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Europe's critical infrastructure, particularly in the Baltic Sea, remains at high risk of sabotage amid Russia's war against Ukraine, EU High Representative Kaja Kallas has said.
Lithuania has signed a €320 million contract with Sweden's Saab to purchase Bolide missiles for the RBS 70 air defence system. Deliveries will last from 2026 to 2032.
The Military Intelligence of Ukraine received a modern armoured boat of domestic design worth UAH 20 million. The boat will enhance the DIU's maritime operations in the Black Sea.
Indian Oil Corp has purchased 2 million barrels of Colombian Castilla oil for the first time under a contract with Ecopetrol. The move is attributed to India's desire to reduce its dependence on Russian supplies amid sanctions.
Since the beginning of 2022, the war against Ukraine has cost Russia $550 billion. According to Ukrainian intelligence, 59% of military spending is classified, and the cost of the war is passed on to the population through taxes and higher prices for goods and services.
In Kyiv, the SBU and the National Police exposed a lawyer who extorted $100,000 from entrepreneurs by blackmail and deception, threatening them with fines of almost UAH 1 billion.
Due to the deteriorating security situation in the Dnipropetrovs'k region, a decision was made to evacuate residents of 45 settlements in the Sinelnykivsky district.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that for the first time, the United States had confirmed its readiness to contribute to security guarantees for Ukraine, including through the possible deployment of US troops after peace is reached.
Latvia has completed about 280 kilometres of fencing on its border with Russia. The project is designed to strengthen the protection of the EU's eastern border and the capabilities of the border guard service.
Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi reported a threefold increase in payments under new contracts, an investigation into the incident with the command post in Gulyaypol, and large-scale losses in the Russian army that disrupted its plans to form new divisions.
Ukrainian and Latvian law enforcement officers shut down an international network of financial fraudsters that caused EUR 1.6 million in losses to a foreign payment institution and involved about 300 people.
Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have reported significant progress in negotiations to end the war. The peace plan is about 90% agreed, and the results may be known in a few weeks
