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Can Ukraine Clean Up Its Defense Industry Fast Enough?

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The year 2023 has been a grinding one for Ukraine. Battlefield wins have been fewer and less definitive than during the first 10 months of the war, and Russia has gained ground. Now the United States—Ukraine’s biggest military backer—may stop providing assistance. Without that aid, Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukraine’s presidential office, recently said in Washington, Ukraine stands a “big risk” of losing the war.

From the moment Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022, Kyiv has relied on external

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Russia, Ukraine confirm Kyiv hits Chonhar bridge to Crimea – EURACTIV.com

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Ukraine struck and damaged the Chonhar road bridge linking mainland Ukraine to Crimea and a smaller bridge linking the town of Henichesk with the peninsula’s northeast coast on Sunday (6 August), Moscow-appointed officials and Ukraine’s armed forces said.

“The enemy launched a missile strike in the area of the Chonhar bridge in the north of Crimea,” Sergei Aksyonov, the Moscow-appointed head of Crimea, wrote on Telegram. “One hit, part of the missile was hit by air defence.” The road surface

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Kyiv says Jeddah participants back Ukraine territorial integrity in any peace deal – POLITICO

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KYIV ­— Representatives of some 40 countries that took part in Saudi-hosted Ukraine peace talks this weekend agreed that any peace treaty to end Russia’s war against Ukraine must be based on respect for the territorial integrity of Ukraine and the U.N. Charter, the Ukrainian government said on Sunday.

Russia did not take part in the talks. But China, a longtime ally of Russia, attended the gathering in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

“China did not object, as it has never objected

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Ukraine Says Russia Launched Overnight Drone Attacks on Kyiv

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Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, with at least 10 drones overnight, damaging a multistory administrative tower and other buildings, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday, as Moscow kept up the pressure on metropolitan centers far from the front lines.

The officials said that Ukraine’s air defenses had shot down all the drones aimed at Kyiv but that falling debris from the interceptions had caused damage. The State Emergency Service said that an administrative building had been hit, and the head

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Russia Strikes Ukrainian Grain Terminal, Kyiv Says

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Russian forces struck a grain terminal and injured at least four civilians in the southern city of Kherson, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday, extending a bombardment of Ukrainian infrastructure that has raised alarms about Kyiv’s ability to ship grain to the world.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to enhance Ukrainian air defenses around the port and the southern coast, but Kyiv’s resources are stretched thin and it must make difficult choices about where to deploy the limited number of air

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Is THIS Ukraine’s breakthrough? Kyiv claims they’ve recaptured village from Putin’s forces in Donetsk as they punch through Russian lines

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Ukraine appears to have made the most significant breakthrough of its counter-offensive against Russian forces. 

After two months of being held off along the frontline, Western-backed troops have finally punched through the invaders’ defences. 

The advance near Robotyne, in Zaporizhzhia province, suggests Ukrainian forces may be capable of making inroads deep into Russian-held territory.

The attacks, involving up to 80 tanks and armoured vehicles, destroyed Russian fortifications which had previously proved impregnable. Ukrainian commanders are understood to have used their

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DAVID PATRIKARAKOS in Kyiv finds that every barbaric act only strengthens the resolve of the Ukraine

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The cries of terror are faint at first. Then slowly they grow. From a small rectangular hole that was once the ground floor window of a family home, a small child emerges, his face contorted with fear.

He is being pulled to safety by a neighbour, on to whom he clings for dear life. The two begin to wade through the dank, brown water towards some kind of safety.

This is the city of Kherson, southern Ukraine, large parts of

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The Russian Red Line Washington Won’t Cross—Yet

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Two months before invading Ukraine, Russia massed more than 100,000 troops on its neighbor’s border and sent NATO a bill of demands. Moscow’s list—structured as a treaty—required that the alliance close itself off to new members. It declared that NATO states “shall not conduct any military activity on the territory of Ukraine as well as other States” in Eastern Europe. It insisted that NATO remove all its forces from the 14 countries that joined after the Soviet Union collapsed.

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Did Kyiv really send mother in a Mini Natalia Vovk to kill ‘Rasputin’s girl’ Darya Dugina?

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A Ukrainian woman spy assassinated the daughter of a leading Russian nationalist and former Putin ally, Moscow security officials claimed last night.

Kremlin sources published a remarkable dossier of video footage, photographs and an identity card supposedly belonging to the murderer of Darya Dugina.

They named her killer as Natalia Vovk, who apparently sneaked into Russia from Ukraine – bringing her 12-year-old daughter with her – and tracked her victim before activating the deadly device on Saturday night.

The chain

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Everton-Anhänger schießt Elfmeter im Freundschaftsspiel gegen Dynamo Kyiv

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Everton spielte am Freitag zu Hause in einem „Match for Peace“ ein Freundschaftsspiel gegen die ukrainische Mannschaft Dynamo Kyiv, und der Verein beschloss, während des Spiels einen Fan zu ehren.

Paul Stratton, ein Everton-Fan, der ukrainischen Flüchtlingen inmitten der anhaltenden russischen Invasion im Land geholfen hat, checkte zum Spiel ein, um einen Elfmeter zu schießen. Stratton schob den Elfmeter kühl an einem unbeweglichen Torhüter von Dynamo Kyiv vorbei.

Das Tor zählte nicht auf der endgültigen Torschützenliste, aber die Toffees beendeten

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