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Key Takeaways A kinetic event killed and wounded scores of Ukrainian POWs in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast on July 28. Ukraine and Russia are blaming each other for the attack. Available visual evid
Jul. 30, 2022
In Italy, there is a discussion about the possibility of withdrawing Rome’s candidacy for EXPO 2030, and offering Ukraine the support of Italian diplomacy to help Odesa win the competition. Giorgio Mu
Jul. 30, 2022
Russia on Friday, July 29, rejected “bizarre” accusations of election interference in Italy’s election campaign, after anti-immigrant leader Matteo Salvini’s ties with Moscow came under scrutiny. “It
Jul. 30, 2022
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A combine harvester and civilian cars were blown up by mines in the Velyka Pysarivka community in the Sumy Region. “Okhtyrka District, Velyka Pysarivka community,” Sumy Regional Military Administratio
Jul. 30, 2022
War in Ukraine
S&P Global Ratings on Friday cut Ukraine’s long-term debt grade by three notches, saying the recently announced plan to defer payments means a default is “a virtual certainty.” The agency lowered
Jul. 30, 2022
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Dr. Kenneth Dekleva is a former US physician-diplomat (including 5 years in Moscow), and a Senior Fellow at the George HW Bush Foundation for US-China Relations, who has extensively studied and profil
Jul. 30, 2022
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Russian energy giant Gazprom Saturday suspended gas supplies to Latvia following tensions between Moscow and the West over the conflict in Ukraine and sweeping European and US sanctions against Russia
Jul. 30, 2022
The heroine of my story has been described by one of her contemporaries as “the greatest female figure in Ukrainian literature after Lesia Ukrainka.” Another considered that: “with her creative life a
Jul. 30, 2022
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The Armed Forces of Ukraine suppressed Russian offensives and assaults in the areas of Avdiivka, Kamyanka, Krasnohorivka, and Pisky and repelled attempted assaults in the areas of Soledar, Vershyna, a
Jul. 30, 2022
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania has confirmed a ban on the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Vladimir Gundyaev (AKA ‘Patriarch Kirill’), from entering their country. This latest move i
Jul. 30, 2022
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Estimates issued by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on Friday state that the second quarter unemployment rate was 35%, but the NBU expects the number to drop to 28.9% by New Years. The unemploymen
Jul. 30, 2022
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Former Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova has been fined for “discrediting” Russia’s army. A Moscow court fined Ms Ovsyannikova 50,000 roubles ($800) on Thursday, July 28, for statements she ma
Jul. 30, 2022
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On Friday, July 29, the Ukrainian Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, passed in the first reading a bill that would allow the government to forcibly seize property during periods of martial law. Important
Jul. 30, 2022
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Up to 75,000 Russian troops have been killed or injured in Ukraine since the conflict with Moscow erupted in late February, White House officials who briefed lawmakers in a classified meeting have cla
Jul. 30, 2022
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President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday, July 29, that the shelling of a prison in the separatist-controlled east holding Ukrainian servicemen was a “deliberate Russian war crime” that had claimed mo
Jul. 30, 2022