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[Korrespondent] 22.55 There were 207 combat clashes on the front during the day, in particular, the enemy carried out 28 attacks in the Pokrovsky direction, and 22 in the Konstantinivsky direction. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on the evening of July 31.
21.59 A man was injured in a Russian drone attack in the Brovary district of the Kyiv region on the evening of July 31. The regional military administration reported this. It has been previously established that the victim received a shrapnel wound to the leg. Medics are providing him with the necessary assistance.
19.26 At 17:15 on July 21, the Russian military attacked the Central District of Kherson with a drone. A 40-year-old man and two women aged 51 and 30 were hit by the enemy strike. They received concussions, explosive and closed head injuries. This was reported by the Kherson OVA. The injured were taken to the hospital in moderate condition. Currently, doctors are providing them with the necessary assistance. The Russians also attacked the Korabelny District of Kherson with a UAV. Two men aged 41 and 30 were hit by the enemy strike near a supermarket. They were diagnosed with explosive injuries and multiple shrapnel wounds.
18.47 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held telephone talks with US Vice President J.D. Vance. The Ukrainian leader reported this on Telegram. The key topic of the conversation was the supply of Patriot interceptor missiles against ballistic missiles.
18.35 Russian invaders managed to advance in the Donetsk region - near the village of Kaleniki in the Kramatorsk district - towards the city of Sloviansk. This was reported by the DeepState monitoring project.
18.05 As a result of the detonation of ammunition at a military training ground in Khmelnytskyi, there are injured and missing servicemen among the military. The Prosecutor General's Office reported this. Law enforcement officers have already begun questioning the command and servicemen of the relevant military unit.
17.58 The voluntary return program after leaving a unit has expanded to more than 70 units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard or the State Special Transport Service, depending on the structure where the servicemen served.
The program, which started in June, allows you to choose a new military unit from a specified list, indicate the desired direction of service and previous experience, receive support from the contact center and arrive immediately at the new unit - without the VSP and reserve battalions. The list includes mechanized, assault, airborne, drone, artillery and other units. Each of them requires servicemen with different experience, military specialties and skills.
17.39 Ukraine has approved a new procedure for incentive payments for servicemen of the National Guard, State Security Service of Ukraine and special police units. This was announced by the Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Vyhovsky, RBC-Ukraine reports.
Orders signed by the head of the department determine the payment procedure within the framework of the experimental motivation project.
The size of the rewards will depend on the complexity, danger, and results of the combat missions.
In some cases, the amount of additional remuneration can reach 460 thousand hryvnias per month.
17.31 A wreckage from the fall of the second North Korean KN-23 ballistic missile, which Russia used during the shelling of Ukraine on July 30, was found in Ukraine. Vladyslav Vlasyuk, the presidential advisor and plenipotentiary for sanctions policy, reported this on Facebook.
16.54 The State Bureau of Investigation has summarized the interim results of the large-scale nationwide special operation Honest Draft. Within the framework of 17 criminal proceedings, SBI employees conducted 61 searches and reported suspicions to 15 suspects. Two people were detained.
The investigative actions covered Kyiv and a number of regions in different regions of the country. The operation combined several areas of work at once. The SBI is investigating illegal interference with the Oberig registry, fictitious mobilization and reservation, facilitation of military service evasion, artificially inflating the performance indicators of the CCK, violence against civilians, and the cover-up of such crimes by leaders.
Suspicions were raised against officials of the territorial recruitment centers of Kyiv, Kyiv region, Cherkasy region, Chernihiv region, Mykolaiv region, Odesa region, Vinnytsia region, Khmelnytsia region, and Kirovohrad region, as well as a law enforcement officer.
During the searches, money, mobile phones, military registration documents, materials from information systems, and other evidence that may confirm the involvement of officials and intermediaries in illegal activities were seized.
16.59 A Russian agent who was detained in June 2025 while preparing a series of terrorist attacks in Kharkiv has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. The SBU reports this.
According to the investigation, the convicted person is a laboratory assistant at a local university recruited by the FSB. He came to the attention of racists in Telegram channel chats, where he posted anti-Ukrainian comments.
The recruited traitor received an intelligence task - to make three remote-controlled improvised explosive devices (IEDs). After that, the attacker was supposed to put them in hiding places for further transfer to the perpetrators of the planned terrorist attacks near administrative buildings in the center of Kharkiv. On the instructions of the Russian special services, the agent equipped the improvised bombs with metal nuts and nails for greater damage, and then equipped them with mobile phones for remote activation.
16:45 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters, where the situation on the front, Russian strikes on port infrastructure, and the implementation of a plan for long-range sanctions against the Russian Federation were discussed. The head of state reported this on Telegram.
16.36 The Polish Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador in connection with the fall of a Russian cruise missile on the country's territory during the Russian Federation's massive attack on Ukraine. This was announced by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
16.16 Since the beginning of the current day and as of 16:00, the Russian occupiers have carried out 62 attacks on Ukrainian army positions in eight directions. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational summary.
15.33 On the morning of July 31, Russian troops massively shelled Kramatorsk. One person was killed and four others were injured. This was reported by the head of the Kramatorsk MVA, Oleksandr Goncharenko. According to him, Russian troops struck an apartment complex in Kramatorsk.
Residential buildings, a supermarket, and an educational institution were hit. According to preliminary information, a woman was killed. Three more women and a man were injured. All of them were provided with the necessary medical assistance.
15.28 The powerful explosions heard by residents of Khmelnytskyi occurred as a result of an emergency at the training ground of one of the military units in the region. This was reported by the command of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Patrol police officers notified residents of nearby residential buildings of the need to take shelter.
15.11 An attempt was made on the commander of the National Guard Charter Corps, Colonel Ihor Obolensky. President Volodymyr Zelensky reported this on Telegram. The attacker and his accomplice have been detained. The necessary procedural actions are underway.
14.47 Ukraine struck three logistics centers in the Russian cities of Sarapul, Kazan, and Volgograd, President Volodymyr Zelensky reported on Facebook.
14.34 The search and rescue operation in Lviv has been completed after yesterday's rocket strike. This was announced by the head of the Lviv OVA, Maksym Kozytsky.
14.14 During closed negotiations at the White House on July 28, President Volodymyr Zelensky asked US leader Donald Trump to grant Ukraine permission to use Starlink satellite communications in Russia to destroy ballistic missile launchers, The Atlantic reported.
14.14 About 38 thousand residents still remain in the Slavic community in Donetsk region, of which approximately 32 thousand live in the city itself. This was reported by the head of the Slavic MVA, Vadym Lyakh.
Several hundred people leave the community every week.
13.56 The 425th Separate Assault Regiment "Skelya" confirmed that the recruitment of new recruits to the unit has been suspended. This was reported by the head of the communications department, Oleksiy Bratushchak, in a comment to Interfax-Ukraine.
"We confirm the information disseminated by "Ukrainian Pravda" that as of now, the recruitment of new recruits to our regiment has been paused. We understand why this happened. The General Staff has begun checking the manning of military units and the fairness of the distribution of people in the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a whole," Bratuschak said.
13.21 On Friday, Russian aggressors attacked Odessa with missiles. Two people were injured, local OVA and MVA reported. Civilian infrastructure in the city was damaged: the territory of an enterprise, as well as hospital and college buildings.
13.09 A Ukrainian pilot tracked the Russian Kh-101 cruise missile until the very end, which violated Polish airspace and crashed in the Lublin Voivodeship. This was stated by Poland's Deputy Minister of Defense Cezary Tomczyk on TVN24.
The Ukrainian plane had no right to enter Polish airspace to pursue the missile. In addition, there was a risky situation, as it could have been identified as a target and shot down by Polish F-16 fighters.
12.27 Explosions were heard in the city of Khmelnytskyi. The circumstances of the incident are being established, the local OVA reported. The authorities ask citizens to remain calm and use only official sources of information.
12.21 American actor Jesse Eisenberg, twice nominated for an Oscar, arrived in Ukraine as part of a volunteer mission. He joined a project to provide psychological support to children in the Lviv region. This was reported by the charitable initiative The Campfire Project.
During the week, the actor, along with other volunteers, will participate in the "Therapeutic Art Camp." As part of the program, 70 children and adolescents are engaged in art therapy, dance, theater arts, and also receive individual consultations.
12.13 The missile that violated Polish airspace on Thursday night and fell near the settlement of Tarnawa-Kolonia in the Lublin Voivodeship was a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile. This was confirmed by Poland's Deputy Minister of National Defense, Cezary Tomczyk, RMF24 reports.
12.12 Russian military drones attacked a civilian car in the village of Komyshany, Kherson community. A man died on the spot as a result of the strike. A 21-year-old boy was also injured. He was diagnosed with an explosive injury and shrapnel wounds to the head and torso.
12.02 Law enforcement officers detained an FSB agent who was preparing a new series of Russian missile and drone strikes on thermal power plants and electrical substations in Kyiv and Zhytomyr region. The SBU and the Prosecutor General's Office reported this.
11.45 Russian dictator Vladimir Putin may be preparing to dismiss Sergei Aksyonov from the post of head of the occupation administration of Crimea. This was stated by representatives of the partisan movement ATESH, referring to their own sources in the occupation structures of the peninsula.
According to the partisans, the Kremlin allegedly wants to hold him responsible for the problems with the security of Crimea and the growth of social tension among the local population.
ATES calls the so-called "Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Crimea" Alexei Dmitriev a possible successor to Aksenov. According to the movement, the Kremlin may be betting on a security officer who will be able to more tightly control the situation on the peninsula.
11.39 Since the beginning of the Great War, the irretrievable losses of the Russian army have been approximately 14 times higher than the losses of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky on the Fox News channel.
11.17 On Friday night, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Volgograd Oil Refinery and other important facilities of the Russian invaders. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the GUR.
10.53 SBU soldiers struck an aircraft factory in Yevpatoria in temporarily occupied Crimea. The special service reported this on Friday. The infrastructure of the Taman port on the Black Sea was also hit. A large-scale fire was recorded there.
10.44 Russian forces carried out an air strike on Vinnytsia region in the morning. Civilian infrastructure was hit. According to preliminary information, one person was injured.
10.34 Russian forces launched four strikes with KABs on the Sumy community on the morning of July 31, causing large-scale fires in the industrial sector. There is significant damage.
10.33 Russian troops attacked the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region. Two people were killed and three more were injured as a result of the shelling. According to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the Russian strikes damaged an enterprise and cars. The Dniprovsk, Pavlohrad and Synelnyk districts also came under fire from the invaders. Damage was recorded there to a food industry enterprise, a village council building, an educational institution, private houses and shops.
10.24 On Friday morning, four regions of Ukraine experienced new power outages due to Russian attacks on civilian energy infrastructure. Ukrenergo reported this. Currently, energy workers are doing everything possible to restore power to all consumers affected as soon as possible.
10.15 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga held telephone talks with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. The parties discussed international contacts, the results of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to Washington, and further diplomatic steps. According to Sybiga, during the conversation he emphasized that the consequences of Russian aggression go far beyond the borders of Ukraine.
09.48 Emergency outage schedules have been introduced in part of the Sumy region. The restrictions apply to 1-10 consumer queues. The reason is damage to the power system due to systematic attacks by Russia.
09.31 Over the almost four and a half years of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 60 Russian and Iranian missiles and drones, including drones used as decoys, have illegally flown over the territory of Moldova.
In 2022, there were five such incidents, in 2023 - four; in 2024 - 15; in 2025 - 21; in 2026 (as of July 28) - 15.
Russian drones flew over almost all regions of the country. The largest number was recorded in areas located near the border with Ukraine.
Of the total number of illegal overflights, 28 cases involved drone and missile debris found on Moldovan territory. At least 12 incidents involved drones or their debris containing explosives.
09.20 The number of people injured in the Russian missile strike on Lviv on July 30 has increased to 38. According to the head of the Lviv OVA, Maksym Kozytsky, a 35-year-old man died as a result of the attack. The elimination of the consequences of the missile attack is ongoing.
09.16 In the Fastiv district of the Kyiv region, two underage girls danced to Russian music in front of portraits of fallen soldiers placed on the Alley of Glory, and filmed it. Juvenile police officers identified the participants in the incident as two 15-year-old local residents.
Law enforcement officers have filed administrative cases against the parents of minors for failure by parents to fulfill their obligations to raise children. The sanction of the article provides for a fine of 100 to 300 tax-free minimum incomes of citizens - that is, from 1,700 to 5,100 hryvnias. The cases will be sent to court.
08.22 Over the past day, Russian troops have struck 49 settlements in the Kherson region. Five people were killed and five others were wounded in the attacks. According to the head of the Kherson OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin, Kherson and 48 other settlements in the region were under enemy fire.
Russian troops struck critical and social infrastructure facilities, as well as residential areas. Five high-rise buildings and eight private houses were damaged as a result of the shelling. In addition, the occupiers damaged an administrative building, a store, a gas pipeline, and private cars.
08.00 Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, Ukrainian law enforcement officers have documented 635 cases of human trafficking and exposed 21 criminal groups involved in such crimes. According to the Minister of Internal Affairs Ivan Vyhivskyi, the migration police units of Ukraine also took part in 13 transnational operations to expose human trafficking channels. One of the largest was the international operation Global Chain, coordinated by Europol, Frontex and Interpol. As part of the operation, which covered 59 countries on five continents, law enforcement officers identified more than 2 thousand victims, including 162 children.
07.20 On Friday morning, July 31, Russian troops attacked a postal terminal in the suburbs of Kharkiv with a drone. As a result of the strike, a truck caught fire. According to the head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Synegubov, there was no information about casualties.
05.02 US President Donald Trump said that he has not yet decided whether to grant Ukraine a license to produce Patriot interceptor missiles. According to him, this issue is being considered.
04.20 Drones attacked Volgograd. A large-scale fire broke out in the city, according to preliminary data, another Wildberries warehouse and an oil refinery are burning.
01.23 During the recent Russian missile strike on Kyiv, the plant of the American company Terminal Autonomy, which manufactured long-range UAVs, was destroyed. This was reported by The Guardian. The plant manufactured the AQ-400 Scythe and AQ-100 Bayonet drones. They are equipped with artificial intelligence that controls the drone in the final phase of the attack. They were used to deliver "deep strikes" behind enemy lines.
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[NewsFront] 21:35 During aerial surveillance, our UAV operators attackd an armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces standing near one of the forest plantations northeast of the village of Russkie Tishki (Khar'kov district).
The target was immediately hit with fire: FPV drone operators of the Sever Group destroyed the Kozak armored fighting vehicle,
20:44 By the Ministry of Defense's air defense system destroyed the drone that was flying toward Moscow. Emergency services are working at the site of the crash.
20:30 During the day from 8:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 223 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type were over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Tula regions, the Republic of Crimea, Krasnodar Krai and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
18:42 In the area of the village of Kirovo, Tokmak municipal district, enemy attack UAVs attacked a man born in 2000, who died on the territory of a farm.
18:16 Yesterday at 08:10 "Geranium"hit at 9:43 AM, a drone operator targeted a dry cargo ship moored at the Yuzhny port in the Odessa region. Between 3:10 PM and 6:08 PM, Russian drone operators targeted three cargo ships in the Black Sea northeast of Zmiynyi Island, heading toward the Ukrainian coast.
17:21 During the day, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued application of strikes on ports and sea vessels deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
As a result of strikes by high-precision air-launched weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, the following were damaged:
on a sea crossing (south of the settlement of Odessa) a dry cargo ship was delivering cargo for the Ukrainian Armed Forces;
In the port of Odessa, a tank with fuel and lubricants and workshops of the Odessa oil refinery.
15:00 Su-34 crews bombed enemy positions
Two FAB-1500 aerial bombs landed at the temporary deployment point of the 65th separate separate brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Orekhovo in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Two more FABs hit the temporary deployment point of the enemy's 30th separate naval infantry brigade in Slavyansk in the DPR.
Five OFAB-250-270 aerial bombs destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold in a forest belt near Ivashkino in the Khar'kov region.
Russian Aerospace Forces crews also struck the temporary deployment point of the 53rd separate separate brigade in the village of Raygorodok in the DPR.
12:11 During the weekstruck31 sea vessels used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including 23 dry cargo ships, four bulk carriers, two tugboats, a hoist vessel and a landing craft.
12:06 Units of the Southern Group of Forces released the settlement of Stenki in the Donetsk People's Republic.
12:05 Units of the North group of forces installed control over the village of Verovka in the Khar'kov region.
10:23 Drone operators of the separate brigade "Varyag" lead targeted operations to destroy the enemy's energy infrastructure. Precise drone strikes disable substations supplying power to Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities.
08:27 During the past night, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 371 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were flying over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Volgograd, Kursk, Rostov, Tula regions, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Dagestan, the Republic of Crimea, the Republic of Tatarstan and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
08:06 On the evening of July 30, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued application of strikes with high-precision air-launched weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on Ukrainian port infrastructure and sea vessels deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
As a result of the strikes, the following were damaged:
in the port of Odessa – tanks with fuels and lubricants intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces;
On the sea crossing south of Odessa – a dry cargo ship was delivering military cargo to one of the ports of Ukraine.
07:33 Changes onmapover the past 24 hours:
the settlement of Malaya Slobodka was liberated (+12.5 km2)
Yurchenkovo was liberated (+4 km2)
Mogritsa was liberated (+8.8 km2)
Russian Armed Forces entered Aniskino (+1.1 km2)
Advance to the settlement of Krasnoyarsk (+3.8 km2)
05:10 Scouts have identified areas where enemy reserves are concentrated and have calculated the routes of movement of supply columns for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Having received precise coordinates, the crew of the "Agriculture" system covered the targets with a powerful salvo, literally seeding the identified areas with programmable mines.
As a result, the rotation of Ukrainian units was torn off, and the supply routes are completely blocked.
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[Regnum] Russian troops struck the Odesa Oil Refinery's production facilities and a bulk carrier delivering supplies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the day. The Russian Defense Ministry's press service reported this on July 31.
Furthermore, Russian forces struck a fuel and lubricants storage tank in the port of Odessa. The strikes were carried out using air-launched precision weapons and drones.
The Russian army continues to systematically destroy enemy port infrastructure to disrupt maritime supplies to Ukrainian forces. On July 30, Russian forces struck four Ukrainian vessels carrying military cargo. The targets were neutralized in the ports of Odesa and Yuzhny, as well as at sea crossings. Furthermore, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed a fuel pumping station and a fuel distribution point in the village of Novi Belyary in the Odesa region.
On July 3, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated at a meeting with the military that massive strikes against Ukrainian military-industrial complex targets must continue. The head of state had previously noted that Ukrainian troops were deliberately targeting civilians and civilian objects in Russia. Putin described the methods used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and their foreign mercenaries as terrorist.
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