Skip next section Australia delivering Abrams tanks to Ukraine
07/19/2025July 19, 2025
Australia delivering Abrams tanks to Ukraine
‘s government has said it is in the process of delivering 49 to Ukraine.
The tanks, worth $160 million (€138 million), are part of a $980 million Australian military aid package for Kyiv.
Ukraine has already received a number of the tanks with the rest scheduled to arrive over the coming months.
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said, “The M1A1 Abrams tanks will make a significant contribution to Ukraine’s ongoing fight against Russia’s illegal and immoral invasion.”
Australia is one of Ukraine’s biggest non-NATO supporters, supplying aid, ammunition and military equipment. Canberra has also banned the export of all alumina and aluminum ore — including bauxite — to Russia, as well as sanctioning some 1,000 Russian individuals and entities.
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Skip next section Overnight Russian attacks kill one, damage critical infrastructure
07/19/2025July 19, 2025
Overnight Russian attacks kill one, damage critical infrastructure
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday said that forces had fired some 300 drones and 30 missiles overnight.
The tirade killed one person in the port city of Odesa and damaged critical infrastructure in the northeastern city of Sumy.
Zelenskyy posted a video and pictures of flaming buildings and firefighters to his Telegram account , writing that the attacks in Sumy had knocked out power to thousands of homes in the region.
The mayor of Odesa, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, said a high-rise in the city had been engulfed in flames and that emergency services and firefighters were battling fires and searching for injured citizens.
“Odesa was attacked by enemy strike drones — more than 20 UAVs approached the city from different directions,” wrote Odesa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov on Telegram.
“Civilian infrastructure was damaged as a result of the attack. A residential high-rise building is on fire,” added the mayor.
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Skip next section Russia says it downed dozens of Ukrainian drones
07/19/2025July 19, 2025
Russia says it downed dozens of Ukrainian drones
Russia’s Defense Ministry on Saturday said it had successfully downed 87 Ukrainian over central, western and southern parts of the country, with 48 downed near the Ukrainian border in Bryansk.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin also said that air defenses had down 13 drones headed for the capital had been downed after midnight.
Sobyanin said that specialists were examining fragments where they hit the ground.
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Skip next section Welcome to our coverage
07/19/2025July 19, 2025
Welcome to our coverage
Welcome to DW’s coverage of the latest developments in Russia’s war in Ukraine.
This Saturday, we start with another massive Russian air assault
In Russia, authorities say they downed more than 80 Ukrainian drones, a dozen of which were headed for the capital Moscow.
Russia has seemingly increased its barrage against Ukraine amid faltering attempts by US President Donald Trump to secure a ceasefire deal.
Stay tuned for more news and analysis
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