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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.
In Sloviansk, Donetsk region, eight civilians were injured on Tuesday as a result of three enemy attacks.
The number of people injured in the July 22 drone attack on the Sumy community has increased to seven.
Ukrainian forces continue a mobile defensive operation near the village of Kamianske in the Zaporizhzhia sector, where the situation remains dynamic.
Russian forces have once again targeted the city of Sumy with a drone, killing a 60-year-old woman.
Civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged in Sumy as a result of an attack by enemy drones.
Russian troops fired artillery at the village of Sadove in the suburbs of Kherson in the morning, killing a 52-year-old man who was in his yard at the time of the shelling. At the same time, a 70-year-old woman was injured in the village of Chervonyi Maiak due to the detonation of Russian explosives.
In Donetsk region, Russian invaders attacked the city of Sloviansk with “Shaheds,” leaving one person injured.
Overnight on July 22, a Russian drone strike on Odesa caused significant destruction, including damage to a fire station and its dormitory.
In Russia’s Samara region, the Novokuibyshevsk Petrochemical Company, one of the country's largest gas processing and petrochemical plants, was attacked. The facility is part of Russia's military-industrial complex, producing raw materials used in explosive manufacturing.
Early in the morning on July 22, Russian occupying forces launched an aerial bomb attack on residential areas in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, injuring four civilians.
The number of injured from the Russian double strike on Sumy region has risen to 24. The attacks targeted a civilian facility and residential infrastructure. Investigations into these war crimes are already underway.
Late on July 21, Russian forces struck the city of Sumy with guided aerial bombs (GABs), injuring a total of 12 people, including a child.
Overnight, Ukrainian defense forces intercepted 33 Russian drones in the sky over Ukraine. Nine enemy targets hit three different locations.
Overnight on July 22, Russian forces attacked Odesa with strike drones, causing fires and damage. One person has been reported injured.
Russian forces struck the town of Kramatorsk in Donetsk region overnight with a guided aerial bomb, the impact hit a multi-story residential building, causing a fire.
Ukrainian forces engaged in 176 combat clashes with Russian invaders over the past 24 hours, repelling most enemy attacks in the Pokrovsk sector.
Russian forces killed three civilians and injured another 12 in the Donetsk region over the past 24 hours.
Russia suffered approximately 1,044,250,080 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and July 22, 2025, with 1,090 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans has announced that the Netherlands will make a significant contribution to the supply of U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has charged the head of a Luhansk-based enterprise with collaboration for supplying specialized equipment to a scientific center in Russia.
Almost 9,500 individuals previously convicted of crimes have volunteered to serve in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including 100 women.
A group of philanthropists from Estonia has delivered seven vehicles to Ovruch, Zhytomyr region, for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Ukrainian developers have created fiber-optic drones capable of striking enemy targets at distances of over 40 kilometers.
In Kyiv, sappers from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine destroyed the warhead of a downed Russian Kh-69 missile that fell near a residential building after another air attack by the invaders.
21 July 2025
President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized that every wave of massive Russian missile attacks is a reminder of the need for greater air defense coverage for Ukraine, as well as the importance of conducting long-range strikes on Russia.