Ukraine Air Force report:

Russian forces launched 278 air attack assets, including around 150 attack drones.

Ukraine’s air defenses shot down or suppressed 244 targets, including:
226 enemy UAVs
8 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles
10 Kalibr cruise missiles.

- 1 medium-range ballistic missile (Oreshnik, fired from the Kapustin Yar test site, Astrakhan Oblast).

Trump on Venezuela:

To have people going into an army fort with thousands of soldiers, land a helicopter right in the middle of it, break down a steel door because it was a fortified house, run through the hallway shooting and come out ten minutes later with a guy — who was not quite able to get into his safe house.

Trump on María Corina Machado:

I understand she’s coming in next week sometime and I look forward to saying hello to her.

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Trump on the Nobel Peace Prize:

I think it’s been a major embarrassment to Norway. I don’t know what Norway has to do with it, but that’s where the committee is located. A lot of Norwegian people.

And it’s been a very big embarrassment to the country of Norway. Whether they have anything to do with it or not, I think they do. They say they don’t.

Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodríguez:

I speak to the people of the United States. Venezuela did not deserve this aggressive act by a nuclear power. This is a stain on our shared history.

Our response will not be revenge, but vindication—through example. We will show Bolivarian diplomacy in action, guided by the legacy of our Liberator.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the India–U.S. trade deal collapsed because Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not call President Trump.

“I set the deal up. But Modi had to call President Trump. They were uncomfortable with it, so Modi didn’t call.”

Somalia: The SNA announced that an explosives manufacturing facility was destroyed in Saakow, in the Middle Juba region, and that 18 militants were killed.

Trump on Ukraine:

Biden gave them $350 billion, can you imagine? We did not get any of it back, but I did actually — I made a deal for rare earth.

I said, listen, if we go any further, we want rare earth and we want to get our money back, and I made a deal with Ukraine, a very fair deal where we get our money back.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha:

Russia claims it used an intermediate range ballistic missile, so-called “Oreshnik”, against Lviv region.

Such a strike close to EU and NATO border is a grave threat to the security on the European continent and a test for the transatlantic community. We demand strong responses to Russia’s reckless actions.

We will be initiating international action — an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council, a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council, as well as responses within the EU, Council of Europe, and OSCE.

Buses arrive at Lermon Roundabout in Aleppo ahead of entry into Sheikh Maqsoud to transfer SDF/YPG militia members to east of the Euphrates.

A Verian poll cited by the FT says 85% of Greenlanders oppose becoming Americans, citing Denmark’s much higher standard of living.

Trump to NYT:

Whoever wins the artificial intelligence war is going to be really the leader of the world.

Trump to NYT:

I’ve had cases where I had Putin all done and Zelensky wouldn’t make the deal, which shocked me.

Then I’ve had cases where it was the reverse. I think now they both want to make a deal, but we’ll find out.

Turkish Airlines cancels Friday flights from Istanbul to Tehran.

Source: AFP

Trump to NYT:

I think he (Putin) wants to make a deal. But I’ve thought about that — I’ve thought that for a long time.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

When it comes down to whether the Turks will have a role, I don’t think they will as long as the Israelis feel that it is not something that they can absorb.

I think the comments that Erdogan has made, some of which are very incendiary, are troubling.

Israel would love to see some resolution.

It’s possible Türkiye could decide that normalization with Israel and tempering down the very inflammatory rhetoric is in their best interest.

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on possible sale of F-35 jets to Türkiye:

I don’t foresee this happening anytime. Partly because Türkiye still has Russian equipment, which would be a no-go for selling them F-35s.

We have a very definite agreement with Israel on quantitative military advantage, a long-standing policy where we don’t supply anything that would take away Israel’s quantitative military advantage.

Israel is always going to have the freshest, the best, the most advanced technology because it is in our best interest.

Former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt:

It’s a big shock because we’ve always considered ourselves a close friend of the Americans.

Whatever we've been asked, we were there for the Americans. Even in Iraq War.

I still don’t understand why the Americans would give up almost a century of unrivaled victory in peace, economic stability, and culture.

Former Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt on the US:

Every fourth of July we have a a festival celebrating that friendship...

This is a deep hurt and a deep wound in that relationship.

Zelensky:

In addition to our civilian infrastructure and energy facilities, a building of the Embassy of Qatar was damaged last night by a Russian drone.

This is a state that does so much to mediate with Russia in order to free prisoners of war and civilians held in Russian prisons.