Tuesday, July 8. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From UkraineByKatya Soldak, Forbes Staff andForbes Ukraine, Forbes Staff

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Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported two people killed and at least 24 injured

In addition to massive overnight barrages, Russian daytime attacks killed at least 20 civilians across Ukraine on July 5-7

The embattled eastern Donetsk region suffered the heaviest losses, where systematic Russian shelling killed 12 residents and wounded 26 others

In northeastern Kharkiv oblast, or vince, Russian strikes killed four people and injured 96 others; meanwhile, the governor of the southern vince of Kherson reported four residents killed and 22 others injured

The situation in the city of Kherson, is further exacerbated by daily Russian drone strikes that seem to deliberately target civilians

International advocacy group Human Rights Watch, released a detailed report documenting at least 45 drone attacks aimed at civilian targets in Kherson, which lies on the western bank of the Dni River, within close range of occupying Russian forces that control the eastern bank

The organization found evidence that Russian military operators using First Person View (FPV) drones could discern that they were targeting civilians, which would make the attacks deliberate and constitute crimes against humanity

MORE FOR YOU Russia is using its escalating drone attacks to try and degrade Ukraine’s mobilization efforts, Ukraine’s Ground Forces have said ing recent Russian strikes on military recruitment centers

Most recently, Russian drones hit recruitment centers in the major cities of Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia, wounding 14 military personnel

This s a series of similar strikes across the country, including a July 3 drone hit on recruitment offices in the central Poltava region, which killed two people and injured 47 other victims

Ukrainian officials report that Russia’s campaign began earlier this year, initially involving sabotage attempts and bomb threats against enlistment centers

Even as Russia unleashed its biggest attack on Ukraine to date on July 4, Ukraine in turn used drones to strike an airfield and other targets inside Russia

In an effort to limit Russia’s ability to carry out attacks, Ukraine attacked Borisoglebsk military airfield, in Russia’s Voronezh region on Ukraine’s eastern flank, striking a warehouse containing glide bombs,

Much further afield, in the city of Cheboksary, more than 700 miles east of Moscow, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said it successfully attacked a factory that manufactures critical components for guided weapons

Ukrainian Government Reshuffle Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed replacing Kyiv’s ambassador to Washington with U

President Donald Trump during a July 4 phone call

Among those reportedly under consideration to replace Oksana Markarova, who has been in her post since November 2020, are Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, and Energy Minister German Galushchenko

However, earlier reporting by Forbes Ukraine yielded a slightly different list of three primary candidates: Culture Minister Mykola Tochytskyi, Deputy Chief of Staff Ihor Zhovkva, and Defense Minister Umerov

Sources cited Tochytskyi as the front-runner due to his close ties to Zelenskyy’s aide Andriy Yermak and his long diplomatic resume, which includes experience working in the U

Appointing a new ambassador, however, might weaken Ukraine’s diplomatic efforts in Washington amid strained relations with the Trump administration, which abruptly halted arms shipments to Kyiv, including badly needed Patriot missiles, which are in chronic shortage

The new envoy will ly need to spend considerable time building connections with officials in the current administration at a critical moment for the country

Even bigger changes to the Ukrainian government might be coming

According to Britain’s weekly The Economist, a major government reshuffle in Ukraine appears imminent

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal will ly be replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, another politician viewed as close to Andriy Yermak

Svyrydenko had been among candidates being considered for the prime minister position last year, but the move was postponed

Now President Zelenskyy is reportedly preparing to consider her appointment again

Theaters later this month

The international trailer was released on July 7 and the film is premiering on July 25 in New York

It opens a week later in Los Angeles, before a national box office rollout; it is slated to air on PBS’s Frontline later this year

Blending frontline footage, bodycam, and personal stories, the documentary vides a gut-wrenching glimpse into the brutal, raw reality of warfare

Chernov, who directed 20 Days in Mariupol, a documentary Russia’s siege of Mariupol and the first Ukrainian film to win an Oscar, said of the evolving nature of the conflict in Hollywood news site Deadline: “It’s much more roboticized, it’s much more inhuman, and the weapons even more precise

And it’s all drones now. ” Even after gaining international recognition, Chernov continues to document the war

Together with co-ducer and cinematographer Alex Babenko, he is already working on his next film, which will capture the next phase of the war, shaped by drones and increasingly automated weapons

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