
Drones attacked Russia’s Black Sea Fleet at the port of Novorossiysk in Krasnodar Krai overnight on July 6, the Russian media outlet Astra reported.
Ukraine has not officially commented on the reported strikes, and the Kyiv Independent could not …
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Four Alliance 90/Greens party members have sent an open letter to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz calling for a significant increase in military aid to Ukraine, Bild reported on July 5, citing a copy of the document.
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If China attacks Taiwan, Beijing may ask Moscow to open a second front against NATO states, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in an interview with The New York Times (NYT) published on July 5.
Fears of escalating Chinese military intervention in …

Armenia’s Foreign Ministry on July 5 denied claims by Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) that Russia was intensifying its military presence at the country’s Gyumri base to exert greater influence in the South Caucasus, the media …

Editor’s note: The story was updated with the latest reports from Mykolaiv and Sumy.
Russian attacks against Ukraine have killed at least six civilians and injured at least 25 others over the past day, regional authorities reported on July 6. …

Russia has lost 1,026,440 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on July 6.
The number includes 1,180 casualties that Russian forces suffered over …

Weeks after a high-profile public falling out with U.S. President Donald Trump, tech mogul Elon Musk announced the creation of a new political party in the United States, dubbed the “America Party.”
Musk said on July 5 that the …

Editor’s note: The story was updated with new reports about operations at Russian airports during drone strikes.
Several Russian airports have canceled flights due to the safety concerns over Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian cities, …

Europe must dramatically ramp up its defenses against a resurgent Russia, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said in an interview with the New York Times published on July 5, crediting U.S. President Donald Trump for driving the alliance to …

Russia’s economy, which defied initial sanctions and saw growth propelled by massive military spending and robust oil exports, is now showing significant signs of a downturn.
Recent economic indicators are flashing red, with manufacturing …
Just yesterday, we reported on the official unveiling of two mechanized brigades and one mountain brigade under the 17th Army Corps (17-й армійський корпус). Today, two more units have been…

President Volodymyr Zelensky described his recent phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump as “the best conversation in all this time” in an evening address on July 5.
“Patriot (missiles) are key to protection from ballistic …

Explosions near Russia’s Vladivostok damaged a gas pipeline and destroyed a water pipeline that supplied military facilities in the area, an unnamed intelligence source told the Kyiv Independent on July 5.
A fire followed the explosions and …
In the early hours of July 5, Ukrainian drones struck targets in the Voronezh and Saratov regions as well as in Chuvashia, according to regional authorities and Ukrainian military intelligence. Roman Busargin, the governor of the Saratov region, …

BlackRock, a U.S. investment firm, suspended work on a multibillion-dollar Ukraine recovery fund following U.S. President Donald Trump’s election victory, prompting France to work on a replacement, Bloomberg reported on July 5.
The plan nearly …

Ukraine struck a critical Russian military-industrial site overnight on July 5 that produces components for high-precision weapons used by Moscow to attack Ukraine, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported.
The site in question is …

Russian forces have occupied the villages of Zelenyi Kut and Novoukrainka in Donetsk Oblast, located near the administrative border with Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the battlefield monitoring platform DeepState reported on July 5.
Russian forces are …

Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, said on July 5 that he had visited the front line in Kharkiv Oblast, warning of a growing threat of renewed Russian offensives in northeastern Ukraine.
According to Syrskyi, …