Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Ihor Zhovkva met with Vice Prime Minister for European Integration of Moldova Cristina Gerasimova to discuss priorities, tasks and plans for Ukraine and Moldova's accession to the European Union, strengthening of dialogue and cooperation between the three countries, as well as reaffirm unity in countering Russian aggression.
Ukraine has fulfilled all 9 indicators for the second quarter of 2024 under the EU's Ukraine Fund program, allowing it to request EUR 4. 1 billion from the European Commission, including EUR 1.5 billion in grant funding.
Hungary cannot be stripped of its EU Council presidency, despite Orban's controversial visits to China and Russia, but EU countries can publicly boycott his policies.
Russian troops attacked Kherson, leaving a 70-year-old man with blast and brain injuries, contusion and shrapnel wounds.
Russian troops attacked Nikopol district using drones and artillery, causing fires, damaging houses, buildings, vehicles, power lines and a gas pipeline, but there were no casualties.
The Ukrainian military struck and destroyed an enemy S-300 air defense system, including radar stations and launchers, in the temporarily occupied Donetsk region.
Due to the increased demand for electricity, on July 17, from 17:00 to 22:00, scheduled power outages will take place in all regions of Ukraine, up to 4 queues during peak hours.
Ukrainian persons liable for military service abroad who fail to update their military records by July 16 face administrative fines with possible seizure of property or accounts if the fines are not paid.
Ukrainian partisans discovered a Russian army training center in Sevastopol disguised as a diving center and passed on its coordinates for potential attacks.
An unexploded Russian FAB-500 bomb was found in a wheat field by agricultural workers in Donetsk region, and later safely detonated by the emergency rescue service.
A 22-year-old resident of Rivne was detained for setting fire to several vehicles belonging to the Armed Forces for a reward from Russian chatbots, creating an image of Ukrainians opposed to mobilization.
The Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab is leaving the US market and winding down its operations there after the Biden administration banned the sale and distribution of its software over concerns about the company's ties to Russia.
President Zelenskyy met with the military leadership to discuss manning, rotation of brigades, weapons, and the situation on the main front lines.
The Verkhovna Rada has supported a bill to cancel daylight saving time. This year, at the end of October, Ukrainians will switch to winter time for the last time, and there will be no more daylight saving time from 2025 onwards.
Trump's nomination of J. D. Vance, a critic of aid to Ukraine, as a potential vice president raises concerns in Europe about the second Trump administration's possible commitment to Ukraine and NATO.
Russia is preparing a system to prevent potential conscripts from fleeing the country during the annual draft and any future mobilization by exchanging data between the Ministry of Defense and the Federal Security Service.
A committee of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will consider the possibility of introducing an excise tax on sweet and flavored beverages to reduce their consumption and negative impact on public health.
Moldova's Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration visited Kyiv and met with her Ukrainian counterpart to discuss the next steps in the EU accession negotiations.
Starting in September, Lithuania will no longer cover tuition costs for new Ukrainian refugee students, but some universities and colleges will continue to provide free or partially funded tuition and accommodation for Ukrainian students.
A fire broke out in a business center in the Pechersk district of Kyiv, injuring two people who refused hospitalization.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made changes to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff, dismissing and appointing several officials, including the former head of the Ministry of Infrastructure and the former commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The United States has allowed Ukraine to use its own weapons for defensive strikes across the border, but fears escalation from deep strikes deep into Russia using American weapons, so it does not allow Ukraine to use American long-range weapons to strike deep into Russian territory.
Border guards in Odesa region detained nearly three dozen men who were trying to illegally get to Moldova's Transnistria region with the help of a Telegram channel administrator who received $4,000-$7,000 for each person they transported.
On Monday, July 15, Russian troops dropped two 250-kilogram guided bombs on Lyman, Donetsk region, injuring five people aged 27 to 50 and damaging three buildings.
Starting July 16, 2024, cars with Belarusian license plates will be banned from entering the European Union through Latvia's border crossings with Belarus and Russia as part of the eighth package of EU sanctions against Russia and Belarus for their participation in the aggression against Ukraine.
The Russian occupiers forcibly issue Russian passports to Ukrainian children from the occupied territories during large-scale ceremonies to hide their true intentions and manipulate their minds.
The former head of the customs clearance department of the Odesa customs unjustifiably acquired assets worth over UAH 3. 2 million, including 5 luxury cars purchased in the first year of the war.
Heorhiy Tykhyi is the new spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. He used to work in the media, but over the past few years has been building a career in government communications.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the planned number of F-16s is not enough to fight on a par with the Russian air force.
MP Mariana Bezuhla was recalled from her position as head of the parliamentary subcommittee on democratic civilian control.
