Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Thursday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

In addition to the back-to-back, mammoth overnight strikes, other Russian attacks killed at least 21 civilians across Ukraine on July 7-10. In eastern Donetsk oblast, or region, Russian artillery shelling and drone attacks resulted in 15 civilians deaths,

Intensified Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities drove civilian casualties to a three-year high in June, the United Nations said

Rosstat, Russia's statistics agency, has not released data on deaths this year, according to an independent Russian outlet.

Overnight Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky said a Russian drone attack has hit a maternity hospital in the city of Kharkiv, injuring several women. The UN's Human-Rights-Monitoring-Mission in Ukraine says June saw the highest monthly civilian casualties in three years,

UN agencies on Thursday warned of devastating recent attacks across Ukraine due to Russian strikes, record civilian casualties recorded last month – and growing deprivation facing children under fire across the country.

US President Donald Trump has said he will send weapons, including Patriot air defence systems, for Ukraine via Nato. Trump told NBC News that in a new deal, "we're going to be sending Patriots to Nato, and then Nato will distribute that", adding that Nato would pay for the weapons.

In a story published Jul. 10, 2025, about the Ukraine war, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the U.N. human rights mission in Ukraine said June brought the highest monthly

Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov stated that North Korea supplies up to 40 per cent of Russia's ammunition. The partnership has intensified since last year as North Korea keeps providing troops and artillery to support Russia's war efforts in Ukraine.