Xavier Niel, the French billionaire and owner of Ukraine’s third-largest telecom operator, has become the largest shareholder of the Vodafone Group after buying a 16.2% stake in the company, Niel’s investment vehicle Vega announced on July 10.
The bill would impose tariffs of up to 100% on the top five buyers of Russian oil or natural gas, while granting the U.S. president authority to waive the sanctions "upon a justification and certification to Congress."
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she would announce new initiatives to integrate the Ukrainian and European defense industries.
The number includes 1,470 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Two Ukrainian crew members were among those injured when Iranian missiles struck two vessels in the waterway on July 14.
"All information about launches or launch preparations comes to us from our partners. ... No system can be perfect, so failures do occur, and the alert may be delayed," Defense Ministry Advisor Serhii Beskrestnov said.
"During the attack, a hostile drone struck a civilian vessel flying the flag of the Marshall Islands, damaging the ship's superstructure," Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper said.
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In the "first combat mission of this type known," a Ukrainian sea drone delivered a ground drone to Russian-held territory on the Kinburn Spit, Ukraine's 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade said on July 13. "A ground-based robotic complex was delivered to the enemy shore by an unmanned sea platform, landed on the occupied territory and used to perform a combat mission," the brigade said in a post on social media. "This is a new approach to war, where the most dangerous tasks are performed by a m
