Russia has the greatest interest in worsening relations between Poland and Ukraine and would be “overjoyed” if a deep political crisis were to arise between the two countries.
German defense technology company Quantum Systems has signed a multimillion-euro contract to supply Ukraine with ten autonomous Daimler Truck Zetros vehicles and ten MANDRILL unmanned ground platforms for frontline testing.
German companies DEUTZ and ARX Robotics are launching industrial-scale serial production of Gereon unmanned ground systems in the city of Ulm, with the first units expected to be delivered to Ukraine by the end of the summer.
Within the area controlled by the Joint Forces Task Force, combat operations remain intense; Ukrainian defenders are preventing the enemy from gaining a foothold in Kupiansk and from establishing a bridgehead in Lyman.
More than 6,500 people are to be evacuated on a mandatory basis from two settlements in the Synelnykove and Nikopol districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
On the afternoon of July 10, Russian forces attacked Konotop in the Sumy region; a 70-year-old man was injured, and a school, a hospital, and heating plants were damaged.
In June, at least 265 civilians were killed, and 1,816 were injured as a result of Russian strikes on Ukraine—one of the highest civilian casualty figures since the start of the full-scale war.
Russian troops have resumed activity in the Orikhiv sector of the Zaporizhzhia region and, according to Ukrainian intelligence, may take advantage of deteriorating weather conditions to deploy infiltration and sabotage groups closer to Orikhiv.
Russian troops use grids to protect the upper profiles of their ships from drones; however, these structures serve no practical purpose due to how explosions propagate underwater.
As of now, no Russian ships—including cruise missile carriers—have been observed in the waters of the Azov-Black Sea region; however, the occupiers continue to attempt attacks from the sea using kamikaze drones.
As of the morning of July 10, Russian attacks left consumers without electricity in four Ukrainian regions, while severe weather continued to disrupt power supply in ten settlements across two regions.
Over the past 24 hours, on July 9, Kharkiv and 10 other settlements in the Kharkiv region were attacked by Russians; one person was killed, and 11 others were injured, including a child.
On July 9, in the Chernihiv region, enemy drones struck the grounds of a water supply facility; there was also an attack on a power facility and a wood-processing plant.
Ukraine is interested in cooperating with Japan's Mitsubishi, which holds a license to manufacture missiles for the Patriot air defense system and has experience in establishing such production.