Ukraine opens doors to foreign firms for military equipment modernization

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.

Striking both the fighter jet and the Pantsir-S1 weakens Russia's ability to protect military sites from Ukrainian attacks.

Sumy came under repeated Russian strikes, reflecting Moscow's growing use of double-tap attacks, which cause further destruction and put both civilians and rescuers at risk.

The figure includes 1,370 personnel losses recorded over the past day.

Fires broke out at industrial facilities in the Russian city of Lipetsk after reports of an overnight attack, with independent monitoring channels claiming the affected sites included a major steel plant and a power facility.

President Volodymyr Zelensky is considering replacing Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi amid calls from protesters to dismiss him, Bloomberg reported on July 20, citing two unnamed sources familiar with the matter.

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel is expected to travel to Russia in mid-October, a U.S. official and one person familiar with the matter told Politico in an article published July 20.

His remarks come days after President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Mykhailo Fedorov as defense minister, a move that triggered public backlash and protests in Kyiv.

The regiment said the operation resulted in the capture of 64 Russian soldiers, who have been added to Ukraine's pool of prisoners of war available for future exchanges.

Burnham, already the fifth British prime minister since the outbreak of Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine, has pledged that London's support for Kyiv would "not waver."