The Portuguese Air Force will strengthen its maritime surveillance with AR5 drones specially designed by technology company Tekever for maritime missions.

Moldova is providing a 50% discount on rail transit for Ukrainian cargo, with the new arrangement in effect from 10 August until the end of the year.

The Lithuanian government on Wednesday 12 August approved changes to its plan for constructing defensive engineering fortifications along the borders with Belarus and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast, including the creation of a new defensive belt.

Germany has delivered a €5.7 million aid package to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES), including robotic systems.

Marc Henrichmann, chairman of the German Bundestag's Parliamentary Oversight Panel and member of the Christian Democratic Union party, wants Germany's intelligence services, which he says need to be "rebuilt from the ground up", to be given powers to carry out pre-emptive cyberattacks against Russian drone manufacturers.

Reuters has learned that Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are cooperating to shield their infrastructure from potential Russian attacks that could be staged as "false-flag" operations, as allied intelligence services have repeatedly warned.

Ukraine has uncovered an intensive Russian propaganda campaign across Europe, in which the migration crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta is being used to destabilise the region.

Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned the Russian ambassador in connection with the crash of a Russian missile on the territory of the Lublin Voivodeship on 30 July.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has held a phone call with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk after a Russian missile crashed on Polish territory on 30 July.

France's Ministry of Interior has ordered the expulsion from the country of Russian propagandist Xenia Fedorova, who previously headed RT France, the French-language branch of RT (formerly Russia Today).

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Paris on 13 July.

The European Union has exposed and condemned malicious Russian cyber activity that has targeted EU member states for many years.

Kaja Kallas, the EU's top diplomat, commenting on the resignation of Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko and changes to the Cabinet of Ministers, has said that forming a government is the internal affair of each country.

Polish Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has defended the government's decision to transfer Patriot missiles to Ukraine, saying that military assistance to Ukraine is in Poland's national interest.

According to a poll, 44.8% of Poles believe that the military assistance Poland has provided to Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion has been excessive.