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Reuters: Russia and Ukraine are set to exchange 90 prisoners of war on Wednesday in a deal facilitated by the United Arab Emirates, Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with the matter.
ISW: Ukrainian forces continue targeting Russian air defense systems in occupied Ukraine and in Russia’s border areas to set conditions to field F-16 fighter jets following their anticipated Summer-Fall 2024 arrival to Ukraine.
Reuters: China and Russia have begun live-fire naval exercises in the South China Sea, Russian and Chinese state media reported, with the two countries having strengthened military and trade ties in recent years following U.S. sanctions on both.
Kyiv Post: Euphemisms to talk about the dead, military jargon, patriotic poems and self-censorship: two and a half years of fighting in Ukraine have had an impact on Russian language and literature.
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RBC-Ukraine: Russia is losing its significant advantage in the use of ammunition in the war against Ukraine, reported RBC-Ukraine's source in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Kyiv Independent: Lithuanian companies will provide Ukraine with energy assistance worth more than 50 million euros, Ukraine's Energy Ministry announced on July 16.
Reuters: Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said the accession of Ukraine to NATO would be a declaration of war against Moscow and only "prudence" on behalf of the alliance could prevent the planet being shattered into pieces.
POLITICO: European Council President Charles Michel has reprimanded Viktor Orbán over the Hungarian leader’s self-declared “peace missions” to Kyiv, Moscow, Beijing and Washington.
The Kyiv Independent: The Ukrainian military attacked a Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system on the occupied territory of Donetsk Oblast overnight on July 16, Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.
Bloomberg: The UK and other European states are planning to expose new examples of Russian disinformation as they pursue a more assertive response to alleged interference by the Kremlin in Western elections at a meeting of the European Political Community this week (archive).
The Moscow Times: The governor of Russia's Belgorod region bordering Ukraine said Tuesday that public access to 14 border villages will be restricted due to constant bombardment.
Novaya-Europe: At least 650,000 Russian citizens have left Russia for good since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, according to research published on Tuesday carried out by independent news outlet The Bell.
The Kyiv Independent: Former pro-Russian Ukrainian lawmaker Viktor Medvedchuk allegedly sent a letter to Donald Trump claiming that “Ukraine's trace may appear” in the attempt on the presidential candidate's life, Russian state news agency TASS claimed on July 16.
Bloomberg: Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said his nation had received the first 50,000 rounds of heavy ammunition as part of a Czech-led initiative (archive).
The Kyiv Independent: The governments of Ukraine and Czechia signed two agreements on joint arms production on July 16, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced after the meeting with Czech counterpart Petr Fiala.
Reuters: Ukraine's parliament voted on Tuesday to scrap taxes and duties on imports of energy equipment as the country battles a severe energy crisis due to Russian bombardments.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's military intelligence claimed on July 16 that it had hacked nearly 100 Russian websites that support the Kremlin's war effort, taking them offline and replacing their homepages with a picture of a bloody pig's head.
Reuters: The power grid operators of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have signed an agreement to decouple from the Soviet-era joint BRELL power grid with Russia and Belarus in February 2025. The three Baltic countries are still relying on Russian operators to control frequencies and balance the grid.
The Moscow Times: Authorities in Russia have called on Google to restore more than 200 pro-government YouTube channels that have been blocked since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the state-run TASS news agency reported Tuesday.
AP News: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is scheduled to appear in court in Russia on Thursday for the second hearing in his trial on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny, court records showed.
POLITICO: Members of the European Parliament demanded Hungary’s EU voting rights be stripped after its Prime Minister’s trips to Russia and China.
The Kyiv Independent: India summoned a Ukrainian envoy over President Volodymyr Zelensky's criticism of a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, the Economic Times newspaper reported on July 16.
Reuters: Soon after Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February 2022, freight shipper Hellmann Worldwide Logistics informed staff at its Moscow business it was pulling out of Russia. Some people who had worked for the German company saw an opportunity.
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