The department said she is also head of the National Media Group, reportedly the largest private Russian media company. The Treasury Department said it has frozen the visa of Kabaeva, who it said has a “close relationship to Putin,” and imposed other property restrictions. For all of RFE/RL's coverage of the war, click here. RFE/RL's Live Briefinggives you all of the latest developments on Russia's ongoing invasion, how Kyiv is fighting back, Western military aid, worldwide reaction, and the plight of civilians and refugees. The information could not be independently verified. The General Staff also reported that the Ukrainian military shot down another Russian Su-25 attack aircraft. In the south, the Ukrainian general staff reported heavy artillery battles and Russian air strikes in Kherson. Russian troops also reportedly made further assaults on the Slovyansk-Kramatorsk area in Donetsk, but most attacks were repelled.

On a nearby front, however, Russian attacks in the direction of the towns of Bakhmut and Siversk were repulsed, the General Staff said. The power plant has been under assault for days. The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on July 25 in its battlefield assessment that Russian units had achieved successes at the Vuhlehirsk coal-fired power station located some 50 kilometers northeast of Donetsk. Russian forces have taken complete control of the Luhansk region and a large portion of the Donetsk region since Russia launched the invasion in February. He is being transferred to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), where he will serve as deputy head of the counterterrorism center. Halahan, 44, had led the unit in the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions since August 2020. Zelenskiy issued decrees on July 25 dismissing Major General Hryhoriy Halahan and appointing Viktor Horenko to replace him as commander of the special operations forces of the Ukrainian Army.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy replaced a top military commander in eastern Ukraine after major territorial losses to Russia.

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