Key occasions
‘Putin is mocking your peace efforts,’ Polish overseas minister tells Trump urging him to revive provides for Ukraine
Polish overseas minister Radosław Sikorski instructed US president Donald Trump in a social media submit that Russia’s Vladimir Putin was “mocking your peace efforts” as he urged him to “restore supplies of anti-aircraft ammunition to Ukraine and impose tough new sanctions on the aggressor.”
Sikorski added that the huge Russian assault final evening has brought on “fires and much damage, including to the Polish consulate in Kyiv.”
Footage exhibits explosions in Kyiv after Russia pummels metropolis in all-night drone assault – video
Macron spoke with Trump final evening on Iran, Ukraine, EU-US commerce talks
Angelique Chrisafis
in Paris
The Elysée stated simply after midnight that Emmanuel Macron had spoken to Donald Trump late on Thursday evening. An Elysée supply stated they mentioned Iran, Ukraine and present negotiations between the EU and the US on tariffs.
Macron additionally spoke to Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday to debate Iran and Gaza.
Kyiv strike in a single day noticed largest variety of drones and missiles utilized in single assault, Ukraine says
Ukraine’s air drive consultant Yuriy Ignat stated the in a single day assault on Kyiv noticed the biggest variety of Russian drones and missile utilized in a single assault throughout the greater than three-year invasion, AFP reported.
Russia will increase use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, German and Dutch intelligence companies warn
German federal intelligence service, BND, has simply revealed a joint report with the Dutch intelligence and army intelligence companies accusing Russia of accelerating using chemical weapons in Ukraine in a violation of the Chemical Weapons Conference.
Dutch defence minister, Ruben Brekelmans, stated on the report:
“These weapons are being employed systematically and on a large scale. This is a slippery slope. It is completely unacceptable and again demonstrates the brutality of the aggressor Ukraine has to face.”
He added:
“Reducing the edge for using one of these weapon poses a hazard not solely to Ukraine but additionally to the remainder of Europe and the world.
This requires extra sanctions, the isolation of Russia and undiminished army assist for Ukraine.”
The notice says that in accordance with Ukrainian data, “Russia has carried out more than 9,000 chemical weapons attacks on Ukrainian troops since the start of the large-scale invasion in 2022,” with no less than three deaths instantly attributable to publicity to chemical weapons.
Morning opening: Russian assaults on Ukraine proceed
Jakub Krupa
Russia launched 550 drones and missiles in a single day concentrating on Kyiv and different Ukrainian cities simply hours after a cellphone name between the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and US counterpart, Donald Trump.
An all-night assault on the capital injured no less than 23 folks, damaging railway infrastructure and setting buildings and automobiles on hearth all through town, authorities within the Ukrainian capital stated in feedback reported by Reuters.
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko stated that explosions had been recorded in six out of ten of town’s districts.
The assault – the most recent in a sequence of escalating Russian airstrikes in latest weeks – got here simply hours after the most recent cellphone name between Trump and Putin by which the US president reportedly tried to push for a ceasefire and peace talks.
However Trump instructed reporters he was “very disappointed” with the dialog with Putin, including “I’m just saying I don’t think he’s looking to stop, and that’s too bad.”
He added:
I didn’t make any progress with him in any respect.
Trump is predicted to talk with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy later immediately.
I’ll deliver you all of the updates right here.
It’s Friday, 4 July 2025, it’s Jakub Krupa right here, and that is Europe Reside.
Good morning.
