Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1594: Lack of Patriot interceptors leaves Kyiv exposed to Russian attacks, as death toll rises to 19

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"Just give me some proof that my son is alive": Mother from Kherson spends five years searching for her son, taken away by Russians from Oleshky boarding school. Emil foundation names four reasons Russia holds adult Ukrainians with disabilities.

Russia now loses more soldiers than it recruits. But the war won't end because of that.. For the first time, Russia's losses outrun its recruits—four years of General Staff data explain why that still won't end the war.

Russia banned her for studying the famine it denies. She put it online for the whole world anyway.. Millions of Ukrainians died in the Holodomor—Stalin's deliberate starvation of Ukraine in 1932–33. Russia calls it a hoax—all while it replicates its methods in occupied Ukraine. Marta Baziuk, who helped build a course on the Holodomor, explains why the famine matters now—and why the course she helped build could only exist now.

The one sport moving against Russia is run by its ex-deputy PM. Moscow has hijacked the federation, says Malcolm Pein, the English delegate now standing for deputy president on a ticket challenging the Russian incumbent.

Trump's spiritual adviser says he never knew about Kherson's "human safari". Pastor Mark Burns pledges to raise Kherson's drone siege with Congress and the president after learning of it for the first time.

Military

Putin says Russia is 10 kilometers from Sumy. Real distance shows how Kremlin manufactures collapsing front. A year of fighting in Sumy Oblast has produced advances measured in hundreds of meters. Near Kindrativka, Russia was pushed back toward the border

Ukrainian drones killed Russian Buk-M3. Then Air Force flew through hole it left (VIDEO). The strike cleared a corridor for Ukraine's Air Force to incinerate two Russian command posts.

10% of Russia's refining, half of Siberia's fuel: the Omsk plant just lost its 2,500-km protection. At least two primary processing units burned with full pressure still in the pipes, monitoring channels reported from footage.

Intelligence and technology

Ukraine's interceptors got so good that Russia is changing its gasoline drone tactics, says expert. Beskrestnov says Ukraine intercepts 92-96% of gasoline Shaheds in the deep rear, forcing Russia to reorient production toward jet variants.

International

Poland's military expansion reveals the gap between ambition and battlefield readiness. NATO's biggest eastern spender would meet a Russian attack today with two divisions ready in a week and four that need weeks, or aren't built yet, a Polish daily reports.

US soldiers left for a "summer rotation." Estonia doesn't know how many are coming back—or when. The bilateral deal calls for 500–700 American soldiers; mostly support staff remain, Estonian broadcaster reported.

Humanitarian and social impact

Russia kills 11 in Kyiv as air defense stops zero of 29 ballistic and hypersonic missiles. Rescuers pulled 45 people from one Podilskyi high-rise alone, while three children ended up among 27 hospitalized across the capital.

New developments

Russia claims "verified data" that Latvia opens air corridors for Ukrainian drones—shows none of it. The accusation from a deputy foreign minister landed hours after Ukrainian drones set fires at a major oil terminal in St. Petersburg.

From a German party office to Russia's ranks: Chechen-born AfD member Murad Dadaev enlists. The politician, also known as Noah Krieger, filmed himself training in motorcycle assaults with Russian troops.

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