Novorossiysk Mayor Andrei Kravchenko said on the morning of July 15 that more than 300 people, including workers from the Emergency Situations Ministry and other volunteers, were at work fighting forest fires in the area. The blaze had spread to at least 153 acres as of the early morning of July 15.
Russian attacks have killed at least one civilian and injured at least 24 others in Ukraine over the past day, regional authorities reported on July 15.
This number includes 1,200 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
According to Bryansk Oblast Governor Alexander Bogomaz, drones were intercepted over the region's Sevsky, Pogarsky, Braskovsky, Zlynkovsky, and Trubchevsky districts.
The drone hit "the territory of an electrical substation in the Stanovlyansky municipal district," Lipetsk Oblast Governor Igor Artamonov said on July 15.
The General Staff reported that the "hottest" situation currently lies in Pokrovsk, where Russian forces attacked Ukrainian positions 35 times.
Ukrainian soldiers have said that Russia often fails to evacuate injured troops and at times sends its own wounded soldiers back to the battlefield.
"I welcome the decision of the allies to open up the possibility of greater use of weapons to strike these targets," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
As of 6:30 p.m. local time, one person was reported killed in a missile strike on Myrnohrad. Two more people are thought to be trapped under the rubble.
The news comes days after NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on July 11 said that China is a "decisive enabler" of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
"Russian occupation forces are responsible for all destructive actions committed on the occupied territories of Georgia, as well as along the occupation line," Georgia's State Security Service (SUS) said.
Russia has started to use Su-34 jets to launch aerial glide bombs weighing 3,000 kilograms against Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed on July 14.
This number includes 1,320 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
"Our country is in the crosshairs of American missiles located in Europe. We've been through all this before," he said in an interview with Russian TV propagandist Pavel Zarubin. "We have enough potential to deter these missiles. But the capitals of these states are potential victims."
In the afternoon, Russian attacks killed one resident in the village of Tokarivka. The victim was a 41-year-old man.
"According to our information, it was SBU drones that (caused the explosion) at the facility where various brands of gasoline and diesel fuel with a total volume of 12,500 cubic meters were stored," an intelligence agency source told the Kyiv Independent on July 13.
The Belarusian Hajun monitoring group reported it had flown 250 kilometers "over Gomel and Zhlobyn, entered the Mogilev region, and then the Minsk region." It also said a Belarusian Mi-24 helicopter and Su-30 fighter jet were scrambled to intercept the drone before it "presumably flew to Vitebsk."
Pyongyang denounced the NATO summit declaration, calling it "illegal" and claiming that the "U.S. and NATO pose the most serious threat to global peace and security."
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said the problem for Warsaw is that once downed, the debris could pose a threat to Poles and the country's property. "At this stage, this is an idea. What our agreement said is we will explore this idea," he added.
Ukrainian drones attacked an oil depot in Russia's Rostov Oblast, causing a large fire overnight on July 13, Governor Vasily Golubev claimed. The Ukrainian military has not commented on the reports.
This number includes 1,120 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
Finland's parliament passed a law on July 12 granting border guards the authority to block asylum seekers crossing from Russia. Helsinki believes Moscow is promoting the crossings in retaliation for Finland joining NATO.
Editor’s note: In accordance with the security protocols of the Ukrainian military, soldiers featured in this story are identified by first names only. As calls mount for U.S. President Joe Biden to step aside in the upcoming presidential election among Democratic party allies in Washington, Ukrainian soldiers more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This year’s NATO summit ended better than last year’s, but with no firm invitation to enter the alliance and Ukraine’s needs on the battlefield mounting, some observers believe the lack of commitment gives Russia the green light to carry on with its war. While
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A new study identified the names of over 10,000 Russian troops who were killed over the past half-year.
NATO is yet concerned about logistical difficulties in maintaining these aircraft and the lack of suitable runways in Ukraine, according to Bloomberg.
"The only reason for the threats to civilians and the destruction of critical infrastructure in Ukraine is Russian aggression," Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said in response to Russian accusations of preparing false flag operations at two Ukrainian dams.
Three people were injured due to a tripwire mine detonation as they were trying to evacuate in the village of Starytsia, Kharkiv Oblast, on July 12, the local Prosecutor's Office reported.
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated with the latest news that F-16s have reportedly arrived in Ukraine After a long wait, F-16 fighter jets have finally arrived in Ukraine, according to reports. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg said the deadline for the delivery of the first
Sejm, the lower chamber of Poland's parliament, passed a resolution on July 12 to commemorate the victims of the Soviet genocide of Crimean Tatars in 1944.
The domestically-designed Superjet 100 was on a test flight after undergoing scheduled maintenance and crashed just over an hour after taking off, according to the TASS news agency.
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