[Korrespondent] 23:25 Zelensky said that the Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen, held today in Kiev, was very successful: "In the modern world, it is impossible to get along with the usual classical diplomacy. You need soft power, you need a sincere desire of different societies to help a state that is fighting for its independence.. "In two years, the initiative of the first lady of Ukraine has actually become a traditional format - unique for the world diplomatic practice. Everyone recognizes the potential of soft power. But only Ukraine managed to channel its invincibility, its potential into specific diplomatic practice."
23:20 Zelensky, in an evening video message, spoke about the missile attack on the port in Odessa: "Today's Russian missile attack on Odessa, on the seaport - cynical, calculated - turned out to be a blow also to the political positions of Russia itself. If someone in the world had could say that we need some kind of dialogue with it, some kind of ceasefire agreement without the de-occupation of our territory, today's Russian Caliber destroyed the very possibility for such statements. And we see the absolute unanimity of the world reaction to this Russian strike. There is no one for the invaders don't cheat."
22:26 Tonight Russians fired at residential quarters in the Ship area of ​​Nikolaev, the mayor Alexander Senkevich reported. High-rise buildings, private houses and cars were damaged. All local fires were quickly extinguished by rescuers of the State Emergency Service. It is preliminary known about two wounded, including a teenager.
21:19 At the checkpoint in Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region, where Russian troops are blocking the passage of cars with Ukrainians, four people died, Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov said. According to him, a queue of 1,200 cars has formed - these are Ukrainians who want to evacuate. Many have been sleeping on the roadside for five days already - in the heat without proper food and medical care.
In response to the request of the central and local authorities to the occupiers to open a green corridor for people, they replied that allegedly "there is no need for a corridor" and "none of the Melitopol residents want to leave."
20:51 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine asks residents of Energodar and adjacent territories to provide information about the occupiers - the location of deployment points and addresses of residence, the location and routes of movement of military equipment, data from local collaborators and "sympathizers" with the occupiers. Contact number: +380963101126
20:27 The "authorities" of the occupied Zaporozhye and Kherson regions have announced the creation of "election commissions" that will prepare for the "referenda", Russian media write.
19:57 The Russians fired missiles at one of the sleeping areas of Nikolaev, where it is always crowded. According to preliminary information, there is a hit in a residential building, people are under the rubble, said the chairman of the regional council, Anna Zamazeeva. It is already known about one victim - a 16-year-old child received a shrapnel wound.
19:23 Orban's statements that "sanctions have not shaken Russia" are a classic example of Russian propaganda, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said. He recalled that the Hungarian prime minister resumed rhetoric about the ineffectiveness of sanctions the day after the visit of the Hungarian foreign minister to Moscow, where he asked for an increase in Russian gas supplies.
"Sanctions are effective, they have significantly reduced the ability of the Russian military machine to wage war against Ukraine... Europe is in an economic crisis not because of sanctions, but because of Russia's hybrid war. gas prices. These are all elements of one Russian plan, the purpose of which is to undermine peace and prosperity in European countries," Nikolenko wrote.
18:58 In the Slavyansk direction, the Russian troops made an unsuccessful attempt at reconnaissance in force in the area of ​​Bogorodichny. In the Bakhmut direction, attempts are continuing to establish control over the Uglegorsk TPP, there was an attempt to storm, but unsuccessful. An attempt by the Russians to advance in the Verkhnekamensky area was also repulsed. Enemy reconnaissance groups tried to find weaknesses in the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the directions of Soledar and Pokrovsky, but were neutralized, the General Staff said in an evening report .
18:54 The number of people injured as a result of an enemy missile attack on the Kirovograd region has grown to 19 people, nothing threatens their lives, everyone has received qualified medical care, said the head of the OVA Andrei Raikovich.
18:08 Russia claims that it has nothing to do with the missile attack on the Odessa port, and "is studying this issue in detail," Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said in an interview with CNN TÃœRK. According to him, Turkey has also been in contact with the Ukrainian side and continues to work on the implementation of the Istanbul Agreement.
Akar also said that representatives of Turkey, the UN, Ukraine and Russia began work at the food coordinating center in Istanbul.
18:05 The export of grain across the Black Sea will begin in the coming days, Erdogan said: "In the coming days, maritime cargo transportation will resume in the Black Sea, which will have a positive impact on the food security of many countries." He also stressed that Turkey will continue to make diplomatic efforts to resolve the Ukrainian crisis.
17:59 Zelensky, at a meeting with US congressmen, commented on the missile attack on the port in Odessa: "This indicates only one thing: no matter what Russia says and promises, it will find ways not to fulfill it. Geopolitically, with weapons, blood or not , but she has multiple vectors, which is how she always acts."
17:56 The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Daryevsky bridge across the Ingulets River in the Kherson region, said Serhiy Khlan, adviser to the head of the OVA. "This is a continuation of the operation to cut off supplies to the Kherson group of Russians," he wrote.
17:53 Johnson visited the Ukrainian military, who are now being trained in North Yorkshire. "The UK is committed to doing everything possible to help Ukraine continue to fight back against Russian aggression," Johnson wrote.
17:38 Ukraine continues technical preparations for the launch of the export of agricultural products from its ports, even in conditions when Russia is not going to fulfill its obligations, Minister of Infrastructure Alexander Kubrakov said: "We do not trust Russia, but we trust our partners and allies, which is why the Initiative for safe transportation of grain and food from Ukrainian ports was signed with the UN and Turkey, and not with the Russian Federation.
17:24 Zelensky held a meeting in Kiev with a delegation of the US House of Representatives headed by Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith. The meeting was also attended by US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink. Yermak stressed that this visit is an important signal of bipartisan support for Ukraine.
17:09 Orban said the EU needs a new strategy for the war in Ukraine, since sanctions against Moscow did not work: "We need a new strategy that should focus on peace negotiations and making a good peace proposal ... instead of winning the war."
16:45 Russian missiles did not hit the grain storage in the Odessa port, said Natalya Gumenyuk, head of the press center of the Southern Defense Forces. According to her, there were no wounded and significant damage as a result of the shelling of the port, rockets hit the pumping station, and a minor fire broke out.
16:17 Ukrainian refugees in Poland plan to issue an electronic document Diia.pl, the Polish government said. It will allow you to confirm your legal stay on the territory of Poland and travel within the EU, as well as cross its external borders. This is the first fully digital residence permit in the EU.
15:55 Podolyak said that since the signing of agreements on grain, Russia has already committed two provocations against Ukraine - this is a strike on the port of Odessa, as well as a statement by the Russian Defense Ministry that Ukrainian ports are dangerous for shipping.
15:39 Russia continues to use food as a weapon, said US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink, commenting on the missile attack on the Odessa port. She stressed that Russia must be held accountable.
In turn, Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar said that the agreement with the Russian Federation is not worth the paper on which it was signed, and called Russia a terrorist state.
15:18 The number of people injured as a result of a missile attack on the Kirovograd region has increased to 16, three have already died , said Andrey Raikovich, head of the OVA.
14:43 UN Secretary General António Guterres also condemned the attack on the port of Odessa. According to him, the full implementation by the Russian Federation, Ukraine and Turkey of the agreements signed the day before is mandatory.
14:27 Borrell condemned the attack on the port of Odessa: "A strike on a key target for grain exports a day after the signing of the Istanbul agreements deserves separate condemnation and again demonstrates Russia's disdain for international law and agreements."
13:59 The EU has adjusted sanctions against Russia, allowing Rosneft and Gazprom to supply oil to third countries, the Council of the European Union said. "In order to avoid any possible negative consequences for food and energy security around the world, the EU has decided to extend the exemption from the ban on transactions with certain government entities in relation to transactions in agricultural products and the transportation of oil to third countries," the message says.
13:46 The Russians plan to form 16 new battalions and another army corps in the Nizhny Novgorod region by the end of July, Vadim Skibitsky, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said on the air of the telethon: "We clearly know that eight battalions have already been formed to date. It is planned to form before the end of the month eight more battalions, it will be 16 battalions. According to our estimates, there will be about 4,000 people in each region, including in the Crimea there will be such a battalion."
13:18 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev: "Thanked for the principled support of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, the non-recognition of the so-called" LPR "," DPR ". Discussed specific projects of interaction in the economy, energy, digitalization We exchanged congratulations on the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations."
12:47 Yermak commented on the missile attack on the port of Odessa: "The Russians fired missiles at Odessa. Yesterday it was agreed to export grain by sea, and today the Russians are hitting the port of Odessa. This is the Russian diplomatic dichotomy."
12:39 The morning missile attack of the Russians on the port in Odessa casts doubt on the agreements on the export of Ukrainian grain, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said: "It took the Russian Federation less than 24 hours to cast doubt on the agreements and promises given by the missile attack on the territory of the port of Odessa "The Russian missile is Vladimir Putin's spit in the face of UN Secretary General António Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who have made great efforts to reach an agreement and for whom Ukraine is grateful."
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs calls on the UN and Turkey to ensure Russia's compliance with its obligations within the framework of the safe functioning of the grain corridor : "In case of failure to comply with the agreements reached, Russia will bear full responsibility for the deepening of the global food crisis."
12:26 Human Rights Watch published a report on torture and kidnappings in the territories of Kherson and Zaporozhye regions occupied by Russia. Interlocutors of human rights activists in Russian-controlled cities described 42 specific cases of abduction of civilians by Russian security forces. Many of these people were tortured and some died as a result. Several people spoke of severe beatings in detention, including with baseball bats and metal bars, and the use of electric shocks. All this, according to human rights activists, can be recognized as war crimes.
12:23 The European Union condemns the decision of the Russian Federation to add Greece, Denmark, Croatia, Slovakia and Slovenia to the list of so-called "unfriendly countries", Borrell said. According to him, this further complicates relations and could lead to escalation. In addition, the list of "unfriendly countries" of the Russian Federation contradicts the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961.
12:19 Russian forces are trying to "adapt" to the HIMARS strikes, writes CNN, citing a senior US military official. The US is seeing "signs" that Russian forces are "trying to adjust to the pressure HIMARS have on them" on the battlefield, he said. The official also noted that the information about the installations destroyed by the Russians is false.
12:14 The Russians attacked the Odessa Sea Commercial Port with Caliber-type cruise missiles , OK Pivden reported. Two missiles were shot down by air defense forces, two hit the infrastructure of the port.
The day before, an agreement was reached in Istanbul on the export of Ukrainian grain from three ports - Odessa, Chernomorsk, Yuzhny.
12:05 Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan expressed concern about Zelensky's personal safety. "This is the leader of a country at war who has to deal with an opponent of unusually cruel, ruthless and capable of almost anything," Sullivan was quoted as saying by Voice of America journalist Jeff Seldin.
11:36 Lithuania, at the request of the EU, resumed the rail transit of goods to Kaliningrad. LTG Cargo representative Mantas Dubauskas said that Lithuanian Railways resumed transit to the Kaliningrad region from July 22.
11:13 In the morning, the enemy fired at the Sumy region from artillery, mortars and grenade launchers, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. In particular, Yunakovskaya, Miropolskaya, Belopolskaya, Khotynskaya communities suffered. There was also an explosion in Shostka, there are wounded.
11:05 The head of the Zaporizhzhya OVA Alexander Starukh announced a missile attack on the territory of the demarcation line and near the regional center. There were no casualties. Starukh stressed that the Russians continue to hit civilian infrastructure.
11:03 As a result of a missile attack on the Kropyvnytskyi district, three people were killed , including a serviceman and two employees of departmental security. Nine more soldiers were injured, said Andrey Raikovich, head of the Kirovograd OVA.
10:44 Lithuanian First Lady Diana Nauseda has arrived in Kiev, President Gitanas Nauseda has announced. Today, as part of the initiative of First Lady Olena Zelenska, the second summit of first ladies and gentlemen will be held. The main theme is the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.
10:00 British intelligence reports that the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue their offensive in the Kherson region, where serious battles have been going on for two days. Analysts note that the Russian Federation may be trying to slow down the Ukrainian attack by using artillery fire along the Ingulets River. At the same time, supply lines for Russian troops west of the Dnieper are increasingly in danger, although the Russian Federation has carried out repairs on the Antonovsky Bridge.
Experts also point out that any attempt by the Russian Federation to build an alternative crossing over the Dnieper would be extremely risky. If the crossing of the Dnieper is closed, and Russian troops in occupied Kherson are cut off, this will be a serious military and political setback for the Russian Federation, intelligence notes.
09:57 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of July 23. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kramatorsk, Krivoy Rog and Bakhmut directions.
- personnel - about 39,240 (+240) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1708 (+4),
- armored combat vehicles - 3929 (+9),
- artillery systems - 864 (+1),
- MLRS - 253 (+2),
- air defense systems - 113 (+0),
- aircraft - 221 (+0),
- helicopters - 188 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 714 (+1),
- cruise missiles - 167 (+0),
- ships/boats - 15 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 2820 (+17),
- special equipment - 72 (+0).
09:32 In the controlled territory of the Donetsk region on July 22, nine civilians were injured from Russian shelling - three in Bakhmut, two each in Slavyansk and Lastochkino, one each in Novomikhailovka and Seversk.
09:26 The Russians fired 13 missiles in the Kirovograd region today - eight sea-based Caliber missiles and five Kh-22 missiles from a Tu-22M3 aircraft, head of the OVA Andrey Raikovich said. The missiles hit infrastructure facilities outside the regional center. In particular, to the military airfield Kanatovo and one of the facilities of Ukrzaliznytsia. There are dead and wounded. In Kropyvnytskyi, a part of one of the microdistricts remains without electricity.
09:22 Estonia, Lithuania and Poland will receive an additional 125 million euros through the REACT-EU Emergency Fund to support people fleeing Russian aggression, the European Commission announced.
09:18 The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the bridge across the Ingulets River in the Kherson region, "again using the American HIMARS MLRS," Russian media reported, citing the "deputy head of administration."
09:16 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed an enemy ammunition depot in the Slavyanoserb region, said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the Ukrainian defenders repelled two Russian offensives. From Lysychansk, the enemy in turn, and sometimes simultaneously, attacks different sections of the administrative border between the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
09:10 The head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, specified that in the morning the enemy hit the Osnovyansky district of the regional center. One person was injured and is in a minor condition. According to preliminary data, the invaders fired from multiple launch rocket systems. Damaged residential building, office space.
Throughout the region, Russians have been attacking Kharkiv, Bogodukhovsky, Chuguevsky, Izyumsky districts for 24 hours. In the Zmiev community, the invaders destroyed 30 hectares of wheat, farmers and locals extinguished the fire with their own hands. In the Bogodukhovsky district, private houses and outbuildings were hit, several fires broke out during the day. One person died in the Zolochiv community, four were injured.
09:04 The Biden administration has $6 billion left for military assistance to Ukraine, Foreign Policy journalist Jack Detsch said, citing White House officials.
Earlier, the White House said that the United States is currently focused on providing Ukraine with gratuitous military assistance - it is necessary to use the $40 billion allocated by Congress, after which the lend-lease will come into force. The Biden administration must spend the $40 billion package before the end of the fiscal year, which comes in late September.
08:58 Fitch downgraded Ukraine's rating to pre-default. The decision is related to Ukraine's plans to negotiate with creditors to defer payments on public debt for two years. The long-term issuer default rating of Ukraine has been downgraded from CCC to C (pre-default). The agency does not rule out a downgrade to RD (limited default).
08:42 In the morning, around 4:20, the enemy attacked Nikolaev with six S-300 missiles, the head of the IVA, Vitaly Kim, said. As a result of the shelling, a fire broke out in the territory of the warehouse and dry grass in the open area. The remaining hits were in the outskirts of the city. Previously without victims and victims. Also, enemy shelling was recorded on the settlements of the Nikolaevsky and Bashtansky districts.
08:00 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled all attempts of the Russians to attack, including the Uglegorskaya TPP, in the direction of Verkhnekamensky and Seversk, the General Staff reports in the morning report .
07:47 Russians hit the Nikopol district of the Dnepropetrovsk region from the MLRS tonight, about 20 shots fell on the border areas of the Krasnogrigoryevsk community, said the head of the regional council Nikolai Lukashuk. The enemy also hit the Krivoy Rog region, Shirokovskaya and Zelenodolsk communities. The shelling in several villages damaged power lines and gas networks, and hit agricultural machinery. In both cases, there were no casualties.
07:03 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov reported several strong explosions near the city center. One victim is known.
05:40 The head of the Kirovograd OVA Andrey Raykovich reported explosions in the region.
05:36 In Nikolaev powerful explosions have thundered about 4:30, all mainly in one area of ​​the city, the mayor of the city Alexander Senkevich reported. According to preliminary information, there are no victims.
04:15 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Russians can prepare for a counterattack by Ukrainian troops in the Snegirevka-Zelenodolsk region in southern Ukraine. This is evidenced by the fact that Russian forces are mining the banks of the Ingulets in the neighboring areas of Snegirevka and Zelenodolsk.
Over the past 24 hours, the Russians launched local ground strikes near the border between Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, as well as ground strikes east of Seversk, east and south of Bakhmut, and unsuccessfully tried to advance northwest of Donetsk. At the same time, Ukrainian forces were engaged in limited positional fighting north of Kharkov.
02:12 The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that the agreement reached in Istanbul on the export of grain by sea fully takes into account the interests of Kiev in terms of security. In a statement, the agency clarifies that the agreement was made possible thanks to the active role of the UN Secretary General and the mediation efforts of the Turkish side: "The initiative fully takes into account the security interests of the southern regions of Ukraine and guarantees the strong position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Black Sea - control over all activities in Ukrainian territorial waters will be carried out only Ukraine".
01:43 The "authorities" of the occupied Kherson region blocked Google after their "colleagues" from the "LDNR". "Deputy head of the military-civilian administration" of the Kherson region Kirill Stremousov said that the search engine is allegedly used as "an element of information terrorism."
00:17 Podolyak said in an interview with DW that now there are no grounds for resuming negotiations with Russia. He also stressed that Russians live "in a different world": "This is the illusory world of a great country. In fact, Russia is not a big, but a small, insignificant country with a small intellectual level. It has only nuclear weapons, a huge amount of conventional weapons and energy carriers... It is very difficult to negotiate with an enemy who has two convolutions for four or five representatives of the political elite... They can only speak the language of ultimatums."
Podolyak noted that the resumption of negotiations is possible with powerful tactical victories of the Ukrainian army in the southern and eastern directions.