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Ukraine to open SBU and intelligence files on Volyn tragedy
3+ hour, 18+ min ago (341+ words) Ukraine will open all Security Service and Foreign Intelligence Service archives related to the tragic events in Volyn in 1943-1944, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram on July 17 following a meeting on Ukraine’s policy toward Poland. “Poland provided significant support to…...
Thousands call for Fedorov’s reinstatement and Syrskyi’s removal
7+ hour, 27+ min ago (810+ words) Thousands of Ukrainians took to the streets in Kyiv and regional capitals for a second consecutive day on July 17, demanding that Mykhailo Fedorov be reinstated as defense minister and Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi be dismissed, Hromadske reported. The rally…...
Prime Minister Koretskyi holds first international call with IMF chief Dan Katz
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (375+ words) Preparations for the upcoming IMF Executive Board meeting to unlock a 690M dollar aid tranche were discussed by new Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi and IMF Deputy Managing Director Dan Katz in their first official international call on July 17. Koretskyi and Katz…...
Germany overtakes Moldova as largest buyer of Ukrainian pasta and couscous
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (314+ words) Exports of pasta and couscous from Ukraine in the 2025/2026 marketing year (July 2025 – June 2026) increased 2.3-fold, rising from 12.9 thousand tons to 29.5 thousand tons, the Millers of Ukraine Union reported on July 14. Germany became the largest importer of Ukrainian pasta and couscous…...
New PM Koretskyi confirms plan to restore Ukraine’s Agriculture Ministry
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (462+ words) Serhiy Koretskyi, appointed Ukraine’s prime minister on July 16, confirmed plans to separate the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food from the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture, Interfax-Ukraine reported. The Agriculture Ministry was merged into the Ministry of Economy, Environment…...
Iraq, Syria, and U.S. set to restore 70-year-old oil pipeline to bypass Strait of Hormuz
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (591+ words) Iraq, Syria, and the U.S. plan to restore an 800-kilometer pipeline running from Iraq to Syria's Mediterranean coast as part of efforts to reduce Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz, the Middle East Eye, citing senior Iraqi and regional officials,…...
Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after brief illness
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (657+ words) U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina and a prominent supporter of Ukraine, died at age 71 after a brief illness, his office said in a statement on July 11. According to a statement posted by the senator's office on X,…...
Russia allocates billions to support tourism in occupied Crimea
6+ day, 17+ hour ago (353+ words) 11 July, 08:24 PM The financial assistance is linked to a sharp decline in tourism to the occupied peninsula following Ukrainian strikes on Russian military and logistics infrastructure. "Crimea will receive more than 3.7 billion rubles, while Sevastopol will receive 584.5 million rubles. The…...
Nearly 1,500 Ukrainian women retrain for traditionally male-dominated jobs
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (393+ words) About 1,500 women have joined Ukraine's pilot vocational training program launched in 2025 to prepare women for professions where they have traditionally been underrepresented, based on employers' demand, the State Employment Service said on July 10. Since the beginning of the year alone,…...
Russia now targets individual Ukrainian energy facilities with up to 25 drones
1+ week, 1+ day ago (456+ words) Russia is now targeting one Ukrainian energy object with swarms of 20 to 25 drones simultaneously, driving a 36% surge in successful strikes in the first half of 2026, Ukrenergo Chair Vitaliy Zaichenko said, Ukrinform reported on July 10. The number of drones the Russians…...