Türkiye has admitted that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation on 3-4 July in Kazakhstan.

The Pentagon has responded to Russia's accusations that the US is involved in a "hybrid war" against it after Ukraine's strikes on Crimea by noting that Ukraine chooses its own targets.

The 14th package of EU sanctions against Russia includes measures to combat the import and sale of historical and cultural property illegally exported from Ukraine. 

The new package of sanctions against Russia, adopted on Monday, 24 June, also includes an expansion of the ban on flights over EU territory.

The 14th package of EU sanctions against Russia includes measures against the System for Transfer of Financial Messages’ (SPFS), developed by the Central Bank of Russia as an analogue of the SWIFT system.

The 14th package of EU sanctions against Russia includes additional tools to combat the circumvention of existing restrictive measures.

The Council of the European Union adopted the 14th package of economic and individual sanctions against Russia on 24 June.

The European Union has developed a legal workaround to bypass Hungary's veto on the purchase of weapons for Ukraine using profits obtained from frozen Russian assets this year, which could also clear the path for the G7 to disburse US$50 billion to Kyiv. 

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has suggested that one of the reasons for the declining popularity of the ruling coalition in Germany’s east is the government's policy towards Ukraine.

Věra Jourová, Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency, has said that there are risks of Russian interference in the German Bundestag elections next year.

Ukraine received a new batch of special equipment provided by Germany to help reconstruct its energy infrastructure.

Lithuania's Defence Ministry has been recording increased Russian aircraft activity in the Baltic region for the second week in a row.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that NATO defence ministers have not agreed on a funding plan for Ukraine, which provides for annual assistance of €40 billion a year.

NATO defence ministers have approved an "operational plan for expanding support to Ukraine", which provides for the coordination of arms supplies and training for Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has admitted that his country, which has its own position on Russia's war against Ukraine, cannot influence the stance of other allies.