The Kiev Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen will be held today - eve of Independence Day - upon initiative of the Ukraine’s First Lady, Elena Zelenskaya, to discuss medical, social and education issues

"International law speaks clearly, Ukraine can liberate its territories using any means; always ignore Medvedev," Ukrainian presidential adviser Mikhaylo Podolyak wrote on Twitter

Nobel laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk declared that "stopping arming Ukraine is like leaving a woman alone in a lift with her rapist"

Ukrainian soldiers have arrived in the United States to learn how to use the US Patriot air defence system

President Zelensky signed a decree to apply economic sanctions against 119 Russian celebrities who are reported to supported the war; presidential adviser Podolyak called the sanctioned personalities 'death propagandists'