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The European Union has proposed sanctioning Alina Kabaeva, a former gymnast, who is “reportedly closely associated” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Bloomberg reported citing the EU document. The Wall Street Journal reported in April that the U.S. withheld sanctioning Kabaeva, concerned that Putin would view it as a personal attack.
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Wednesday, July 22
"We still gotta bring back Fedorov," protest organizer and veteran Dmytro Koziatynskyi wrote.
The 13 vessels that were struck over July 21-22 included 10 dry cargo ships, two tugboats, and a tanker, according to Brovdi.
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Blackouts were reported throughout occupied Crimea, and massive fires broke out in several southern Russian cities amid Ukrainian strikes on retail logistics facilities overnight on July 22, according to monitoring channels.
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The Washington-based lender called Ukraine's performance "broadly satisfactory" in a press release announcing its approval, but emphasized that several conditions of the program were either completed with a delay or missed entirely.
Tuesday, July 21
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Russia occupied and illegally annexed Crimea in 2014. In recent months, Ukrainian forces have increasingly targeted power substations, bridges, ferry crossings, air defenses, military logistics routes, and Russian vessels in the Black and Azov seas as part of a broader campaign to isolate Crimea.
"It is really important that Laura Loomer is in Ukraine and sees things with her own eyes as they are," Zelensky's office said.
"Cultural events funded by European taxpayers' money should safeguard democratic values and foster open dialogue, diversity, and freedom of expression — values which are not respected in today's Russia," European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier said.
Striking both the fighter jet and the Pantsir-S1 weakens Russia's ability to protect military sites from Ukrainian attacks.
Sumy came under repeated Russian strikes, reflecting Moscow's growing use of double-tap attacks, which cause further destruction and put both civilians and rescuers at risk.
