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Combat Operations

• On The Battlefield, Russia Leans Into A Window Of Opportunity That Ukraine's Trying To Shut RFE/RL 12 Jul 2024 -- It's the dog days of a brutal summer on Ukraine's battlefields, where Russian advances have been slow but relentless and Ukrainian forces are stretched thin by a lack of soldiers, strained by the exhausted frontline units unable to rotate out for rest.
• Kremlin calls talk of long-range missiles in Ukraine 'dangerous escalation' VOA 12 Jul 2024 -- Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday statements by NATO members this week regarding the possible use of long-range weapons systems in Ukraine represent a "dangerous escalation."

Ukraine

• Zelenskiy Hails Ukraine Compact As 'Important Achievement' For Kyiv, Others RFE/RL 12 Jul 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomed a new agreement on long-term support for Ukraine finalized at this week's NATO summit in Washington as an "important achievement" and praised the U.S. leadership for its "decisive action" to ensure Ukrainian security.
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy Discussed Regional Cooperation with the Governor of Utah President of Ukraine 12 Jul 2024
• I Invite You to Build People-to-People Connections That Will Last Forever - Speech by the President of Ukraine at the Meeting of the US National Governors Association President of Ukraine 12 Jul 2024
• Cooperation at the Level of Defense Companies and Assistance in Reconstruction: the President Met with American Governors President of Ukraine 12 Jul 2024
• On the Sidelines of the NATO Summit, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Met with Giorgia Meloni President of Ukraine 12 Jul 2024
• Endorsement of the Ukraine Compact Marks the Solemn Conclusion of the NATO Anniversary Summit President of Ukraine 12 Jul 2024

Russia

• Meeting with Zaporozhye Region Governor Yevgeny Balitsky President of Russia 12 Jul 2024 -- Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Zaporozhye Region Governor Yevgeny Balitsky.
• Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin's interview with Rossiya Segodnya, July 12, 2024 Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 Jul 2024
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on the UN General Assembly adopting Ukrainian draft resolution "Safety and security of nuclear facilities of Ukraine, including the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant" Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 Jul 2024

United States

• Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh Holds a Press Briefing DoD 12 Jul 2024
• U.S. Announces Latest Security Package for Ukraine DoD News 12 Jul 2024 -- As the NATO summit in Washington concluded yesterday, the U.S. announced its latest security package for Ukraine.
• U.S. Diplomat Says Kyiv's Drive Toward Western Norms Will Thwart Moscow's Aggression RFE/RL 12 Jul 2024 -- Ukraine's position in its battle to repel invading Russian troops has improved recently and Kyiv's drive to integrate with Western democratic structures will ultimately triumph over Moscow's aggression, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O'Brien told RFE/RL in an interview.
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Russian Minister of Defense Andrey Belousov DoD 12 Jul 2024

NATO

• NATO summit concludes with security guarantees for Ukraine VOA 12 Jul 2024 -- NATO leaders headed home Friday after a three-day summit in which they celebrated the alliance's 75th anniversary and made long-term commitments of military support for Ukraine, promising its future is in NATO. The leaders also called out China, Iran and North Korea for enabling Russia in its war against Ukraine.
• Former US ambassador discusses NATO summit VOA 12 Jul 2024 -- The 2024 NATO Summit hosted all 32 international allies in Washington this week, from Tuesday to Thursday.
• NATO's Washington Summit And Its Real Legacy RFE/RL 12 Jul 2024 -- Ukraine may have inched closer to NATO at the military alliance's summit in Washington this week, but it's hard to escape the feeling that despite all the headline-grabbing pledges and promises, things aren't actually as rosy as they are being made out to be, especially from Kyiv's point of view.
• Biden Positions Himself As Defender Of NATO And Ukraine Following 'Putin' Gaffe At Summit RFE/RL 12 Jul 2024 -- U.S. President Joe Biden, speaking in a highly anticipated news conference following the conclusion of the NATO summit in Washington on July 11, stressed his efforts building partnerships to oppose Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and said he would "keep NATO strong."
• NATO agrees to provide extensive support to Ukraine Government of Norway 12 Jul 2024 -- The NATO countries have agreed to increase military support to Ukraine significantly. Measures approved by the Allies at the Washington Summit include EUR 40 billion in support within the next year, a greater coordinating role for NATO in training and weapons support, and the appointment of a NATO Senior Representative to head the NATO Representation to Ukraine.

United Nations

Foreign Reactions

• Landsbergis in Washington, D.C.: "Only our brave steps to accelerate Ukraine's NATO membership will protect Ukrainian children from deadly missiles" Lithuania MFA 12 Jul 2024 -- The NATO-Ukraine Council, established during the 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius, met in Washington, D.C., for the second time at the leadership level, with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy participating.
• The situation in Ukraine and technical co-operation: UK national statement to IAEA Extraordinary Board, July 2024 UK FCDO 12 Jul 2024 -- UK Ambassador to the IAEA Corinne Kitsell's statement to the International Atomic Energy Agency Extraordinary Board of Governors meeting on Ukraine
• Orban Takes Solo 'Peace Mission' To Mar-A-Lago, Says Trump Is 'Going To Solve It' RFE/RL 12 Jul 2024 -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with former U.S. President and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in Florida on July 11 after the Central European leader's attendance at NATO's 75th anniversary summit in Washington concluded earlier the same day.

News Reports

• Interview: White House 'extremely concerned' about closer Russia-North Korea ties Radio Free Asia 12 Jul 2024 -- Mira Rapp-Hooper is the Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for East Asia and Oceania at the White House National Security Council, or NSC.
• Concern Rises Over Racial Extremism After Arrest Of Alleged White Supremacist Headed To Ukraine RFE/RL 12 Jul 2024 -- The U.S. Justice Department on July 12 said ethnically motivated attacks were becoming a serious global threat and suggested the global community take them more seriously, a day after announcing the arrest of an 18-year-old New Jersey man who is accused of plotting to attack a U.S. electrical substation to advance his white-supremacist views.
• The Week In Russia: MH17 And The Children's Hospital RFE/RL 12 Jul 2024 -- A decade after a Russian missile shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over the war zone in Ukraine, Russia strikes a children's hospital in Kyiv. NATO vows staunch support for Kyiv, but Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban undermines the message. And the Kremlin's clampdown on dissent continues.