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We're ready to make any Russian move cost far more than it's worth — NATO military chief in exclusive interview
NATO is facing its deepest identity crisis since the end of the Cold War. U.S. President Donald Trump's erratic relationship with Europe threatens to tear the alliance apart, and there are fears that the increasingly bellicose Russia may soon test the alliance's eastern frontier. The fast-paced military evolution of the Russia-Ukraine war also threatens NATO's long-maintained technological edge. Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, an Italian admiral who has served as the chair of the NATO Military Committe
2 Russian logistics centers, oil depot hit as Kyiv launches hundreds of drones towards Moscow
The latest attack on oil infrastructure in Russia's capital region comes exactly one month after Ukrainian forces launched their largest-ever drone attack on Moscow, striking the Moscow Oil Refinery on June 18.
Russia bolsters 'shadow fleet' defenses at expense of front-line drone units, military says
Ukrainian forces struck 13 more Russian vessels over the past day, Robert Brovdi, commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, said on July 18.
Russian attacks kill 11, injure 62 across Ukraine over past day; foreign civilian vessel damaged in Odesa port
Russian forces launched two Iskander-M ballistic missiles, two Oniks anti-ship missiles, three Kh-59/69 guided missiles, and 90 long-range drones against Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,427,410 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 1,420 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
FIFA set to provide World Cup payments to Russian clubs owned by sanctioned oil, gas companies, investigation finds
FIFA is set to disburse proceeds from the World Cup to a number of Russian football clubs owned by internationally sanctioned entities, including Russian oil and gas companies, an investigation by outlet Follow the Money published on July 18 found.
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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This is a developing story and is being updated. President Volodymyr Zelensky's dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov as defense minister has drawn a wave of criticism from soldiers, veterans, and civil society figures, who argue Ukraine is losing one of its most effective wartime officials without an adequate explanation. Dmytro Koziatynskyi, a war veteran who was a leading organizer of last summer's mass protests against a law curbing the independence of Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies, called fo
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