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State of emergency declared in Crimea after drone attacks by Ukraine

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Kyiv recovers after ballistic attack, fires and destruction in five districts, there are casualties

УНН Slider ✎ Russian troops attacked Kyiv on the night of July 19, damaging buildings in five districts. Two injured were hospitalized, rescuers are eliminating th…

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Russia massively attacks Kyiv with ballistic missiles, Air Force reports over 20 missiles

УНН Slider ✎ Russian troops launched over 20 ballistic missiles at Kyiv. Explosions occurred in the capital, fires and impacts were recorded.

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Zelensky's reshuffle surprised everyone - and Ukraine just fired its fastest learner

Ukraine has removed the minister who had begun turning its drone advantage into a system – in the same week its drones were burning Russian refineries. Mykhailo Fedorov ran the defence ministry for six months, coming to it as the driving force behind the ‘Army of Drones’. He scaled drone procurement, backed the deep strikes reaching Russian oil, and launched the mid-range campaign against the logistics supplying occupied Crimea. Fedorov is credited for SpaceX disabling the Starlink terminals Russian forces relied on, and launched fixed-term contracts and higher infantry pay. There is criticism too, the reforms were slow to show results and mobilisation did not improve. But from the outside, this was clearly a minister who delivered. He also pushed to replace the top command that soldiers blame for costly, top-down decisions: commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi and the chief of the general staff, Andrii Hnatov. President Volodymyr Zelensky kept the generals and removed the reformer. The reformer and the generals By the end, the fight with Syrskyi was in the open. Fedorov said decisions were being made on loyalty, not data, and that his initiatives had been blocked for months. His hardest line went at the commander-in-chief directly: Syrskyi's job was...

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Ukraine reportedly strikes Russian oil depot in Stavropol Krai, hits targets in occupied Crimea, Luhansk

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Ukraine reportedly strikes Russian oil depot in Stavropol Krai, hits targets in occupied Crimea, Luhansk

Ukraine struck an oil depot in Russia's Stavropol Krai and hit several targets in the occupied territories overnight on July 19, monitoring channels reported.

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Poland reports rising anti-Ukrainian sentiment, Kyiv and Warsaw intensify talks

Former Polish Minister of Defense Janusz Onyszkiewicz expressed his view on rising anti-Ukrainian sentiment in the country during an interview. We must be cautious and respond to these incidents. But it’s not that we are on some slippery slope and will slide into an increasingly worse situation. We simply need to respond to this clearly and decisively. – Janusz Onyszkiewicz Onyszkiewicz also expressed hope that the wave of anti-Ukrainian sentiments, sparked by the latest events, “will fade over time”. – Janusz Onyszkiewicz The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has instructed the government to intensify contacts with Poland. Among the planned steps are opening the archives of the SBU and the Foreign Intelligence Service regarding the tragic events in Volyn, granting more permits to continue search and exhumation work, and strengthening the capacity to carry out these measures. The Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, reacted positively to the steps taken by the Ukrainian president and expressed Warsaw’s readiness for serious talks with Kyiv. On July 11, the President of Ukraine stated that there is one common threat for Ukraine and Poland today: Russia. In the area of the former villages Ostrivky and Volia Ostrovyetska, within the Kovel District of Volyn...

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