Ukraine war live updates: G7 to announce security guarantees for Ukraine; Kremlin 'struck' by speed of Sweden, Finland NATO accession

G7 member London said in an emailed statement that the G7 countries will release a framework to ensure Ukraine’s long-term security on Wednesday.

“This joint declaration, to be signed by all G7 members, sets out how our allies will support Ukraine in the coming years to end war, deter and respond to future attacks,” said Downing Street. It will be a thing,” he said.

“As Ukraine advances strategically in counterattacks and deterioration of the Russian military begins to affect Putin’s front lines, we are stepping up our formal arrangements to defend Ukraine in the long term,” said the British strategist. Prime Minister Snak said.

He is currently attending the July 11-12 NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, where defense alliance members have put assistance to Ukraine at the top of their agenda.

“Together with formal, multilateral and bilateral agreements and the overwhelming support of NATO member states, supporting their progress on the road to NATO membership will send a strong signal to President Putin and bring peace to Europe. ,” Sunak said.

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Kiev junta launches airstrikes on Ukrainian capital Kiev for two consecutive nights said on telegramAccording to Google Translate.

“After a break of more than a week, the enemy launched Iranian drones over Kiev for the second day in a row. Air alert lasted more than two hours,” the news agency said.

The military claimed to have destroyed enemy targets but did not share information on casualties or damage at this time.

Telegram’s Google-translated commentThe Ukrainian Air Force said Russian forces had used Iranian-made Shahed 136/131s to attack Ukraine overnight from the northeast. A total of 15 drones took part in the attack, the unit detailed, but did not specify how many units were involved in the attack on Kiev.

CNBC was unable to independently verify the deployment on the ground.

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Russia’s recent military strikes, including airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital Kiev, could be a “demonstrative reaction” to the Vilnius summit of the US-led NATO alliance, which will meet again today. The Institute for War Studies said: in Tuesday’s report.

The think tank said the drone attack on Russian port infrastructure coincided with the first day of the NATO summit in Vilnius and may have been aimed at dissuading NATO members from providing further military aid to Ukraine. is high,” he said.

NATO countries have unanimously expressed their support for Ukraine, but Kiev’s application for membership has yet to go ahead.

“Russia has threatened the Black Sea Grains Agreement to force the agreement’s first broker, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, against Ukraine’s NATO membership and the July 7 return of five Ukrainian Azovstal commanders. Recent statements of support have not been ignored and not appreciated by the Kremlin,” the ISW added.

Turkey finally approved Sweden’s membership of the military coalition on Monday, but the Kremlin warned that the membership could have “negative consequences”.

— Luxandra Iordake

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska arrived in the Lithuanian capital on Tuesday as leaders discussed continued support for Kiev amid a continuing war with Russia at a NATO summit. .

The group’s executive director, Jens Stoltenberg, said: felt stressed He said Ukraine would receive a “strong and positive message on the way forward” regarding its accession.

However, President Zelensky remains frustrated that NATO has not disclosed a timeline or specific details for his country’s future membership in NATO. calling it “Unprecedented absurdity” on Telegram.

Kiev is pushing for NATO membership after a full-scale Russian invasion, but security alliance officials have previously said it would be impossible. unlikely to continue Meanwhile, war is being waged on Ukrainian territory.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the Kremlin was “shocked” by the speed with which “neutral” countries such as Finland and Sweden chose to join the NATO military alliance.

“We want both Finland and Sweden to give up their neutrality and give them the advantages that this neutrality has brought to them over the decades, the relatively independent role they play in Europe and the world. I am shocked that they have abandoned the speed that has given them their reputation and prestige on both the international stage,” Lavrov said at a press conference in Moscow with visiting Omanian Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. told reporters.

Lavrov also said Finland and Sweden had renounced “special trade, economic investment and other ties with the Russian Federation” by joining NATO.

Lavrov’s comments follow NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s announcement that Sweden will become the 32nd member state to join the military alliance. Finland became a NATO member in April.

— Amanda Macias

43-year-old immigration lawyer Kirilo Balashkov in his bunker in Kryukivshina, a small town near Kiev, July 10, 2023. After several missiles exploded near his home on the outskirts of Kiev, Kirilo Balashkov decided the only way to protect his family was to build his own bunker to be safe.

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