Russia<\/a> has launched a new barrage of drones and missiles in an overnight attack<\/a> on Ukraine<\/a>, killing at least two people.<\/p>\n Vladimir Putin<\/a>\u2019s forces launched 597 drones and 26 missiles targeting the west of the country on Saturday, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> said on Telegram.<\/p>\n At least two people were killed in the city of Chernivtsi on the border with Romania. Western Ukrainian cities of Lviv, Lutsk, and Chernivtsi suffered the most due to the Russian attacks, and other Ukrainian regions were also hit, foreign minister Andriy Sybiha said. “Russia<\/a> continues to escalate its terror,\u201d he said in a post on X.<\/p>\n The attack comes as Donald Trump<\/a> is expected to send weapons to Kyiv<\/a>.<\/p>\n The US president said he is set<\/a> to make a \u201cmajor statement\u201d on Russia on Monday as he grows frustrated with the Mr Putin<\/a> amid intensified attacks on Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re sending weapons to Nato, and Nato is paying for those weapons, 100 per cent,\u201d Mr Trump told NBC News.<\/p>\n The US president has also issued an ominous warning to the Russian president after a maternity ward in Kharkiv was damaged in a drone strike. \u201cYou’ll be seeing things happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n <\/a>UK must prepare for possible war with Russia within five years, ex-British Army chief warns<\/p>\n Britain must prepare for the possibility of war with Russia within the next five years, the former head of the British Army has warned.<\/p>\n General Sir Patrick Sanders, who stepped down as Chief of the General Staff last summer, told The Telegraph that a conflict with Russia by 2030 was a \u201crealistic possibility\u201d.<\/p>\n The UK government needs to act swiftly to improve national resilience, he said.<\/p>\n \u201cIf Russia stops fighting in Ukraine, within months they could have the capability to launch a limited attack on a Nato member, which would require our support,\u201d Sir Patrick told The Telegraph.<\/p>\n Read the full report on his comments here:<\/p>\n Jabed Ahmed12 July 2025 12:32<\/p>\n <\/a>Italian drone company may offer tech to Ukraine but has no plans for a local plant, CEO says<\/p>\n Italy’s Leonardo is open to supplying technology for drones but it does not plan to open a factory in Ukraine, the chief executive of the state-controlled defence group told daily Corriere della Sera in an interview published on Saturday. <\/p>\n Rome hosted a conference on Thursday to mobilise international support for Ukraine, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the participants pledged more than 10 billion euros (\u00a38.6 billion) to help the war-torn country.<\/p>\n Leonardo has clinched an agreement with Turkish defence company Baykar and will soon begin production of drones in Italy, the Italian group’s CEO Roberto Cingolani told Corriere, adding that Baykar was cooperating with Ukraine.<\/p>\n “We, in cooperation with other players, can make a technological contribution. We will see what the real demands are,” Cingolani told the paper.<\/p>\n Leonardo could help with equipment that makes drones more effective, the CEO said without elaborating.<\/p>\n Rachel Clun12 July 2025 12:15<\/p>\n <\/a>Ukraine supporters in Washington anxiously await Trump\u2019s \u2018major statement\u2019 on Russia<\/p>\n Ukraine\u2019s supporters in Washington have been waiting for months for Donald Trump to throw his support behind a bipartisan bill that would hit Russia with sanctions.<\/p>\n The bill, which aims to pressure Moscow into entering good-faith peace negotiations with Ukraine, has gained momentum this week in Congress, but it still lacks the presidential push it needs to get over the finish line.<\/p>\n Now, the bill\u2019s supporters are anxiously awaiting what the Republican president has said will be a “major statement” on Russia on Monday.<\/p>\n Trump, who vowed during his election campaign to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has given no details on what his planned announcement would entail, but over the past few weeks he has grown increasingly and publicly frustrated with Russian President Vladimir Putin over his reluctance to accept a ceasefire and the growing civilian death toll of Russian attacks.<\/p>\n Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters earlier in the week that the Senate could vote on the bill this month.<\/p>\n Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have privately told European diplomats that the bill will move imminently, according to a source with direct knowledge of the matter.<\/p>\n Rachel Clun12 July 2025 11:49<\/p>\n <\/a>Civilians injured in Russian barrage<\/p>\n In Russia\u2019s latest attack on Ukraine involving 597 drones and 26 missiles, two people were killed and 20 were injured, Volodymyr Zelensky said.<\/p>\n Ukraine’s Western cities of Lviv, Lutsk, and Chernivtsi suffered the most during the overnight attack, officials said.<\/p>\n Ruslan Zaparaniuk, the governor of the Chernivetskyi region, said that a 26-year-old woman and a 43-year-old man were killed and 14 others wounded as Russian drones and a missile struck the city, located about 40 km (24 miles) from Ukraine’s border with Romania.<\/p>\n Several fires broke out across the city, and residential houses and administrative buildings were damaged, regional officials said.<\/p>\n In the city of Lviv, on Ukraine’s border with Poland, 46 residential houses, a university building, the city’s courts, and about 20 buildings housing small and medium-sized businesses were damaged in the attack, the mayor said.<\/p>\n “Windows and doors were blown out. Curtains fell, TV set was hurled. The apartment is covered in glass shards. It is horrible,” Oleh Sidorov, 64, told Reuters in Lviv. “I want to clean the apartment. But I do not know how I will sleep during the night, there is no window.<\/p>\n Rachel Clun, Reuters12 July 2025 11:32<\/p>\n <\/a>Russian foreign minister meets with Kim Jong Un<\/p>\n Russia\u2019s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a visit to North Korea on Saturday.<\/p>\n Rachel Clun12 July 2025 11:16<\/p>\n <\/a>Ukraine’s PM says more pressure on Russia is critical for EU safety<\/p>\n Ukraine\u2019s prime minister says increasing pressure on Russia to halt its war is also critical for the safety of Europe as a whole.<\/p>\n Speaking about the overnight attacks from Russia which killed two people and injured another 20, Denys Shmyhal said the western regions of the country were hit hardest.<\/p>\n \u201cThis attack is another warning to the world that the enemy is not going to stop. We have to increase pressure on the aggressor, impose sanctions on the sectors that finance the war to force Russia to peace,\u201d he said on X. <\/p>\n \u201cUkraine needs more weapons and resources from its partners to effectively counter the invader. Supporting Ukraine is a matter of security for the whole of Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n Rachel Clun12 July 2025 10:58<\/p>\n <\/a>ICYMI: Zelensky accuses Russia of \u2018pure terrorism\u2019 after new wave of drone strikesZelensky accuses Russia of \u2018pure terrorism\u2019 after new wave of drone strikes<\/p>\n Rachel Clun12 July 2025 10:39<\/p>\n <\/a>In pictures: Aftermath of Russian attack on Lviv Rachel Clun12 July 2025 10:20<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2224318093.jpg\")
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A firefighter works at the site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Lviv (via REUTERS)<\/p>\n