Japan's State Minister of Justice Mitani Hidehiro arrived in Kyiv on July 21. During the visit, he will lay flowers at the Wall of Remembrance near St Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery and honor Ukraine's fallen defenders. Japan joined the PURL initiative on May 30, allocating more than $14.6 million for non-lethal military equipment for Ukraine.
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❗️Wildberries is estimated to have lost 7-9% of its warehouse capacity after drone strikes on two major distribution centers in Elektrostal and Kotovsk on July 18. Experts estimate rebuilding the warehouses could cost up to 33 billion rubles, while losses for marketplace sellers are estimated at 150-170 billion rubles. The company is expected to absorb the warehouse losses, but many sellers may no...
A Russian guided bomb struck a residential neighborhood in Zaporizhzhia. Initial reports indicate there are people killed and injured.
Close-up images from the missiles under the wings of a Ukrainian AN-196 Lyutyi long-range drone.
Ukraine's Lyutyi long-range strike drone was displayed for the first time at the Farnborough International Airshow carrying wing-mounted missiles. The displayed missiles have a stated range of up to 200 km and a speed of about 500 km/h. According to the manufacturer…
Ukrainian drone maker SkyFall unveiled its P1-SUN Jetkiller interceptor at the Farnborough Airshow. The upgraded interceptor reaches 370 km/h, compared with 310 km/h for the previous model. SkyFall says it has already downed more than a dozen jet-powered Shahed drones during battlefield testing and plans to begin mass production in August. The company says its existing P1-SUN has destroyed more th...
The IMF Executive Board approved the first review of Ukraine's Extended Fund Facility, clearing the way for a new tranche of nearly $690 million in the coming days. Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi said the disbursement will bring total funding under the program to $2.2 billion. He added that Ukraine met all key program conditions and will continue reforms tied to financial stability, economic reco...
A building near the PUD logistics center by the village of Chystenke, near Simferopol in occupied Crimea, is on fire. NASA thermal data detected heat signatures at the site. Warehouses storing goods are located nearby, but the purpose of the burning building and what it contained remain unknown. Local reports indicate the fire started around 1:00 a.m.
Severe damage can be seen on the BABYLON cargo ship, struck on July 16 in the northwestern Black Sea near Russia's Anapa. The vessel was involved in transporting stolen Ukrainian grain from occupied Crimea and carried out ship-to-ship transfers near the Kerch Strait with two other ships later seized in absentia by a Ukrainian court.
Ukrainian hackers say leaked documents indicate at least three educational institutions in Belarus's Grodno region are preparing to accommodate mobilized reservists. The documents show plans to house about 900 personnel at civilian facilities, including requests for military supplies and temporary accommodation, despite official messaging about de-escalation near NATO's eastern border.
In occupied Luhansk, explosions are heard. There are preliminary reports of a missile strike.
A strike in Russian-occupied Mariupol sparked a large fire. Thick smoke was seen rising over the city, while the nature of the blaze suggests fuel and petroleum products ignited. Reports also indicate additional objects near the area were affected.
Overnight strikes hit two industrial facilities in Russia's Lipetsk region, triggering fires. Regional Governor Igor Artamonov confirmed blazes at two industrial sites but did not identify them. The affected areas were near the Novolipetsk Steel Plant, which produces about 20% of Russia's steel, and the Lipetsk CHP-2 thermal power plant.