Slovakia maintains a stance against providing military aid to Ukraine, but its shells still end up on the frontlines. Slovakia’s defense minister is pushing for a major increase in ammunition production to boost the country’s economic growth. According to Bloomberg, while Fico’s government steadfastly ref... #ArtilleryShells #RobertFico #RobertKaliňák #Slovakia #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom promises to increase efforts to support Ukraine; Zelenskyy asks permission for strikes in Russian territory to protect civilians. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged that his country will “double down” on its backing of Ukraine. He stated that Ukraine has the “unwavering support of the United Kingdom” and that... #JohnHealey #KeirStarmer #LongRangeWeapons #RussianMilitaryTargets #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The Ministry of Defense explained where the additional almost ₴500B from the state budget will be allocated. In a draft law on increasing state budget expenditures in 2024 approved by the Cabinet of Ministers, which the parliament must approve, financial support for the security and defense sector is expecte... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseSpending #UkraineBudget2024 #WarinUkraine
Russia categorically rejects the Ukrainian Peace Formula and welcomes the position of the US Republican vice-presidential candidate on Ukraine. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Serhiy Lavrov, said at a press conference at the United Nations that the discussions regarding the second Peace Summit and the Ukrainian Peac... #DonaldTrump #PeaceInUkraine #PeaceSummit #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SergeiLavrov #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The Kremlin is preparing the Russians for another decade of war. The ISW emphasized that negotiations with Russia are impossible as long as its terms include the destruction of Ukraine. Russian state news agencies published comments by the Deputy Chairman of the Ru... #DmitryMedvedev #Kremlin #RussianAggression #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
Russia has exhausted its stockpile of Soviet-era weapons, which will force the aggressor to go on the defensive. Despite the talk of Russia having put its economy on a war footing, it is no longer able to compensate for the large losses of tanks, armored infantry vehicles, and artillery it has incurred in the wa... #RussianEconomy #Russianweapons #SovietWeapons #WarinUkraine #WarLosses
While its partners are providing promised military aid, Ukraine is expanding its drone use. Ukraine’s allies plan to provide Kyiv with nearly 500,000 artillery shells by the end of the year through the Czech artillery initiative. Other munitions are available and could be supplied to U... #ArtilleryShells #CaesarHowitzers #MetteFrederiksen #MilitaryAidforUkraine #UkrainianDrone #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Trump plans to ease sanctions against Russia, and Orban calls on the EU to restore relations with Russia and to prepare for the suspension of US aid to Ukraine. US presidential candidate Donald Trump considers easing sanctions against Russia as one of the components of his plan to end the war in Ukraine. “With sanctions, we push everyone away from us. T... #DonaldTrump #PeaceInUkraine #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SanctionsAgainstRussia #VictorOrban #WarinUkraine
Ukraine is disappointed with the NATO summit results, while the Kremlin threatens to strike EU capitals in response to the placement of American missiles. According to BILD, the leadership of Ukraine is disappointed that even after the bloody shelling of a children’s hospital in Kyiv, the participants of the NATO summit in Washington did not hand ... #LongRangeWeapons #NATOsummit #Okhmatdyt #RussianMilitaryTargets #WarinUkraine #Washington
Russia is preparing a new offensive in the Kharkiv region and from the north, while Lukashenko is withdrawing his troops from the borders and calling for negotiations. The ISW says that the enemy’s command structure is regrouping troops in the Hlyboke area in the Kharkiv region to resume its offensive operations. In the Vovchansk region, the Russian army is pr... #alexanderlukashenko #Kharkiv #KyryloBudanov #Putin #RussianOffensive #Vovchansk #WarinUkraine
The US and Britain pledge their support to prevent Putin from winning the war in Ukraine. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Joseph Biden confirmed that they will continue providing Ukraine with all possible support to prevent the victory of aggressors such as Putin. At t... #JoeBiden #KeirStarmer #Putin #RussianAggression #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukraine’s armed forces seek permission to destroy enemy aircraft in Russian territory; Ukraine can strike any point in Crimea. For Ukraine to cope with Russian aviation, first of all, international partners must agree to allow Ukraine to strike Russian military targets near the borders and further from them, said Nazar Volosh... #Crimea #LongRangeWeapons #RussianAircraft #RussianMilitaryTargets #WarinUkraine
The US will not participate directly in the war in Ukraine but promises its support; NATO identifies the primary Russian allies. The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, said at the NATO Summit that the US will not be involved in the war in Ukraine but will continue to support Kyiv. According to him, after Putin invaded Ukraine ... #China #LloydAustin #NATOsummit #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
NATO countries are ready to accept Ukraine into the Alliance, but there is a lot of work ahead. “All allies agree that Ukraine will become a member of NATO,” but it is still too early to say when this will happen, the head of the organization, Jens Stoltenberg, said at the NATO summi... #JensStoltenberg #NATOsummit #SupportUkraine #UkraineAccessionToNATO #UkraineNATO #WarinUkraine
NATO believes that Ukraine can launch a counteroffensive and believes in its ultimate victory over Russia. US President Joe Biden is convinced that Ukraine can stop the Russian dictator, Putin. He stated this at a solemn event on NATO’s 75th anniversary. “We know that Putin will not stop at Ukr... #ATACMS #F16 #JoeBiden #NATOsummit #UkraineCounteroffensive #VictoryUkraine #WarinUkraine
NATO countries will provide Ukraine with €40B in 2025. NATO member countries will announce that they will provide Ukraine with €40B in funding during the next year at the Alliance summit in Washington, the White House said. As well, NATO also plans to pro... #JensStoltenberg #JoeBiden #NATOsummit #SupportUkraine #UkraineNATOCouncil #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Ukraine will receive air defense systems worth $1B from NATO countries. During the NATO Summit in Washington, Ukraine’s allies announced a $1B aid package designed to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense. The US, Germany, and Romania will transfer additional strategic P... #AirDefenseSystems #NASAMS #NATOsummit #PatriotSystems #WarinUkraine #Washington
The transfer of F-16 fighter jets from Denmark and the Netherlands to Ukraine has officially started, said US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during the NATO Summit. He also emphasized that the NATO allies will strengthen their cooperation in supporting Ukraine’s defense. “And we are ready ... #F16 #FighterJetsToUkraine #LloydAustin #Netherlands #Norway #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The US will insist that all NATO countries allocate 2% of their GDP to defense and work on increasing interoperability. The US will insist that each NATO member state spend at least 2% of GDP on defense, said House Speaker Mike Johnson. “This week I will meet with the delegations from NATO countries, and I will r... #DefenseSpending #JensStoltenberg #MikeJohnson #NATO #WarinUkraine
The US and Germany will strengthen Ukrainian air defense capabilities. US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith noted that the summit will feature fresh news on air defense for Ukraine. “We will have a financial commitment, according to which both Ukraine and Moscow wi... #Germany #JulianneSmith #NATOsummit #PatriotSystems #UkraineNATO #WarinUkraine
Orban warns EU leadership about “dramatic events” on the front if negotiations do not start. Zelensky considers Hungary a weak mediator. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who visited Kyiv, Moscow, and Beijing on a a self-proclaimed “peacekeeping mission,” wrote a private letter to EU leadership to provide information c... #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #VictorOrban #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
In one of its most brutal and bloody attacks yet, Russia struck a children’s hospital in Kyiv, an industrial enterprise in Kryvyi Rih, as well as other cities and regions. On the morning of July 8, Kyiv and other cities in Ukraine were hit by eight missiles out of the 38 launched by the terrorist state. A Russian rocket hit the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in the... #DTEK #KryvyiRih #Okhmatdyt #RussianAggression #RussiaTerroristState #UNSecurityCouncil #WarinUkraine
Britain will provide Ukraine with a hundred high-precision Brimstone missiles and the Netherlands contributes an additional Patriot system. The new UK Defense Secretary, John Healey, promised to support Ukraine in the Russian war during his visit to Odesa. After meeting with President Zelenskyy, Healey announced a new military aid package... #Brimstone #GreatBritain #JohnHealey #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Netherlands #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukraine and Poland signed a security agreement to help intercept Russian missiles and drones. On July 8, Ukrainian and Polish officials signed a bilateral security agreement in Warsaw. Among the document’s key provisions is Poland’s obligation to provide several packages of militar... #DefenseIndustry #MIG29 #Poland #SecurityAgreement #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Orbán met with Putin in the Kremlin: The Hungarian prime minister is trying to shift the West’s attention from supporting Ukraine to “peaceful” negotiations. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met with the Russian president to discuss the Russian war against Ukraine and its “peaceful settlement.” Moscow said that Orbán came not only as a par... #EUCouncil #Hungary #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #VictorOrban #WarinUkraine
Ukraine membership in NATO threatens the Alliance with war. Dozens of foreign policy experts urged members of the North Atlantic Alliance to avoid the issue of Ukraine’s promotion to NATO membership at the summit in Washington on July 9-11. They warn tha... #AssociationwithNATO #NATO #NATOsummit #RussianAggression #SupportUkraine #UkraineNATO #WarinUkraine
Ukraine paralyzed the work of a Russian metallurgical plant that is critical for its defense industry. On the night of July 1, the Main Directorate of Intelligence and the Foreign Intelligence Service, paralyzed operations at the Oskol Electrometallurgical Plant (OEMK). This plant is the only full-cycl... #AttackOnRussia #Crimea #MetallurgyRussia #Oskol #WarinUkraine
Zelenskyy agrees to Putin’s participation in the second Peace Summit: The Kremlin refuses to negotiate with Ukraine through Erdogan’s mediation. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, does not mind Russian dictator Vladimir Putin being invited to the next Peace Summit. However, in his opinion Putin is unlikely to come, as he is “... #PeaceSummit #Putin #RecepTayyipErdoğan #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The war has helped Russia move up in the ranks of countries with a high-income level. For two years, the Russian economy ignored the sanctions levied against it and grew steadily, which has led the World Bank to raise the Russian Federation’s income level rating from an “ab... #GDPrussia #RussianEconomy #WarinUkraine #worldbank #WorldBankForecast
NATO is preparing a plan to support Ukraine if Trump becomes president. The Alliance plans to send a high-ranking civilian official to Ukraine to coordinate military logistics. In Wiesbaden, Germany, a new command center will be created to control the delivery of military... #DonaldTrump #NATO #NATOsoldiers #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
More air defense for Ukraine: The Pentagon announces a new package of military aid for Ukraine worth $2.3B. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said his country will soon provide a new $2.3B defense aid package for Ukraine that will include anti-tank weapons, Patriot missiles, and other air defense system mun... #AirDefenseSystems #AnthonyBlinken #InvestmentsinUkraine #LloydAustin #PatriotSystems #WarinUkraine
The ISW: Putin’s plans to defeat Ukraine; and Kyiv needs more weapons to avoid prolonging the war. Russia’s ability to advance indefinitely in Ukraine will encourage Putin to prolong the war, ISW analysts say. Putin believes that the longer the war lasts, the more likely he is to achieve his ... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Putin #RussianAggression #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #VictoryUkraine #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The new EU chief diplomat will continue to fight against Russian aggression. Kaja Kallas, recently appointed as the EU’s top diplomat, will deal with war in the Middle East, threats to economic security from China, and the struggle to win over a skeptical Global South th... #AngelaMerkel #KajaKallas #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
NATO will offer Ukraine a new headquarters to manage its military aid. This proposal, which will be presented at the summit in Washington, will guarantee the Alliance’s long-term commitment to Ukraine’s security and is perceived as a bridge to Kyiv’s fu... #ChristopherCavoli #NATO #Ramstein #SecurityGuarantees #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
The IMF published a pessimistic scenario for Ukraine’s economy the war becomes protracted. The IMF’s negative scenario assumes that the war will end by the end of 2025 (compared to the end of 2024 in the baseline scenario) and that the shock will start in the third quarter of 2024. Th... #imf #UkraineEconomicForecast #UkraineEconomy #UkraineRecovery #WarinUkraine
Ukraine may receive rockets for the HAWK air defense system from the US and eight Patriot systems from Israel. As part of a new $150M aid package, the Biden administration will provide Ukraine with, among other things, HAWK anti-aircraft interceptor missiles, said US officials. In addition, the US, Israel and ... #Denmark #F16 #Finland #Hawk #Israel #PatriotSystems #WarinUkraine
Zelenskyy, with allies, wants to create a plan to end the war in a few months. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine and its allies should, within a few months, develop an action plan based on the results of the Swiss Peace Summit that would force Russia to make peace.... #AndriyYermak #PeaceInUkraine #PeaceSummit #SaudiArabia #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
NATO countries are considering several options for long-term financing for Kyiv but struggle to agree. Many allies in the Alliance are shying away from adopting specific multi-year commitments on aid spending to Ukraine. However, some allies are wary of formalizing the pledge with a specific number and... #JensStoltenberg #NATO #NATOsummit #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
North Korea is going to send its troops to Ukraine within a month. The defense treaty signed on June 19 between Russia and North Korea promised to provide each other with military assistance. A few days later, Pyongyang announced sending a military engineering unit t... #NorthKorea #PatrickRyder #RussianAggression #WarEscalation #WarinUkraine
Ukraine has increased the production of weapons and wants its partners to buy them from domestic manufacturers. According to the State Statistics Service, in January-March, the production of weapons in Ukraine increased by an average of 25.4% compared to the same period last year. Thus, in January, Ukraine prod... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #Lithuania #PetroBeshta #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
The US refuses to recognize Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism but is discussing better ways to bring it to justice. Washington does not plan to include the Russian Federation in the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, said US State Department spokesman, Matthew Miller. “We believe there are more effective... #LindseyGraham #MatthewMiller #RichardBlumenthal #RussianAggression #RussiaTerroristState #WarinUkraine #WhiteHouse
The US might allow American military companies to work in Ukraine to speed up equipment repair. The Biden administration is considering lifting the ban on allowing American military contractors in Ukraine. If approved, the changes would likely take effect this year and allow the Pentagon to awar... #JoeBiden #MilitaryEquipmentRepair #Pentagon #SupportUkraine #USmilitaryCompanies #WarinUkraine
Ukraine destroys an enemy ammunition depot and hit a Russian satellite communications center in Crimea. On June 25, soldiers from Ukrainian intelligence attacked a Russian field ammunition warehouse in the Voronezh region. A fire broke out following an explosion at the 3,500 square meter facility. In ad... #chemicalweapons #Crimea #EnemyEquipment #RussianMilitaryTargets #WarinUkraine
Ukrainian drones are mining the waters near Crimea, and Britain is testing anti-drone weapons for $0.12. Ukrainian Sea Baby maritime drones are equipped with new technology to mine the waters. So far, Ukrainian drones have laid about 15 underwater mines in the waters near temporarily occupied Crimea. To ... #AntiDroneTechnology #Crimea #DefenseTechnology #MaritimeDrones #SeaBaby #Thales #WarinUkraine
Germany helped improve logistics at the Ukrainian border, while the Czech Republic warned about the low quality of the shells that had been purchased. Germany handed over 41 Mercedes Arocs trucks to the State Border Service of Ukraine to improve border patrol logistics and combat effectiveness at the front. At the same time, the Minister of Defense ... #ArtilleryShells #CzechRepublic #Germany #JanaČernochová #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SouthKoreaAid #WarinUkraine
IMF: The Russian war against Ukraine was a turning point for the global economy. The Russian aggression has had severe consequences for the global economy, and has become a turning point for the world’s future, said the deputy head of the IMF, Gita Gopinath. The war has incr... #GitaGopinath #GlobalEconomy #Globalinflation #imf #UkraineEconomy #WarinUkraine
The US extends its permission for Ukraine to strike targets in Russian territory and Ukraine will receive a Patriot system and more missiles. The US has said that Ukraine can use its weapons to strike Russian forces that are firing at Ukrainian troops anywhere along the border, not just near the Kharkiv region. However, this does not apply ... #ATACMS #JakeSullivan #JohnKirby #NASAMS #PatriotSystems #RussianMilitaryTargets #WarinUkraine #WesternWeapons
Ukraine has eliminated 15 air defense systems in Crimea and destroyed $2B worth of tanks. Over the past two months, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed about 15 Russian air defense systems in the temporarily occupied Crimean Peninsula. The Strategic Communications Center of the Ukra... #Crimea #EnemyEquipment #F16 #Kharkiv #RussianMilitaryTargets #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
NATO will send a clear message about Ukraine’s membership prospects in Washington. At the upcoming Alliance summit in Washington, NATO Secretary Jens Stoltenberg said, there will be “no dates” regarding Ukraine’s membership. “I expect that we will reach an ag... #JensStoltenberg #JohnKirby #NATOsummit #UkraineAccessionToNATO #UkraineNATO #WarinUkraine
The war will end where it began: Ukraine creates conditions for F-16 strikes on Crimea. Western experts believe that if Ukraine wins the Russian war, it will happen in the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula. The Hague Center for Strategic Studies says that Ukraine is “preparing... #Crimea #F16 #RussianMilitaryTargets #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #VictoryUkraine #WarinUkraine
