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Key developments on July 15: Last Russian patrol ship left occupied Crimea, Ukraine's navy saysMobilization is going 'according to plan,' but there are not enough training facilities, Zelensky saysSyrskyi orders inspection of 59th Motorized Brigade after recent losses44% of Ukrainians believe it's time to start official peace talks with Russia, survey findsSpain says 10 more Leopard 2 tanks en route to UkraineStoltenberg signals opposition to Poland downing missiles over UkraineThe last patrol ship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet left occupied Crimea on July 15, Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesperson f...
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The attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, the Republican Party nominee for the upcoming presidential election, prompted shock, sympathy, and concern from capitals across the world. President Volodymyr Zelensky said he wished former U.S. President Donald Trump "a speedy recovery." The response from the Kremlin stood out. Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov began his statement by dismissing something that wasn't under serious discussion – the idea that President Joe Biden and his allies were behind the shooting. "We do not at all think or believe that the attempt to eliminate presiden...
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Republican Party nominee Donald Trump announced on July 15 that he had selected J. D. Vance, a U.S. senator from Ohio, as his vice president in case of victory. The Republican Party formally nominated former President Trump as its candidate for the 2024 U.S. presidential election. "After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of vice president of the United States is Senator J.D. Vance of the Great State of Ohio," Trump said. Ohio voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020. Vance, 39, was ...
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Russian troops attacked the town of Lyman in Donetsk Oblast with two 250-kilogram (551 lb) guided aerial bombs on July 15, injuring at least five people, Governor Vadym Filashkin said. The attack damaged three stores, an infrastructure facility and a house, according to the governor. People aged between 27 and 50 are among the injured, he added. Lyman is located in the eastern sector where Russian troops are trying to advance, with three attacks during the day, Ukraine's General Staff said in its latest update. One battle is still ongoing. Settlements in Donetsk Oblast suffer from daily Russia...
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Editor’s Note: Kyiv Independent News Editor Nate Ostiller briefly attended a summer program at the same Estonian university where the main character of this report was a professor and received a passing grade in a one-week summer school course. A university professor is not the first profession that comes to mind as being a cover for a possible Russian spy. Why would someone spend decades obtaining degrees and rigorously work in academia just to establish an elaborate cover? Viacheslav Morozov, a professor of political science at Estonia’s University of Tartu, was for years considered a quinte...
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Ukraine's population may decrease to 15.3 million people by 2100, according to the United Nations Secretariat's revision of world population projections for 2024. The population of Ukraine amounted to 37.441 million people by Jan. 1, 2024, while in 2026, it will rise to 39.7 million and then will begin to decline every year, according to the UN. Oleksandr Hladun, deputy director of Ukraine's Demography Institute, called the UN's forecast "pessimistic." "It was probably developed with the war in mind and the absence of any demographic policy measures," Hladun told Ukrainska Pravda in an intervi...
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Ukraine's military intelligence chief was a "little misunderstood" when it was reported last week that he believed Russia would soon once again attack from the north, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on July 15. On July 13, Kyrylo Budanov was reported as making the prediction in an interview with NV news outlet, though he refused to specify if he was talking about an offensive in the oblasts of Sumy or Chernihiv, and did not specify when. "If I start answering that question (of where the attack will be), we’ll provoke panic," he said. "Let's just say that there are problems, and they tend to ...
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Ukraine is ready to cooperate with the Republican Party if Donald Trump is elected as the U.S. president, President Volodymyr Zelensky said at a press conference in Kyiv on July 15. On the campaign trail, the Republican Party's presumptive presidential nominee has repeatedly said he could end Russia's war within 24 hours if elected president, without specifying the steps for reaching a peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow. In early July, Zelensky said that he is "potentially ready" to meet with Trump and urged him to reveal his planfor ending Russia's war against Ukraine so Kyiv can be prepared ...
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Editor’s Note: This article was published by the twice-weekly newsletter “The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak” on July 14, 2024, and has been re-published by the Kyiv Independent with permission. To subscribe to "The Counteroffensive," click here. The assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump on July 14 sent shockwaves around the world and fueled speculation about how it would influence the U.S. presidential election campaign. Here’s how the breaking news will affect Russia's war in Ukraine: Trump's popularity is likely to surge. Following then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan's at...
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The last patrol ship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet left occupied Crimea on July 15, Dmytro Pletenchuk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian Navy, confirmed to the Kyiv Independent. "The last patrol ship of Russia's Black Sea Fleet is just now leaving our Crimea. Remember this day," Pletenchuk wrote on Facebook. The vessel's designation was Project 1135, he said. This patrol ship is not a carrier of cruise missiles, which Russia is using to attack Ukraine, but is equipped with other weapons, Pletenchuk told the Kyiv Independent. One of the two such vessels departed from Crimea "a long time ago," and ...
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