Amy B. Zegart
Several drone attacks targeted Moscow Oblast and multiple settlements in the southern Rostov Oblast overnight on July 4, Russian officials reported.
Yuriy Slyusar, acting governor of Rostov Oblast, said a number of towns in the region were struck by …
Russia has lost 1,024,210 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 4.
The number includes 1,120 casualties that Russian forces suffered over …
Three Democratic Senators have launched an investigation into U.S. President Donald Trump’s refusal to impose new sanctions against Russia, the legislators announced in a joint statement on July 3.
Since taking office in January, Trump has …
U.S. President Donald Trump brushed off a reporter’s question on July 3 about pausing weapons deliveries to Ukraine, claiming Washington is “giving weapons” to Kyiv.
The Pentagon previously confirmed that the U.S. has already halted …
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi reportedly told the EU’s top diplomat Kaja Kallas on July 3 that the country cannot afford for Russia to lose the war in Ukraine amid fears the U.S. would shift focus towards Beijing, the South China …
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U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on July 3 …
Russia became the first country to recognize the Taliban as the ruling government of Afghanistan on July 3, Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced.
“We believe that the act of official recognition of the government of the Islamic Emirate of …
Key developments on July 3:
When Russia illegally declared ownership in 2022 over all of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Oblast – despite never fully capturing or controlling much of it — it only strengthened the case for holding a literary festival there, says Svyatoslav …
Russian state-funded propaganda media outlet Sputnik will cease operations in Azerbaijan, Russia Today media group CEO Dmitry Kiselyov said on July 3, according to the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.
“We regret to say that, as of today, …
Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
Explosions were heard in Kyiv on July 3 as Russia launched a wave of drones across Ukraine.
Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, confirmed that one drone …
Kyiv’s Desniansky District Court has formally recognized a same-sex couple as a family, marking the first legal precedent of its kind in Ukraine, human rights organization Insight LGBTQ announced on July 3.
Ukraine does not currently recognize …
Ukraine’s Oschadbank won an appeal against Russia on July 1 after the Paris appeals court rejected Moscow’s challenge to a 2018 arbitration ruling ordering compensation for losses due to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the bank announced in a …
During a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on July 3, Russian President Vladimir Putin said “Russia will continue to pursue its goals” in the war against Ukraine, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said.
The hour-long conversation between …
When the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) halted the transfer of critical air defense missiles and other weapons to Ukraine, Kyiv and its partners were caught off-guard and are now left scrambling for clarity on the scope and length of the Trump …
Ukraine signed a major deal with U.S. company Swift Beat to co-produce hundreds of thousands of drones this year, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on July 3 during his visit to Denmark.
The long-term strategic partnership agreement was signed by …
A midday explosion in the center of Russian-occupied Luhansk killed Manolis Pilavov, the city’s former Russian-installed mayor, Russian state news agency TASS reported on July 3.
Pilavov headed the occupation administration of Luhansk city from …
