Portal:Current events/2025 July 14

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • United States president Donald Trump announces that several NATO allies will buy U.S.-made weapons, including Patriot air defense missile systems to provide to Ukraine. (NPR) (Axios)

Disasters and accidents

• A Mil Mi-8 helicopter carrying five people goes missing after contact with its pilot is lost shortly after refueling in Okhotsk, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. (Aviation Safety Network) (The Kyiv Independent)

Law and crime

• Rapes of Gisèle Pelicot
  • Gisèle Pelicot is awarded the Legion of Honour award, the highest civil order of merit in France, for her courage in testifying in the case about her decades-long sexual abuse. (DW)
• Twenty-four U.S. states and the District of Columbia file a joint lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education in an attempt to reverse freezing of education funding ahead of the start of the school year. (NPR)