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Monday, July 20
Oil depot, logistics center reportedly struck in Moscow Oblast as Ukraine launches hundreds of drones towards Russian capital
Ukrainian forces launched a drone attack on Moscow Oblast overnight on July 20, reportedly striking an oil depot as well as a logistics center in the region, Russian Telegram media channels reported.
Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia kills 2, injures 42, including children
Russian forces launched glide bombs towards Zaporizhzhia on the evening of July 19, killing two people and injuring 42 others, including eight children, officials said.
Russia's large-scale attack destroys nearly 250,000 Ukrainian books
The latest Russian attack on Kyiv overnight on July 19 destroyed nearly 250,000 books in Knyholove's inventory, the Ukrainian publishing house reported.
Sunday, July 19
Russian missile strike on civilian grain ship in Black Sea kills 5
Five people were killed and five others remain missing after a Russian missile strike hit a civilian cargo ship carrying grain in the Black Sea on July 19, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Ukraine's drone commander says Kerch Strait ferry capacity reduced by 75%
A Ukrainian drone campaign has reduced ferry capacity across the Kerch Strait by 75%, disrupting a key Russian military logistics route.
Analysis: Why many Ukrainians feel Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi must go
"Fedorov = more Russian deaths, Syrskyi = more Ukrainian deaths." This slogan, neatly written on cardboard, was one of thousands held aloft in Kyiv and across Ukraine as outrage over the country's wartime leadership boils over. Much of Ukrainian society, soldiers and civilians alike, is up in arms over President Volodymyr Zelensky's decision to dismiss popular and innovative Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. Zelensky's primary motivation for the decision was debated, with theories including
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Russia invaded Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in February 2014 amid the deadliest days of the EuroMaidan Revolution. Around 30,000 Russian troops crossed into Crimea, taking hold of the peninsula by early March 2014. Russia has continued to occupy Crimea ever since. Crimea covers an area of around 27,000 square kilometers (10,400 square miles), roughly the same size as the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
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"These are Russian logistics facilities, specifically warehouses used to supply war materiel: navigation equipment, components for drone production, and other supplies for the Russian army," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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