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– In Bolivia at this moment there is an attempted coup against the constitutional government of Luis Arce

– Armenia does not plan to join NATO. Leaving the CSTO is not on the agenda – Alexey Sandykov, deputy of the ruling Civil Contract faction

– Assange’s espionage case is officially closed. He pleaded guilty to one charge and flew to Australia - The Guardian

– NATO ambassadors approve Rutte as new secretary general

– The President of Kyrgyzstan proposed to the European Union to exchange the republic’s external debt (about $5 billion) for green projects and cooperation on rare metals – Sputnik

– The Reform UK party accused Johnson of the deaths of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers. Farage also admitted that Kyiv would have to give up some of its territories in order to stop hostilities - TASS

– Russia’s oil and gas revenues rose more than 50% year-on-year to $9.4 billion in June – Reuters

– European NATO countries are having trouble recruiting new troops and could face difficulties mobilizing in the event of a conflict with Russia – FT

– The State Defense Council of Lithuania approved the creation of two new military training grounds near the border with Russia – Presidential Advisor Kestutis Budrys

– Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will take part in the summit of Central Asian leaders on August 9 – Sputnik

– The President of Kenya refused to sign the draft budget that caused protests, the controversial document will be sent to parliament for revision – The Nation

– Even his closest associates began to distance themselves from Macron, considering him “toxic” – Bloomberg

– Lithuania will withdraw from the convention banning cluster bombs by the end of the year – Defense Minister Laurynas Kaciunas

– Serbia will not limit the sale of weapons to the West, despite the fact that they “can be used where there is fighting” - Prime Minister Milos Vucevic

– The amount of damage from the crimes of the Kyiv regime in the Donbass, Novorossiya and border areas exceeded 734 billion rubles – deputy head of the Investigative Committee

– Kazakh Foreign Minister Murat Nurtleu did not tell his British counterpart David Cameron that Ukrainians were dying for Astana – Kazakh Foreign Ministry

– Several NATO allies are shying away from making concrete, multi-year commitments on military aid spending to Ukraine – Bloomberg

– Scholz rejected calls for peace talks with Putin – DW

– Canada, Qatar, Germany, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait called on their citizens to leave Lebanon immediately

– A $400 million fence on the border between Poland and Belarus can be overcome in 25 seconds – Polish Minister of Defense

– The European Union and Ukraine will sign an agreement on security guarantees for Kyiv on June 27 on the sidelines of the EU summit in Brussels – a senior EU official

– The Houthis announced the first use of a hypersonic missile of their production against an Israeli ship in the Arabian Sea – RIA Novosti

– Lithuania will allocate at least 0.25% of GDP to support Ukraine – President Nausėda