Political news from Kyiv region, government decisions and Ukraine politics
Hungary, Bulgaria, and Austria are leading in the share of opponents to Ukraine's EU accession. However, the ECFR "Home Alone" survey reveals a paradox: the population closest to the front line shows the least support for membership.
One Year After Creation of Unmanned Systems Forces: 350,000 Targets Struck, 100,000 Enemy Killed and Wounded, $40 Billion in Declared Losses — Yet No Independent Verification of Counting Methodology.
A driver who killed four people in Kyiv on June 5 had 39 documented traffic violations on record. Now the government is counting repeat offenders — and promises a reform that has been delayed for years.
Former head of the Odesa Territorial Recruitment Center Yevhen Borisov is involved in four criminal proceedings and has been released on bail several times. On June 10, the State Bureau of Investigation stopped his BMW at a checkpoint near Kyiv and conducted new searches.
The President has signed a decree establishing a new professional holiday. Over three years of full-scale war, unmanned aircraft have transformed from an auxiliary tool into a separate branch of the armed forces.
# Translation The Chief of the General Staff refused to make specific promises regarding demobilization — not out of unwillingness, but due to mathematics: as many people as arrive as replacements will be able to leave. New contracts with a guaranteed end date represent the first attempt to break this vicious cycle.
# Instead of Return or Destruction — Transfer to the Front. Diplomats Seek Non-Standard Way to Close Patriot Missile Deficit Diplomats are exploring unconventional methods to address the shortage of Patriot air defense system missiles by redirecting them to the front instead of returning them to manufacturers or destroying them.
Chief of the General Staff Andriy Hnatov has called air defense a critical deficit — and the figures confirm it: over three years, Ukraine has received approximately 600 Patriot interceptors, while Russia alone fired ~250 ballistic missiles last winter.
After an eight-hour meeting, the Chapter of the Order of the White Eagle transmitted its conclusion to Nawrocki. He will make a decision "at the appropriate time" — a formulation that guarantees nothing to either side.
# Translation Over the course of 2022–2024, a group of companies and individual entrepreneurs illegally removed spare parts for armored vehicles from military warehouses, writing them off as destroyed under fire, and then resold the same property back to state defense enterprises. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) announced suspicions against two individuals involved in the scheme.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have completed the transition from temporary operational groupings to permanent army corps — but the main problem remains: brigades are still sometimes scattered across different command structures.
SBGS statistics record a persistent negative migration balance for Indian citizens in Ukraine. Russia simultaneously issued them three times more work permits — and both countries are competing for the same labor force.
69% of views for the new foreign language channel come from Hungary, where Orbán's government controls more than 80% of the media space. This is not linguistic courtesy — it is competitive struggle for audience in a foreign information space.
Chief of Staff Andrii Hnatuv assessed the technological balance on the battlefield in a detailed interview with LIGA.net: FPV drones are on Ukraine's side, but the gap is narrowing.
Satellite images from Planet Labs captured the aftermath of attacks on June 7 and 9 — damage to the roadway and a pontoon bridge deployed nearby, evidence that Russians were preparing for the strikes in advance.
# The E3 Format Left Poland and Italy Outside the Door of London Ukraine Peace Talks. Tusk's Reaction Revealed a Deeper Conflict: Who Has the Right to Shape Europe's Position in Negotiations with Moscow?
# Hetmantsev Proves Via Payment Orders: Most of SBU's 2025 "Successes" Are Funds Received in 2022-2024 The head of the Verkhovna Rada committee demonstrated through payment orders that the majority of the Security Service of Ukraine's (SBU) reported successes in 2025 are actually funds that arrived in previous years. A retired judge states this is not an accounting error, but grounds for a criminal investigation.
Drones of the SBU's "Alpha" Special Operations Center attacked two oil pumping stations in Vladimirsk region — both pump diesel to Moscow airports and oil depots in the capital region. This is not the first strike on "Vtorovskoye."
After his resignation from the Office of the President, Andriy Yermak is systematically building an infrastructure of influence through the legal profession: a memorandum with the military ombudsman's office has already been signed, while his approach to the civilian ombudsman's office received a refusal and a public explanation of why.
# Commander of Unmanned Systems Forces Robert Brovdi (Hungarian) Receives Highest Trust Balance, But Rankings Shift Based on Methodology Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces Robert Brovdi (Hungarian) received the highest trust balance among all 18 public figures in the KMIS study — +63%. However, Zelenskyy surpasses him in terms of the percentage of those who trust him. The difference in methodology for reading the figures changes the entire rating.
US Special Envoy John Cole promised new prisoner releases by the end of May back in April. They did not happen. Tikhanovskaya says she knows the reason — but remains silent.
Parliament approved changes to the state budget — security spending increased by 1.56 trillion hryvnias, energy sector received an additional 559 million. Where the money comes from and whether it will be enough remain open questions.
Ukraine's Defense Forces struck a dry cargo ship from Russia's shadow fleet at Mariupol port—a vessel that deliberately disguised itself with painted-over names and disabled transponders. This is not the first attack on the key supply hub for Russia's southern military grouping.
# Fresh KMIS Poll Shows Unusual Picture: City Mayor Under Constant Shelling Leads President, While Pre-War 'Heavyweights' Boyko and Tymoshenko Hit Bottom of Ratings A new KMIS survey reveals an unprecedented situation: the mayor of a city under constant bombardment is outpacing the president in approval ratings, while pre-war political "heavyweights" Boyko and Tymoshenko have plunged to the lowest positions in the rankings.
The downing of an American AH-64 Apache over the Strait of Hormuz on June 9 — whether by an Iranian drone or as a result of a collision — triggered a chain of mutual strikes that destroyed the ceasefire agreement concluded just four days earlier.
# Translation Democratic U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal argues that as long as Putin does not feel real pressure—neither on the battlefield nor within his own country—any diplomacy remains a sham. A concrete pressure tool already exists: a bill imposing 500-percent tariffs, which has been backed by more than 80 senators but has yet to be put to a vote.
# Telegraph Reports: Kyiv Testing Ballistic Missile Interception Systems with Partners The Telegraph, citing an informed source, reports that Kyiv is already testing ballistic missile interception systems together with its partners. Could this change Ukraine's dependence on American supplies?
Denmark, the Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, and Finland are proposing changes to EU accession rules so that new member states cannot block bloc decisions in the way Budapest has done for years.
The European Commission presented another package of restrictions against Russia — 30 shadow fleet vessels, 31 banks and new visa barriers for military personnel. However, the effectiveness depends on implementation, not on the number of packages.
Over 16 months, the number of Ukrainian men aged 18-63 in Germany increased by 58,000. Among new arrivals, they now account for 60% — and this is changing both the diplomatic tone and the logic of defense.