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FT: The Russian Kh-101 missile that destroyed a Kyiv children’s hospital relies on ~50 western-designed components, showing Moscow’s success at evading sanctions (archive).
Bloomberg: Keir Starmer signaled Ukraine can use Britain’s Storm Shadow missiles to strike military targets inside Russia, confirming he would continue the previous UK government’s policy on the use of its long-range weapons in the Russia-Ukraine war (archive).
ISW: Russian forces recently made confirmed advances southeast of Chasiv Yar, near Avdiivka, and southwest of Donetsk City, and Ukrainian forces recently advanced north of Kharkiv City.
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AP News: The U.S. and an array of other NATO allies will send Ukraine dozens of air defense systems in the coming months, including at least four of the powerful Patriot systems that Kyiv has been desperately seeking to help fight off Russian advances in the war, according to a new joint agreement.
The Kyiv Independent: Saudi officials reportedly made "veiled threats" to Group of Seven nations hinting that the kingdom would sell some European debt holdings if Western allies seized about $300 billion in frozen Russian assets, Bloomberg reported.
CNN: U.S. military bases throughout Europe were put on the highest security alert level in a decade after the U.S. obtained intelligence on possible Russian-linked sabotage plots.
RFE/RL: Two members of the U.S. Congress who visited Ukraine in April said the United States should provide Ukraine with the military equipment it needs to win the war against Moscow, including the means to strike inside Russia.
Reuters: The U.S. has not seen Russia shift on its preference from previous U.S. presidential elections on who it prefers to win this year, a U.S. intelligence official said on Tuesday, indicating that Moscow again favors Republican Donald Trump.
The Kyiv Independent: In the coming days, the NATO alliance will announce a new military command in Germany to train and equip Ukrainian troops, as well as appoint a new NATO senior representative in Kyiv, U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan said.
Reuters: Russia lacks the munitions and troops to start a major offensive in Ukraine and would need to secure significant ammunition supplies from other countries beyond what it already has in order to do so, a senior NATO official said on Tuesday.
BBC News: US officials say they have taken action against an AI-powered information operation run from Russia, including nearly 1,000 accounts pretending to be Americans. The accounts on X were designed to spread pro-Russia stories but were automated “bots” - not real people.
Bellingcat: An analysis of open source evidence, as well as multiple missile experts, have pointed to a Russian launched Kh-101 cruise missile being the weapon that struck a children’s hospital in Kyiv.
POLITICO: Kremlin cronies holding senior Olympic positions “is an official recognition of Russia’s triumph against international law,” Lithuanian PM told POLITICO.
The Moscow Times: Bulgaria's state-owned gas supplier Bulgargaz said Tuesday it was taking Gazprom to court and seeking millions of euros in damages over the Russian company's cut of supplies after its invasion of Ukraine.
POLITICO: In a leaked letter seen Tuesday by POLITICO, the Hungarian prime minister underlined Putin’s maximalist position on Ukraine so thoroughly he could have been auditioning for the role of Kremlin spokesperson.
Bloomberg: The share of yuan on Russia’s foreign exchange market has reached 99.6% after sanctions forced the Moscow Exchange to halt trading in US dollars and the euro (archive).
Reuters: Austria's energy minister has appointed a commission of experts to examine whether Austria can scrap a gas-supply contract between OMV and Gazprom to reduce its dependence on Russia, she said on Tuesday.
Reuters: Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said on Tuesday he had summoned Russia's ambassador in Prague following an attack on a children's hospital in Ukraine's capital, saying those who carried out the strike were the "dregs of humanity".
Reuters: Tourists thronging the Black Sea beaches of the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula this summer share the space with a grim new arrival: bomb shelters and sandbags.
Meduza: Saturday saw the close of an exhibition devoted to the “achievements of the Putin era.” Putin liked it so much that he’s ordered for it to become a permanent fixture that, according to one source, could serve as a “future alternative to Lenin’s Mausoleum.”
POLITICO: After Russia’s deadly attack on a children’s hospital in Kyiv, Hungary’s upstart opposition leader Péter Magyar will travel to the Ukrainian capital on Wednesday.
Reuters: Russia's deepening military cooperation with North Korea has underlined the need for Japan to forge closer ties with NATO as regional security threats become increasingly intertwined, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told Reuters.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukrainian intelligence agencies carried out an attack against a Russian military airfield, an energy substation, and an oil depot in three different regions overnight on July 9.
worth mentioning
Ukrainian state defense company opens office in US
Canada faces pressure at Nato summit for riding on 'coattails'
Russia issues warrant for exiled opposition figure Yulia Navalnaya
Switzerland adopts further sanctions against Russia
Bloomberg names 12 oligarchs who earn billions in payouts from Russia's war economy
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