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"Turkey's purchase of the S-400 is inconsistent with its commitments to NATO, and will have detrimental impact on Turkish interoperability with the alliance" says Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, Ellen M. Lord. SOUNDBITE
Turkey has received the first delivery of Russian S-400 missile system. The US has given Turkey a deadline of July 31 to drop the purchase of the S-400 system, or face sanctions and removal from the United States' F-35 fighter jet programme. IMAGES of Russian cargo plane that delivered the S-400 missile defence system
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that his military has deployed Western-supplied F-16 fighter jets to counter Russia's recent large-scale drone and missile attacks. "We destroyed already some missiles and drones using the F-16," Zelensky says at a press conference in Kyiv, declining to give more details. SOUNDBITE
A Russian jet arrives at Esen Boga airport in Ankara, the Turkish capital, ahead of an expected prisoner swap between Russia and Western countries, reported by US media. IMAGES
The UN considers that there is a "strong probability" that the children's hospital in Kyiv was hit by a "direct hit" from a Russian missile, according to the representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Ukraine, who speaks remotly during a UN press briefing in Geneva. SOUNDBITE