Luhansk

Two children and a woman returned from the occupied Luhansk region to the government-controlled territory as part of family reunification. Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets emphasized Ukraine's interest in returning citizens home.

Ukraine has repatriated the bodies of 250 fallen defenders from different frontline areas and the occupied territories. The bodies will be identified and handed over to the families for a decent burial in accordance with the Geneva Conventions.

In the self-proclaimed “luhansk people's republic” men will be deprived of Russian citizenship for not being registered for military service. In occupied Rubizhne and Sievierodonetsk, contractors are delaying salaries to construction workers.

The group bought second-hand goods in Ukraine and sold them in the so-called “lPR”. The profits were converted into cryptocurrency and exchanged for hryvnia in Kyiv. The suspects face trial for cooperation with the occupiers and money laundering.

Explosions are heard in Dnipro, and an air alert is issued. The Air Force warns of the threat of ballistic missile attacks in 10 regions of Ukraine, including Dnipro.

The Lviv TCC explained the incident with the man in the Drohobych hospital. According to them, the man was behaving inappropriately and provoking a conflict, and the statement about the beating was not true.

There were 144 combat engagements in the frontline. The Ukrainian Armed Forces repelled 48 attacks in the Pokrovsk sector and stopped 12 attempts to break through near Chasovyi Yar. In Kharkiv region, fighting took place in the areas of Tykhy and Vovchansk.

In the occupied territories of Ukraine, the invaders are trying to attract cadets to serve in the police because of the shortage of local personnel. However, the branch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Institute is half-empty, despite free training without exams.

Five men were detained on the border with Romania who were trying to illegally cross the Tisza River. Two of them paid $7500 to the organizers, while the others planned the crossing on their own.

112 veterans and military personnel competed in four sports as part of the inclusive Victory of the Unconquered competition. The event was supported by MHP to reintegrate the defenders and help them adapt to civilian life.

On July 30, short-term rains are expected in the north and east of Ukraine, with winds of up to 20 m/s. Temperatures at night will be 11-20°, during the day 20-29°, warmer in the south.

Military counterintelligence has collected evidence against 5 Ukrainians who fought on the side of Russia and were captured in Donetsk region. They face life imprisonment for high treason and participation in illegal armed groups.

The SBU detained six Ukrainians who were spreading calls in support of Russia's war against Ukraine. The detainees face up to 10 years in prison for justifying aggression and encroachment on the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

On July 29, a cold atmospheric front will cross Ukraine, bringing rain and thunderstorms to some regions. Strong northwesterly winds with gusts of up to 15-20 m/s are expected, and the air temperature will drop.

On July 28, 73 combat engagements were registered in the frontline. The most intense fighting took place in the Pokrovsk sector, where Ukrainian troops repelled 16 attacks and 12 combat engagements are still ongoing.

Russia has compiled a list of propaganda literature for schools and libraries in the occupied territories of Ukraine. The list includes frontline poetry, military stories, and essays about the 'heroes of the Russian Spring'.

The SBU has served a new suspicion notice to Leonid Pasechnik for organizing forced 'mobilization' in the occupied Luhansk region. According to the SBU, Pasichnyk signed an order that led to the forced conscription of 80% of employees of local enterprises.

More than a thousand comprehensive examinations were conducted on the facts of Russia's war crimes.

Students from occupied Bilovodsk were brought to the Novosibirsk region to study in a camp for 'young soldiers'. The children will be taught combat skills and undergo ideological indoctrination.

Residents of the occupied Luhansk region have received bills with excessive charges for electricity and gas. The so-called 'government of the luhansk people's republic' refused to cancel these charges, despite the increase in tariffs on July 1.

In Lysychansk, due to the lack of communication, paper coupons to the Russian pension fund are issued. Consideration of documents can take up to a year, and repeated applications do not speed up the process.

Russians involve Ukrainian children from the occupied Luhansk region in military training at the 'Academy of Friendship of Peoples Akhmat'. Ombudsman Lubinets calls on the international community to respond to violations of children's rights.

The occupied Donetsk region has accumulated 3. 62 million tons of hazardous waste that is not being utilized. Half of the toxic household waste is imported from Russia, and the volume of garbage continues to grow every month.

Monuments to the victims of Stalinist repression and the Holodomor were dismantled in occupied Luhansk by the Russian occupation authorities, following similar actions in other occupied Ukrainian cities.

Today, thanks to the mediation efforts of the United Arab Emirates, another 95 Ukrainian defenders, including military personnel, members of the National Guard and border guards, were released from Russian captivity, bringing the total number of Ukrainians released from Russian captivity since the beginning of the full-scale invasion to 3,405, although the exact number of those still in captivity remains unknown due to Russia's lack of transparency.

Twenty-three Ukrainian soldiers who defended Mariupol were released from Russian captivity, thirteen of them were Azovstal defenders.

Young men from the occupied Luhansk region underwent firearms training and exams with the Russian military as part of the occupiers' "youth army.

The heat wave in Ukraine will continue: from July 15 to 19, temperatures in most regions will reach +33°C to +42°C due to the influx of African air, potentially making July 2024 the warmest July on record, until cooler air arrives around July 20.

In occupied Donetsk, a so-called "court" sentenced former security assistant to the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission Vadim Golda to 14 years in prison on espionage charges, alleging that he allegedly collected data on "industrial facilities that were later targeted by missile strikes.

Ukrainian guerrillas reconnoitered a military hospital in occupied Sevastopol, receiving information from a wounded Russian soldier that more than 400 wounded would arrive there in a week, with the seriously wounded being sent to civilian hospitals and the rest forced to return to combat missions.