War

The Ukrainian military-industrial complex is working to ensure the protection of the nation’s port infrastructure against Russian missile and drone attacks. Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov spoke of this on the air of the national telethon, Ukrinform reports. "We realize that there is a lack of air defense capabilities to down certain types of weapons employed by the Russian Federation. The president has set the task of ensuring protection. Today, all possible contacts have engaged to speed up the delivery of the necessary capabilities. However, I’d like to note that we are developing them ourselves…

In Chernihiv region, the body of a second woman was found at the site of a Russian missile hitting a cultural house. That's according to the police of Chernihiv region, Ukrinform reports. "As of 17:00, the body of a second woman who died as a result of a missile strike was found under the rubble of the building," the report says. The investigative team continues to work on documenting the Russian war crime. Police investigators have launched a pre-trial investigation into the criminal proceedings opened under Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (violation of the laws and customs…

Explosions are heard in Odesa region. This is reported by the Telegram channel Operatyvnyi ZSU (lit. Operational Armed Forces of Ukraine), Ukrinform says. "Odesa region. Explosions are heard. Believe in the Air Defense Forces of Ukraine," the message reads. The spokesman for Odesa Regional Military Administration, Serhiy Bratchuk, citing the Ukrainian Air Force, also reported in Telegram that supersonic anti-ship missiles Oniks had been launched towards Odesa region and urged people to stay in shelters. As Ukrinform reported, Russian troops have been shelling Odesa region for several days in a row, with several people killed and wounded.

In the morning of July 21, Russian troops fired missiles at Chernihiv region. The head of Chernihiv Regional Military Administration Viacheslav Chaus reported this on Telegram, Ukrinform says. "The air raid alert continues. Please stay in shelters and do not ignore the alarm," Chaus wrote. As Ukrinform reported, on Thursday, July 20, the Russian army attacked Semenivka in Chernihiv region with Shahed-type drones, hitting residential buildings.

By attacking Ukrainian ports, after Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative, the Russian authorities are trying to get concessions from the West. The Washington-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said this in its latest Russian offensive campaign assessment, Ukrinform reports. "The Russian military's intensifying strikes against Ukrainian port and grain infrastructure and threats of maritime escalation are likely a part of a Kremlin effort to leverage Russia's exit from the Black Sea Grain Initiative and exact extensive concessions from the West," ISW said. According to ISW analysts, Russian President Vladimir Putin said a few days ago…

The Russian occupation forces took nearly 80 high school students from the temporarily captured territories of Luhansk region to the military academy in Russia’s Kostroma. That’s according to the Luhansk Regional Military Administration, Ukrinfrom reports. The abducted children are now undergoing “military courses” at the training ground of the Academy of Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection and Engineering Forces, located in Kostroma region, being subjected to yet another dose of enemy propaganda, officials emphasized. According to the report, in the temporarily occupied territories, Russian puppet authorities deny payments to mothers of newborns in case they do not hold a Russian…

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny discussed the situation on the battlefield and the delivery of security assistance to Ukraine with Chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley. "I spoke in detail about the operational situation along the entire front line. The Armed Forces of Ukraine, despite the extremely complex minefields set up by the enemy, anti-tank barricades, and fire damage system, methodically destroy the enemy's forces and continue to conduct offensive operations to de-occupy our territory. We have success in several directions. Our soldiers are Heroes," the Commander-in-Chief posted on Telegram. According to…

Spain supports and will continue to support any efforts to help Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression, but this international assistance should be more structured and requires closer coordination between the EU, its partners and Ukraine itself. This was stated by Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares Bueno in Brussels before the EU Foreign Affairs Council, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. "We have to structure our cooperation with Ukraine, and this should include the guarantees that we have to provide to Ukraine. We have to strengthen coordination not only among Europeans, but also with other allies and with Ukraine. We…

Rescuers have retrieved from under the rubble the body of the first victim of a Russian nighttime missile attack on Mykolaiv, and they are looking for one more person. Iliana Patsiuk, the spokeswoman for the State Emergency Service's main office in the Mykolaiv region, told this to an Ukrinform correspondent. "Yes, the rescuers have recovered the man's body from under the rubble. Now they are looking for one more person," Patsiuk said. On July 20, 2023, at around 03:00, the Russian military used two cruise missiles, likely Kh-22s, to attack residential areas in downtown Mykolaiv. Nineteen civilians, including five children,…

The enemy is trying to use sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the Sumy and Kharkiv directions, but Ukraine's defense forces do not allow them to advance deep into Ukraine. Andrii Demchenko, the spokesperson for Ukraine's State Border Guard Service, said this on Ukrainian television, Ukrinform reports. "Recently, the enemy has also been trying to use sabotage and reconnaissance groups, particularly in the Sumy and Kharkiv directions, but, fortunately, the defense forces, all the units that strengthen this direction and SBGS units detect such groups in time and do not allow them to move deep into Ukrainian territory," Demchenko said. At…