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🗨️ "They are participating in evil" Marci Shore on the current political situation in the U.S., the meaning of evil, and Hannah Arendt’s concept of “radical evil”: ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/... Support the UkraineWorld team on Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/ukraineworld.

On the night of June 29, Ukrainian pilot Lieutenant Colonel Maksym Ustymenko was killed while repelling a Russian attack. He shot down 7 targets. During the engagement with the last one, his aircraft sustained damage. The pilot steered the plane away from a settlement, but didn`t have time to eject.

Andrii Sybiha responded to the #Slovak Foreign Minister’s statement on forgiving #Russia.

Recent updates as of 30.06 👇

From Ukraine's soil flows grain to 125+ countries. Russia’s war has turned food into leverage, ports into targets, and hunger into strategy. Explore more in our new article: ukraineworld.org/en/articles/...

Another group of Ukrainian heroes has returned from Russian captivity, marking a powerful moment of relief and reunion. Each return is more than a statistic; it’s a story of resilience, a family that refused to give up, and a country that never stopped searching. Source: MFA Ukraine

After a year apart, dog welcomes the Ukrainian defender back home. 🎥: Yana.dr.vet

Recent updates as of 27.06 👇

Why is #Ukraine unique? Aman Sethi, an Indian journalist and editor-in-chief of openDemocracy, reflects on democracy - its fragility, its borders, and its role in the world: ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/... Support the UkraineWorld team on Patreon: www.patreon.com/c/ukraineworld.

On June 26, #Ukraine celebrates the Day of the #Crimean Tatar Flag. đź“·: Crimea Platform

The first center in Ukraine for people who have survived captivity and torture has opened in Lviv. The St. Leo the Great Mental Health Center is part of the UNBROKEN ecosystem of medical rehabilitation centers. đź“·: Mayor of Lviv Andriy Sadovyi

Recent updates as of 26.06 👇

⚡️ #Denmark will be the first country to launch joint production of long-range drones and missiles with #Ukraine abroad. President #Zelenskyy announced the move during talks with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in The Hague. 📷: GenStaff of the AFU

⚡️ This year, the #EU will provide #Ukraine with €30.6 billion. At least €10 billion has already been received by #Kyiv as part of the aid package, according to Suspilne. 1/2

In #Dnipro, the death toll from yesterday's Russian attack has risen to 19. In total, there are 21 casualties in the Oblast. More than 300 people were injured, according to the Oblast Military Administration. đź“·: Tg/Serhii Lysak

The #Czech volunteer group Aerorozvědka has supplied #Ukraine’s Defense Forces with ARCZ08X FPV drones featuring AI, which allows them to autonomously strike targets even under enemy electronic warfare, according to Armadni Noviny. 📷: Aerorozvědka

More than three years under fire. Where and when does #Kyiv receive the most strikes?

❗️The death toll from #Russia's June 24 attack on #Dnipro has risen to 18, according to Serhii Lysak, head of the Oblast Military Administration.

Recent updates as of 25.06 👇

⚡️ #NATO Secretary General #Rutte stated during a briefing in The Hague that the Alliance will increase its assistance to #Ukraine to €35 billion by July 1, and by the end of the year, this support will exceed the €50 billion provided by NATO last year. 📷: X/Mark Rutte

The aftermath of a missile strike near the Odesa–Zaporizhzhia train. Fortunately, no passengers or railway employees were killed, Ukrzaliznytsia reports. All the injured received medical treatment. #RussiaIsATerroristState 📷: Tg/dnepr_operativ 1/2

▪️In #Dnipro, according to Oblast Military Administration, one person has been killed and over 20 injured. ▪️In the city of Samar, two people were killed and three others injured. 📷: Tg/Serhii Lysak

Casualties have been reported following a Russian attack on #Dnipro. The strike caused damage to civilian infrastructure — including a dormitory, a gymnasium, and an administrative building. A train was also damaged, leaving some of its passengers injured. 📷: Tg/Serhii Lysak

⚡️ #Ukraine and the #UK are launching a new joint drone production initiative. This agreement was reached by President Volodymyr #Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Keir Starmer. 📷: Facebook/Rustem Umerov

Recent updates as of 24.06 👇

The #Italian government has frozen assets belonging to Russian oligarchs worth approximately €2.3 billion since the start of #Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine. This was reported by Reuters. Rome seized these assets as part of #EU sanctions imposed against the Kremlin and its collaborators.

#Russia launched a ballistic missile attack on the city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi. Russian forces destroyed a local educational institution. So far, it is known that two people have been killed and 20 injured. Source: Oleh Kiper, the Governor of #Odesa Oblast

The #Russian missile that struck a civilian multi-story building in #Kyiv during the morning attack on June 23 pierced through everything, including the basement, according to Ihor Klymenko, Ukraine’s Minister of Internal Affairs. 📽️: Fb / SES Ukraine

#Norway will develop and produce surface drones in #Ukraine using the technology of the #Norwegian defence company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, the Norwegian Ministry of Defence announced.

As a result of the #Russian attack on #Kyiv, the apartment of Olena Topolia — #Ukraine’s representative at the #Eurovision Song Contest 2010 — and her husband, Taras Topolia, frontman of the band Antytila and a former #Ukrainian paramedic, was destroyed. 📷: Fb / Taras Topolia

#Russia has once again attacked #Ukraine, focusing particularly on #Kyiv. So far, six people have been reported killed. Another person was killed in Bila Tserkva, the Kyiv Oblast, where a Shahed struck a hospital, according to #Zelenskyy. đź“·: SES Ukraine

Recent updates as of 23.06 👇

#Ukraine has launched the production of its own tactical radar systems designed to detect UAVs, which are used by drone-interceptor units, Militarnyi reports. đź“·: Ievos BudzeikaitÄ—s

⚡ A conversation about evil and its meaning, Hannah Arendt’s concept of "radical evil," and how World War II shaped her thinking: ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/... ◾ Our guest was Marci Shore, an #American intellectual, historian. ◾ Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, the editor-in-chief of UkraineWorld.

❗️ #Ukraine and #Russia have carried out another prisoner exchange based on the Istanbul agreements, President #Zelenskyy announced. Ukrainian soldiers have returned from Russian captivity, most of whom had been held for over two years. 📷: Telegram/Zelenskiy/Official

Ukrainian mobile fire teams in action. đź“·: 41st Mechanized Brigade

The #EU aims to ban entry into the Schengen Area for Russian citizens who participated in the aggression against #Ukraine, ERR reports. Interior ministers of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, the Nordic countries, and Poland approved a joint decision in Tallinn.

#Russia keeps waging war on #Ukraine. Because it simply can. Hundreds of tankers carry #Russian crude every month, bringing back billions that fund missiles and death. This so-called “shadow fleet” sails boldly, exploiting loopholes and taking advantage of weak enforcement.

One person was killed and 14 others injured in #Odesa following a nighttime #Russian attack, according to the Prosecutor’s Office. Among the injured are three rescuers. 📷: Suspilne Odesa 1/2

Recent updates as of 20.06 👇

Ukraine and Russia carried out another exchange of prisoners of war. Defenders who fought in Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, and Kyiv Oblasts have returned home. They are members of the Armed Forces, National Guard, and State Border Guard Service. 🎥: President Zelenskiy

On the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, a rally is being held in Kyiv in support of female prisoners of war. Among the participants is a girl who has been waiting for her mother to return from captivity for six years. 🎥: Ukrinform