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Tuesday, July 21
Russian attacks kill at least 10, injure 87 over past day, heavily damaging residential areas across Ukraine
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.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,431,900 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The figure includes 1,370 personnel losses recorded over the past day.
Fires break out in Russia's Lipetsk amid reported overnight attack
Fires broke out at industrial facilities in the Russian city of Lipetsk after reports of an overnight attack, with independent monitoring channels claiming the affected sites included a major steel plant and a power facility.
Zelensky considering replacing Syrskyi with Drapatyi amid protester demands, Bloomberg reports
President Volodymyr Zelensky is considering replacing Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi amid calls from protesters to dismiss him, Bloomberg reported on July 20, citing two unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
FBI Director Kash Patel expected to visit Russia, Politico reports
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel is expected to travel to Russia in mid-October, a U.S. official and one person familiar with the matter told Politico in an article published July 20.
Monday, July 20
A decade after journalist Pavel Sheremet’s murder, justice remains out of reach
A decade after the murder of Belarusian-born journalist Pavel Sheremet in a car bombing in central Kyiv, justice remains elusive. The prosecution's case has unraveled under criticism, the three accused have been released, and proceedings are frozen until the end of Russia's full-scale war — when the trial is expected to begin again from scratch. If the prosecutors speed up the process, it may take one and a half or two years after the end of the war, Dmytro Kruhovyi, a lawyer for one of the su
About Donetsk Oblast
The Kyiv Independent's news and on-the-ground reporting from Donetsk Oblast, covering 26,517 square kilometers (10,239 square miles) in Ukraine’s East with a pre-war population of approximately 4.1 million. The administrative center is Kramatorsk, as Donetsk city has remained under Russian occupation since 2014. Donetsk Oblast has been the scene of intense fighting, for example, around the cities of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Vuhledar, as Moscow attempts to capture the entire region.
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While Ukraine intensifies its campaign against Russian military infrastructure in occupied Crimea, underground resistance has been spreading behind Russian lines. As hope of Crimea's eventual liberation increases among Ukrainians there, so does the number of volunteers eager to bring Ukraine's victory closer. The Resistance Movement within Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SOF) told the Kyiv Independent the number of people contacting it through secure channels increased after successful att
