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Russian forces blow up Kakhovka dam -- 35 cruise missiles shot down overnight in Ukraine -- Russia brings spy squads into occupied Melitopol -- Russia buying back weapon parts exported to India, Myanmar -- and more

Russia manages to bypass sanctions, uses other countries to continue terror -- Ukraine's first lady: ‘A threat to our children is a threat to all children -- Ukraine lost 7.5 times fewer troops than Russia in Bakhmut -- Russian cruise missiles hit operational airfield near Kropyvnytskyi -- Russian forces strike with tanks, helicopters in Kharkiv Oblast -- and more

Explaining Ukraine: Ukraine's nuclear disarmament -- Kyiv City's air defenses intercept all incoming missiles, drones Russia launched overnight -- Russian Shahed drones contain parts made by Ukraine's allies -- Russia 'likely less flexible in reacting to operational challenges' after Bakhmut -- 10 popular misconceptions about Ukrainian history -- and more

Fighter jet coalition helping Ukraine now includes 9 countries -- Russia faces dilemma to reinforce positions in Ukraine or within own borders -- Ukraine needs more Patriot air defense systems to fully protect its airspace -- Prigozhin accuses Russian Defense Ministry of placing mines along Wagner exit routes from Bakhmut -- Retired US General Petraeus: "Now it's inevitable – we should give the ATACMS" -- and more

On Ukraine’s southern front line, tension reigns before decisive counteroffensive -- Our readers' questions about the war, answered -- Ukraine’s air defense able to shoot down any Russian missile type -- US to buy Gepard air defense system for Ukraine in $118 million contract -- and more

Female Ukrainian commander near Bakhmut fights Russia, gender stereotypes on the battlefield -- Two Russian ships spotted loading Ukrainian grain, metal at port in occupied Berdiansk -- Russia building new facilities for sorting, storing bodies of its dead soldiers -- Putin downplayed Moscow drone attack due to limited options to retaliate -- and more

Fighting smarter: Ukraine’s transformation into a military innovator -- What will it take for Ukraine to maintain and operate the M1 Abrams? -- Russian authorities detain Ukrainian woman helping to return children from Russian-occupied territories -- Nearly 1.5 million Ukrainians in occupied territories [forcibly] given Russian passports -- and more

Putin signs ‘law’ allowing elections, forced deportations in Russia-occupied territories of Ukraine -- Putin signs law denouncing arms control treaty -- Russian state media: $36 billion lost from exiting foreign investors in past year, claims impact minimal -- Russia launches 3rd mass aerial assault against Kyiv over past 24 hours -- and more

Death toll rises in Russian strike on Dnipro clinic after more body fragments identified -- Reznikov reports 100% hit rate for new British-made cruise missiles Ukraine uses -- Over 100 Russian soldiers desert in occupied Lysychansk -- Lukashenko claims Russia will give nukes to any state that joins Union State of Russia & Belarus -- and more

Russia starts false-flag operation with chemical weapons in Zaporizhzhia Oblast -- Ukrainian intelligence says it gained valuable information from Belgorod incursion -- Russia wants Ukraine to give up occupied territories, NATO and EU membership to start peace talks -- and more

France calls latest Russian missile attacks 'flagrant violation' of international law -- Drone attack damages Gazprom building in Russia's Belgorod Oblast -- Ukraine asks Germany for Taurus cruise missiles -- Why some Ukrainian soldiers use Nazi-related insignia -- Military intelligence says Russia planning large-scale provocation at occupied nuclear plant -- and more

Meet the anti-Kremlin militia behind the attack inside Russia -- First 20 Ukrainian pilots to enter F-16 training in UK -- Moscow and Minsk sign agreement on placing nuclear weapons in Belarus -- Russian shelling damages dam in Donetsk Oblast, flooding homes -- Defense Ministry confirms Ukrainian drone attack on Russian Black Sea warship -- and more