A performance by the Mariia Zankovetska National Academic Ukrainian Drama Theater opened the 29th International Shakespeare Festival in Gdańsk (Poland) and played to two sold-out audiences.

The only beneficiary of the civil sector of the Russian economy this year is the funeral business.

In Ukraine, 142.6 million hryvnias in tourist tax was paid in the first half of 2025, which is 33.2% more than in the same period last year.

The long list for the 2025 Ossolineum Polish Poetry Translation Prize includes books by five Ukrainian authors—Iya Kiva, Maksym Kryvtsov, Dmytro Lazutkin, Iryna Vikirchak, and Vasyl Stus—as well as an anthology of poetry by Ukrainian female poets.

During an air raid alert issued due to the threat of Russian drones, explosions were heard in Kharkiv.

On July 26, there were 122 clashes between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian invaders on the frontline, most of them in the Pokrovsk sector, where the Russians attempted to attack 55 times.

Three people were wounded as a result of a Russian attack on civilian infrastructure in the Sumy territorial community.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi reported to Volodymyr Zelensky on the successful actions of the Defense Forces units in the Sumy Region.

The President of Ukraine instructed the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Rustem Umerov, to more actively attract external funding for drones.

A mother and her child were seriously injured as a result of shelling by Russian troops in Bilozerka, Kherson Region.

For the fifth day in a row, protesters have been gathering in the center of the capital, on the square near the Ivan Franko Theater, to protest against the law passed by parliament and signed by the President, limiting the powers of the anti-corruption bodies NABU and SAPO.

Two villages in the Putyvl community in the Sumy Region were attacked by Russian drones, causing damage but no casualties or injuries.

In the east, Ukrainian defenders eliminated a Russian colonel who commanded assault operations in the Velykyi Burluk sector.

Russian troops attacked two districts of Dnipropetrovsk Region with drones and artillery fire today, killing one person and wounding several others.

During the day, Russian drones attacked the Kherson region, injuring five local residents.

The information disseminated by Russian media outlets that the Ukrainian Embassy in Peru is allegedly recruiting mercenaries for the 25th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and that candidates must have high physical fitness, motivation, military experience, and knowledge of working with UAVs, is false.

The Ministries of Finance of Ukraine and the Republic of Slovenia have signed a memorandum of cooperation aimed at deepening cooperation in the debt sector.

For two months, Russian troops have been using the new UMPB-5, which has greater range and power compared to the UMPB D-30, to strike Ukraine, including two consecutive days of strikes on Kharkiv on July 24 and 25.

A SU-27UB training and combat fighter jet was destroyed at the Armavir airfield in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation.

In Kharkiv, one of the district boiler rooms was significantly damaged as a result of a massive Russian attack.

Another Russian drone strike has been recorded in Sumy, targeting a non-residential building.

The Russians targeted the Sumy Regional Military Administration building, but no casualties have been reported so far.

Russians attacked a civilian cargo bus with a drone in the Kherson Region. Fortunately, the driver survived.

In Kharkiv, rescuers from the State Emergency Service extinguished all fires that broke out as a result of a combined Russian airstrike on the night of July 26.

A man was killed in the Nikopol District of Dnipropetrovsk Region as a result of artillery shelling by Russian troops.

Russia is currently experiencing its deepest demographic crisis in over two centuries.

An 18-year-old girl was returned from Russia as part of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's Bring Kids Back UA initiative.

Three Russian UAVs have been spotted near Sumy, striking civilian infrastructure.

NABU Director Semen Kryvonos called on Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko not to transfer NABU cases to other law enforcement agencies.

According to the presidential bill, six months after it comes into force, the Security Service of Ukraine must check law enforcement officers for possible ties to Russia. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) agrees with this point of the bill.

Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) struck with drones the Signal radio plant in Stavropol, one of the largest radio electronics manufacturers in Russia.

In the Kharkiv Region, 29 people, including a child, were injured as a result of Russian strikes in the past day.

As a result of a massive combined Russian strike on the Dnipropetrovsk Region, three people were killed and several were injured.

On July 25, Russians wounded 10 residents of Donetsk region.

On the front line yesterday, July 25, there were 191 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders.

Five people were injured as a result of the Russian Federation's attack on Kharkiv, three of them rescuers.

The Russian Federation army carried out a massive combined attack on the Dnipropetrovsk region, resulting in casualties and injuries, as well as damage to industrial enterprises.

The total combat losses of Russian troops in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to July 26, 2025, amount to approximately 1,048,330, including 1,080 in the last 24 hours.

Russian aggressors launched a missile strike on Kamianske in the Dnipropetrovsk region, causing a fire.

Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha summed up the results of the annual meeting of heads of foreign diplomatic missions and named seven priorities for diplomacy of strength

The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to carry out operations on Russian territory.

Russian troops struck the Kyiv district of Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs, shattering windows in several residential buildings.

In the Kharkiv Region, Russian invaders carried out drone attacks on Kupiansk and the Kupiansk District, resulting in four people being wounded.

In the evening, Russian forces launched another drone strike on the center of Kharkiv, not far from the first one.

The U.S. helicopter manufacturer, Bell Helicopter, considers investing in production in Ukraine.

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.

The majority of Russian attacks with fiber-optic drones along the border are being recorded in Sumy and Kharkiv regions.

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.