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Ukraine’s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has been dismissed and is expected to be replaced by Ihor Klymenko.

Mykhailo Fedorov was a reformer who is credited with successes like directing money to purchase of medium and long range drones that are now being used very effectively, audits uncovering billions of dollars worth of overspending, moving some procurement to open tender, gamification of drone warfare with more points allotted to outcomes Ukraine prefers to incentivize (ex. killing enemy soldiers) and successfully lobbying Musk to shut down Starlink for Russia. However, he has had conflicts with the heads of the military such as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi; critics say that without a military background he is not qualified to plan a war, and that he is just good at attaching his name to pre-existing efforts that turned out well.

https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/total-russian-combat-losses-in-ukraine-as-of-july-15-2026

Just putting this here, there is some MEGA stuff you can win for donating to UFL this week, the $10 pack I think is the best I've ever seen them put up:

There is 3 tiers:

$2 Tender Tuesday

$5 pack

and the massive $10 42nd pack

Last week was a very welcome surprise to us all. It put a big dent into the tacmed fundraiser and we wanted to thank you and possibly close out that tacmed campaign.

So far you've funded UFL and Protect A Volunteer's in-country stashes, for those times when a team needs 20 CATs and can't wait; 100 CATs for the 125th; IFAK refills for an SOF team called Black Talon; and $5K worth of tacmed for some teams who have been going into battle without enough tourniquets for every guy to carry one. We still have a request for $2900 in tacmed from the 17th SOF and $2500 in tacmed for a team with the 60th. Hence the goal of this week's raffle: $5500.

If we hit it, any excess will be used to buy yet more tacmed.

We hope you like what we have for you this week. UFL_Arcaist has pulled some awesome stuff for you.

https://givebutter.com/14-July-Mega-ultra-super-raffle-copy-avxebu?gbtid=8ac61990-ca92-4b0d-b99b-e4b57cfc8f0a

Full copy of update here:

https://givebutter.com/messages/view/75317a52-3736-4972-95cd-a4fba2c14101

https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/total-russian-combat-losses-in-ukraine-as-of-july-14-2026

Russian troops testing a new anti-drone 'mobile fire unit' almost killed one of their own soldiers when a repurposed helicopter machine gun spun out of control and sprayed bullets across a training ground.

In video widely shared by military bloggers this week, a Yak-B 12.7mm heavy machine gun, hastily mounted on a flatbed truck, can be seen whipping round at high speed, hurling the primary gunner from his position and sending live fire in all directions during an undisclosed exercise.

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/russian-anti-drone-unit-training-mishap-1808191

All I have to say: 🤣

https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/total-russian-combat-losses-in-ukraine-as-of-july-13-2026

Ukraine Just Shut Down Russia's Sea Lifeline

https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/total-russian-combat-losses-in-ukraine-as-of-july-12-2026

Founded in 2022, in the first year of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, UNITED24 Media is the country's largest English-language media platform focused on the war and its consequences for global security.

https://mod.gov.ua/en/news/total-russian-combat-losses-in-ukraine-as-of-july-11-2026