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.
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Trump’s Ukraine ceasefire breaks within 48 hours
The three-day ceasefire Trump announced for May 9–11 included a prisoner swap of 1,000 soldiers per side, but within 24 hours Ukrainian forces had logged 180 battlefield clashes and Russian drone and artillery strikes continued across the front.