Rastislav Gajdošík, a military volunteer from Slovakia who fought for Ukraine, has been missing for more than a month, and he is suspected to have been killed.

The number of employed Ukrainians with temporary protection has increased to almost 60% over the past year.

Petr Pavel, President of Czechia, considers it necessary to involve Russia and China in the peace initiatives to end the Russo-Ukrainian war in order for these initiatives to be fruitful.

The Digi24 media outlet, citing army sources, reported that the Romanian military, who were instructed to inspect the Romanian Danube bank after a Russian drone attack on Ukrainian ports, found metal fragments that could be the wreckage of downed Shaheds.

An air-raid warning has been issued for the second night in a row in the Romanian district of Tulcea along the Danube due to another Russian airstrike on Ukrainian ports across the river.

The European Union ambassadors have approved the allocation of macro-financial aid to Ukraine in the amount of about €4.2 billion under the Ukraine Facility programme.

On the night of 24 July, two F-16 fighter jets took off in Romania in connection with a Russian kamikaze drone attack on Ukrainian ports on the Danube, which are separated from Romanian territory only by the riverbed. 

Dmitry Peskov, the spokesperson for the Kremlin leader, called the EU's intention to use the first tranche of proceeds from Russian frozen assets to buy weapons for Ukraine a "theft" and threatened with a "proportionate response".

At a meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday, two main issues will be discussed regarding Ukraine: support for the Ukrainian energy system before the next winter and support for the capabilities of Ukrainian air defence. 

Ukraine and Czechia have signed a bilateral security agreement following the Group of Seven's Vilnius Declaration on security guarantees for Ukraine. This is the 24th such agreement.

Ukraine and Slovenia have signed a bilateral security agreement in continuation of the G7 declaration on security guarantees for Ukraine.

The German government has approved the draft budget for 2025, which includes a twice smaller amount of aid to Ukraine compared to that in 2024, after lengthy debate.

The compromise draft budget, which the German government is expected to approve on Wednesday after lengthy debates within the coalition, includes two times less funding to support Ukraine than in 2024.

Belgium and Ukraine have signed an agreement that launches recovery cooperation and provides for investments of about €150 million over four years.

Spain has delivered a new shipment of military aid to Ukraine, including ten repaired Leopard 2A4 tanks.