Figure of the week 

• 550 Ukrainian children were killed by the Russian military since February 24, 2022.

 Ukraine - Türkiye 

• Article ‘Fair Peace for Ukraine: Türkiye's Role and the Global Peace Summit’ by the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine A. Yermak for Anadolu Agency.

Foreign Policy 

• President Zelenskyy visited Qatar, Philippines, Singapore. 

• Speech by President Zelenskyy at IISS Shangri-La Dialogue Plenary Session “Re-Imagining Solutions for Global Peace and Regional Stability”. 

• President met with the President-Elect of Indonesia, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, U.S. Secretary of Defense in Singapore. 

• President Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Sunak discussed the Global Peace Summit. 

• Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba talked about three ways Russia is using to derail the Global Peace Summit. 

• Comment by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the latest statements by China's Foreign Minister. 

• Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Borovets paid a working visit to Peru. 

• Ukraine and China held political consultations. 

• Ukrainian delegation paid a working visit to the SADC Secretariat, and Mozambique. 

Home and Frontline

• Total Russian combat losses since February 24, 2022 – to June 6, 2024, are personnel – 515 000, tanks – 7 828, ACV – 15 076, artillery system – 13 433. 

• Ukraine's Special Forces destroyed the Russian raid tugboat of Project 498 Saturn. 

• Ukraine launches updated database on sponsors and supporters of Russia’s war. 

• 75 Ukrainians brought back home from Russian captivity. 

• Ukrainian company Ajax Systems received three product awards and won the main Techvision Challenge at the ESX Innovation Awards in the US. 

• The album 'Ukrainian Baroque: Concordacii Animos' won at the REMA Awards 2024 for Early Music of Europe. 

• Andrii Lunin, the goalkeeper of Real Madrid and the Ukrainian national football team won the Champions League! 

• Ukrainian agency Gres Todorchuk and brand UNITED24 are in top 5 brands in the global and European rankings of the Effie Index 2023.

 Grain from Ukraine 

• 50 million tonnes of cargo have been exported through the Ukrainian sea corridor in 9 months. 

• Ukraine delivered 1,151 tonnes of split peas to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Learn more about Ukraine 

• One year ago, on June 6, 2023, Russia committed one of the largest ecocides in modern history by blowing up the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant, which impacted people and nature. As a result of Russia`s attack on the Kakhovka HPP dam, 600 km2 of territories was flooded, around 880 000 people lost access to centralized water supply, and many others were affected.

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