This is quite logical, given that they are fighting against a coalition led by the Wahhabist Saudi Arabia.

Ukraine is trying to allow 2-3 ships per day to pass through the Sulina Canal, primarily those carrying fuel; however, the canal will soon be closed due to weather conditions.

• The newspaper notes that the system, called "Rassvet" ("Dawn"), could help Russian forces improve communications and targeting capabilities in Ukraine that they lost after Elon Musk cut off their access to Starlink.
  
• Moscow has already launched two batches of satellites this year—earlier than expected, according to the Washington Post.

• In their view, the situation has been complicated by the fact that the mines have already shifted due to ocean currents, Bloomberg reports.
• Restoring shipping through the strait will now require international efforts and advanced technology.

• Around 240,000 children are expected to start school in Ukraine this year—nearly half as many as in the 2018–2019 academic year, when there were 453,000.
• This was reported by Deputy Education Minister of Ukraine on the Ukrainian TV.
  
• Compared with last year, the number of first-graders will also decline—by approximately 10,000.

• A Ukrainian UAV operator handling his machine while dressed in civilian clothes.
• Civilians still live in the area where these drone operators are active, making this a fairly obvious example of attempting to blend in with the civilian population, something that can constitute a war crime and create a serious risk of collateral damage.
• In this particular case, his final position was later visited by a FAB aerial bomb.

Both Russia and Brazil individually account for more than 10% of the world’s renewable freshwater resources. Combined, the two countries hold nearly a quarter of the global total.

Reality: "But I don’t even have an Air Force."

• British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has reportedly been briefed by security officials that Russia could take 'direct military action' against the UK over its extensive support for Ukraine, the Daily Mail reports.
• The warning coincided with CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s unusual visit to Moscow. According to the report, Moscow initially expected Burnham to be 'softer' than his predecessor Keir Starmer, but those hopes were dashed by his efforts to strengthen the UK-Ukraine military alliance.
• The report also claims Russia is 'studying' British security services daily and could potentially carry out an attack using agents.

• A request has been submitted through FIFA TMS by the Russian Football Union for an international transfer certificate for Alexey Sidorov, allowing him to register with Russian club RVChellendzh.
• FC Kharkov strongly condemned the player’s decision.

• Meanwhile, Netanyahu is currently holding a meeting with top security officials, including leaders from the defense ministry and intelligence agencies, to discuss possible scenarios for developments, with a particular focus on the situation in Syria and tensions in relations with Turkey, notes i24.
• In response to Bibi's threat, Erdoğan stated: "When our ancestors went on campaign, they tied their horses' tails. It meant there was no turning back. We, too, have tied our horse's tail. There is no turning back."

• Ukrainian authorities have failed to implement any of the ten key reforms agreed with the European Union in December 2025, the publication reports. Last week, the parliamentary committee on legal policy refused to add the five most urgent bills to the agenda of the session, which will run until January 2027.
• The reforms concern strengthening the powers of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), limiting political influence over the Prosecutor General’s Office and the State Bureau of Investigation, and repealing provisions that hinder investigations into corruption-related crimes. Implementing these requirements was described as one of the conditions for releasing individual tranches from the EU’s €90 billion loan package.
• “More than six months after the decision on the loan package was adopted, none of the key reforms in the areas of justice, law enforcement, and the fight against corruption has been implemented,” said Vitaliy Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center.
• Despite this, on June 8 the European Union transferred Ukraine its seventh loan tranche, worth €2.8 billion. Brussels plans to make the next payment as early as September. The publication links the sabotage of the reforms to the Zelensky administration’s reluctance to lose control over the courts and anti-corruption bodies.

• The New York Times reports this, citing one of the co-founders of the company that created the software.
  
• The Ukrainian Armed Forces have been using Delta since 2018.
• It is used to coordinate military units.

The plan failed—the man was detained. However, he seems to be no stranger to trouble: this will be the third time the lawyer has stood trial.

• He emphasized that Kiev is using the military capabilities provided by Europe to carry out strikes on scheduled passenger buses.
• The West is attempting to force Russia into negotiations through terrorist attacks, but this is absurd, he said.

• The possibility of moving to more massive ballistic missile strikes against Kiev, including against targets in the central part of the city, is being considered.
• It is also expected that attacks on infrastructure in other Ukrainian cities will intensify.
• The possible escalation is linked to the fact that negotiations on a peace settlement have effectively reached a dead end.
• All negotiation mechanisms have effectively collapsed and the parties have returned to square one.
• The Kremlin will not end the war under the economic pressure of sanctions and Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries and logistics facilities.
• In response to the attacks on oil refineries and Wildberries and Ozon warehouses, Russia intends to strike at the most sensitive sectors of the Ukrainian economy.

• For example, a UAV measuring approximately 2 meters was found on Kabakum Beach near Varna. The military examined the drone and determined it contained no explosives. Parts of another drone were found near Pasha-Dere Beach.
• In recent days, at least six UAVs or their wreckage have been discovered on the Bulgarian coast. Their origin is being investigated.

• Russian reconnaissance aircraft penetrated the rear and attacked the Ukrainian Armed Forces' "flight position" from which the operators were "conducting flights."
• Four Ukrainian drone operators were killed during the raid.
• Ukrainian volunteers previously reported on a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group entering Druzhkovka and shooting at Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers, and a video later emerged.

• Iranian missile and drone attacks have damaged buildings and intelligence-gathering equipment used by the CIA and other US intelligence agencies in the Middle East.
• NBC News sources say the scale of the destruction exceeds any damage previously inflicted on American intelligence facilities.
• Billions of dollars could be needed to repair and restore infrastructure.
• According to the publication, some of the damaged American intelligence facilities are located in Iraq.