Kaja Kallas, the EU chief diplomat, has announced that the EU's Operation Irini in the Mediterranean Sea had stopped a tanker suspected of belonging to Russia's shadow fleet for inspection.

Debris of what is likely a Russian missile has been found in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway in the country's far north.

Ed Miliband, Foreign Secretary in the new UK government, has held his first call in office with Andrii Sybiha, acting Foreign Minister of Ukraine.

Acting Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has condemned a Russian strike on a civilian tanker en route to a Ukrainian port and thanked Romania for swiftly rescuing the crew.

The Polish government's security committee is set to discuss the risk of a Russian provocation involving Ukrainian attack drones that have fallen into Russian hands relatively intact.

One of Russia's Shahed-type drones flew into Moldova and exploded on the night of 12-13 July, near a village almost 30 km from Moldova's border with Ukraine.

The European Commission has expressed concern over a recent International Olympic Committee decision that creates conditions for Russian athletes to return to competition.

Polish Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has said that negotiations on the terms of transferring MiG-29 aircraft to Ukraine are ongoing and he sees chances of a positive outcome.

European leaders at the NATO summit in Ankara were surprised by the unexpectedly pro-Ukraine tone of US President Donald Trump, with some concluding that Ukraine's recent success in what Trump described as "long-range sanctions" had significantly influenced his position.

Ukraine and Estonia have signed a Drone Deal agreement on cooperation in unmanned technology on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that securing interceptor missiles for Patriot air defence systems would be the key issue in his discussions with Kyiv's partners at the NATO summit.

The key suspect in the attempted murder of Ukrainian businessman Vadym Yermolaiev in Monaco is alleged to be Ukrainian citizen Anastasiia Berezovska, who has been placed on Interpol's wanted list.

The United States is said to have passed Warsaw a warning that Moscow is considering an armed provocation against Poland to "test NATO's resolve".

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said that she will propose expanding sanctions against companies supporting Russia's military industry following a Russian large-scale attack on Kyiv on the night of 1-2 July.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Ireland, which takes over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 July.