An EU-Ukraine intergovernmental conference will be held in Luxembourg on Tuesday, 25 June to mark the official opening of negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the European Union.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has delivered an address on the occasion of the first intergovernmental conference on Ukraine and Moldova's accession to the EU, which will officially launch membership negotiations.

The Danish government has decided to allocate DKK 150 million (over US$21 million) to support Ukraine and Moldova on their path to the EU.

On Tuesday 25 June, the Council of the European Union extended temporary protection to more than 4 million Ukrainians fleeing Russian aggression until 4 March 2026.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has announced more commitments to strengthen Ukraine's air defence.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said he does not support the decision to start EU accession talks for Ukraine and considers it a "politically motivated process".

Türkiye has admitted that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation on 3-4 July in Kazakhstan.

The Pentagon has responded to Russia's accusations that the US is involved in a "hybrid war" against it after Ukraine's strikes on Crimea by noting that Ukraine chooses its own targets.

The 14th package of EU sanctions against Russia includes measures to combat the import and sale of historical and cultural property illegally exported from Ukraine. 

The new package of sanctions against Russia, adopted on Monday, 24 June, also includes an expansion of the ban on flights over EU territory.

The 14th package of EU sanctions against Russia includes measures against the System for Transfer of Financial Messages’ (SPFS), developed by the Central Bank of Russia as an analogue of the SWIFT system.

The 14th package of EU sanctions against Russia includes additional tools to combat the circumvention of existing restrictive measures.

The Council of the European Union adopted the 14th package of economic and individual sanctions against Russia on 24 June.

The European Union has developed a legal workaround to bypass Hungary's veto on the purchase of weapons for Ukraine using profits obtained from frozen Russian assets this year, which could also clear the path for the G7 to disburse US$50 billion to Kyiv. 

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has suggested that one of the reasons for the declining popularity of the ruling coalition in Germany’s east is the government's policy towards Ukraine.