Ukraine's acting foreign minister Andrii Sybiha has spoken by phone with his Moldovan counterpart, Mihai Popșoi, congratulating him on his reappointment.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said during a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on 23 July that Moscow is ready for negotiations and called for an end to arms supplies to Ukraine.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that he will discuss the Russia-Ukraine war with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The Venice Biennale has said it will challenge the European Union's decision to withdraw a €2 million grant in response to Russia's return to the exhibition in 2026.

Heorhii Tykhyi, spokesperson for Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has commented on a "secret" meeting of former senior German and Russian officials in Baku, Azerbaijan.

British defence company BAE Systems and a strategic Ukrainian defence partner have signed a licensing agreement for the production of Light Gun artillery systems in Ukraine.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has said that former senior German and Russian officials held a secret meeting in Baku in mid-July to discuss possible ways of ending Russia's war against Ukraine.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has held a "very good phone call" with Ukraine's newly appointed Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi.

Denmark has contributed an additional €10.66 million to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund.

Taras Kachka, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine, has said EU member states' permanent representatives have approved the opening of the sixth negotiating cluster of Ukraine's EU accession negotiations, titled External Relations.

The EU plans to allow Ukraine to purchase British weapons using €60 billion, the military portion of the EU's €90 billion loan.

Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have signed an agreement on cooperation in unmanned technology on the sidelines of the NATO summit.

Polish Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has disclosed details of the military assistance Warsaw has provided to Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived for a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (also known as the Ramstein format).

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has said Germany is joining the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) programme for the fourth time.