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Ukraine strikes Russian rear! Crimea is on fire, and allies invest in drones | News Pulse
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Ukrainian forces hit Russian command post in occupied Donetsk Oblast, General Staff says
Ukraine struck a command post of the 8th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Armed Forces in the Russian-occupied part of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine’s General Staff reported on July 1, a day after the attack.
On the evening of June 30, explosions …
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Azerbaijan-Russia tensions escalate as Baku accuses Moscow of intentional killing of its citizens
Azerbaijan has leveled grave accusations against Russia, alleging the deliberate murder of its citizens. An autopsy conducted in Baku revealed that the Azerbaijani nationals died due to severe trauma inflicted by multiple blunt force impacts.
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The commander of the 110th Brigade was killed in a strike
Colonel Serhiy Zakharevich, commander of the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Ground Forces, was killed in the area of operations. According to President Zelenskyy’s evening address, the colonel died as…
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Ukrainian missile strike on Donetsk kills Russian 8th Army commander
Colonel Ruslan Goryachkin, the commander of Russia's 8th Combined Arms Army, was killed in a Ukrainian missile strike using Storm Shadow missiles in Donetsk.
The precise hit on the Russian unit's headquarters occurred on the evening of June 30. The …
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China sends military to Russia! What does China want to learn from the Kremlin? #shorts
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Crimea strikes and Russia’s allies: what are China and North Korea planning? | Front News
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US sanctions Russian IT company Aeza Group over ransomware operations
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on the Russian IT company Aeza Group for hosting infostealers and ransomware operations, according to a press release published on July 1.
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Putin, Macron hold first call since 2022, discuss wars in Ukraine, Middle East
Editor’s note: This story is being updated.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held a call on July 1 for the first time since 2022, discussing Russia’s war against Ukraine and the conflict in the …
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Ukraine's power exports surge 2.5 times, recovering to pre-Russian attack levels
Ukraine boosted electricity exports by 150% in June 2025 compared to the previous month, reaching over 237,000 megawatt-hours (MWh), according to consulting firm ExPro Electricity.
Current export volumes have returned to autumn 2022 levels, before …
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Want to invest in Ukrainian startups from the US? This platform promises to be the bridge
Hans Braunfisch wants Americans to invest in Ukrainian startups, but there’s a problem: there’s no clear path for individual investors to put money into the more than 26,000 Ukrainian startups out there.
The former PwC consultant plans to …
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Playing the long game: why does Putin need a simulation of peace talks with Ukraine? #shorts
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Russia hits evacuation vehicle in Donetsk Oblast, killing civilian
The Russian army attacked an evacuation vehicle carrying three wounded civilians, which resulted in the death of one of them, Ukraine’s National Police reported on July 1.
Russia has for months focused its offensive efforts on the embattled town …
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Ukraine’s new interceptor UAVs are starting to knock Russia’s long-range Shahed drones out of the sky
Russia’s Shahed drone swarms are pummeling Ukraine on a nightly basis, inflicting ever more death and destruction in cities that had managed to carve out some sense of normalcy amid wartime.
Civilian alarm has grown. With traditional air defense …
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Why Norway is investing billions in Ukraine's victory
The Kyiv Independent’s Oleksiy Sorokin sat down with Eivind Vad Petersson, state secretary to the Norwegian foreign minister and co-chair of the joint Norwegian-Ukrainian Working Group on Nuclear Safety and Security. They discussed the threats …
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"Peace" from the Kremlin? Russia's empty promises and Trump's attempts to meet with Putin
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Operation Spiderweb and Russia’s record drone assault – Ukraine in photos, June 2025
For Ukraine, June began with a celebration — not the one the whole country longs for, victory over Moscow — but a celebration of one of the most stunning drone attacks on Russia, known as Operation Spiderweb.
On June 1, Ukrainian drones targeted four …
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Russian Su-34 aircraft crashes during training flight in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
A Russian Air Force Su-34 fighter jet crashed during a training exercise in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russian state media Ria Novosti reported on July 1, citing Russia’s Defense Ministry.
One of the landing gear struts was not released during …
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Ukraine's allies invest in drone production, while Russia loses its war machine
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Leading Ukrainian historian Plokhii steps down from top Harvard post after 12 years
Serhii Plokhii, a renowned scholar of Ukrainian history, is stepping down as director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University (HURI) after 12 years of leadership, the institute announced on June 30.
“It has been a privilege and …
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Ukraine receives $500 million in IMF funding, maintaining growth forecasts
Ukraine received approximately $500 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), marking the ninth tranche under the Extended Fund Facility program, the Finance Ministry announced in a press release on July 1.
The EFF Program has allocated …
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Zelensky signs ratification of Special Tribunal on Russian aggression
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on July 1 that he had signed the ratification documents establishing the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, marking a major step toward prosecuting Russia’s leadership.
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Russia attacked Zaporizhzhia with drones: CONSEQUENCES of the strike #shorts
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After Trump cut support, US lawmakers press for action on Russian abductions of Ukrainian children
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers introduced a resolution in Congress demanding the return of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, according to a press release published on June 30.
Kyiv estimates that Russia has abducted or forcibly displaced at …
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Ukrainian woman, baby daughter found murdered in Germany, 16-year-old arrested, police say
A 32-year-old Ukrainian woman and her 1-year-old daughter were found dead near their home in the German city of Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia, on June 29, according to a joint statement from the Essen Public Prosecutor’s Office and the …