On Saturday, June 1, North Korea launched at least 10 balloons with garbage bags attached to them in the direction of the South Korean province of Gyeonggi in response to activists sending leaflets criticizing the Pyongyang regime from South Korea.
In May 2023, the Ukrainian military reached a record by destroying 1,160 Russian artillery systems, which was the largest artillery loss for the Russian Federation in two years of war.
A state of emergency has been declared in several parts of Bavaria due to high river water levels. Evacuation began in several localities, and at least 150 people left their homes.
According to US Deputy Secretary of state Kart Campbell, the United States is considering imposing sanctions on Chinese firms and financial institutions that systematically support Russia in the war against Ukraine.
During his working visit to Singapore, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met with President of Timor-Leste Jose Manuel Ramos-Orta for the first time in bilateral relations, thanking him for supporting the territorial integrity of Ukraine and confirming participation in the peace summit.
A petition has already appeared on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine calling for the return of the "reservation" for all emergency workers. The author of the document says that today "the reservation has been removed from some of the fighters.
During his visit to Singapore, President Zelensky met with a delegation of the US House of Representatives to discuss further military assistance, strengthening Ukraine's air defense and increasing sanctions pressure on Russia.
On June 2, Ukrenergo imposed restrictions on electricity consumption for households and industrial enterprises across Ukraine in connection with the recent Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure, with possible hourly power outages if the established limits are exceeded.
Mobilization was one of the reasons for the acute shortage of workers at enterprises throughout Ukraine, which led to a decrease in labor productivity and the volume of economic activity.
Netflix has announced a new animated series based on the popular video game Minecraft, with an original story and new characters.
On June 1, a person liable for military service hit a representative of a shopping center and a military unit in Chernivtsi, provoking a retaliatory strike and leading to an investigation by law enforcement agencies.
The Ministry of health of Ukraine has prepared recommendations for the Prevention of cholera during the epidemic season, which provide for refusal to buy food from unauthorized sellers, refusal to swim in contaminated water and personal hygiene.
Russian troops intensified their attacks in the Seversky and Kurakhovsky directions, while maintaining pressure on the Pokrovsky direction, while Ukrainian troops successfully repelled numerous assault operations and inflicted losses on the invaders.
Place de la Concorde in Paris will be completely closed to traffic and pedestrians until September 25, as final preparations are underway for the creation of infrastructure for the 2024 Olympic Games and ceremonies.
According to the warning of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center, a thunderstorm with heavy rain is expected in Kiev and the Kiev region until the end of the day on June 1.
In the occupied territories of Zaporizhia region, the occupiers conduct an inventory of agricultural land, forcing collaborators and local residents to provide title documents for land for possible nationalization and distribution among Russian soldiers.
The G7 and EU countries are considering tightening restrictions on banks that help Russia circumvent existing sanctions. Discussions are expected to continue until the G7 summit in June, where the leaders want to agree on a set of measures to better enforce sanctions
the Russian military attacks most of all in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky directions. Also, increased enemy activity is observed in the Seversky direction.
In Kiev, emergency crews have completed repairs and connected the last private homes that were de-energized as a result of the morning missile attack of the Russian Federation.
Satellite images show that part of the Kavkaz oil depot was damaged as a result of a Ukrainian rocket attack.
The Ministry of defense of Ukraine calls on parliamentarians to support the bill on the creation of a military police. The ministry emphasizes that this document is of key importance for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which are in urgent need of creating a justice system.
President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed gratitude to King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden to the Swedish people for their unwavering solidarity and support for Ukraine during his working visit to the Kingdom of Sweden.
Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Khilyuk, whom Russia won in 2022, is still alive and in Russian captivity awaiting an exchange, one of the released prisoners said.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since the beginning of the day on May 31, 62 military clashes have been recorded at the front, while the most intense fighting is taking place in the Pokrovsky direction.
According to BFMTV, French law enforcement officers detained an 18-year-old boy from Chechnya who could have planned a terrorist attack in the city of Saint-Etienne during the Olympics.
In connection with the Russian attacks on Ukrainian power plants, which caused significant losses and a shortage of electricity, Ukrenergo warns of a possible return to the planned restrictions on electricity consumption for domestic consumers.
Moscow openly admits that it plans to use Ukrainians who fled to Europe for propaganda purposes against Ukraine, using them to portray the Russian Federation caring for them, unlike Ukraine.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved an increase in electricity tariffs for individual and collective domestic consumers to UAH 4. 32/ kWh until April 30, 2025, while maintaining a preferential tariff of UAH 2.64/ kWh for consumers using electric heating during the heating period.
The National Bank of Ukraine has again raised the dollar - Hryvnia exchange rate to a historic high-the exchange rate as of June 3, 2024 is set at the following level: 40. 5373 UAH per 1 dollar.
The EU is considering imposing import duties on Russian goods such as food, nuclear fuel and medicines to reduce Russia's export revenues and use the funds received to support Ukraine in the ongoing war.