Newsletter 25/06/2026
Zelensky approves 40-day SSU pressure campaign on Russia aimed at ending war. Ukraine and World bank sign agreement worth nearly $3.4. Ukraine reports large-scale drone strikes across occupied Crimea.
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Zelensky approves 40-day SSU pressure campaign on Russia aimed at ending war
President Volodymyr Zelensky has approved a 40-day influence operation proposed by the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) aimed at pressuring Russia to bring the war to an end.
Ukraine reports large-scale drone strikes across occupied Crimea
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces struck 38 targets in temporarily occupied Crimea overnight on June 25, including air defense assets, fuel and energy infrastructure, and logistics facilities.
Oil depot on fire in Krasnodar region following drone attack
In the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation, a fire broke out at an oil depot in the village of Poltavskaya early Thursday morning as a result of a drone attack.
Main from the Ukraine Recovery Conference
Ukraine receives first tranche of €3.2 billion EU loan
Energy deals worth over EUR 1B to be signed in Gdańsk, Ukraine’s Energy Minister says
Ukraine and World bank sign agreement worth nearly $3.4 bln
Netherlands to allocate €178M to help Ukraine prepare for winter
Additional €40M from Finland to boost Ukraine’s air defenses – PM Svyrydenko
UK to allocate £290M to support Ukraine
War
General Staff reveals impact of strikes on Russian space communications hub and major gas plant
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has provided updated information on the results of strikes on the Vladimir Space Communications Center near the city of Gus-Khrustalny in Russia’s Vladimir region and the Orenburg Gas Processing Plant.
Defense Forces prevent Russians from establishing logistical hub in Pokrovsk
In Pokrovsk, the 7th Rapid Response Corps of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 120 launch sites for Russian drones and nearly 450 antennas that supported the invaders’ logistics and communications.
War update: 232 combat engagements on front line over past day
Russia’s war casualty toll in Ukraine up by 1,270 over past day
Shellings
Russians strike locomotives in Zaporizhzhia and Sumy regions, assistant train driver killed
In Sumy region, Russians attack rescue workers clearing up aftermath of previous attack
Russian forces launch over 20 attacks on Chernihiv region; enterprise hit
Defense
Zelensky, von der Leyen discuss supplies for Ukraine’s Defense Forces
President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on defense cooperation, including the supply of equipment and support for Ukraine’s Defense Forces.
Military units order 500,000 UAVs, other equipment using combat points through Brave1 Market
Military units have already ordered more than 500,000 drones and other types of equipment using combat points through the Brave1 Market marketplace.
US Army plans to recreate Ukrainian battlefield conditions at several training ranges
Over the next four to six weeks, the U.S. Army plans to establish at least two testing ranges that will replicate the real electronic warfare conditions found on the battlefield in Ukraine.
Politics
Lukashenko must be forced to dismantle relay stations, halt military drills – Belarusian opposition figure
Self-proclaimed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has likely turned off relay stations that helped Russian drones strike Ukraine, but Kyiv must push for their full dismantlement as well as the termination of all military exercises on Belarusian territory.
Geopolotics
PACE condemns use of starvation as method of warfare
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has condemned the use of starvation as a method of warfare, the unlawful denial of access to humanitarian assistance, and attacks on assets essential to the survival of civilian populations, particularly agricultural and food infrastructure.
PACE resolution recognizes Russia’s use of food as tool of global blackmail, Ukrainian MP says
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s (PACE) resolution condemning the use of starvation as a method of warfare highlights Ukraine’s role in global food security, the need to support Ukraine’s maritime corridor, and measures to prevent the sale of grain stolen by Russia from temporarily occupied territories.
Economy
Ukraine seeking extended detention of Russian shadow fleet tanker Deliver – Vlasiuk
Ukraine aims to ensure the longest possible detention of the oil tanker Deliver, intercepted by the French Navy, and to prevent its further use in exporting Russian oil.
Society
Russians try to ‘romanticize’ humanitarian catastrophe in Donbas through propaganda – National Resistance Center
In the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Russian occupiers have launched a series of propaganda leaflets in the style of wrappers for popular chewing gum, in which they romanticize life under wartime conditions.
“Occupation resources have begun spreading a series of cynical propaganda illustrations in the style of the well-known Love is... chewing gum, dedicated to life in the occupied cities of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Through cute cartoon characters, the occupiers are trying to normalize the horrific living conditions, lack of security, and humanitarian crisis that they themselves brought to the region,” the statement said.
In one of these leaflets, for example, a boy is carrying heavy water jugs under the slogan “Donbas is when you fetched water without being reminded.” In this way, the occupiers cynically turn the long-standing lack of centralized water supply in the cities of the coal region into a sign of care.
The most cynical leaflet shows a couple sitting under a blanket in front of the Donbas Arena, while combat UAVs fly in the sky. In this way, local residents are being conditioned to constant fear, turning the fighting into everyday routine.
“This information campaign is yet another attempt by the occupiers to shift responsibility away from themselves for destroyed cities and force people to be proud that they are able to survive in the Russia-created ghetto,” the resistance movement said.
Kremlin spreading false claims about NATO preparing to attack Russia to justify further escalation – CCD
The Kremlin is attempting to justify its own aggressive intentions toward European countries by spreading false claims that NATO and the EU are allegedly preparing an attack on Russia.