Oleksii Makeiev, Ukraine's Ambassador to Germany, has said that Ukraine and Germany have established a joint working group to discuss mechanisms to encourage Ukrainians of conscription age to return home.

EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarína Mathernová has said Russia's large-scale attack on Ukraine on the night of 1-2 July struck, among other places, a site where diplomats live. She has also shared her impressions of the attack on Kyiv on her social media.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has urged Western partners to urgently provide Ukraine with air defence systems following a Russian large-scale attack on Kyiv on the night of 1-2 July.

The Polish government has warned that Russia may exploit tensions in relations between Ukraine and Poland to carry out malicious actions.

The office of Czech President Petr Pavel has rejected a proposal by the Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) party to strip Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the country's highest state honour, the Order of the White Lion.

Sweden's military intelligence believes the Russian regime is likely to remain a threat to its neighbours long after Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin leaves power.

Lithuania's Ministry of Defence has said there are currently no signs that Russia is preparing a large-scale military attack on the Baltic states, but the threat of sabotage against Lithuania remains high.

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna believes that Ukrainian drones going off course and falling on NATO member states' territory is an acceptable price for the destruction of Russian oil refineries and military bases.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held a phone call with his Latvian counterpart, Edgars Rinkēvičs, during which they discussed cooperation under the Drone Deal, a framework for cooperation on unmanned systems.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has criticised US Secretary of State Marco Rubio for saying that no agreements on ending the war in Ukraine were reached during the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, describing the remarks as "not very sophisticated".

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said Ukraine is willing to engage in an equal, honest and mutually beneficial partnership with Poland.

The Netherlands will provide €178 million (approx. US$202.6 million) to prepare Ukraine for winter and develop distributed generation, and the country is also preparing to transfer decommissioned gas turbines to Ukraine as early as this autumn.

Alliance members are expected to commit to new weapons supply contracts worth billions of dollars and to increase arms production volumes, including for Ukraine, at the NATO summit in Ankara next month.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated that no agreements on Ukraine were reached during last year's summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian ruler Vladimir Putin.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has urged the international community to remain vigilant in light of the "mobilisation exercises" currently being held in Belarus's Grodno Oblast.