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Bloomberg
a day ago
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Russia Moves Jamming Systems Closer to NATO Border, Estonia Says
Estonian officials said Russia has bolstered its electronic warfare systems near its border with the Baltic country. The Russian army brought additional signals jamming equipment to the area around Kingisiepp, a town around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Estonian frontier, Interior Minister Igor Taro said at a press conference in Tallinn on Thursday.
Forbes
4 days ago
- Politics
- Forbes
Monday, July 21. Russia's War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine
KYIV, UKRAINE - JULY 21: People took shelter at subway station during Russian drone-and-missile ... More attack on July 21, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Several districts of the capital were damaged in result of attack. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the Russian army launched on Ukraine 426 drones and 24 missiles. (Photo by Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,244 Russian Attacks on Ukraine Overnight into July 21, Russian forces blasted Ukraine with 450 aerial weapons, including five Kinzhal hypersonic missiles. Ukraine's Air Force intercepted all 24 missiles and 200 drones while electronically jamming another 203 drones. The attacks killed one civilian in Kyiv and wounded at least 33 people in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city. In addition, the multi-vector attack struck western Ivano-Frankivsk in the most extensive strike on the regional capital since the start of the war. This latest barrage follows a similar July 19 attack, when Russia launched 344 drones and 35 missiles, of which Ukrainian forces downed 314 drones and 30 missiles. Improved engineering has tripled the strike accuracy of Russian drones since early 2025, according to a Financial Times analysis. From April to June, 2025, some 15% of Russian drones reportedly reached their targets, compared to about 5% earlier this year. Much of the increase is due to Russian drones' new technical capabilities and improved engineering. 'The problem is not [that]Another challenge lies in Russia's evolving drone deployment strategy. With rising production, Moscow is now simultaneously dispatching large swarms of drones, concentrating them on selected targets rather than chaotically scattering them across the country. 'Instead of deploying 500 drones nationwide like they used to, Russian forces now target one or two cities at a time,' said Oleksandr Matviienko, a drone expert at Counteroffensive Pro, a Ukrainian defense technology outlet. Russian overnight attacks might escalate further in line with the Kremlin's rapidly increasing drone manufacturing. At present, Ukrainian intelligence estimates Russian production at about 170 units daily, with plans to boost output to 190 by year's end. Russian daytime strikes, scattered across Ukraine, killed at least 22 civilians between July 18 and July 21. In eastern Donetsk region, systematic Russian shelling killed 13 civilians and wounded 33 others. In the southern Kherson region, Russian drones killed three civilians and wounded 29 others; in central Dnipropetrovsk province, drones killed four people and wounded another 12. Russian shelling killed one civilian each in the northern Sumy and southern Zaporizhzhia regions. International Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has proposed a new round of peace talks with Russia. After a month-long stalemate in negotiations, President Zelenskyy called for talks focused on a ceasefire, prisoner-of-war exchanges and the return of Ukrainian children deported to Russia. He reiterated his offer for a direct meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, proposing Istanbul as the possible venue. Previous rounds of bilateral talks, which took place in Turkey in May and June, yielded no substantial agreements except POW swaps. According to Zelenskyy, Ukrainian national security adviser Rustem Umerov has already communicated Kyiv's proposal to the Russian side. Prospects for a comprehensive ceasefire, however, appear limited as Russia continues to demand a broad set of concessions from Ukraine. These include a permanent ban on NATO membership, recognition of Russian control over occupied territories and significant limitations on Ukraine's military capabilities. Ukrainian officials have consistently described these terms as unacceptable. The European Union adopted its 18th sanctions package against Russia on July 18. At the heart of the package is a new oil price cap, set at 15% below the average market rate. This brings the current cap to about $47.60 per barrel. EU shipping and insurance companies will no longer be allowed to handle Russian oil sold above the lowered price limit. Although the cap mirrors a G7 mechanism, U.S. reluctance to support a lower price forced the EU to act independently. In parallel, the EU sanctioned India's Vadinar refinery, part-owned by Russia's largest state-owned oil company, Rosneft. In response, India's external affairs ministry said that India 'does not subscribe to any unilateral sanction measures' and urged an end to 'double standards' in energy trade. The EU also blacklisted 105 more tankers from Russia's 'shadow fleet,' which it uses for illegal oil shipments and to avoid restrictions, bringing the total to more than 400. Additional bans now apply to a private international flag registry operator and an entity in the Russian LNG sector. By Danylo Nosov, Alan Sacks
CTV News
09-07-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
Russia launches another record drone attack on Ukraine, Ukrainian officials say
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out the fire following a Russian attack in Kyiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP) KYIV, Ukraine — Russia fired a record 728 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine overnight, as well as 13 missiles, the Ukrainian air force said Wednesday, in the latest escalation after mounting Russian aerial and ground attacks in the more than three-year war. The city of Lutsk, which lies in Ukraine's northwest along the border with Poland and Belarus, was the hardest hit, though 10 other regions were also struck, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Lutsk is home to airfields used by the Ukrainian army. Cargo planes and fighter jets routinely fly over the city. Western regions of Ukraine are a crucial logistical backbone in the war, as airfields and depots there receive vital foreign military aid before forwarding it to other parts of the country. Russian long-range attacks have increasingly sought to disrupt those supply corridors. Russia has recently tried to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses by launching massive aerial assaults, including adding more decoy drones to its attacks. Russia launched its previous largest aerial assault late in the night of July 4 into the following day, with the biggest prior to that occurring less than a week earlier. Russia's bigger army has also launched a new drive to punch through parts of the 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line, where short-handed Ukrainian forces are under heavy strain. U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's 'not happy' with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who hasn't budged from his ceasefire and peace demands since Trump took office in January and began to push for a settlement. Trump said Monday that the U.S. would have to send more weapons to Ukraine, just days after Washington paused critical weapons deliveries to Kyiv amid uncertainty over the U.S. administration's commitment to Ukraine's defense. Zelenskyy said that the Kremlin was 'making a point' with the overnight attack on western parts of Ukraine, as U.S.-led peace efforts flounder. He urged Ukraine's partners to impose stricter sanctions on Russian oil and those who help finance the Kremlin's war by buying it. 'Everyone who wants peace must act,' Zelenskyy said. The Ukrainian leader was due to meet Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday during a visit to Italy. Two people were wounded in the Kyiv region during the overnight barrage, officials said, as emergency crews continued to assess the damage. Poland scrambled its fighter jets and put its armed forces on the highest level of alert in response to Russia's attack, the Polish Armed Forces Operational Command wrote in an X post. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned Tuesday that Russia could pose a credible security threat to the European Union by the end of the decade. She called for defense industries in Europe and Ukraine to be ramped up within five years. Ukraine's air defenses shot down 296 drones and seven missiles during the overnight attack, while 415 more drones were lost from radars or jammed, an air force statement said. Ukrainian interceptor drones, developed to counter Russia's Shahed drones, are increasingly effective, Zelenskyy said, noting that many targets were intercepted and that domestic production of anti-aircraft drones is being scaled up in partnership with some Western countries. Western military analysts say Russia is boosting its drone manufacturing and could soon be capable of launching 1,000 drones a night at Ukraine. Ukraine has also built up its own offensive drone threat, reaching deep into Russia with some spectacular long-range strikes. Russia's Defense Ministry said Wednesday that air defenses downed 86 Ukrainian drones over six Russian regions overnight, including the Moscow region. Flights were temporarily suspended at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and the international airport of Kaluga, south of Moscow. The governor of Russia's Kursk border region, Alexander Khinshtein, said that a Ukrainian drone attack on the region's capital city just before midnight killed three people and wounded seven others, including a 5-year-old boy. ___ Illia Novikov, The Associated Press
CNA
09-07-2025
- Politics
- CNA
Ukraine detains Chinese father and son for alleged espionage
KYIV: Ukraine's SBU security service said on Wednesday (Jul 9) it had detained a Chinese father and his son who had allegedly tried to smuggle navy missile technology out of the war-torn country. Relations between Kyiv and Beijing, a key Russian ally, are strained. Ukraine and the West accuse China of enabling the Russian invasion through trade and of supplying technology, including for deadly drone attacks. Ukraine also says dozens of Chinese citizens have been recruited by Russia's army and sent to fight. The SBU "detained two citizens of the People's Republic of China in Kyiv who were attempting to illegally export secret documentation on the Ukrainian RK-360MC Neptune missile system to China," the agency said in a statement. The son is a 24-year-old former student of a technical university in Kyiv, it said, adding that the father, who lives in China, had travelled to Ukraine to coordinate his son's "espionage activities". If convicted, they face up to 15 years in prison on espionage charges. Kyiv used the anti-ship Neptune missile to destroy the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, Moskva, in the early days of the more than three-year war. In April, Ukraine's military captured two Chinese nationals and said it had details of dozens more who were fighting for the Russian army.
Malay Mail
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Malay Mail
Ukraine detains Chinese father, son for allegedly spying on missile programme
KYIV, July 9 — KYIV, UKRAINE, July 9 — Ukraine's SBU security service said today it had detained a Chinese father and his son who had allegedly tried to smuggle navy missile technology out of the war-torn country. Relations between Kyiv and Beijing, a key Russian ally, are strained. Ukraine and the West accuse China of enabling the Russian invasion through trade and of supplying technology, including for deadly drone attacks. Ukraine also says dozens of Chinese citizens have been recruited by Russia's army and sent to fight. The SBU 'detained two citizens of the People's Republic of China in Kyiv who were attempting to illegally export secret documentation on the Ukrainian RK-360MC Neptune missile system to China,' the agency said in a statement. The son is a 24-year-old former student of a technical university in Kyiv, it said, adding that the father, who lives in China, had travelled to Ukraine to coordinate his son's 'espionage activities'. If convicted, they face up to 15 years in prison on espionage charges. Kyiv used the anti-ship Neptune missile to destroy the flagship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, Moskva, in the early days of the more than three-year war. In April, Ukraine's military captured two Chinese nationals and said it had details of dozens more who were fighting for the Russian army. Beijing rejected the allegations that its citizens were being recruited en masse to fight for Russia as groundless and irresponsible. Moscow and Beijing struck a 'no limits' partnership on the eve of Russia's February 2022 invasion, and have since deepened political, military and economic cooperation. — AFP
