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Ukrainian soldiers never stop eyeing the sky in the battle to retake territory held by Russian forces. Ukrainian antiaircraft rockets can stop the incoming kamikaze drones but these often put the defending soldiers at risk.
The Russian government has ordered the closure of the Polish Consulate in Smolensk, a city some 400 kilometers west of Moscow.
Russia's State Duma adopted in the second reading a bill on July 13 that bans surgical operations "aimed at changing the sex of a person" and the changing of the gender marker in documents.
Vladyslava and Dmytro were born and grew up in Mariupol, where their family homes were destroyed during the Russian assault on the city. Vladyslava now prizes an antique bottle owned by her grandmother, who died after a Russian attack, while all Dmytro has from his old life is a knife and fork.
Russia's most famous icon -- the Trinity by Andrei Rublev -- was officially transferred to the use of Russia's Orthodox Church for a period of 49 years, despite protests from Russia's museum community.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government has long been developing “patriotic” education at all school levels. But over the next two years, that process will move decidedly in the direction of preparing children to serve in the military.
Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov has said that Ukraine and 11 countries signed a memorandum regarding the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets.
During a counteroffensive operation in the Donetsk region, Ukrainian soldiers reclaimed territory that had been occupied by Russia and Moscow-backed separatist forces for nearly a decade. Current Time correspondent Andriy Kuzakov visited the Ukrainian unit on July 4.
Following the bursting of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine, the water level of the Dnieper River has receded to reveal archaeological finds such as a boat that may be as much as 500 years old.
The total number of Russian soldiers killed in the war against Ukraine was at least 47,000 by the end of May, a joint investigation by the Russian media outlets Mediazona and Meduza showed.
Opposition politician and academic Mikhail Lobanov says he was fired from his position as an associate professor at Moscow State University.
When Ukrainian troops liberated the village of Neskuchne in the Donetsk region, they found the area covered in land mines left by retreating Russian forces. After it took them three days to storm a Russian stronghold, a Ukrainian soldier says the counteroffensive is not as easy as people think.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy repeated his warning that Russia is planning "dangerous provocations" at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. In a recent training scenario, emergency crews prepared for radiation decontamination and the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people.
Heavy fighting continues in the Bakhmut, Lyman, Avdiyivka, and Maryinka areas in the Donetsk region, the General Staff of Ukraine’s military reported on July 5, adding that there had been 40 combat clashes in the area during the previous 24 hours.
Olya Kolorovo had produced a handmade cookbook, Living Ukrainian Cuisine, but she was killed in a Russian air strike before she was able to put it on sale. Now, Ukrainian volunteers are working to bring her recipes to a wider public.
Russian TV propagandist Dmitry Kiselyov said on his July 2 News of the Week program on state TV that Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner Group of mercenaries received more than 858 billion rubles ($9.8 billion at current rates) under government contracts.
A Kyrgyz artist is keeping alive a puppet theater tradition dating back centuries. Esenbek Mairykov, 71, learned to carve dancing mountain goats from his grandfather and hopes to pass on the art, known as tak-teke, to future generations. His family also creates komuz three-string lutes.
Liliya Samsonova left Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine to escape Russian attacks, but now the 83-year-old has returned and reopened her kids' climbing club. Her young climbers are delighted that life is returning to normal.
Russia's media watchdog Roskomnadzor has blocked the websites of RIA FAN, Politics Today, Economy Today, Neva News, and People's News online media outlets for their ties to the rebellious leader of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, after his aborted armed march to Moscow last week.
Specially made body armor is being used to protect children being evacuated from villages near the front line in eastern Ukraine. Three orphans endured shelling by Russian forces until being relocated to Kyiv with their cousin, who has been acting as their guardian since their parents both died.
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