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Reuters: There is no alternative to higher defence spending in light of the ongoing threat from Russia, NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Wednesday.
The Kyiv Independent: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen reiterated the EU's ongoing support for Ukraine at a NATO summit in The Hague on June 24.
FT: A new cryptocurrency token designed to allow cross-border payments in spite of western sanctions on Russia, launched by a fugitive Moldovan oligarch and a Russian defence sector bank, has moved some $9.3bn on a dedicated crypto exchange in just four months since it was launched (archive).
ISW: The Kremlin continues efforts to augment Russian combat power by setting conditions to subsume forces from Russia's Collective Security Treaty Organization allies under a Russian military command.
The Kyiv Independent: Lithuania has signed a memorandum with American defense firm Northrop Grumman and Norwegian Nammo to secure the production of ammunition amid Russia's war against Ukraine.
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Reuters: A Russian missile attack in southeastern Ukraine on Tuesday killed at least 17 people and caused sweeping damage. The two-part strike killed 15 and wounded more than 200 in the regional capital Dnipro, where a blast wave showered scores of train passengers with broken glass. Two people were also killed in the town of Samar, around 10 km (six miles) from Dnipro.
AFP: Finland on Tuesday unveiled a new segment of a 200-kilometre fence it is building along its eastern border with Russia, aimed at preventing Moscow from conducting what Helsinki calls "instrumentalised migration".
BBC: A Russian warship disguised itself using a fake ID signal while travelling through the English Channel with two sanctioned oil tankers, a BBC Verify investigation has found.
Reuters: Trump cast doubt on Tuesday over the United States' commitment to defending its NATO partners, suggesting there were "numerous" definitions to the cornerstone of the alliance's mutual defence pact.
Council of Europe: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset, will sign an agreement on the establishment of a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine in Strasbourg on Wednesday 25 June.
The Moscow Times: Russian lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill allowing stateless individuals to sign military contracts, part of ongoing efforts to bolster troop numbers for the war in Ukraine.
Reuters: The Netherlands will provide Ukraine with 100 drone-detection radars and 20 medical evacuation vehicles as part of a new 175 million euro aid package, Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans said on Tuesday.
Norway will provide NOK 6.5 billion ($643 million) for the procurement of drones and drone technology from Ukrainian and other European manufacturers.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement to jointly produce drones, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced on June 24. Britain will finance the procurement of Ukrainian-designed drones manufactured in the UK, he added.
Kyiv Post: Russia will train 600 Chinese troops how to counter Western weapons using combat experience from its war in Ukraine this year, Ukrainian intelligence source tells Kyiv Post.
Reuters: European Union diplomats said they expect to reach a deal during an EU summit this week on an 18th package of sanctions against Russia, which Slovakia and Hungary are using as a bargaining chip for concessions on Russian energy.
AFP: Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Donald Trump are planning to meet on Wednesday on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague.
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