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The Kyiv Independent: Around 23,000 civilians, including 113 children, remain in active combat zones across Ukraine's eastern Donetsk Oblast, Dmytro Petlin, head of the Department of Civil Protection, Mobilization, and Defense Work of the local military administration, said.
ISW: Russia will likely implement new policies to augment its military administrative capacity to significantly expand the rate at which Russia can call up a larger volume of conscripts and reservists.
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Reuters: The Netherlands and 40 other OSCE member states have formally called for an independent investigation into the alledged torture and mistreatment of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian forces, Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp said on Thursday.
The Times: Russia is forcing children abducted from Ukraine to fight against their own country when they turn 18, Ukrainian officials have told The Times. An estimated 35,000 children have been taken from Ukraine’s eastern occupied territories so far since 2014, including at gunpoint (archive).
The Guardian: The US justice department has formed a “strike force” to investigate claims that the Obama administration carried out a “treasonous conspiracy” by using false intelligence to suggest Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to help Donald Trump.
AFP: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday that China's ties with Russia would be the "determining factor" in relations between the bloc and Beijing.
The Kyiv Independent: Some 1,380 civilians remain in Pokrovsk as Russian forces continue their assault on the front-line city in Donetsk Oblast, Governor Oleh Filashkin reported on July 23 on national television.
Reuters: Poland is set to sign a $4 billion U.S. loan guarantee to help fund the modernization of its armed forces, the Polish defense ministry said on Thursday.
The Moscow Times: Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport, one of Russia’s busiest air hubs, is facing a deepening financial crisis marked by mounting debt, declining passenger traffic and state intervention.
Bloomberg: Estonian officials said Russia has bolstered its electronic warfare systems near its border with the Baltic country. The Russian army brought additional signals jamming equipment to the area around Kingisiepp, a town around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Estonian frontier, Interior Minister Igor Taro said at a press conference in Tallinn on Thursday (archive).
Reuters: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday submitted draft legislation to restore the independence of Ukraine's anti-corruption agencies, reversing course after an outburst of public criticism.
The Kyiv Independent: Russian forces attacked the city of Kharkiv on July 24, injuring at least 41 people, including six children, the regional prosecutor's office reported. Among the victims of the attack is a one-month-old infant who suffered an acute stress reaction.
AP News: A passenger plane crashed Thursday in Russia’s Far East, killing all 48 passengers and crew on board, officials said.
United24 Media: The United States and European Union have signed a sweeping new agreement under which Washington will manufacture weapons and military equipment fully funded by Brussels, with a significant portion destined for Ukraine.
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