Ukraine
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina defeated Japanese player Moyuka Uchujima in the first round of the 2024 Olympics. The match ended with a score of 6:2, 6:1 in favor of Svitolina in 62 minutes.
Russian troops shelled Nikopol, hitting two high-rise buildings. Eight people were injured, including two children. Rescuers provided assistance and evacuated the victims.
Ukrainian tennis player Angelina Kalinina refused to participate in the 2024 Olympic Games due to a sore throat.
On July 28, hourly power outage schedules will be applied in Ukraine from 18:00 to 22:00. The country's power system continues to experience a capacity shortage due to hostile attacks and infrastructure damage.
President Zelenskyy reported that Russia had used about 700 guided aerial bombs and more than 100 attack drones against Ukraine in the past week. He emphasized the need to strengthen air defense to protect Ukrainians.
Rebels in Mali have captured mercenaries of the Wagner PMC and offer to hand them over to Ukraine as a sign of solidarity.
Over the past day, 129 combat engagements were registered. The enemy launched 2 missile and 74 air strikes, making 4,883 attacks. Ukrainian forces repelled numerous attacks in different directions.
During a night attack on July 28, 2024, Ukrainian defenders destroyed an X-59 guided missile and 7 Shahed-131/136 strike UAVs. Almost all air targets were shot down over Odesa region.
Switzerland refused to transfer to Ukraine the profits from frozen russian assets in its banks. This decision is explained by Swiss law and the country's international obligations.
On July 28, 1925, the American doctor Baruch Samuel Blumberg was born, who later discovered the hepatitis B virus and received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1976.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported the launch of guided aerial bombs by enemy tactical aircraft in the Kharkiv region.
The occupiers have taken 1000 children from the occupied Kherson region to Kabardino-Balkaria under the pretext of “rehabilitation”. The Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, said that this is a gross violation of children's rights and international norms.
Liudmyla Babak, 27, from Enerhodar, won gold at the European Rowing Marathon Championships in Poznan. She won in the single sculls at a distance of 15.4 km, showing a time of 01:25:30.58.
There were 96 combat engagements over the last day. The enemy was most active in the Pokrovsk sector.
On Independence Square in Kyiv, the driver of an Audi lost control and crashed into a fence. Two passengers and a pedestrian were injured, all hospitalized.
Ukraine U23 scored a dramatic victory over Morocco in the 2024 Olympics. Despite the player's sending off, the Ukrainians pulled out a victory in the 90+8th minute thanks to a goal by Ihor Krasnopir.
Jana Černohova visited Ukraine and honored the memory of Czech and Ukrainian soldiers. She laid flowers at the Sadahur cemetery and took part in an event at the Choral Mound.
Numerous wildfires are raging in Northern California, threatening thousands of homes. The governor has declared a state of emergency in three counties, and more than 3,500 people have been evacuated.
According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the number of combat engagements on the frontline has increased to 73. The most active fighting continues in the Pokrovsk sector, where the enemy made 21 attempts to storm Ukrainian positions.
Vlada Kharkiv and Olena Kryvytska defeated rivals from Canada and Japan in the 1/8 finals of the Olympic fencing tournament. For the first time in history, Ukraine is represented by two athletes at this stage of the competition.
Border guards see no significant threat from Belarus. Russia continues daily shelling of Sumy and Chernihiv regions, but does not expand the area of active hostilities in this direction.
Herman Galushchenko announced that the energy system is ready for winter despite the threat of Russian attacks. The minister emphasized Ukraine's unique experience in balancing the energy system during the war.
The President signed a decree to increase the salary for family doctors in rural areas starting in 2025. The document also provides for housing compensation for doctors moving to rural areas.
A Russian Su-34 fighter jet without ammunition crashed during a training flight in the Volgograd Region. The cause of the crash was attributed to a technical malfunction, and a fire broke out at the crash site.
The President instructed to deploy a medical information system in military units by the end of the year. He also instructed the government to provide funding for the creation of a modern rehabilitation hospital.
The GUR drones attacked three Russian military airfields in Saratov, Ryazan and Murmansk regions. A TU-22M3 supersonic bomber was damaged and an oil refinery in Ryazan was hit.
The mother of Vyacheslav Zinchenko, a suspect in the murder of Irina Farion, believes that her son could have been an accomplice, but not a murderer. She claims that her son likes to attract attention, but is not capable of murder.
Border guards detained a man who was trying to illegally cross the border with Romania via the Danube River using an underwater scooter. This is the second attempt by the offender to illegally enter the neighboring country.
President Zelenskyy congratulated the medical workers on their professional holiday. He thanked them for their dedication and emphasized that Ukraine's medical system is functioning despite Russian attacks.
The situation in the Kharkiv sector remains tense. The enemy is trying to penetrate Ukraine's defense by concentrating forces near Hlyboke and Vovchansk, but Ukrainian troops are in control of the situation.