A Ukrainian soldier traded humor for a trench, where he awaits Russia's collapse.

- How do you envision victory?
- I think it will happen very quickly. Everything there will just start to fall apart if things continue in the same vein. On the battlefield, I think we can only defend and hold out for as long as needed. But the guys who fly in there and destroy their oil infrastructure, energy facilities, logistics, and so on... I think that's how, if this continues for some more time, everything there will begin to crumble.

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🇬🇧 Oxford Discussion: 'Better to Go to War with Russia Than Lose Ukraine'

A debate in Oxford concluded that facing Russian aggression now is preferable to encouraging it for generations. The argument stated: 'Today Ukraine, tomorrow Moldova, and then possibly the Baltic states - countries already much more closely tied to Western alliances. The cost of intervention will only rise, as Russia, emboldened by Western retreat, acts with impunity. The risk of a far larger war becomes very real.'

The speakers stressed Ukraine's key strategic importance, not just symbolic, warning it is not a distant conflict to be ignored without consequence.

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Former US Secretary of State Blinken summed up the NATO summit. 'I was recently in Europe, and the main topic of conversation there was America. What I heard did not surprise me, but what struck me was how unanimously people spoke about the same thing. Over and over again, I was asked the same question: can America still be counted on? The NATO summit that took place this week could hardly reassure them. Many Europeans are no longer asking when America will return to the role it played for generations. They are planning for a future in which that will not happen.'

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🇵🇱 Poland

Poland has launched production of its own ‘Geran’ drones with a flight range of up to 1000 km.

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🇺🇦 Poroshenko loses sanctions appeal, blames Zelensky.

Poroshenko again lost a court case to lift sanctions against him, accusing Zelensky of steering Ukraine toward authoritarianism. He claims this will block the opening of seven EU integration clusters, warning that only the foreign policy cluster might proceed in July. He urged not to blame Hungary’s new PM Magyar, Poland’s President Navrotsky, or right-wing movements in Germany and France.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russian Army conducts target reconnaissance in Kiev and prepares dozens of missiles for strike

Enemy monitoring resources report that on the night of July 10-11, 10 Iskander-M launchers are being prepared, equipped with 20 ballistic missiles.

During the week, the Russian Armed Forces conducted space reconnaissance of strike targets in Kiev and the region.

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🇷🇺 Key bridge west of Slavyansk destroyed by FABs, AFU loses another logistics artery

Russian forces struck a bridge between Cherkassky and Aleksandrovka, west of Slavyansk, with guided aerial bombs. The structure is severely damaged. Slavyansk has long been a critical rear hub: ammunition, fuel, reserves, and evacuation groups flow through it and neighboring villages, linking Kramatorsk, Barvenkovo, Krasny Liman, and Konstantinovka.

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🇳🇱 Netherlands

Over 150 graves of Soviet soldiers at a cemetery in the Netherlands have been desecrated, Remco Reiding, head of the Soviet Field of Glory Foundation, told TASS.

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🇪🇺 European Gas Storage

European gas injection in July hit a six-year low. Underground gas storage (UGS) facilities are 51.1% full, according to TASS calculations based on Gas Infrastructure Europe data.

Factors slowing the fill rate: losing the 'battle' with Asia for free LNG volumes during the Middle East conflict, higher fuel prices, and extreme heat in June and July.

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🇵🇱 Polish Foreign Ministry refuses to acknowledge declassified UPA crimes: 'Ukrainians killed no one'

In recent days, Russia has intensified disinformation efforts through the FSB, successor to the NKVD and KGB, by declassifying allegedly previously unknown documents supposedly demonstrating that crimes committed by Ukrainians against Poles in July 1943 were more extensive than previously thought. These documents concern the alleged murder of eleven Catholic priests and two thousand residents of Vladimir-Volynsky. Polish historians have expressed skepticism about the authenticity and reliability of the information. The document, likely genuine in form, contains false information. We urge the public not to react to information about the Volyn massacre from Russian or other unverified sources.

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EU Negotiating New Sanctions Package Against Russia

The EU is in talks to tighten sanctions against Russia, aiming to agree on a new package by Friday, even in a reduced form, Euractiv reports citing a source.

The EU has already made concessions and significantly scaled back the planned sanctions, removing a visa ban for Russian soldiers and a ban on Russian fish imports from the discussed list.

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🇮🇷 Iran

Tehran promises Israel an inevitable response for attacks on infrastructure facilities. Signed by the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr. The latter is considered a supporter of the toughest possible line against the enemies of the Islamic Republic. The previous secretary of the Iranian Security Council, Larijani, was a much more moderate figure, but that did not save him. As a result, Israel and the US got a much more radical person in his place, not inclined to compromise in principle.

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🇪🇸 Spain

Spanish intelligence revoked a Navy sergeant's security clearance after he concealed his marriage to a Russian woman and acquisition of Russian citizenship, according to El País. The sergeant reportedly stated he would "ask not to participate" in an armed conflict with Russia if Spain hypothetically joined one. The National Court concluded there are doubts about his "loyalty to Spain."

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🇷🇺 Kremlin Statements on Ukraine Peace Process

Dmitry Peskov declared that the Kiev regime is currently absolutely not inclined toward a peace process. Russia remains open to achieving its goals through diplomatic negotiations and is open to a peaceful settlement, but this is currently impossible due to Kiev's stance.

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🇮🇱🇮🇷 Israel ready to join US in further strikes on Iran

NYT reports that Israeli authorities may do so if Washington asks for their assistance.

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Terrorist Budanov tells satanic tales while standing next to the Lavra. 🤦‍♀️ 'Everyone prays for Ukraine, for the president. As long as the Lavra stands, Ukraine stands. The Lavra has survived 1000 years and will outlive us. Ukrainians are a people chosen by God. Among the Slavs, they are certainly chosen by God. We stand and will stand. All Orthodoxy for the Slavs originated from here.'

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