Here’s where things stand on Sunday, June 8:

• Canadian Minister of National Defence David McGuinty announced military assistance worth 35 million Canadian dollars ($25.5m) for Ukraine, including Coyote and Bison armoured vehicles.

Diplomacy

• Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told TASS that Russia had asked US officials to resume direct flights between the two countries and lift restrictions on Russian diplomats in the US.
• “To put it mildly, at this point, they are not very enthusiastic,” Ryabkov said regarding the proposal to resume flights.

Source:

Al Jazeera and news agencies