Overview
- Mid‑June combined Russian rocket and drone assaults struck Kyiv and other cities, damaging cultural sites including the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra and causing civilian deaths and injuries.
- G7 leaders meeting in Évian pledged tougher sanctions on Moscow and promised expanded air‑defence systems, interceptors and long‑range support to strengthen Ukrainian defence.
- Kyiv announced a funded recruitment and pay‑reform package, backed in part by a new EU credit facility, that raises frontline pay substantially and opens flexible contracts and global volunteer recruitment.
- Ukraine is formalizing and expanding drone units on its northern border with Russia and Belarus to defend supply lines and to press long‑range strikes into Russian-held areas.
- Several operational claims remain contested: Kyiv reported unusually high single‑day Russian drone losses and heavy fighting along multiple Donbass sectors, and Russian authorities accused Ukraine of a deadly drone strike on a Bryansk bus that Ukraine denies.