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Russians wounded the mayor of a Latvian city during his trip to Ukraine
Babel
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The head of the municipal council of the Latvian city of Ogre Egils Helmanis was injured in Russian shelling of Ukraine. He was delivering vehicles and other assistance to Ukrainian defenders. This was reported by the Latvian media outlet LSM.lv,...
Germany fears that China could get access to its gas network – media
Clean Energy Wire
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July 16, 2025
Germany's economy and energy ministry is examining whether China could gain access to the German gas network via an Italian energy company, business daily Handelsblatt reported. The ministry is reviewing a deal by Italian gas network operator Snam...
Research into impact of Ukraine war on farmland receives £500k boost
The Scottish Farmer
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July 15, 2025
The Royal Agricultural University (RAU) is leading the study, which focuses on the damage inflicted on Ukraine's arable land since Russia's invasion in February 2022. The conflict has introduced potentially harmful heavy metals into the...
Partners' meeting on Patriot system transfer to Ukraine may take place on July 23 – media
Interfax Ukraine
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July 16, 2025
Representatives of the partner countries are preparing a meeting on Wednesday, July 23, to find and transfer additional Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine, Claudia Tanios, a senior producer at Al Jazeera, has said, citing anonymous sources....
National Police expose large-scale scheme producing Ukrainian drugs in Russia involving oligarch Zhevago
Interfax Ukraine
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July 16, 2025
The National Police of Ukraine has uncovered a large-scale pharmaceutical scheme involving a Ukrainian oligarch who organized the production and sale of Ukrainian medicines in the territory of the Russian Federation. "Agents of the Department of...
Is Ukraine planning to hit Moscow? Major threat to Putin as Trump promises Zelensky deadliest long-range weapons, secretly orders....
India.com
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July 16, 2025
Home News Is Ukraine planning to hit Moscow? Major threat to Putin as Trump promises Zelensky deadliest long-range weapons, secretly orders…. Amid US President Donald Trump call for imposing 100 per cent "secondary tariffs" on Moscow if Russian...
Trump has backed himself into a corner on Ukraine
Strategic Culture
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July 16, 2025
He now has fifty days to reach agreement on Ukrainian neutrality Join us on Telegram, Twitter, and VK. Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su One year after he undertook to end the Ukraine war in one day, and just past six months into his...
Exhibition in Vilnius explores Ukrainian–Lithuanian theatre identities through scenography
LB.ua
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On 10 July, an exhibition entitled Characters of the 21st Century Theatre Stage: A Dialogue of Identities: Ukraine – Lithuania opened in Vilnius. This was reported on the Facebook page of the Ukrainian Institute. The project was organised by the...
U.S. citizen who helped Russia from inside Ukraine granted Russian passport by Putin
Japan Times
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July 15, 2025
Daniel Martindale, a U.S. citizen who helped the Kremlin target Ukrainian troops and was then spirited out of eastern Ukraine by Russian special forces, has received a Russian passport in Moscow. Russian state television broadcast a report on...
Ukraine hails 'Agent Melania' after Trump admits First Lady explained Putin's lies
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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July 16, 2025
Christopher Bucktin and William Morgan Reporter 05:43, 16 Jul 2025 Ukrainians have lauded Melania Trump as an unexpected "undercover agent" after the US President disclosed that it was his wife who persuaded him to change his stance on Vladimir...
'It could really hurt him': The MAGA storm over Trump's calls on Epstein and Ukraine
SBS
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This article contains references to suicide. Some of United States President Donald Trump and the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement's most staunch allies have openly criticised him this week over his handling of files from the Jeffrey...
France, Italy reportedly opt out of US-NATO arms deal for Ukraine
The Kyiv Independent
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July 16, 2025
France and Italy will not take part in a new NATO-led initiative to finance the delivery of U.S. weapons to Ukraine, Politico and La Stampa reported on July 16, citing undisclosed government officials in both countries. Despite being a...
How Will Putin React to Trump's Ukraine Pivot? Newsweek Contributors Debate
Newsweek
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July 16, 2025
President Donald Trump announced this week that the U.S. will send Patriot air-defense missiles to Ukraine and threatened new tariffs on Russia. Will Vladimir Putin back down? What should Trump's next move be? And what does the future hold for...
Ukrainian cyberattack 'paralyzes' major Russian drone supplier, source claims
The Kyiv Independent
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July 15, 2025
Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) has "paralyzed" operations at Gaskar Group, one of the largest drone suppliers to the Russian military, a source within the agency told the Kyiv Independent on July 15. The cyberattack was reportedly carried...
Ukraine says it killed Russian agents who shot one of their senior officers
Straight Arrow News
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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced on Sunday, July 13, that it killed the Russian agents they say shot one of their senior officers to death. A video the SBU posted to social media had footage of two bodies on the ground, lying by a...
Latvian public media reorganization will likely lead to job losses
LSM
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July 16, 2025
The strategy developed by the board of the Latvian Public Media (LSM) envisages that LSM.lv will become a unified platform in Latvian with foreign language options, but linear broadcasting – on television and radio – will only be in the Latvian...
Ukraine eyes building its own private military companies — their role, legal framework remain unclear
The Kyiv Independent
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July 15, 2025
Civilians and veterans of the Russian-Ukrainian war participate in a training game in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 10, 2025. (Viacheslav Ratynskyi / Anadolu via Getty Images) Russian President Vladimir Putin has laid out an ultimatum, demanding that...
Ukraine war latest: Zelensky shouldn't target Moscow, Trump says
The Kyiv Independent
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July 15, 2025
Key developments on July 15: Zelensky shouldn't target Moscow, Trump says Ukrainian cyberattack "paralyzes" major Russian drone supplier, source claims Ukraine passes bill to withdraw from anti-personnel mine ban treaty Germany to decide on more...
Ukraine's prime minister submits resignation, parliament set to dismiss government on July 16
The Kyiv Independent
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July 15, 2025
Editor's note: The story was updated with Denys Shmyhal announcing his resignation. The Ukrainian parliament is scheduled to vote on the dismissal of Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal's government on July 16, a lawmaker and a source in the parliament...
Lithuanian President Awards Ukrainian Military
Charter 97
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1 Photo: Getty Images For bravery and professionalism in Operation Envoy. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has awarded representatives of the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces who took part in the evacuation of the body of the dead...