Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces launched 3,459 strikes across Donetsk region, targeting 12 settlements. As a result of the attacks, four civilians were killed and 12 others wounded.

The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has released a documentary film The Battle for the Black Sea by director Oleksandr Nebylovych, showcasing unique maritime operations.

U.S. lawmakers must adopt a new sanctions bill against Russia following the European Union’s approval of its 18th and toughest sanctions package to date.

Russian troops attacked the towns of Rodynske and Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region with a drone and air-dropped bombs. One woman was killed and four people were injured.

The European Union has approved its 18th package of sanctions against the Russian Federation — described as one of the toughest to date.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, held bilateral talks in Kyiv with representatives of the British delegation led by the UK's Chief of the Defence Staff, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin.

Overnight on July 18, Ukrainian Air Defense Forces destroyed 11 out of 35 Russian drones launched, while six others were lost from radar tracking.

Early on July 18, Russian troops struck Chuhuiv in Kharkiv region, injuring four people and causing damage.

On July 17, Ukrainian forces engaged in 180 combat clashes with Russian troops across the frontline, with one-third of them taking place in the Pokrovsk sector.

In the early hours of July 18, Russian forces launched a drone attack on the Pavlohrad district in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, killing one man and injuring two others.

Russia suffered about 1,039,830 military casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and July 18, 2025, with 1,180 personnel killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.

Russian forces launched 490 strikes on 15 settlements in the Zaporizhzhia region on July 17.

U.S. President Donald Trump will actively pursue the implementation of his approach to ending the war in Ukraine.

Reports of sexual violence committed by Russian military personnel against civilians and prisoners of war must be substantiated and demonstrate a pattern of systematic abuse in order for Russia to potentially be recognized at the UN level as a state responsible for conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV).

Operators from the Phoenix reconnaissance and strike UAV unit of the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service destroyed a tank, a D-20 howitzer, and enemy shelters in the Donetsk region, eliminating approximately ten Russian invaders.

Ukraine will let foreign arms companies test out their latest weapons on the front line of its war against Russia's invasion.

The Russian army launched an overnight attack on the Zaporizhzhia district using at least nine Shahed drones, resulting in fires and destruction of non-residential buildings. A 79-year-old man sustained injuries.

The Russian military attacked a 72-year-old man with a drone in the Dnipro District of Kherson.

Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha called Hungary's decision to ban three Ukrainian military officials from entering its territory absurd and unfounded.

An international group of astronomers has witnessed the birth of a planetary system that may one day resemble our solar system.

The new government is set to repeal Order No. 1112 of the Ministry of Education and Science (MES), which regulates the procedure and conditions for obtaining general secondary education in schools under martial law.

Ukraine’s An-124-100 aircraft has been modernized and successfully relocated to Germany.

A court has sentenced a lawyer from Kyiv to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property for voluntarily assisting Russian intelligence services.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has agreed to stop resisting the adoption of the 18th package of sanctions against Russia and will allow it to be adopted on Friday.

There were 131 combat clashes on the front line, with the Russians making 48 attempts to advance on the positions of the Defense Forces in the Pokrovsk sector.

The United States, following President Donald Trump's plan for Europe to purchase weapons, sought to quickly supply weapons to Ukraine and considered the possibility of selling Patriot air defense systems from its reserves.

If the Kremlin doesn't go for peace in Ukraine, “very steep tariffs” and secondary sanctions will be imposed on Russia, as well as on countries that buy oil from it, which should have an extra impact on the Russian economy.

About 70% of Ukrainian asylum seekers of working age in the Czech Republic are employed and bring economic benefits to the Czech Republic

Ukraine has great potential in the field of drone production, and the scale and innovation are impressive.

The recently constituted government of Ukraine, which was inaugurated on Thursday, is one of the most diminutive in terms of the number of ministers in recent memory.

Poland is downgrading diplomatic relations with Hungary because there are “many different problems” in relations between Warsaw and Budapest, the first of which is the granting of political asylum to former Polish Deputy Minister of Justice Marcin Romanowski.

Ukraine will receive Patriot systems in the coming weeks, with all issues currently being coordinated at the level of defense ministries.

President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine is going to work on giving U.S. President Donald Trump more reasons to slap sanctions on Russia.

23,800 residents, including 115 children, remain in the active combat zone in the Donetsk Region.

The helicopter, funded by Czech activists, will soon be delivered to Ukrainian intelligence.

Russian military attacked another ambulance in the Kherson region with a drone, injuring two medical workers.

Despite the war, the trade turnover between Ukraine and the Czech Republic is growing, as well as the number of Ukrainian businesses on the territory of the Czech Republic and Czech projects in Ukraine.

The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Russian diplomat that the products of the Polish company Barlinek in Ukraine are for civilian use, therefore Russia's strike on the company's plant in Vinnytsia is contrary to international law and may have legal consequences in the future.

In southern Ukraine, the intensity of natural phenomena such as tornadoes will increase, in particular due to the consequences of the Russians blowing up the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant.

In Lviv, doctors performed a complex ALPPS operation, growing part of the liver in the body of a 10-month-old boy.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted to appoint a new Cabinet of Ministers.

Berlin has not confirmed Trump's statements that the Patriot air defense systems, which Germany and its partners plan to purchase from the US for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, are “already on their way” to Ukraine.

About 40 women participants in the She Drives project have received a Category D driving license, and 10 of them have already found a job.

At least for the first half of 2026, funds have already been accumulated for the purchase of ammunition for Ukraine as part of the Czech initiative.

In Dnipro, 12 enemy drones struck the terminal of the logistics company Delivery overnight on July 17, resulting in the death of an employee and injuries to two others.

President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the renewed government must focus on three key areas to strengthen Ukraine’s economic potential: deregulation, harnessing the power of society and international partners, and ensuring justice.

As a result of ongoing repatriation efforts, the bodies of 1,000 deceased individuals have been returned to Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that he had tasked the newly appointed government with increasing the share of Ukrainian-produced weapons on the front lines to 50% within six months.

Demobilization will take place once Ukraine defeats the enemy, and until then, quality troop rotations are necessary.

Russian invading forces shelled the town of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk region, killing two civilians and injuring one person.