missiles have struck a key Russian military-industrial facility in Volgograd.

The number of people injured in a Russian airstrike on a residential high-rise in the city of Zaporizhzhia has risen to six, including a 13-year-old girl.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has approved amendments proposed by the Ukrainian delegation to a resolution on transnational repression, addressing Russia's abuse of Interpol mechanisms and international wanted notices to persecute individuals for their pro-Ukrainian activities.

Ukraine will require approximately €40 billion in the first years after the war to restore its road infrastructure and build a new logistics system.

Ukraine is working to establish a new mechanism for the return of civilian hostages, and the families of Ukrainians held captive by Russia may receive good news in the near future.

Every day, Ukraine continues its fight to regain control over Crimea and prevents Russia from “normalizing” its occupation of the peninsula.

Ukraine has reiterated its readiness for potential meetings at the leadership level and discussions on ending the war, but Russia must also take a step toward peace.

A Russian drone struck a gas station in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv, causing a fire.

Ukrainian journalist Iryna Levchenko, who was unlawfully detained in occupied Melitopol, has been transferred from Simferopol to a pre-trial detention center in Russia’s Krasnodar region.

Andrii Sybiha met with Julie Davis, the U.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Ukraine, on the occasion of the conclusion of her diplomatic mission in our country.

Throughout the day, Russian forces shelled communities in the Kherson region with artillery and attacked them with drones. Seven civilians were injured.

The European Commission, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, and the Governments of France and Finland have concluded agreements aimed at scaling up industrial capacity in dual-use technologies and the defense industry.

Russian forces have launched 57 attacks on Ukrainian Defense Forces positions since the beginning of the day, with the heaviest fighting taking place in the Huliaipole, Pokrovsk, and Sloviansk sectors.

Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has approved the launch of Brave International, introducing a unified framework and clear rules for cooperation with international partners in the development of defense innovations.

A Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 fighter jet was lost during a combat mission in the Poltava region overnight on June 27, but the pilot successfully ejected.

Nine people, including two children, were injured as a result of this morning’s Russian attack on Sumy.

Over the course of the week, Russian invaders deployed approximately 1,400 attack drones, nearly 1,500 guided aerial bombs, and 19 missiles of various types—including ballistic missiles—against Ukraine.

In Zaporizhzhia, the number of people injured as a result of Russian airstrikes on the night of June 27 has risen to nine, including two children.

A woman was killed and two people, including a 13-year-old girl, were injured as a result of Russian shelling of Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region.

Russian forces carried out a large-scale drone attack on the Okhtyrka district in Ukraine’s Sumy region, injuring 10 people.

Russia's total combat losses in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine have reached approximately 1,399,720 personnel, including 1,350 troops killed or wounded over the past 24 hours.

Ukrainian lawmaker and historian Volodymyr Viatrovych believes that the current escalation of historical disputes between Ukraine and Poland could be eased by a moratorium on politicians making judgments about the past.

At the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk, PrivatBank signed two agreements with international financial institutions, securing over €1.18 billion to finance Ukrainian businesses.

Representatives of Russia's subjugated peoples intend to seek a separate platform for dialogue with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), arguing that the existing platform for Russian democratic forces fails to address what they consider the key issue: Russia's decolonization and the right to self-determination.

Russian invaders attacked Druzhkivka in the Donetsk region with three 250-kilogram aerial bombs, wounding three civilians.

The summer session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe was Ukraine-focused in every respect, and one of its key outcomes was the first dedicated hearing on policies to support Ukrainian veterans.

Ukraine's Ministry of Defense will procure a new large batch of 155mm artillery shells for the country's Defense Forces.

Russian forces attacked the town of Nikopol in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region with an FPV drone, killing two people and injuring 12 others.