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‘Putin is mocking your peace efforts,’ Polish overseas minister tells Trump urging him to revive provides for Ukraine
Polish overseas minister Radosław Sikorski advised US president Donald Trump in a social media submit that Russia’s Vladimir Putin was “mocking your peace efforts” as he urged him to “restore provides of anti-aircraft ammunition to Ukraine and impose robust new sanctions on the aggressor.”
Sikorski added that the huge Russian assault final evening has brought about “fires and far harm, together with to the Polish consulate in Kyiv.”
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Footage reveals explosions in Kyiv after Russia pummels metropolis in all-night drone assault – video
Footage reveals explosions in Kyiv as Russia launches all-night drone assault – video reportShare
Macron spoke with Trump final evening on Iran, Ukraine, EU-US commerce talks
Angelique Chrisafis
in Paris
The Elysée stated simply after midnight that Emmanuel Macron had spoken to Donald Trump late on Thursday evening. An Elysée supply stated they mentioned Iran, Ukraine and present negotiations between the EU and the US on tariffs.
Macron additionally spoke to Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday to debate Iran and Gaza.
French President Emmanuel Macron (L) talks with US President-elect Donald Trump (L) throughout a ceremony to mark the re-opening of the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris in 2024. {Photograph}: Thibault Camus/AFP/Getty ImagesShare
Kyiv strike in a single day noticed largest variety of drones and missiles utilized in single assault, Ukraine says
Ukraine’s air drive consultant Yuriy Ignat stated the in a single day assault on Kyiv noticed the most important variety of Russian drones and missile utilized in a single assault in the course of the greater than three-year invasion, AFP reported.
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Russia will increase use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, German and Dutch intelligence providers warn
German federal intelligence service, BND, has simply revealed a joint report with the Dutch intelligence and army intelligence providers accusing Russia of accelerating the usage of chemical weapons in Ukraine in a violation of the Chemical Weapons Conference.
Dutch defence minister, Ruben Brekelmans, stated on the report:
“These weapons are being employed systematically and on a big scale. This can be a slippery slope. It’s utterly unacceptable and once more demonstrates the brutality of the aggressor Ukraine has to face.”
He added:
“Reducing the edge for the usage of any such weapon poses a hazard not solely to Ukraine but additionally to the remainder of Europe and the world.
This requires extra sanctions, the isolation of Russia and undiminished army help for Ukraine.”
The be aware says that in line with Ukrainian data, “Russia has carried out greater than 9,000 chemical weapons assaults on Ukrainian troops for the reason that begin of the large-scale invasion in 2022,” with no less than three deaths straight attributable to publicity to chemical weapons.
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Morning opening: Russian assaults on Ukraine proceed
Jakub Krupa
Russia launched 550 drones and missiles in a single day focusing on Kyiv and different Ukrainian cities simply hours after a telephone name between the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and US counterpart, Donald Trump.
An explosion of a drone lights up the sky over town throughout a Russian drone and missile strike, amid Russia’s assault on Ukraine in Kyiv, Ukraine. {Photograph}: Gleb Garanich/Reuters
An all-night assault on the capital injured no less than 23 folks, damaging railway infrastructure and setting buildings and vehicles on hearth all through town, authorities within the Ukrainian capital stated in feedback reported by Reuters.
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko stated that explosions had been recorded in six out of ten of town’s districts.
The assault – the most recent in a collection of escalating Russian airstrikes in latest weeks – got here simply hours after the most recent telephone name between Trump and Putin through which the US president reportedly tried to push for a ceasefire and peace talks.
However Trump advised reporters he was “very dissatisfied” with the dialog with Putin, including “I’m simply saying I don’t suppose he’s seeking to cease, and that’s too dangerous.”
He added:
I didn’t make any progress with him in any respect.
Trump is anticipated to talk with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy later at present.
I’ll convey you all of the updates right here.
It’s Friday, 4 July 2025, it’s Jakub Krupa right here, and that is Europe Stay.
Good morning.
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