Polish Minister of National Defense Vladyslav Kosyniak-Kamysz stated that Ukrainians of draft age who are in Poland should be in Ukraine and serve their country.
“All young Ukrainians capable of fighting should be in Ukraine and serve their homeland there,” Kosiniak-Kamysz said during a speech, a video of which was published by the Video Parlament channel.
He also criticized Ukrainians who flaunt a lavish lifestyle in Poland or violate local rules. In particular, in the published excerpts from his speech, the minister stated that such cases “are not normal” and that such individuals should be deported.
The statement came amid a debate in Poland regarding the behavior of some Ukrainians residing in the country, as well as Ukraine’s mobilization needs. A separate incident that previously sparked public outrage involved a Ukrainian influencer who drove into the Morskie Oko area in the Tatra Mountains in defiance of a ban; Polish police sought a five-year ban on his entry into Poland and the Schengen Area.
At the same time, Kosyniak-Kamysz criticized far-right politicians and the opposition Law and Justice party for stoking anti-Ukrainian sentiment. He emphasized that since the start of the full-scale war, Poles have opened their homes and provided extensive assistance to Ukrainians without setting up refugee camps.
The Polish defense minister had previously expressed a similar position. In February 2025, in an interview with Radio ZET, he said that Ukrainians of draft age should leave Poland and fight for their country, and he also called the sight of young Ukrainian men in expensive cars and five-star hotels “indecent and unacceptable.”
The Polish minister’s new rhetoric coincided with discussions within the EU regarding changes to the temporary protection regime for Ukrainians. On June 26, 2026, the European Commission proposed extending temporary protection for people who fled the war in Ukraine until March 4, 2028, but at the same time noted that temporary protection, as a rule, should not be granted to new arrivals who cannot confirm that they have permission from the Ukrainian authorities to leave, given their military obligations.
Reuters, citing the European Commission’s proposal, reported that the restriction would apply to new arrivals—Ukrainian men of draft age without permission from the Ukrainian authorities to leave the country—but not to Ukrainians already under protection in EU countries.
Poland remains one of the leading EU countries in terms of the number of Ukrainians with temporary protection status. According to Eurostat, as of May 31, 2026, 967,505 people from Ukraine had this status in Poland, accounting for 22.1% of all individuals from Ukraine who had been granted temporary protection in the EU. Only Germany had a higher number—1.283 million people.
According to the Polish Office for Foreigners, approximately 993 thousand Ukrainian citizens in Poland are registered under temporary protection and hold a PESEL UKR number. In addition, 462 thousand Ukrainian citizens hold valid temporary residence permits, while another 92 thousand have permanent residence or long-term resident status in the EU.
Thus, Kosiniak-Kamysz’s statement reflects a tougher stance taken by a segment of the Polish political class: Warsaw continues to support Ukraine, but at the same time is increasingly raising the issue of mobilizing Ukrainians living abroad and condemning behavior that causes irritation in Polish society.
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Ukrainian citizens ranked first in the number of residence permits issued by Spain to foreign nationals in 2025, according to data from Spain’s Ministry of Social Security and Migration.
According to the Spanish ministry, 244,579 residence permits were issued to Ukrainian citizens in 2025. They were followed by citizens of Venezuela—224,341 permits—and Morocco—187,790. These three countries accounted for 42% of all residence permits issued to foreigners in Spain in 2025.
In total, Spain issued 1,577,842 residence permits to foreigners in 2025, which is 7.8% more than the previous year, or 114,238 more permits. This growth was due, in particular, to an increase in the number of permits issued to citizens of Venezuela, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.
Spanish authorities specifically note that these statistics reflect the number of permits, not the number of unique individuals. The same person could, for example, receive an initial permit and then a renewal within the same year, so this figure does not equal the number of new residents.
In the case of Ukraine, the temporary protection regime for people displaced by the war played a major role.
The report also notes that 238,007 permits in the “other exceptional circumstances” category were issued to Ukrainian citizens under the Temporary Protection Directive. This is 11.5% more than in 2024, with 85% of these permits being renewals.
According to the statistics, Russians ranked 11th among the largest groups of recipients of Spanish residence permits, with 27,655 permits issued.
By region, the highest number of residence permits were issued in Catalonia—311,038—followed by the Valencian Community—282,897—Madrid—275,607—and Andalusia—232,201. These four autonomous communities accounted for 70% of all permits issued to foreigners in 2025.
Separately, Spain reported 108,253 residence permits for study purposes issued to foreign students and their family members in 2025. The most common nationalities in this category were Colombia, Peru, Morocco, the United States, and China.
According to The Serbian Economist, Ukrainian tennis player Oleg Prykhodko has decided to change his sporting citizenship and will henceforth compete under the flag of North Macedonia.
The athlete is renouncing the flag under which he previously competed in international tournaments. Details of the transition process, as well as the reasons behind his decision, have not yet been officially disclosed.
Oleg Prykhodko is currently ranked 296th in the ATP rankings, which will make him one of North Macedonia’s leading tennis players once the change in sporting citizenship is complete.
The 27-year-old tennis player primarily competes in ATP Challenger and ITF tournaments. Over the course of his career, he has won several titles in both singles and doubles.
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Ukraine has received $3.35 billion as part of the First Labor Market Development and Private Sector Growth Program, implemented jointly with the World Bank; the funds have already been transferred to the state budget and will be used to support macrofinancial stability and finance priority expenditures under martial law, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko announced.
According to her, the funds were the result of agreements signed by Ukraine and the World Bank on June 24 as part of the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2026).
“This funding was made possible by a large-scale reform package. To fulfill the program’s conditions, the government and the Verkhovna Rada adopted 13 laws and 7 subordinate regulatory acts,” Svyrydenko stated in a post published on Facebook.
The reforms covered a number of areas, including improving the public procurement system, developing factoring, integrating energy markets with the European Union, transforming the agricultural sector, supporting veteran entrepreneurship, developing housing policy, modernizing preschool and vocational education, and restoring the system for monitoring greenhouse gas emissions.
“The next phase of the program provides for the allocation of an additional $1 billion by the end of 2026, subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions,” the prime minister noted.
She also reported that part of the funding under the program is backed by guarantees from the governments of the United Kingdom and Japan.
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A group of 50 young athletes from the Sumy and Kherson regions of Ukraine has arrived in Serbia. The delegation comprises pupils from the ‘Barsa’ Regional Sports Lyceum and the Novovorontsov Children’s and Youth Sports School, according to the Telegram channel ‘Serbian Economist’.
During their stay in Serbia, the children will take part in training sessions, sports competitions and joint activities with their Serbian peers.
The organisation of the camp was made possible thanks to the support of the Government of Serbia, the Ministry of Sports and the Football Association of Serbia. Similar programmes have been held for several years and are aimed at the rehabilitation and recreation of Ukrainian children affected by the consequences of the war.
In recent months, humanitarian and public cooperation between Serbia and Ukraine has also noticeably intensified, facilitated by the work of the new Ukrainian ambassador in Belgrade.
Norway has announced the allocation of 3 billion kroner (268 million euros) to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense, specifically as part of the PURL program and to purchase Patriot missiles from countries that already have them, the Norwegian government’s press service reported.
“Norway is now providing an additional 3 billion Norwegian kroner to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense systems,” the government press service stated on its website.
It is reported that Norway, together with Denmark, Germany, and Canada, will order new Patriot air defense missiles directly from the manufacturer in the U.S. as part of the PURL program.
“Given the long delivery times for some of these missiles, Norway also plans to purchase Patriot missiles from countries that already have them in order to deliver them to Ukraine as quickly as possible,” the Norwegian government emphasized.
Norway is also allocating funds to join Ukraine’s initiative to jointly develop anti-ballistic systems with European partners. “Ukraine has invited European partners to participate in the development of a specialized missile defense system. This could also be significant for the defense of Norway and other NATO member states. Norway is allocating funding to be able to contribute to this initiative,” the statement said.
“In the future, ballistic missiles may also pose a serious threat to Norway and its allies. Therefore, the Ukrainian initiative is of interest from the perspective of strengthening Norway’s defense capabilities,” said Defense Minister Tore O. Sandvik.
During the NATO summit in Ankara, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that a key topic of discussion with partners would be the supply of interceptor missiles for the Patriot air defense system, which are critical to Ukraine’s ability to shoot down Russian ballistic missiles—and noted that these missiles are not exclusive to the United States.
As previously reported, the Netherlands, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Denmark, and Poland have appealed to the European Commission to grant authorization as soon as possible for the purchase of missiles for U.S.-made air defense systems as part of the 90 billion euro “defense” component that the EU is providing to Ukraine in 2026–27.
