Key updates on July 23: * Ukraine confirms Russian ferry 'seriously damaged' in attack on Crimea * Ukraine shoots down another Russian Su-25 jet in Donetsk Oblast * 55% of Ukrainians oppose territorial concessions to achieve peace, poll finds * Ukraine and Moldova in talks about returning draft dodgers * Russian attacks against Ukraine injure
During the visit, Kyiv's chief diplomat and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi will discuss Russia's ongoing war against Ukraine, China's role in achieving just and stable peace, and Ukrainian-Chinese relations, Kyiv's Foreign Ministry said on July 22.
A Ukrainian attack on occupied Crimea overnight resulted in a ferry used by Russian forces to transport military equipment being "seriously damaged," the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said on July 23.
The "former host of popular Ukrainian television programs" along with seven other people, allegedly conducted "informational and subversive activities for the benefit of the aggressor country," the Security Service said.
At the same time, there is no indication yet that Russia is preparing for another offensive in the area, said Dmytro Lykhovii, a spokesperson for Ukraine's Tavria group of forces.
In a commentary published by the New York Times this past April, J.D. Vance, now the U.S. Republican vice-presidential nominee, proposed a strategy of “defense” for Ukraine that was nothing but a recipe for defeat. There can be no doubt that his words were closely read, and well
Kyiv and Chisinau are discussing the possibility of returning Ukrainian draft dodgers staying in Moldova, some of whom have been granted asylum in the country, Ukraine’s ambassador Marko Shevchenko said on July 23.
While other regional authorities have also instituted signing bonuses, such as 1 million rubles in Krasnodar Krai ($11,200) and 500,000 rubles ($5,600) in Dagestan, the Moscow signing bonus appears to be the highest reported so far.
When asked about a possible set of acceptable conditions for peace, the highest number of respondents (62%) said that a situation in which Ukraine regains all occupied territories and becomes a member of the EU but refuses to join NATO would have the broadest level of support.
Four days earlier, the Khortytsia group of forces said it had shot down another Russian Su-25 jet near Pokrovsk.
The Indonesian state-owned refinery Pertamina has included Russian crude oil grades in its September tender lists for purchase, Reuters reported on July 23, citing three traders.
Ukrainian air defenses shot down seven of the eight Shahed-type kamikaze drones launched overnight, the Air Force said.
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine's former commander-in-chief and recently appointed ambassador to the U.K., delivered a speech at the Royal United Services Institute for Defense Studies in London on July 22.
Russia claims its forces downed 21 Ukrainian drones over occupied Crimea and the Black Sea overnight on July 23, while local Telegram channels reported explosions on the peninsula.
Responding to a question about Kyiv's plans for a second peace summit, Borrell said he is certain that President Volodymyr Zelensky's "will to continue advancing on peace talks and to have another conference with Russia's attendance is real."
This number includes 1,220 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
Through open-source research, Mediazona, a Russian independent media outlet, together with BBC Russia, confirmed the names of 59,725 Russian soldiers who had been killed since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
A total of 1,642 medical facilities have been damaged, and another 214 facilities have been completely destroyed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine's Health Ministry reported on July 22.
Editor’s note: In accordance with the security protocols of the Ukrainian military, soldiers featured in this story are identified by first names and callsigns only. DONETSK OBLAST – There was already little resembling a road in front of the driver by the time the old pickup truck’s headlights were
Key developments on July 22: * Ukraine hits Russia's Tuapse oil refinery, source confirms * Russia gathering forces in Kharkiv Oblast for fresh attacks, military says * Russia pushing toward Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast despite heavy losses, Syrskyi says * Kuleba to visit China on July 23-25 in first visit since February 2022 * Czech
The three men are accused of "taking out confidential business-technical documentation from this company without authorisation and handing it over to a foreign organization," Serbian police said in a statement quoted by AFP.
As U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris moved closer to securing the Democratic Party nomination, the Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov made clear that Russia was paying attention. "So far, her contribution to our bilateral relations has not been noticed," said Peskov, only to later notice the vice president's "unfriendly" remarks.
A court in Russia's Republic of Tatarstan sentenced Alsu Kurmasheva, a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalist with dual U.S. and Russian citizenship, to six and a half years in jail on a charge of "spreading false information" about Russia's Armed Forces, Associated Press reported on July 22.
All eyes turned toward Vice President Kamala Harris as the likely person to lead the Democratic ticket this fall following U.S. President Joe Biden’s announcement that he would be leaving the 2024 presidential race. If Harris is officially confirmed as the candidate to take on Republican Donald Trump
Former Deputy Prosecutor General Gyunduz Mamedov said, citing Metropolitan Klyment of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) Diocese in Crimea, that it was the last remaining OCU church in the occupied peninsula.
Supplies of semiconductors and other dual-use goods to Russia have fallen by a fifth in 2024, Reuters reported on July 22, citing data from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Buyers suspected of links to Russia are buying up dozens of vessels capable of carrying liquified natural gas (LNG), possibly signaling an expansion of its "ghost fleet" of tankers, the Financial Times (FT) reported on July 22.
A power outage in Russia caused the breakdown of the Don-Donbas water supply system's pumping stations, Ukraine's National Resistance Center reported on July 21.
According to the Insider, the patterns of abuse of Russian soldiers in Ukraine "borrow heavily from Soviet labor camp traditions."
"In fact, active hostilities of varying intensity are taking place along the entire frontline," Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi said.
Russia has deployed additional assault units near the village of Hlyboke in Kharkiv Oblast to prepare for offensive operations, Nazar Voloshyn, the spokesperson of the Khortytsia group of forces, told Interfax Ukraine on July 21.
Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least two civilians and injured at least 16 over the past day, regional authorities reported early on July 22.
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