KYIV, June 5 - Ukrainian forces were making a major effort to end a battlefield stalemate and punch through Russian defensive lines in southeast Ukraine for a second day Monday, in what may herald the start of a long-anticipated counteroffensive after 15 months of war.

KYIV, June 5 – Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said that if progress in imposing sanctions against Russian missile and drone manufacturers remains as slow, then "the frankness of this public conversation will have to be taken to an even higher level" with specific countries.

KYIV, June 5 – The owners of bomb shelters in Kyiv were satisfied with the improper condition of the facilities before the appeal of the prosecutor's office, the results of the investigation into the misappropriation of funds allocated for the repair of such facilities will be made public this week, Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office has said.

KYIV, June 6 - As of June 1, 2023, Ukraine's international reserves, according to preliminary data, amounted to $37.311 billion, having increased by 4% or $1.358 billion in May, and updated the 11-year high, the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) said on Tuesday.

KYIV, June 6 - A major dam in southern Ukraine collapsed Tuesday, flooding villages, endangering crops and threatening drinking water supplies as both sides in the war scrambled to evacuate residents and blamed each other for the destruction.

KYIV, June 5 – Ukraine should switch to digital technologies in an integrated and comprehensive way rather than selectively, which improves the quality of only certain systems or areas of citizens' lives, Mykhailo Fedorov, adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, has stated.

KYIV, June 5 – Ukraine's direct state debt, being 52.3% of GDP as of late 2018, in 2019 will be cut to 52% of GDP, and by 2022 – to 43% of GDP, Ukrainian Finance Minister Oksana Markarova has said, describing the goals of the medium-term strategy for managing state debt for 2019-2022 approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on Wednesday.

KYIV, June 6 – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Ukraine-EU summit scheduled for July 8 will give a new impetus to Ukraine's relations with the European Union.

KYIV, June 6 – Ukrainian lawmakers have not backed the resignation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin.

At a session on Thursday, only 141 MPs voted for the draft resolution on the foreign minister's resignation with the minimum required being 226 votes, according to an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent.

BRUSSELS, June 6 – European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini has assured President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that the EU will continue to support Ukraine.