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Ukraine

• Zelenskyy Urges 'Biting' Sanctions On Moscow After Record Russian Air Attack RFE/RL 09 Jul 2025 -- Russia launched a record number of air attacks on Ukraine overnight and through the morning on July 9 prompting a renewed call from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for "biting" sanctions against Russian oil and other measures to try and bring Moscow to the negotiating table for peace talks.
• All Legal Grounds for Using Frozen Russian Assets Are in Place; What's Needed Now Is the Political Will of the World - Iryna Mudra President of Ukraine 09 Jul 2025
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Keith Kellogg Discuss U.S. Weapons Supplies to Ukraine and Sanctions Against the Russian Federation President of Ukraine 09 Jul 2025
• President of Ukraine Meets with President of Italy President of Ukraine 09 Jul 2025
• At the OSCE, Ukraine Calls on the International Community to Support the Bring Kids Back UA Initiative to Return Children Abducted by Russia President of Ukraine 09 Jul 2025
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy Had an Audience with Pope Leo XIV President of Ukraine 09 Jul 2025
• Comment by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the ECHR decision in the case "Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia" Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 09 Jul 2025 -- "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine welcomes the decision of the European Court of Human Rights regarding the admissibility for consideration of the case 'Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia'."
• Comment by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the Memorandum of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights following his visit to Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 09 Jul 2025 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has taken note of the Memorandum of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O'Flaherty following his visit to Ukraine on March 17-21, 2025.
• Andrii Sybiha comments on Russia's latest night attack on Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 09 Jul 2025
• Artillery Coalition meeting: updating Defence Forces' needs and strategic planning Ukraine MOD 09 Jul 2025
• Over 12 hours of autonomous operation: Ministry of Defence codifies domestic UF training kit Ukraine MOD 09 Jul 2025
• Strengthening support and achieving a just peace: Ukrainian delegation begins work in Rome Ukraine MOD 09 Jul 2025
• Ukraine and NATO outline JATEC priorities for 2026 Ukraine MOD 09 Jul 2025
• SSU detains Chinese spies who collected secret technologies of Ukraine's Neptune missiles production Security Service of Ukraine 09 Jul 2025 -- In Kyiv, the SSU Counterintelligence has detained two citizens of the People's Republic of China who were attempting to illegally provide secret documentation on the Ukrainian RK-360MC Neptune missile system to China.

Russia

• Russian Forces Take Control of Tolstoy Settlement in DPR Sputnik 09 Jul 2025 -- The Russian armed forces have taken control of the settlement of Tolstoy in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
• Russian Troops Moving Forward, Creating Buffer Zone to Ensure Security - Kremlin Sputnik 09 Jul 2025 -- On May 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Russian Armed Forces were in the process of establishing a security buffer zone along the border with Ukraine.
• Three Victims of Ukraine's Attack on Kursk Seriously Injured - Acting Governor Sputnik 09 Jul 2025 -- Three of those injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on a beach in the Russian city of Kursk, remain in a serious condition after they were hospitalized and operated on, Kursk Region Acting Governor Alexander Khinshtein said on Wednesday.

United States

• Trump Has No Idea Who Authorized Pause on Military Aid to Ukraine Sputnik 09 Jul 2025 -- US President Donald Trump stated on Tuesday that he does not know who authorized the pause in certain military deliveries to Ukraine.
• Trump says U.S. to send more weapons to Ukraine People's Daily 09 Jul 2025 -- Members of U.S. President Donald Trump's national security team plan to discuss details of shipping weapons to Ukraine on Tuesday, after Trump said the United States would send more weapons to the country, according to media reports.
• US Spends Over $1.6Bln in Ukraine Aid to Boost Domestic Shell Production - Document Sputnik 09 Jul 2025 -- The United States has directed over $1.6 billion in Ukraine aid funding toward expanding the US military's industrial base, benefiting domestic arms manufacturers and boosting homegrown shell production, a Sputnik correspondent's analysis of the US Army's latest budget for fiscal year 2026 showed.

NATO

United Nations

• 70 per cent of children in Ukraine lack access to basic goods and services as material deprivation soars UNICEF 09 Jul 2025 -- Around 70 per cent of children in Ukraine - or 3.5 million - now lack access to basic goods and services, including adequate food or shelter, according to new data published today by UNICEF. This proportion of children experiencing 'material deprivation' increased from some 18 per cent in 2021, prior to the escalation of the war in February 2022.

Foreign Reactions

• The Court holds Russia accountable for widespread and flagrant abuses of human rights arising from the conflict in Ukraine since 2014, in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights European Court of Human Rights 09 Jul 2025 -- "The case Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia (applications nos. 8019/16, 43800/14, 28525/20 and 11055/22) concerned the conflict that began in eastern Ukraine in 2014 following the arrival in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of pro-Russian armed groups, and escalated after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine beginning on 24 February 2022. It also concerned the shooting down of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine on 17 July 2014, killing all those on board, many of whom were Dutch nationals."
• European Court Rules Russia Responsible for MH17 Downing, War Crimes in Ukraine RFE/RL 09 Jul 2025 -- Judges at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) have ruled that Russia is responsible for several international law violations during its war in Ukraine and the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 that killed 298 passengers and crew.
• PACE President welcomes a historic ECHR judgment in the case of Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia Council of Europe 09 Jul 2025 -- Theodoros Rousopoulos, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), today made the following statement:
• European Court of Human Rights condemns Russia's actions in Ukraine Estonia MFA 09 Jul 2025 -- Today, 9 July, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France, issued a judgment in a case brought by Ukraine and the Netherlands against Russia.
• European Court of Human Rights: Russia responsible for downing of flight MH17 Government of the Netherlands 09 Jul 2025 -- On 9 July 2025 the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held that Russia is responsible for the downing of flight MH17 and for the deaths of everyone on board, including 196 Dutch nationals.
• Conference in Strasbourg takes stock of the situation of the children of Ukraine three and a half years into the war Council of Europe 09 Jul 2025 -- Opening a conference in Strasbourg on9 July to take stock of the situation of the children of Ukraine, Council of Europe's Secretary General Alain Berset, recalled the thousands of children from Ukraine who have suffered deportation or are still displaced, the many who have lost years of education, and the far too many who have lost "homes, families, limbs — even their lives."
• Statement from Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide on the airstrikes in Ukraine Government of Norway 09 Jul 2025 -- 'I condemn the large-scale Russian airstrikes against multiple Ukrainian cities', said Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide.
• Russia's illegal war in Ukraine continues to have a devastating impact on children: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 09 Jul 2025 -- Deputy Ambassador James Ford condemns the grave violations Russian armed forces and authorities have committed against children in Ukraine, including through attacks on schools and hospitals.

News Reports

• British Court Sentences 3 For Arson Plot Linked To Russia's Wagner Group RFE/RL 09 Jul 2025 -- A British jury convicted three men of setting fire to a London warehouse where Ukrainian-bound equipment was being stored, a plot prosecutors said was orchestrated by operatives linked to the Russian mercenary company Wagner.