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Ukrainian drones kill seven at Wildberries warehouse in Russia's Tambov region
Ukrainian drones killed seven workers at a Wildberries logistics centre in Russia's Tambov region and injured dozens more near Moscow, where an oil depot burned, in one of the deadliest strikes on a commercial site inside Russia.
Zelenskiy moves Klymenko from Interior ministry to Ukraine’s national security council
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is set to appoint former interior minister Ihor Klymenko as secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, completing another stage of a contentious wartime government reshuffle.
Ukrainian parliament frustrates Zelenskiy’s defence ministry reshuffle
Ukraine’s parliament has frustrated President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s attempt to install a new defence leadership, exposing strains within his ruling coalition and intensifying a political crisis over the removal of Mykhailo Fedorov.
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Russia-Argentina nuclear cooperation grinds to halt as Milei pivots to US
Russia and Argentina have effectively halted cooperation on civil nuclear energy projects, Russia's ambassador to Buenos Aires said, as President Javier Milei's government deepens its alignment with the United States and moves away from Moscow.
Bolivia investigates recruiters who lured citizens to fight for Russia
Bolivia joins Peru and Colombia in exposing a Russian trafficking network luring Andean citizens to the Ukraine front with fake jobs.
Ukraine goes from buyer of security to supplier
Ukraine is rapidly transforming from one of the world's largest importers of military aid into an increasingly important supplier of defence technologies for Europe.
Top energy manager Koretskyi takes over as Ukraine's Prime Minister
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appointed chairman of the national gas company Naftogaz’s board, Koretskyi as the new Ukrainian Prime Minister in anticipation of intense winter attacks by Russia.
Radical reformer but hated by the military, Ukraine’s Defence Minister Fedorov's fate hangs in the balance
A former tech entrepreneur, Ukraine's defence minister wants to run the military with data, incentives and market forces. The generals are not impressed as he has stepped on nearly everyone’s toes already. But he is getting the job done.
Russia prepares legal offensive against Baltic states over treatment of Russian minorities
Investigation reveals Moscow will accuse Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania of discriminating against ethnic Russians and Russian speakers in a case it plans to bring before the International Court of Justice.
Bulgaria withdraws from Coalition of the Willing
Bulgaria is pulling out of the Western-backed "Coalition of the Willing" supporting Ukraine, in the latest sign of Sofia's shift away from the European Union's mainstream policy towards Russia.
Ukraine's Coalition of the Willing launch a new Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition at Paris summit
President Zelenskiy was in Paris on July 13 for a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, which launched a new Integrated Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition to counter the escalating missile war playing out between Russia and Ukraine.
Ukraine seeks €7bn for power recovery as allies expand air-defence cooperation
Ukraine has lost about half of its electricity generation capacity since the war began in February 2022, with flexible generating facilities among the hardest hit.
Ukraine's US ambassador to step down amid scrutiny over cut-price property purchase
Ukraine's ambassador to the US, Olha Stefanishyna, is set to leave her post less than a year after arriving in Washington, as a controversy over her family's purchase of a luxury Kyiv apartment adds political pressure on President Zelenskiy
Zelenskiy launches sweeping government shake-up
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy =announced a sweeping reshuffle of Ukraine's government on July 12 and signalled changes to the country's top law enforcement agencies.
Central Asia battles to stop fuel squeeze turning into supply shock
Sustained Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s refineries increasingly hitting motorists across region.
EU waters down 21st Russia sanctions as member states push back on oil cap
The EU is diluting key elements of its proposed 21st sanctions package against Russia as internal divisions deepen over how far member states are willing to go to tighten economic pressure on Moscow.
Russia has a desertion problem. Ukraine has a manpower crisis
The armies fighting Europe's biggest land war since 1945 are both losing soldiers without firing a shot. But while Russia has a growing desertion problem, Ukraine is in the midst of a growing manpower crisis.
OBITURY: US senator Lindsey Graham, Russia hawk and champion of Iranian regime change, dies at 71
Lindsey Graham, the Senate’s loudest supporter of Ukraine and regime change in Iran, has died at 71 after a brief and sudden illness, a day after returning from his tenth wartime visit to Kyiv.
Ukraine war fatigue laid bare by anti-conscription riot in Lviv
Tensions are approaching boiling point in Ukraine after citizens rioted in a protest against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s compulsory conscription programme in the western city of Lviv on July 9.
Uzbekistan and Belarus set $2bn trade target as Lukashenko banks a diplomatic win
Bilateral trade tripled in five years, up 30% this year, now targeted to hit $2bn. But even doubled, Uzbek trade barely dents Belarus's dependence on Russia.