NATO says it is only a matter of time before Mykhailo Drapatyi, the newly-appointed commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, and Alexus Grynkewich, Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander of US Forces in Europe (SACEUR), meet in person.

The European Union has said it considers all individual sanctions it has imposed, including those against Tatiana Navka, the wife of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, to be justified and well-founded.

On the morning of Thursday 23 July, the EU's Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) reached an agreement on the content of the EU's new 21st package of sanctions against Russia and decided to hold a written procedure for its approval in the afternoon.

Hungary has refused to approve the screening results for negotiation clusters 2 and 3 for Ukraine and Moldova during a meeting of the Council of the EU's Working Party on Enlargement (COELA) on 22 July.

The European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) has decided to terminate the current €2 million grant to Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia after the Russian pavilion resumed operations in a limited format at the Venice Biennale this spring.

The Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU (COELA) will on 22 July hold its second discussion with Hungary regarding the approval of the screening results for negotiating clusters 2 and 3 for Ukraine and Moldova, a step required to begin the procedure for their opening.

The Élysée Palace has released a list of state leaders and representatives of international institutions who will take part in the Coalition of the Willing summit in Paris on 13 July.

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Velislava Petrova has said that the names of Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill and Lukoil founder Vagit Alekperov have been removed from the draft of the 21st EU package of sanctions against Russia, allowing Bulgaria to fully support the package.

The remaining negotiating clusters for Ukraine's EU accession talks will be postponed until autumn after the sixth cluster is opened on 14 July.

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.

Kaja Kallas, the EU chief diplomat, has said ahead of the EU foreign ministers' meeting that the EU's 21st package of sanctions against Russia is not yet ready for approval but that the EU Foreign Affairs Council may approve a separate individual sanctions list of 250 persons and companies on 13 July.

European Pravda's source said the presence of France's Ukrainian partners will demonstrate France's solidarity with Ukraine and its determination to support the country in defending its sovereignty, territorial integrity and freedom.

The European Union's 21st Russia sanctions package could be approved on Monday 13 July, during a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.

The Council of the European Union is expected to approve additional sanctions against Russia on Monday 13 July in response to its large-scale attacks on Ukraine.

The EU plans to open cluster 6 External Relations for Ukraine and Moldova at a meeting of the EU General Affairs Council in Brussels on 14 July.