KYIV, June 20 – Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Achim Steiner, concluded a three-day mission to Ukraine where he committed to scaling up the organization’s support to the country’s recovery including key areas like restoring critical energy, housing and social infrastructure, demining, and supporting the millions of men and women whose small and medium scale enterprises make up the backbone of Ukraine’s economy, the UNDP press service said.

KYIV, June 20 – Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov and UN System Coordinator in Ukraine Denise Brown on the eve of the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2023, London, June 21 and 22) discussed the implementation of a joint approach to the reconstruction of Ukraine at the community level, which provides for the creation Community Restoration Fund, the press service of the Ministry of Restoration said.

KYIV, June 20 – The Ukrainian economy will lose $800 million annually due to the idle time of mined fields, according to a study by Top Lead.

KYIV, June 20 - Ukrainian air defenses downed 32 of 35 Shahed exploding drones Russia launched early Tuesday, most of them in the Kyiv region, officials said, in a bombardment that exposed gaps in the country’s air protection after almost 16 months of war.

KYIV, June 20 – Ukraine has done everything to be able to obtain the status of a European Union candidate, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday, days before the EU was due to decide on the issue.

KYIV, June 20 – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has named four steps for the West to take in order for Ukraine to survive the war with the Russian Federation.

Britain and our allies must take four vital steps to recruit time to Ukraine's cause," Johnson wrote in his column for The Times.

KYIV, June 20 – Ukraine should become a member of the Three Seas Initiative, which also known as Baltic-Adriatic-Black Sea Initiative, President Volodymyr Zelensky said at the summit of the initiative on Monday, speaking via video link.

KYIV, June 20 – Ukraine will seek to expand economic cooperation and trade with countries of the African Union, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday.

BRUSSELS, June 20 - The European Union’s top diplomat said on Monday he has written to all African foreign ministers to explain that the bloc’s sanctions on Russia are not responsible for the looming global food crisis and pledged to work out ways for exports of food and fertilizers to reach their continent.

KYIV, June 20 - Ukraine's Constitutional Court has upheld the order by new president Volodymyr Zelenskiy to dissolve Parliament, meaning the fresh elections will go ahead as planned tomorrow, Euronews reported.