About 1. 2 million Ukrainians can be booked to meet military needs. So far, 800 thousand people have already been booked. Electronic booking is available for critical enterprises.
Traffic on the Green Line has resumed in the Kyiv metro after three stations were temporarily closed. KCSA reports that the subway is operating normally, and the safety of passenger transportation is ensured.
After severe weather on July 17, 54 power lines and 1,446 transformer substations were restored in Kyiv region. As of the morning of July 18, 52,493 households have been restored to electricity supply, and the work is ongoing.
Putin had a telephone conversation with the Prince of Saudi Arabia. The parties discussed cooperation in the political, trade, economic and energy spheres, emphasizing the importance of coordination within the framework of OPEC+.
Kyiv's Syrets, Dorohozhychi and Lukyanivska metro stations have been temporarily closed. Trains on the Green Line are running between Zoloti Vorota and Chervonyi Khutir stations.
An explosion occurs in the suburbs of Dnipro. Air alert was announced in the eastern regions of Ukraine. The Air Force warned of a missile threat.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that new disarmament treaties with Russia should be concluded in the long term. He emphasized that Germany must be strong to prevent an attack.
Due to the power outages, Ukraine is expected to see a rise in prices for food, especially dairy, meat and bakery products. Livestock farming is the most affected by the power outages, which leads to higher costs for producers.
Russian troops attacked the border of Chernihiv region, causing 59 explosions. The shelling damaged a power line in Vorobyevka and caused a forest to catch fire, but there is no information on casualties.
At night and in the morning of July 18, Russian troops shelled the border areas of Sumy region. The attacks were carried out using drones, mortars, and artillery in 6 communities, and 27 explosions were recorded.
23 victims of the July 8 Russian missile attack remain in hospitals, including three children. Two adults are in serious condition.
President Zelenskyy signed a decree on a new maritime security strategy for Ukraine. It provides for the creation of an international platform 'Safe Black Sea' and the conclusion of agreements on security guarantees in the Azov-Black Sea basin.
The General Staff reports 144 combat engagements over the day. In the Kharkiv sector, 20 combat engagements took place in the vicinity of Hlyboke and Vovchansk, where the enemy actively used bombers.
The number of combat engagements on the frontline has increased to almost a hundred today, including the battle near Hlyboke in the Kharkiv sector, where the enemy continues to advance.
95 Ukrainian soldiers, including 23 defenders of Mariupol, were released from Russian captivity.
A group posing as Interior Ministry employees is looting homes under the guise of checking documents for an alleged census. The Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council reports that Interior Ministry officials do not conduct such activities.
Ukrainian defenders who have returned from Russian captivity are experiencing overwhelming emotions: one soldier is on his knees crying when he returns home, while others are making touching calls to their families.
The downing of flight MH17 by Russia 10 years ago showed that Russia's violation of international law and threat to the international legal order goes far beyond Ukraine.
The Netherlands will continue to make efforts to establish the truth and ensure justice for the downing of flight MH17 as we mark the 10th anniversary of the tragedy that took the lives of 298 innocent people.
Trump has hinted at a willingness to ease or lift sanctions against Russia as part of his "deal" to end the war in Ukraine, saying he does not like sanctions and considers them useful only in certain cases, such as with Iran.
Russian troops are trying to regroup near Hlyboke and are preparing assault groups to attack Vovchansk in the Kharkiv sector amid ongoing fighting in the area.
Kyiv residents are warned of thunderstorms, hail and strong winds of 15-20 meters per second expected in the afternoon of July 17 and are urged to take safety precautions.
A grenade was thrown into the yard of the mayor of Bashtanka, Mykolaiv region, damaging the mayor's car, but no one was injured.
Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and briefed him on the Peace Summit. him about the Peace Summit.
The Verkhovna Rada voted in favor of two draft laws: one prioritizes IDPs for compensation for lost housing, and the other ensures the housing rights of IDPs by conducting a nationwide real estate inventory to identify vacant properties suitable for them.
Romania is planning to sign a $6. 5 billion deal to purchase 32 F-35 fighter jets from US manufacturer Lockheed Martin, with the first aircraft expected to be delivered no earlier than 2030.
On the morning of July 17, a 47-year-old woman was wounded in the Dnipro district of Kherson as a result of Russian shelling.
Russian troops attacked the border of Chernihiv region with drones, mortars, and artillery, resulting in 25 explosions in four communities.
MP Mariana Bezuhla resigned from the Servant of the People parliamentary faction.
Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the United Nations ridiculed Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov for using George Orwell's Animal Farm to justify Russia's actions, noting that Orwell was a critic of Stalinism and the book allegorized the totalitarian regime of the Soviet Union.
