Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called on Germany to supply Taurus cruise missiles, giving assurances that this will not lead to an escalation of the war.

Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, has urged Germany and the United States to provide long-range Taurus and ATACMS missiles, assuring that they will be used solely inside Ukraine's borders.

Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, a member of the Bundestag from the Free Democratic Party, has spoken out against restricting the flight range of Taurus cruise missiles as a condition for their supply to Ukraine.

The German government has stated that preparations for delivering Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine are not currently underway.

Nearly 900 Ukrainian marines have completed training in the United Kingdom to conduct small boat amphibious operations, including beach raids.

Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, has termed the negotiations in Saudi Arabia with representatives from 42 countries around the world as a 'breakthrough' for Kyiv. The meeting took place last weekend.

The United States Department of Defenсe has assessed the tactics of the ongoing offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, pointing out outstanding results in a less-than-ideal situation.

The US Department of Defense has commented on the plans to use the remaining US$6.2 billion – revealed during a Pentagon audit of US military assistance to Ukraine – to help Ukraine.

The German government is considering the possibility of supplying Ukraine with long-range Taurus cruise missiles from the Bundeswehr stockpile in the coming months.

US President Joe Biden’s administration has submitted a request to Congress to allocate more than US$22 billion by the end of the year to support Ukraine.

The German government may soon decide to supply Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles capable of hitting targets up to 500 km away.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Elina Valtonen, believes that Ukraine should determine the conditions for peace on its own without external pressure.

Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs, has stated that Ukraine will be ready to engage in talks with Russia once its troops withdraw from Ukraine, but not with President Vladimir Putin.

The US Department of State has commented on the initiative of the UAE President, who proposed organising a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Dubai Climate Conference.

As of 30 June 2023, almost 4.7 million non-citizens of the EU who left Ukraine due to the war have temporary protection status in EU countries.

The incomes of two-thirds of Ukrainian refugees in Czechia fall below the poverty line since a significant number working in unskilled positions.

Latvia has become another country to have joined the G7 declaration in support of Ukraine.

The US Department of State has commented on Russia's missile attack on the city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, which claimed the lives of at least 9 people.

The United States Department of State will announce a new military assistance package for Ukraine this week.

Based on the current situation on the battlefield, Western officials are beginning to see it as unlikely that a major success for Ukraine's Defence Forces would make a major difference.

The first Leopard 1 tanks were shipped from Belgian territory to Ukraine on Monday morning.

The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Marija Pejčinović-Burić, has reacted to the Russian missile strike on Pokrovsk, resulting in numerous casualties and injuries.

Colonel Mart Wendla, the Chief of the General Staff of the Defence Forces of Estonia, believes that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are superior to the Russian Armed Forces in long-range artillery and strike accuracy.

Brigadier General Pat Ryder, Pentagon Press Secretary, stated during a briefing that he would not engage in discussions about Ukrainian operations or potential Ukrainian operations.

The US Department of State considers it productive that China participated in the meeting in Saudi Arabia regarding the end of Russia's war against Ukraine.

The United States has allocated over $66 billion in total aid to Kyiv since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The German government's reluctance stems from fears that Kyiv might use these missiles to strike Russian territory. Additionally, the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) have only 150 missiles ready for deployment.

The head of the permanent delegation of the Verkhovna Rada to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Yehor Cherniev, announced that he received information from German colleagues about the agreement of key Bundestag parliamentary groups to send long-range missiles Taurus to Ukraine.

Representatives of the top military leadership of Ukraine and Poland have held a meeting during which one of the key topics was the possible threats posed by the deployment of the Wagner Group in Belarus.