Crimea

he powerful explosion occurred in Kherson shortly after the air alert was announced amid the threat of ballistic missiles from Crimea.

russia claims to have shot down 13 drones over several regions of russia and the black sea, and a factory in the Kursk region caught fire after a drone attack.

In Crimea, large-scale fires broke out near Koktebel and Simferopol district, covering an area of 20-30 hectares, with more than 150 specialists and 25 pieces of equipment involved in extinguishing them.

The last patrol ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet left the occupied Crimea on July 15, a Ukrainian Navy spokesman said.

At night, Russian troops launched a ballistic missile attack on Odesa region, and in the morning resumed air strikes with anti-aircraft missiles on Kherson region.

Russia claims that its air defense system destroyed or intercepted 22 drones over the Bryansk, Lipetsk regions and occupied Crimea overnight.

Russia reports repelling a drone attack on Sevastopol in occupied Crimea, with one drone shot down near Cape Fiolent.

Anafi Dzhemilev, the brother of the famous Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev, who devoted his life to the struggle for the rights of the Crimean Tatar people, died in occupied Crimea.

The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, said that the strategic task is to desacralize Crimea, including through the destruction of the Crimean bridge, which forced Russia to withdraw its ships from the peninsula.

The Polish Sejm adopted a resolution commemorating the victims of the Crimean Tatar genocide, highlighting the acts of genocide and persecution of Crimean Tatars and emphasizing their invaluable contribution to the history of Poland.

Explosions were heard near Simferopol in the occupied Crimea, where a Russian military unit is based, and sirens were sounded in Sevastopol.

Zelenskyy met with Erdogan at the NATO summit to discuss Ukraine's efforts to bring people home, plans to hold a conference in Turkey on food security and freedom of navigation, and Erdogan's support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

President Zelenskiy called for the lifting of restrictions on strikes on Russian territory, saying it would help Ukraine limit Russia's actions in southern Ukraine and expel the occupier, as well as protect Ukrainian cities from Russian guided bombs and missile attacks.

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.

On July 9, Russian troops attacked Odesa region with a ballistic missile, probably an Iskander-M, and Ukrainian air defense destroyed five reconnaissance drones in the region.

An explosion occurred in Odesa amid an air raid alert, prompting authorities to call on citizens to take shelter.

According to Ukrainian Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk, the Russian Black Sea Fleet was not ready for a long war due to the lack of necessary infrastructure and logistics.

Hot weather with temperatures up to 35-38°C in the south and east of Ukraine, thunderstorms and light rain in some areas, dry and hot in the Kyiv region.

Ukraine is experiencing a severe heat wave, with temperatures reaching 38°C, which has led to the declaration of an emergency fire hazard level in most regions, except for some western regions where precipitation is expected.

Explosions were heard in Kherson, and air alert was declared in many regions due to the threat of ballistic missile attacks from Russian-occupied Crimea.

The explosions in Zaporizhzhia occurred amid the threat of ballistic missiles from Russian-occupied Crimea, which triggered an air raid alert in several regions.

Due to the abnormally hot weather and the increased load on the power grid from air conditioners and refrigeration equipment, many areas of Crimea experienced emergency power outages.

No precipitation is expected in most of Ukraine on July 8, with short-term rains and thunderstorms in the western, afternoon and eastern regions; temperatures at night are 14-19°C, during the day 28-38°C, with the highest temperatures in the southern and eastern regions.

Ukrainian air defense forces shot down three Russian cruise missiles in Zhytomyr and Cherkasy regions overnight.

On Monday, July 8, Ukraine is expected to have partly cloudy weather, short-term rains and thunderstorms in the western, afternoon and eastern parts of the country, with hot weather in the range of 28-38°C in the rest of the country.

The creation of the Ukrainian Navy gradually began in 1992, when the crews of some ships of the former Soviet Black Sea Fleet began to take the oath of allegiance to Ukraine.

A massive explosion has occurred at a gas distribution hub near Alushta in occupied Crimea, causing a large fire that emergency services are trying to localize.

Applicants from the temporarily occupied territories who wish to study at Ukrainian universities will be provided with accommodation in the dormitories of 195 higher education institutions during the admission campaign with the support of the Donbas-Ukraine and Crimea-Ukraine educational centers.

The ATESH movement reports a steady increase in the number of defense positions along the coast of the temporarily occupied Crimea, despite the fact that the occupation authorities claim that there is no threat to the Ukrainian operation.

According to Odesa Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov, an explosion occurred in the city after previous reports of a ballistic missile threat from Crimea.