Overview
- Naryshkin said he held a “rather lengthy” phone call with MI6 head Blaise Metreweli and asserted that both services have officers working officially in each other’s capitals.
- British officials did not confirm the call, and Metreweli’s recent public remarks stressed enduring UK support for Ukraine and vigilance against Russian grey‑zone activity.
- EU leaders approved a €90bn loan package for Ukraine to be raised through joint borrowing by 24 member states after they failed to advance a plan to tap frozen Russian assets.
- Belgian prime minister Bart De Wever warned that using assets parked at Brussels‑based Euroclear risks Russian retaliation and insisted Belgium should not act alone.
- Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko said Russia’s Oreshnik intermediate‑range, nuclear‑capable missiles have arrived and are entering combat duty, while US envoys prepare to meet a senior Putin adviser in Miami to discuss a peace proposal.