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Fighters of the Freedom of Russia Legion, a unit operating under the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), captured a citizen of Nigeria who was fighting on the Russian side during assault operations in the Zaporizhzhia direction.

Rostec, the Russian defense and technology conglomerate, announced on July 3 that it will introduce a ruble-pegged stablecoin and a linked payment network this year, utilizing Tron infrastructure. According to the Russian news agency TASS, Rostec named the token RUBx and set a one-to-one exchange rate with the ruble.  Deputy General Director Alexander Nazarov stated that the corporation […] The post Russian defense conglomerate Rostec to launch ruble-pegged stablecoin on TRON appeared first on CryptoSlate.

As many as 136 combat engagements were recorded on the front lines as of 22:00 on July 4, with Russian forces launching 42 assaults on Ukrainian forces' positions in the Pokrovsk sector. Eight battles in this sector are still ongoing.

Ukraine's Defense Forces eliminated more than 230,000 Russian invaders and destroyed over 1,300 tanks in the first half of 2025.

Russian forces carried out an airstrike using a guided aerial bomb on the village of Prymorske in the Zaporizhzhia region, killing a civilian.

A Russian strike cut off the last of two back up power lines that supplied external electricity to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP).

Investigators from the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have found components manufactured in the People’s Republic of China inside the Russian version of the Shahed attack drone known as the Geran UAV.

Two major Russian insurance firms, Renaissance Life and BCS Life Insurance, have launched investment life insurance policies (ILIPs) linked to Bitcoin, according to a July 2 local media report. According to the report, the innovative policies allow investors to gain exposure to BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), the largest Bitcoin ETF by assets under management. […] The post Russian insurance firms unveil investment life policies tied to Bitcoin appeared first on CryptoSlate.

In the Donetsk region, Ukraine's SBU State Security Service has detained two more Russian agents who were preparing missile and aerial strikes on Kramatorsk.

A married couple was injured as a result of a Russian drone strike on a civilian vehicle in the Kupiansk district of the Kharkiv region.

As a result of shelling by Russian forces in Donetsk Oblast on July 3, five people were killed and 12 wounded.

Russian forces shelled the town of Orikhiv in the Zaporizhzhia region with cannon artillery, wounding a 70-year-old woman and destroying a residential building.

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces killed four Russian invaders at the border and captured another.

During the night of July 1-2, Russian forces launched a drone attack on the Kramatorsk urban community using five Shahed-type (Geran-2) kamikaze drones, resulting in widespread destruction.

As of early July, Russian forces have executed 268 Ukrainian prisoners of war. The Ombudsman's Office believes these executions could be carried out under orders from Russia's top military leadership.

In accordance with international humanitarian principles and existing repatriation agreements, Ukraine has returned the bodies of two deceased individuals bearing military identification tags of the Russian Armed Forces to the Russian side.

The counterintelligence unit of Ukraine’s Security Service (SSU) has detained a Russian defense intelligence (GRU) agent in Dnipro who was preparing coordinates for enemy airstrikes on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.

National Police officers have evacuated six elderly individuals—including people with limited mobility—from Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, which remains under constant Russian shelling.

The President said an inquiry had been launched into today’s Russian missile strike on Huliaipole in Dnipropetrovsk region that left servicemen killed.

Investigative Committee stated that Sergei Torop and his aides caused serious mental and physical harm to followers, including 'moral harm' to 16 people.