US Secretary of State Rubio:
US is the only country that can end Ukraine war
Ukraine has agreed to export drones to the U.S. under the Drone Dominance program. Six Ukrainian firms received export clearance.
NEW: Gen. Caine confirms Ukraine’s Air Force scored an air-to-air kill, with an F-16 downing a Russian Su-35.
Question: In the war between Russia and Ukraine, who do we want to win?
General Caine: I want Ukraine to win.
Question: Is Russia America's friend?
General Caine: I think it's a complicated relationship... I don't think they are our friends.
Ukrainian Commander in Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi has been dismissed from his post.
A Russian MiG-29 and Pantsir-S1 air defense system were hit at Khalino Air Base in Kursk, western Russia. Ukraine used RAM-2X loitering munitions, with a Shark reconnaissance UAV monitoring the strike.
Footage from Solone in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Oblast shows a Russian Geran-4 jet-powered OWA-UAV striking the locomotive of a passenger train on Sunday.
WILD FOOTAGE: Close-up footage shows a Ukrainian Hornet strike drone hitting a Russian anti-aircraft truck, as Russian soldiers attempt to abandon the vehicle moments before impact.
Footage shows a Ukrainian heavy quadcopter drone transporting an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) and lowering it to the ground on a rope.
Two civilian ships reportedly hit off the coast of Odesa, Ukraine.
Impressive photo shows a massive fire that broke out in Kyiv.
The Ukrainian capital was targeted by one of the largest Russian missile attacks since the start of the war, around 40 Iskander-M, Zircon and S-400 missiles were launched.
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The largest order-processing hub of Wildberries, Russia's biggest e-commerce retailer, was hit by Ukrainian UAVs in the Moscow region.
A Ukrainian FP-2 strike drone hits a Russian mobile air defense team with an unguided rocket, then is shot down and explodes meters away.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe:
"Russian conscripts arriving at the front in Ukraine survive on average only 20 to 30 minutes before being killed or wounded. This is due to Ukraine's extensive use of drones operated by artificial intelligence."
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Ukraine's SBU destroyed a Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber at Engels airbase.
Ukraine hit 12 more Russian "Shadow Fleet" vessels in the Black Sea on July 17.
Former CIA Director David Petraeus:
Ukraine is now using 10,000 or more drones per day. This is just staggering.
Last year they produced 3.5 million drones. We in the US produced 300,000.
We have nothing like what they have.
Former Ukrainian Minister of Defence Fedorov:
Technology should fight first. We should lose drones, not people.
Only after that should the infantry move in.
Former Ukrainian Minister of Defence Fedorov:
We need to replace Syrsky and the Chief of the General Staff.
Syrskyi is not willing to openly discuss all the problems. He is willing to attend meetings, engage in intrigue, and believe that ...
Former Ukrainian Minister of Defence Fedorov:
We need to replace Syrsky and the Chief of the General Staff.
Syrskyi is not willing to openly discuss all the problems. He is willing to attend meetings, engage in intrigue, and believe that someone has launched a campaign against him in the media.
Zelenskyy has never let me down as a member of the team in the past seven years.
However, when 90% of the people who have problems after our work at the Ministry of Defense come to him, it is difficult for him to analyze everything and make a decision.
The Kremlin says Ukraine's choice of defense minister will make no difference, adding that it's tracking the government changes in Kyiv.
Ukraine's parliament names Sergii Koretskyi as new Prime Minister.
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Zelensky fired Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, architect of Ukraine's drone and tech warfare. Protests erupted nationwide. Pro-government outlet UNITED24 Media paused all publishing so staff could join. Critics call the mid-war move unexplained.
Two Russian "shadow fleet" oil tankers, the Louise 1 and Banda, were hit by naval drones in the Black Sea. Ukraine's SBU and Navy carried out the strike to disrupt sanctions-evading oil exports funding Russia's war.
Ukraine's military: Six Russian tankers and two tugboats struck overnight in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov.
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Mykhailo Fedorov announces his resignation. He was Ukraine’s defense minister.
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