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UN assessment suggests Kyiv children's hospital suffered direct hit by Russian missile -- US supplies Ukraine with Metal Shark high-speed boats -- Republican Party committee approves 2024 platform, makes no mention of Ukraine, Russia -- Ukraine struck airbase, oil depot, and energy facility in Russia overnight -- and more

Russian missile struck children's hospital in Kyiv following 'programmed route' -- Russia improves ballistic, cruise missiles to make them harder to shoot down -- WHO data suggest more Ukrainians could die in medical site attacks in 2024 -- Congresswoman says Biden should ease restrictions on Ukraine’s use of US weaponry on Russian soil -- and more

Leaked documents suggest more Russians killed in Ukraine than previously thought -- Ukrainian drones attack large ammunition depot in Voronezh Oblast -- Kyiv restored two-thirds of its generating capacities after Russian missile attacks -- Moscow to use barrage balloons to repel Ukrainian drone attacks -- and more

Estonia delivers Mistral air defense systems to Ukraine – here's what they can do -- Russia hit mock-ups during recent attacks on airfield, Patriot launchers -- Propaganda at work: More and more Russians think a nuclear strike on Ukraine is justified -- Russia has lost up to 5,000 soldiers fighting for one district of Chasiv Yar -- and more

What Ukraine's partial Chasiv Yar withdrawal actually means -- F-16s will challenge Russia's aerial dominance over Black Sea -- Meduza: 120,000 Russian troops killed in Ukraine -- Russia faces difficulties with Chinese imports as Beijing tightens control -- and more

97% of Russian missiles, drones, bombs hit civilian infrastructure, diplomat says -- All Russian Kinzhal missiles downed over Kyiv since arrival of Patriot systems -- 14 brigades underarmed, aid arriving too slowly -- Ukrainian drone hits gunpowder plant in Russia -- and more

Russian attack on Dnipro shopping center, kindergartens, schools & hospitals kills 5, injures 53 -- Ukrainian drone attack damaged Russia's only full-cycle metallurgical enterprise -- "If Trump knows how to finish this war, he should tell us today" -- One phone call from President Xi would end Russia's war, Finnish president says -- and more

Russia struggles to control finances as Ukraine invasion spending soars -- NATO plans to establish new post in Kyiv, 'Trump-proof' Ukraine aid, WSJ reports -- Mass fire breaks out in Russia's Kursk Oblast, authorities say -- Russia deployed attack submarines close to Irish Sea on 2 occasions, sources tell Bloomberg -- and more

Document reveals why Russia keeps accidentally bombing itself -- Russia attacks Myrhorod military airfield, official confirms 'some losses' -- Energy situation in Ukraine expected to improve in August -- Explosions rock occupied Crimea, smoke over Balaklava reported -- and more

SBU releases new head cam footage of Snake Island liberation -- Deadly attacks on civilians in Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast -- Belarusian chief of general staff threatens to use tactical nukes if sovereignty threatened -- Black Sea grain deal provides potential model for talks with Russia, Zelensky says -- and more

Seizing $321 billion frozen Russian assets; We need to re-learn how to champion the escalation game -- DTEK: 90% of company's energy generating capacity lost due to Russian strikes -- 30,000 square kilometers of Ukraine's land cleared of mine threats, operations expanding further -- Russia has lost 541,560 troops in Ukraine since Feb 24, 2022 -- and more

The Counteroffensive: Meet the energy workers keeping Kyiv from darkness -- Another Russian Su-25 downed, Ukraine's National Guard claims -- Russia hits nine-story residential building in downtown Dnipro -- Vienna has become 'Russia's new espionage hub,' intelligence officials tell WSJ -- and more