Figure of the week 

• More than 2,400 guided bombs have already been used by the Russians against Ukraine since the beginning of June this year.

Ukraine - Türkiye 

• Ukrainian and Swiss embassies held a briefing on the results of the Peace Summit for diplomatic corps Türkiye.

 Foreign Policy 

•Ukraine and the EU signed security commitments

•President Zelenskyy addressed to the Organization of American States.

•Ukraine has officially started accession negotiations with the EU.

•The European Court of Human Rights finds Russia responsible for systematic human rights violations in the temporarily occupied territory of the AR of Crimea.

•Ukraine and the U.S. signed a bilateral security agreement.

•Ukraine and Japan signed a bilateral accord on support for Ukraine and cooperation.

•The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted three resolutions related to Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine

•Author's article by Ukrainian Foreign Minister "Ukraine's EU accession brings added value and serves historical justice".

•The 3rd International forum of the Expert Network of the International Crimea Platform was held in Kyiv.

•Report| Russia's shadow fleet is a global environmental threat and a growing rift in the sanction's regime.

Home and Frontline

•Total Russian combat losses since February 24, 2022 – to June 27, 2024, are personnel – 539 320, tanks – 8 042, ACV – 15 459, artillery system – 14 363.

•90 Ukrainian soldiers returned to Ukraine from Russian captivity on 25 June.

•Ukraine’s defence forces destroyed about 15 Russian air defence systems in temporarily occupied Crimea.

•Ukrainian defenders downed 5 of 6 missiles and all 23 drones launched by the Russians on the night of 26-27 June.

•Ukrainian express delivery company “Nova Post” won the World Post & Parcel Awards in the category “Postal Operator Of The Year”.

•Russian occupants in Crimea destroyed an authentic monument of UNESCO Heritage — the Tauric Chersonesos.

•President Zelenskyy signed a law officially establishing English as a language of international communication in Ukraine.

Grain from Ukraine

•Record 55 million tonnes of cargo were transported over the 10 months of operation of the Ukrainian Sea Corridor.

Learn more about Ukraine

•Tauric Chersonese and its chora are the remains of an ancient city, founded in the 5th century BCE as a colonial settlement of the Dorian Greeks, located on the Heraclean Peninsula in south-west Crimea, Ukraine. In 2013, the ancient city of Chersoneso sand its chora (agricultural district) were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List as a result ofmany years of research, the hard work of professional archaeologists and conservators in the latter half of the 20th century.

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