# English Translation The President named specific percentages of American interceptors that Ukraine lacks for stable air defense. This is not about new weapons, but about the distribution of a scarce resource that is currently being competed for by several theaters of military operations simultaneously.
A Russian drone struck a locomotive of a passenger train in the Odesa region, killing the driver and his assistant. 340 passengers and train crew members were evacuated, with no casualties among them.
# Security Service Report as Investigation Basis, Not Crime Proof An analytical note from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) serves as grounds for launching an investigation, but not as evidence of a crime. Lawyer Oleh Shram explained why the "carbon copy" conclusions against five airlines raise questions about the agency's integrity.
Amazon has automatically enrolled all Twitch creators in a generative AI training program — opting out is only possible manually through privacy settings. For Ukrainian streamers, who account for 66% of the Ukrainian-language broadcast market, this issue is far from abstract.
Democrats are demanding that Bessent and Rubio resume regular sanctions against Russia, but a letter is not a mechanism but merely public pressure, to which the administration can simply fail to respond substantively.
State enterprise explained cash flows by pension payments near the front, but the money went elsewhere — and not through the channel initially stated.
Journalists Challenge Launch of Truth API, Which Sells Early Access to US President's Posts for $100,000 per Month
Ukraine's largest private medical network wants to buy Kyiv clinic Mirum, but submitting documents to the Antimonopoly Committee is just the start of the procedure, not a guarantee of its completion.
# The scandal surrounding Yermolai raised an uncomfortable question: how to distinguish betrayal from trauma of a person who survived years in Russian captivity.
Japan's Foreign Ministry reacted to the Russian dictator's visit to territories occupied by Russia, with observers viewing Putin's appearance on Iturup as a signal: there will be no territorial concessions.
# Translation While negotiations on ending the war remain stalled between Washington, Kyiv, and Moscow, the First Lady's Office is adding three more museums to its network of Ukrainian-language audio guides. Symbolic diplomacy is working where official diplomacy has yet to yield results.
Google has added blood pressure analysis and signs of insulin resistance to its new smartwatch — but this is not a medical diagnosis, rather a reason to see a doctor earlier, before symptoms become obvious.
TASkombankhas officially confirmed plans to merge with Idea Bank, but nothing will change for regular customers – the app, branches, and products will remain the same. Meanwhile, the deal itself is another signal that the time of consolidation has arrived on Ukraine's banking market.
28 out of 50 heads of the Security Service of Ukraine's (SBU) central apparatus and territorial directorates chose to resign without waiting for the results of their attestation — this is the actual figure for the security service's reboot.
Europe's solar generation will lose nearly 10 gigawatts due to the August 12 eclipse, while French nuclear power plants have been struggling for weeks with heat and jellyfish — consumers are footing the bill for this.
Fitch has formally registered Naftogaz's default on Eurobonds and immediately restored its rating to the same CC level — the debt restructuring failed to eliminate the main problem: the company continues to depend on gas imports amid Russian strikes.
Marcin Romanowski sent a letter to the court from Tiraspol, the unrecognized capital of a region controlled by Russia.
# Oracle Courses for Free: Who Really Benefits and Who Gets an Empty Certificate? The state is distributing access to courses that cost hundreds of dollars on the commercial market — but an Oracle certificate by itself doesn't guarantee a job. We look into who this program will actually help and who will end up with just another unrealized checkbox on their resume.
Tigipko Bank invested over $2 million in a new application set to launch in August, but here's what's more interesting: the management openly compared itself to monobank from the same group — and admitted they're losing so far.
JPMorgan chief linked the dollar's future to America's military might, while economists reminded that it currently has no serious competitors.
The National Commission for State Regulation of Energy and Utilities (NKREKU) has for the first time limited the timeframe for the "green" tariff for residential solar panels — panel owners should check whether their generation falls within the "profitable" hours.
While Bloomberg counts barrels, drivers in Stavropol and Volgograd regions are queuing for gasoline that simply doesn't exist. Ukrainian strikes on refineries have turned OPEC+ abstract statistics into a very concrete shortage.
An analyst explained to LIGA.net which partners can help Ukraine in the rocket sector and how.
The ombudsman confirmed that all these people returned home on their shields.
On the night of August 11, Russian forces attack Kyiv with ballistic missiles, while Zaporizhzhia comes under a combined strike from missiles and aerial bombs. Kyiv's mayor urged residents to remain in shelters.
Five people were killed and 20 others wounded as a result of a combined strike on Zaporizhzhia. Industrial and infrastructure facilities were damaged, and fires broke out.
Six people were killed and 19 others injured in a nighttime combined Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia. Four residential apartment buildings and non-residential structures were damaged.
Xiaomi has released a portable ice maker Mijia that produces ice in 6-8 minutes — another proof that the company is systematically transforming every household item into a smart gadget within its ecosystem.