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.

Antigua and Barbuda has joined the final communiqué of the inaugural Peace Summit held over the weekend in Switzerland.

Karl Nehammer, Chancellor of neutral Austria, has called it permissible for Ukraine to use weapons provided by its Western allies to attack targets in Russia.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba believes that "the right tools and interaction" will inspire Ukrainians to return from abroad.

Italy is planning to supply Ukraine with a batch of Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles.

Lin Jian, spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, has called on NATO to "stop shifting blame" and "rather do something practical for the political settlement of the crisis" after NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg accused Beijing of fuelling the war in Ukraine by supporting Russia.

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

Citizens of Ukraine can obtain a residence permit in Hungary even with an expired passport while the state of emergency in the country is in effect due to the war in Ukraine and for six months after its end.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that there should be consequences for China for supporting Russia in the war against Ukraine.

The US Department of State has criticised Russian President Vladimir Putin's so-called "peace plan", noting Russia's unwillingness to engage in serious discussions about peace in Ukraine.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that NATO defence ministers have not agreed on a funding plan for Ukraine, which provides for annual assistance of €40 billion a year.

Ukraine and Denmark have signed a memorandum on the procurement of armament and equipment from Ukrainian manufacturers by Denmark.

Shin Won-sik, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Korea, has stated that North Korea sent the containers, which can fit almost 5 million artillery shells, to Russia.

The European Commission will hand over to Kyiv a third group of 12 mine detection dogs to help clear mines on the territory of Ukraine.

Charles Brown, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, believes that the situation in Kharkiv Oblast, where the Russians started another offensive in May, has stabilised.

China, which will not attend this weekend's Peace Summit in Switzerland, is lobbying world governments ahead of the Swiss meeting to promote its peace plan. 

Germany is transferring a quarter of its air defence systems stock to Ukraine, including the third Patriot air defence system, which will be delivered soon.

F-16 jets are gonna be in Ukraine this summer. Air Forces are preparing for that.

The United States and Ukraine are set to sign a bilateral security agreement on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in Italy on Thursday 13 June. The agreement, like previous similar agreements, will not entail ratification.

The European Commission has proposed to prolong the temporary protection for people fleeing Russian aggression against Ukraine for another year, from 5 March 2025 to 4 March 2026.

Ukraine has a plan to build up to 1 gigawatt of manoeuvrable gas generation capacity this year and another 4 gigawatts in the coming years.

On 10 June, Polish President Andrzej Duda signed an amendment to the law on assistance to Ukrainian citizens in connection with the ongoing war in the country, which extends the period of legal stay of Ukrainian citizens in Poland.

Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia after the Armenian ambassador to Ukraine and an Armenian delegation visited the site of Russian crimes in Bucha, Kyiv Oblast, and provided assistance to Ukraine.

The Pentagon has officially revealed the contents of a new US$225 million military aid package for Ukraine, announced by US President Joe Biden.

Negotiations between the Presidents of Ukraine and the United States, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Joe Biden, have begun in the French capital of Paris.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during his speech at the French National Assembly, the lower house of parliament, has thanked foreign partners for their support and urged them to ensure that the ongoing struggle in Ukraine is spoken of in the future in the same way as the victorious Allied landings in Normandy.

Germany is supposedly irritating many allies in the North Atlantic Alliance by resisting the use of the word "mission" in the title of a new programme to support Ukraine.

US President Joe Biden has recalled the importance of protecting democracy and a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in a speech on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Allied landing in Normandy in World War II.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz emphasised Ukraine's right to self-defence, answering the question why he approved of using German weapons in assaults against Russia.