Overview

• Lars Klingbeil pledged in Kyiv that Germany will support Ukraine with €9 billion annually and said he is pursuing reliable security guarantees.
• Russia said it exchanged 146 soldiers with Ukraine in a reciprocal swap, a claim that had not been confirmed by Kyiv.
• Federal regulator BASE approved moving roughly 300,000 fuel-sphere elements from Jülich to the Ahaus interim storage in 152 Castor containers, with no transport timetable announced.
• Robert Habeck said he has notified the Bundestag he will relinquish his parliamentary mandate effective September 1.
• Borussia Dortmund’s 3:3 draw at St. Pauli and Filippo Mane’s late red card fueled criticism of roster gaps, with reports of Carney Chukwuemeka’s permanent move from Chelsea as imminent, while Mainz extended Nelson Weiper to block a planned switch.