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Russia’s war against Ukraine

The aftermath of a Russian missile strike against Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, July 31, 2023. (Source: Serhii Lysak/Telegram)

Media: Russian court seizes assets of Ukraine’s oligarch Akhmetov.

A court in Moscow ruled to seize the assets of the Russian subsidiary of the Metinvest company controlled by Ukraine’s richest man Rinat Akhmetov, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on July 31.

Lvova-Belova claims 700,000 children deported from Ukraine.

Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova claimed that 700,000 Ukrainian children have been brought to Russia since the start of the full-scale invasion.

Intelligence: Russia has forcibly mobilized up to 60,000 men in occupied territories.

Since the beginning of 2022, Russia has forcibly mobilized from 55,000 to 60,000 men in the occupied territories of Ukraine, military intelligence spokesperson Andrii Cherniak said on July 30.

Media: Western military products worth billions of dollars flow into Russia despite sanctions.

Western military goods worth billions of dollars continue to flow into Russia despite international sanctions, the Russian independent outlet Vertska reported on July 31.

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Ukraine’s birth rate drops by 28%.

The Ukrainian data analytics website Opendatabot has reported that in the first six months of 2023, the country’s birth rate was 28% lower than the same period in 2021, the largest decline since independence in 1991.

Southern Command: Russian logistics severely impacted by attacks on Crimean bridges.

Since the strike on the Crimean Bridge, Russia has to rely on a long detour through Russian-occupied areas of mainland Ukraine to supply its troops.

Minister: Almost all thermal power stations damaged by Russia repaired.

Almost 100% of thermal power stations damaged by Russian attacks late in 2022 and early in 2023 have been repaired, Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov announced on July 31.

UK Defense Ministry: Russia failing to ‘insulate population from the war’.

Drone attacks against Moscow and the rising age limit for mobilization indicate that the Russian state is failing to isolate its population from the war, the U.K. Defense Ministry said in its latest report on July 31.

Wagner Group claims it’s halting recruitment ‘indefinitely’.

The Wagner Group claimed on July 30 that it had “indefinitely” suspended recruitment of new members as it possesses sufficiently “large personnel reserves.”

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Human cost of war

Update: 6 killed, 75 injured in Russian missile strike against Kryvyi Rih.

At least six people have been killed, among them a child, in a Russian missile strike against the city of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in the morning of July 31.

Update: 4 killed, 17 injured in Russian strikes on Kherson.

Presidential Office head Andrii Yermak reported on Telegram that Russian strikes on July 31 against Kherson have killed four people and wounded 17 others, among them a 16-year-old girl

Russian attacks kill 2, injure 19 over past day.

Russian forces attacked nine oblasts during the past day, killing two people and injuring 19 more, local officials reported early on July 31. Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Luhansk oblasts came under attack.

General Staff: Russia has lost 246,190 troops in Ukraine.

The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on July 31 that Russia had lost 246,190 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24 last year.

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Ukraine war latest: Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih kills 6, injures 75, including children

Russia launched a missile strike against Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the morning of July 31, killing six people, including a 10-year-old child.

Photo: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Governor Serhii Lysak/Telegram

Endless Russian assaults near Kreminna test Ukraine’s defenses.

For Ukrainian troops near Kreminna, the task is to hold on to positions as long as possible while hoping their comrades deliver results on other axes where the Ukrainian counteroffensive is ongoing.

Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

International response

Kuleba: Croatia to help export Ukrainian grain through its ports.

Ukraine and Croatia have agreed on using Croatian ports on the Danube River and the Adriatic Sea to export Ukrainian grain, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on July 31.

Minister: Croatia allocates 1 million euros for demining in Ukraine.

Croatia allocated one million euros ($1.1 million) for demining of Ukrainian agricultural lands, Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko reported on July 31.

Turkey’s Baykar to open service center for drones in Ukraine.

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry and the Turkish company Baykar signed a contract on July 31 to build a service center for the repair and maintenance of combat drones.

Finance Ministry: Ukraine receives $1.25-billion grant from US.

Ukraine received a grant of $1.25 billion from the U.S. through the Multi-Donor Trust Fund of the World Bank, the Finance Ministry announced on July 31.

Czechia freezes assets of Russian oligarch with ties to Putin.

The Czech government has blocked the bank accounts and frozen the assets of Russian oligarch Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Radio Prague reported on July 30, citing Czech Television.

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