Zelensky and Polish President Nawrocki held over an hour meetingand agreed to continue dialogue

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he held an "important and necessary" meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki, with the talks lasting more than an hour.

Zelenskyy said the two leaders agreed that Ukraine and Poland face a common threat from Russia and stressed the importance of maintaining mutual understanding, support, and coordinated action. He added that they agreed to continue their dialogue, saying, "Our countries need only strong relations."

The meeting comes after relations between Kyiv and Warsaw deteriorated following a dispute over Ukraine's decision to name a military unit after the heros of Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) back in May. The move sparked criticism in Poland, where the UPA is widely associated with the Volyn massacres of Polish civilians during World War II. The controversy escalated after Nawrocki revoked the Order of the White Eagle previously awarded to Zelenskyy in June.

Trump promised Zelensky a green light to produce Patriot missiles in Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump President Volodymyr Zelensky held a meeting at the NATO summit in Turkey today. On of the highlights of their conversation was Trump's announcement that the United States will grant Ukraine a license to produce MIM-104 Patriot missiles, a move aimed at strengthening Kyiv's ability to defend against Russian ballistic missile attacks.

"We are gonna give a license to you to make Patriots... This way you can't complain that we are not giving you enough. Make them yourself," - Trump said,

Patriot missiles are currently the only Western system capable of intercepting Russian ballistic missiles, but Ukraine has faced persistent shortages as U.S. production struggles to meet demand from both Ukraine and allies in the Middle East.

Trump said he believes Ukraine could begin producing the missiles quickly, but acknowledged that he had not discussed the plan with Lockheed Martin, the manufacturer of the Patriot system, before making the announcement.

Assuming that Russia has lost the war might be a dangerous misinterpretation, Zaluzhnyi

Ukraine's ambassador to the United Kingdom and former Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi has warned against concluding that Russia has already lost the war, arguing that such assessments overlook the broader strategic picture.

In an opinion piece published by The Telegraph, Zaluzhnyi said the conflict has become a prolonged war of attrition dominated by drones, surveillance, and precision strikes, where battlefield gains are measured in meters and come at an increasingly high cost. He argued that focusing on Ukraine's tactical successes, including deep strikes on Russian oil infrastructure and logistics, risks creating an overly optimistic view of the war.

Zaluzhnyi said neither Ukraine's nor Russia's long-range strike campaigns are capable of delivering a decisive victory. While Ukrainian attacks have imposed significant costs on Russia and could strengthen Kyiv's position in future negotiations, Moscow retains the ability to respond with comparable or greater force.

He argued that neither side is likely to achieve its original objectives: Russia has failed to secure the victory it sought, while Ukraine has preserved its independence but has been unable to expel Russian forces from all occupied territory. According to Zaluzhnyi, wars of attrition are ultimately decided by endurance rather than decisive battlefield victories.

He also cautioned that Ukraine's ability to sustain the war depends heavily on continued support from its allies, warning that political changes in the United States and divisions within Europe could make maintaining current levels of assistance more difficult.

Russia launched a night and daytime attack on Kyiv; at night, 3 killed, 14 injured

Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv on the night of 7–8 July and throughout 8 July killed three people and injured 14 others, according to local authorities.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said nine of the injured were hospitalized, including two people in serious condition. One woman was killed during a Russian missile strike overnight.

During the day, Russian drones targeted Kyiv's Desnianskyi district. Ukraine's State Emergency Service reported strikes at two separate locations. At one site, one person was killed and six were injured. At another, a drone struck a three-story warehouse, causing a fire that spread to a neighboring building, killing one person and injuring three others.

Emergency crews extinguished a fire covering approximately 900 square meters as rescue and recovery operations continued.