U.S. to send more defensive weapons to Ukraine – Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump announced that his administration intends to supply more defensive weapons to Ukraine.
08 July 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump announced that his administration intends to supply more defensive weapons to Ukraine.
During an attack by Russian drones in Mykolaiv, explosions were heard. As a result of the strike, a fire broke out in the suburb, and one person was injured.
More than 30 companies in Ukraine produce drones that use fiber optic communication for control and video transmission.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius will visit the United States next week to discuss continued support for Ukraine.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a Kherson resident who, acting on orders from Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), coordinated Russian artillery strikes on the city of Kherson from the east bank of the Dnipro River.
Keith Kellogg, U.S. President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for Ukraine, is reportedly planning to visit Rome this week to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and attend the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2025).
The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has published information on 110 cultural artifacts appropriated by Russian occupiers during illegal archaeological excavations conducted between 2014 and 2025 in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
07 July 2025
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt denied that the U.S. government had deliberately halted arms supplies to Ukraine amid large-scale Russian attacks, calling the move a "pause" for a standard review of available weapons.
As of 21:00, the number of people injured in the morning drone attacks on Kharkiv has risen to 82, including eight children.
Ukraine is working with all its partners on drone production, and a meeting with the members of the "Coalition of the Willing" is being prepared for this week.
Olga Stefanishyna, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, has stated that all negotiation clusters related to Ukraine's accession to the European Union should be opened by the end of 2025.
Ukraine is preparing to finalize new air defense agreements with its partners in the coming weeks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Maja Riniker, President of the National Council of Switzerland, to discuss humanitarian support and the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff.
On Monday, July 7, the UK government imposed new sanctions against Russia for its use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
The reconstruction of the treatment and diagnostic building of Ukraine’s National Children’s Specialized Hospital Ohmatdyt is currently being funded through charitable donations, while the state budget has reserved funds to support the effort if needed.
The Swedish government has approved a contribution of 20 million SEK (approximately 2.1 million USD) to support the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) missions focused on nuclear safety in Ukraine in 2025.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a conversation with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, during which they coordinated diplomatic efforts and discussed expectations for the upcoming Coalition of the Willing meeting, set to take place in Rome in the coming days.
Russian UAVs have struck the Kharkiv Regional Territorial Recruitment Center (TRC) and the vicinity of the Zaporizhzhia Regional TRC, injuring several people.
Despite increasingly aggressive policies by the Kremlin toward Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijan and Russia remain deeply linked authoritarian regimes, and a real conflict between Presidents Aliyev and Putin is unlikely, as it involves not only politics but multi-billion-dollar mutual interests.
Since the start of the day, 97 combat engagements between Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops have been recorded, with 40 of them occurring in the Pokrovsk sector.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has confirmed that, during the night of July 7, Ukrainian forces struck a Russian ammunition production facility in Moscow region.
The demand by Sergey Lavrov, the foreign minister of the aggressor country, to enshrine “denazification” in the peace agreement demonstrates that Russia rejects peace efforts and resorts to ultimatums in 2022.
The Russian command has transferred several battalions of a newly formed motorized rifle regiment to the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
More than 115,000 families have already received assistance through the “eRecovery” program, and nearly 18,000 have received preferential mortgages under the “eOselia” program.
Russian occupation forces in southern Ukraine have increased the number of attacks on Ukrainian defenders' positions and air strikes on populated areas in Kherson, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, and other regions. In addition, the enemy has increased its use of Molniia-type loitering munitions by more than 40%.
The UK government has made a voluntary contribution of GBP 400,000 to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to support its activities aimed at strengthening Ukraine's security and protection against chemical threats.
A fire broke out at an ammunition storage site in the Mykolaiv region, resulting in isolated detonations.
A former official of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry and former executives of a state defense enterprise are under investigation for supplying unfit missile systems, causing the state losses amounting to UAH 90 million (approximately $2.2 million).
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink has criticized President Donald Trump's administration for disregarding experienced professionals and lacking a strategic approach in its policy toward Ukraine and Russia.