Ukraine Latest: Russia Eyes Ways to Bolster Arms Production

Emergency services extinguish fires at apartment buildings in Odesa, on July 1. 

Source: Ukrainian Emergency Service

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The European Union will propose 1 billion euros in short-term financial relief for Kyiv’s urgent cash needs. Russia is easing labor rules in a bid to boost arms production in the face of Western sanctions.

Russian missiles struck an apartment building and a recreation center near the Black Sea port of Odesa early Friday, killing at least 21 people and injuring dozens more after Moscow’s forces withdrew from a strategic island about 100 miles to the south.