## Russia’s 2025 Summer Offensive Ends in Heavy Losses, No Victories, Ukraine Says — UNITED24 Media

Authored by united24media.com

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has stated that Russia’s spring-summer offensive campaign of 2025 concluded without achieving significant results.

According to the statement, Russian forces failed to gain full control over any major Ukrainian city during the campaign.

At the same time, Ukrainian Defense Forces inflicted heavy losses on the invading army.

Since the beginning of 2025, Russia has lost nearly 210,000 troops killed and wounded in battles across Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kharkiv regions, along with thousands of units of military equipment.

In the operational zone of the Russian “Kursk” grouping, Ukrainian forces eliminated more than 19,000 enemy personnel and wounded over 25,000.

The Ukrainian General Staff rejected these assertions, describing them as an attempt to disguise indiscriminate strikes on civilian areas.

Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to hold the front, inflict losses on the occupiers, and demonstrate that Russia’s spring-summer offensive of 2025 has not achieved its objectives,” the General Staff stated. »

### Australian ban on fish-shaped plastic soy sauce dispensers a world first

Authored by theguardian.com

South Australia will be the first place in the world to ban them under a wider ban on single-use plastics that comes into force on 1 September.

Under South Australia’s new law, only pre-filled soy sauce containers with a lid, cap or stopper and containing less than 30ml of soy sauce will be banned.

Other single-use plastic items included in the ban are plastic cutlery and expanded polystyrene food packaging, such as pre-packed instant bowl noodles. »

### Polish CEO Piotr Szczerek blasted online for stealing a kid’s signed cap at US Open

Authored by financialexpress.com

A shocking moment at the US Open has put Polish businessman Piotr Szczerek in the global limelight and not for the right reasons.

After Polish tennis player Kamil Majchrzak defeated ninth seed Karen Khachanov, he walked over to the crowd to give a signed cap to a young fan.

But before the boy could reach out, Szczerek, CEO of paving company Drogbruk, grabbed the cap and tucked it away in his partner’s bag. »

### Louisiana judge orders return of devices to ex-priest caught having sex on church altar

Authored by theguardian.com

However, the judge also told authorities to erase all data from the devices and storage media as a precaution against videos taken of the tryst from becoming public.

The videos in question have been under indefinite court seal ever since the trio’s encounter made international news headlines in 2020.

Yet, if they ever did get them back, officials would wipe those electronics of all data, too, Hoerner said. »

### Why are US warships heading toward Venezuela?

Authored by atlanticcouncil.org

The United States has deployed three Aegis guided-missile destroyers and several other warships to the waters near Venezuela to counter maritime narcotics trafficking.

Why is the Trump administration deploying warships to the southern Caribbean?.

The United States is deploying a group of Navy warships and other vessels to the Caribbean due to Trump’s laser focus in going after transnational organized crime. »

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