Due to Russian activity near the border in Sumy Oblast, the General Staff will begin reporting on a new combat front – the Northern-Slobozhanshchyna front – starting on 16 June. The current Kharkiv front will be renamed the Southern-Slobozhanshchyna front.

Russia launched one of its largest airstrikes of the war against Kyiv overnight, firing more than 300 drones and missiles over the border in an attack that killed at least three people and struck

Russia is advancing around Kostyantynivka and in the Sumy region with small, fast-moving units as both sides try a new tactic of using motorcycles and civilian cars to quickly cross open terrain.

Trump has generally veered away from overtly criticizing Putin while openly berating Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelensky, but has repeatedly condemned Russia's lethal airstrikes and floated that the Kremlin could be "tapping us along."

Polish and allied aircraft were activated early today to ensure the safety of airspace after Russia launched air strikes targeting western Ukraine near the border with Poland, the Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces said.