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20 July 2023
From July 21, 2023, all ships on the Black Sea heading to Russian ports and Ukrainian ports in the Ukrainian territory temporarily occupied by Russia could be considered by Ukraine as potential carriers of military equipment with all the relevant risks.
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.
The building of the Chinese Consulate-General in Odessa was damaged by shelling on the night of July 20.
In the south, Ukrainian service members continue their gradual movement to the south and southeast and advance several hundred meters every day.
First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska noted that Ukrainian children when they fall asleep never know whether their house will be intact in the morning.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk is convinced that women should play a key role in the future recovery of both the de-occupied territories and Ukraine as a whole.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed his condolences to the families of the victims of another Russian attack on Odesa and Mykolaiv.
More than 10,000 civilians have been arrested in Mariupol, temporarily captured by the Russian army, and their places of detention and further fate are unknown.
In the morning, Russian troops massively shelled the de-occupied border village of Kozacha Lopan in Kharkiv region, killing one person.
A 21-year-old security guard at a civilian building was killed in a nighttime attack in Odesa on July 20.
The sailors of the river flotilla of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine decimated about 18 Russian invaders over the past day.
The rescuers of Sumy region showed the consequences of the Shahed drone strike on a children's camp in Sumy.
As a result of the morning attack on Kherson region, a school, a cultural center, and houses were damaged. Nobody was injured.
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.
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.
The night shelling of Odesa on July 20 destroyed many buildings and a kindergarten in the city center. A person is being searched for under the rubble.
In Mykolaiv, 19 people were injured as a result of an enemy missile strike, two of them hospitalized, including a child.
Russian troops this morning shelled the border town of Vovchansk in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, killing a civilian.
At night on July 20, the Russian army attacked Semenivka, in the Chernihiv region, with Shahed-type kamikaze drones, and hit residential buildings.
Last night, the Russian military attacked Sumy with three Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles, hitting the building of an out-of-school recreation center.
Ukraine's defense forces destroyed 18 enemy air targets overnight.
Over the past day, July 19, Russian invaders killed one resident of the Donetsk region and injured two others.
Over the past day, July 19, the Russian army fired 72 times at the Kherson region.
From February 24, 2022 to July 20, 2023, Ukraine’s Defense Forces of Ukraine eliminated nearly 240,010 Russian invaders, including 530 in the past day alone.
The Ukrainian troops continue their offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdiansk directions, holding their ground in the previously regained positions and engaging in counter-battery fire.
The number of casualties as a result of Russia’s latest strike on Mykolaiv increased to 18, which includes five children.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine took control of the main dominant heights around Bakhmut, effectively turning the town into a trap for the Russian occupation units.
After the latest missile strike the Russians launched on Odesa in the early hours of Thursday, a fire broke out in the city. At least two people were hospitalized amid the destruction.
Russia could target civilian ships in the Black Sea and blame Ukraine following the Kremlin’s decision to leave the Black Sea Grain Initiative, says a spokesperson for the U.S. National Security Council.
As a result of an overnight shelling targeting Mykolaiv, a fire broke out in a residential building.