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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
Draft officers searched in Zakarpattia amid allegations of over 1,000 illegal exemptions, media reports
According to local journalist Vitalii Hlahola, who cited sources in law enforcement, several current and former members of staff were searched in their homes.
Drone targeted Ukrainian cargo plane carrying ammunition at German airport, media reports
Speaking on Aug. 5, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt described the incident as a "hybrid attack scenario."
Germany arrests Ukrainian man suspected of spying on defense company for foreign intelligence
The Munich General Prosecutor's Office and the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office said that there are "strong grounds" to suspect the man was a "low-level agent" acting on behalf of the intelligence service of a foreign nation.
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Legal experts from First Department, a Russian human rights group, said the restrictions are "similar to de facto deprivation of citizenship."
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