KYIV, June 29 – Some 94% of Ukrainians consider Poland a friendly country, 86% consider the United States friendly, 85% – the UK, 80% – Germany, 40% – Turkey, and 5% – China, according to a poll by the Rating sociological group in cooperation with public organization Transatlantic Dialogue Center.

NEW YORK, June 29 - Former Vice President Mike Pence made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Thursday, meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and touring the war-torn country as it fights Russian aggression.

BRUSSELS, June 29 - NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took center stage at Thursday’s European Union summit, underscoring the importance the 27 EU leaders attach to protecting their eastern flank from Russian aggression and beefing up Ukraine’s defense capabilities.

KYIV, June 30 – Almost 16 million people in Ukraine are in need of humanitarian assistance, UN Resident Coordinator in Ukraine Osnat Lubrani has said.

KYIV, June 30 – Russian occupiers staying at the site of the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) told the plant’s workers to drain the cooling pools, Energoatom reported on its Telegram channel on Thursday.

SLOVIANSK, June 30 - Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island Thursday, potentially easing the threat to the vital Ukrainian port city of Odesa, but kept up their push to encircle the last stronghold of resistance in the eastern province of Luhansk.

KYIV, June 30 – Spending on defense, public order, security and judiciary in May this year increased by 49.5% compared to April, to UAH 134.6 billion.

KYIV, June 30 - Oleksiy Danilov, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC), has announced the launch of a mechanism for the formation of the register of oligarchs, commenting on the implementation by President Volodymyr Zelensky of the relevant decision of the National Security and Defense Council.

KYIV, June 30 – Parliament voted on Wednesday to adopt in the final reading the banking bill No. 4367 that is important for the International Monetary Fund to resume lending to Ukraine.

KYIV, June 30 – The state defense procurement order for 2021 has been fulfilled by 68.75%, Deputy Defense Minister Oleksandr Myroniuk has said.

"The financial indicators, which were approved by Cabinet of Ministers' resolution No. 335/4 of April 2, 2021, have been fulfilled by the Ministry of Defense by 68.75% of the total financial resource.