War

Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, about 400,000 Ukrainians have left the occupied territories through Zaporizhzhia city. "About 400,000 people have passed through the city, 106,000 have been registered as internally displaced," Oleksandr Starukh, Head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, told Ukrinform in an interview. After being evacuated to Zaporizhzhia, some IDPs went to other cities, he added. Almost 90,000 displaced people have settled in Zaporizhzhia city. There are 16,000 residents of Donetsk region among them, including about 7,000 residents of Mariupol. Many people from Polohy district and Huliaypole, Zaporizhzhia region, also stayed. A network of hubs…

Experts of InformNapalm international intelligence community identified a Russian invader who is probably involved in the torture and murder of a Ukrainian prisoner of war. “In the comments to the post published by the community about the alleged participants in the abuse of the captive, readers drew attention to the photo of a young militant who has a distinctive nose with a hump. A militant from the Akhmat unit, who was caught on video, has the same distinctive feature,” InformNapalm posted on Telegram. Evgeniy Zibrov from the city of Sevastopol could have been the militant, the image search identified with…

Active hostilities continue in the Kherson region, and the situation is critical in hundreds of villages, with some villages being completely destroyed. The Kherson regional military administration said this in a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports. "Active hostilities continue in the Kherson region. The situation is critical in hundreds of villages in the region: broken roads, destroyed houses, schools, mined fields and rivers, forest fires, wounded and killed civilians," the report said. It added that some villages have been left without electricity and water for five months, and people in such villages have not received pensions and social benefits since March.…

The head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Refat Chubarov, has said he does not rule out that after the events surrounding the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, Russians should prepare for provocations by the FSB. He wrote this in a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports. "According to a Russian Gauleiter of the occupied Sevastopol, Razvozhaev, the 'headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet' was attacked by a drone that fell and exploded in its courtyard. At the same time, they claimed that no one was killed, but they say five employees of the headquarters…

Every day of Russia's military aggression against Ukraine brings new atrocities, which is evidenced by mass murder of Ukrainian prisoners of war in occupied Olenivka and terrible videos showing Russian soldiers torturing a Ukrainian prisoner of war. EU High Representative Josep Borrell said in a statement on the latest Russian atrocities, which was published on the website of the Diplomatic Service of the European Union, Ukrinform reports. “Russia’s ongoing illegitimate and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine and its people brings further horrific atrocities day by day… The European Union condemns in the strongest possible terms the atrocities committed by the…

On the night of July 30, another air raid alert was declared in Kharkiv due to the threat of Russian shelling. Soon, explosions rang out in the city. According to Suspilne, air raid sirens started to sound at about 02:00. At approximately 02:23, residents of Kharkiv began to report on social about powerful explosions. Some local Telegram channels posted photos showing a massive fire that broke out following the expositions in one of Kharkiv's districts. It can be seen from different parts of the city. No official information has been published so far. As Ukrinform reported, on the morning of…

The United States, along with its allies and partners in the United Nations, will react to any attempts on the part of Russia to annex new territories in Ukraine. This will be done to protect the world order and the UN charter. That’s according to Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. Ambassador to the UN, who addressed the UN Security Council on Friday, July 29, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. Recalling that Russia is now reviewing its plans for the annexation attempts in Kherson and Zaporizhia regions, as well as the entire territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Thomas-Greenfield said: “This is galling.…

Ukraine strongly condemns the brutal war crimes committed by the servicemen of the Russian Federation against Ukrainian prisoners of war, particularly horrible cases of torture, physical abuse, inhuman treatment, willfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health and willful killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war. This is underscored in the statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. It is pointed out that willful killing, torture or inhuman treatment, willfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health of Ukrainian prisoners of war are grave breaches of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment…

The enemy struck a food enterprise in the town of Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv region, with Tochka-U missiles. "At about 04:20, July 29, the occupiers struck the town of Bohoduhiv. It is preliminarily established that the strikes were launched with Tochka-U tactical missile system. A functioning enterprise came under enemy fire. The missiles destroyed a workshop, a finished product shop, and trucks that carried products," the Kharkiv Region Department of the National Police of Ukraine posted on Telegram. According to Serhiy Bolvinov, head of the investigative department of the regional police, a meat processing plant was hit. Nobody was injured. The investigators…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has awarded the Cross of Combat Merit to military personnel in the Verkhovna Rada. The head of state said this in a Telegram post, Ukrinform reports. "The Cross of Combat Merit is an award for strong people for their strong deeds. We stand behind those who heroically defend our country on the battlefield. Great gratitude and respect to all our soldiers!" Zelensky wrote. Earlier, Zelensky presented an honorary award "For Courage and Bravery" to two border units of the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service.