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Poland will host the first “Coalition of the Willing” military exercises this fall, with British and French forces joining Polish troops, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced. He warned that Russia is likely to prolong the war until at least winter.
Russian forces attacked five districts of Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region nearly 50 times on Tuesday, injuring eight people. The most recent wave of strikes adds to a pattern of near-daily Russian barrage on the frontline Dnipropetrovsk region.
Herman Smetanin has resigned as CEO of Ukroboronprom, Ukraine’s largest defense manufacturer, after a Russian strike detonated one of the company’s ammunition depots in Vyshneve, killing nine people, and evacuating more than 600. The Deputy Minister of Defense, Serhiy Boyev, will be temporarily acting as General Director.
Ukraine has escalated its Crimea campaign from fuel targets to the power grid, striking power plants, substations and air defenses with FP-2 drones. Widespread blackouts now affect tens of thousands as Russia struggles to restore electricity.
A Russian strike on two merchant ships in the Black Sea killed the captain of a Tanzania-flagged vessel and injured three crew members, while a separate drone strike the same evening killed two more people aboard a Marshall Islands-flagged ship. The combined attacks bring the death toll from this wave of strikes on Odesa's port infrastructure to 11.
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Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SZRU) said Russia had only recruited 195,000 contract soldiers by July, compared to the 204,500 annual target, saying the efforts have concentrated in smaller regions and educational institutions. It added that Russia lost 196,700 troops in 2026 alone – including around 115,300 “irretrievable” losses, 80,400 injured, and around 1,000 captured by Ukraine.
A Kyiv court ordered the former 155th Brigade commander to be held without bail. Prosecutors allege Luchanov ordered soldiers to abduct and kill two brothers after a dispute involving his wife, allegations he denies.
Estonian authorities condemned Russia for a live-firing exercise on July 9 over Lake Peipus amid warnings from multiple EU states that Moscow could stage provocations in the Baltics.
Ukraine says it destroyed the Russian FSB patrol vessel Izumrud near Russia’s Novorossiysk using a naval drone. The ship was previously involved in Russia’s 2018 seizure of Ukrainian naval vessels and sailors in the Kerch Strait.
