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Multiple explosions were reported in Odesa while air raid sirens alarms sounded in Odesa, Kherson, and Mykolaiv on Jan. 17, local media reported.
Overnight on Jan. 17 a Russian drone strike injured three people in Odesa. A 62-year-old man sustained a shrapnel wound while two women, aged 69 and 29, were also hurt.
Ukraine's air force said it downed 19 our of 20 UAVs launched by Russia overnight on Jan. 17.
"We consider these searches to be another wave of attack on Vitaliy Shabunin and the Anti-Corruption Action Center for criticizing the Presidential Office and (Presidential Office head) Andrii Yermak personally," the center said.
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, war has become a daily reality for thousands of Ukrainian children. Some Ukrainian military units, such as the Azov Brigade, offer boot camps for teenagers to teach them the basics of self-defense, first aid, dry firing, and other survival skills — helping them prepare for both the realities of today and the uncertainties of the future.
Russian authorities confirmed that Colonel Sergei Ilyin, commander of Russia's 155th Marine Brigade, has been buried, without disclosing the cause of death.
A Russian attack against the southern city of Odesa injured at least eight people and damaged residential areas, local authorities reported.
Russia's Defense Ministry claimed its forces downed 155 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 53 over Kursk Oblast and 13 over Tula Oblast.
"As a result of the explosion, a satellite communication hardware station—intended by Russian military leadership to coordinate occupying forces—was also destroyed," Ukraine's military intelligence said.
U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg will arrive in Kyiv on July 14 for a week-long visit, he told a Novyny Live journalist at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome.
The deal is one of the largest publicly disclosed investments in Ukrainian defense technology since Russia's full-scale invasion began in 2022.
Regional authorities reported casualties in at least six Ukrainian oblasts over the past day.
The media investigation has identified 523 foreign nationals from 28 countries who were killed while serving in the Russian army.
During several months of testing, the system intercepted nearly 550 Russian drones over Kyiv Oblast, an official said.
Former Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov denied any connections with controversial lawmaker Yevhenii Shevchenko's fraud case.
Mediazona's source said that Mikhail Ryumin was unaware that his vehicle was carrying Ukrainian drones hidden beneath the roofs of the frame house structures.
Russian assets frozen by the West should not be released until Moscow pays back at least 500 billion euros (over $580 billion) in compensation to Ukraine, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on July 10 in Rome.
