Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk: The two-day Ukraine Recovery Conference opened in Poland’s Baltic port city with pledges for billions in reconstruction support, aiming for 160+ agreements worth over €10bn, while the EU announced the first €3.2bn tranche of a 90bn-euro package tied to defense, energy resilience and budget needs; Energy & industry deals: Orlen and Naftogaz signed LNG-trade and energy-security agreements on the sidelines, and Ukraine also secured a World Bank deal worth $3.39bn; Japan-Poland-Ukraine business push: Japan unveiled a plan to deepen public-private reconstruction partnerships with Ukraine and Poland, backing seven cooperation projects focused on housing and energy supply; Cybersecurity: Poland’s CBZC, with FBI and HSI support, arrested four suspects in a SIM-swap and crypto-theft operation targeting exchanges and laundering tens of millions of zlotys; Defense innovation in the EU: MEPs backed the AGILE programme to speed up rapid defense innovation, with grants designed to be easier for SMEs and start-ups and to support scaling across Europe; Space cooperation: South Korea plans a public-private delegation to Europe for “Space Day” events in Brussels, Bucharest and Warsaw to expand space ties and business opportunities.