In a significant step to bolster its future defense, the Ukrainian government has signed a letter of intent to purchase up to 100 Rafale jets, unmanned aerial vehicles, air defense equipment and other key gear from the French Republic. The agreement was signed by Ukraine's leader Zelenskyy and French president Macron during a joint news conference at the Elysée residence. The Ukrainian leader referred to the arrangement as “a historic agreement.”
A number of families of Ukrainian children who were taken against their will to Russia have sounded the alarm about their well-being, stating that all contact has been cut off. During a rare press event in the French capital, Darina Repina, who cares for two minors taken after Moscow's full-scale military action of Ukraine in recent years, stated that Russian authorities are disregarding every appeal to help with the children's repatriation.
A drone struck a Turkish-flagged ship and caused a fire in southern the Odesa region, authorities reported. The incident occurred just one day after the Ukrainian president signed a agreement to import American LNG through the area. The MT Orinda was hit while offloading liquefied petroleum gas at Izmail harbor, according to Turkish Directorate for Maritime Affairs. Every one of the 16 crew members on board were safely removed and not a single person was hurt.
Romanian officials said they had evacuated two villages close to the Ukrainian border after the aerial strike on the MT Orinda. After invading Ukraine in recent years, Russian forces has consistently attacked Ukraine's harbors in the Danube region, triggering alerts in adjacent Romania.
US president Trump is willing to approve legislation to enact penalties on the Russian Federation, provided that he retains final decision-making power over these measures, a senior U.S. administration representative said. The U.S. president informed journalists late on Sunday that it was “acceptable to me” that GOP members were drafting a bill to impose restrictions on countries engaging commercially with Moscow over its failure to negotiate a peace deal with Ukraine.
Poland's prime minister, Tusk, has described an explosion along a part of railway line employed in deliveries to the country as an “unprecedented instance of sabotage” that could have led to disaster. These remarks came as a announcement from legal authorities saying that an investigation had been initiated “concerning acts of sabotage of a terror-related nature […] committed on orders of a foreign intelligence service against the nation of the country.”
China is ready to deepen cooperation with the Russian Federation in energy, farming and other investments, Leader Li stated during a discussion with Russian prime minister Mikhail Mishustin in the Russian capital. The Chinese premier told Mishustin that China is open to more farm and food-related goods from Russia, according to the official media outlet. China also hopes that Russia will make it easier for companies from China to put money and do business there, the report mentioned. Mishustin told Li that the cooperation between the both nations has repeatedly demonstrated its resilience to external pressures.
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