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Friday, August 7
'We want missiles too' — Trump responds to Zelensky's appeal for additional military aid
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Aug. 6 that the United States "needs missiles too" when asked about President Volodymyr Zelensky's latest appeal for long-range missiles and Patriot air defense systems.
Thursday, August 6
'I have no moral right to engage in anything else' — Fedorov hopes for reinstatement as defense minister
Former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said he still hopes to return to the post after being dismissed during the government's recent reshuffle, speaking on Serhii Sternenko's Aug. 6 YouTube show.
The downfall of Ukraine’s ex-ambassador to US, explained
Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine's former ambassador to the U.S. and deputy prime minister for European integration, was widely regarded as an effective manager. But her involvement in several corruption investigations cast a shadow over her career and likely contributed to her dismissal as ambassador on Aug. 3. On Aug. 5, authorities charged Stefanishyna with illicit enrichment totaling Hr 13.9 million ($310,000) and filing false asset declarations. She denies the allegations. For critics of Presi
Zelensky to make first-ever visit to Serbia on Aug. 8, source says
President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to make his first trip to Serbia on Aug. 8, a senior Ukrainian official told the Kyiv Independent.
Ukraine war latest: Lithuania warns of Russian false flag drone threat to Baltic states
Key developments on Aug. 6: * Russia could use Ukrainian drones in false-flag strike against Baltic infrastructure, Lithuania says * Drone targeted Ukrainian cargo plane carrying ammunition at German airport, media reports * Russian drone kills 2 railway workers at station in Kharkiv Oblast * Ukraine hits 2 Russian oil refineries in latest deep strike drone attack, Zelensky says * NATO fighter jet scrambles increase 250% as Russia tests border with military planes, Alliance says Lithuania
What did Ukraine's '40-day campaign' against Russia deliver?
In late June, President Volodymyr Zelensky tasked Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) with launching a "40-day influence operation" designed to compel Russia to "end the war." In the weeks following, Ukraine's mid- and long-range drones scored some headline-grabbing successes — the crippling of dozens of Russian tankers supplying occupied Crimea and, perhaps most notably, the destruction of several warehouses across the country belonging to online retailer Wildberries. But 40 days later, Russia's
About Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin is Russia's president, a position he has held since 2012 and previously from 2000 to 2008, following his tenure as prime minister from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. Born on October 7, 1952, Putin served as a KGB officer before entering politics in the 1990s and consolidating authoritarian control over Russia's political system.
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