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Ukrainian foreign office creates unit to defy threats from ‘unfriendly countries’
Politico Europe
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July 8, 2025
The new unit is part of a wider reform of the foreign ministry, which includes the disbanding of the disarmament department, as Russia’s years-long full-scale invasion continues to wreak havoc across Ukraine. “The times when the ministry had a...
Ukraine’s minerals fund focus of private investment ahead of major recovery conference
The Kyiv Independent
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July 8, 2025
This week, thousands of companies, business heads, and global leaders are headed to Rome for the fourth Ukraine Recovery Conference on July 10, with many companies hoping for more clarity around the future of a U.S.-Ukraine minerals deal. It’s...
Ukrainian Commander Calls for Regaining Positions in Russian Border Regions
Pravda.ru
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July 8, 2025
Ukrainian Commander Calls for Regaining Positions in Russian Border Regions Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi has called for restoring Ukrainian military positions in Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod regions. The...
Ukraine sanctions 5 Chinese firms for supplying components used in Russian drones
The Kyiv Independent
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July 8, 2025
President Volodymyr Zelensky signed an order on July 8 imposing sanctions on five Chinese-registered companies accused of supplying components found in Russian Shahed-type drones used to attack Ukraine. The decree follows a statement by Ukraine's...
Ukraine's Deputy PM for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration: Hungary cannot block Ukraine's EU accession talks
European Pravda
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Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanishyna has stated that the foundational documents of the European Union contain no provisions that would allow Hungary to block the commencement of accession...
Ukraine Calls for Probe into Suspected Russian Use of Chemical Weapons
Arise News
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July 8, 2025
Kyiv requested a formal investigation into Russia’s suspected use of toxic munitions, following fresh intelligence findings from Dutch and German agencies. Ukraine has formally asked the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)...
Ukraine’s Drone Output Soars 900%, Producing 200K UAVs a Month
Kyiv Post
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July 8, 2025
Ukraine’s drone production has increased by 900% over the past year, with monthly UAV output reportedly jumping from 20,000 in summer 2024 to over 200,000 currently. This was concluded in studies by the Atlantic Council and Georgetown Security...
Ukraine seeks more details on US weapons U-turn days after Pentagon halts delivery
The Guardian
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July 8, 2025
Ukraine has said it is seeking to clarify details after Donald Trump announced late on Monday that US weapons deliveries would resume just days after they were halted by the Pentagon, stressing that it needed “predictability” in supplies from...
Ukraine sanctions Chinese firms supplying drone parts to Russia
Ukrinform
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has enacted a National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) decision to impose sanctions on Chinese companies that supply components used in Russian drones. Decree No. 466/2025 was published on the official website of...
Ukraine wipes out an ‘entire command’ as HIMARS ‘hit the target dead on’
LondonlovesBusiness
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July 8, 2025
Ukrainian troops have wiped out an “entire command” in a precision attack using HIMARS which “hit the target dead on.” The entire command of the 155th Russian elite Guards Naval Infantry Brigade was blown to smithereens. The Russian brigade has...
Politico told when the US could resume military aid to Ukraine
Babel
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Suspended deliveries of the US military aid to Ukraine could resume after a series of high-level meetings in Italy and Ukraine over the next week. Politico writes about this, citing sources. Babel employs over 20 people. It’s not a very large...
PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION PUBLISHED A LIST OF GIFTS THAT MAIA SANDU RECEIVED IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2025
Infotag
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July 8, 2025
The Presidential Administration has published a list of gifts that Maia Sandu received in the first half of 2025. As reported by INFOTAG, the total amount of gifts is almost 40 thousand lei (two thousand euros). The most expensive gift was a...
Ukraine's Terror: Western Media Mum on Deaths of Russian Journalists
Sputnik News
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July 8, 2025
https://sputnikglobe.com/20250708/ukraines-terror-deaths-of-russian-journalists-western-media-mute-1122413392.html Ukraine's Terror: Western Media Mum on Deaths of Russian Journalists Ukraine's Terror: Western Media Mum on Deaths of Russian...
Ukraine hands 15-year sentences to Russian sports icons TASS
Oklahoma City Sun
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The verdicts have reportedly targeted figures who supported Donbass independence Ukrainian courts have sentenced 12 Russian lawmakers, including former athletes, to 15 years in prison in absentia for actions that Kiev claims undermined the...
Ukrainian Drones Cause Russian Flight Chaos
The New York Sun
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July 8, 2025
Bringing the war home during the peak of Russia’s summer vacation season, Ukrainian drones forced 2,385 flight delays or cancellations, largely from Russia’s two biggest cities — Moscow and St. Petersburg. Disruptions are easing, a spokesman for...
Ukraine's ambassador to the US to be dismissed, source says
The Kyiv Independent
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July 8, 2025
‘Neither side wasted time’ — Ukraine’s economy minister on minerals deal negotiations with Trump’s ‘business-oriented’ administration Ukraine’s Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko says her task is simple — to get the investment fund behind the...
Ukrainian Startup Fund team heads to Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025
The Odessa Journal
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On July 10–11, the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2025 will take place in Rome. The Ukrainian Startup Fund team is also joining this large-scale conference on Ukraine’s recovery. This international event, dedicated to the rapid recovery and...
Ukraine Sanctions Five Chinese Companies Over Drone Components Used by Russia
Mezha
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July 8, 2025
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, has decided to impose NSDC sanctions against five Chinese companies. As reported by Vladyslav Vlasiuk, the President’s Commissioner for Sanctions Policy, these companies became targets of restrictions...
Ukraine warns: Russia is strengthening its military base in Armenia
IPN
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July 8, 2025
0 The Russian Federation is intensifying and consolidating its military presence in Armenia. The warning comes from the External Intelligence Service of Ukraine, which has published a classified telegram signed by Sergei Zemskov, the interim chief...
Ukraine's Syrskyi Highlights Strategy to Reclaim Territory in Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod Oblasts
Novinite
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At a meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, Ukraine’s top military officer, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, placed particular emphasis on regaining control over positions and territories in Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod oblasts. His...