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Air defense is a race on many levels. Kyiv Post goes on the road with a Ukrainian mobile air defense unit somewhere between Kyiv and the Russian border.
The sun is brooding over the village. It’s the kind of day when you seek refuge in the shade and long for the evening – hoping that the sun will finally hide behind the horizon.
Lyuda, a woman of around 60, stands in the small field behind her house. She pushes the dry soil aside with a shovel and collects potatoes for dinner. Her plan is to cook young potatoes with bacon, sour cream and dill. Here she grows corn, cucumbers, carrots, beets, onions and garlic. She wipes the sweat from her forehead, points to the northeast and says, “That’s where they come from.” Then she points west. “That’s where they fly to – every night.”
HUR special forces from the Freedom of Russia Legion eliminated three Akhmat fighters deep in occupied Zaporizhzhia during a successful raid, gathering enemy intel and returning safely.
On Thursday, July 17, special forces of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR) from the “Freedom of Russia Legion” carried out a successful ambush against fighters from the “Akhmat” unit near the village of Velyka Bilozerka in Zaporizhzhia region.
Advancing more than 30 kilometers deep into temporarily occupied territory, the soldiers eliminated three Russian National Guard troops and returned without casualties, according to HUR.
Moscow may be preparing to launch up to 2,000 drones simultaneously against Ukraine, posing a major challenge for the country’s air defense.
Russia may be preparing to launch up to 2,000 drones simultaneously against Ukraine, which would pose a serious challenge to Ukraine’s air defense systems, said General Christian Freuding, head of the Situation Center for Ukraine at Germany’s Ministry of Defense. According to him, Russia is rapidly expanding its drone production to enable large-scale use in the war.
Freuding noted that traditional air defense methods, such as intercepting Shahed drones with expensive Patriot missiles, are not cost-effective. One such drone costs between €30,000 and €50,000, while a single Patriot missile costs over €5 million.
Solar energy as an investment in the future. This is why Ukraine should choose renewable energy to protect itself better against further Russian aggression.
Ten years ago, investments in solar energy were considered an experiment or a manifesto of environmental activists. Today, it is one of the most stable and promising sectors for long-term investments, independent of political situations, as a new global energy architecture is being formed. As an investor personally active in the energy market, I can say that there is very good money to be made. However, there are sometimes over-regulated or even legally unwritten procedures in this field. Therefore, we are now creating a new history of Ukraine’s energy independence.
Last year, solar generation in the EU accounted for 11.1% (304 TWh) of total electricity production, overtaking coal (269 TWh). And this share is growing every year. Governments, including Germany, Poland, France, Spain, and Italy, have announced ambitious plans to gradually transition to clean energy over the coming years.
In this period of crisis, where are all those countries and individuals who claim to be opposed to imperialism? The silence over Russia’s re-colonization campaign is deafening.
Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, there have been many nations that have been vocal about the situation, but there is one group of countries whose silence, or at least indeterminacy, has been curious, but on further analysis perhaps not as mysterious as it might at first seem. I refer to those countries that have historically either been critical of humanity’s past imperial ambitions or have been at the receiving end of them.
Has there been a better chance for all those who define their political outlook by their opposition to colonial hegemony to shine? And now that we are in a period in which loud voices in favor of a ceasefire favorable to the nation being invaded could make a difference, it is an especially good moment for countries that have experienced colonialism in recent history to step in. There is a deafening silence. Where are all the decolonizers?
The euphoria following Tsikhanouski’s release briefly masked the underlying tensions. Today, the Belarusian opposition faces internal divisions, suspicions, and pressure from the regime.
Warsaw, Poland, June 26, evening hours. A crowd of several hundred people gathered at the Nicolaus Copernicus monument near the Polish Academy of Sciences on the Royal Route. Many held white-red-white flags and covered their faces. At one point, the crowd began chanting, “Верым, можам, пераможам” (“We believe, we can, we will win”). A stir ran through the crowd – recently released political prisoner Siarhei Tsikhanouski had appeared, along with his wife Sviatlana, Pavel Latushka, and other exiled opposition and democratic activists. The sense of triumph and enthusiasm in the air was palpable – far greater than at previous Belarusian opposition rallies in Warsaw.
Tsikhanouski regained his freedom following General Keith Kellogg’s visit to Minsk and a lengthy meeting with the Belarusian dictator. About a week later, on the eve of the regime’s Independence Day, 16 more individuals were reportedly pardoned – although as of now, we still do not know exactly who.
Ukrainian world boxing champion explains what drives him.
Olesksandr Usyk said “discipline” rather than “motivation” was fueling his desire to box on after he underlined his status as the supreme heavyweight of his generation with a fifth-round knockout of Daniel Dubois at London’s Wembley Stadium.
Saturday’s success saw the 38-year-old Ukrainian become the undisputed heavyweight world champion for the second time in a career of 24 wins from as many professional fights as he deprived Dubois of his IBF title in commanding fashion.
Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine echo its past atrocities in Georgia. Georgians now fighting or reporting from Ukraine are trying to tell the world that Moscow will not stop unless stopped.
In the spring of 2022, after Russian forces were pushed out of Bucha, I arrived there as a journalist. But nothing could have prepared me for the horror I witnessed.
The streets were silent, but the silence screamed. Burned-out cars, destroyed buildings, bullet holes in the walls, and the unbearable stench of death hung in the air. This was not just war – it was targeted cruelty.
As the war destroys communities along the front line, internal migration is bringing new energy to villages that were close dying out.
The village of Gvozdiv in Vinnytsia region was slowly dying as its young people left for the city, but recently, a child was born there for the first time in 27 years. The fifteen remaining residents of the village experienced a particularly positive shock from this news. They have new faith that the village will survive and not follow the fate of hundreds of other rural settlements that died out before the on-going war.
In the face of increasingly frequent and severe Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities, appeals on social media encouraging parents to take their children to small villages can be seen and heard increasingly often. The same advice has been voiced for months, but recently, mothers with small children are acting on it and moving to rural areas.
Massive drone attacks hit Moscow and nearby regions, disrupting airports, damaging buildings and vehicles, as Russia claims 93 drones were downed overnight across nine areas.
In the early hours of Sunday, July 20, Russia’s capital Moscow and the surrounding region came under a large-scale drone attack. Residents in the suburban town of Zelenograd reported hearing explosions, according to Russian Telegram channels. Some buildings sustained damage, with windows shattered by the blasts.
In another residential courtyard, two cars caught fire—reportedly due to debris from a downed drone. In the village of Golube, locals said the explosions were so powerful that walls and windows shook in their homes.
Zelensky and Macron discussed Mirage pilot training, SAMP/T missiles, drone funding, and coordinated new joint defense steps and sanctions to pressure Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held an hour-long conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron.
“I would like to separately note our agreement on training pilots for the Mirages: France is ready to accept additional pilots for training on additional aircraft,” Zelenskyy wrote on his Telegram channel following the conversation.
Ukrainian Fashion Week, marking its 57th season and third during wartime, returns to Kyiv Sept. 4-8.
Ukrainian Fashion Week announced this year’s dates, with the new season set for Kyiv from Sept. 4 to 8.
The event is the 57th and the third held since the beginning of Russiaʼs full-scale invasion in 2022, a Ukrainian Fashion Week press release says.
Latest from the Institute for the Study of War.
Key Takeaways from the ISW:
Oleksandr Usyk KO’s Daniel Dubois in the fifth round at Wembley Stadium in London – a jaw-dropping victory for his country. The Ukrainian boxer cements his status as national hero.
Under the bright lights of Wembley Stadium and before a roaring crowd of 90,000, Oleksandr Usyk once again etched his name into the history books, defeating Britain’s Daniel Dubois in a thrilling rematch to reclaim his status as the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
The stakes couldn’t have been higher. In a division steeped in legends, Usyk now stands alone as the only fighter of the 21st century to become a two-time undisputed heavyweight world champion.
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