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Civilian casualties on rise as Moscow launches salvoes of hundreds of missiles after ramping up production

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces are holding back a concerted summer push by Russia’s bigger army to break through defenses along parts of the front line

US president says Europe ‘wants to make a deal very badly’ but claims there is only 50-50 chance

EU welcomes reversal as essential to European support for Ukraine; US announces US$330m in further military sales. What we know on day 1,248

Here are the key events on day 1,247 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Democracy defender discovers democracy.

Ukrainian leader came under domestic and international pressure after signing law critics say paves way for corruption.

Editorial: Stripping anti-corruption agencies of their independence was a terrible – and unpopular – move. There are broader lessons for the president in this crisis

For the past few weeks the headlines about Gaza have focused on the hundreds of people who have been killed while queueing for food. The aid distribution system put in place in May, backed by the US and Israel and run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, has proved to be…

Protests have erupted in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities against a new law that threatens the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions. The legislation was hastily passed on July 22 by parliament and signed by the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, that same day.

On Thursday the Ukrainian president announced that he would send a new anti-corruption Bill to the country’s parliament.