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The Guardian: Hungarian PM is planning to fly to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Donald Trump, a source close to Orbán told the Guardian, as he seeks to negotiate a peace deal without consulting other EU nations or the Biden administration.
CNN: Russia has been engaged in a “bold” sabotage operation across NATO’s member states for more than six months, targeting the supply lines of weapons for Ukraine and the decision-makers behind it, according to a senior NATO official.
ISW: Russian Security Council Deputy Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev reaffirmed that Russia would not accept or uphold any negotiated peace settlements with Kyiv short of Ukrainian capitulation, the destruction of the entire Ukrainian state, and the full occupation of Ukraine.
New Zealand on Thursday announced further sanctions on Russia and Iran over the Ukraine war. Foreign Minister Winston Peters said New Zealand’s latest sanctions target Russians involved in the country’s military-industrial complex as well as actors providing military assistance to Russia.
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The Insider, Re:Baltica and Delfi report on Latvian and Estonian court documents showing how Russia's GRU is recruiting Baltic citizens to vandalize and set fire to targets in the West.
AFP: NATO leaders on Wednesday pledged at their summit in Washington to give Ukraine at least 40 billion euros in military aid "within the next year" to help it fight against Russia.
The Kyiv Independent: On July 10, President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Luc Frieden of Luxembourg signed a bilateral agreement on security cooperation and long-term support in Washington.
The Guardian: The UK's new government will stick with plans to spend at least £3bn every year on military support for Ukraine for “as long as is it takes” in its conflict with Russia, Keir Starmer has said.
Bloomberg: Kyiv wants to convene a second meeting to achieve a fair peace settlement in Ukraine before the US elections in November, this time with Russia attending (archive).
Reuters: Ukraine's top prosecutor accused Russian forces on Wednesday of killing two Ukrainian servicemen who were captured in June in the partially-occupied southeastern Zaporizhzhia region.
Ukrinform: The Netherlands is allocating an additional 300 million euros for the purchase of ammunition for F-16 fighter jets to be delivered to Ukraine.
Reuters: The pending NATO summit statement in Washington will include an intention to bolster air defences along the eastern flank of the alliance, Romania's president said on Wednesday.
Axios: Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said Belgium will deliver 30 F-16s to Ukraine, but its use of the jets will be restricted to only above Ukrainian territory.
Reuters: Hungary sees a potential return of former U.S. President Donald Trump as a "chance for peace" in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday.
AP News: In their most serious rebuke against Beijing, NATO allies on Wednesday called China a “decisive enabler” of Russia’s war against Ukraine and expressed concerns over Beijing’s nuclear arsenal and its capabilities in space.
Reuters: The first batch of U.S.-built F-16 fighter jets are already being transferred to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands and will be flying over Ukrainian skies this summer, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.
AP News: The 32-members of NATO on Wednesday formally declared Ukraine on an “irreversible” path to membership in the Western military alliance, offering a bare but more binding assurance of protection once its war with Russia ends.
The Kyiv Independent: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has pledged $1.7 billion as part of NATO support for Ukraine in 2025, Italian media reported on July 10.
LRT: The Lithuanian government on Wednesday allocated 1 million euros to Ukraine to help rebuild a children’s hospital in Kyiv destroyed by this week’s Russian missile strike.
The Moscow Times: Japan has arrested a Russian trade firm executive suspected of illegally exporting more than two dozen goods that could be converted for military use, Japanese media reported Wednesday, adding that it is the first such case since Russia invaded Ukraine over two years ago.
AP News: Norway will donate six F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine to defend itself from Russian attacks, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said Wednesday, adding that the jets will be important for Kyiv.
Reuters: The lower house of Russia's parliament on Wednesday gave its final approval to tax hikes proposed by the finance ministry that will see extra progressive income tax rates, corporation tax raised to 25% from 20% and new mineral extraction taxes.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's drone strikes on Russian oil refinery sites have caused the volume of Russia's oil refining to fall by around 17%, a NATO official told journalists.
Reuters: Russia launched 20 drones and five missiles at Ukraine on Wednesday, killing two people in the Black Sea region of Odesa, damaging port infrastructure and hitting an energy facility in the northwest, officials said.
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