Ukraine
Russia
EU Infrastructure Can’t Handle War With Russia, Minister Says
The EU’s transport minister warned that the roads and infrastructure of its eastern flank cannot support rapid troop deployments at their current state if the bloc goes to war with Russia.
July 29, 2025
Zelensky
EU Freezes Ukraine Aid Over Zelensky’s Anti-Corruption Rollback
Ukraine failed to check its homework relating to reforms in exchange for aid packages, but Zelensky’s anti-corruption rollback decision may become a tipping point.
Updated: July 30, 2025
Zelensky
Ukraine’s Army Opens Its Ranks to the 60+ Club
Zelensky signs law allowing citizens 60+ to volunteer for military service. Contract terms include 1-year enlistment, medical clearance, and no upper age limit.
July 29, 2025
War in Ukraine
Kremlin Says ‘Committed’ to Peace in Ukraine After Trump’s New Deadline
The US president earlier said he would slash his initial 50-day deadline to “about 10 or 12 days” and that he was not interested in talking to Russian President Vladimir Putin anymore.
July 29, 2025
War in Ukraine
‘They Want Us to Defeat Ourselves’: Kremlin Propagandist Voices Fear Russians Turning Against War
Margarita Simonyan claimed the purpose of recent Ukrainian drone attacks is not military, but psychological, aimed at unsettling Russians who have remained neutral to or disinterested in Putin’s war.
July 29, 2025
Belarus
Ukrainian Hacker Attacks on Russia – ‘More Effective, Cheaper Than Drones’
With Aeroflot finally admitting the “issues with its information system” that paralyzed its operations were the result of a cyberattack, Ukrainian hackers promise this is just the beginning.
July 29, 2025
Russia
Belarus Shoots Down Drone Over Minsk, Lukashenko Takes ‘Personal Control’
Belarus reported its first-ever shootdown of an unidentified drone over Minsk on July 29, with authorities saying it was neutralized by electronic warfare
July 29, 2025
Poland
Energy Giant Fuels Poland’s Drone Industry Investing in New Defense Company
One of Poland’s largest energy companies, Unimot, will hold 40% of the shares, PZL Sędziszów will hold 10%, and the Ukrainian partner will have the remaining 50%
July 29, 2025
Zaporizhzhia
Russia Bombs Prison, Hits Maternity Hospital, Killing 22 and Injuring 85 Across Ukraine
In the wake of Trump’s new deadline for Putin, Russia bombed a prison in Zaporizhzhia, killing 16. A missile also damaged a maternity hospital in Kamianske, killing 2 and injuring 5.
Updated: July 29, 2025
Zelensky
Zelensky Boosts Elite SBU Unit Behind Attacks on Russian Airfields
In June, the Alpha unit carried out Operation “Spiderweb,” a high-risk mission that used drones enhanced with artificial intelligence to strike airfields deep inside Russia.
July 29, 2025
SBU
Russia’s FSB Tried to Kill Ukrainian Commander Using Tricked Patriot
SBU foiled an FSB-planned assassination attempt on “Da Vinci Wolves” commander Serhiy Filimonov, using an ATO veteran who believed he was working for Ukrainian intelligence.
July 29, 2025
Ukraine
German AfD Politician Secretly Fights for Ukraine, Defying Party Line
The young member of the far-right Alternative for Germany party now faces expulsion for defying its pro-Russian party line and helping Ukrainians fend off Moscow’s invasion.
July 29, 2025
Russia
Another Drone Strike Disrupts Trains in Southern Russia – Fourth This Month
Russia’s southern railway lines are an integral part of Moscow’s military logistics network and are used for moving troops and equipment, especially toward occupied parts of Ukraine.
July 29, 2025
War in Ukraine
Ill-Equipped and Tired: A Night With a Ukrainian Air Defence Unit
On the night in July that AFP embedded with an air defence unit in Ukraine’s eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, Russia launched 344 drones, but its largest-ever barrage comprised of more than 700.
July 29, 2025
War in Ukraine
‘Stop Them Cold’: Gen. Petraeus Issues Stark Warning on Path to Ukraine Peace
Only battlefield change can halt Russia’s war, Petraeus says, as Trump reiterates his “disappointment” with Putin and sets new ceasefire deadline of “about 10 or 12 days from today.”
July 29, 2025
War in Ukraine
ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, July 28, 2025
War in Ukraine - Latest update, key takeaways and map from the Institute for the Study of War on July 28, 2025
July 29, 2025
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