Ukraine dismisses Russian claims of full control over Kursk Oblast, says fighting ongoing

Colonel Maksym Kazban was a veteran officer who commanded the Liut Brigade, a unique front-line formation made up of Ukraine’s elite police forces.

A railway hub in Novocherkassk used by the Russian military and defense-industrial complex came under an attack, said Andrii Kovalenko, an official at Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council.

Lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak claimed that procedural rules were violated during the bill's passage, making the constitutional challenge viable. The motion will require at least 45 signatures from members of parliament.

The number includes 970 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

The State Duma, the lower chamber of Russia's parliament, on July 22 submitted a bill that, if passed, will expand Russia's seasonal mobilization into a year-round draft.

"We have one common trouble, one enemy. Therefore, internal contradictions should be resolved through open dialogue to achieve a single common goal — to defend our country. I am confident that Ukraine will be saved by strong military and institutions," Military Intelligence Chief Kyrylo Budanov said.

"(W)hatever expectations (Russian President Vladimir) Putin might have had for a good relationship with (U.S. President Donald) Trump, it was always going to come second to his maximalist goals in Ukraine. For Putin, the invasion of Ukraine is existential," a former high-ranking Kremlin official said.

The pilot safely ejected from the aircraft and is now in stable condition, according to Ukraine's Air Force. A special commission has been appointed to investigate the incident.

President Volodymyr Zelensky approved the law on July 22 despite large-scale protests against the law, which critics say undermines years of pro-democracy reforms.

Demonstrators gathered in Kyiv, Lviv, Dnipro, and Odesa to oppose the legislation, which grants sweeping new powers to the prosecutor general over the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAPO).

Soldiers of Ukraine's 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade recorded the shooting and their subsequent retaliation against the three Russian soldiers involved in the murder.