Oana Lungescu

Does meeting #NATO’s new target of 5% of GDP on #defense enable Europe to confront the Russian threat? My take for @Carnegie_Europe #TTP edited by @RymMomtaz, including @TobiasBunde @AnnwieAnna @SophiaBesch @RachelRizzo @jteurope @ErikBrattberg @SusMonika. #NATOSummit @RUSI_org

At today's Ukraine Defence Contact Group we announced a new agreement to provide critical air defence ammunition to Ukraine, as part of a 50 day drive to arm Ukraine and force Putin to the negotiating table. Together, we are stepping up to secure a just and lasting peace.

At 72, Putin has no plans of stepping down. But he is replacing other key figures with a younger generation, writes @zygaro in the latest @ACEurasia 🇷🇺 #RussiaTomorrow report. Meet the next generation of Kremlin leaders. 🧵 atlanticcouncil.org/content-series…

"In order to protect the skies over 🇺🇦, we also need to help enable the Ukrainian armed forces to take offensive action to weaken Russia's airstrike capabilities," Defence Minister #Pistorius said at today's Ukraine Defence Contact Group #UDCG meeting co-chaired by 🇩🇪 and 🇬🇧. 1/4

German Def Min Pistorius told the UDCG he'd agreed last week w/US SecDef Hegseth that Germany will "contribute to providing [Kyiv] the *5* urgently needed Patriot systems as quickly as possible." Berlin had been speaking of 2 Patriots until Trump reportedly offered more.

The UK’s military support for Ukraine this year is more than ever before. @JohnHealey_MP confirmed at today's Ukraine Defence Contact Group that the 🇬🇧 has delivered 50,000 drones to 🇺🇦 in the last six months and £150m worth of air defence and artillery in the last two months.

Happy #NationalDay to all our Belgian friends 🇧🇪 #Belgium #be2107 @BelgiumNATO @BelgiumDefence

Zelenskyy: I talked with President Trump. We are talking a serious drone mega deal with the US. Trump understands these technologies are needed in the American arsenal. The new war is war of technology, and you need drones for defense. 1/

We are standing firm. The EU just approved one of its strongest sanctions package against Russia to date. We’re cutting the Kremlin’s war budget further, going after 105 more shadow fleet ships, their enablers, and limiting Russian banks’ access to funding. (1/3)

Patriots to move to Kyiv 'as quickly as possible', says NATO top commander reuters.com/business/aeros…

Slovakia accepted guarantees from the EUs executive arm to limit the fallout from a planned cutoff of Russian gas supplies and, in exchange, will lift its veto on the bloc’s 18th sanctions package against Moscow bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Never lose sight of the war in Ukraine. Never lose sight of Putin’s brutal, illegal invasion. 🧵Defence Secretary @JohnHealey_MP updates on UK support to Ukraine 🇺🇦

The 🇩🇪-🇬🇧 Treaty on Friendship and Bilateral Cooperation signed in London today reflects the three priorities of German foreign policy, namely freedom, security and prosperity. 1/3

🚨 Operation Eastwood targets pro-Russian cybercrime network NoName057(16) and shuts down over one hundred criminal servers in global operation. Read more in our press release ⤵️ europol.europa.eu/media-press/ne…

WSJ: Trump decided to give Ukraine not 2, but 5 Patriot systems — after seeing Russia bomb a maternity hospital in Kharkiv and a residential block in Kherson (killing a 1-year-old). He immediately called Merz on July 11 and made the offer. 1/

I spoke with @SecGenNATO Mark Rutte. Another very good conversation. Mark informed about today’s meeting in Washington with President Trump and about the details of cooperation between Europe and the U.S. to continue and strengthen support for Ukraine. We appreciate the…

I spoke with @POTUS. It was a very good conversation. Thank you for the willingness to support Ukraine and to continue working together to stop the killings and establish a lasting and just peace. President Trump shared details about his meeting with the @SecGenNATO. It’s…

Great meeting with @POTUS today. We’re already delivering on decisions from the #NATOSummit in a major way, bringing together more spending, more production & more support to Ukraine. Russia’s brutality needs to stop - this new initiative will help deliver just and lasting peace

Donald Trump: I speak to Putin a lot about getting this done, and then missiles are launched into Kyiv or some other city. ... I go home and tell the First Lady, "I spoke with Vladimir today. We had a wonderful conversation." She says, "Oh, really? Another city was just bombed."

President Trump on President Putin: "I've been hearing so much talk. It's all talk. It's all talk. And then missiles go into Kyiv and kill 60 people. It's gotta stop."

[LIVE] 🎥 Watch @SecGenNATO with 🇺🇸 US President Donald Trump @POTUS in Washington D.C. youtube.com/live/G6rLdnl__…