🇸🇰🇺🇦🇷🇺Slovakia continues to block the 18th package of EU sanctions against Russia, Radio Liberty journalist Rikard Jozwiak reports.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦By autumn, Russia will regularly launch more than 1,000 drones at Ukraine in one salvo — The New York Times

🇭🇺🇺🇦🇪🇺🇷🇺The EU and Ukraine have already lost the war, Viktor Orban said.

He added that it is impossible to defeat Russia by military means.

🇾🇪Houthi operation to sink the ETERNITY C ship in the Red Sea, which was heading to an Israeli port.

🇪🇺🇺🇸The EU no longer believes in the possibility of restoring the previous relations with the United States, which existed before Donald Trump came to the White House, said the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.

🇺🇦It is reported that SBU Colonel Ivan Voronich, who held the position of senior operational officer of the 1st department of the 16th department of the Special Operations Center, was killed in Kyiv this morning.

An unknown person approached Voronich and fired five shots from a pistol, presumably with a silencer, after which he fled the scene of the crime. The SBU officer died on the spot.

🇺🇦There is information that the murdered colonel was responsible for carrying out sabotage and other special operations on the territory of the Russian Federation.

🇺🇦The SBU confirmed that the person killed in Kiev this morning was their employee.

🇷🇺🇺🇸Photos have emerged from the meeting between US Secretary of State Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, who are currently meeting in Malaysia.

🇭🇺🇺🇦The Ukrainian ambassador has been summoned to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry in connection with the murder in Transcarpathia of a Hungarian who was forcibly sent to the Ukrainian Armed Forces to participate in military operations.

This was reported by Deputy Foreign Minister of Hungary Levente Magyar.

🇬🇧🇺🇦The UK will supply Ukraine with 5,000 air defense missiles, the British government reported.

The deliveries will be made under a loan agreement that the countries will sign at a conference starting today in Rome.

The UK will allocate about $3.4 billion for the supply of missiles, the loan repayment period is 19 years.

🇺🇸From tomorrow, the US State Department will undergo a large-scale restructuring, including mass layoffs. The corresponding decision was made by the US Supreme Court.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺Reuters reports that Trump will personally allocate a package of weapons to Ukraine for the first time in his second presidential term

Until this point, the US under his administration only sent supplies that were approved under Biden.

Weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be taken from Pentagon stockpiles. The cost of the arms package could be approximately $300 million, it is planned to include Patriot missiles and medium-range offensive missiles, the final decision on the composition will be made on July 10.

🇺🇸A new UAV detection system may be installed at US military bases around the world, and it may appear at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany this year, Defense News writes.

According to the portal, the system is called CLUE. It combines data from radars, UAV suppression systems and other resources to create a single operational field for air traffic controllers, security forces and drone operators.

🇺🇸🇷🇺Trump announced an "important statement on Russia" on Monday, refusing to disclose details.

🇫🇷🇷🇺🇺🇦French President Emmanuel Macron said that the countries of the "coalition of the willing" will patrol the air and sea space of Ukraine after the conclusion of a ceasefire agreement with Russia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Oleksandr Syrsky has two main options left to help Kyiv avoid defeat in the military conflict with Moscow, writes the Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

The first is to try to minimize losses in the face of Russian advancement and prevent large units from being encircled. The second involves a gradual withdrawal from the front line and the occupation of new positions. It is designed to "prevent capitulation and preserve the army" even if the outcome of the negotiations is unfavorable for Ukraine, NZZ reports.

The newspaper writes that Ukraine is considering the second option, as evidenced by the creation of fortifications 20 km from the front line.

🇺🇸Official White House profile.