Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov expressed gratitude to NATO allies for providing Patriot, SAMP-T and other air defense systems to protect Ukrainian cities, civilians and infrastructure, calling it a significant strengthening of Ukraine's defense.
Despite Russia's nighttime drone attack on power facilities in western Ukraine, the schedule of power outages should remain unchanged in most regions, according to the head of Ukrenergo.
Overnight, 14 out of 20 Shahed attack drones launched by Russian troops were destroyed in the skies over Ukraine, the enemy attacked the port infrastructure of Odesa region with missiles, three enemy X-59/X-69 missiles and three attack drones did not reach their targets.
As of today, 81 combat engagements took place in the frontline, more than a third of them in the Pokrovsk sector, where the enemy is concentrating its main efforts, and the enemy has become somewhat more active in the Lyman sector.
The government has allowed people under 25 from the temporarily occupied territories and areas of active hostilities to enter Ukrainian universities with a deferral of military registration until martial law ends.
Russian troops attacked Kramatorsk in Donetsk region, wounding 3 people, including a 6-year-old child.
A high-speed target was spotted in the direction of Myrhorod, the Air Force reported.
An elderly civilian was killed by Russian artillery in the village of Kizomys, Kherson region, on July 9, prompting a criminal investigation into violations of the laws and customs of war and premeditated murder.
An explosion occurred in Odesa amid an air raid alert, prompting authorities to call on citizens to take shelter.
According to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the death toll from the July 8 rocket attack by Russian troops on Kyiv has risen to 32, including 4 children, and 120 people have been injured.
Ukraine and the European Commission have started bilateral meetings as part of the process of assessing the approximation of Ukrainian legislation to EU law, an important step on the road to EU membership.
Explosions were heard in Kherson as the Russian army once again attacked the city from the temporarily occupied left bank in the region.
Ukraine and the EU have signed an agreement on grant support worth EUR 5. 27 billion under the Ukraine Facility program over the next four years, which will help stabilize the macroeconomic and financial situation in the country and provide resources to support key sectors of the economy.
A State Department spokesman says that NATO members may put forward policy proposals at the upcoming summit, in response to the Polish prime minister's desire to shoot down Russian missiles over Ukraine with NATO's consent.
Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities on July 8 killed 42 people, including 4 children, and injured 190 people, damaging 323 objects.
The Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported on the work on an enemy reconnaissance drone in Poltava region.
A Russian missile strike on Kyiv killed 32 people, including 4 children, and wounded 117, targeting residential buildings and medical facilities.
NPC Ukrenergo has extended the application of two stages of rolling blackouts until 16:00 today, July 9, the scope of restrictions after 16:00 will be specified.
Another body was pulled from the rubble of a residential building in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district after a Russian missile attack on July 8, bringing the death toll to 12.
Russian troops attacked the border area of Chernihiv region with a variety of weapons, including mortars, drones, and artillery, resulting in 18 explosions in several localities, but no local casualties were reported.
The SBU has received new evidence confirming that Russia hit Okhmatdyt with an X-101 missile.
Medical facilities in the Kyiv region have begun accepting patients from the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital and other victims of the Russian missile attack: more than 430 beds have been deployed in 8 hospitals to provide the necessary treatment and assistance.
On July 8, a Russian missile strike on Kyiv killed 31 people and wounded 117, according to the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration.
A 49-year-old man sustained shrapnel wounds and a fractured limb after another shelling by Russian troops in Kherson, and was hospitalized.
Registration for the bachelor's degree entrance exams at Ukrainian universities is coming to an end, the Ministry of Education and Science reports.
Rescuers in Kyiv have found the body of another woman under the rubble of a house in Syrets' after a Russian missile attack on July 8, bringing the death toll in the building to 11.
Rescuers have pulled the bodies of two more women from the rubble of a building in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district after a Russian missile attack on July 8, bringing the total number of people killed in the building to 10, and search and rescue operations continue.
EU Ambassador to Georgia Pavel Gerchinsky, speaking about Georgia, said that EU leaders have decided to freeze the accession process and are patiently waiting for more clarity from the Georgian government.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's recent visits to Moscow and Beijing to meet with Putin and Xi Jinping have irritated Western allies.
The State Bureau of Investigation has served a notice of suspicion to former PrivatBank co-owner Hennadiy Boholyubov.
