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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…

In Mykolaiv, 19 people were injured as a result of an enemy missile strike, two of them hospitalized, including a child. Vitaliy Kim, the head of the Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration, reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. At night on July 20, around 03:03, the enemy launched a missile attack on Mykolaiv. As a result of the hit, several floors of a three-story building were destroyed and a fire broke out over an area of 450 square meters, which firefighters extinguished at 07:45. The rubble is being cleared. The neighboring multi-storey buildings were damaged. Kim also said that three…

The Lithuanian organization "Mazi, bet stiprus" ("Small, but strong") has launched the "Songs of Drones" campaign, which will last until August 24, with the aim of collecting EUR 300,000 for the purchase of 500 FPV kamikaze drones for Ukraine. That's according to Delfi, Ukrinform reports. Raimundas Aleknavicius, the founder of the organization, said that both the Ukrainian counteroffensive and new Russian attacks are taking place at the front, and one of the most influential factors in the war is the use of drones. "The war in Ukraine will go down in world military history as a war of constantly evolving…

The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg will provide Ukraine with a batch of M113 armored vehicles. Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren said this on her Twitter account, Ukrinform reports. "We will soon deliver refurbished M113 vehicles to Ukraine. This armored tracked vehicle helps with the safe transport of military personnel, among other things. This is how we support the infantry on site," Ollongren wrote. Read also: Air defense, ammo and armor: Reznikov sums up results of Ramstein-14 meeting She added that the Netherlands is working closely with Belgium and Luxembourg in this matter. Earlier reports said that the Netherlands was allocating…

Kyiv has already received 10 MiG-29 fighter jets from Warsaw and it is possible that Kyiv will receive about 20 more. Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland Vasyl Zvarych said this in an interview with Ukrinform. "So far, 10 MiG-29s have been handed over, but it is possible that Poland will hand over the rest - about 20 aircraft of this type that they still have in service. However, this will most likely happen after Poland starts receiving aircraft from Western countries. This process has already begun (Poland received the first FA-50 fighters from South Korea - ed.)," Zvarych said. He…

Demining the Ukrainian territory is a challenge for both the military and farmers as the Ministry of Economy alone has requested 150 relevant systems. That’s according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, who spoke at a joint press conference with the head of the Irish government, Leo Varadkar, in Kyiv, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "We have challenges (regarding demining - ed.) and they vary. We have them on the battlefield where our soldiers have to go through these hundreds of kilometers of minefields, and also this is a challenge for Ukrainian farmers... When we talk about demining, we must understand that we…

President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that Russian strikes on Ukrainian port infrastructure are Russia's desire to force Ukraine, as well as the UN or its partners, to take certain actions, including opening something or lifting sanctions. He said this during a joint press conference with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in Kyiv, an Ukrinform correspondent reported. "Russia is attacking our ports. First of all, you have to understand that whenever it does this, it is always forcing you to do something - not only us, but also our partners and the UN - to open something, to lift sanctions on something.…

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense has warned of yet another plot by Russia to carry out acts of provocation at the Zaporizhhia Nuclear Power Plant involving heavy weapons. The agency posted the corresponding report on its Telegram channel, Ukrinform saw. "The occupiers are likely plotting to set up in the near future yet another armed provocation on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. To this end, the ‘military counter-intelligence department’ of the FSB is circulating information among the personnel of the occupation contingent about the alleged preparation by the Ukrainian Security and Defense Forces…