Political news from Kyiv region, government decisions and Ukraine politics
The Verkhovna Rada voted 258 times to dismiss the government of Yuliia Svyrydenko. In a year, she managed to agree on an IMF program for $8.1 billion and a mineral resources agreement — and now she may head the embassy in the USA, where these agreements will have to be defended.
Deputy Chairman of PiS Przemyslaw Czarnek demanded freezing military aid to Ukraine over the UPA scandal. Jaroslaw Kaczynski publicly distanced himself from this position, but simultaneously promised to block Kyiv's accession to the EU — and the line between "partnership" and "pressure" is becoming increasingly thin.
Ukrainian Pravda and law enforcement sources claim that an active GUR employee and a former SBU officer organized an assassination attempt on businessman Yermolaiev. However, officially, both have been notified of suspicion only in the murder of Berezovska — and this discrepancy is the central problem of the case.
An expert explains government rotations as preparation for the heating season. The real context is broader: in parallel, Zelensky announced a complete resignation of the Sviridenko government with different logic.
On the night of July 14, Ukraine's air defense intercepted five of eight ballistic missiles — the first confirmed success against Iskander missiles following a massive attack on July 6, when no ballistic rockets were shot down.
The EU officially opened the sixth negotiation cluster on "External Relations," which covers defense and foreign and security policy. Vice Prime Minister Kachka honestly explained that negotiation progress and security guarantees are separate tracks, and one does not substitute for the other.
On July 13 in Paris, Ukraine and nine European countries officially launched an Anti-Ballistic Coalition around the Freyja system. The key promise is an interceptor for $700,000 compared to $3.8-5 million for Patriot PAC-3. However, the declaration is not yet backed by a shared budget.
On July 14, at the third intergovernmental conference in Brussels, the EU officially opened the "External Relations" cluster. Behind the scenes: Hungarian veto, concessions regarding Transcarpathia, and the question: will autumn be better than July.
Iranian cruise missiles struck the tankers "Mombasa" and "Al-Bahia" in Omani waters. One Indian national was killed, eight people were wounded — including two Ukrainians. The Foreign Ministry confirmed the incident and is providing consular assistance.
On July 14, an Intergovernmental Conference officially launched negotiations on foreign policy, security, and defense. The opening of the sixth cluster took place amid Hungary's decision to pause the opening of clusters 2–5.
A Kyiv-based company Fire Point has developed the FP-7.X rocket as the foundation for the Freyja system. A coalition of eight European countries has already joined the project.
The former foreign minister of Ukraine believes that talks with the Poles are necessary, but on fundamentally new terms — without ritual gestures and while maintaining one's own position.
# Translation On July 13, Olya Polyakova is scheduled to appear at Kyiv City Council before the Supreme Rada's Temporary Special Commission investigating violations in the sphere of defense and human rights during martial law. Against the backdrop of the scandal over performances in Russia and refusal to participate in Eurovision, the context speaks for itself.
EU ambassadors have agreed to open the sixth negotiating cluster on "External Relations" after months of Hungarian blocking. The formal decision is scheduled for July 14, but the remaining four clusters remain frozen.
GUR operations near Energodar did not liberate the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant — but they forced the occupiers to maintain a heavy military contingent there, and over 18 months Russia has still failed to reconnect Europe's largest nuclear power station to its grid.
Dmitro Basov, the former security director of Energoatom, has already been released from pretrial detention on a 40 million hryvnia bail — and now the National Anti-Corruption Bureau has established the whereabouts of another 30 million hryvnia from the "shlagbaum" scheme: they went into two BMWs, an apartment, and Indonesian real estate registered through cryptocurrency and a fictitious divorce.
On July 7, the IOC restored the membership of Russia's Olympic Committee and canceled recommendations regarding restrictions. The Kremlin called it a "great victory" — and has reason to: several federations are already acting exactly as Moscow expected.
In the first half of 2026, the number of active Russian offensive directions decreased from 13 to seven, and the balance of occupied and lost territory went into negative for the first time since 2023.
# According to NABU, a "Servant of the People" MP in 2023 demanded over one million dollars for "protecting" call centers, and legalized 12.6 million hryvnias through a fictitious gift from his ex-wife. Now he himself has collected only 650 thousand out of ten million in bail.
# Lawyer of MP Confirms Payment of 10 Million Hryvnia Bail, but VAKS Initially Failed to Record Funds Receipt A lawyer representing a parliamentary deputy has confirmed that 10 million hryvnia in bail was submitted, though the High Anti-Corruption Court (VAKS) initially did not register the arrival of the funds. Behind this procedural detail lies a three-count suspicion from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP), involving one million dollars, a fictitious "gift" from the former wife, and an anonymous third-party payer.
At two sessions in Ankara, Trump managed both to create a scandal over Greenland and to sign the transfer to Ukraine of the right to produce Patriot missiles. The gap between morning rhetoric and evening decisions is the main intrigue of the summit.
# English Translation The first full-fledged meeting between the two presidents at the NATO summit in Ankara did not resolve the main issue: Poland did not back down from its position on glorifying the UPA, and the €10 billion from the Gdańsk meeting turned out to be mostly loans rather than direct investments.
Three people died in Zatoka on August 10, 2025 — at a closed beach where swimming is prohibited. Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk explained to LIGA.net that even permitted zones do not provide 100% safety guarantees.
# Polish Foreign Minister Warns of New Moscow Provocations Based on Intelligence Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski announced credible intelligence about new provocations planned by Moscow. The statement has raised questions about what specifically lies behind this warning and why it was made public.
American intelligence warned Warsaw about a possible armed provocation — and behind it stands not military logic, but media strategy: to break Western unity with a single incident.
On the night of July 3, the Defense Forces struck a railway bridge over the Krasnogvardiysk Canal, a radio electronic warfare station in Artemivka, and a radio electronic reconnaissance unit in Sevastopol. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed all three targets — each of them is an element of a system, not an isolated incident.
The Security Service of Ukraine has announced suspicion against a dismissed Azov fighter released from captivity who allegedly passed information to Russians about medic service commander Oleksandr Krokhmaliuk. Krokhmaliuk was killed through torture. The suspect is alive and at large.
After the Verkhovna Rada passed the law on the National Pantheon, Ukraine's Foreign Minister will bring Sikorski a compromise proposal to include UNR general Marko Bezruchko in it. Polish diplomatic circles consider the proposal "desirable" but insufficient.
Alexander Muntyan has stepped down as head of Moldova's government. The resignation came as a surprise to most observers — there were no public indications beforehand.
# Washington Passes Intelligence to Warsaw on Possible Moscow Aggression. What Lies Behind This Signal and What It Means for NATO's Eastern Flank Washington has provided Polish intelligence with data regarding potential aggressive actions by Moscow. The article examines what motivates this intelligence sharing and its implications for NATO's eastern flank security.