Massive Ukrainian Counterattack on Russian Military Targets
Poland's foreign minister says Vladimir Putin is making a mockery of Donald Trump's efforts to make peace in Ukraine. It comes as Volodymyr Zelenskyy hit out at Russia for its "cynical" overnight attack.
Russia launched its biggest overnight aerial attack of the war so far, with Ukraine's air force saying a combined 550 drones and missiles were fired at the country.
Kyiv was under an all-night attack, injuring at least 23 people, damaging railway infrastructure and sparking fires across Ukraine's capital, authorities said.
Russia said its forces successfully carried out strikes against military targets in the city.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the "cynical" attack began "almost simultaneously" with the start of yesterday's phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
[Sky News and other sources on July 4]
According to the German Federal Intelligence Service and two Dutch intelligence agencies, Russia is increasing its use of chemical weapons in Ukraine.
"The use of tear gas and chloropicrin by Russian troops has now become standard practice and is widespread," the German foreign intelligence agency and the Dutch military intelligence agencies MIVD and AIVD jointly reported.
Russia is thus violating the Chemical Weapons Convention, which aims to achieve a global ban on such weapons.
[DPA and other sources on July 4]
China supports a political settlement to the Ukraine crisis as early as possible. pic.twitter.com/2IToXGXO9h
— Mao Ning 毛宁 (@SpoxCHN_MaoNing) July 4, 2025
After one of Ukraine's darkest nights, China announced its readyness to come about with an own proposal to end the bloodshed in Ukraine. China, more interested in doing profitable business than in fostering military conflict as long as it doesn't touch the question of Taiwan, might have something to lure Putin and Zelenskyj into an agreement. Just listen to Mao Ning, spokeswoman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs five hours ago.
