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There are anniversaries that belong to one nation, and there are anniversaries that remind the world why certain ideas never stop mattering. America's 250th birthday is both. For Ukrainians, this celebration is more than an occasion to congratulate a friend, as we honor a country whose founding principles have inspired generations far beyond its shores, including our own. This day is also a chance to express something deeply personal: our gratitude to the American people. Over the past severa

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Saturday, July 4

03:30 PM

Ukraine releases footage of drone destroying Russian fighter jet in occupied Crimea

The new footage was published just hours after another night of Ukraine successfully attacking military targets on the peninsula.

10:58 AM

Zelensky calls Putin's Kostiantynivka bluff: 'Let's meet there'

Some groups of Russian infantry troops have entered the embattled city, and the situation is difficult, but Kostiantynivka remains under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Head of Ukraine's General Staff Major Andriy Kovalev stressed.

07:09 AM

Zelensky confirms Ukrainian strike on St. Petersburg oil infrastructure

Ukraine's military reportedly carried out an attack on St. Petersburg in the early hours of July 4, striking an oil terminal in the city, Russian Telegram media channels reported.

01:15 PM

Inside the Ukrainian military's fight to motivate new recruits

KHARKIV OBLAST — New recruits walk into a small, overcrowded log-framed tent, taking their place in the line for lunch to fuel up for the long day of training ahead. The line ends at two large steaming pots: one filled with potato-and-bean soup, the other with sausages. Laughter and chatter from those who arrived early enough to be the first to eat bring warmth to what could otherwise be a bleak atmosphere. The recruits would soon be deployed to the front, many of them about to face the harshes

12:54 PM

Netherlands confirms it will host Nuremberg-style tribunal for Russia

"The decision will make it possible to hold Russia's senior political and military leadership to account specifically for the crime of aggression, not merely for its consequences," Zelensky said.

09:42 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,408,340 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

The number includes 1,190 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

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