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‘Just a trickle’: Residents in Russian-occupied Ukraine face severe water shortage
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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August 8, 2025
Residents of the Russian-occupied Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine are facing a severe water crisis, with a shortage leaving them in dire conditions. Experts point to Russia's occupation, subsequent mismanagement, and wartime destruction as the...
Ukraine Defense Ministry’s Strategic Plan for 2025-2026
Mezha
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August 7, 2025
As reported by the Telegram channel of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Ukraine’s Minister of Defense, Denys Shmyhal, presented to President Volodymyr Zelensky the main objectives for the Ministry of Defense by the end of 2025, as well as the...
Ukrainian delegation visits for the first time since 1993
Taipei Times
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August 7, 2025
Taiwan stands with Ukraine in facing down authoritarian expansionism to protect democracy, President William Lai (賴清德) said while meeting with a Ukrainian parliamentary delegation yesterday. The delegation was headed by Ukranian lawmaker Mykola...
Bulletin: Israel Demolishes Palestinian School under Construction; Egypt Launches Bachelor’s Programme in Banking Sciences
Al-Fanar Media
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August 7, 2025
More Dangerous than Bullets and Missiles Once, our greatest fears centred on nuclear threats, on the possibility of targeting nuclear facilities or the outbreak of war between two nuclear-armed neighbours. We imagined the moment someone might...
Funeral for Ukraine Reporter Who Suffered ‘Torments’ in Russian Captivity
Kyiv Post
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August 8, 2025
Dozens of mourners packed into a cathedral in central Kyiv on Friday to pay their respects to independent journalist Viktoria Roshchyna, who died in Russian captivity last year aged 27. Her body, which Russia returned in February, remained in a...
Ukraine positions AgroTech as its next global growth engine
The Odessa Journal
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As climate pressures, food insecurity, and rapid technological change reshape the global agricultural landscape, Ukraine is positioning AgroTech as a sector where it can lead internationally. Agriculture has long been one of Ukraine’s economic...
Ukrainians Trust Zelenskyy Less Since Wartime Protests, Polls Finds
News18
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August 7, 2025
Last Updated:August 07, 2025, 16:33 IST Public trust in President Zelenskyy hit a six-month low, per Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, after protests against his move to curb anti-corruption watchdogs' power. Ukraine's President Volodymyr...
Modi, Putin Discuss Ukraine Crisis, Strategic Partnership Amid US-India Trade Strain
News24
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August 8, 2025
Amid rising tensions over the imposition of trade tariffs on India by the United States, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with President Vladimir Putin on Friday. President Putin briefed the Prime Minister on the latest developments concerning...
Russian attack drones swarm Ukraine despite Trump’s ceasefire deadline
The Times
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President Trump was still speaking optimistically in Washington about the chances for peace in Ukraine when, thousands of miles to the east, a wave of Russian kamikaze drones swarmed towards the sleeping city of Dnipro. For more than an hour,...
Ukraine Creates New Interceptor Drone to Counter Shahed Drones
Militarnyi
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August 7, 2025
Ukraine has developed an interceptor drone to counter Russian Shahed and Gerbera attack drones. This was reported to Militarnyi by the developers. In response to Russia’s systematic attacks using attack drones, Ukraine has introduced new means of...
How Russian propaganda used anti-corruption protests in Ukraine to spread disinformation
Gwara Media
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August 8, 2025
After Ukraine’s Parliament adopted bill #12414 limiting the independence of anti-graft bodies, NABU and SAPO, people across Ukraine went out to protests. On the same day, Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the bill, despite many asking to veto it. These...
FACT CHECK: Would cutting benefits for Ukrainians boost employment in Germany?
The Local - Germany
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August 8, 2025
Germany's conservative leaders claim that scrapping a welfare benefit for all Ukrainian refugees would encourage more people into work. We look at the evidence. Markus Söder, Bavaria's Prime Minister and chair of the conservative Christian Social...
Ukraine seeks to revive Russian-blockaded ports near Black Sea
Christian Science Monitor
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August 7, 2025
As mayor and head of the military administration of the Dnieper-Bug Estuary port of Ochakiv, Sergii Bychkov knows what the Turkish beys and Catherine the Great of Russia knew before him about the Kinburn Spit. Whoever controls that long and narrow...
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 10, 2025
Critical Threats - Washington D.C.
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August 10, 2025, 8:45 pm ET Click here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. Click here to see ISW's interactive map of Ukraine's offensive in...
What will come next in Ukraine’s drone war?
Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
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But the significance of the image, posted by the Ukrainian army’s Azov Brigade on its official Telegram channel on 5 June, was not merely that life finds a way to continue in a time of war. It was the material making up most of the nest – hundreds...
Ukrainian Drone Blows Up Concrete Bridge in Belgorod Region
Militarnyi
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August 7, 2025
A Ukrainian attack drone blew up a concrete bridge in the Belgorod region of Russia, which was actively used by the Russian army for logistics. The combat operation was conducted by soldiers of the 3rd Heavy Mechanized Brigade, known as the Iron...
European tech investments jump 18% in July, Energy Vault secures €258M, and Ukraine's plan for national LLM
Tech.eu
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August 8, 2025
This week we tracked more than 40 tech funding deals worth over €848 million, and over 15 exits, M&A transactions, rumours, and related news stories across Europe. This week we also released our monthly report for July, which covers key investment...
Elderly Jewish refugees from Ukraine pine for home
Macau Business
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August 8, 2025
A dozen elderly Ukrainian Jewish people gathered around a table in Warsaw, enjoying biscuits and tea. A few men sported azure kippahs on their grey hair. The regular attendees of a weekly “Let’s Talk” seniors’ club at the Jewish Community Centre...
Crop Duster Armed With Air-To-Air Missiles Appears In Ukraine
The Drive
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August 8, 2025
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The apparent latest addition to Ukraine’s growing series of ad-hoc anti-drone measures is one of its most impressive...
Kyivstar posts 23.5% EBITDA growth in Q2 2025, boosts investment nearly 73%
Interfax Ukraine
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August 7, 2025
Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest mobile network operator, increased its EBITDA by 23.5% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2025 to UAH 6.90 billion, while its revenue rose by 25.8% to UAH 11.86 billion, driven by significant growth in its...