The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied allegations made by Qasim al-Abudi, National Security Advisor to the Republic of Iraq, regarding Kyiv’s alleged involvement in organizing explosions at Iraqi government facilities.

During the Russian occupiers’ deadliest terrorist attack in Olenivka against the defenders of Mariupol, more than 50 Ukrainian soldiers were killed, 130 were wounded, and many of those who survived the explosion remain in enemy captivity.

The Solomyansky District Court of Kyiv remanded Vasyl Honcharuk-head of the Armada association and organizer of the arms exhibition in Kapitanivka, which was targeted by a Russian missile strike on July 24-into custody. The court granted the prosecutor’s office’s motion and ordered the suspect to be held in custody for 60 days without the right to post bail.

The death toll from the Russian missile strike on an arms exhibition in the village of Kapitanivka in the Kyiv region has risen to eleven. One of the victims died in the hospital. Meanwhile, the prosecutor’s office is demanding that the event’s organizer be taken into custody.

Last night, the Defense Forces carried out precision strikes against strategic targets in Russia, the aggressor nation. Among other things, they succeeded in striking an export terminal and oil refineries deep within Russian territory.

On July 24, a funeral service was held at St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kyiv for Oleksandr Semenets, a serviceman with the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that a key milestone in his relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump was their face-to-face meeting at St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, which took place in April 2025.

Denys Shtilierman, chief designer at Fire Point, released footage of the Flamingo missile launch, hinting that this was the weapon used by the Ukrainian Defense Forces to carry out a successful strike on the Aviatek aircraft factory in the Russian city of Kirov.

On Thursday, July 23, Ukraine received a second tranche from the International Monetary Fund totaling approximately $690 million as part of a new four-year program.

Counterintelligence and investigators from the Security Service of Ukraine have documented six additional instances of Russian troops using depleted uranium munitions during shelling of the Chernihiv region between April and June 2026.