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Wednesday, July 8
'Make them yourself': Trump gives Zelensky green light to produce Patriot missiles
Editor's note: this is a developing story and is being updated. U.S. President Donald Trump said on July 8 that he will grant Ukraine its longstanding request to produce American Patriot missiles, the West's only tool capable of stopping Russian ballistic missile attacks. Patriot missiles have played a key role in Ukraine's defenses, when Kyiv has been able to procure them in sufficient quantities. But in a world where Ukraine needs the missiles to protect against Russia and the Middle East n
'Another Russian air terrorist eliminated' —Ukraine downs Su-35
Ukrainian forces downed a Russian Su-35 multi-role fighter jet "in the eastern direction," Ukraine's Air Force said on July 8.
Zelensky meets Polish president for first time since history feud
"We remain in dialogue and recognize the common threat posed by the Russian Federation," said Polish President Karol Nawrocki.
Russian ballistic missiles, drones rock Kyiv, fires break out, 1 killed, 10 injured
Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the city's military administration, reported that as a result of the attack on Kyiv, one woman was killed, while two people were injured.
Kharkiv residents say Russian strikes are becoming 'less predictable' as attacks kill 7, injure 121 across Ukraine
Russian forces struck the Nemyshlianskyi district of Kharkiv, the regional capital of northeastern Kharkiv Oblast, hitting a five-story residential building.
As Ukrainian drone strikes cripple Russia’s fuel supply, Moscow faces 'one crisis after another'
Russia's Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery had just restarted operations when Ukrainian drones hit it again. The facility — the fourth-largest oil refinery and the second-largest producer of gasoline in the country — had been struck by Ukraine on June 24, forcing operations to shut down. On July 2, Ukrainian drones paid another visit, forcing the facility to shut down once again. Gazprom's Omsk Oil Refinery, in Omsk, approximately 2,445 kilometers (1,519 miles) from Ukrainian-controlled
About Donetsk Oblast
The Kyiv Independent's news and on-the-ground reporting from Donetsk Oblast, covering 26,517 square kilometers (10,239 square miles) in Ukraine’s East with a pre-war population of approximately 4.1 million. The administrative center is Kramatorsk, as Donetsk city has remained under Russian occupation since 2014. Donetsk Oblast has been the scene of intense fighting, for example, around the cities of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Vuhledar, as Moscow attempts to capture the entire region.
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Speaking at a press conference in Kyiv over 12 hours after the searches began, Oleksii Babenko, a young star in Ukraine's drone industry, said that Ukraine's State Bureau of Investigations had carried out 70 searches, including at Vyriy Industries facilities, contractors' premises, and the homes of his own family members.
