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Combined Attack: Number Of Victims In Kyiv Rises To 26
(MENAFN- UkrinForm) According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office on Telegram . It has been established that on the night of July 4, Russian troops carried out a combined attack on Kyiv using UAVs, ballistic and...

Israel To Provide Additional Humanitarian Aid To Ukraine
(MENAFN- UkrinForm) The Israeli Foreign Ministry announced this on the social media platform X , according to Ukrinform. On July 3, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar informed the Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel, Yevgen Korniychuk, that he had...

PM's Political Director: We won't let Ukraine ruin Hungarian farmers
Balazs Orbán, the prime minister's political director, said on Facebook on Thursday that Ukraine wants "to ruin Hungarian farmers", adding: "We won't let them!" According to MTi, Orbán said negotiations between Ukraine and the European Commission...

Memorial held for Ukrainians killed in direct missile hit
The city of Bat Yam held a memorial for five Ukrainians who were killed in an Iranian ballistic missile attack earlier this week. The family had fled Ukraine following the war with Russia, seeking not only asylum but also medical attention....

Russia’s widespread chemical weapons use in Ukraine exposed by Dutch intelligence
THE HAGUE: Dutch and German intelligence agencies have gathered evidence of widespread Russian use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine, including dropping a choking agent from drones to drive soldiers out of trenches so they can be shot, they...

Russian use of chemical weapons against Ukraine…
THE HAGUE, July 4 (Reuters) - Dutch and German intelligence agencies have gathered evidence of widespread Russian use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine, including dropping a choking agent from drones to drive soldiers out of trenches so they...
Kiev says Russia targets Ukraine with record 550 drones, missiles
KIEV, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Russia carried out a major aerial assault overnight Friday, launching a combined 550 drones and missiles across Ukraine, with Kiev sustaining the heaviest damage, said the Ukrainian Air Force. According to preliminary...

Russian use of chemical weapons against Ukraine 'widespread', European intelligence agencies say
Dutch and German intelligence agencies have gathered evidence of widespread Russian use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine, including dropping a choking agent from drones to drive soldiers out of trenches so they can be shot, they said on...

Voters to decide on mental health services levy renewal
LISBON — Columbiana County voters this fall will be asked to renew a 0.3-mill levy to support mental health services for another 10 years. County commissioners approved a resolution Wednesday to place the renewal levy on the Nov. 4 ballot in...

Russian use of chemical weapons in Ukraine ‘widespread and growing’ European intelligence warns
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Massive Russian attack on Kyiv damages over 20 sites, injures dozens
On the night of 4 July, Russia launched a massive attack on the capital with strike drones and missiles. Air defences were actively engaged. As of 8:00 a.m., information about 23 casualties has been confirmed. The mayor of the capital, Vitaliy...

Russia launches its largest missile and drone attack of the war following Trump admission he got absolutely nothing out of Putin in phone call yesterday after scrapping Ukraine weapon deliveries
Russia battered Kyiv with missiles and drones in an all-night attack just hours after Donald Trump admitted he made no headway with Vladimir Putin in a call between the two presidents yesterday. Air raid alerts lasted more than eight hours...

After Trump-Putin Call, Russia Pounds Ukraine With New 'Record' Drone Attack
Russian forces pounded Ukraine in a massive overnight attack hours after a phone call between the US and Russian Presidents that Donald Trump said left him “disappointed.” Kyiv bore the brunt of the attack, which Ukrainian authorities said was the...

'Deliberately massive and cynical' — Russian attack on Ukraine began as Trump and Putin spoke, Zelensky says
President Volodymyr Zelensky called for more air defence for Ukraine after a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine's capital overnight on July 4. According to Zelensky, as U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin were...

Dutch intelligence collects proof of Russia's use of chemical weapons against Ukraine – Reuters
Dutch intelligence services have collected evidence of Russia's large-scale use of banned chemical weapons in the war against Ukraine. Source: European Pravda; Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans in a comment to Reuters Details: Brekelmans...

Ballistic Missiles and Drones Pound Ukrainian Capital as Russia Escalates Attacks
Explosions rocked Kyiv overnight as Russia unleashed a large-scale missile and drone assault on the capital and other parts of Ukraine, marking one of the most intense air attacks in recent weeks. The combined strikes began on the evening of July...

Estonia to host a Ukraine reconstruction conference in 2027
Estonia is planning to host an international conference dedicated to the reconstruction of Ukraine in 2027. On 3 July, the Estonian foreign minister, Margus Tsahkna, presented a memorandum on Ukraine’s reconstruction to the government. The...

world Russia's all-night drone attack on Kyiv injures 14, Ukraine says
KYIV — Russia pummelled Kyiv with drones in an all-night attack, injuring at least 14 people, damaging railway infrastructure and setting buildings and cars on fire throughout the city, authorities in the Ukrainian capital said early on Friday...

world Russian use of chemical weapons against Ukraine 'widespread', Dutch defence minister says
THE HAGUE — Dutch intelligence agencies have gathered evidence of widespread Russian use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine, including dropping a choking agent from drones to drive soldiers out of trenches so they can be shot, the defence...

Air in Kyiv very polluted after Russian nighttime large-scale attack
The air in Kyiv after the nighttime attack. Photo: Yurii Onyshchenko Air pollution levels in Kyiv are high on the morning of Friday 4 July following a large-scale combined Russian attack overnight. Source: Ministry of Environmental Protection and...