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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: July 17, 2026
2026-07-18
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[Korrespondent] 22.12 President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged Oleksandr Poklad to immediately remove the head restraints from the Security Service of Ukraine.

21.34 President Volodymyr Zelensky recognized the ex-Rad Minister of Defense Sergey “Flash” Beskrestnov as his long-time employee to support the development of technological areas of defense.

“We have discussed in detail all those that are now most relevant in the technological warehouses of our defense. Technology itself is ruining the lives of our soldiers and turning this war home - to Russia. It is also important and always respond to military innovations that are generated by the forces and capabilities of the aggressor’s army, on the basis of the principle: we know the details, but we can handle them as much as possible. There will be decisions,” Rospov head of state.

20.00 The situation with the supply of electricity has deteriorated in the occupied Sevastopol in Crimea. “Governor” Mikhailo Razvozhaev informed about this appointment to Russia.

In his words, the system operator supplied additional power exchanges in order to balance the energy system of the entire plant.

“The command to come to the system dispatcher in real time, there are simply no precise schedules at the moment. We were able to set the mode “2 in 6”, since there is little pressure in the system at the moment,” Razvozhaev wrote to social media.

We learned that the light is supplied directly to the doctor, at the pumping station and other vitally important objects. It seems that “Vlad” wants to turn to the “2 through 6” chart, orientately it looks like this:

If you have light at the moment, it will be for about 2 years, then you will be disconnected for 6 years.

If there is no light, then it will turn on in approximately 6 years.

However, such a presentation of light is still impossible, declaring the appointment of “governor” to Russia.

19.18 Ukrainian troops carry out counter-sabotage visits and gradually remove Russian fighters from the areas of the Kupyansk Kharkiv region, where they still retain their presence. Oleksandr Sirsky, head commander of the ZSU, told us about this.

“The enemy continues to attack in small infantry groups and tries to penetrate into Miska Zabudova. The defense forces conduct counter-sabotage moves, the enemy groups gradually withdraw the occupiers from the areas, and they still save presence.

I sincerely acknowledge the gratitude of all the storage forces of the Defense Forces received before the end of the war in this direction. The most convenient actions of squadrons make it possible to quickly identify the enemy and avoid losses,” the general said.

Sirsky reported that he was working in the Kharkiv region with grouped troops and units, as they would end the battlefields on Kup'yansky directly. Together with the commands of the 10th Army Corps and the commanders of the military forces, they discussed the operational situation and further actions for their withdrawal to Kupyanskaya and around the place.

In his words, he also praised the decision to strengthen the Ukrainian military. Priority is given to additional methods of fire suppression, protection of unmanned shock complexes.

The Syrian added that the situation is directly becoming more complicated, but the Ukrainian military is strengthening its position and will continue to defeat the enemy.

18.49 Russia vikorystova is currently occupied by the Zaporizka nuclear power plant not only as an instrument of nuclear blackmail, but also as a platform for information manipulation. About the price in the official statement of AT NAEC Energoatom.

The informant said that any representatives of the Western European Union administration created by the occupiers do not respect the law, and all the recognition made by Russia after the burial of the station is legally worthless.

Energoatom’s statement was a reaction to increased information about the death of one of the representatives of the occupation administration of the station. The company noted that this person was not a legitimate AEC chief engineer. The sole legitimate chief engineer of the station, according to the company, is Denis Martinenko.

18.48 In the Izyum Kharkiv region, children were injured as a result of the impact of ceramic aircraft bombs. The head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, told us about this on Telegram.

“An 8-year-old boy has recognized a vibukh injury, a 16-year-old girl has a bone wound. A 40-year-old man has also recognized a fracture wound. All victims are given medical assistance,” he wrote.

Then Sinegubov added that another child had suffered. “A 13-year-old girl developed an acute reaction to stress. She was given medical assistance,” said the OVA resident.

18.30 The Defense Procurement Agency of the State Operator for the First Period of 2026 contracted unmanned aerial vehicles for 333.6 billion hryvnia. This is twice as much more than for a similar period last year. Among UAV types, FPV is the most contracted.

The purchases were made from a variety of different tools, including the national marketplace DOT-Chain Defense. These fighters are able to independently obtain necessary services for budget money.

18.19 The order recognized Evgeniy Khmara as the immediately appointed Minister of Defense for Defense, and Andriy Sibiga as the immediately appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs for Foreign Affairs. Prime Minister Sergei Koretsky reported this on Telegram.

18.19 The Ministry of Defense codified and allowed the unmanned aircraft system Cyclops to be used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the purpose of attacking enemy air and ground targets.

The cyclops has a wing span of more than 1 m, and can live for up to 1.5 years. The height of the work of Russian attack and reconnaissance drones is lower than the maximum height.

The radius of action is enough to protect any regional center of Ukraine from unmanned forces of a military attack.

17.58 President Volodymyr Zelensky informed about the preparation of a special meeting of the Supreme Commander Headquarters with the participation of corps commanders and the main formations and capabilities necessary at the front. I wrote about this on Telegram.

17.54 Investigation of Russian Iskander-M missiles and Oreshnik confirms that the Russian Federation continues to develop new missiles, vikoryst both foreign electronics and components of the government and Belarusian production. Vladislav Vlasyuk reported about the President of Ukraine’s approval of the sanctions policy.

"In Oreshnik, all identified components are produced, including Russian and Belarusian enterprises. Particularly significant is the role of Belarusian producers, which was also integral to the plant Transistor, products which are regularly found in current Russian missiles,” he said.

According to Vlasyuk, the cassette Iskander-M has components produced in the USA, Taiwan, Switzerland, Japan, China and Belarus, and some of the electronics were produced in 2024-2025.

In Oreshnik, over half of the dated components were produced in 2023-2024, and details were also revealed for the 2025 production date. The cassette Iskander-M also has a number of components recorded in 2024-2025, including Belarusian production.

17.35 Ukrainian troops of 16-17 saw the low importance of Russian aggressors in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT) and in the Russian Federation. The ZSU General Staff provided details.

16.53 From the beginning of the battle to 16:00, the Russian occupiers attacked the positions of the Ukrainian invaders 100 times in nine directions. This is practically more than for a good show by informing the General Staff of the ZSU in the operational intelligence.

16.44 Fifteen years of connection with the confiscation of the mine was taken away by a Russian agent, as the SBU was looking at the beginning of 2024 to coordinate missile and bomb attacks on Kharkov.

A guard from the local lyceum, recruited by the enemy, took charge of the Russian attacks. Russians were honored by her as the author of pro-Kremlin comments in the chats of Telegram channels.

After establishing contact with the Russian Federation, the hospital provided information to the Russian special services about the place of greatest concentration in the special warehouse and equipment of the Defense Forces. The agent also recorded the traces of attacks on the regional center and “reported” them to the curator from Russia for the preparation of new and repeated attacks.

For the new intelligence department, the woman scoured the place, trying to identify defense factories and workshops where the Russians were preparing a series of shellings. Moreover, the mischief veiledly absorbed the required information from those familiar with the developments in everyday life.

At the same time, the community was spreading messages in Telegram news outlets to support the Kremlin regime and calls for the burial of Kharkov.

During searches, she was found to have a smartphone with evidence of its destructive effect on the aggression of the aggressor.

16.27 The European Union has already imposed sanctions against the Russian Federation through massive shelling of Kiev. The Council of the EU informed about this. Under the new exchange, five companies and one physical company, both engaged in the production of attack drones, were lost.

16.22 In Kiev, they tried too hard to intercede with the head of the occupation administration of Alchevsk, which, after joining Russia, was trying to say goodbye. The SBU press service informed about this.

The evil one in 2014 entered the warehouse of the fenced Party of Regions and left the city for enlightenment in Alchevsk. After burying the mass, she went to war with the Russians, who were considered to be the “secondary” of the occupied place.

16.12 In Odessa, as a result of the Russian attack, a 60-strong man died. All types of services operate at the site. The legacy of the attack is to be determined.

15.36 President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Igor Klimenko, as Secretary of the National Security and Defense (NSDC) of Ukraine. The head of the state told about this on Telegram.

It also became clear that Zelensky will have a close meeting with the acting secretary of the RNBO Rustem Umerov.

14.34 A successful special operation was carried out, as a result of which a strategic Tu-95 bomber was destroyed at the military airfield Engels near the Saratov region of the Russian Federation. The SBU reported this.

13.10 The Russian command ordered the units of the occupation army to intensify drone strikes on civilian infrastructure and transport in front-line areas and border regions of Ukraine. This new task has been placed at the center of the promising unmanned systems Rubikon and the modern pilots of the linear subdivisions of the Russian army. The Head Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported this.

12.53 Russian aggressors are launching a massive drone attack on a gas production facility near the Kharkiv region. Naftogaz informed about this. As a result of the shelling, the work of the enterprise was suspended. The sportsmen are in Ukrity

12.36 Law enforcement has succeeded in new attempts to illegally sell used ammunition and eliminated the sale of these underground channels in various regions of Ukraine. The SBU press service reported this.

Among the things acquired from the villages - over 1000 kg of vibukhov missiles, shock drones, grenade launchers, Kalashnikov assault rifles, new Russian weapons - AK-12, an arsenal of live grenades and guns of various calibers.

12.35 The court found guilty ten natives of Donetsk, Lugansk regions and Crimea, who voluntarily joined the occupying forces of the Russian Federation and took part in combat actions against the Ukrainian Defense Forces. The skin from them was removed 15 years due to the confiscation of the lane. The Ukrainian troops harried them during the fighting in the Bakhmutsky, Kramatorsk and Pokrovsky districts. The convicts fought against Ukraine on various fronts and conquered the occupation forces.

12.23 The head of the Presidential Office, Kirilo Budanov, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Hakan Fidan, and discussed the possibility of updating the negotiation process to start a war.

“We are happy to meet with our long-time friend - the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Republic Hakan Fidan. investigation organization of Turechchina,” adding the VIN to the addition.

Spyrozmovniks analyzed the current situation in the diplomatic arena and identified ways in which the intensification of peaceful forces could be achieved.

12.09 In Odessa, under the hour of a Russian missile attack, an instructor with the first help of the Ukrainian Chervony Khrest died. The woman was on the street together with her children. About this I told UCH.

11.51 France On Friday, Russians attacked the port infrastructure in Mykolayiv. Two citizens of Ukraine died because they were on board a foreign ship, the regional prosecutor’s office reported.

11.37. Near the Dnieper region of Kherson, as a result of an attack by a Russian FPV drone on Friday, June 17, a 70-year-old woman died, and six people were injured. According to the regional prosecutor's office, the Russians hit a market in Kherson. Also, close to the 10th morning, Russian firemen attacked the living quarters near Novovorontsovtsia with a drone. As a result of the magician's blow, the woman suffered.

11.29 Counterintelligence officers tracked down an agent near the Donetsk region who was simultaneously working for two Russian intelligence services - the FSB and military intelligence (GRU). The SBU reported this.

The language is about thermal management engineer Slovyanska. The Russians recruited him from the Telegram channel, which was administered by the hospitalist of the Smolensk military hospital.

11.13 Greece is under constant pressure from its NATO partners and the European Union, who are calling for them to transfer additional anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-anti-aircraft defense functions to Ukraine. Let's talk about the PAC-2 super-survival missiles for the Patriot complexes, reports eKathimerini from messages sent to the authorities.

According to the data of the Russian Federation, transmission is possible only because the missiles are considered to be attributable to the conflict, and other than those that are not critically important for the defense of Greece itself.

10.51 The attack on Friday in five regions of Ukraine is being destroyed through new Russian shelling. Ukrenergo reported about this. It is possible to eliminate all energy sources in order to heal the most vulnerable subscribers as quickly as possible.

10.44 President Volodymyr Zelensky, after the night attack on Odessa and other places and regions of Ukraine, called on partners to supply defense packages. The head of the state wrote about this on Telegram.

The overall defense package is not just a number, but specific features that are now changing life in Ukraine, having become the head of the state.

10.18 Military services of the Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine on the night of June 17 near the Black Sea hit 12 ships that were entering the warehouse of Russia’s “shadow fleet”. The commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert Brovdi (Madyar), reported this. In my words, the number of vessels in service is nine dry vantages, one tanker, one gas tanker and one tugboat. The commander noted that the attack took place within the framework of the SBS operation “Molochka”, which is based on the 6th line. During this period, Ukrainian forces destroyed 159 ships of the Russian dark fleet.

9.39 As a result of the Russian missile attack on Odessa, two people died and ten more were injured. Among the victims are children. The head of the Odessa Regional Military Administration Oleg Kiper reported this. In his words, one of the attacks in the Odessa region caused the destruction of a technical service station. After the incident there began to burn, the fire also spread to the cars parked there. According to the latest information, there are no deaths or injuries in this area.

Suddenly in Odessa, due to a missile strike, the number of victims increased to ten people. Among the dead is a woman who visited the park with her children. No children were harmed.

9.11 Over the past year, Russian troops shelled Kharkov and another 23 settlements in the region. The head of the regional military administration, Oleg Sinegubov, reported this on the 17th of June.

As a result of the attacks, 35 people died and 14 more people were injured.

08.59 Russian troops shelled the Dnieper and Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region ten times, using artillery and drones. Nikopol, as well as Marganetska, Chervonogrigorivska and Pokrovska communities, collapsed under the blows. As a result of malicious attacks, private businesses, a post office and a gas station were damaged. The Dnieper began to burn due to the impact of a Russian drone. Having also recognized the deterioration of the warehouse of the logistics company. According to the latest information, there were no deaths or injuries. The head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Oleksandr Ganzha, told us about this.

07.37 Continuing the previous achievement, the Russian military carried out 853 strikes on 58 settlements in the Zaporizhzhya region. As a result of the massive attacks, three people died, five more were injured, among them four children. The legacy of the Russian attacks resulted in 111 reports of damage to residential buildings, infrastructure, vehicles and government equipment. The head of the Zaporizhzhya Regional Administration, Ivan Fedorov, told us about this.

05.00 The Russian military dropped five ceramic bombs on Sumi on Friday, the 17th of July. Є impacts on civil infrastructure in several parts of the city, including two impacts - in the central one. Information about the victims and the extent of the losses is being clarified.

02.55 The bill about “pecker sanctions” against Russia, which was passed by the late Senator Lindsey Graham, is already supported by at least 61 US senators. What is enough for his acceptance into the Senate? However, it is unknown when they will be put to voting. In addition, the bill still attracts praise from Congress.

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