Another group of children has been brought back to Ukraine from Russian-occupied territories as part of the President of Ukraine’s initiative Bring Kids Back UA.
Employees of the Foreign Intelligence Service returned a rare old book to Ukraine – the 1844 prayer book “Trebnyk” with marginalia by Metropolitan Andriy Sheptytsky.
The government has appointed Lieutenant General Ivan Havryliuk, Serhii Boiev, Anna Hvozdiar, Colonel Volodymyr Zaverukha, Major Yurii Myronenko, and Oksana Ferchuk as Deputy Defense Ministers.
On July 25, there were 153 clashes between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian invaders on the frontline. The Pokrovsk sector remains the most active, with Russians attempting 39 attacks.
The 12 Ukrainian defenders buried in Lviv on July 25 were held captive by the enemy and died while being transported for exchange in an Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft.
For the fourth day in a row, protests are taking place in the capital and several other cities against the law passed by Parliament and signed by the President restricting the powers of anti-corruption bodies NABU and SAPO.
The President of Ukraine held a series of meetings, in particular, on preparing new legislative initiatives and strengthening international pressure on Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the key results of the latest meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, at which the situation on the frontlines and Russian threats in the summer and autumn were discussed.
Russian forces cannot defeat the Ukrainian Armed Forces and are in a vulnerable position on the battlefield, which is why Moscow is seeking to compensate for its inability with massive air strikes on Ukrainian cities.
During a visit to a drone interceptor production facility, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that manufacturers have been given a clear task: to ensure that Ukraine is capable of deploying at least 1,000 interceptors per day within a specified time frame.
Russian troops carried out strikes on the Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk region throughout the day, damaging a factory, power lines, gas pipelines, and private homes.
Since the beginning of the year, the number of civilian casualties in Ukraine as a result of Russian shelling has reached its highest level in the last three years.
In occupied Donetsk region, problems with water supply are expected to cause issues with the operation of thermal power plants and electricity production.