1+ hour, 16+ min ago   (338+ words) President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced that Major General Ihor Skybiuk will become the new Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The relevant decrees formalising the changes in the military leadership are expected to be prepared…...

5+ hour, 26+ min ago   (456+ words) Oleksandr Syrskyi has announced that he is leaving his post as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and handing command over to his successor. In a farewell address, the general reviewed his service and stressed that he would continue…...

6+ hour, 44+ min ago   (454+ words) Former Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov congratulated Mykhailo Drapatyi on his appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, calling it “a breath of fresh air” and “a voice of change.” He also called Oleksandr Syrskyi and thanked him for…...

6+ hour, 15+ min ago   (351+ words) Large fires broke out overnight on July 22 at warehouse complexes in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk in Russia’s Stavropol region. According to ASTRA, the facilities were logistics centres operated by Russian online marketplace Wildberries, whose staff were evacuated. Witnesses reported numerous explosions…...

5+ hour, 57+ min ago   (129+ words) Russian forces carried out two drone attacks on people in Kherson on the morning of July 22. A woman was killed in the Korabelnyi district, while a 42-year-old man was injured in the city’s Central district. At around 4:00 a.m., a Russian…...

16+ hour, 9+ min ago   (242+ words) Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said Ukraine had already won the war when the situation at the start of Russia’s invasion is taken into account. He recalled that Kyiv was then expected to be captured quickly, but four years later…...

15+ hour, 12+ min ago   (231+ words) President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has chosen Mykhailo Drapatyi as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Oleksandr Syrskyi is to hand over his duties, while all personnel decisions are expected to be formalized tomorrow. Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this in…...

19+ hour, 16+ min ago   (224+ words) The European Education and Culture Executive Agency terminated a €2 million grant for the Venice Biennale. The decision was made after Russia’s pavilion resumed operating in a limited format at the exhibition in the spring. The termination of funding followed a…...

20+ hour, 19+ min ago   (245+ words) Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that a secret meeting of former senior German and Russian officials took place in Baku in July. The participants discussed possible ways to end Russia’s war against Ukraine. According to Bloomberg, Aliyev made the statement…...

1+ day, 47+ min ago   (269+ words) Russia could stage a provocation by launching a swarm of drones over Poland or other countries on NATO’s eastern flank bearing markings suggesting that they belong to Ukraine. Polish Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz warned of such a threat, RMF24 reports. According…...