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U.S. President Donald Trump said that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shows him photographs from the front lines in Ukraine. According to Trump, what he sees is a slaughter that must come to an end.

Source: Trump during the public portion of a meeting with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Trump’s remarks:
“Thirty thousand people a month—they’re dead. They leave behind their parents in Ukraine and Russia, and a week later they’re dead. It’s crazy.

It doesn’t concern us directly; it’s far away. But it does concern Europe. There’s an ocean between us.
I just can’t bear what’s happening. I’ve seen photos from the front. It’s a drone war…

But I want to say, ‘Don’t send them to me’ (the photos—ed.). Pete (Hegseth—ed.) sends them to me, and I say, ‘Pete, you know, this isn’t helping.’ I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s a slaughter, and it has to stop.”

Details:
Trump also said that both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin want to reach an agreement.

He said he believes the negotiations could produce results.
Trump also stated that he has had very good conversations with both Zelenskyy and Putin.

At the same time, a meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the NATO summit is scheduled for July 8.

Background:
Sources familiar with the matter told the Financial Times that the Russian side is unlikely to participate in any substantive negotiations before February 2027. According to those sources, Putin believes that by then Russia will have occupied all of Ukraine’s Donetsk region and that the United States will pressure Ukraine into making concessions to Russia.

After the outbreak of the war with Iran, potential trilateral talks between Ukraine, the United States, and Russia fell through and were postponed. The Ukrainian president acknowledged that the U.S. is currently focused on negotiations with Iran, shifting attention away from Ukraine.

On June 4, the Ukrainian president sent an open letter to the Kremlin leader proposing a face-to-face bilateral meeting to end the war, and said that Europe and the United States should also be involved in the negotiations.

Trump supported the possibility of a bilateral meeting between the leaders of Ukraine and Russia.

Meanwhile, the Kremlin leader said he had read Zelenskyy’s open letter but “does not see any point in holding such a meeting.”

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Hackers Exploit Vulnerability in Over 80,000 Fortinet Firewalls, Compromising British Government and NHS Data
Hackers exploited a vulnerability in more than 80,000 firewalls belonging to the Fortinet company. Using previously stolen data, the attackers bypassed protection systems that safeguard Britain’s critical infrastructure.
Among the compromised accounts are data belonging to employees of British embassies in Thailand and Mauritius, as well as officials in Derbyshire and Waltham Forest in east London.

Logins and passwords are already being sold on darknet forums, with access reportedly priced at up to $60,000 (£44,000).

Why the NHS Is at Risk

Among the stolen data are access credentials to the National Health Service (NHS) systems, energy companies, and drug suppliers.
Saif Abed, a former NHS doctor now working as a cybersecurity expert, warned that the breach could trigger a “catastrophic” incident threatening patient safety.
“This is exactly the kind of attack that becomes the first step toward large-scale ransomware attacks,” he explained.
Something similar has happened before: in June 2024, hackers likely linked to Russia breached the systems of pathology lab Synnovis, causing more than 1,000 operations and 2,000 appointments to be cancelled.
The Attack Is Still Ongoing
Cybersecurity researcher Volodymyr Diachenko, who first discovered the breach, reported that the hackers gained access to the “core networks” of the Foreign Office, and the attack could spread to other government departments.
The attack code, which was analyzed by the publication, was written in Russian. Access to the stolen data is being offered by a user going by the alias “SantaAd” on darknet forums.

Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) confirmed a “brute-force” attack on Fortinet systems and ordered organizations to check their networks and isolate compromised devices.

Is the State Involved?

There is no direct evidence of Russian state involvement in the attack. However, Britain believes the Kremlin knowingly turns a blind eye to hackers operating from Russian territory, using them as a tool of global destabilization.
As a reminder, Google’s Threat Intelligence Group recently discovered a new espionage .NET backdoor called STOCKSTAY, which hackers from the Turla group are deploying against Ukrainian military and government institutions, as well as European diplomatic agencies. Russia’s new backdoor is targeting Ukraine: Google discovers spyware virus.

It was also reported that Ukraine’s Security Service, together with the FBI, exposed systematic attempts by Russian intelligence services to hack the messaging apps of officials in Ukraine, Europe, and the United States. Russian intelligence services exposed in attempts to “hack” the messengers of officials in Ukraine, Europe, and the US.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​