Ukraine beat France in the final at the Summer Deaflympics 2021 that took place this year from April 30 to May 15 in Caxias Do Sul, Brazil to become tournament champions for the first time in 13 years. Ukraine holds the record for number of medals at the Deaflympics with a total of 137 medals by the 14th day of events.
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Wednesday, September 16
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Air raid alerts were issued for residents of the Lublin and Podkarpackie regions this morning, as Polish fighter jets scrambled preventively amid Russian drone attacks on Ukraine
As Russia shifts its bombardment tactics to near-hourly drone attacks throughout the day, increasingly targeting civilian infrastructure, more businesses are joining the program.
Apart from occupied Kherson Oblast, Russia plans to build the complexes in Kaluga, Astrakhan, and Tyumen oblasts, Buryatia, and Zabaykalsky Krai, while the first is expected to open in Tatarstan by 2030.
Ukrainian forces also struck three ground control stations for Russian drones, alongside other targets, the General Staff said.
"Our agent, after a long study of the facility, detailed planning, and searching for weak points, managed to infiltrate an electrical substation near the VZPP-Sborka plant," Atesh said.
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie met with Ukrainian teachers and coaches who continue teaching and training children despite relentless Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure.
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"The U.S, in turn, will lift sanctions from two Belarusian companies" — Lakokraska and Bellesbumprom, said Washington's special envoy John Coale.
"The Black Sea blockade is part of his plan," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said, as Russian strikes against ports and vessels in Ukrainian waters are choking off Ukraine's agricultural exports.
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A person matching the description of Kyrylo Budanov, head of the President's Office, allegedly asked his deputy, Iryna Mudra, to launder cash to pay bail for former Energy and Justice Minister Herman Halushchenko.
"The general Grunis was eliminated on Sept. 12, 2026, in his nighttime lair in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk Oblast," Robert "Madyar" Brovdi, commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, said.
"The Verkhovna Rada … has a decisive role in turning reform commitments requiring legislative action into tangible results for Ukraine," reads a letter sent to the Ukrainian parliament by two EU commissioners.
Russian forces launched 80 drones at Ukraine overnight, including Shahed-type attack drones, jet-powered variants, Gerbera drones, and decoy drones, the Air Force said.
The new mechanism will include a "counter-hybrid playbook" and "a mechanism to flank NATO's Article 4" against incidents which "fall below armed aggression but clearly threaten our security," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced.
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The General Staff said a direct hit and fire were recorded at the Syzran refinery, part of Russia's state-owned oil giant Rosneft. The AVT-6 primary oil refining unit and the facility's tank farm were hit, according to the statement.
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