Ukraine and the EU have extended the freight liberalisation agreement for one more year with the possibility of prolongation.

Despite Moscow's threats over Finland's NATO accession, Russian bases near the Finnish border are virtually empty as Russia has redeployed personnel and equipment from these bases to Ukraine.

The Franco-German arms conglomerate KNDS has a contract with Ukraine for the supply of 54 RCH 155 howitzers.

Five NATO member states will spend over 3% of their GDP on defence in 2024, while a guideline of expenditures is 2% of GDP.

Over the past week, Ukraine received another large shipment of weapons from Germany, including air defence systems, tanks and infantry fighting vehicles.

Houthi militants who enjoy the support from Iran have hit a Ukrainian-Polish vessel in the Gulf of Aden, injuring a man.

Ukraine is negotiating bilateral security agreements with ten other countries.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that he is pleased with the outcome of the G7 summit in Italy for Ukraine, specifically noting that the agreements provide for "more air defence systems".

On Thursday, 13 June, on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Italy, a bilateral security agreement between Ukraine and Japan is expected to be signed, in addition to the agreement with the United States, which media already reported about.

Norway will provide Ukraine with grenade launcher ammunition worth an estimated €42 million.

German police have officially confirmed that a dead person found in a forest is a 9-year-old girl from Ukraine who had been missing for a week.

The US Department of State has confirmed that the long-standing ban on the provision of US-supplied weapons to the Azov Brigade has been lifted. 

Warsaw estimates that Russia can store approximately 100 tactical nuclear warheads in Kaliningrad Oblast.

European officials are reportedly considering ways to retain gas supply through the Russia-Ukraine pipeline when the contract with Gazprom expires (which Ukraine has absolutely refused to renew), as this is still critical for numerous countries of the bloc.

At the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has separately thanked Germany for the assistance already provided to strengthen air defence but reiterated that Ukraine needs seven more Patriot systems.