Ukraine ready for leader-level talks if Russia truly wants to end war – Zelensky
Ukraine is ready for a meeting at the level of heads of state if Russia is genuinely committed to ending the war with dignity and establishing lasting peace.
01 August 2025
Ukraine is ready for a meeting at the level of heads of state if Russia is genuinely committed to ending the war with dignity and establishing lasting peace.
Pokrovsk, Myrnohrad, and nearby settlements are located along the axis of Russia's primary offensive.
According to preliminary data, July continues to show a troubling increase in civilian casualties resulting from Russia's large-scale attacks on Ukrainian cities.
Since the eOselia [eHousing] government programme was launched, Ukrainians have been provided 18,671 preferential housing loans worth more than UAH 31.1 billion.
Since the beginning of 2025, the Ministry of Defense has supplied the Ukrainian Armed Forces with over one million FPV drones.
In July 2025, Ukraine’s Air Defense Forces destroyed 6,262 enemy aerial targets over Ukrainian territory.
Raytheon Technologies Corp. has been awarded a $3.5 billion contract by the U.S. Department of Defense for the production of Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM). Ukraine is among the foreign recipients listed in the agreement.
Russian forces once again carried out airstrikes with FAB-250 guided bombs on Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, wounding one civilian. The attack damaged a bridge and several residential buildings.
In July 2025, a total of 5,523 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops were recorded along the frontline, accompanied by a surge in Russian attacks using guided aerial bombs.
Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate has released detailed information on the Russian commander responsible for coordinating Shahed drone attacks on Ukrainian territory.
Germany’s Bundeswehr is set to deliver additional Patriot air defense launchers to Ukraine in the coming days.
The 13th Operational Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, known as Khartiia, has released footage demonstrating the destruction of a Russian ground robotic system.
The number of fatalities in Kramatorsk has risen to three, with ten others injured, following a Russian strike on a five-story residential building on July 31.
In July alone, Russian forces launched over 5,100 guided aerial bombs, more than 3,800 Shahed-type drones, and nearly 260 missiles against Ukraine.
The number of people killed in Russia's combined missile and drone attack on Kyiv on July 31 has risen to 31, with 159 others wounded in the strikes.
In the Synelnykove district, Dnipropetrovsk region, three children were rescued from under the rubble following a Russian drone strike and taken to hospital.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has taken note of reports in leading international media regarding a message from the leadership of the Republic of Nicaragua to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, recognizing Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions as an "integral part" of the Russian Federation.
Russian military losses in July amounted to 33,220 personnel.
The number of people killed in Russia's July 31 missile and drone attack on Kyiv has risen to 28.
U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, will travel to Russia in the coming days.
Ukraine's air defense forces successfully neutralized 44 Russian drones, while 28 UAVs were confirmed to have hit their targets.
On July 31, a total of 160 combat engagements took place across the front line, with the fiercest fighting reported in the Pokrovsk, Lyman, and Novopavlivka sectors.
A woman was killed in the Dniprovskyi District of Kherson on the morning of August 1 as a result of Russian artillery shelling.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops carried out 614 strikes on 12 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The total combat losses of Russian troops from February 24, 2022, to August 1, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to about 1,054,200 people, of whom 940 were killed yesterday.
Large-scale fires broke out at enterprises in Bila Tserkva, Kyiv region, due to a Russian attack.
In Kyiv, the death toll from the Russian combined attack has increased to 26, with 156 people wounded.
In the Zaporizhzhia Region, one man was killed and three others were wounded as a result of an enemy strike on a private house.
Since the beginning of the marketing year 2025/2026, Ukraine has exported 1.297 million tonnes of grain and leguminous crops.