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Skip next section Lawmakers limit autonomy of anti-corruption agencies in Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n

07\/22\/2025July 22, 2025Lawmakers limit autonomy of anti-corruption agencies in Ukraine<\/p>\n

Ukraine<\/a>‘s lawmakers voted in favor of amendments that would remove the independence of two anti-corruption bodies in the country.<\/p>\n

The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) is the entity investigating corruption allegations within state institutions. The Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) prosecutes corruption cases.<\/p>\n

Both NABU and SAPO were placed\u00a0under the direct supervision of the Prosecutor General, who is appointed by the president.<\/p>\n

This comes a day after a NABU employee was arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The move triggered criticism both at home and internationally, with the EU saying it was “concerned” with the decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ukrainian NGO The Anti-Corruption Action Center said the amendments made the two agencies meaningless, adding the country’s Prosecutor General “will stop investigations into” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s “friends.”<\/p>\n

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07\/22\/2025July 22, 2025France’s FM visits warn-torn Kharkiv<\/p>\n

France’s top diplomat, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, visited the Ukrainian<\/a>\u00a0border region of Kharkiv in the northeastern part of the country on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

While walking through Kharkiv’s city center, Barrot witnessed the current situation in the city, which is regularly being targeted by Russia, whose forces are some 30 kilometers away.<\/p>\n

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Speaking during his visit, Barrot accused Russia of “deliberately” targeting civilians and residential areas, in a bid to “undermine Ukrainian morale.”<\/p>\n

1.4 million people lived in Kharkiv before Russia’s full-scale invasion into Ukraine in 2022.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Skip next section WATCH \u2014 North Korea continues to back Russia’s war against Ukraine<\/a><\/p>\n

07\/22\/2025July 22, 2025WATCH \u2014 North Korea continues to back Russia’s war against Ukraine<\/p>\n

As Russia<\/a>\u00a0steps up its attacks on Ukraine<\/a>, the Kremlin is once again seeking help from North Korea<\/a>.<\/p>\n

South Korean intelligence reports that the country has already sent Russia 28,000 containers filled with weapons and artillery shells.<\/p>\n

North Korea continues to back Russia’s war against Ukraine

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Skip next section Moscow doesn’t expect ‘miraculous breakthrough’ at peace talks<\/a><\/p>\n

07\/22\/2025July 22, 2025Moscow doesn’t expect ‘miraculous breakthrough’ at peace talks<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s delegation for the peace talks with Russia will be headed by the country’s ex-Defense Minister and current secretary of the security council Rustem Umerov, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.<\/p>\n

The talks are scheduled to take place on Wednesday in Istanbul, in the same venue where previous talks between the two sides took place, with the Kremlin saying that there is no reason to expect a “miraculous breakthrough” in the talks.<\/p>\n

This comes after US President Donald Trump’<\/a>s threat to impose “severe” sanctions on Russia<\/a> should a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine\u00a0not be reached in 50 days.<\/p>\n

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07\/22\/2025July 22, 2025Child killed in Russian attack on residential building<\/p>\n

A 10-year-old boy was killed in Russian<\/a>\u00a0airstrikes on Ukraine<\/a>, the authorities in the city of Kramatorsk say.<\/p>\n

According to city mayor Alexander Goncharenko, guided glide bombs launched by Russia hit a residential building in Kramatorsk, located in eastern Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The city is located in the area of Donetsk that remains under Ukrainian control\u00a0three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.<\/a><\/p>\n

Glide bombs have a range of up to 40 kilometers (25 miles), and their use by the Russian army is made possible by the front moving closer and closer to Kramatorsk.<\/p>\n

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Skip next section Ukraine’s new PM seeks fresh IMF loan for defense budget: Bloomberg<\/a><\/p>\n

07\/22\/2025July 22, 2025Ukraine’s new PM seeks fresh IMF loan for defense budget: Bloomberg<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s new Prime Minister<\/a>\u00a0Yulia Svyrydenko said she will likely seek fresh financing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)<\/a> to cushion the country’s fiscal needs in its defense against Russia’s war, according to a report by Bloomberg.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The report outlined that global donors have so far only earmarked half of the estimated $75 billion (\u20ac64.2\u00a0billion) budget that the war-strained country requires over the next two years.<\/p>\n

With the IMF’s roughly $16 billion loan program set to expire in 2027, new discussions will likely be held at a lender’s review planned for August, especially since the end to the war is not in sight, she told the media house.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Defense Minister took to messaging app Telegram, saying the country will need at least $120 billion\u00a0for defense spending next year and that negotiations were ongoing with NATO and the EU over $60 billion\u00a0in funding from partners.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ukraine seeks foreign investment for its arms industry

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Skip next section Roundup: What happened on Monday?<\/a><\/p>\n

07\/22\/2025July 22, 2025Roundup: What happened on Monday?<\/p>\n

On Monday, the UK and Germany led a virtual meeting on how to help Ukraine acquire the weapons it needs to defend itself against\u00a0Russian<\/a> aggression.\u00a0<\/p>\n

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said he will “contribute to providing” five Patriot missile defense systems<\/a>\u00a0to Ukraine, DW’s Teri Schultz reported\u00a0from Brussels. This includes two systems Berlin had previously discussed, with an additional one expected to be financed by Norway.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is not clear whether Germany would pay for the remaining two defense systems itself, or if it will seek contributions from other NATO members.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ukraine<\/a>‘s former prime minister and newly appointed Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal, who was also part of the meeting, said Kyiv<\/a> needs more than $6 billion (\u20ac5.1\u00a0billion) worth of additional military spending to increase its own weapons production.<\/p>\n

The UK imposed new sanctions on Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” which will target 135 oil tankers and two Russian companies involved in circumventing oil sanctions on Moscow.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a> said Ukraine and Russia will hold another round of talks<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Two previous rounds held in Istanbul failed to yield any meaningful progress on a ceasefire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Skip next section Welcome to our coverage<\/a>07\/22\/2025July 22, 2025Welcome to our coverage<\/p>\n

Welcome to DW’s coverage of the latest developments in Russia’s war in Ukraine.<\/a><\/p>\n

Both Ukraine and Russia continue to exchange drones and missiles, aiming at each other’s capital cities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Overnight Monday, Russia unleashed one of its largest aerial assaults on Kyiv, just hours before the UK and Germany chaired a high-level meeting to discuss the US’ plans for NATO allies to provide Ukraine with weapons it needs.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned for the latest news and analysis from the ongoing war.<\/p>\n

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