Ukraine cuts Covid-19 self-isolation period.

The report comes as the Russian-installed energy operator Krymenergo said on July 27 that power restrictions are in effect across Crimea, citing a "difficult" situation in the northwest, east, and south of the peninsula, following Ukrainian strikes.

Specifically, the NABU charged Oleksandr Bankov, who served as the ministry’s state secretary from 2020 to 2024, and a former head of Bankov’s office who currently serves as a diplomat.

The event took place on July 24 just outside Kyiv and was being attended by members of the Ukrainian defense industry when it was hit.

The stretch of road, part of the pan-European E40 highway, is also one of the two main logistics routes from Kyiv to front-line areas in eastern Ukraine.

"The key priorities are air defense, maritime security, and joint defense production — our cooperation that strengthens both countries," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

The attack also included strikes on oil facilities in Russia's Udmurtia Republic and Yaroslavl Oblast.

Ukrainian drones struck neighboring Belgorod and cities in southern Russia overnight on July 27, monitoring channels and authorities reported.

A civilian cargo ship sank on July 26 in the Black Sea near Odesa after being struck by Russian missiles days earlier on July 19 while it was transporting grain, authorities reported.

Russia has canceled its annual Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg for the second year in a row, as Ukraine's increasing deep-strike capabilities put even the country's heavily defended major cities at risk.