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EU force boards Russian shadow fleet tanker in Mediterranean Sea
The sanctioned vessel was intercepted in international waters west of Pantelleria, an island between Sicily and Tunisia. Initially, the ship's captain did not cooperate when asked to provide the requested documentation, Italy's Defense Ministry said.
Romania scrambles F-16s as Russian drone crosses Ukraine's Danube River border
A Russian drone crossed into Romanian territory for about 20 minutes before returning to Ukraine, where it was shot down by Ukrainian forces, Romania's Defense Ministry said.
Ukraine war latest: Russia rains ballistic missiles on Kyiv as Ukrainian drones hit refineries, warehouses, airfields, ships
Key developments on Aug. 1-2: * Russian oil refinery, airbase, Wildberries warehouse reportedly struck by Ukrainian forces * Ukraine sinks sanctioned Russian ship in Black Sea, Zelensky says * Ukraine strikes 3 oil refineries, 4 radar systems deep inside Russia, SBU says * 'Putin has to be stopped' — 9 killed, dozens injured in Kyiv as Russia launches 2nd major attack on Ukraine in 48 hours Ukrainian forces struck a Russian air base in Engels and an oil refinery in Saratov Oblast overnight
How Russia recruits spies through social media | Ukraine This Week
In this episode of Ukraine This Week, Anna Belokur examines Russia's covert recruitment networks and how the Kremlin systematically enlists ordinary people to carry out sabotage, espionage, and cyberattacks across Ukraine and Europe.
Russia seeks to expand ballistic missile production, Zelensky says
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would grant Ukraine a license to produce its own Patriot interceptor missiles, but he walked the offer back hours before Russia's latest ballistic missile strike hit Kyiv.
Ukraine keeps changing defense ministers. Is that hurting the war effort?
President Volodymyr Zelensky's unexpected dismissal of Ukraine's defense minister triggered protests across the country and caught some of Ukraine's foreign partners off guard. Mykhailo Fedorov is the fourth person to leave the post since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, an extraordinary turnover at one of the country's most critical ministries. His removal comes at an especially precarious moment, as Ukraine races to secure additional Patriot interceptors and launches multi-billion-do
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Founder and CEO Tatiana Kim claimed that Wildberries entrepreneurs in Russia and partner countries, including China and Kazakhstan, had "suffered losses amounting to billions."
