North Korea has threatened an automatic nuclear response

Poland has received a request from another NATO member state for the MiG-29 fighter jets that Warsaw had planned to transfer to Ukraine. The Polish authorities insist that Kyiv remains the primary recipient of the aircraft.

In 2025–2026, the Reconstruction Agency did not enter into any new contracts for the construction of third-level structures designed to protect energy facilities from missiles. However, this does not mean that such defences are not being built in Ukraine at all: work under previously concluded contracts remained unfinished.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held talks with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, representatives of US President Donald Trump. During the talks, the parties discussed ways of stepping up diplomatic efforts to bring about peace.

Ukraine has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in response to the escalation of Russian attacks on civilian shipping in the Black Sea. Kyiv has proposed that the meeting take place on 27 July.

The new British Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has backed the decision to allow the United States to use British military bases for targeted strikes against Iran, which London describes as defensive. This approach continues the policy of the previous government.

Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Centre for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defence Council, has stated that Russia is preparing provocations under false pretences against NATO countries. According to him, the aim of such actions is to undermine the allies’ trust in Ukraine.

Over the past 24 hours, 261 combat engagements were recorded on the front line. Russian troops carried out missile and air strikes, whilst the Defence Forces continued to target areas where the enemy was concentrated and to repel their attacks on the main fronts.

The Russian army has lost a further 1,460 troops over the past 24 hours. Since the start of the full-scale invasion, the total losses of Russian personnel have reached around 1,434,690, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian company DEVIRO has unveiled a new ‘Palytsia’ aircraft-type strike drone, which is set to become a more affordable and mass-produced addition to the already well-known ‘Bulava’ strike system.

The Pentagon has announced that the third service member believed to have been killed in the Iranian attack on a US base in Jordan is Sergeant Angel S. Rampersad. The total number of US military personnel killed since the start of the war has risen to 18.

In Stavropol, Russia, a sanitaryware manufacturer ran a promotional campaign that caused quite a stir on social media. Visitors to one of the shopping centres were invited to drink a soft drink from the new toilet bowls, and then take part in another unusual challenge

In the town of Argos-Orestiko in northern Greece, a 52-year-old man was arrested after he drove his car into the main entrance to a military base. According to preliminary reports, the driver was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the incident.

The President of Hungary, Tamás Szujók, has signed a constitutional amendment providing for the early termination of his term of office. The document marked the final stage of a political process that had lasted several months following an initiative by Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s government

Israel approached the United States with a proposal to join military action against Iran, but the US administration did not support this initiative

The Moldovan Ministry of Defence plans to procure modern air target detection systems, as well as equipment for intercepting drones. Funding will be provided by the European Union