Ukraine's ambassador to US will be replaced, foreign minister confirms
"She is extremely effective and charismatic, but surely every diplomat has a rotation cycle," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said of Ambassador Oksana Markarova.
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Ukraine's Naftogaz brings new high-yield gas well online as country reserves run low
The 5.7-kilometer deviated well was drilled and commissioned six weeks ahead of schedule as Ukraine works to boost domestic production amid Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure, including gas storage facilities in western Ukraine.
US only has 25% of Patriot missiles needed for war plans, Guardian reports
According to officials familiar with the matter, the Pentagon's munitions tracker showed Patriot interceptor stocks had dipped below acceptable levels. That prompted concerns that sending more to Ukraine could put U.S. defense readiness at risk.
Ukraine war latest: Trump reportedly pledges to send 10 Patriot missiles to Ukraine, asks Germany to send battery
* Trump reportedly pledges to send 10 Patriot missiles to Ukraine, asks Germany to send battery * 'They have to be able to defend themselves' — Trump says US will send additional weapons shipments to Ukraine, criticizes Putin * EU to impose 'toughest' sanctions on Russia in coordination with US senators, French foreign minister
Putin throws 'a lot of b*llshit', Trump says as he 'looks strongly' at Russia sanctions bill
Trump also addressed U.S. legislation on sanctions, saying the Senate's Russia sanctions bill was "totally optional" for him to implement or terminate. "I'm looking at it very strongly," Trump said.
Ukrainian businesses outraged as government blocks economic crimes bureau chief nominee
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers rejected a nominee to lead the economic crimes agency, drawing swift criticism from lawmakers and businesses over alleged interference in the selection process.
Russia's crude exports fall to lowest level since February
Seaborne crude flows averaged 3.12 million barrels a day over the four weeks to July 6, a 3% decline from the previous period ending June 29, according to tanker-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. That's the lowest level recorded since the four-week period ending Feb. 23.
Dnipropetrovsk village likely contested despite Russia's claim of its capture
The village of Dachne in the southern part of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast appears to be contested, according to the Finnish Black Bird Group open-source intelligence collective. The Russian Defense Ministry on July 7 claimed to have seized Dachne, which would mark the first village to be under Russian control in the
Three men convicted in London arson plot tied to Russia's Wagner Group
The ringleader, Dylan Earl, 21, had already pleaded guilty to aggravated arson over the 2024 blaze targeting companies that were supplying Elon Musk's Starlink satellite equipment to Ukraine.
Trump reportedly pledges to send 10 Patriot missiles to Ukraine, asks Germany to send battery
During the call with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, U.S. President Donald Trump proposed that Germany sell one of its own Patriot batteries to Ukraine.
Ukraine’s minerals fund focus of private investment ahead of major recovery conference
This week, thousands of companies, business heads, and global leaders are headed to Rome for the fourth Ukraine Recovery Conference on July 10, with many companies hoping for more clarity around the future of a U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal. It’s been over two months since President Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukraine sanctions 5 Chinese firms for supplying components used in Russian drones
The decree follows a publication by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), which said it recovered Chinese-made parts from downed Shahed drones during a July 4 air assault on Kyiv.
How to enter Ukraine’s defense market: A short guide for foreign companies
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'Some are forged into poets during hostilities' — Medic, former POW, and poet on how war is shaping Ukraine's writers
Before her harrowing footage of life in Mariupol under siege from Russian invaders was viewed around the world in 2022, Yuliia Paievska — call sign "Taira" — was already well known to Ukrainians for leading a volunteer medical unit in Donbas. Now, the volunteer, soldier, athlete, global activist, and former POW is
'Torture was not just cruel, it was inhuman' — Ukrainian soldier dies weeks after release from Russian captivity
Soldier Valery Zelensky had spent 39 months in Russian captivity. Just 22 days later, on June 16, his heart stopped.
Ukraine's ambassador to the US to be dismissed, source says
Oksana Markarova has held the post since April 2021.
Overcoming Slovakia, Hungary opposition, EU set to approve new Russia sanctions package this week, Ukrainian official says
In late June, EU ambassadors did not approve the sanctions package because of objections from Budapest and Bratislava.
9 killed, 81 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day
Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched 54 drones overnight, including Iranian-designed Shahed-type attack drones, and fired four S-300/400 guided missiles.
On 1-year anniversary, Ukraine names Russian officer linked to deadly strike on Kyiv Okhmatdyt children's hospital
The strike, which killed two adults and injured at least 34 people, directly hit the country's largest pediatric medical center, where 627 children were receiving treatment at the time.
Russia's Black Sea Fleet shrinks presence in key Crimean bay, Ukrainian partisans say
The remaining combat units are periodically rotated and redeployed in an apparent effort to avoid detection by Ukrainian reconnaissance, the Atesh partisan group said.
Trump reportedly told Zelensky he's not responsible for US arms halt to Ukraine
U.S. President Donald Trump told President Volodymyr Zelensky during a phone call on July 4 that he was not responsible for the suspension of U.S. arms shipments to Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,028,610 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 1,070 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
EU to impose 'toughest' sanctions on Russia in coordination with US senators, French foreign minister says
"This (war) cannot continue; it must stop. To achieve this, in coordination with American senators, Europe is preparing to introduce, based on French proposals, the toughest sanctions we have imposed in the last three years," French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said.
Kellogg, Umerov set to meet, discuss resumption of US military aid to Ukraine, Politico reports
Following the talks between U.S. Special Envoy Keith Kellogg and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov in Rome, Politico reported that more meetings are set to take place in Kyiv over the next two weeks.
'They have to be able to defend themselves' — Trump says US will send additional weapons shipments to Ukraine, criticizes Putin
"They're getting hit very hard. We're gonna have to send more weapons, your defensive weapons primarily," U.S. President Donald Trump said.
UK sanctions Russian officials and lab over chemical weapons use in Ukraine
According to the updated sanctions list published on the U.K. government's official website, the new measures target Russia's Scientific Research Institute of Applied Chemistry, as well as Lieutenant General Alexei Rtishchev, head of Russia's Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops, and his deputy, Andrei Marchenko.
Ukraine war latest: Russian airports cancel nearly 300 flights amid drone attacks on Russia
Key developments on July 7: * Russian airports cancel nearly 300 flights amid drone attacks on Russia * BRICS summit statement condemns attacks on Russian railways, avoids urging Russia to cease war efforts in Ukraine * Ukrainian drone strike hits major oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Krai, HUR source claims * Ukraine confirms drone
EBRD to unlock $1 billion in credit for Ukraine's key sectors, considers mineral projects
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will enable Ukrainian banks to provide up to 900 million euros ($1.05 billion) in new loans by sharing credit risks.
Russian weapons contain growing number of Chinese components, Zelensky's adviser says
Russia’s growing ability to sustain weapons production despite Western sanctions is being driven by a flow of Chinese components and materials, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, the Ukrainian president’s commissioner for sanctions, told journalists on July 7.
Exclusive: Ukraine pitches US modernizes its largest oil refinery as part of minerals deal
Projects Kyiv has submitted to the U.S. for consideration as part of a profit-sharing deal for Ukraine's resources include a shelf and deepwater project and an oil refinery that comes under frequent attack by Russia, Ukraine's Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko told the Kyiv Independent in an interview published on
War has changed: Ukraine’s tech pioneers are leading the fight West can’t afford to ignore
The next conflict isn’t coming — it’s already being fought in Ukraine. Not by NATO generals in simulated exercises, but by small, underfunded teams of Ukrainian innovators building the future of warfare with laptops, soldering irons, and scraps of carbon fiber. Ukraine is rewriting the rules of modern ground
‘Neither side wasted time' — Ukraine's economy minister on minerals deal negotiations with Trump’s ‘business-oriented’ administration
Ukraine's Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko says her task is simple — to get the investment fund behind the closely watched minerals deal with the U.S. off the ground, and prove its detractors wrong. "There are so many criticisms from different parties that this fund is just a piece of paper
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