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Russian Ballistic Missiles Wreak Havoc As Zelenskyy Urges US To Speed Patriot Licenses - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
11+ hour, 39+ min ago (679+ words) Smoke rises above Kyiv on July 11 following a Russian strike, with authorities saying ultra-fast ballistic missiles strained air defense systems. Russian ultra-fast ballistic missiles continued to create havoc in Ukrainian cities, combining with drones and guided bombs to kill at…...
No Gas, No Lights, No Comms, No Tourists: Ukraine’s Crimea Blockade Starts To Bite
16+ hour, 46+ min ago (984+ words) Ukrainian drone strikes have hit nearly all the bridges to Crimea and launched a blitz on shipping in recent days, leaving the Russian-occupied Ukrainian peninsula cut off from fuel supplies and its tourist industry devastated at the height of summer....
Ukraine Intensifies Attacks On Russian Energy Assets, Reportedly Forcing Halt To Azov Traffic
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (556+ words) KYIV -- Ukraine launched multiple strikes against Kremlin energy assets, including oil terminals and tankers at sea, reportedly forcing Moscow to halt shipping through a major waterway as Kyiv intensifies what it has labeled its "long-range sanctions" against Russia. Ukraine's General…...
Russia Targets Ukrainian Gas Stations With Drone Strikes
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (66+ words) Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Russia Targets Ukrainian Gas Stations With Drone Strikes No media source currently available Over the past three months, Russian forces have destroyed more than 150 gas stations in Ukraine using Geran-2 drones. The strikes are primarily…...
Central Asia's Fuel Crisis: The Cost Of Russian Dependence And Short-Term Thinking
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (741+ words) Ukraine's sustained attacks on Russia's oil refineries immediately plunged Central Asian countries into energy chaos, highlighting years of short-term policy decisions that have left the region without a coordinated energy strategy and sufficient diversification to withstand major disruptions. Just this…...
Omsk Residents Describe 'Huge Shock' At Surprise Ukrainian Attack
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (837+ words) For more than four years, the inhabitants of Omsk, a Siberian city more than 2,250 kilometers east of Moscow, have watched the war against Ukraine from afar. This week they got a close-up view that has left many in shock. Omsk…...
Ukraine Gets A Green Light To Build Its Own Patriot Missiles. It’s Not a Game Changer, Experts Caution
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (1088+ words) On the same day that Russia pounded Kyiv for the third time in a week, Ukraine’s president was 1,200 kilometers away, pleading for permission to build the weapons that would stop, or at least blunt, Russia’s worst pounding. Ukraine needs a…...
Trump Heads To Ankara As NATO Faces Defining Tests From Ukraine To Middle East
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (1188+ words) WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump has departed for Ankara, where NATO leaders are gathering for what could become one of the alliance's most consequential summits in years -- not because it is expected to produce dramatic breakthroughs, but because it may…...
Second Deadly Russian Barrage Hits Kyiv Within A Week
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (78+ words) Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Second Deadly Russian Barrage Hits Kyiv Within A Week No media source currently available More than a dozen people were killed in overnight Russian missile and drone strikes in and around Kyiv on July 6. Residential…...
Russia Launches Fresh Attack On Kyiv Following Zelenskyy Warning Of Impending Strike
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (664+ words) Russia launched a major missile and drone attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, early on July 6, with reports of residents being trapped inside a damaged building near the city center and others seeking safety in public shelters. More than 10 explosions…...