In New York, Russian roof climbers scaled the Empire State Building to propose marriage and were arrested

Ukrposhta has begun sending export parcels to European Union countries under the new customs rules, which came into force on 1 July. Ukraine has become one of four countries outside the EU that managed to prepare for the new requirements before they came into effect.

Ukraine has begun accepting applications for financial assistance towards heating private homes. The maximum payment per household this year is 19,400 hryvnias.

Two women from the Lviv region have been diagnosed with tropical malaria. The patients had recently returned from a trip to Tanzania, where they had been holidaying on the island of Zanzibar.

Dmytro Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada’s Human Rights Commissioner, has proposed introducing a reciprocal arrangement for telephone calls between Ukrainian and Russian prisoners of war. According to him, every prisoner should be given the opportunity to speak to their loved ones for at least three minutes.

The network of Resilience Centres in Kyiv has been expanded, with new locations added in the Obolon district. Residents are advised to check in advance which centres are closest to their home or workplace and to make a note of their addresses.