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AP News: Putin and Xi Jinping on Thursday attended the summit of a security grouping created by Moscow and Beijing to counter Western alliances. They joined the leaders of other countries that are members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization at its annual meeting in Kazakhstan’s capital of Astana.
The Kyiv Independent: France has transferred 41 power generators to Kharkiv and Chernihiv, whose energy infrastructure has been heavily damaged by Russian strikes, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
ISW: Ukraine is addressing its manpower challenges and is forming several new brigades, but delayed and insufficient Western weapons deliveries will likely prevent Ukraine from equipping all these new brigades.
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The U.S. Defense Department announced on July 3 a new package of military aid worth $150 million to provide Ukraine with capabilities including air defense interceptors. The package also includes ammunition for high mobility artillery rocket systems, artillery rounds, and other critical capabilities drawn from U.S. stocks.
AP News: The U.N. General Assembly will keep standing up for Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty whatever the outcome of national elections across the globe this year, the body’s president said Wednesday, adding that “no country has the right to invade another country.”
POLITICO: Top congressional leaders plan to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy next Wednesday during the NATO Summit in Washington, where allies will discuss the besieged nation’s path into the alliance.
The Kyiv Independent: Russian troops attacked the city of Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs on July 3, injuring at least 14 people, including children, Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office reported.
Reuters: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Kyiv planned to submit a resolution on nuclear safety, in particular at the Russia-occupied Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, for consideration at the United Nations General Assembly.
POLITICO: At a time when the sports world is banning Russian athletes because of Moscow’s war on Ukraine, one of the IOC’s members holds the rank of major in the Russian army.
Reuters: The Netherlands' new Prime Minister Dick Schoof assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a phone call on Wednesday that his country would maintain its support for Ukraine.
AFP: Europeans remain largely supportive of Ukraine as it struggles to hold off Russia's forces and favour increasing arms shipments to Kyiv, but are more divided on how to end the war, according to a poll published Wednesday.
Reuters: Ukraine is in talks to send natural gas from Azerbaijan to the European Union as it seeks to maintain its role as a transit country and help Western neighbours ensure their energy security.
Reuters: The Czech Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that the country donated equipment from its army storage, including aircraft and ammunition, worth 6.75 billion crowns ($288.42 million) to Ukraine as of the end of May.
Reuters: A Ukrainian military spy official said on Wednesday that a fire on a Russian warship in the Baltic Sea in April was caused by a joint operation conducted by his GUR agency and a pro-Kyiv Russian military group.
The Kyiv Independent: A Ukrainian drone attack on July 1 seriously damaged the Oskol Electrometallurgical Plant in Belgorod Oblast, a military intelligence source told the Kyiv Independent on July 3.
Reuters: Russia's foreign ministry said on Wednesday it had summoned Romania's ambassador in Moscow and declared one Romanian embassy official "persona non grata".
Reuters: Russia will respond to Finland's decision to grant the United States access to its military bases, a spokesman for Russia's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
AFP: Russian lawmakers on Wednesday voted to suspend Moscow's participation in the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe's parliamentary assembly, branding it anti-Russian and discriminatory.
Reuters: NATO allies have agreed to fund military aid for Ukraine with 40 billion euros next year, a Western European diplomat told Reuters on Wednesday, one week before the alliance's leaders are set to meet in Washington.
POLITICO: Religious authorities in Russia’s southern Dagestan region said Wednesday they are banning the niqab veil in response to last month’s deadly terror attacks on Jewish and Orthodox Christian houses of worship.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine has received a tranche of $2.2 billion from the International Monetary Fund and the successful completion of the fourth programme revision, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on July 3.
Reuters: Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday that French researcher Laurent Vinatier had pleaded guilty during questioning to illegally collecting sensitive Russian military information that could be used by hostile intelligence services.
The Kyiv Independent: At least six people were killed and 53 injured after Russia launched drones and missiles against Dnipro on July 3, officials said. A shopping center was hit, as well as multiple cars and a gas station.
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