Poland swings rightward: A nationalist candidate backed by Donald Trump was on course to win Sunday's presidential election, erasing an earlier edge by the centrist mayor of Warsaw. It's a blow to Donald Tusk's pro-EU government... bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Ukraine’s drone strike deep inside Russian territory left Kremlin officials bitter and alarmed over the sudden vulnerability of a nuclear-capable air fleet far from the battlefield, we're told. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Scoop: NATO is asking European member states to expand ground-based air-defense capabilities fivefold as the alliance races to fill a key gap in response to the threat of Russian aggression, people familiar with the matter said. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

This month’s NATO summit: it’ll be short. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Donald Tusk’s premiership is reeling from a presidential election debacle that’s left the Polish leader diminished in the face of a resurgent nationalist opposition. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Exclusive: Russia’s economy faces a worsening outlook that is graver than publicly acknowledged, with a credible risk of a systemic banking crisis in the next 12 months, according to Russian banking officials. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Exclusive: North Korea is now supplying as much as 40% of Russia’s ammunition for the war in Ukraine, according to the head of Ukrainian military intelligence bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Daryna Krasnolutska

EU budget: Donald Trump’s plan to allow the European Union pay for arms supplied to Ukraine is piling pressure on EU officials negotiating how to finance the bloc’s defense-spending ambitions bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Jorge Valero Andrea Francesca Palasciano

Ukraine: Zelenskiy’s cabinet overhaul this week was part of an effort to move into position presidential loyalists who can potentially win favor with Donald Trump. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Exclusive: Ukraine’s new prime minister says she’s likely to seek more financing from the IMF as she sets out to shore up the nation’s fiscal needs with no end in sight to Russia’s war bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Joseph Stalin's cult of personality was dismantled by Soviet leaders in the 1960s — but thanks to Putin, his reputation is undergoing a dramatic revision bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

“Anti-corruption infrastructure has been destroyed”: Ukrainian lawmakers approved legislation that would strip the nation’s anti-graft agencies of their independence and potentially cripple efforts to tackle high-level corruption bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Ukraine: Zelenskiy’s abrupt decision to hobble anti-corruption authorities in Kyiv blindsided the country’s allies and may have inflicted lasting damage to its ambition to join the EU bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Exclusive: Ukraine’s anti-corruption officials fear that pressure will remain from President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s administration even after he backed down over a measure to strip anti-graft agencies of their independence. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

In Croatia: a surge in the popularity of a far-right singer once banned in some places has seen the revival of Nazi-era slogans and symbols. Rather than condemn it, some senior politicians are embracing it. ⁦Jasmina Kuzmanovic⁩ ⁦Andrea Dudik⁩ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Exclusive: Washington and Moscow are aiming to reach a deal to halt the war in Ukraine that would lock in Russia’s occupation of territory seized during its military invasion, according to people familiar with the matter. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Exclusive: US and European officials will begin work immediately on a plan to provide Ukraine with robust security guarantees, sources say bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Alberto Nardelli Alex Wickham @ellenamilligan

Exclusive: the Czech Republic must drop its penchant for “fiscal self-flagellation” in favor of investing in economic growth, according to a senior official from an opposition party poised to sweep to victory in October elections bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A good read: Taps running dry and water rationing are part of life in Bulgaria — and a cautionary tale for the rest of Europe bloomberg.com/news/features/… Irina Vilcu Slav Okov

Exclusive: Slovenia’s top diplomat warned the EU risked projecting a double standard if it failed to take Israel to task for the bloodshed in Gaza even as it moves ahead with additional sanctions against Russia. ⁦Jan Bratanič⁩ ⁦Patrick Donahue⁩ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…