MACRON said Europeans would participate in any peace talks on the Ukraine war if such negotiations take place.

Al Jazeera and Israeli media reported heavy fighting between Hezbollah and the ISRAELI MILITARY in southern Lebanon today; the military said four Israeli soldiers were killed. After the escalation, far-right interior minister Ben-Gvir said every Israeli mother's tears should be repaid by a thousand Lebanese mothers and that the whole of Lebanon should be burned.

Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said on social media on June 19 that two civilian vessels flying foreign flags in the Black Sea were struck by Russian military drones, leaving one dead and five wounded. Kuleba said a Panama-flagged vessel had one crew member killed and two wounded, one seriously; a St Kitts and Nevis-flagged vessel had three crew lightly injured. He did not specify the time of the strikes.