Worsening fuel shortages are causing more frustration across Russia, with social media videos regularly showing fist fights at gas stations and drivers demanding answers from authorities. The Kremlin claims the country's energy system remains resilient.
Crowds gathered in Ukraine's major cities on July 16 after news broke that Mykhaylo Fedorov, the country's widely respected defense minister, had been dismissed.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sacked Mykhaylo Fedorov as defense minister, a dramatic shakeup of his Cabinet that sent shockwaves through Ukrainian political and military circles and stoked new questions about oversight of Ukraine's stubborn defense against Russia's all-out invasion.
A bipartisan group of US senators on July 14 introduced the Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026, unveiling a revised package of sanctions and tariffs aimed at squeezing Moscow's war finances while seeking to overcome concerns that had stalled earlier versions of the legislation.
New satellite images appear to show that several strategically important sites in Russia's far north have had air defense batteries removed as the Kremlin struggles to counter Ukrainian drone attacks elsewhere in the country.
The passing of US Senator Lindsey Graham has meant the loss of one of Ukraine's strongest advocates in the circle of people who get facetime with US President Donald Trump -- but also given an impetus to a sweeping bipartisan Russia sanctions bill that Graham had championed.
In this week's briefing, Rikard Jozwiak focuses on the EU enlargement “Super Tuesday” and Ukrainian civil detainees held by Russia.
The European Union will not impose sanctions on the head of the Russian Orthodox Church and the chief of Russia’s largest private oil company, after Bulgaria vetoed the proposal.
Russian ultra-fast ballistic missiles continued to create havoc in Ukrainian cities, combining with drones and guided bombs to kill at least six people in the latest attacks, prompting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to urge Western allies to speed delivery of air defense weaponry.
Kyiv continues to strike Russian "shadow fleet" tankers in the Sea of Azov, according to footage released by the Ukrainian military. Ukraine says it struck 21 tankers overnight on July 10-11 and has hit numerous others in recent days, in a bid to disrupt the fuel supply to Russian forces in Ukraine.
Ukrainian farmers, already struggling after nearly five years of all-out war, say a massively upscaled Russian campaign to pound his country’s vital agricultural sector is threatening this year's harvest.
With bridges cut and a drone blitz on shipping, Russian-occupied Crimea is reeling from a relentless Ukrainian campaign of targeted drone strikes. Vladimir Putin has said the peninsula he seized in 2014 has a “sacred meaning” – but life there is becoming increasingly intolerable.
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