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Sanctioned top Putin ally allowed to fly over EU to attend conference in Geneva, Bloomberg reports
Valentina Matviyenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin and one of Russia’s most senior officials, echoed Kremlin disinformation about Ukraine during her appearance at the Geneva conference earlier this week.
8 injured, including mother and child, as massive fires break out in Kyiv amid Russian drone attack
The overnight drone attack comes shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose new tariffs on Russia within 10 days unless the Kremlin agrees to halt its full-scale war against Ukraine.
Ukraine to move military trainings underground, Syrskyi says
"The training process must be moved underground as much as possible. We must respond to air raid alerts and enemy drones immediately," Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.
Ukraine expects EU defense loans to help fund its defense industry, Sybiha says
"This is a welcome mobilization of European defense funding," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on X. "Europe is on track to significantly strengthen its defense industry, and Ukraine is an essential element of this effort."
Ukraine misses another chance to appoint economic crimes bureau head as IMF deadline looms, MP says
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers has once again failed to appoint anti-corruption investigator Oleksandr Tsyvinsky as director of the Bureau of Economic Security, lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak said.
Trump announces 25% tariffs on India, lambasts Russian energy and defense ties
India has "always bought a vast majority of their military equipment from Russia, and are Russia’s largest buyer of energy, along with China, at a time when everyone wants Russia to stop the killing in Ukraine," Trump said on his Truth Social platform on July 30.
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