One constant throughout the mid-year ranking of 2025 was the use of music video thumbnails featuring virtual singers, primarily Hatsune Miku and Kasane Teto.

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Hatsune Miku is a globally popular digital songstress originally introduced in 2007. Kondo married a stuffed toy of the virtual idol at a Tokyo chapel in November 2018.

Many Russian-speakers in the war-torn country are opting to speak Ukrainian instead.

Russian losses in Ukraine hit a massive, and grim milestone on June 12 — 1 million Russian soldiers killed or wounded during the 39-month-long full-scale war, according to figures from Kyiv ...

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It’s the first time in three years of war that Russian troops have entered the Dnipropetrovsk region, a sign of battlefield momentum.

And Russian reports said Moscow's troops were advancing in the area. “Our units in Sumy region are gradually pushing back the occupiers,” Mr Zelensky said, in his nightly video address.