Traffic was also reportedly halted on the Kerch bridge connecting mainland Russia with occupied Crimea, ASTRA reported. Earlier in the night, occupation authorities claimed that 15 Ukrainian drones were downed over the Black Sea.

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Explosions heard in occupied Crimea, traffic on Kerch bridge closed. Residents reported hearing sounds of explosions in the community of Dzhankoy in occupied Crimea, Telegram channel Crimean Wind reported on July 23.

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On the night of July 23, Russia carried out an airstrike on critical infrastructure facilities in the #Sumy region, as reported by the Regional Military Administration. All necessary services are working at the scene. Preliminarily, there are no casualties.

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Over 1,800 medical facilities damaged or destroyed since start of full-scale invasion, Health Ministry reports. A total of 1,642 medical facilities have been damaged, and another 214 facilities have been completely destroyed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in

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Kyiv Independent reporter @francisjfarrell spent a day with Ukrainian soldiers at infantry positions near Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast. They hold the last positions before no man's land: the gray zone between warring sides.

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Slovakia receives first F-16s to replace MiG-29s donated to Ukraine. Another 12 F-16s will be in the country by the end of the year, Lockheed Martin, the company that manufactures the jets, said in a press release.

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Russia uses a systematic program of "gulag-style" abuse directed at its soldiers in Ukraine in order to "maintain order" and punish perceived offenders, according to an investigation by the Insider published on July 22.

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