Sweden’s Social Democrat-led opposition bloc holds a slimmer advantage over Ulf Kristersson’s government as a new Novus poll puts its margin at 2.6 percentage points, down from 6.9 in August.
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Ukraine Has Run Out of Patriot Interceptors Before Russia’s Winter Strikes
Ukraine intercepted just 29 of 195 Russian ballistic missiles in July as ally deliveries fell to a third of last year’s pace, leaving Kyiv with 1% of US Patriot stockpile ahead of winter.
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UK’s Burnham Visits Kyiv and Unlocks Classified SCALP Missile Data for Ukraine
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham made his first foreign trip to Kyiv on Ukraine’s 35th Independence Day, co-chairing the Coalition of the Willing and clearing defence firm MBDA to share classified SCALP missile components with France and Ukraine.
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Russia Probes NATO Defenses Daily With Drones, Germany’s Military Chief Warns
Germany’s top general has warned that Russia is conducting daily hybrid attacks across NATO, citing an explosive-rigged drone at Leipzig Airport and surveillance flights over Patriot missile sites.
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UK Fast-Tracks Project Nightfall Ballistic Missile for Ukraine
Britain has signed preliminary contracts for its first domestically developed ballistic missile in more than 50 years, with deliveries to Ukraine targeted for late 2027 and test launches due within a year.
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Ukraine’s Patriot Batteries Run Dry as Russia’s Ballistic Missiles Break Through
All six Russian ballistic missiles fired on July 11 penetrated Ukrainian air defenses as Patriot interceptors ran critically low, killing at least 9 across Sumy, Kherson, and Kryvyi Rih over two days of strikes.
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Trump declares the Iran ceasefire over as US launches a second day of strikes
President Trump declared the three-week memorandum of understanding with Iran ‘over’ on July 8 after US forces struck more than 80 Iranian targets and Tehran fired missiles at US military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain.
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NATO Ankara summit pledges €70bn for Ukraine and locks in 5% GDP defence target
Leaders of all 32 NATO members gathered in Ankara on 7–8 July 2026, pledging €70 billion in military aid to Ukraine in 2026 and formalising the alliance’s five-percent-of-GDP defence investment target.
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Trump arrives in Ankara to enforce NATO’s 5% defence pledge
NATO heads of state convene in Ankara on 7–8 July as Trump presses allies to prove their 5% of GDP defence spending commitment made at The Hague summit a year ago.
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Trump cuts NATO forces before Ankara summit as allies prepare 5% GDP spending pledge
Trump has cut 5,000 US troops from Germany and halted a Poland rotation ahead of the Ankara NATO summit on 7 July, in what Pentagon officials call ‘NATO 3.0’.