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Colonel Andriy Krok, who was previously the unit’s deputy commander, has been appointed the new commander of the 155th Separate Mechanised Brigade named after Anna of Kyiv. During a formal ceremony, he was presented with the brigade’s Battle Standard.
Over the past 24 hours, there have been 235 combat engagements on the front line. Russian troops carried out missile and air strikes, whilst the Defence Forces struck areas where enemy personnel were concentrated, drone control centres and other enemy military targets.
The Turkish Ministry of Defence has stated that it is continuing to work on the issue of the Russian S-400 air defence missile systems, but has not confirmed reports of their possible sale or transfer to a third country. It is precisely this condition that is considered key to Ankara’s possible return to the US F-35 fighter jet programme.
Serhiy Fedorenko, Commercial Director and member of the Management Board of Naftogaz of Ukraine, has temporarily taken charge of the company. He has replaced Serhiy Koretskyi, who has taken up the post of Prime Minister.
Ukraine’s newly appointed Prime Minister, Serhiy Koretskyi, held his first international conversation in his new role with IMF Deputy Managing Director Dan Katz.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Timur Tkachenko from his post as head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, and Mykola Kalashnyk and Vitaliy Kim from their posts as heads of the Kyiv and Mykolaiv regions. Kalashnik and Kim have joined the new government.
The draft bill on sanctions against Russia, introduced by the late Senator Lindsey Graham, has already secured the required number of votes — more than 60.
Oleksandr Poklad, First Deputy Head of the Security Service of Ukraine, is to become the agency’s acting head. This personnel change follows the move of the current head of the SBU, Yevhen Khmara, to the Ministry of Defence.
Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has shared a list of boxers whose fights he follows with the greatest interest. Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk did not feature on the list.
Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi has submitted the names of 16 candidates for the new Cabinet of Ministers to the Verkhovna Rada. The list does not include candidates for the posts of Minister of Defence and Minister for Foreign Affairs, whom parliament appoints on the recommendation of the President.
On 16 July, the Verkhovna Rada approved the nomination of Serhiy Koretskyi, head of Naftogaz, for the post of Prime Minister of Ukraine. Before the vote, MPs published a preliminary list of candidates for the new Cabinet of Ministers; however, several key posts still remain without agreed candidates.
Law enforcement officials have reported the dismantling of an organised group whose members are suspected of selling psychotropic substances via Telegram. According to the investigation, the psychotropic substances were sold in four regions of Ukraine.
