A former US nuclear-sub commander, a Ukrainian fund, and a plan to shield Odesa with drone swarms
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No missiles intercepted again: Russia strikes Kyiv water infrastructure amid warnings of harsher winter attacks
Russia also struck residential areas in Odesa and Zaporizhzhia, injuring civilians and damaging homes and other civilian infrastructure.
A fourth Ukrainian pharmaceutical warehouse has burned in a Russian strike since the start of the month
Russian forces damaged the newest one in Odesa, where the buildings belong to a wholesaler supplying drugstores across Ukraine.
“Now on the 1,657th day”: Ukraine’s crews restored power to over 900,000 homes last week as Russia keeps striking grid before winter
Crews brought it back to 596 settlements, most of them in Odesa and Donetsk.
Russian strikes on Odesa ports push Ukrainian farms toward bankruptcy, Bloomberg reports
Weekly grain and oilseed exports have fallen by more than 90% since early July, Bloomberg reports. Oxford Economics estimates a 2.1% GDP loss in 2027.
Russia’s latest strike on Ukraine’s most important trade route: Togo-flagged civilian ship hit in Odesa
A Russian strike on Odesa Oblast port infrastructure damaged a civilian vessel and injured four people, three of them hospitalized.
Two railway workers killed: a Russian jet drone hit their train’s locomotive in Odesa Oblast
The jet-powered Shahed hit the locomotive as the train neared a station — the latest strike in Russia's campaign against Ukraine's railways.
Russians work three shifts to build jet-powered missiles powered by a $16,000 Chinese engine from AliExpress
Russia can produce up to 80 S8000 "Banderol" cruise missiles a month.
47 sites destroyed, 1,943 damaged: Russia’s toll on Ukrainian heritage keeps climbing
Ukraine's culture ministry counts close to 2,000 heritage sites hit since 2022, with 90 more added in just the last month.
Russia hit Palau-flagged grain ship twice as it left port for Greece. Two sailors are missing
Eight crew members were rescued.
Everything that hits target gets used: Ukraine just proved 1940s Swedish weapon can kill modern jet-powered drone
Ukraine used Bofors L70 anti-aircraft guns for this operation.
Ten dead as Russia strikes a Turkish-owned bulk carrier off Odesa
Rescuers pulled eight of the 18 people aboard from the burning ship overnight; the pilot brought on to steer it out was among the dead.
“Cardboard” protests against Zelenskyy’s firing of Fedorov erupt across Ukraine
The rallies were timed to the parliament session set to seal a wider government reshuffle.
A $50 computer just flew Russia’s newest jet drone into a Ukrainian grain ship—and jamming couldn’t stop it
Russia's fast, highly autonomous Geran-4 one-way attack drone is the weapon of choice for strikes on Ukrainian grain ships.
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.
Russia strikes Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa and Kirovohrad oblasts overnight
A Russian drone struck a car in Kherson's Tsentralnyi district on 2 July, injuring a 58-year-old man
Russia can’t blockade Ukraine’s grain ports, so it bombs them—exports could drop a third
The heaviest strikes are expected during the July harvest.
Threat to global food security: Russia hits three foreign-flagged merchant ships in Ukraine’s Black Sea corridor
Vanuatu-flagged vessel evacuated wounded crew. The ANT bulk carrier was hit during transit from Odesa to Turkiye.
Russia just hit commercial vessel of its closest war ally in Ukrainian waters with Shahed drone
Russia has spent months hitting civilian ships across the Black Sea. This one belonged to its closest strategic partner.
Ukraine is building multi-layered shield along border with Russian-occupied Transnistria — 50 km from biggest port city
Russian Troops have been stationed there since 1992.