[Korrespondent] 22.22 In Zaporizhia, the number of victims from the Russian strike on a residential area on Thursday, July 23, has increased. As of now, 25 people have sought medical help. According to the head of the Zaporizhia Regional Military Administration, Ivan Fedorov, six children are among the victims. The youngest wounded person is only three months old.
21.37 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that on the night of July 23, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine struck a number of important military and military-economic facilities of the Russian occupiers. According to the military, a Russian tanker was hit in the Black Sea, which was used to transport oil, oil products and fuel in the interests of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Ukrainian troops also struck a pontoon crossing near Novoekonomichesky in Donetsk region. According to the General Staff, Russian troops were using it for military logistics and the transfer of personnel and equipment.
In addition, the area of ​​concentration of enemy manpower in temporarily occupied Horlivka, Donetsk region, was hit.
21.21 On the evening of Thursday, July 23, Russian troops struck a fuel infrastructure facility in Zhytomyr. The attack resulted in a fire. As reported by the head of the Zhytomyr regional military administration, Vitaliy Bunechko, there is currently no information about deaths or injuries.
21.07 Russian troops attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region almost 40 times during the day. Three people were killed and 32 others were injured as a result of the shelling. Among the injured is a two-year-old child. Pavlohrad was the worst affected, where three people were killed in a morning strike on a food enterprise. 29 people were injured.
20.56 As a result of a Russian air strike on Sloviansk, Donetsk region, 14 people were injured. This was reported by the head of the Sloviansk city military administration, Vadym Lyakh.
20.11 Ukraine, together with the American defense company Raytheon, plans to produce interceptor missiles for Patriot air defense systems. This was announced by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy after a meeting with representatives of the company led by Raytheon Vice President Joseph DeAntona. According to the head of state, Ukraine has been using Raytheon equipment for a long time to protect against Russian attacks, and the new stage of cooperation should strengthen the country's defense capabilities.
"Raytheon is a very strong defense company, and Ukraine has long used its equipment to protect our people from brutal Russian attacks. I am grateful for the company's willingness to take our partnership to an even higher level, when Ukraine will jointly produce with Raytheon some of the most important air defense assets - interceptors for Patriot," Zelenskyy said.
19.45 Russia has declared its exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea unsafe for shipping after a series of attacks on Russian-linked vessels. This is reported by Bloomberg with reference to the bulletin of the Russian Ministry of Defense dated July 22. The warning states that there is a threat of drone attacks for ships. Russia's exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea covers the approaches to a number of important ports, in particular Novorossiysk, which is one of the main export centers of the Russian Federation.
19.17 The Council of the European Union approved the 21st package of sanctions against Russia in response to its full-scale aggression against Ukraine. The press service of the Council of the EU reported on the adoption of a new package of restrictions on Thursday, July 23. The new package of sanctions includes tough economic measures aimed at sectors that have the greatest impact on the Russian economy and the Kremlin's ability to finance the war. The 21st package of sanctions against the Russian Federation has become one of the largest in terms of the number of new targets in recent years - 218 individuals and organizations have been subject to restrictions.
18.56 Ukrainian cyber experts could have influenced the operation of the Russian air defense system, which caused it to hit its own Su-57 fighter jet in the Moscow region on Thursday, July 23. This version was published by the international intelligence community InformNapalm. According to OSINT researchers, the Russian fifth-generation fighter jet could have been shot down by the BARS Moscow air defense system, the operation of which was disrupted using a cyber operation and information and psychological influence.
18.35 The Ukrainian Defense Forces have pushed back Russian troops near the village of Filiya, Novopavlivska community, Sinelnyky district, Dnipropetrovsk region. A reduction in the area of ​​territories under the control of Russian occupiers has been recorded in the Pokrovsky direction. This was reported by the OSINT project DeepState.
18.04 The Kremlin is growing concerned about the decline in support for continuing the war among Russians ahead of the Russian State Duma elections. Even official sociological research shows that only 15-24% of citizens support further fighting, while 64-67% support peace talks. This was reported by the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine.
17.58 In the village of Lekhnivka in the Khmelnytskyi region, representatives of the CCC handcuffed a 61-year-old man to a car and used force against him. This was stated by the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets. The incident was reported by the victim's son, who is currently serving in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to him, physical force and special means were used against his father during mobilization measures. The man has already sought medical attention due to his injuries. Representatives of the Ombudsman's Office are currently in contact with him. The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights has taken the case under personal control.
17.48 Russian troops struck Zaporizhia on Thursday afternoon, July 23, hitting a multi-story residential building. According to preliminary data, there are wounded people, people are under the rubble. According to the OVA, 14 people needed medical help. As reported by the head of the Zaporizhia Regional Military Administration Ivan Fedorov, residential areas and an industrial zone of the city were also hit.
17.04 The occupiers attacked Kherson with 10 KABs, seven casualties are known. This was reported on July 23 by the head of the Kherson MVA Yaroslav Shanko. It is noted that the Russians hit social infrastructure in the Korabelny and Central districts. In the city center, high-rise buildings and private houses were damaged, several of them were critically damaged.
16.27 Russian troops have carried out strikes in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Sumy, Kharkiv and Odessa regions over the past few hours. The attacks have killed three people and injured more than 30 others, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi said.
He also reported that over the past week, the State Emergency Service units went out 1,126 times to eliminate the consequences of Russian attacks. During search and rescue operations, 24 people were rescued from under the rubble.
16.06 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a trilateral meeting with the participation of Ukraine, the United States and Russia should be held by the fall. The head of state said this during a press conference. According to Zelenskyy, the day before, he discussed with representatives of US President Donald Trump Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff a number of proposals that the American side plans to present to Russia. He noted that after consultations between the United States and Russia, if the parties see a prospect for a substantive discussion of the proposed plan, a trilateral meeting may take place.
15.22 The battalion of unmanned systems of the 7th rapid reaction corps of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck enemy targets in Selidove and along the Selidove - Pokrovsk highway. The corps reported this on Facebook. It is noted that the paratroopers hit two pickup trucks and a truck of Russian invaders on the highways. They also struck a precision strike on the landing pad of enemy Molniya drones. To carry out the tasks, the defenders used Chaklun type strike drones, which belong to middle strike means.
15.16 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced at a press conference that he had offered former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov several options for further work in the government. According to the head of state, the last of the proposals was the position of Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for Military Innovations.
14.55 Russia is preparing new decisions on mobilization. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"Today we talked about threats, about real cases that exist right now. When Putin, in our opinion, is preparing new decisions regarding mobilization in Russia," the head of state said.
14.19 A Su-57 fighter jet crashed during a training flight in the Moscow region. The incident occurred near Zvenigorod. The plane crashed in the Moskva River area. The pilot managed to eject and no one was injured. The reasons for the crash of the Su-57 fighter jet are currently unknown.
12.54 On July 23, Russian troops struck Pavlograd, damaging a food industry enterprise. Three people were killed and 19 were injured. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration, Oleksandr Ganzha.
A fire broke out at a food processing plant as a result of the impact.
12.53 Counterintelligence and investigators of the Security Service have documented new facts of the Russian Federation's use of depleted uranium ammunition against Ukraine. Dangerous components were discovered in Geran-2 attack drones, which the Russians used to attack the Chernihiv region during April-June.
The investigation found that the Russian Federation uses radioactive elements in R-60M missiles, which it has adapted for use on its UAVs.
During the inspection of the "arrival" sites of Russian drones and the radiological examination of their combat units, the investigative and operational group and specialists of the State Emergency Service recorded an excess of natural radiation background by 80 times.
At the same time, the level of gamma radiation from individual fragments of enemy drones ranged from 8.3 to 24 μSv/h, with the permissible sanitary norm of 0.3 μSv/h. Such a radiation background poses a direct threat to human health and the environment.
The warheads of these missiles were found to contain nuclear material identified as Uranium-235 and Uranium-238. The presence of radioactive components was confirmed by dosimetric equipment and a mobile automated radiological complex.
After the detection and investigation of dangerous ammunition, comprehensive measures were taken to neutralize them and protect citizens.
12.37 During the week, the Ukrainian military carried out drone strikes on several warehouses of the Russian marketplace Wildberries, which may have damaged facilities with a total area of ​​about 552 thousand square meters. This is reported by Russian media.
According to estimates, this represents approximately 10% of the company's entire logistics capacity.
12.25 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Philippines, they discussed ways to end the Russian Federation's war against Ukraine.
"Today I met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the ASEAN ministerial meeting. We discussed US-Russia relations, as well as the need to end the war between Russia and Ukraine," Rubio wrote in X.
11.55 In the Chernihiv region, Russians attacked two energy facilities in two border communities over the past day. This was reported on July 23 by the head of the Chernihiv regional military administration, Vyacheslav Chaus.
11.50 The PURL program has become one of the key mechanisms for meeting Ukraine's critical needs for armaments. Over the past year, 29 countries have joined the initiative. The total amount of contributions has reached $6.7 billion. This has allowed financing more than ten armament packages for the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
One of the most important results of PURL is providing Ukraine with interceptors for Patriot systems. They are critically needed to protect cities, civilians, and critical infrastructure from Russian ballistic attacks.
Today, about 95% of interceptors for Patriot, such as PAC-3, are received by Ukraine through the PURL mechanism.
10.54 The ambassadors-permanent representatives of the European Union member states have agreed on the 21st package of sanctions against Russia. The technical work will be completed and the written adoption procedure will start this afternoon.
10.53 On the night of July 23, a group of drones attacked an oil refinery in the Ulyanovsk region of the Russian Federation. This was reported by the ASTRA Telegram channel. The governor of the region, Alexei Ruskykh, said that drones attacked a fuel and energy complex in the Novospassky district and that a fire broke out. According to ASTRA's analysis of eyewitness footage, the NS-Oil oil refinery in the Novospassky village of the district was attacked. CJSC NS-Oil is a small oil refinery that receives, prepares and processes oil with the production of light and dark oil products. The total production capacity of the plant is 30 thousand tons of oil per year.
10.28 Partisans conducted reconnaissance of the Bryansk Machine-Building Plant (BMZ), one of the largest heavy engineering enterprises in Russia, which plays a critically important role in ensuring military logistics and the defense industry of the Russian Federation. This was reported by the partisan movement ATESH. It is noted that despite its civilian status, the plant is the main manufacturer of mainline diesel locomotives, without which a stable supply of equipment, ammunition, fuel and personnel to the Russian troops is impossible.
10.25 Counterintelligence of the Security Service detained an FSB agent in Khmelnytskyi region who was preparing coordinates for a new series of Russian missile and drone attacks on the western region of Ukraine. Among the main "targets" that the agent was instructed to scout by the enemy were enterprises of the defense-industrial complex and logistics centers of Ukrainian defenders.
The SBU officers uncovered the enemy's plan in advance and detained the agent "red-handed" while he was conducting reconnaissance near a strategic facility. The Russians' task was carried out by a local repeat offender recruited by the FSB, who had previously served time for drug crimes.
10.04 After Russian attacks on civilian ships, the entry of ships into Ukrainian ports was temporarily suspended. On July 21, four to five ships entered Ukrainian ports. And on July 22, the entry of ships was suspended. The government is preparing a decision to resume shipping.
09.43 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) event in the Philippines. The meeting lasted 35 minutes.
Lavrov informed Rubio about the "real" state of affairs in the Russian-Ukrainian war, and also stated the "inadmissibility of further arms supplies" to Ukraine.
"Lavrov reaffirmed the Russian side's readiness for a political and diplomatic settlement of the conflict and its commitment to the proposals put forward by the American side during the meeting between Putin and Trump in Anchorage," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
9.30 Kharkiv and 15 other settlements in the Kharkiv region have been under Russian attacks over the past day. One person was killed and 11 others were injured. This was reported by the head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, Oleg Synegubov.
9.15 On the front line over the past 24 hours, 261 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on July 23. The Defense Forces' aviation struck six areas of concentration of Russian manpower and two other important objects of the Russian invaders.
08.31 There are currently 867 civilian residents remaining in the Kostyantynivka community in Donetsk Oblast. On July 22, two residents of Kostyantynivka visited the transit evacuation centers.
08.15 On the night of July 23, Russia attacked Ukraine with one Iskander-M ballistic missile, five Kh-59/69 guided aircraft missiles, and 168 strike UAVs.
Air defenses shot down/suppressed two Kh-59/69 guided aircraft missiles and 154 enemy Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas UAVs and drones of other types in the north, south, and east of the country.
Hits of a ballistic missile and three guided aircraft missiles, seven attack UAVs were recorded at nine locations, as well as the fall of downed aircraft (fragments) at four locations.
07.41 On the night of July 23, Russian troops attacked Odessa almost continuously, damaging infrastructure, office space, cars, and private homes. No casualties were reported.
07.12 From February 24, 2022 to July 23, 2026, the total combat losses of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,434,690 people (+1,460 per day).
04.24 A series of explosions rocked Voronezh, Russia, where the target could have been another Wildberries warehouse, as well as in temporarily occupied Luhansk and Crimea. According to monitoring channels, a truckload of trucks is burning in Luhansk after the attack. And in occupied Yalta and Feodosia, electrical substations were probably hit.
00.20 Russian UAVs struck two gas stations in Sumy. Fires broke out at the sites of the strikes. No information was received about casualties.