Zelenskyy said that on 31 July he "received a good phone call" from Vance and hinted that a key topic of the conversation was interceptor missiles for Patriot air defence systems.

"We followed up on our recent meeting with President Trump in Washington, which was positive and productive. As Russia's air attacks on our country continue unabated, air defence – specifically Patriot interceptors against ballistic missiles – remains a top priority," Zelenskyy wrote on X.

Received a good phone call from the Vice President of the United States, @JDVance. We followed up on our recent meeting with President Trump in Washington, which was positive and productive. As Russia's air attacks on our country continue unabated, air defense – specifically… pic.twitter.com/eK9pKbeGtR

– Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 31, 2026

They also discussed the impact of Russia's war on global markets.

"We agreed that our teams will stay in touch and work through everything discussed today. I thank the United States for its support of Ukraine and our people," the president added.

US President Donald Trump said that he is "not sure" whether to allow Ukraine to produce interceptor missiles for Patriot systems.

According to The Atlantic, during closed-door talks at the White House on 28 July, Zelenskyy asked Trump to allow Ukraine to use the Starlink system on Russian territory to strike ballistic missile launchers.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on X that analysts had identified a pro-Russian media network led by Pravda and RT, which has been spreading thousands of publications about the migration crisis in Ceuta.

According to estimates, more than 1,500 such publications have been recorded, including 300 published by the Spanish-language version of Pravda.

Sybiha stressed that Russia has for years used migration and other sensitive issues to fuel fear and destabilise European countries.

He also called on European partners to fully ban all Russian propaganda outlets.

"This is not about the situation itself, but about the way Russia tries to exploit any topic that can benefit its agenda. The only way to protect the public from this interference is to cut it off," Sybiha said.

Spain's Interior Ministry reported that since the start of the migration crisis, more than 50,000 people have illegally entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco, while local authorities say the real figure is even higher.

Amid the crisis in Ceuta, governments in Italy and Czechia have called for the Schengen Area to be closed to Spain.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU would step up support for Spain in response to the migration crisis in Ceuta, where tens of thousands of migrants have entered illegally from Morocco.

"Today, the Polish Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador in connection with the missile that hit Polish territory yesterday," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wrote on X.

The Polish prime minister did not provide further details about the summons.

Polish investigators have confirmed that a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile, manufactured in the second quarter of 2026 at a factory in Moscow Oblast, crashed in the Lublin Voivodeship on 30 July.

Polish Deputy Defence Minister Cezary Tomczyk stated that a Ukrainian pilot tracked the Russian Kh-101 missile until the very last moment, but was unable to shoot it down and was forced to turn back 20 seconds from the border.

Tusk said there are no grounds to believe Poland was the target.

Polish President Karol Nawrocki expects to receive a detailed government report on the Russian missile incident and will not be convening a meeting of the National Security Council.

As reported by The Atlantic, Kyiv is offering the US a way out of supplying Ukraine with interceptor missiles for Patriot systems, stocks of which have been dramatically depleted by the US's war with Iran. Instead, Ukraine wants to be able to expand its use of another American technology – the Starlink satellite communications network controlled by Elon Musk.

According to two officials speaking on condition of anonymity, Zelenskyy asked Trump to secure Musk's permission for Ukraine to use Starlink to guide drone strikes on Russian territory. A third official confirmed that the Ukrainian president made this request.

So far Musk has only allowed Ukraine to use Starlink on its own territory, including in Crimea and other Russian-occupied oblasts. Musk's company SpaceX has also restricted the use of Starlink on Russian territory.

On 28 July, Zelenskyy explained to Trump that Kyiv needs to be able to hit small, mobile targets on Russian territory such as the ballistic missile batteries Russian forces use to strike cities across Ukraine.

During his visit to the US, Zelenskyy also requested a meeting with Musk to discuss his plan for destroying these launch systems, but according to The Atlantic's source, Musk declined.

The source said Trump told Zelenskyy during the White House meeting that he will consider these requests, but gave no indication as to whether he will ultimately agree to them.

One official said Trump's final decision on Zelenskyy's proposal would likely depend heavily on whether the US president believes it could help bring the war to a swifter end. If he believes that using Starlink would allow Ukraine to force Putin to the negotiating table, Trump may support the proposal. But if he believes it would only escalate the situation, he is likely to withhold support, the official said.

Zelenskyy also pointed out to Trump that Ukraine needs to be able to counter the missile threat before winter, when Russia may again try to cripple the country's energy grid and heating system.

In early July, Trump told Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the NATO summit that the US would grant Ukraine the right to manufacture Patriot air defence systems.

However, in a recent interview with the Financial Times, Trump said he has not yet decided whether to allow Ukraine to produce Patriot interceptor missiles.

As reported by Polish news portal RMF24, Prosecutors completed their examination of the crash site in Tarnawa-Kolonia, around 95 km from the Ukrainian border, on the evening of Thursday 30 July. Investigators have recovered numerous missile fragments, which will undergo detailed forensic examination on 31 July with the participation of a Ukrainian expert.

Marcin Kozak, a spokesperson for the Lublin prosecutor's office, said on 30 July that the impact crater had been filled in and the land could once again be used by its owner.

He added that soldiers from Poland's Territorial Defence Forces had searched an area of about 3 sq km, recovering numerous fragments of the missile, including parts of its engine.

The crater created by the missile impact on 30 July after it was filled in with soil. Photo: RMF24

Kozak said further procedural steps would take place on Friday 31 July, including a forensic examination of the debris at military police headquarters. A Ukrainian expert will assist Polish investigators in identifying the recovered object.

On the evening of 30 July, Poland's Deputy Defence Minister Cezary Tomczyk confirmed that the missile that fell in the Lublin district was a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile.

Earlier, Kozak said investigators had examined the explosion site, a crater measuring about 10 m in diameter and 5 m deep. They documented missile debris and components and collected soil samples.

Earlier, NATO said it was in close contact with the Polish authorities over the incident involving the Russian Kh-101 missile.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha also spoke with his Polish counterpart, Radosław Sikorski, after the Russian cruise missile entered Polish airspace. Sybiha assured him that Ukraine stands in full solidarity with Poland.

Commenting on the missile's crash in Lublin Voivodeship, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said there was no reason to believe that Poland itself had been the intended target.

As reported by the Polish Press Agency (РАР), Sobkowiak-Czarnecka said Ukraine's proposal is straightforward: Poland would supply the fighter jets, while Ukraine would provide drone technology in return. She added that the government is "not currently discussing" a scenario in which Poland would pay to modernise the aircraft.

"A concrete response from the Ukrainian side has been on the table for several days now, detailing what drone technology they can provide in exchange for the MiG fighter jets," she said.

She was also asked why Poland was not selling the MiG-29 fighter jets to Bulgaria, which has expressed an interest in purchasing them.

In response, Sobkowiak-Czarnecka said negotiations on the aircraft had initially begun with Ukraine.

She added that Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz would make a decision after reviewing Ukraine's proposal.

Sobkowiak-Czarnecka also stressed that the matter would not remain unresolved for long and should be decided within "a matter of weeks at most".

At the end of June, Kosiniak-Kamysz said Ukraine had withdrawn from the proposed "MiGs for drones" agreement. A few days later, he claimed this was due to a historical dispute between Kyiv and Warsaw.

However, in July, Kosiniak-Kamysz said reaching an agreement on the issue was still possible.

He later stated that Bulgaria was interested in purchasing Polish MiG-29 fighter jets, which Ukraine also wants, but that Warsaw had not ruled out reaching an agreement with Kyiv.

On 29 July, Kosiniak-Kamysz said the Ukrainian side had once again expressed interest in acquiring Polish MiG-29 fighter jets in exchange for drone technology.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he will be considering the matter following an incident in which a Russian Kh-101 missile violated Polish airspace.

"After this incident, we will... consider the question of further assistance to Ukraine as soon as possible, including the transfer of additional missiles for Patriot systems should the need arise," Tusk said, as quoted by Ukrinform.

As previously reported, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked US President Donald Trump for an emergency package of Patriot interceptors during their meeting in Washington on 28 July.

Zelenskyy said that during his latest meeting with Trump at the White House, the two leaders discussed licences for the production of Patriot interceptor missiles and "several other ideas that could help".

As reported by Polish radio station RMF FM, the man was detained on Thursday 30 July. A spokeswoman for the Małopolska (Lesser Poland) Voivodeship police said that officers had gathered evidence relating to the man's social media activity.

On this basis, he was charged with public incitement to commit murder and insulting the president of Ukraine.

According to police, the 40-year-old expressed remorse during questioning. He told police he had got carried away and regretted what he had done.

He faces up to three years in prison for the alleged offences.

The proceedings are being overseen by the district prosecutor's office in Muszyna.

On 29 July, Zelenskyy visited Lublin, where he held talks with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

During the talks, Zelenskyy raised the issue of the security challenges facing Ukrainian citizens amid a rise in acts of aggression against Ukrainians in Poland.

Ukraine will purchase 16 Gripen E fighter jets worth €2.5 billion using funds from the EU's €90 billion loan.

An official European Commission statement said to a European Pravda correspondent that part of the €3.47 billion tranche transferred by the EU to Ukraine on 30 July will go towards purchasing Gripen fighter jets. Responding to a follow-up question from the European Pravda correspondent, European Commission spokesman Balazs Ujvari confirmed this but declined to specify the number of aircraft or the sum involved.

The European Pravda correspondent later learned from her own sources that €2.5 billion of the €3.47 billion tranche will be allocated to purchasing the Gripen fighter jets.

Ukraine plans to purchase 16 Gripen fighter jets from Sweden in the near future.

Given that manufacturing new aircraft for Ukraine takes time, Sweden will transfer older-model jets already in service with its armed forces to Ukraine free of charge in 2026.

Ukraine expects to receive the first of the new Gripen fighter jets as early as 2027.

On 16 July, the then UK prime minister Keir Starmer announced €300 million in support for the supply of 16 aircraft to help protect Ukrainian skies.

In May, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced the forthcoming transfer to Ukraine of 16 used Gripen fighter jets, along with plans to sell 20 new aircraft.

Meanwhile, the EU has announced that new "defence tranches" will be disbursed from the €90 billion loan in the coming weeks.

As reported by Polish news portal RMF24, Tusk visited the site where the object which had violated Polish airspace came down. He confirmed earlier reports that it was most likely a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile.

"There are no grounds to believe that Poland was the intended target," he said.

Tusk also added that "Russia will do everything possible to avoid responsibility."

He said that the US is interested in participating in the investigation into the overnight violation of Polish airspace.

"It is important to me that what happened in the past is not repeated. Everything must be transparent, and people must be fully informed. This war is full of surprises. We must learn to respond very quickly to new situations and new threats," the Polish prime minister added.

Earlier, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said that the object that fell in Poland was indeed a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile.

On the morning of 30 July, Polish Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said that the country's air defence had endured an "extremely difficult night."