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This vital fundamental law shaping Ukraine’s democratic identity and path did not come easily. This should be recalled today.

Today, Ukraine marks its Day of the Constitution. This is symbolically a very important occasion as regards self-identification. It celebrates Ukraine’s freely chosen confirmation of itself almost three decades ago as a democratic state which had liberated itself from the Soviet totalitarian colonial rule and thereby aligned itself with the European family of democratic states, and more broadly with the free world.

The fact that it took almost five years after independence was achieved to adopt this crucial document indicates how complex the situation was at that time. It attests to the continuing struggle in those years between progressive political forces wanting Ukraine to remove the vestiges of its Soviet past and the still-powerful residual elements from the communist era who wanted to apply the brake and maintain their influence.

In this video, we explore the geopolitical ripple effects of a potential Israel–Iran war, based on an opinion piece by Kyiv Post.

In its ongoing campaign to negate Russia’s air advantage, Ukraine’s Security Service has taken out three helicopters a month after Operation Spiderweb.

During the night of June 27-28, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) attacked the Kirovske military airfield in Russian-occupied Crimea with drones, the SBU reported on its Telegram channel.

As a result of the attack, three Russian helicopters – Mi-8, Mi-26 and Mi-28 – as well as a Pantsir-S1 self-propelled anti-aircraft missile and gun complex were destroyed.

Pokrovsk was supposed to fall months ago. It hasn’t. Kyiv Post embeds with Ukraine’s 1st Assault Regiment to see how soldiers, medics, drones shape a new kind of war – and hold the line at great cost.

OUTSIDE POKROVSK, Ukraine – Critics said Pokrovsk would fall to invading Russian forces last year – but it hasn’t.

It holds.

As part of continuing campaign against arms depots and military infrastructure, Ukrainian forces blasted a military installation in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast.

As part of continuing campaign against arms depots and military infrastructure, Ukrainian forces blasted a military installation in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast.

Ukrainian military intelligence forces launched drone strikes against Russian military installations in the Bryansk Oblast on Saturday morning, marking Ukraine’s Constitution Day with what officials described as continued “demilitarization” operations.

Three years into Russia’s bloody war against Ukraine the West is pinning its hopes on the belief that “all wars end with negotiations,” yet history does not support that conclusion.

After three years of bloody destruction almost all are tired of the terrible war started by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A common misconception in the West is that “all wars end with negotiations,” but recent history shows this is not true and is more likely to end in the collapse of one side – which can and must be Russia.

Ukraine’s former Defense Minister Andriy Zagorodnyuk has just written an important article on how Ukraine can win through the strategic neutralization of Russia. Yet, there might be a shortcut to enable a Ukrainian victory.

In an exclusive interview with TVP World, Tsikhanouski described how, upon his release, he wanted two things: a cup of coffee and his wife’s phone number.

Freed Belarusian opposition leader Siarhei Tsikhanouski has revealed that speaking to his wife after five years as a political prisoner left him “overflowing” with emotions.

In an exclusive interview with TVP World, Tsikhanouski described how, upon his release, he wanted two things: a cup of coffee and his wife’s phone number.

With Andrzej Duda about to complete his term in August, he is visiting the Ukrainian capital in a gesture of solidarity with the Ukrainian people, who are celebrating Constitution Day.

Polish President Andrzej Duda arrived in Kyiv on Saturday, June 28, for an official visit.

His arrival was announced by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha on the social media platform X, according to Ukrinform.

In the midst of fierce fighting in the Pokrovsk sector, Russia claims to have taken control of the strategically important Shevchenko lithium deposit in the Donetsk region.

Russian forces claimed on Thursday to have captured the village of Shevchenko in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, which sits atop one of Europe’s largest lithium deposits. The site contains an estimated 14 million tons of ore with lithium hydroxide concentrations ranging from 0.5% to 4%, making it a crucial asset for Europe’s green energy transition and electric vehicle battery production.

Ukrainian officials have neither confirmed nor denied the territorial claims but emphasized that legal ownership of the deposit remains with legitimate Ukrainian authorities and their international partners.

With NATO members on edge about Kremlin aggression in the context of US appeasement, those bordering Russia want to have all possible defensive weapons at their disposal.

Lithuania has officially notified the United Nations of its withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention, which prohibits the use, stockpiling, production, and transfer of anti-personnel mines. The country submitted withdrawal documents to UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday, June 27, joining Latvia and Estonia in the coordinated move.

Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys announced the decision on social media, emphasizing that it was not taken lightly. “Lithuania harbors no illusions: Putin’s Russia is the greatest long-term existential threat to Europe,” Burdys wrote. “It wages war to achieve political goals, undermines stability through sabotage, and is preparing for prolonged confrontation.”

Kyiv Post talks to Roman Pohorilyi, founder of DeepState – the most trusted source for tracking and mapping frontline movements in the Russo-Ukrainian war.

DeepState is an open-source interactive map of military operations in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Since it came into being in 2022, DeepState has provided the most accurate information about frontline movements in the war for most of the world’s media.

From the first day of full-scale hostilities, the project’s analysts have depicted the movement of the contact line with surgical precision, continually updating the map on a minute-to-minute, meter-by-meter basis. Roman Pohorilyi, a founder, speaks out about how the project works.

The US president’s relationship with the press is a double-edged sword, he at once uses his grandstanding to attract attention and reproach – all of which seems to help his cause, at least for now.

President Donald J. Trump often boasts that no president has provided more access to the press. That is true. However, Trump press conferences resemble nothing presided over by his White House predecessors and are more suited to a Fellini script than an opportunity for the press to get real information. So often the press piles on, not genuinely seeking the truth, but intent on humiliating a person of very sparse intellectual capacity and absolutely no regard for the truth.

A recent press conference from the Hague following Trump’s participation in the NATO Summit was a prime example and certainly not an outlier. Aside from calling Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell stupid, threatening to overcharge Spain on any further business transaction for refusing to spend the requisite amount on defense, and attempting to humiliate individual CNN reporters, Trump was entertaining, taking on more questions than usual, but offering no facts. Hyperbolic statements resounded, but there was a feeling in the room that no one really cared or was even there to get any real information.

On Constitution Day, Kyiv Post asked Ukrainians what they think should change in the Constitution – and what kind of country they are fighting to build.

On this day in 1996, Ukraine’s parliament adopted the country’s Constitution, five years after gaining independence from the USSR.

To mark Constitution Day, Kyiv Post spoke with Ukrainians to learn how they view their rights – and those of others – under the Constitution, especially under martial law, where many freedoms are limited for the sake of national security.

Latest from the Institute for the Study of War.

Key Takeaways from the ISW:

• The Kremlin continues to downplay the social and economic costs of Russia’s war in Ukraine and inflated military spending.
• Putin’s statements likely seek to portray the Russian government as committed to social and civilian expenditures and to downplay recent indicators of the societal and economic toll of Russia’s war against Ukraine and corresponding prioritization of military-industrial sector investment.
• Putin also reiterated Kremlin narratives aimed at discrediting Ukraine and blaming the West and NATO for his decision to invade Ukraine.
• Open-source data suggests that Russia is increasingly investing in its defense industry and expanding its drone, infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), and aircraft production and shipbuilding capabilities – several of the key platforms that Russia would likely rely on in a future war with NATO.
• Russia’s ongoing efforts to expand drone production are having a more immediate impact on the frontline in Ukraine, although Russia will continue to benefit from enhanced drone production capabilities during any future conflict.
• Russian forces continue to implement tactical innovations that correspond with technological weapons system advancements.
• Russia continues to use chemical weapons against Ukrainian forces and civilians in direct violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), of which Russia is a signatory.
• Ukrainian forces advanced near Lyman. Russian forces advanced in western Zaporizhia Oblast and near Kupyansk, Toretsk, and Pokrovsk.