KYIV, June 8 – Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov believes that the priorities for the Ukrainian military-industrial complex (MIC) after the end of the war should be air defense systems, artillery and ammunition for it, drones and strong electronic warfare systems.

KYIV, June 8 - A substantial Ukrainian force was pushing an assault against Russian positions in the south on Thursday, in an intensification of fighting that some Ukrainian officials and western analysts said marked the start in earnest of Kyiv’s much-vaunted counteroffensive.

KYIV, June 8 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal instructed the government ministries and regional administrations to provide the necessary amount of diesel fuel for the harvest season.

KYIV, June 9 – The World Bank has downgraded its inflation forecast for Ukraine to 20% by the end of 2022 from its April forecast of 15% inflation, Arup Banerji, World Bank Regional Country Director for Eastern Europe (Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine), has told Interfax-Ukraine.

KYIV, June 9 - Ukraine’s religious leaders and prominent citizens called on European lawmakers on Thursday to approve the country’s application for obtaining the status of EU candidate, the first step in becoming a member of the European Union.

KYIV, June 9 - Kremlin-controlled authorities have sentenced to death two British citizens and a Moroccan national who all served in Ukraine’s military after a three-day show trial in which no evidence in their favor was presented.

KYIV, June 3 – President Volodymyr Zelensky intends to veto the law adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on June 3 on the resumption of punishment in the form of imprisonment for inaccurate declaration (bill No. 4651), the President's Office reported.

KYIV, June 4 – UNICEF, as part of the global COVAX initiative, has delivered another 705,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 to Ukraine.

KYIV, June 6 - President Volodymyr Zelensky said he learned through the press — not any direct heads-up — that President Biden had decided to stop trying to block a Russian pipeline that Ukraine sees as a dire national security threat, Axios reported Sunday.

KYIV, June 7 – President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Ukraine 30. Ecology forum signed a bill on limiting the circulation of plastic bags on the territory of Ukraine, which the Verkhovna Rada adopted on June 1, into law.