The United States has imposed sanctions on a number of entities within the Russian Defence Ministry, as well as two Russian companies and five Russian nationals.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has discussed several issues with US Vice President JD Vance in a phone call, including air defence systems for Ukraine.

Those detained on suspicion of the beating of Ukrainian citizens in Wrocław, Poland, face up to five years in prison.

The new French ambassador to Ukraine, Brice Roquefeuil, has arrived in Kyiv, presented copies of his credentials and paid tribute to Ukrainian defenders.

EU Ambassador to Ukraine Katarína Mathernová has expressed hope that the change of leadership at Ukraine's Ministry of Defence will not affect the pace at which European funding for Ukraine's defence needs arrives.

Andrii Sybiha, acting minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, has welcomed the agreement in the EU on the 21st package of sanctions against Russia, which is now just one step away from adoption.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said that the new sanctions package against Russia will target the country's financial system, energy sector and military industry, while also announcing further restrictions.

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.