Russia has reportedly lost 151 servicepeople with the GRU special forces, nearly one in four of them being officers. Around 245 members of Russia’s National Guard, including many from special forces units, have also been lost. Roughly 67 Russian military pilots have died – a significant loss, given training a single sniper pilot can take up to 15 to 17 years and cost between $12 to $14 million.According to the BBC, Russia’s combined arms units were unprepared for assault operations.
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Wednesday, July 16
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In Kharkiv, at least 17 explosions rocked the city in 20 minutes amid a massive Russian drone strike. Explosions, power outages, and mass strikes have been reported in multiple cities.
Daniel Martindale, an American who secretly provided intelligence to the Kremlin while living in Ukraine, was granted Russian citizenship during a televised ceremony in Moscow on July 15.
A new Finnish law banning Russian and Belarusian citizens from purchasing real estate took effect July 15, part of a broader effort to bolster Finland's national security amid Russia's increasingly aggressive posture in the region.
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Footage shows drone operators with the Omega Wings special operations unit of Ukraine's National Guard taking out a Russian 2S19 Meta-S self-propelled howitzer.
The U.S. government’s development finance agency has started looking for a company to manage a joint U.S.-Ukraine investment fund, Ukraine’s Economy Ministry said in a July 15 press release.
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U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks come after the Financial Times (FT) reported, citing undisclosed sources, that he asked President Volodymyr Zelensky whether Kyiv could strike Moscow or St. Petersburg if provided with long-range U.S. weapons.
"The government coalition rejects the imbecile proposal of the European Commission to stop the flow of Russian gas from 2028," Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said.
Denmark and Sweden are open to help deliver U.S. weapons, including Patriot air defense systems, to Ukraine via NATO, countries' officials said on July 15.
Vitaliy Shabunin, head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center's (AntAC) executive board and current member of the country's Armed Forces, was charged on July 11 with evading military service and fraud — an accusation he and his team reject.
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Donald Trump encouraged the strategy so that Russia could "feel the pain" and agree to negotiations, the Financial Times reported, citing its sources.
"The stolen data includes confidential questionnaires of the company's employees, and most importantly, full technical documentation on the production of drones, which was handed over to the relevant specialists of the Ukrainian Defense Forces," a source in Ukraine's military intelligence told the Kyiv Independent.
