Kyiv claims to have shot down 16 Russian drones overnight

Ukraine’s skies roared again last night. In Telegram, on Friday July 14, the country’s military announced that it had shot down 16 of 17 explosive drones launched by Russia. “From the South East of the Country” Thursday through Friday overnight. These Iranian-made Shahed drones have caused massive damage since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Follow the latest developments in the conflict in our lives.

Legion of Honor for Arman Soldin. Franco-Bosnian journalist, video coordinator at Agence France-Presse The knight was posthumously decorated with the Legion of Honor, according to the official journal published on Friday. The 32-year-old was killed in a Russian Grad rocket attack in eastern Ukraine, not far from the besieged city of Baghmouth.

New contradictions in the Russian army. Major General Ivan Popov, head of troops stationed in the Ukrainian region of Zaporizhia, says he was suspended from his duties after criticism of Russian public servants was deemed too harsh. In an audio message circulating on Telegram since Wednesday evening, he says he was sanctioned for condemning the heavy casualties on the Russian side and the lack of sufficient sophisticated equipment.

US cluster munitions for kyiv. Ukraine’s armed forces have already received cluster munitions, the controversial piece of equipment Washington promised Kiev to help in its slow-moving counteroffensive against the Russian military, military officials from both countries said Thursday. “We’ve got them, we haven’t used them yet, but they could change drastically” The situation on the battlefield, Oleksandr Tarnovsky, commander of the counteroffensive in the south of the country, told CNN in an interview.