The 52nd G7 summit in Évian ended June 17 with no joint communiqué but a package of pledges on Ukraine air defence, oil and gas sanctions, and energy resilience.
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Russia strikes Kyiv cultural sites, setting Pechersk Lavra roof ablaze
A mass Russian attack on Kyiv on June 14 struck the 11th-century Pechersk Lavra monastery and destroyed the national film studio’s 100,000-costume archive.
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North Korea opens a new road bridge to Russia as sanctions evasion deepens
A new road bridge between North Korea and Russia opens June 19 as Pyongyang’s trade with China hits an eight-year high and sanctions evasion deepens.
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Britain, France and Germany push Trump on Ukraine peacekeeping at G7 Évian
European heavyweights are pressing Trump at the G7 Évian summit to back a ceasefire along current front lines and authorise a NATO peacekeeping force on Ukrainian soil.
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Russia kills 22 in overnight missile and drone barrage on Kyiv and Dnipro
Russian forces launched 73 missiles and 656 drones at Ukrainian cities overnight on 2 June 2026, killing 22 civilians and wounding 138 in the second major attack on Kyiv within ten days.
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Ukrainian drones strike St. Petersburg oil terminal as Putin’s forum opens
Fifty drones struck a 12.5-million-tonne St. Petersburg oil terminal on June 3, blanketing the city in smoke as delegates arrived for Putin’s flagship annual economic forum.
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Putin arrives in Beijing for his 25th China summit, days after Trump
Putin arrived in Beijing on May 19 for his 25th state visit with Xi Jinping, following Donald Trump’s own summit with the Chinese president by just five days.
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Ukraine hits Moscow with largest drone strike in over a year
Ukraine launched roughly 500 drones overnight on May 17, killing four people including three in the Moscow region and striking debris near Sheremetyevo Airport.
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Latvia’s coalition collapses after Russian-redirected drone incursion
Latvia’s PM Evika Siliņa and Defence Minister Andris Sprūds both resigned after Russian-redirected drones crashed in Latgale, exposing security failures that brought down the governing coalition.
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Russia bombards Ukraine with 1,600 drones in the war’s largest aerial assault
Russia fired more than 1,600 drones and missiles at Ukraine over 30 hours on May 13-14, breaking every previous record for a single aerial offensive and killing at least 15 people.