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Two rescued crew members of the tanker Gas Lisbon, attacked off Romania, report that three drones struck the vessel. The attack occurred about 20 nautical miles from the Romanian coast, according to Digi24 as cited by European Pravda.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has condemned Russia's strike on the civilian LNG tanker Gas Lisbon off the coast of Romania, calling for tougher sanctions and more pressure on Moscow.
Russian troops attacked a residential area in Sumy on July 20, injuring three people, according to the head of the Sumy regional military administration, Oleh Hryhorov.
Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi has publicly apologized to former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, saying he was unaware of any personal conflict between them.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pushing forward a new round of personnel changes in Ukraine's security and military leadership. According to the BBC, several key positions are set to change.
The hope that Ukrainian war refugees will return en masse after the war is fading. According to a Gradus study, 53 percent of migrants still plan to return, but many cannot name a timeframe.
A 60-year-old man was beaten at a tram stop in Poznań after intervening when three men shouted insults at a Ukrainian teenager. Police are searching for the suspects.
A Russian attack on a civilian enterprise in Odesa on the afternoon of July 20 killed three people and injured six, according to the head of the city's military administration, Serhii Lysak, on Telegram.
The Ukrainian Omega Special Purpose Center has developed an unmanned boat that can launch FPV drones, support combat divers, and intercept aerial targets, the Interior Ministry said on Sunday.
After a Ukrainian drone attack on the night of July 20, a warehouse and an oil depot are burning in the Moscow region. According to Ukrinform, citing the Telegram channel ASTRA, at least six people were injured.
Russian troops shelled a hospital in Kherson on July 20, initially wounding three staff members, with the number later rising to seven, according to the regional military administration.
A Russian guided bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia on July 20 killed one person and wounded five others, according to Ivan Fedorov, head of the Oblast Military Administration.
Ukraine has struck 18 Russian vessels in one of the largest overnight drone operations of the war, including 13 oil tankers from the so-called shadow fleet, according to the Kyiv Post, citing the General Staff and the commander of drone units. Oil refineries, fuel depots and power substations were also attacked.
Russian forces attacked the center of Zaporizhzhia with guided glide bombs, killing one person and wounding 16 others.
Russian forces struck four districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones, artillery, and guided bombs, wounding five people, according to regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha.
Ukraine's Sports Minister Matviy Bidnyi has expressed outrage over the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision to allow Russia's return to the Olympic Games. In exclusive comments to Deutsche Welle, Bidnyi called the move cynical and unacceptable.
The Kyiv city administration is sticking to July 15 as the introduction date for the new bus fare of 30 hryvnias. The transport authority denied rumors of a postponement, UNIAN reports.
Russian troops shelled the city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk region for the second time on July 10, causing injuries, according to the head of the Kramatorsk City Military Administration, Oleksandr Honcharenko.
Participants in a violent confrontation with staff of the Territorial Recruitment Center (TCC) in Lviv have apologized on video and pledged to begin their military service, Ukrainska Pravda reports, citing footage from Anton Petrivskyi.
Russia attacked Odesa with drones on the evening of July 9. A non-residential building caught fire, according to Oleh Kiper, the head of the regional military administration.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has promised to provide the public with additional reports on the "resonant situation in Monaco" in the coming days, following an explosion that injured a sanctioned Ukrainian businessman.
Ukraine has reached a political agreement with the United States on a license to produce Patriot missiles, President Volodymyr Selenskyj announced. Technical teams are now to push ahead with implementation.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lawrov said Moscow will no longer trust that the West seeks a negotiated solution to the war against Ukraine, accusing Western nations of merely feigning readiness for talks while issuing ultimatums.
After a crowd attacked a military recruitment office vehicle in Lviv, Ukrainian Dmytro Lubinets called for an immediate reform of mobilization procedures and equal legal assessment of all violations.
Ukraine has told Greece it will continue striking Russian ships on the high seas, citing the right to self-defense under the UN Charter. The dispute follows an incident involving a Ukrainian naval drone found off the Greek coast.
Ukrainian combat drones set two oil depots ablaze in Russia's Tver and Stavropol regions overnight. The strikes are part of Ukraine's defensive fight against Moscow's invasion.
A MAN truck and a Mercedes minibus collided on the Kyiv-Odesa highway near the village of Odayi in Odesa region on the morning of July 9. One person died and five others were injured, according to the Oblast police.
Two civilians were killed in a Russian drone strike on a car in Kherson on the morning of July 9. The prosecutor's office has opened a war crimes investigation.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have killed another 1,310 Russian occupiers in the past 24 hours, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (ZSU). A Russian combat aircraft was also destroyed.
Turkey has joined the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL), a NATO mechanism to fund US weapons for Ukraine. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced the move at the NATO summit in Ankara on July 8, the Kyiv Post reports.
The European Union could open the next negotiation chapter in the accession process with Ukraine and Moldova on July 14, diplomatic sources confirmed to the Kyiv Post.
The Ukrainian company F-Drones has unveiled a fully autonomous version of its LITAVR interceptor drone, which can take off, track, and destroy targets without human control.
A Russian drone struck near a gas distribution station in Kyiv's Desnjanskyj district, injuring two people, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. The attack followed a night of massive Russian strikes that killed one woman and wounded two others.
Ukrainian drones struck targets in the Russian regions of Saratov, Tatarstan, and Bashkortostan, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The distances from the front line are about 800, 1,400, and 1,500 kilometers.
Ukraine has signed agreements with three more European Union states on joint drone production, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced.
Russia launched a fresh attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv overnight on July 8, using ballistic missiles and Shahed drones. At least one person was killed and two wounded, according to the BBC.
Ukrainian soldier Dmytro Sukhovets from Zhytomyr has fallen in Russia's war of aggression, the Zhytomyr City Council announced.
Anastasiia Berezovska, the 39-year-old woman suspected of carrying out a parcel bomb attack in Monaco, has been found dead in Ukraine. Her body was discovered with gunshot wounds to the head in a forest near Kyiv, the BBC reported, citing the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU).
Ukraine says it no longer requires third-party approval for long-range strikes on military targets inside Russia. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha declared the war has entered a new phase.
A Russian attack with guided bombs and drones on Kharkiv on Tuesday killed one person and wounded 20 others, including four children, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said.