Ukraine

Another 95 Ukrainian defenders, including soldiers, members of the National Guard and border guards, were released from Russian captivity thanks to the mediation efforts of the United Arab Emirates. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that we are looking for everyone who may be captured.

The downing of flight MH17 by Russia 10 years ago showed that Russia's violation of international law and threat to the international legal order goes far beyond Ukraine.

Russia's capabilities in the Black Sea have been significantly reduced due to the withdrawal of its ships, which is a serious military and propaganda setback for Russia, as Ukraine is effectively destroying its Black Sea Fleet using naval strike drones.

As of July 2024, 26. 1% of Ukrainian pensioners receive a pension of less than UAH 3,000, and only 12.5% of pensioners receive payments of more than UAH 10,000.

Trump has hinted at a willingness to ease or lift sanctions against Russia as part of his "deal" to end the war in Ukraine, saying he does not like sanctions and considers them useful only in certain cases, such as with Iran.

On the 10th anniversary of the MH17 crash, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia's responsibility is inevitable and all those responsible for this and other Russian war crimes will be punished as 298 people, including 80 children, died when Russian killers shot down the passenger plane.

A 51-year-old Kyiv resident organized a scheme to smuggle conscripts across the Ukrainian border in exchange for money, entering their data into the Shlyakh system under the guise of volunteers transporting goods for the Armed Forces.

The Foreign Minister said that russia will not be able to avoid responsibility for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, and the entire command staff must be brought to justice.

Former US President Donald Trump said that Vladimir Putin "will never get into Ukraine" and that he himself told Putin to "never, ever go into Ukraine" during his presidency, despite Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Despite the proposal to rename Brovary to Brovari, members of the city council voted to appeal to the Verkhovna Rada to preserve the historical name “Brovary” so that, in particular, they would not spend money on changing the documentation instead of such important expenses as supporting mobilized and wounded soldiers.

Last year, the SBU successfully struck the Crimean Bridge for the second time when Sea Baby maritime drones rammed into the bridge's pylons, cutting off a critical logistical artery for Russian troops in southern Ukraine.

Belgium will provide EUR 150 million to finance projects to restore energy and social infrastructure in Kyiv and Chernihiv regions of Ukraine.

A unit at the nuclear power plant has been repaired, which is expected to help reduce electricity consumption limits and stabilize Ukraine's power grid.

Mobile operators in Ukraine are to provide 10 hours of uninterrupted mobile communication during a power outage by February 2025, and 80% of base stations are to meet this requirement by December 2024, according to an order from the State Special Communications Service.

Maksym, 6, and Mykyta, 12, were returned from the temporarily occupied territories to the government-controlled territory of Ukraine.

Ukraine has adopted a law that improves the legal regulation of the starosta institution by introducing measures such as clarifying the criteria for the population of starosta districts, ensuring the continuity of starostas' activities, introducing mechanisms for their election and dismissal, expanding their powers, introducing remote public discussions and reporting procedures.

A grenade was thrown into the yard of the mayor of Bashtanka, Mykolaiv region, damaging the mayor's car, but no one was injured.

Power engineers have completed scheduled repairs and reloading of nuclear fuel at one of the NPP units ahead of schedule and connected it to the grid to strengthen the stability of Ukraine's power system in a difficult period when nuclear power covers more than half of the country's energy consumption.

Former intelligence officer Roman Chervinsky is released from custody after posting bail of UAH 9 million 84 thousand.

Russian troops attacked the border of Chernihiv region with drones, mortars, and artillery, resulting in 25 explosions in four communities.

A Shahed kamikaze drone exploded 55 kilometers from Bobruisk, Belarus, after entering the country's airspace, according to a monitoring telegram channel.

MP Mariana Bezuhla resigned from the Servant of the People parliamentary faction.

In order to conceal the losses of manpower in the war in Ukraine, russia excluded from its annual statistics data on mortality from external causes, which allowed for the analysis of military losses.

About 40 men were refused to cross the border as of 7 a. m. due to the lack of mandatory military registration documents, which are required for all men aged 18 to 60 when traveling abroad from Ukraine.

Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the United Nations ridiculed Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov for using George Orwell's Animal Farm to justify Russia's actions, noting that Orwell was a critic of Stalinism and the book allegorized the totalitarian regime of the Soviet Union.

In Ukraine, 4 enemy reconnaissance drones were destroyed in the south over the past day, and Russian troops attacked Kherson and Odesa regions with ballistic missiles.

More than 51,000 people have been reported missing in Ukraine since the beginning of the war, and the search for about 42,000 of them is still ongoing.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov complained about alleged “threats” to Russia from the West, while US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said that Russia sees a threat in the fact that democracy is functioning on its borders, denying any military threat to Russia before its invasion of Ukraine.

The NBU's ban on restructuring foreign currency loans: how it affects entrepreneurs.

The volume of deposits in Ukraine is growing, but there is a tendency for interest rates to decline, says economic expert Oleksandr Parashchiy.