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President Volodymyr Zelensky said that after Group of Seven leaders agreed to long-term security commitments for Ukraine at the NATO summit in Vilnius, all doubts surrounding Ukraine's ascension to NATO have been put to rest.
Kuleba: 'NATO shouldn't keep Ukraine in limbo when it comes to membership.’ NATO shouldn’t keep “the whole situation and Ukraine in limbo when it comes to membership," Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told Bloomberg Television in an interview on July 11.
Saudi Arabia to host Ukraine peace talks, without Russia, in August. Saudi Arabia is due to host Ukraine peace talks on Aug. 5 and 6, inviting top officials from 30 countries, including India, Brazil, and Western nations, the Wall Street Journal reported on July 29, citing diplomats involved in the discussion.
EU draws up plan for Ukraine security guarantees. The document, obtained by Politico, includes recommendations to ensure a "sustained" supply of weapons to Ukraine, continue military training, share intelligence, and help Kyiv to establish ties with European defence companies.
The Parliament of Bulgaria supports Ukraine's membership in NATO.
During President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit to Bulgaria, the People's Assembly of Bulgaria voted for a declaration of support for Ukraine's membership in the North Atlantic Alliance after the war's end. The document demands that Russia completely and voluntarily withdraw from Ukraine to restore peace in Ukraine and immediately stop its nuclear blackmail and all actions contrary to the UN Charter. The Parliament of Bulgaria also supports Ukraine's Peace Formula, which aims to achieve a lasting and just peace and provide it with political, financial, humanitarian, military, and technical support until the full restoration of sovereignty within its internationally recognized borders. Bulgarian parliamentarians confirmed their full support for NATO's open door policy and expressed their expectation that their government will express support for Ukraine's membership in NATO at the Alliance summit in Vilnius.
The German opposition has called for the support of Ukraine's NATO membership. Germany's main political opposition force, the CDU/CSU alliance, is calling on the federal government to support the prospect of Ukraine's membership in NATO ahead of the Vilnius summit, reported Spiegel. According to the adopted proposal, the future of Ukraine lies with NATO. Therefore, the CDU and the CSU call on the German government to integrate Ukraine "into a security architecture that will ensure the long-term security of Ukrainians against Russian aggression, protect the territorial integrity of Ukraine, ensure Ukraine's integration into the Western world and, in the long term, make it possible for Ukraine to join NATO." The CDU and the CSU believe that the federal government must promote confidence in Germany at the upcoming NATO summit.
Thunberg slams muted global response to Ukrainian dam disaster
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg criticized the world's reaction to the demolition of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) dam, calling it insufficient, during a visit to Kyiv on June 29, Reuters reports. The Ministry of Economy of Ukraine has assessed the cost of the direct damage caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant and dam to be worth at least $2bn, the press service of the ministry reported on June
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