Tens of thousands of Russian troops were preparing to advance on the cities of Kriviy Rih and Mykolayiv in southern Ukraine, presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych has said, as Moscow pounded the Dnipropetrovsk region with rocket fire and the United States announced a fresh batch of armaments and munition for Kyiv.
MoreMore than 75,000 Russian soldiers -- about half the force sent by Moscow to invade Ukraine in February -- are believed to have been killed or wounded, a U.S. lawmaker said, as Kyiv was reportedly stepping up its counteroffensive to retake occupied Kherson region.
MoreOutnumbered Ukrainian defenders continue to hold the line in the east against Russian forces who only make "minimal gains," British military intelligence said on July 20, amid reports that Kyiv took out a key bridge over the Dnipro river using modern Western artillery.
MoreParents and educators in the Russian-occupied areas of southern Ukraine say the occupation authorities are using blackmail to compel them to cooperate with pro-Moscow schools being created for the coming academic year.
MorePresident Volodymyr Zelenskiy has predicted a worsening of Russian attacks to gain territory in eastern Ukraine ahead of a meeting this week of EU leaders to decide whether to back Kyiv's accelerated bid to join the bloc.
MoreAs heavy fighting continues to rage in eastern Ukraine, Finland has said it intends to apply to join NATO "without delay," in a major policy shift that sees the Nordic country, which shares a long border with Russia, abandoning decades of neutrality.
MorePresident Vladimir Putin vowed to press on with the Russian military campaign, now shifting focus to eastern Ukraine, as international experts voiced concern about reports of possible chemical weapons use in the besieged port of Mariupol.
MoreRussian military patrols prowl the streets, Russian channels fill the airwaves, and the Russian-imposed authorities take a cut of the fishermen’s catch. The mayor has disappeared, phone service is dead, and protests are rare after occupying forces fired into the air at rallies against them in March.
MoreRussian and Ukrainian delegations are holding face-to-face talks in Istanbul, the first such contact between the two sides in more than two weeks, after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine was prepared to declare its neutrality and consider a compromise on contested areas in the country's east to secure peace.
MoreArtillery of a separate motorized infantry brigade named after Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky destroyed the military equipment of the Russian occupiers.
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