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If Western F-16 fighter jets are handed over to Ukraine, the country will not depend on Russian blackmail in terms of the export of Ukrainian grain. The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, stated this in an interview with the France24 channel, Ukrinform reports. "Absolutely, if we have F-16s, we will not depend on Russian blackmail in exporting Ukrainian grain to global markets. So the sooner we receive them, the sooner we will be able to launch a new (grain - ed.) corridor – protected, efficient, and that will function without any hindrances. And then…

The Russian invaders continue to massively deploy their military through Mariupol towards Berdiansk and Polohy. Petro Andriushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, reported this on Telegram and posted a video, according to Ukrinform.  The deployment of 12 tanks and six self-propelled artillery pieces was recorded. "The massive deployment of troops through Mariupol towards Berdiansk and Polohy is ongoing. Another convoy of military replenishment from Novoazovsk in the direction of Mangush/Berdiansk. Trucks with ammunition, engineering equipment and machinery," Andriushchenko wrote. Read also: Russia moving military hardware, personnel toward Berdiansk - official He clarified that 12 tanks and six self-propelled…

The occupation administration of Zaporizhzhia NPP put power unit 4 into a hot shutdown state. This is a gross violation of the requirements of the license to operate this nuclear facility. Energoatom reported this on Telegram, Ukrinform says. "On July 24, 2023, despite the requirements of the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine (SNRIU) and Energoatom, power unit 4 was put into a hot shutdown state at the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP pursuant to the order of the illegitimate management. Such actions are a gross violation of the requirements of the license to operate this nuclear facility. The operation of…

As a result of Russian aggression in Ukraine, 497 children were killed and 1077 were injured. The Office of the Prosecutor General reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. "More than 1574 children have been injured in Ukraine as a result of Russia's full-scale armed aggression. As of the morning of July 25, 2023, according to official information from juvenile prosecutors, 497 children were killed and more than 1077 were injured of varying severity," the statement said. These numbers are not final. Work is ongoing to establish them in the areas of hostilities, on the temporarily occupied and liberated territories.…

On the night of July 25, 2023, Russian troops attacked the Cherkasy region with loitering munitions. The relevant statement was made by Cherkasy Regional Military Administration Head Ihor Taburets on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The enemy attacked the Cherkasy region with combat drones. We had three explosions. Two Shahed drones struck fields and one more hit an empty agricultural hangar,” Taburets wrote. In his words, people remained unharmed, and no fire broke out. Emergency response teams are working at the scene.

In Mariupol, the Russian occupation forces have mined all the bridges and erected defensive structures around each of them. That’s according to Petro Andriushchenko, the advisor to the Mariupol mayor in exile, who delivered the news via Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "In Mariupol, the occupiers mined all the bridges and set up defense structures near each one. Now the passage through the bridges is limited, and the territory of the defensive structures is fenced off," Andriushchenko wrote. According to the official, the Russians are thus preparing for the inevitable battle for Mariupol. Read also: Andriushchenko: More than 10,000 civilians arrested in…

During the offensive operation in the Berdiansk direction, the Defense Forces succeeded and advanced into the enemy's depths at a distance of 350 meters to 1.4 kilometers. That's according to the Joint Press Center of the Tavria Defense Forces on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. "In the Berdiansk direction, we had partial success and advanced into the enemy's depths from 350 meters to 1.4 kilometers," the statement said. The press center also noted that fierce fighting for Staromaiorske is ongoing. The situation in the Melitopol direction remains unchanged. "Due to the dense mining, Ukrainian demining groups and assault units are carrying out…

Fighters with the 66th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces have destroyed three tanks and an infantry fighting vehicle of the Russian invaders using a Stugna-P anti-tank guided missile system. In a post on Facebook, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published a video showing the destruction of the enemy hardware. "Three tanks and one enemy IFV are the result of the combat work of a Stugna-P unit," the post reads. Read also: Soldiers of 30th Brigade destroy two enemy equipment units in two hours Earlier reports said that from February 24, 2022 to July 24,…

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has strongly condemned recent Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure on the Danube River near Ukraine's border with Romania. He said this on Twitter, according to Ukrinform. "I strongly condemn the recent Russian attacks against the Ukrainian🇺🇦 civilian infrastructure on Danube, very close to Romania. This recent escalation poses serious risks to the security in the Black Sea. It also affects further Ukrainian grain transit & thus the global food security," Iohannis wrote. Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu also condemned recent Russian attacks on Ukraine near the Romanian border, according to Romania Journal. He said the…

The occupiers are transferring trucks, tractors and other military equipment from the temporarily occupied Melitopol in Zaporizhzhia to the temporarily occupied Crimea. That's according to the Atesh partisan movement on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "After another successful work of the Ukrainian Armed Forces against the occupiers in Melitopol, the Russian Armed Forces began to move equipment to Crimea. This time, our agents recorded the movement of military trucks, tractors and other equipment from Melitopol to Crimea," the statement reads. Read also: Ukraine’s Defense Forces liberate 35 sq km of land area in Bakhmut sector The partisans note that the invaders are…