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Ukraine

• Zelenskyy Praises 'Important' Call With Trump, Says Air Defense Discussed RFE/RL 04 Jul 2025 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has praised what he called a "very important and useful conversation" with his US counterpart Donald Trump in a phone call on July 4 that came hours after a massive Russian attack on Kyiv.
• Dozens of Shaheds Were Taken Down Specifically by Interceptor Drones Today; We Are Scaling This Up to the Hilt - Address by the President President of Ukraine 04 Jul 2025
• President of Ukraine Holds Phone Call with President of the United States President of Ukraine 04 Jul 2025
• Andrii Sybiha comments on Russia's night attack on Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 04 Jul 2025
• Andrii Sybiha held a meeting at the MFA on returning Ukraine's share of the former USSR's foreign assets Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 04 Jul 2025 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine continues its systematic efforts to counter the aggressor state on all international legal avenues, including the issue of returning to Ukraine its rightful share of the foreign assets of the former USSR.
• Ukrainian UAV for laser designation approved for operational use within the Defence Forces Ukraine MOD 04 Jul 2025
• Ukraine and NATO are developing an improved algorithm for the safe evacuation of wounded personnel at JATEC Ukraine MOD 04 Jul 2025
• SSU and Prosecutor's Office uncover dealers selling rear positions to military personnel Security Service of Ukraine 04 Jul 2025 -- The SSU Military Counterintelligence and investigators, in cooperation with the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, have dismantled a large-scale scheme for selling rear military positions in Kyiv region.
• SSU found Chinese-made components in drones used by russia to attack Kyiv today Security Service of Ukraine 04 Jul 2025 -- Investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine have found components manufactured in the People's Republic of China in the Geran UAV (russian version of the Shahed UAV). This is evidenced by the markings of the manufacturer, Suzhou Ecod Precision Manufacturing Co.
• Following SSU investigation, FSB agent who spied on Kharkiv defenders under cover of trips to dacha sentenced to 15 years in prison Security Service of Ukraine 04 Jul 2025 -- Based on evidence collected by the Security Service, another enemy agent has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. The perpetrator spied on the locations of the Defense Forces in Kharkiv.
• SSU detains FSB agent who adjusted ruscist massive attacks on Kyiv (video) Security Service of Ukraine 04 Jul 2025 -- The Security Service of Ukraine has apprehended an agent of russia's federal security service who adjusted russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv.
• Ukrainian defense companies to open production facilities in Denmark Ukraine Government 04 Jul 2025 -- Today, on July 4, in Copenhagen, Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine Herman Smetanin and Minister of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs of Denmark Morten Bødskov finalized agreements on cooperation in defense production between the two countries.
• Ukraine Gets Higher Quotas For Some Agricultural Exports In Preliminary Trade Deal With EU RFE/RL 04 Jul 2025 -- The European Commission and Kyiv have struck a preliminary deal that should allow more Ukrainian agricultural exports into the European Union.

Russia

• Battlefield Advantage, US Arms Shortages Give Putin Chance to Talk to US From Position of Strength Sputnik 04 Jul 2025 -- Thursday's Putin-Trump phone call didn't see much progress toward ending the Ukraine crisis, but in the current situation, it didn't have to, veteran former DoD insider Michael Maloof says.
• More Russian POWs Exchanged Under Istanbul Agreements Sputnik 04 Jul 2025 -- Another group of Russian servicemen has been returned from the territory controlled by the Kiev regime under the Istanbul agreements.

United States

• US Secretary of Defense Hegseth Takes Unilateral Step to Reduce Military Aid to Ukraine Sputnik 04 Jul 2025 -- US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has made the decision to partially suspend US military assistance to Ukraine unilaterally, ignoring an analysis by senior military officers, the NBC broadcaster reported on Friday, citing officials.
• Trump says 'no progress' made with Putin on Ukraine Press TV 04 Jul 2025 -- US President Donald Trump admitted he was "not happy" with the outcome, conceding he "didn't make any progress" with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over the Ukraine war.
• Trump says no progress on Iran, Ukraine in phone call with Putin People's Daily 04 Jul 2025 -- U.S. President Donald Trump said that he did not make any progress during his phone call earlier on Thursday with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over Iran and the Ukraine conflict.

NATO

United Nations

• Update 300 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 04 Jul 2025 -- Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) lost all off-site power for several hours today, once again underlining the extremely fragile nuclear safety situation at the site, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.
• Threefold increase in the number of children killed or injured in Ukraine over the past three months UNICEF 04 Jul 2025 -- The verified number of children killed or injured in Ukraine between 1 March and 31 May 2025 increased by more than 200 per cent compared to the previous quarter, according to data from the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission to Ukraine.

Foreign Reactions

• Training of Ukrainians evolves with warfare Australia DOD 04 Jul 2025 -- Australia's support for the multi-national mission to train Ukrainian military personnel continues to evolve, three years after Russia's 2022 invasion escalated a conflict that began in 2014.
• Russia further intensifies its use of chemical weapons in Ukraine Netherlands Ministry of Defence 04 Jul 2025 -- The Netherlands Defence Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD), the Netherlands General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) and the German foreign intelligence service BND warn that Russia's use of chemical weapons in Ukraine is intensifying.
• UN Human Rights Council 59: UK Statement on the Oral Presentation of the High Commissioner on Ukraine and Interim Report of the Secretary General on Crimea UK FCDO 04 Jul 2025 -- UK Statement for the Interactive Dialogue on the Oral Presentation of the High Commissioner on Ukraine and Interim Report of the Secretary General on Human Rights on Crimea. Delivered by the UK's Human Rights Ambassador, Eleanor Sanders.
• Lithuania protests to Russia over most intense shelling of Ukraine to date Lithuania MFA 04 Jul 2025 -- Today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania summoned the chargé d'affaires ad interim of the Russian Embassy in Lithuania to protest regarding the extremely massive shelling of Ukraine by the Russian military forces.
• Wang Yi Elaborates on China's Position on the Ukraine Crisis PRC MofA 04 Jul 2025 -- On July 3, 2025 local time, Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi elaborated on China's position on the Ukraine crisis when meeting the press with German Foreign Minister Johann David Wadephul.
• Chinese FM calls for peace talks to solve Ukraine crisis Global Times 04 Jul 2025 -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday that China has consistently advocated for peace talks to solve the Ukraine crisis and welcomes the efforts of all parties to reach a comprehensive, lasting, and binding peace agreement.

News Reports

• Is This The Summer That Russia Breaks Ukraine? (Not Likely) RFE/RL 04 Jul 2025 -- At one point during a grueling 110-day tour in the obliterated frontline Ukrainian city of Toretsk, Dmytro, a soldier with Ukraine's 100th Separate Mechanized Brigade, listened in to the radio traffic among Russian soldiers.