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Ukraine protests to continue despite Syrskyi's firing as organizers demand Fedorov's return
"We still gotta bring back Fedorov," protest organizer and veteran Dmytro Koziatynskyi wrote.

13 more Russian shadow fleet vessels struck in Azov Sea and Black Sea over last 2 days, Ukraine says
The 13 vessels that were struck over July 21-22 included 10 dry cargo ships, two tugboats, and a tanker, according to Brovdi.

Warehouses of Russia’s largest online retailer Wildberries burn after reported Ukrainian drone strike
Blackouts were reported throughout occupied Crimea, and massive fires broke out in several southern Russian cities amid Ukrainian strikes on retail logistics facilities overnight on July 22, according to monitoring channels.

Ukraine passes IMF's first review of new $8 billion program
The Washington-based lender called Ukraine's performance "broadly satisfactory" in a press release announcing its approval, but emphasized that several conditions of the program were either completed with a delay or missed entirely.

Inside the Zelensky-Fedorov stalemate: Neither side is ready to yield
President Volodymyr Zelensky and former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov remain locked in a political standoff, with neither side willing to compromise as protests over the minister's dismissal pause for three days, people familiar with the matter told the Kyiv Independent. Days after thousands of people rallied against Fedorov's dismissal, both camps remain committed to their maximalist positions. Zelensky fired Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi in an attempt to defuse public anger, but h

Ukraine has a new commander-in-chief — Who is Mykhailo Drapatyi?
Latest: Zelensky dismisses Commander-in-Chief Syrskyi amid widespread protests. Thousands of protesters gathered nightly in central Kyiv in recent days, many of them calling out the name of one of Ukraine's most respected generals: "Drapatyi!" The mass protest in the capital, which began on July 15 after President Volodymyr Zelensky ousted Ukraine's popular, reform-minded Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, had turned into a call to replace Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander-in-chief. As details

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While Ukraine intensifies its campaign against Russian military infrastructure in occupied Crimea, underground resistance has been spreading behind Russian lines. As hope of Crimea's eventual liberation increases among Ukrainians there, so does the number of volunteers eager to bring Ukraine's victory closer. The Resistance Movement within Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SOF) told the Kyiv Independent the number of people contacting it through secure channels increased after successful att















