Russia, in the face of President Trump’s recent sanctions threat, attacked Ukraine with over 300 drones overnight, hammering the port city of Odesa. The attacks targeted about 10 regions in

Nearly 400 Russian missiles and drones were fired at Odesa, Pavlohrad, and other Ukrainian cities and towns overnight on July 19, wounding many civilians and killing at least one. In the capital, Kyiv,

Russia now controls more than two-thirds of Ukraine’s Donetsk region — the main theater of the ground war. Russian forces have carved out a 10-mile-deep pocket around the Ukrainian troops defending the crucial city of Kostiantynivka, partly surrounding them from the east, south and west.

In Odesa, counterintelligence officers from the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the National Police have detained a Russian agent who was planning to bomb the regional Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center (military enlistment office).

The European Union is targeting Russia with more sanctions over its war on Ukraine. The aim is to deprive Moscow of energy revenue through a lower oil price cap and a ban on transactions with Nord Stream gas pipelines.

Russian forces launched a significant drone attack on the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa, igniting a multi-storey apartment building. Odesa's mayor reported that at least 20 drones targeted the city.

Russian forces launched an attack on the Izmail district of Odesa Oblast using strike drones overnight on July 16, Oleh Kiper, Odesa regional governor, reported.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has announced an in-absentia suspicion against a Russian colonel who commanded an Iskander missile strike on Odesa in April 2024, according to the press services of the SBU and the Office of the Prosecutor General.