The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland advises citizens to refrain from traveling to Russia due to the war in Ukraine and Poland's recognition as an unfriendly country. The possibilities of providing assistance to Polish citizens in Russia are limited due to the reduction in the number of consular staff.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced damage to a church in Zakarpattia with a provocative inscription. Police and the SBU are investigating the incident in the village of Palad-Komarivtsi, where an unknown person set fire to the church doors and left an inscription.
Law enforcement officers exposed a criminal organization of 9 people, including Kyiv Oblast city council officials, who seized UAH 4. 6 million of budget funds allocated for the restoration of destroyed infrastructure. They inflated prices and entered false data into acts of completed works.
The Brave1 cluster launched the Test in Ukraine platform, which allows international defence tech companies to test their technologies on the real battlefield in Ukraine. This will enable foreign companies to create precise solutions and receive feedback from the military.
In the village of Hrebinky, Bila Tserkva district, a 16-year-old boy beat a 62-year-old man who had reprimanded a group of minors. The police have launched a pre-trial investigation into the infliction of bodily harm.
Most UAVs are not subject to mandatory registration, and personnel will not undergo flight medical examination.
SBU counterintelligence detained a spotter of Russian strikes on Kharkiv, who provided the occupiers with the location of a city council unit. The 45-year-old unemployed woman was recruited via Telegram and maintained contact with the occupiers through a chatbot.
In April-June 2025, 73,799 individual entrepreneurs were opened in Ukraine, which is 3% less than last year. In the first half of the year, 137,557 new individual entrepreneurs were registered, but 157,605 ceased operations, with more than a third of them having worked for less than two years.
On July 17, a number of measures regarding reshuffles in the Cabinet of Ministers are planned in the Verkhovna Rada. These include consideration of candidates for the positions of Minister of Defense, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Prime Minister, as well as a vote for the new composition of the government.
In the first half of 2025, Ukrainians purchased 30. 8 thousand used passenger cars up to 5 years old. Electric vehicles account for almost half of imports in this segment.
The largest Martian meteorite found on Earth, weighing 24. 5 kg, was sold for US$4.3 million. The stone was discovered in Niger in November 2023.
Tesla has applied for a license to sell a new version of the Model 3 sedan in China. This single-motor rear-wheel-drive version is equipped with a triple NMC battery from LG, which was previously only available in all-wheel-drive models.
Lithuanian border guards shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle that flew into the country's airspace from the territory of Belarus. The drone was detected 4 km from the border after it was intercepted using special equipment.
In Luhansk, Russians are conducting hidden forced mobilization, focusing on educational institutions. Students are forcibly taken and sent to the front without training or proper equipment.
Two residents of Odesa region have been notified of suspicion of high treason for arsons and an offer of sabotage. One of the defendants, wanted for violating military registration, involved his cohabitant, who works as a controller at the port, to plan sabotage involving 1,500 tons of saltpeter.
A Russian serviceman has been notified of suspicion of raping a civilian woman in the Kherson region. The crime occurred in August 2022, when the occupier threatened the woman with a weapon and used force.
China considers negotiations and dialogue to be the only viable option to end the Russian-Ukrainian war. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian stated this in response to threats of secondary sanctions.
US President Donald Trump agreed to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's proposal regarding aid to Ukraine, offering to sell five Patriot systems instead of two. This change of position was the result of efforts by EU and NATO leaders, including the President of Finland and the NATO Secretary General.
In Ukraine, scammers are using a fake "Schoolchild's Package" program to steal funds. A 40-year-old resident of Kolomyia region lost 20,000 hryvnias after entering bank card details on a fraudulent website.
Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko refused to replace Rustem Umerov as Minister of Defense. MP Oleksiy Honcharenko reported that after Klymenko's refusal, Denys Shmyhal's candidacy is being considered.
The prosecutor's office has sent a criminal case regarding the deportation of Ukrainian children from Kherson to court. Among the accused are sanctioned Russian State Duma deputies and officials of the occupation authorities.
Two drones attacked the Peshkabir oil fields in northern Iraq, operated by the Norwegian company DNO ASA. As a result of the attack, the field was damaged, but no one was injured.
The US Secretary of State and the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom have set the end of August as the deadline for concluding a nuclear deal with Iran. If an agreement is not reached, the "snapback" mechanism will be triggered, reinstating all UN Security Council sanctions.
Yulia Navalnaya called on the Italian authorities to cancel the concert of conductor Valery Gergiev, scheduled for July 2025 in Reggia di Caserta, due to his support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Gergiev, who supported the annexation of Crimea and the full-scale war, is under sanctions from Ukraine, Canada, and some EU countries.
The advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine stated that the Russian dictator seeks murder and destruction, therefore military coercion is the only way to return the world to normalcy.
The head of the capital construction management department of Kyivavtodor and the chief engineer of a private company received suspicion for poor road repair in the center of Kyiv. The capital suffered 5 million hryvnias in damages due to falsified test protocols and acts of completed works.
Three commanders of Russian army units have been notified of suspicion in the shelling of a civilian gathering in Chernihiv on March 16, 2022. At that time, 20 people died and 28 more were injured.
Donald Trump, in a private conversation with Volodymyr Zelenskyy on July 4, asked if the Ukrainian Armed Forces could strike Moscow and St. Petersburg if the US provided appropriate weapons. Zelenskyy answered in the affirmative, and Trump supported the idea to force Russia into negotiations.
Three European Union countries oppose lowering prices for Russian oil as part of the 18th package of sanctions. Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen stated the lack of consensus, without naming specific countries.
In Chernihiv, administrative protocols have been drawn up against two men, who are wanted as draft dodgers, after a conflict with the TCC. The incident, which escalated into a fight, occurred on July 14, when servicemen and police tried to check their documents.
