Ukraine’s military destroys Russian troops, equipment in southern Ukraine

Dutch PM Rob Jetten told the Kyiv Independent his defense minister's remarks — that the Netherlands had reached its limit on military aid to Ukraine — were a call for other allies to step up support.

"We would buy their drones ... And you know, if we made that deal, we'd have great protection. I love the protection," Trump told reporters at the press conference in the Turkish capital of Ankara.

Ukraine's ambassador to the UK and former Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi warned against assuming Russia has "effectively lost the war," arguing that neither side's deep-strike campaigns can deliver a decisive blow in what he calls a grinding war of attrition.

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.

An EU and a NATO diplomat told the Kyiv Independent ahead of the summit that allies would consider the 28.3 billion euros ($32.3 billion) scheduled to be given by Brussels to Kyiv for its defense needs this year as part of the NATO pledge, even though it was agreed in April.

The European Parliament "regrets the recent unnecessary and unprovoked escalation by President Volodymyr Zelensky," reads an amendment filed by Polish lawmaker Andrzej Halicki, who hails from the same party as Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

The Kyiv Independent's Kateryna Hodunova and Nick Allard attended Wild Drones, a unique event that brought together active-duty Ukrainian military drone pilots to test the skills they use in combat.

According to Robert Brovdi, over the past 72 hours Ukrainian forces hit 21 vessels , including 19 shadow fleet tankers, one cargo ship, and one ferry in Crimea's Kerch.

Ukrainian forces downed a Russian Su-35 multi-role fighter jet "in the eastern direction," Ukraine's Air Force said on July 8.

"We remain in dialogue and recognize the common threat posed by the Russian Federation," said Polish President Karol Nawrocki.

Russian forces struck the Nemyshlianskyi district of Kharkiv, the regional capital of northeastern Kharkiv Oblast, hitting a five-story residential building.

Ukrainian drones struck Russia's Saratov Oil Refinery and a petrochemical plant in Tatarstan overnight on July 8, monitoring channels reported.