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The Ukrainian Navy has released a satellite image of the Russian border patrol vessel *Izumrud*, which was struck by a Ukrainian unmanned naval system. The image shows the damaged vessel moored at the quay.
On 9 July, Russia conducted live-fire exercises on Lake Peipus, a few kilometres from the border with Estonia, without prior notice. The Estonian authorities stated that no such exercises had previously been recorded in this area.
Meta is significantly scaling up its project to build data centres in Richland Parish, Louisiana. The company is increasing the site’s power capacity to 5 GW and is allocating an additional $1 billion towards infrastructure development.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev has announced that his country is withdrawing from the ‘Coalition of the Willing’. The country did not send a representative to the meeting held in Paris on 13 July.
In the Donetsk region, Russian troops are losing more than 400 of their soldiers just to occupy a single square kilometre of territory.
As of the morning of 14 July, Yulia Svyrydenko had not agreed to take up the post of head of the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington following her resignation as Prime Minister. However, it is not known whether this constitutes a definitive rejection of the President’s offer.
The Netherlands summoned the Russian ambassador over the hacking of private CCTV cameras along routes used to transport military cargo to Ukraine.
On the night of 14 July, Russian forces launched a ballistic missile strike on Kyiv. Fires broke out in the Holosiivskyi and Darnytskyi districts, and falling debris was also reported.
British heavyweight boxer Derek Chisora (36-14, 23 KOs) spoke about his views on former undisputed world heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk (25-0, 16 KOs).
Brigadier General Dmytro Voloshin is to head the Joint Rapid Reaction Forces, which are being formed as part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Land Forces.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved new procedures for the use of funds from the State Regional Development Fund. The 2026 budget allocates 2 billion hryvnias to the SRDF, which may be used for regional and local investment projects.
Not every gift can simply be accepted without paying tax, can it? Let’s take a look at when you need to pay tax on a gift and when you don’t. It all depends on who is giving it to you and what exactly it is.
