On the night of July 23, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a Russian Federation tanker in the Black Sea and a pontoon bridge in the temporarily occupied part of Donetsk region.
The SSU’s Counterintelligence Directorate detained an enemy agent who was preparing coordinates for a new series of Russian missile and drone strikes on the Khmelnytskyi region.
Commander of the National Guard of Ukraine Oleksandr Pivnenko visited National Guard units carrying out combat missions in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia would attempt to block grain corridors, noting that no vessels were able to enter Ukrainian ports the previous day.
Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Helen McEntee have announced a new €125 million package of bilateral support to Ukraine for 2026.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykhailo Drapatyi and Acting Defense Minister Yevhenii Khmara will have to work together to accomplish two key tasks: strengthening air defense and reforming military recruitment centers (TRCs).
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that a new trilateral meeting involving representatives of Ukraine, the United States, and Russia should take place before autumn.
The State Service of Ukraine for Ethnic Affairs and Freedom of Conscience (DESS) will issue an order to the Pochaiv Lavra monastery requiring it to sever its ties with the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), which is banned in Ukraine.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is preparing an additional mobilization in Russia and plans to expand the war.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha discussed the next steps toward EU accession and the security situation in the Black Sea with Moldova's reappointed Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mihai Popșoi.