
Four people die as result of enemy shelling in Zaporizhzhia region
The enemy attacked an infrastructure facility in the Polohiv district, killing 4 people and injuring two others.
The enemy attacked an infrastructure facility in the Polohiv district, killing 4 people and injuring two others.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to conduct an offensive operation on the Bakhmut, Melitopol and Berdiansk directions.
Russian troops have attacked grain terminals in the Odesa region with Kalibr-type cruise missiles.
Over the past day, July 20, the Russian army killed two residents of the Donetsk region and injured two others.
Russia has already lost about 240,690 troops in Ukraine (+680 over the past day).
At the Khmelnytskyi NPP and in the satellite town of Netishyn, a command and staff exercise was held to practice actions in the event of an emergency at a critical infrastructure facility.
On July 20, 2023, Russian troops attacked the Kherson region 45 times, having fired 243 projectiles.
Russian troops continue focusing the main efforts on the Kupiansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka directions. Thirty-two military clashes have occurred there over the past day.
Russian terrorists have already used almost 70 missiles of various types and 90 Shahed loitering munitions against Ukraine since this Monday.
A few days after the forced evacuation was announced, more than 30 children were taken out of dangerous settlements in Kharkiv region.
The Russian occupiers are evicting Nova Kakhovka residents who live on the bank of the Dnipro River to set up firing positions there.
The Russian authorities planned to withdraw from the Black Sea Grain Initiative a long time ago and masked this with disinformation.
The Russian occupation forces took nearly 80 high school students from the temporarily captured territories of Luhansk region to the military academy in Russia’s Kostroma.
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According to the American side estimates, the cluster munitions that the US recently sent to Ukraine are already used on the battlefield appropriately and effectively.
In Luhansk region, Ukrainian defenders destroyed an enemy tank that had been shelling Nevske settlement for three days.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny discussed the situation on the battlefield and the delivery of security assistance to Ukraine with Chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley.
The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on Kupyansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiyivka, and Maryinka directions, where 20 combat engagements took place during the day. Air defense forces destroyed two Kalibr missiles, three Iskander-K missiles, and 13 Shahed drones.
The Center for Strategic Communication continues to record attempts by Russian special services to circulate false narratives portraying them as “insider information.”
Russian army fired on the village of Petrivka in Kharkiv region, injuring two men.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces will employ cluster munitions exclusively in areas where Russian troops are amassed in temporarily occupied territories, thoroughly recording all such occasions.
Over 500 days of warfare on the territory of Ukraine, the damage caused to the country's environment and ecosystems has exceeded UAH 2 trillion.
The Ukrainian staff of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is refusing to comply with the order of the station's illegitimate management to start up power unit No. 4.
In Mykolaiv, the body of the second victim of the nighttime shelling of residential areas in the city center was pulled out from under the rubble.
The return of the Azov commanders from Türkiye, where they were held after their Russian captivity, was an agreement between the presidents of Ukraine and Türkiye, and there were no additional requirements.
Two victims of the night shelling of Odesa remain in intensive care.
The Ukrainian authorities are ready to quickly organize the evacuation of people from the territories that may be in the affected area in case of a Russian terrorist attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
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.