
Russian forces maintain systematic pressure on Vovchansk and Kupiansk
Russian forces continue to exert intense pressure on the Kupiansk and Kharkiv fronts, although their offensive efforts remain largely ineffective.
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Russian forces continue to exert intense pressure on the Kupiansk and Kharkiv fronts, although their offensive efforts remain largely ineffective.

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces attacked 13 energy hubs in Russian-occupied Crimea and other Ukrainian regions under Russia's de facto control on 21 and 22 July.

The Office of the President of Ukraine has confirmed that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held a phone call with US presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

NATO has said that no changes in military cooperation with Ukraine are expected after Mykhailo Drapatyi's appointment as commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces and that support for Kyiv remains unchanged.

Brigadier General Andrii Lebedenko, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, has briefed journalists on Ukraine's domestic development of guided aerial bombs, including models equipped with turbojet engines.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with Matthew Whitaker, US Ambassador to NATO, and Lieutenant General Curtis Buzzard, Commander of NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine, to discuss expanding supplies of interceptors for Patriot systems and joint defence projects with the US.

Russian forces attacked Dnipropetrovsk Oblast over 40 times on 22 July, injuring seven people, including two law enforcement officers.

Kaja Kallas, the EU chief diplomat, has announced that the EU's Operation Irini in the Mediterranean Sea had stopped a tanker suspected of belonging to Russia's shadow fleet for inspection.

Russia's State Duma (the lower house of the Russian parliament) has expanded the list of convicted criminals whom Russian authorities will be able to recruit into the Armed Forces during mobilisation, martial law or wartime.

One person was killed and at least six others were injured as a result of a Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia and the village of Lezhyne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast on the evening of 22 July.