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The EU has approved its 17th sanctions package against Russia, targeting nearly 200 shadow fleet ships. New measures also address hybrid threats and human rights. More sanctions on Russia are in the works. The longer Russia wages war, the tougher our response.

Ukraine Prepares for a Russian Summer Offensive, I write for RUSI on the outlook for the coming months: rusi.org/explore-our-re…

Russian forces in Ukraine have made only small territorial gains this year amid steady resistance from Kyiv’s military, undercutting Putin’s assertions that his army has gained the upper hand. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Apart from reflecting a misguided view of America's economic and diplomatic interest, the threatened 50% tariffs on the EU are big -- imports from the EU are 2 pp of GDP, the just pay it cost is ~ 1 pp of GDP. That's well over 2x the term 1 trade action v China. 1/

Here’s what’s in the EU trade proposal that Trump is shunning bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Fragments of Russian missiles and drones are being cleared in Kyiv. Rescue and emergency operations are ongoing at the sites of strikes and debris impacts — wherever they are needed. There were many fires and explosions in the city overnight. Once again, residential buildings,

NEW: The EU is considering cutting more than 20 banks from SWIFT, lowering the oil price cap, further export restrictions and banning Nord Stream pipelines as part of a new sanctions package on Russia over its full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Last night's attacks again show Russia bent on more suffering and the annihilation of Ukraine. Devastating to see children among innocent victims harmed and killed. My thoughts are with the families today. We need the strongest international pressure on Russia to stop this war.

Wir werden alles tun, was in unseren Kräften steht, um die Ukraine weiter zu unterstützen. Das bedeutet auch keinerlei Reichweitenbeschränkungen mehr für Waffen, die wir liefern. Die Ukraine kann sich jetzt auch verteidigen, indem sie militärische Stellungen in Russland angreift.

Well played EU Trade 🇪🇺 response to this ridiculous Russian request reuters.com/en/eu-rejects-…

Bit like when an Italian tells you “domani domani”

China has cut drone and component sales to the west, while continuing to boost shipments to Russia — with ⁦Daryna Krasnolutska⁩ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Europe's key message to SE Asia: Russia and China threats are linked, and we need to work together to preserve the rules based order. “If you are worried about China, you should be worried about Russia,” the EU's HR/VP Kaja Kallas told the #SLD25 in Singapore

Europe sees China-Russia threat as the world’s ‘greatest challenge’ bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Alberto Nardelli Philip Heijmans josh

US sanctions are crushing Russia's shadow fleet. Activity in oil tankers sanctioned by the US falls -86% (red). These ships are getting shut down. Joint EU & UK sanctions also pack a punch, taking activity down -50% (orange). Putin is hurting. My substack: robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/effectivenes…

NEW: We've anatomized the entire Unit 29155 hacking team, including its founder, who was previously indicted in the U.S. for cyber crimes unrelated to espionage. Here be sex, lies, and server logs, all of which we obtained. Plus a Bulgarian journalist recruited to peddle

Hegseth’s reassurances to US allies in Asia were welcome — but they’re not yet sure whether they can trust his boss bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

What’s most interesting, and this can now be stated publicly, is that the “office” of our operation on Russian territory was located directly next to FSB headquarters in one of their regions.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump and Xi speak amid stalled negotiations over tariffs that have roiled global trade, Chinese state media says.

Scoop - We've seen an early draft of the statement that'll come out of the NATO leaders' summit in The Hague later this month and... - allies are considering whether to count Ukraine contributions as part of their overall spending - no mention of China, a "decisive enabler" of