NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg confirms he’ll be in the office for another year - until October 2024.

Head of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer:

Ukraine will not receive F-16s until the end of the counteroffensive.

Pilot training, technician training, the logistics organization that can actually support these aircraft will not be available until the counter-offensive is over.

Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan:

From a strategic and security perspective, it is now more open to debate whether Sweden's membership in NATO would be a burden or a benefit.

Iran has officially joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

The Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, Danilov:

Currently, Ukrainian Army is more focused on exhausting the Russian Army, rather than moving forward.

Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan:

At a time when Sweden's membership in NATO is being discussed, the fact that the Swedish security system is not sufficient to prevent provocations makes us think strategically.

French President Emmanuel Macron intends to impose financial penalties on the families of young people involved in riots.

“A kind of minimum fare after the first escapade,” Macron explained.

Big explosions heard in Sevastopol, Crimea.

Ukrainian Naval Forces truck mounted 25mm 2M-3 naval gun.

A pair of Russian MT-LB with 25mm 2M-3 naval gun somewhere in Ukraine.

#BREAKING Russian MiG-31 fighter jet crashed during a training flight in Kamchatka Krai, Russia.

Hungary says it’ll back Sweden’s NATO entry once Türkiye moves

Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said they would support Sweden's bid to join NATO if Türkiye signaled its readiness to do so.

Russian Ka-52 helicopter strike on Ukrainian Strela-10 air defense system.

Italian-supplied Ukrainian 155mm M109L self-propelled howitzer with metal cage.

Ukrainian solution for kamikaze UAVs: 6 combined AK-74s.

Adviser to the head of Rosenergoatom Karchaa:

On the night of July 5, Kyiv is going to attack Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant using high-precision weapons and kamikaze drones, including Tochka-U missile with a warhead stuffed with nuclear waste.

The second batch of American M2A2 ODS-SA Bradley IFVs are considered to have arrived in Ukraine recently.

Huge explosion reported in Makiivka, Donetsk.