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- Putin, Trump to meet in coming days, Moscow says as US sanctions deadline draws near
- Trump reportedly tells European allies, Zelensky that Putin open to land-swap talks
- Ukrainian drones strike Russian oil refinery in …
Night of drones: over a hundred attacks and fierce battles in Donetsk region
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Kyiv holds farewell for journalist tortured, killed in Russian captivity
Journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna’s death has become a stark symbol of Russia’s systemic abuse of Ukrainian civilians and the brutal risks faced by journalists in occupied territories.
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Anne of Kyiv Brigade joins 21st Corps
On July 31, 2025, MilitaryLand reported that the 93rd Mechanized Brigade and the newly formed 159th Mechanized Brigade had joined the 21st Army Corps of the Ukrainian Ground Forces. It…
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Putin holds calls with key allies Xi, Lukashenko ahead of Trump summit
Both Chinese President Xi Jinping and Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko are among Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest international allies.
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Poland's Tusk says Russia-Ukraine war could be frozen 'sooner rather than later'
“There is hope for this. Today is the deadline for the ultimatum,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said at a news conference.
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Romania reportedly suspects Russian sabotage behind Azeri crude oil contamination
The crude mixed with organic chloride, which was transported through Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey, could have seriously corroded infrastructure at OMV Petrom’s Petrobrazi refinery, potentially triggering a national fuel crisis, G4Media reported.
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Russia reportedly shifts oil exports to China after Trump's India tariffs
Barrels of Russia’s Urals oil are now being offered at a discount to both state-owned and private Chinese refineries, Bloomberg reported.
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Ukrainian drones strike 23,000 targets in July, kill 5,000 Russian troops, military chief says
Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said first-person-view (FPV) drones and night bombers were responsible for most of the hits.
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UEFA pays $13 million in 'solidarity' money to Russian football clubs while Ukraine fails to receive funds, Guardian reports
At the same time, five Ukrainian clubs have not received similar payments due to restrictions by a Swiss bank, allegedly because they are located in a “zone of military operations,” the Guardian reported.
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Russia's budget deficit hits $61 billion, already surpassing annual target by 30%
The deficit jumped by 1.2 trillion rubles ($15 billion) last month alone, “mainly due to a decline in the average price of oil,” the Russian Finance Ministry said.
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3 killed, 19 injured in Russian attacks on Ukraine over past day
According to Ukraine’s Air Force, Russian forces launched 104 Shahed-type attack drones, decoy drones, and eight rocket-powered kamikaze drones overnight.
Strategic Group Khortytsia Receives New Name
The Operational Strategic Group Khortytsia, which oversaw the frontline from the city of Kharkiv to the borders of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, has been renamed to the Operational Strategic Group Dnipro (OSUV…
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Russia reportedly pushes to replace PMC Wagner with state-run Africa Corps in CAR
Russia’s Defense Ministry reportedly demanded cash payments for security services, marking a sharp departure from previous arrangements under Wagner that involved compensation with natural resources.
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General Staff: Russia has lost 1,061,350 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The number includes 1,040 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
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Over 21,000 civilians, including 115 children, remain in Donetsk Oblast combat zones, official says
Approximately 1.2 million civilians have been evacuated from their permanent residences in the Ukrainian-controlled territory of Donetsk Oblast.
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Trump announces Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal, citing success of his administration's efforts
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev are scheduled to join U.S. President Donald Trump for an “official Peace Signing Ceremony” on Aug. 8.
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'It's up to him' — Trump says ceasefire deadline depends on Putin
U.S. President Donald Trump said the ceasefire deadline he set for Russia — scheduled for Aug. 8 — now depends on Vladimir Putin. “We’re going to see what he has to say. It’s going to be up to him,” Trump told reporters on Aug. 7.
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“I have stayed in Ukraine forever” — the story of a foreign volunteer #shorts
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They save lives under fire: foreign volunteers in the war in Ukraine
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🔥FPV drones destroy the Russian army - large-scale losses #shorts
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Loyalty Over Legacy: Sirskyi’s New Army
Yesterday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the headquarters of the 225th Assault Regiment — the unit credited with being the first to enter Russia’s Kursk Oblast last year. During the…
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Best way to ramp up Western sanctions on Russia is to double down on their enforcement
In response to Russia's latest barbaric attack on July 30, which killed at least 32 civilians in Kyiv, President Donald Trump again threatened to extend sanctions to those who enable the war effort.
This is undoubtedly one way to ramp up pressure on …
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Ukraine war latest: Putin, Trump to meet in coming days, Moscow says as US sanctions deadline draws near
Key developments on Aug. 7:
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🔥 Russian oil depots ablaze, prisoners sent to the front, and “negotiations” with the aggressor
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What it’s really like being Black in Russia
After facing police discrimination as a Black woman in the U.S., Francine Villa decided to return to her birth country, Russia, in 2019, searching for the safety America had denied her.
A year later, she appeared in a Russian propaganda documentary …