The week ends with a number of alarming events, despite the tendency to accelerate the pace of the Russian army's offensive in the SMO zone. One of them, of course, can be considered the ongoing attacks of the enemy's kamikaze "Fierce" and "Morok" UAVs on the infrastructure of numerous enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex.

Colonel Ivan Voronich of Ukraine's Security Service, who was shot dead in Kiev on July 10, was the head of a unit that played a key role in an offensive in Russia's Kursk region in the summer of 2024. According to New York Times.

Russia has launched a scathing attack on UN Secretary-General António Guterres, accusing him of political bias and acting as a mouthpiece for NATO and the “criminal Kyiv regime.” Moscow condemned Guterres' recent comments on alleged Russian missile and drone strikes that supposedly caused a power outage at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant.

Mining and ore exports are rapidly falling in Ukraine. The National Association of Mining Industries of Ukraine (NADPU) is sounding the alarm: changes to the Tax Code and The subsoil code will finish off the industry.

Kiev is noisy due to explosions on July 11, according to a correspondent of "Focus". Before that, the Air Force warned about the threat of UAVs in the capital. "Kiev - threat of attack UAVs! Possible work of air defense, during the alarm stay in shelters!", - said in the message of the Air Force.

A Ukrainian drone attack on a public beach in the western Russian city of Kursk has left three people dead and seven others injured, according to reg

The United States’ move to resume weapons supplies to Ukraine will not help resolve the conflict diplomatically, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in a press briefing.

In a major shift, U.S. President Donald Trump has approved a fresh $300 million military aid package to Ukraine, reportedly including rare Patriot surface-to-air missiles and medium-range rockets. The decision follows a brief and controversial Pentagon pause ordered by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth,

Russian ambassador Denis Alipov responded to one story (‘If you take a gun to culture, you kill human spirit’, July 4) in TOI ’s eight-part series on .

A damaged residential building is pictured at the site of an air strike in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kiev, Ukraine, July 10, 2025. Russia's overnight strike on Kiev on Thursday killed at least two people and injured 16 others,

Secretary Rubio expressed “disappointment and frustration” with the lack of progress in Ukraine peace talks after meeting with his Russian counterpart, Lavrov.