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Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

The Pentagon ordered "Vampires" for Ukraine. It will deliver 14 anti-drone systems

The State Department said Thursday it has adopted Turkey's preferred spelling for the name of the country, Turkiye, acceding to a request from the NATO ally after several months of hesitation.

President Joe Biden will announce the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the US strategic reserve on Wednesday as part of a response to recent production cuts announced by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC+) nations.

The US government has confirmed it will continue enforcing the tariffs on Chinese goods imposed by former president Donald Trump, following hundreds of requests from American companies.    

President Joe Biden had been considering how and whether to remove some of the tariffs by his predecessor, amid pressure to offer some relief to soaring U.S. inflation.    

Over 46,000 people have signed an online petition calling for the United States Tennis Association, USTA, to work with the US government to allow Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic to enter the US to compete in the US Open tournament.

Parliament ratified the protocols on the accession of the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the North Atlantic Treaty.

This is happening after the NATO summit at the end of June decided to invite the two countries to the Alliance. With the accession of Finland and Sweden, the number of member states will increase to 32.

William Bill Browder, the head of the global campaign for Magnitsky legislation Photo: Private archive.

He then hired Sergei Magnitsky, head of the tax practice at Moscow law firm Firestone Duncan, to investigate the accusations. Magnitsky's research revealed a state conspiracy against Browder's fund and high-level corruption, but the state hit back.

The United States has said it will step up cooperation with Vietnam and Taiwan among others to combat illegal fishing, a problem that environmentalists and Western nations increasingly attribute to China.

U.S. President Joe Biden signed a memorandum that aimed to step up coordination and enforcement within the US government against illegal fishing and the use of forced labor.

US President Joe Biden described as a "tragic mistake" the decision of the country's Supreme Court to revoke the right to abortion, approved 50 years ago.

The Minister of Digital Governance, Kyriakos Pierrakakis, has been in Washington since yesterday.

The Greek minister presented Greece's digital strategy to the White House and the US government.