Matthew Miller, spokesman for the US Department of State, answering a question about the possibility of NATO countries being able to shoot down Russian missiles over the territory of Ukraine, has said that this is a decision that must be made by the Alliance members collectively.

Russia has released Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan as part of a large prisoner exchange between Russia and the US.

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, has announced the transfer of a €1.5 billion tranche from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.

The Russian detained in Paris on 19 July on suspicion of preparing provocations during the 2024 Olympics turned out to be Kirill Griaznov, a 40-year-old Russian chef. He revealed his plans in a drunken conversation which caught the attention of special services.

The Pentagon has found errors in its accounting calculations, which have allowed it to find an additional US$2 billion for weapons for Ukraine.

The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the acting Russian chargé d'affaires following the intrusion of Shahed drones into Romanian airspace.

Lithuania will receive European Commission funding to secure its border with Russia.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has said that sooner or later Ukraine will receive permission from its allies to strike with Western weapons at targets deep into the territory of the Russian Federation.

Luminița Odobescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania, has commented on the incidents with Shahed drones, which Russia uses to attack Ukraine and which have violated Romanian air space.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated that to prevent the deployment of American long-range missiles in Germany, Russia must first cease its war against Ukraine. He also expressed regret that Russia disregards arms control agreements.

The Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs was surprised to learn that Karin Kneissl, the former head of the department and a guest of the Kremlin propaganda channel RT, had been asked to speak as an expert before the UN Security Council.

The Netherlands and Denmark purchased 14 Leopard 2A4 tanks for Ukraine's Armed Forces, and they will arrive in Ukraine by the end of the summer.

Slovakian President Peter Pellegrini sharply criticises Ukraine for stopping the transit of oil produced by Lukoil (Russia’s largest oil company) through the Druzhba pipeline and threatens to respond to Kyiv's actions.

The State Security Service of Georgia claims that the plot to assassinate Bidzina Ivanishvili, the honorary chairman of the Georgian Dream party and an oligarch, was "arranged and financed by former high-ranking officials of the Georgian government and former law enforcement officers in Ukraine."

The Ministry of Health of Latvia, together with Latvian companies, has prepared another batch of humanitarian aid for Ukraine; the decision to send it was approved by the government the day before.