UK Defence Journal: Russian hackers have stolen government login credentials by hijacking Wi-Fi routers and silently redirecting victims’ internet traffic through servers controlled by Moscow.

Reuters: Trump will meet with Ukrainian President ‌Volodymyr Zelenskiy while in Turkey this week for the NATO summit to make a renewed push to ​end the war in Ukraine, a senior ​U.S. official said on Sunday.

RBC-Ukraine: Ukrainian drones are striking the energy infrastructure of Russia at an unprecedented pace, triggering a widespread gasoline shortage, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

Kyiv Post: The Defense Forces of Ukraine launched a targeted strike on a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle training base in the eastern city of Pokrovsk, eliminating drone instructors and destroying operational equipment, the military reported on Sunday.

United24 Media: Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck the Russian military air base at Hvardiiske in temporarily occupied Crimea overnight on July 5, while also targeting two road bridges and three ammunition depots across temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's successful mid- and long-range strikes behind enemy lines almost doubled over the month of June, the country's defense minister said on July 5.

TVP World: Poland will declassify the full record of its military donations to Ukraine since Russia's 2022 invasion, the defense minister has said, after opposition lawmakers alleged that Warsaw had secretly transferred Patriot interceptor missiles to Kyiv.

Reuters: The Chinese and Russian navies ‌will hold joint exercises in the waters and airspace off the Chinese city of Qingdao next week, China's defence ministry and Russian state ⁠media said on Sunday.

United24 Media: Ukraine’s long-range strike campaign has disabled 42.74% of Russia’s total oil refining capacity by design throughput, according to data released by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on July 4.

Reuters: Armenia's constitutional court on Saturday rejected a request by the country's pro-Russian opposition to overturn ‌the results of a June parliamentary election, in which pro-Western Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's party was re-elected.

United24 Media: Russia is preparing a new information operation aimed at worsening relations between Ukraine and Poland by publishing forged World War II-era documents related to the Volhynia tragedy, according to Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation.

The Kyiv Independent: A new video published by Ukraine's military intelligence shows a drone attacking the Belbek airfield in Russian-occupied Crimea and destroying a MiG-29 fighter aircraft in a night raid on June 25.

Ukrainska Pravda: Ukraine's defence forces have hit the St Petersburg oil terminal and the Kronstadt naval base in Russia, as well as a bridge in the temporarily occupied part of Luhansk Oblast.

Reuters: Russia is targeting Ukrainian railway ​locomotives and has destroyed ‌or damaged more than 200 since the start ​of 2026 alone, ​Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister ⁠for Restoration Oleksiy Kuleba ​said.

The Kyiv Independent: President Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed Putin's claim that the Donetsk Oblast city of Kostiantynivka was under Russian control, describing it as a lie for media attention. "If Kostiantynivka were currently under Russian control, then surely Putin would have no problem meeting me there and finding diplomatic solutions to finally end the war," he quipped.

Reuters: Insurgents staged attacks on army ​positions across Mali on Saturday, including in a northern town where government and Russian fighters are based and in a town ‌south of the capital Bamako, the latest threat to the landlocked Sahel nation's embattled leaders.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's military continued its barrage of attacks on targets in Russian-occupied Crimea overnight on July 4, reportedly striking key infrastructure on the peninsula.

The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine launched an overnight attack on the Russian city of Belgorod and the surrounding region on July 4, striking key infrastructure and causing widespread blackouts, according to eyewitnesses and acting Governor Alexander Shuvaev.

The Kyiv Independent: Russia attacked a busy central street in the northeastern city of Sumy the evening of July 3, killing at least four people and injuring 27, regional authorities reported.

Kyiv Post: At least two people were killed and seven others injured after Russian armed forces launched a series of attacks on Zaporizhzhia on Friday.

World Athletics has upheld its ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes competing in international events.

The Irish Times: MEPs will vote next week on a resolution calling for a ban on Irish alumina exports to Russia. It comes as the Government finalises an investigation into the Aughinish Alumina plant in Co Limerick which exports half of its product to Russia where it is smelted into aluminium.

Ukrainska Pravda: The Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez oil refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, has halted crude oil processing after a drone attack on 2 July.

The Insider: Metalworking tools made by the German company Gühring continue to be supplied to Russia despite their use by dozens of defense plants — from the Kalashnikov Concern to PO Mayak, which produces plutonium for nuclear weapons.

The Council of the European Union on Friday announced sanctions targeting six scientists and researchers suspected of being involved in the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

Reuters: Germany requested urgent talks with the Chinese ​ambassador over reports that China ​is training Russian soldiers, a ⁠foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday, ​confirming a report by the ​Spiegel media outlet.

Hromadske: At least seven Russian aircraft were damaged or destroyed in strikes on the Saky and Hvardiyske airfields in occupied Crimea, Ukraine’s Security Service reported.

Politico: Italy has joined Bulgaria in voicing concerns about plans to sanction Russia’s Orthodox Patriarch Kirill.

Euronews: Ukraine and Moldova notched another milestone in their EU accession bids at a technical meeting on Friday, as member states unanimously agreed to advance the opening of another cluster of negotiations.

Ukrainska Pravda: Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces struck 48 targets in the rear of Russian forces on the night of 2-3 July, including 10 energy facilities in temporarily occupied Crimea and an anti-aircraft missile system.

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