The threat of ‘total economic war’ looms. And July sees highest civilian deaths since 2022 (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,616)

Analysts say Russia’s push to choke off fuel routes and seize the town of Kostiantynivka could redraw both the military map in the east and the economic map across the whole region.

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