Ukraine destroyed the railway bridge over the North Crimean Canal on June 23, striking over 60 Russian targets in an operation aimed at severing the occupied peninsula’s supply lines.
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Ukraine strikes Tyumen refinery 2,000 km inside Russia with new drones
Ukraine hit an oil refinery in Russia’s Tyumen Oblast on June 20, over 2,000 km from the border, as Zelenskyy disclosed new drones with a 3,000 km range capability.
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G7 Évian closes without communiqué as leaders back tougher Russia pressure
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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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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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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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.
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Hungary’s EU realignment removes Moscow’s last foothold inside the bloc
Orbán’s defeat closes a decade-long channel through which Russian diplomatic interests were informally represented within EU councils — eliminating a blocking mechanism on Ukraine aid and reshaping the internal politics of far-right movements across Europe.