Western defense companies are increasingly establishing new presences in Ukraine and working directly with Ukrainian companies.

On July 23, 2025, in Kyiv, Ukraine, @ChroniclesKiev shared a video capturing growing protests against Bill No. 12414, which limits the independence of the country’s anti-corruption agencies, NABU and SAPO.

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Analysts say Russia has recently made only incremental gains in its slow and costly advance against Ukrainian defenses.

Russian strikes across Ukraine killed at least 12 civilians and injured more than 120 others. In the eastern Donetsk oblast, or province, systematic shelling and glide bombs killed six non-combatants and wounded 44 others.

For the past two months, Russia has unleashed nighttime drone and missile assaults on Kyiv in a summer offensive that is straining the city's air defences, and has its 3.7 million residents exhausted and on edge. The Reuters Tariff Watch newsletter is your daily guide to the latest global trade and tariff news. Sign up here.

Russia has launched one of its largest aerial assaults on Ukraine in months, targeting Kyiv overnight into Monday.

Another attempt at peace talks between Ukraine and Russia is on the horizon amid Russia's continuous assault on Ukraine. Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least two people and injured 15 others in Kyiv just hours before the United Kingdom and Germany will hold a meeting to discuss President Trump's plan for NATO allies to provide weapons for Ukraine.

Since the ongoing conflict in Ukraine has proved the role MBTs continue to play in modern warfare, the continued upgrades to the Abrams tank series make sense. Kyiv is unlikely to receive the newest Abrams MBT variants; however, the M1 series certainly outmatches its Soviet and Cold War-era counterparts fielded by Russia.

The heavy attack on the capital came the same day Russia said it would be reaching out to Ukraine to set a date for the next round of peace negotiations.

Take Kyiv: The founder of Ukraine's capital was named Kyi in Ukrainian, or Kiy in Russian. So Kyi's city became "Kyiv" in Ukrainian, whereas it became "Kiev" in Russian.

The protests that filled central Kyiv following the passage of a bill that weakens Ukraine’s key anti-corruption institutions are not a sign of weakness for the embattled country. It is instead a sign of the Ukrainian peoples’ desire to continue the trajectory toward a future anchored in the rule of law,