Ukraine

NATO leaders are gathering for an anniversary summit in Washington, D. C., with the top priority of supporting Ukraine's defense against Russian invasion, to coordinate aid and provide more ammunition, air defense equipment and other assistance.

The NATO Summit, marking the 75th anniversary of the Alliance's founding, begins today in Washington. President Joe Biden will host representatives of NATO member states at the historic celebration of the strongest defense alliance in history.

In the first five months of 2024, Ukrainian banks earned UAH 67. 97 billion in profit after tax, up 27% year-on-year.

The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights noted that Ukraine has a separate list of Ukrainian military personnel who were captured before the full-scale invasion.

The UN monitoring mission believes that the attack on the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv was probably caused by a Russian missile, not a missile shot down by Ukrainian air defense.

In 22 hours, Ukrainians raised 250 million hryvnias to rebuild the Okhmatdyt children's hospital, which was hit by a Russian missile attack.

The government has developed and partially launched four support programs to encourage energy sustainability for citizens and businesses, including interest-free loans for the installation of solar/wind installations. There are also preferential loans for gas generation systems, loans for condominiums for the installation of solar stations and heat pumps with a 70% reimbursement.

According to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the death toll from the July 8 rocket attack by Russian troops on Kyiv has risen to 32, including 4 children, and 120 people have been injured.

Ukraine and the European Commission have started bilateral meetings as part of the process of assessing the approximation of Ukrainian legislation to EU law, an important step on the road to EU membership.

After July 20, the situation with power outages in Ukraine is expected to improve due to the completion of repairs at some generation facilities and emergency electricity supplies from the EU.

Russia agrees to release all Indian citizens recruited to participate in the war against Ukraine after a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Ukraine expects more weapons, air defense systems and tougher sanctions against russia from NATO partners at the upcoming summit to stop Russia's genocidal war.

The Cabinet of Ministers dismissed Serhiy Orlov from the post of Deputy Minister of Justice and approved the appointment of Oksana Zashchevska as First Deputy Head and Vitaliy Vlasiuk as Deputy Head of the Khmelnytsky Regional State Administration.

The UN strongly condemns Russia's massive missile attack on Ukraine, which killed dozens of civilians, including children, and damaged the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv.

Due to the emergency supply of electricity from the EU, the scope of electricity restrictions in Ukraine will be reduced in the evening, with only three stages of blackouts from 16:00 to 19:00 on July 9.

A Russian strike on a residential building in Kyiv killed 4 children, another child may be under the rubble.

The invaders are bringing Russian police officers to the TOT to fight the Ukrainian underground under the pretext of fighting "extremism," which in Russia means any dissent against the will of the Kremlin, including love for one's homeland.

In the first half of 2023, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine codified more than 60 new models of domestically produced ammunition, including more than 50 models for drones, mortar shells of various calibers, artillery shells, melee weapons, and small arms ammunition.

Five Ukrainian citizens were returned from places of detention in Belarus thanks to communication between the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights and the Belarusian side.

A State Department spokesman says that NATO members may put forward policy proposals at the upcoming summit, in response to the Polish prime minister's desire to shoot down Russian missiles over Ukraine with NATO's consent.

In Zaporizhzhia, a man attacked a woman in the stairwell of a high-rise building, sprayed her with tear gas and tried to steal her backpack, but fled when she called for help; he and his accomplice were later detained and face up to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.

Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities on July 8 killed 42 people, including 4 children, and injured 190 people, damaging 323 objects.

Ukrainians in the temporarily occupied territories who were forced to take Russian passports to survive will not be held responsible for this, assures Dmytro Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights.

A Russian missile strike on Kyiv killed 32 people, including 4 children, and wounded 117, targeting residential buildings and medical facilities.

Switzerland has expanded its sanctions against russia, imposing sanctions on 69 individuals and 86 legal entities, joining the 14th EU sanctions package in response to russia's ongoing military aggression against Ukraine.

Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Khilyuk, abducted by Russia in 2022, is reportedly alive in Russian captivity but is being tortured.

A joint operation by Ukrainian special services caused explosions and fires at a Russian military airfield, a power substation, and an oil depot in various regions of Russia.

A gang of fraudsters, including an employee of the forensic bureau, an IT specialist and a repeat offender, stole almost UAH 1. 5 million from the bank accounts of fallen Ukrainian soldiers by accessing their personal belongings and hacking into banking applications.

94 children from Kyiv's Okhmatdyt hospital were evacuated to other hospitals in the city due to the Russian attack, and more than 460 patients were sent home.

Norway will provide Ukraine with spare parts for Sea King helicopters to support the operation and maintenance of the helicopters donated by Germany.