Belarus reactivated one of the relay stations Russia's military allegedly uses to direct strikes on Ukraine, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said yesterday. Syrskyi also claimed that Putin has ordered plans for a new direct assault on Kyiv, possibly staged from Belarus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2loliH9Hy9w

It seems that Trump is getting exactly what he demanded from Europe? Could this turn out to be the one foreign-policy promise he actually delivers?

The leading theory among investigators in Monaco is that Ukrainian intelligence is behind a bombing that targeted Vadim Yermolaev, Le Figaro reports. Yermolaiev is a real-estate oligarch whom Kyiv sanctioned over business dealings in Crimea. The blast gravely wounded a woman with him and badly burned his 13-year-old son. https://www.lefigaro.fr/faits-divers/oligarque-mis-en-garde-suspect-toujours-en-cavale-a-monaco-les-enqueteurs-s-orientent-vers-la-piste-ukrainienne-20260630

A Ukrainian drone strike on a house outside Moscow has killed a 6-month-old baby. The boy died of burns en route to the hospital, the mother had both legs amputated and remains unconscious, and the father lost a foot. https://t.me/ostorozhno_novosti/51563

I am *very* impressed with my new Huawei Watch GT 6 Pro. I've never seen battery life like this on an OLED smartwatch. HarmonyOS definitely lacks many of the WearOS perks, but it might just be worth it for this incredible hardware. (Standard Qi charging, too!)

lots to feel about here

Russia is withholding public fuel-price data, The Bell reports, after gasoline prices posted their steepest weekly jump in at least 20 years. The order removing the Rosstat metric was issued days after the spike. Gone is a key public tool for verifying fuel inflation in Russia. https://t.me/thebell_io/38101

Sberbank CEO German Gref says Russia's economy "cannot exist long" at the Central Bank's current key interest rate, and he wants further cuts. At the same shareholder meeting, he said a swift end to the war is, in his view, now the main thing on Russians' minds. https://t.me/novaya_pishet/58670

Polish Deputy PM & Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz says a planned MiG-for-drones swap with Ukraine has collapsed: Kyiv initially agreed to share drone capabilities, he says, then backed out of the deal. He also said Ukraine can't join the EU while honoring the nationalist Stepan Bandera. https://www.polsatnews.pl/gosc-wydarzen/2026-06-29/nie-ma-mig-ow-bo-nie-ma-dronow-szef-mon-o-wycofaniu-sie-ukrainy-z-umowy/