🇺🇦 Key Ukraine News Highlights (June 16, 2025)
🇺🇦 Key Ukraine News Highlights (June 16, 2025) Ukraine has completed the final stage of its war-dead repatriation from Russia, receiving the remains of 1,245 more servicemen today. This brings the total repatriated since the Istanbul agreement to over 6,000, making it one of the largest such efforts since the full-scale invasion began . 2. Prison Recruitment Program Ukraine has begun enlisting inmates—including those convicted of violent crimes—into its armed forces, recruiting over 8,600 former prisoners since May 2024. Officials believe their backgrounds may provide resilience and effectiveness on the eastern front . 3. Long‑range Ukrainian Strikes in Russia Ukrainian forces targeted a Shahed drone factory in Yelabuga, Tatarstan—nearly 1,000 km from the Ukrainian border. Russia retaliated by hitting Ukraine’s Kremenchuk oil refinery, among other targets . 4. Zelenskyy–Trump Meeting at G7? President Zelenskyy plans to meet former U.S. President Trump at th...
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