Context

The news of US President Biden withdrawing and Kamala Harris entering as a candidate in the US presidential elections took the world by storm. It also dominated the Russian information landscape.

Some weeks have passed since the elections to the European Parliament and there are several months to go until the US presidential elections on 5 November.

The Ukrainian Foreign Minister did not speak about Ukraine's readiness to immediately start negotiations with Russia on the Kremlin's terms.

On 9-11 July, NATO’s 75th Summit took place in Washington, DC. From Ukraine’s perspective, the summit was a success.

Lavrov and pro-Kremlin propagandists continue their macabre dance on the graves of innocents, revealing once again the true, cruel nature of Putin’s regime.

July 17 marks the 10-year commemoration of the dramatic event in which Russia fired a BUK 9M83 surface-to-air missile from the temporarily occupied territories in Ukraine to shoot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, killing all 298 civilians on board.

The bombing of Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital in Kyiv on July 8 has sparked a wave of global condemnation, with US President Joe Biden calling the attack a “horrific reminder of Russia’s brutality.

The Kremlin knows that even its most vicious intimidation tactics, like launching a cruise missile against a children’s hospital, will not break Ukrainian resistance as long as EU and NATO support continues.

In its confrontation with the West, Russia seeks allies among the countries of the Global South, particularly in Africa. Recently, the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has become involved in this effort.

Last week, quite a few pivotal moments took place in the European political landscape. The European Council nominated a new EU political leadership for the next five years while France held a heated first round of snap parliamentary elections.