Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal held a meeting in London with Armin Papperger, CEO of the German defense company Rheinmetall AG, on the sidelines of the international arms exhibition DSEI.
A new program for Ukraine’s recovery, EU4Reconstruction, has officially been launched in Kyiv. The program is a joint initiative of the European Union, Denmark, Germany, France, and Lithuania.
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski stated that U.S. President Donald Trump must understand that Russian leader Vladimir Putin is mocking him and his peace initiatives to end the war in Ukraine.
Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal held several meetings with representatives of leading defense companies in London during the DSEI international arms exhibition.
Russian troops attacked the Nikopol and Synelnykove districts of Dnipropetrovsk region throughout the day, damaging enterprises, administrative buildings, private houses, and a gas pipeline, and injuring three people.
Russian invaders dropped at least three guided bombs on the village of Uspenivka in the Zaporizhzhia region, causing damage and destruction to residential buildings.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 88 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops. Fighting continues in seven sectors, with the enemy continuing to attack most intensely in the Pokrovsk sector.
The dynamics of export revenue inflows to Ukraine is stable, which indicates the effectiveness of the National Bank’s financial monitoring in this area.
Slovakia is ready to offer assistance in promoting peace in Ukraine, while refusing to provide military support to Ukraine, because, according to Prime Minister Robert Fico, this contributes to the continuation of the war.
Next week, Ukraine’s foreign exchange rates will be influenced mainly not by internal but external factors, in particular the U.S. Federal Reserve System’s decision on the rate policy.
Ukraine is preparing a meeting at the Coalition of the Willing in the US and events within the UN General Assembly dedicated to the issues of Crimea and abducted Ukrainian children.
The United States and NATO Allies must be prepared to confront Russia, as well as other aggressor states who openly threaten the peaceful democracies of the free world.