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.... #AndriyErmak #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
Ukraine seeks to hold a second peace summit before the US elections, and Russia will receive an action plan to end of the war. The second Ukrainian Peace Summit can be held before the presidential elections in the US, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, Ignazio Cassis. Although the specific terms were not ann... #IgnazioCassis #OlafScholz #PeaceSummit #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Peace summit updates: Switzerland will brief Russia and China; two countries have withdrawn their signatures from the joint communiqué. Switzerland will discuss the results of the summit with Russia, China, and other countries that were not among the more than 100 countries and international organizations in attendance, said the Minis... #China #IgnazioCassis #PeaceSummit #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #Switzerland #WarinUkraine
Ukraine took fourth place in the world’s ranking of arms importers; Europeans are also arming themselves against the background of war. During the period from 2019-2023, Ukraine became the largest arms importer in Europe and ranked fourth in the world, according to information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ... #ArmsImport #NuclearWeapons #SIPRI #WarinUkraine #WeaponsExport
The final communiqué of the Peace Summit was signed by 80 states and four organizations: What was declared? During the Global Peace Summit in Switzerland on June 15-16, the participants agreed on a common position on three points: food security, nuclear and energy security, and the release of all captured a... #FoodSecurity #IAEA #PeaceInUkraine #PeaceSummit #Switzerland #UkrainianPrisoners #WarinUkraine
NATO has approved a plan to expand its support to Ukraine, but it will not be €40B annually. According to Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, the plan envisages the Alliance assuming the international coordination of the supply of weapons and training for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. NATO lea... #JensStoltenberg #NATO #NATOsummit #SupportUkraine #UkrainianSoldiersTraining #WarinUkraine
EU and NATO leaders have responded to Putin’s demands regarding the terms of peace talks with Ukraine. On the eve of the Peace Summit in Switzerland, to which Russia was not invited, the Russian president said that for peace talks to begin Ukrainian troops must completely withdraw from four of its regi... #JensStoltenberg #JosepBorrell #LloydAustin #OlafScholz #PeaceSummit #Putin #WarinUkraine
The US and Ukraine have signed a security agreement in Italy, sending a strong signal to Russia. The bilateral security agreement signed between the US and Ukraine guarantees military support for Ukrainian forces both now and in the future and serves as a signal to Putin that America is ready to ... #JakeSullivan #ReformsinUkraine #SecurityAgreement #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The first F-16s will arrive this summer, together with more ammunition and armored vehicles from our allies. The head of the Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands, Kajsa Ollongren, said that Ukraine will receive the first F-16 fighter jets from its Western allies this summer. Moreover, Ukraine will have the... #AmmunitionForUkraine #F16 #KajsaOllongren #M113 #MilitaryAidforUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukraine’s victory in the war is a basic requirement for its membership in NATO. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg noted: “I expect that the allies will make an important announcement in the run-up to the Washington summit and at the summit itself regarding the supply ... #JensStoltenberg #UkraineAccessionToNATO #UkraineNATO #VictoryUkraine #WarinUkraine
NATO moves to mandate the provision of weapons to Ukraine by member countries. Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels said the supply of weapons to Ukraine will become mandatory for NATO countries. These supplies will be coordinated by the military bloc’s command... #ChristopherCavoli #JensStoltenberg #NATO #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The US and EU are strengthening their military support for Ukraine, providing various air defense systems. US President Joe Biden decided to transfer another Patriot missile complex to Ukraine, the second system Washington has transferred. The system will be deployed on the front line in just a few days. M... #dronestoUkraine #FPVdrones #JoeBiden #Mistral #Netherlands #Norway #PatriotMissiles #WarinUkraine
The US will allow the transfer of American weapons to the Azov Brigade and permit Ukraine to attack 16% of Russian territory. The US has rescinded its ban on the transfer of American weapons to the Ukrainian Azov Brigade, which has been in place since 2017. From now on, these servicemen will be able to receive the same armed... #AmericanWeapons #Azov #Azovstal #RussianMilitaryTargets #WarinUkraine
Ukraine continues its successful attacks on the enemy’s military facilities. On the evening of June 8, drones attacked the Russian tug, Inzhener Smirnov, and a barge, Section-179, in the Taganrog Bay of the Sea of Azov. In addition, Ukrainian forces hit Russian S-300/S-400 m... #AkhtubinskAirBase #CrimeaAttack #EnemyEquipment #RussianMilitaryTargets #S-400 #S300 #WarinUkraine
NATO will expand its defense cooperation with Ukraine and share intelligence. NATO plans to expand cooperation with Ukraine in defense technologies and share additional intelligence data to combat Russia in cyber security. The agreement is planned to be finalized before the All... #CyberSecurity #DefenseTechnology #NATO #WarinUkraine
The NATO Secretary General scaled back his proposed €100B fund for Ukraine, but the Alliance plans to create a new special envoy position for Ukraine. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg is abandoning plans to develop a five-year, €100B military aid fund for Ukraine after facing opposition from fellow allies. Instead, a new proposal is being considered with... #JensStoltenberg #NATO #NATOsummit #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
During a meeting with Zelenskyy, Biden announced a new $225M military aid package and apologized for the six-month delay in delivering weapons. The American and Ukrainian leaders met in Paris, where they both came to mark the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy. US President Joe Biden announced a new defe... #HIMARSartillery #Javelin #JoeBiden #M113 #UScongress #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Paris will provide Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets to Kyiv and launch a training program for Ukrainian pilots. The training will begin this summer and will take five to six months, and the handover of the planes will take place closer to the end of the year, French President Emmanuel Macron said after meeting ... #EmmanuelMacron #EuropeanPeaceFund #France #Mirage2000 #WarinUkraine
Biden promises to continue supporting Ukraine but will not allow strikes on the Kremlin with US weapons. The US and its allies will continue to help Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression to prevent the country from being enslaved and endangering Europe, US President Joe Biden said during a cere... #JoeBiden #Normandy #RussianAggression #RussianMilitaryTargets #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WesternWeapons
Russia has taken out 35 GW of Ukraine’s electricity generation capability since the beginning of the war. So far, the Russian Federation has destroyed over 60% of Ukraine’s electricity production in over two years, decreasing generation from 55 to 20 GW. Currently, Ukrainian energy companies limit electri... #EnergyInfrastructure #RussianAttackonUkraine #UkraineEnergy #UkraineEnergyLosses #WarinUkraine
Russia produces 200-300% more shells than the West combined, and for 75% less. Russia has increased its military production faster than NATO expected, and the countries of the Alliance have taken longer to increase their production than they should have, as stated by NATO Secret... #ArtilleryShells #DefenseIndustryRussia #JensStoltenberg #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
