Meeting between Ukrainian and Russian delegations starts in Istanbul
A meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations has begun in Istanbul.
23 July 2025
A meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations has begun in Istanbul.
Russian forces shelled Nikopol and Synelnykove districts in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region throughout the day, causing damage in both areas.
Since the beginning of the day, 72 combat clashes have occurred between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops. Fighting is still ongoing in six sectors of the front line, with the heaviest attacks taking place near Pokrovsk and Lyman.
An overnight Russian drone attack on Kryvyi Rih has damaged a sports complex, a church, eight private homes, and up to 15 apartment buildings.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has signed a decree restricting access of foreign vessels to Russian ports, which will now be permitted only with approval from the Federal Security Service (FSB).
The State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has launched a pre-trial investigation into the crash of a Mirage-2000 military aircraft in Volyn region.
In Kherson region, between the villages of Nezlamne and Romashkove, Russian forces attacked a civilian vehicle with a drone, killing two people and injuring two others.
Ukraine urgently needs the United States and Europe to supply more air defense systems and missiles, as well as to reconsider the ban on Ukrainian strikes against military targets deep inside Russia.
Russian troops have shelled the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson, killing a civilian.
Ukraine's air defense forces shot down or jammed 27 out of 71 Russian drones launched overnight, while another 18 drones disappeared from the radar.
Russian troops killed one civilian and wounded 20 more in the Donetsk Region over the past 24 hours.
On July 22, 167 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the frontline. In the Pokrovsk sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 74 assaults.
The Novocherkassk railway junction in Russia's Rostov region, which is used to transport equipment, ammunition, fuel resources, and Russian Armed Forces personnel to the border with Ukraine, has been attacked.
Houses, enterprises, and solar panels were damaged in Kryvyi Rih as a result of an attack by Russian drones.
A meeting between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations will take place in Istanbul today. On the agenda are the return of Ukrainian prisoners and abducted children, and preparations for a meeting between the leaders of the two countries to end the war.
The total combat losses of Russian troops in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to July 23, 2025, amount to about 1,045,220 people, including 970 in the last 24 hours.
Over the past 24 hours, the occupiers have launched 456 strikes on 12 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia Region.
An illegal half-kilometer underground oil pipeline operated between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan for two months.
In Austria, the Korneuburg Regional Court sentenced a 73-year-old Italian man to eight years in prison for a serious sexual offense against a minor refugee from Ukraine, whose family he had helped flee the war.
The Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol have filed an indictment against a member of the Kherson Regional Council who voluntarily cooperated with Russian armed forces during the occupation of the Kherson region. He faces up to 12 years in prison.
Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko emphasized that, according to the Constitution of Ukraine, the Prosecutor General is responsible for ensuring justice in the state.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Ukraine has recorded over 700 Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure, with up to 90% of this year's strikes executed using drones.
In the temporarily occupied Crimea, the command of the Sevastopol 12th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment is taking measures to protect equipment from attacks by the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has published data on a new Russian drone used both for reconnaissance and as a decoy to detect and overload Ukrainian air defense systems. All components and modules in the drone are of Chinese origin.
Military intelligence operatives continue to advance the use of ground-based robotic systems for logistics, evacuation, and the destruction of enemy personnel and fortifications.
22 July 2025
In the east, Russian occupation forces are conducting assaults with small infantry groups, using light equipment and aviation. They are likely to try to actively advance over the next two months.
On the eastern front, Russian occupation forces are trying to push through to the area between the towns of Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka to gain operational space for further offensive actions. However, Ukraine’s Defense Forces are successfully holding them back.
Since the beginning of the day, 75 combat clashes have occurred between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invaders. Fighting is ongoing on five fronts, with the Pokrovsk sector being the most intense.
Russian troops have once again shelled Kherson’s Dniprovskyi district, damaging an educational institution.
A Russian strike has left part of Sumy region cut off electricity supply.