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   Monday, July 21

   5:10 pm

   Speaking during the 29th Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting, German
   Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said he reached the agreement with
   U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a recent trip to Washington.

   4:27 pm

   "It is a great honor and at the same time an extraordinary
   responsibility for me to lead the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of
   Ukraine in a difficult time for our country," Hennadii Shapovalov said
   in a statement.

   3:15 pm

   "In the morning, after briefings from military and interior officials,
   I met with the foreign minister and our (Presidential) Office team. We
   finalized the long process of selecting ambassadorial candidates,"
   President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram.

   2:49 pm

   The body of 61-year-old Ihor Hrushevskyi, a former senior officer in
   Ukraine's Department for Combating Organized Crime, was discovered
   floating face down in the swimming pool of the Cala Alta residential
   complex in Villajoyosa.

   1:52 pm

   "This is the largest such plant in the world and the most secret,"
   Timur Shagivaliev, CEO of the Alabuga Special Economic Zone, said.

   2:23 am (Updated: July 21, 2025 12:35 pm)

   At least one person was killed and eight were injured as repeated
   explosions rocked Kyiv, and several fires broke out across Ukraine's
   capital during a mass Russian drone and missile attack overnight on
   July 21.

   10:52 am

   The Ukrainian Air Force said Russia launched 450 aerial threats
   overnight, including 426 Shahed drones and various types of missiles,
   including Kinzhal, Kalibr, and Kh-101.

   1:53 am (Updated: July 21, 2025 9:41 am)

   Amid reported Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia, a fire broke out at a
   train station in the village of Kamenolomni in Rostov Oblast overnight
   July 21 as Moscow faced drones for the fifth straight night, Mayor
   Sergey Sobyanin reported.

   7:42 am

   As London pushes a "50-day drive" to support Ukraine, the U.K. and
   Germany are set to pledge new air defense systems to Kyiv, media
   reported on July 20.

   11:31 pm

   Russian independent media outlet Mediazona, in collaboration with the
   BBC Russian service, has confirmed the identities of 119,154 Russian
   military personnel killed in Ukraine. The publications' latest report
   covers the period of February 24, 2022 to July 17, 2025. Since it was
   last updated at the start of July, 2,436 additional Russian military
   personnel have been confirmed killed.

   10:13 pm (Updated: July 20, 2025 10:47 pm)

   The Russian oil giant has been trying to sell its 49.13% stake in
   India's Nayara refinery, but the EU's latest sanctions package could
   make such a deal too risky for buyers.

   9:56 pm

   The 424th "Svarog" Battalion of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces (USF)
   published a video on July 20 showing Ukrainian drone operators
   successfully targeting and destroying an experimental "KOP-2" Russian
   electronic warfare system.

   4:01 pm (Updated: July 20, 2025 7:37 pm) [2]War

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