In a significant step to strengthen its future security, Ukraine has signed a letter of intent to purchase up to 100 Rafale jets, unmanned aerial vehicles, air defence systems and additional key equipment from the French Republic. This deal was formalized by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and French president Macron during a joint press briefing at the Elysée presidential residence. The Ukrainian leader referred to the arrangement as “a historic agreement.”
Several relatives of Ukrainian children who were forcibly deported to Russia have sounded the alarm about their well-being, reporting that all contact has been cut off. During a uncommon press event in Paris, Darina Repina, who is responsible for two children removed after Moscow's full-scale invasion of the country in recent years, stated that officials in Russia are ignoring every appeal to facilitate the children's return.
A drone hit a Turkish-flagged tanker and caused a fire in the southern part of Ukraine's Odesa region, officials reported. The incident occurred just a day after Zelenskyy signed a deal to bring in US liquefied natural gas via the area. The vessel was hit while offloading liquefied petroleum gas at Izmail port, according to Turkish maritime authority. All 16 crew members on board evacuated and no one was injured.
Romania's officials announced they had evacuated two communities close to the Ukrainian border after the aerial strike on the MT Orinda. After invading the country in 2022, Moscow has repeatedly attacked Ukraine's harbors in the Danube region, triggering alerts in adjacent Romania.
The American leader Trump is willing to sign a bill to impose sanctions on Russia, as long as he retains final decision-making power over any such actions, an high-ranking U.S. administration representative stated. The U.S. president told reporters late on Sunday that it was “OK with me” that Republicans were drafting a bill to impose restrictions on countries doing business with Moscow over its failure to reach a peace deal with Ukraine.
The Polish leader, Tusk, has labeled an blast along a part of railway line used for deliveries to Ukraine as an “unprecedented act of disruption” that could have led to disaster. These remarks came as a statement from public prosecutors indicating that an investigation had been initiated “concerning actions of sabotage of a terrorist nature […] carried out on behalf of a external spy agency against the nation of the country.”
China is ready to deepen collaboration with the Russian Federation in the energy sector, agriculture and additional investments, Premier Li stated during a meeting with Russian prime minister Mikhail Mishustin in the Russian capital. The Chinese premier informed his counterpart that China welcomes more agricultural and food-related goods from the nation, as per a state-run news agency. China also desires that Russia will facilitate for Chinese enterprises to invest and operate there, the source cited. The Russian leader told his counterpart that the cooperation between the two sides has consistently demonstrated its resilience to external pressures.
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