Ukraine says four killed and more than 30 injured in another round of Russian strikes
Date: 2025-07-07T08:12:37.000Z
Title: Morning opening: What's next for Ukraine?
Content: At least four people were killed and more than 30 injured in another round of Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight, just days after a series of phone calls between US president Donald Trump, Russian president Vladimir Putin, and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The latest attack will once again pose questions on what's next for Ukraine as the US ceasefire proposal, pursued by Trump, appears to be failing to make any further progress.
Zelenskyy's top aide Andriy Yermak said in an update on Telegram that 'one of the important principles of defence is the destruction of the enemy's ability to produce weapons,' as he called for 'Russia's military-industrial complex … to be weakened in various ways: from sanctions to direct strikes.'
The western world must realise that Russia's scaling up of weapons production only brings us closer to the day when it will be used not only against Ukraine.
Elsewhere, some parts of Europe still battles heatwave with temperatures close to 40 Celsius in Greece, while others in central and eastern Europe are on alert for storms and torrential rains.
In Strasbourg, the European parliament will hold a debate ahead of this Thursday's vote of no confidence in Ursula von der Leyen's EU commission.
We are also waiting for more updates from EU-US trade talks, and on the latest situation on the Polish border with Germany after Poland has reintroduced controls overnight in an attempt to prevent irregular migration.I will bring you all the updates from Ukraine and across Europe here.
It's Monday, 7 July 2025, it's Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.
Good morning.
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