Ukraine's newly appointed Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Taras Vysotskyi, said he will focus on four key priorities, including European integration, recovery of agricultural production, support for frontline communities, and reform and digitalization.

In Russia, amid the worsening fuel crisis, offers to “cast a spell” on a car so that it consumes less gasoline are gaining popularity.

On the evening of July 17, troops launched a drone attack on Novhorod-Siverskyi in the Chernihiv region.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), in cooperation with the State Bureau of Investigations and the National Police, has uncovered new attempts to illegally sell weapons and ammunition in Kyiv and several regions.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Oleksandr Poklad as acting head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU).

In the city of Izium in the Kharkiv region, seven people—three of whom were children—were injured on Friday afternoon as a result of a Russian guided airstrike.

First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Kornienko believes that parliament will approve the appointment of Yevhen Khmara as defense minister during the next plenary session in mid-August.

One person was killed and eight others were injured after a Russian drone struck a bus in the city of Marhanets, Dnipropetrovsk region, on the evening of July 17.

Russian forces launched a strike on the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv on Friday evening, killing one person and injuring eight others.

In Zaporizhzhia region, a Russian drone attacked rescuers while they were extinguishing a fire in an ecosystem.

As a result of a Russian strike with a guided aerial bomb on the city of Izium in Kharkiv region, three people were injured, two of them children.

President Volodymyr Zelensky held meetings with the commander of the 3rd Army Corps of the "East" Operational Command of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Andrii Biletskyi, and Serhii Beskrestnov "Flash".

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine's defense remains active and continues to carry out assigned tasks, and stressed the need to scale up drone supplies for operations at operational depth.

Since the beginning of the day, the Russian army has attacked the positions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine 100 times. The occupiers are concentrating their main efforts on the Pokrovsk direction.

Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Helen Kovalska and Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience (DESS) Viktor Yelenskyi met with a delegation of the World Council of Churches (WCC) led by its General Secretary, Rev. Prof. Jerry Pillay, who is visiting Ukraine.

Responsible politicians in Poland and Ukraine must prevent the escalation of interethnic hostility, as conflict between the two nations would have serious consequences for both countries.

Ukraine's Defense Forces have struck two Russian tankers, a tugboat, the Svetlyak patrol ship, an oil terminal, the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery, and several other military targets belonging to Russian occupying forces.

The Council of the European Union has imposed restrictive measures against one individual and five Russian entities.

Consultations in the Office of the President regarding the appointment of the next head of the Kyiv City Military Administration (KCMA) are still ongoing.

Russian occupying forces have not given up their plans to seize Ukrainian territory and establish a so-called buffer zone in the north of the country.

Dry weather will prevail across most of Ukraine over the weekend, with only the western regions, as well as Zhytomyr and Vinnytsia regions, expected to experience moderate rainfall, locally heavy showers, thunderstorms, hail, and strong wind gusts.

A man died in Odesa on the afternoon of July 17 as a result of a Russian attack.

A library, galleries, and the Alley of Memory were damaged in central Sumy as a result of KAB strikes.

Following a meeting with Prime Minister Sergii Koretskyi, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the critical priority of the new government would be preparation for the heating season. The Prime Minister reported that Sergii Fedorenko will lead Naftogaz.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has offered Ihor Klymenko the position of Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, and the relevant appointment decree is already being prepared.

President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the destruction of a Tu-95 military aircraft in Engels, which had been used for Russian missile strikes.

Former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov does not see himself in the role of an advisor to the President, but will remain on his team.

President Volodymyr Zelensky will announce personnel changes at embassies closer to the meeting with ambassadors in August.

In Kyiv and other cities across Ukraine, protests against the resignation of Mykhailo Fedorov as defense minister have continued for the second day in a row.

At around 9:30 a.m., Russian forces attacked the Dniprovskyi district of Kherson with a drone, killing a woman and injuring six others.

The Russians are carrying out a massive drone attack on a gas production facility in the Kharkiv region.

The situation in the area controlled by the Joint Forces Task Force remains intense, with the enemy pressing forward in the Lyman and Kupiansk sectors.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has offered Taras Kachka, former Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration in Ukraine, the position of Head of the Mission of Ukraine to the European Union in Brussels.

In Mykolaiv, Russian forces attacked port infrastructure this morning; two Ukrainian citizens who were aboard a foreign vessel were killed, and an investigation has been launched.

A large-scale fire broke out at a train station in Kerch, in the temporarily occupied Crimea, following a drone attack.

Following an overnight attack on Odesa and other cities and regions of the country, President Volodymyr Zelensky called on partners to speed up the delivery of defense aid packages.

As of the morning of July 17, consumers in five Ukrainian regions remained without electricity due to Russian attacks.

At around 3:00 a.m. on Friday, July 17, Russian troops launched strikes with guided aerial bombs on the central part of Sumy and its outskirts.

Air Defense Forces have shot down five guided aerial bombs and 115 drones used by Russian troops to attack Ukraine since the evening of July 16. Ten enemy weapons hit multiple locations.

Ukraine and Spain have agreed to expand financial and insurance support for Ukrainian reconstruction projects to a total of EUR 570 million.

Over the past 24 hours, on July 16, 249 combat engagements between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded on the front lines. The most intense enemy attacks occurred in the Pokrovsk, Sloviansk, and Kostiantynivka sectors.

Since the start of the day, the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have struck 12 vessels of Russia’s shadow fleet in the Black Sea.

In Odesa, the casualty toll from the Russian missile attack has increased to ten, with two people killed.

Russian invaders have attacked Dnipro and the Nikopol district of Dnipropetrovsk region more than ten times, using drones and artillery in their strikes.

Early this morning, the Russian army struck a house in the Korabelny district of Kherson—an elderly woman died.

At around 3:00 a.m. on Friday, July 17, Russian troops launched guided aerial bombs strikes on the central part of Sumy and its outskirts.

Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army carried out 853 strikes on 58 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region, killing three people and wounding five others.

Total combat losses among Russian troops since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine—from February 24, 2022, to July 17, 2026—amount to approximately 1,425,990 personnel, including 1,370 over the past 24 hours.

Kryvyi Rih donated a shipment of military equipment worth a total of 25 million hryvnias to 16 military units.

In the Sumy district, seven civilians, including a 4-year-old child, were injured yesterday as a result of Russian attacks.