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Russia can use its significant stockpile of cluster bombs in Ukraine if they are deployed against Russian forces. That's according to Reuters, which refers to Vladimir Putin's interview with Russian media outlets, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "President Vladimir Putin said Russia had a 'sufficient stockpile' of cluster bombs and reserved the right to use them if such munitions, the use of which he said he regarded as a crime, were deployed against Russian forces in Ukraine," the article reads. Read also: Cluster munitions already delivered to Ukraine - Pentagon According to Putin, Russia allegedly "has not yet used this weapon"…

The partisans of Mariupol received another proof of the transportation of ammunition through the city by ordinary trucks. "Mariupol. On Taganrog highway near the entrance to Mariupol from the Novoazovsk side, one Russian truck rammed another (a typical situation in the city). However, our people spotted boxes, typical of ammunition in appearance and markings, in the affected truck’s body. It is not the first time that our Mariupol Resistance records the facts of the transportation of weapons and ammunition by civilian vehicles," Petro Andriushchenko, adviser to the Mariupol city mayor, posted on Telegram. According to him, the military quickly surrounded…

On Sunday, July 16, Russian troops launched an airstrike on Kherson region, killing a woman. As the Prosecutor General's Office posted on Telegram, the Russian invaders hit a settlement in Beryslav territorial community around 20:00 on July 16. A local resident received fatal injuries due to the enemy attack. According to preliminary information, two strikes by guided aerial bombs were carried out by the Russian army. During the day, five more civilians, two of them children, were injured due to the Russian aggression in the territory of Kherson region. Law enforcement officers started a pre-trial investigation into the violation of…

The Bozena-5 unmanned mine clearance vehicle, provided to Ukraine by a Slovak company, saves the lives of Ukrainian sappers. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports. "This machine saves the lives of sappers. They don't go first, but actually pick up the remnants. It is efficient and fast, and in terms of demining, it fully justifies itself," the General Staff said. According to the report, the demining vehicle is remotely controlled, and its speed reaches 9 kilometers per hour. The system is accompanied by a demining team of five people,…

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is not delaying the process of training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets. National security adviser Jake Sullivan said this in an interview with CNN, Ukrinform reports. "The United States will not be the hold up in ensuring that this F-16 training can get underway," he said. According to Sullivan, European leaders have said they need several weeks to prepare training abilities and that the U.S. will meet whatever timeline they set out. "The president has given a green light and we will allow, permit, support, facilitate and, in fact, provide the necessary tools for…

The Ukrainian authorities may prosecute about 10,000 collaborators who cooperated with the Russian authorities during Russia's occupation of Crimea. The Ukrainian president's permanent representative in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Tamila Tasheva, said this in an interview with Newsweek, Ukrinform reports. "If you stay and participate in the illegal occupation and the war crimes committed by the Russians, you will be held to account. This won't be an easy process, which is why we are already developing the legal framework for future proceedings, including the lustration of former officials who are Ukrainian citizens that collaborated with the occupying administrations. They…

As part of the multinational military operation, Operation Interflex, British instructors were teaching Ukrainian defenders to storm the urban area and clear buildings. The relevant statement was made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. Training exercises took place at one of the British training facilities, where an urbanized area is realistically reproduced: multi-storey private houses, mini-hotels, vegetable gardens and gardens, utility rooms, fences and enclosures. Under the guidance of British instructors, the Ukrainian military learned to move forward, house by house, choose the right positions for fire control, use grenades…

The Russian invaders plan to build 25 more prisons in the temporarily occupied territories of Luhansk region. "In the occupied territories, the Russians are not going to restore the destroyed housing and infrastructure but they are trying to use these areas as useful as possible for their own internal policy. Therefore, they plan to build 25 more prisons there, a large part of which should start operating in the so-called ‘LPR’ by 1 January 2026. There is nothing to eat, no place to live, but there is a place to be put behind bars," the Luhansk Regional Military Administration posted…

In Donetsk region, Russian troops launched a missile attack on an enterprise in Kramatorsk. "In the middle of the night, the Russians launched a missile attack on Kramatorsk and hit the territory of an enterprise," Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko posted on Telegram. In addition, according to his information, Vuhledar and Bohoyavlenka remain under fire in Volnovakha direction in Vuhledar community, and Vesele and Burlatske – in Komar community. The previous evening, in Donetsk direction, the enemy shelled Avdiyivka with Grad MLRS. Krasnohorivka and Katerynivka in Marynika community were also struck. "In Horlivka direction, one person…

During the week, dozens of enemy groups were destroyed in the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia region. "During this week, dozens of enemy groups were destroyed in the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia region. They were also decimated in the areas which the enemy considered the deep rear. This can be seen in the example of Berdiansk and Melitopol," Melitopol mayor Ivan Fedorov said during the United News nationwide telethon. Fedorov added that the enemy massively changes the locations of its personnel because it understands that the local residents offer resistance. Therefore, the enemy occupies new premises and tries to…