Since the beginning of the day, 155 combat engagements have taken place along the front line. Russian forces are actively assaulting Ukrainian defensive positions in the Pokrovsk, Novopavlivka, and Toretsk directions,

Kyiv. Russian drones and missiles struck Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Tuesday, June 17th, destroying an apartment building, residential structures, injuring up to 16 people, city officials said.

Ukraine received another 1,245 bodies of its soldiers killed in the war with Russia on Monday in the final stage of the repatriation of remains agreed at talks in Istanbul, Ukrainian officials said.