Figure of the week 

• 1 080 cultural heritage sites in Ukraine have been damaged due to Russian aggression.

 Ukraine - Türkiye 

• Ukraine and Türkiye agreed on the cooperation in the field of military rehabilitation. 

• Ukrainian airline "Antonov" delivers first Turkish-built geostationary communications satellite Türksat 6a to Florida for launch by Space X.

Foreign Policy

• President Zelenskyy met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud in Saudi Arabia. 

• Ukraine Recovery Conference 2024 in Berlin: Speech by President Zelenskyy, Joint Press Conference with German Chancellor Scholz. 

• President Zelenskyy met Federal President Steinmeier and addressed the Bundestag during working visit to Germany. 

• President Zelenskyy met with President of France E.Macron.

• President Zelenskyy met with U.S. President J.Biden. 

• President Zelenskyy and the First Lady of Ukraine O.Zelenska took part in the Ceremony Commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the Allied Landings in Normandy.

• Ukraine and France signed four agreements on defense cooperation, the restoration of critical infrastructure, and the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. 

• Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba met with Switzerland Foreign Minister, German Vice Chancellor, Azerbaijan Foreign Minister and UNDP leadership. 

• Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Ministers visited Philippines, Spain, Costa Rica.

• Special Representative of Ukraine for the Middle East and Africa M.Subkh visited Zambia. 

• Ukraine completed all steps to start EU accession talks. 

• 50 Countries Have Joined Olena Zelenska's Ukrainian Bookshelf Initiative. 

• Ukraine has been elected to the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage UNESCO. 

• New defense package from the U.S., Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Estonia and Lithuania to Ukraine. 

• More than 300 individuals and companies accused of supporting Russia's war in Ukraine are subject to new US sanctions.

Home and Frontline 

• Total Russian combat losses since February 24, 2022 – to June 13, 2024, are personnel – 522 810, tanks – 7 928, ACV – 15 208, artillery system – 13 770. 

• Ukraine's air defence shot down 29 Russian air targets out of 30 launched, including 5 missiles and 24 kamikaze drones, on the night of 11-12 June. 

• Ukrainian forces destroyed two Russian S-300 and S-400 radars in Crimea. 

• Ukrainian artist Ivan Marchuk's landscape "The Moon Rise Over the Dnipro" was sold for a record for contemporary Ukrainian art of $300,000.

Learn more about Ukraine

• For centuries, Ukrainian cities have had to defend their identity and true history, particularly against attempts to Russify their inhabitants and create artificial myths about cities' origins. Unfortunately, a significant number of international media and organizations still use the names of Ukrainian cities in incorrect transliteration, imposed by the old policy of Russification. So, of course, it's not Kiev, but Kyiv, and it's also not Kharkov, but the one and only Kharkiv, not Chernigov, but our Chernihiv, not Lugansk, but the Ukrainian and future de-occupied Luhansk. And not only these cities. Spread the practice of using the names of Ukrainian cities in international spelling according to Ukrainian tradition and pronunciation among your foreign friends. And also learn more about the Ukrainian cities.

 Ukraine Weekly #26.pdf