The US Department of State has suggested that the NATO summit in Washington could discuss the potential shooting down of Russian missiles flying towards Poland in Ukrainian skies.

New Dutch PM Dick Schoof has said that Russia should not win the war after the Russian attack on the Okhmatdyt National Specialised Children's Hospital in Kyiv.

The Hungarian opposition party Tisza and its leader Péter Magyar have condemned the Russian missile attack on Ukraine on 8 July, while the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his government have not responded.

The first EU-Ukraine bilateral meeting to assess the adaptation of Ukrainian legislation to EU law began in Brussels on Monday, 8 July, the next important step on the path to EU membership.

After the large-scale Russian missile attack on Ukraine on 8 July, the Russian Embassy in Prague has been doused with a red liquid imitating blood.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday evening, 8 July.

Ukraine’s path to NATO is described as "irreversible" in the draft communiqué of the NATO summit in Washington.

The Ukraine-Poland security agreement includes a provision to develop a mechanism to shoot down Russian missiles and drones launched in the direction of Poland within Ukrainian airspace.

On 8 July, Ukraine and Poland signed a bilateral security cooperation agreement.

Russian ruler Vladimir Putin hosted Viktor Orbán, Hungarian PM, in the Kremlin on 5 July to conduct negotiations and discuss Ukraine, among other things. He started the meeting by mentioning an ultimatum for Kyiv.

Viktor Orbán's trip to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin has put the usual visit of the European Commission President to the EU Council Presidency of Hungary "in question".

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has not informed the European Commission of his plans to visit Moscow to meet with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin on Friday.

German Ambassador Martin Jaeger has announced the arrival of the third air defence system sent by Germany to Ukraine. 

EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell has said that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's visit to Moscow is not part of Hungary's presidency of the EU Council, so it will be considered solely within the framework of bilateral relations between Hungary and Russia.

The plane, probably with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on board, took off from Budapest and flew into Belarusian airspace amid media reports about Orbán's planned meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow.