Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1605: Ukraine kills bomber deep inside Russia
Meanwhile, Zelenskyy passes over the frontrunner for defense minister as protests continue across Ukraine.
Day: July 17, 2026
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Ukraine gives its heavy bombers precision without single Western guidance kit
Ukraine codified FireFly, a domestic terminal-guidance module that lets heavy bomber drones drop munitions with 0.5-to-2-meter accuracy.
International monitors confirm Russia’s blockade of occupied Oleshky, where the living starve and the dead go unburied
Four months after Euromaidan Press first reported the siege, the UN, Human Rights Watch, ISW, and the OSCE have all confirmed it. An exiled official says 100 bodies lie unburied in the town's hospital basement.
Ukraine contracted $8 billion in drones this year. In-stock ones reach units in nine days
It is twice the same period last year, with FPVs the largest share.
“They removed the auditor, not the thieves”: why Ukrainians are protesting Zelenskyy’s reshuffle
The entire government has been swapped, yet protests hit Kyiv and 16 more cities only in support of ex-Defense Minister Fedorov
Ukraine can now service its Polish Rosomak APCs without sending them out of country
Ukrainian repair troops completed Rosomak maintenance training in Poland.
Ukraine says it struck Russia’s Svetlyak-class warship in Kerch
Ukraine's General Staff says its forces hit a Svetlyak-class patrol ship at Kerch, two tankers, and the Slavneft-YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl over 16-17 July.
Ukraine’s government reshuffle followed the letter of the Constitution. But did it follow its spirit?
The official paper trail shows who decided first.
Russia leveled 13 hectares of homes in Vyshneve. It fired missiles, but Ukraine says depot shouldn’t have been there, and made its first arrest
A Kyiv court is deciding pre-trial detention for Ruslan Kuchynskyi, an enterprise head suspected over the improper ammunition storage that killed people in Vyshneve.
Everyone expected Klymenko as Ukraine’s next defense minister. Zelenskyy offers him different job amid mass protests across Ukraine
Zelenskyy offered outgoing Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko the post of NSDC secretary, days after Klymenko was widely reported as the frontrunner for defense minister.
Ukrainian combat divers destroyed Russian bomber at Crimea’s Saky airbase as it prepared to strike
Two drones, one Su-24M, caught on the tarmac before takeoff. It was the fourth reported strike on Saky in a month.
US Sen. Graham’s Russia sanctions bill sat stalled for over a year—now the Senate has the votes to pass it
Lindsey Graham told colleagues he had the White House on board just hours before his sudden death.
Ukraine’s private air defense has quadrupled since spring: businesses are now shooting down Shaheds over their own sites
51 Ukrainian companies have now joined the experimental program letting private firms run air defense crews under Air Force command.
“Bear Paw” amulet: Russians are paying sorcerers to enchant their cars into using less gas amid fuel crises, intelligence says
Ukraine's foreign intelligence says Russian magic practitioners are selling rituals, as drivers queue overnight for 10 liters.
Ukraine just hit its 159th Russian ship in 12 days—and the campaign has no end date
The drone chief promised the "shipfall" would run indefinitely.
Ukraine kills bomber inside Russia. Soviet Union stopped building them decades ago — so this one is gone for good
Ukraine's SBU says its drones flew 800 km to Engels airbase and destroyed a Tu-95 strategic bomber, tearing off its tail section.
Russian recruit reaches the front. Thirty minutes later, the drones find him
The figure came from Ukrainian open-source reports. Now US intelligence says its own findings match—and Washington wants the technology behind it.
Wall panels from WoodUpp fit straight onto plasterboard with adhesive
These panels suit various interior styles—from light woods inspired by Scandinavian design to bold colours or darker finishes found in contemporary spaces
Baltic nation boosts security at dam, gas storage facility due to Russian threat
Latvia's Prime Minister named a gas facility and the dam upstream of the capital as the sites now under heavier guard.