Following talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine will be the first to receive the new, upgraded French-Italian SAMP/T NG anti-ballistic missile systems.
Russia attacked two civilian vessels traveling through the maritime corridor under the flags of Tanzania and Liberia; the captain of one of them was killed.
After moving more than 50 ships to the Taman area in the Sea of Azov, the Russians cannot be certain of the safety of their new base, and the decision not to withdraw the ships from the Azov-Black Sea region is a political one.
The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has ratified the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Government of Ukraine and the Government of the Republic of Turkey.
German defense manufacturer Rheinmetall has delivered to Ukraine for the first time 155 mm artillery ammunition produced at its new Werk Niedersachsen facility in Unterlues, Lower Saxony.
On the morning of July 14, Russian forces shelled the Central and Korabelnyi districts of Kherson, injuring four civilians, including a 17-year-old girl.
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev stated that his country will no longer be part of the Coalition of the Willing—a group of states supporting Ukraine in its confrontation with Russian aggression.
The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully struck the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat—one of the Russian Federation’s largest oil refining and petrochemical complexes, located in the city of Salavat, Republic of Bashkortostan.