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Ukraine releases footage of drone destroying Russian fighter jet in occupied Crimea
A new video published by Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) shows a drone attacking the Belbek airfield in Russian-occupied Crimea and "destroying" a MiG-29 fighter aircraft in a night raid on June 25. A HUR Telegram post accompanying the video claims the losses "could run into tens of millions of dollars," as the drone destroyed both the fighter jet and specialist equipment situated nearby. 0:00/1× The new footage was published just hours after another night of Ukraine successfully attack
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
About Russian losses
The Kyiv Independent's coverage of Russian military losses. Ukraine's General Staff publishes daily reports on Russian military casualties, equipment destruction, and material losses since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022. Independent verification of casualty figures remains challenging due to the ongoing nature of the war, though open-source intelligence analysts and Western defense officials provide periodic assessments of Russian losses.
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The operation shut down energy facilities in occupied Crimea as well as in the occupied parts of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, Unmanned Systems Forces Commander Robert "Madyar" Brovdi reported.
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