In Sumy, young men celebrated the need for a monument to the Heroes of Heaven Hundreds. On the night of June 29, two young men decided to fix the need for a memorable sign to the Heroes of the Maidan. It happened in the park of Heroes of Heavenly Hundreds in Sumy. As reported by the press service of the National Police in the Sumy region, such actions of hooligans were noticed by the police patrol, who was passing by. According to law enforcers, the villains were residents of the Chernihiv region, who are graduates of Sumy educational institutions. As noted, the whole "process" young people were filming on a mobile phone, and when they were detained by patrolmen, one of them tried to get rid of the recording. Its investigators have already been involved in criminal proceedings. In the police, their actions were already described as hooligan and opened criminal proceedings. The course of the investigation is under the control of the leadership of the police and the prosecutor's office. Law enforcers also applied to the court to select preventive measures for detainees in the form of house arrest. According to the current legislation, they face a restriction of up to 5 years, or imprisonment for up to 4 years.

*** Ukraine is ready to exchange 23 Russian prisoners for 23 Ukrainians. Ukraine is ready to transfer 23 Russian prisoners to the Russian Federation in exchange for 23 Ukrainian political prisoners who are illegally detained in Russian prisons. This is stated in the statement of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova. "We are ready to take away the detained citizens under the procedure of extradition. And we are denied extradition Russian Federation. We seek to take them through political arrangements. We are ready to transfer to the Russian Federation 23 Russians convicted in Ukraine for preparation of terrorist acts, espionage and hostilities. In exchange for 23 Ukrainians from Russian prisons, "said the Ombudsman. Denisova is waiting for a response from Russia on the proposal to unblock the process of releasing hostages and political prisoners.

*** In Zhytomyr, the unknown person turned out to be more dexterous than the deputy commander of the DSUU APU? In Zhytomyr on June 27, 2018, near the grocery store, the deputy commander of the assault and assault troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Pavel Scherban, was stabbed. This is reported by the command of the landing and assault troops of the APU on its page in the social network Facebook. The military is in a stable condition in the hospital. Information about the wounded men confirmed in the State Institution of the National Police in Zhitomir region. "About 7 am on June 28 from the medical institution received a report on the hospitalization of a serviceman with a knife wound of the abdominal cavity. Now the police conducts the necessary investigative and search measures aimed at establishing the circumstances of the incident. Preliminary legal qualification h. 1 st. 121 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (deliberate serious bodily injury), "the message says..

*** Gazprom filed a new lawsuit on termination of contracts with Naftogaz. The head of the board of the Russian gas monopoly Gazprom Alexei Miller said that the company filed a new lawsuit on the termination of existing contracts for the supply and transit of gas to Ukraine, and the formation of the tribunal of the Stockholm Arbitration. Earlier, the Stockholm Arbitration Court ruled to recover 2.56 billion dollars from Gazprom in favor of the National Joint Stock Company Naftogaz of Ukraine. According to Miller, this decision was "asymmetric" and violated "the balance in the interests of the parties".

*** PACE governing body takes step towards lifting sanctions from Russia. The Bureau (governing body) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe decided on the urgent development of a decision that would allow the Russian delegation to return to work in the Assembly. This became known after the meeting of the Bureau, which was held in Strasbourg on Friday, June 29. In accordance with the decision of this body, the leadership of the Assembly "took into consideration" all proposals, gathered during the year by the PACE Emergency Committee with the participation of the Russian and all other national delegations. From these proposals, the Bureau singled out those aimed at returning Russia to work in the PACE and instructed the Assembly's regulatory committee to urgently draft a resolution on changing the rules and procedures of the PACE.

*** EU calls on Russia to recognize responsibility for the collapse of MH17. EU leaders urged Russia to acknowledge its responsibility for the crash of Malaysian Boeing flying over the Donbas in 2014 carrying MH17 flight. Such a statement was made at the end of the summit of the leaders of 28 EU countries in Brussels. The summit participants also called on Moscow to cooperate fully in investigating the crash of the liner.