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Reuters: Russia launched a new barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine in an overnight attack on Monday, killing at least one person and causing multiple fires in the capital Kyiv, city officials said.
AFP: France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot on Monday arrived in Kyiv for a two-day visit aimed at supporting Ukraine in its fight against Russia's invasion, AFP journalists reported.
The Kyiv Independent: As London pushes a "50-day drive" to support Ukraine, the U.K. and Germany are set to pledge new air defense systems to Kyiv, the U.K. Defense Ministry announced on July 20.
20.07.2025
RFI: A French organisation has lodged a complaint with the International Criminal Court over the plundering of Ukrainian museums by Russia, which it claims is 'the biggest looting of cultural heritage in Europe during an international armed conflict since the Second World War'.
Euronews: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has announced that his country is preparing to file lawsuits in international courts against Russia regarding the Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 plane crash near Aktau on 25 December last year.
The Moscow Times: Putin held a surprise meeting with Ali Larijani, top adviser to Iran's supreme leader on nuclear issues, to discuss Tehran's nuclear program in the Kremlin on Sunday.
Radio Prague: The Czech initiative 'Gift for Putin' has raised 60 million crowns ($2.8 million) in public donations to buy six howitzers for Ukraine’s army.
RBC-Ukraine: Ukraine has several positive decisions of international arbitrations totaling $6.9 billion. These funds are being prepared to be received from Russia and Gazprom, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia aims to be able to launch 2,000 drones towards Ukraine simultaneously, German Major General Christian Freuding said in an interview published on July 19.
19.07.2025
The Moscow Times: Ukraine said Saturday it had evacuated 43 of its citizens recently deported from Russia who were being held in Georgia in dire conditions, accusing Moscow of "weaponizing" deportations.
AFP: Kyiv has proposed to Moscow a new round of peace talks next week, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday, after negotiations stalled in early June.
The Kyiv Independent: President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 19 announced the updated composition of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, following the country's latest government reshuffle.
BBC: At least three people have died following another widespread air bombardment by Russia. Two people were killed in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, while a woman died of her injuries after being rescued from a burning apartment in Odesa.
Reuters: Australia's government said on Saturday it had delivered M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine as part of a A$245 million ($160 million) package to help the country defend itself against Russia in their ongoing war.
ISW: Select Russian officials are acknowledging the impact of sanctions on the Russian economy despite the Kremlin's efforts to disguise and dismiss such impacts.
The Kyiv Independent: A twin-engine variant of a drone capable of carrying a payload of over 12 kilograms, produced by the company "Darts," is now being provided to Ukraine's army in small quantities, a company representative told media at a drone demonstration event on July 18.
Reuters: Ukraine's top military commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said on Friday his forces were standing firm in defending a key city on the eastern front of the three-year war.
18.07.2025
Reuters: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday cast doubt on the possibility of Ukraine joining the European Union by 2034, saying accession was unlikely to come at a point affecting the bloc's medium-term finance plans, which run to 2034.
The Kyiv Independent: Romania is preparing to launch a joint drone production project with Ukraine, aiming to build drones domestically and sell them to other European countries, Romanian news outlet Digi24 reported on July 18.
Reuters: WhatsApp should prepare to leave the Russian market, a lawmaker who regulates the IT sector said on Friday, warning that the messaging app owned by Meta Platforms was likely to be put on a list of restricted software.
The Moscow Times: Russia’s second-largest steel producer has reported a sharp drop in output, underscoring the growing pressure on the country’s steel industry from sanctions, export hurdles and weakening domestic demand.
Reuters: Ukraine and the United States are in detailed talks on a deal involving U.S. investment in Kyiv's domestic drone production, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Friday.
The Kyiv Independent: Cyber specialists from Ukraine's military intelligence agency carried out a large-scale cyberattack against the network infrastructure of Russian energy giant Gazprom, causing significant disruptions.
Britain said on Friday it had discovered a sophisticated digital espionage tool and sanctioned more than 20 Russian spies, hackers and agencies over what it called a "sustained campaign of malicious cyber activity" targeting governments and institutions across Europe.
The Kyiv Independent: Russia launched an attack against the western part of Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on July 18, killing at least two civilians and injuring 11, Governor Serhii Lysak reported.
The European Union on Friday agreed an 18th package of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine, including measures aimed at dealing further blows to the Russian oil and energy industry (also the UK).
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