- On the initiative of the wife of the President of Ukraine Olena Zelenska, the second Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen dedicated to the post-war reconstruction of the country will be held on July 23. The event is planned in the format of a telebridge between different countries of the world: Ukraine, Poland, Belgium, Great Britain and the United States
- Police in the northeast city of Kharkiv said cluster bombs hit Barabashovo Market. a public bazaar where Associated Press journalists saw a woman crying over her dead husband’s body. Local officials said the shelling also struck a bus stop, a gym and a residential building
- In Nova Kakhovka, a city in southern Ukraine occupied by Russian troops five months ago on the first day of its invasion, the signs of creeping annexation by Russia are mounting and some residents fear a return to Soviet times
- German national railways Deutsche Bahn (DB) plans to start freight train services to carry Ukrainian grain exports to German ports for loading on ships, Reuters reported, citing the rail company
- A Russian-American businessman known for his political fundraising and lobbying has lost a lawsuit brought by a Ukrainian developer who sued him over promised-but-never-delivered tickets to President Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration
- Russian forces are seeking to stash ammunition and military equipment in Europe’s largest nuclear power plant because they fear their inventory will be targeted and destroyed by Ukrainian forces, Kyiv’s nuclear agency said Wednesday.
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- Italian Premier Mario Draghi resigned Thursday after his ruling coalition fell apart, dealing a destabilizing blow to the country and Europe at a time of severe economic uncertainty brought on by the coronavirus pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine
- Putin’s ideologists depict the Russian national state within the borders of the Russian Empire. They believe that the Russian empire IS the nation state
- Russian artillery strikes pounded Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv on Thursday after Moscow announced it was expanding its war aims, even as Russian gas flows to Europe resumed through the Nord Stream pipeline
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