Ukraine's military intelligence has released an intercepted conversation in which a Russian unit commander outlines an assault plan that calls for African mercenaries to attack first, followed by fighters from the Middle East.
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Holy See's Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations and special envoy of Pope Leo XIV, visited the site of a Russian missile strike in Kyiv that destroyed residential buildings and claimed civilian lives.
Russian forces have launched 69 attacks on the positions of Ukraine's Defense Forces since the beginning of the day, with the heaviest fighting taking place in the Sloviansk, Kostiantynivka, and Pokrovsk sectors.
In the city of Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, a jet-powered Shahed drone struck an infrastructure facility, killing one person and injuring others.
Soldiers of the 425th Separate Assault Regiment Skelia have cleared the town of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region of Russian occupying forces and raised the Ukrainian flag.
President Volodymyr Zelensky, together with Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Pavlo Palisa, held a discussion with the commanders of corps defending the most intense sectors of the front.
During the night of July 18, Ukraine's Defense Forces struck an oil depot in Russia's Moscow region, as well as Russian tankers, a Svetlyak-class patrol ship, and other military and military-economic targets belonging to the Russian invaders.
In the Odesa region, Russian forces carried out a repeat strike on the location where firefighters were working to eliminate the aftermath of an earlier Russian attack, damaging emergency response equipment.
President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the destruction of two major Russian logistics facilities—in the Moscow and Tambov regions, located more than 500 and about 700 kilometers from the front line, respectively.
The 1st Separate Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) has confirmed a strike on a large Wildberries warehouse in the Moscow Region—black smoke is visible for kilometers.
In the Korabelny district of Kherson, a Russian drone attacked a civilian vehicle. Five people were injured in the strike, including a 14-year-old boy.