Ukraine and Moldova officially opened their first EU accession negotiation cluster on Monday. Zelensky delivered his address from the tarmac of Chișinău airport.
The first EU accession negotiation cluster for Ukraine and Moldova was formally opened in Luxembourg.
Zelensky delivered his remarks from Chișinău airport in a show of solidarity with Moldova.
All 27 EU member states confirmed the transition to a substantive phase of accession talks.
Ukraine formally strips Russian of its protected minority language status, with a law signed by the president after parliament passed it in December 2025.
Zelensky signed the law removing Russian from Ukraine's European minority language charter commitments.
The Verkhovna Rada had passed the bill and forwarded it for signature on 4 December 2025.
Ukraine originally ratified the Charter in 2003, including Russian among its protected languages.
Thousands of young Africans are ending up on Ukraine's front lines, lured by high-pay promises from Russian-linked recruiters — with no military training and no honest account of what awaits them.
A Kenyan recruit says he received no military training before being sent into combat.
Russia exploits economic vulnerability in Africa with promises of high salaries.
Recruiters conceal the military nature of contracts, presenting the war as ordinary work.
A large-scale Ukrainian drone attack on the night of June 13–14 hit industrial targets in the Tula and Yaroslavl regions, sparking a fire at the Azot chemical plant.
The Azot chemical plant in Novomoskovsk, Tula region, caught fire after Ukrainian drone strikes.
An oil depot in the Yaroslavl region was also targeted in the same attack.
Novomoskovsk lies roughly 200 kilometres south of Moscow.
During the night of June 13–14, Russian forces attacked civilian and infrastructure targets in Ukraine near the Romanian border, triggering an emergency alert for Tulcea county.
RO-Alert emergency notification sent to Tulcea county residents overnight June 13–14.
Two Italian Eurofighter Typhoons deployed under NATO's air policing mission.
Russia targeted civilian and infrastructure sites in Ukraine near the Romanian border.