The Foreign Ministry has called on Ukrainians to refrain from travelling to Israel and to leave Iran.

The US Ambassador to NATO, Matthew Whitaker, discussed with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy the supply of missiles for the Patriot systems, the production of these missiles in Ukraine and a forthcoming drone deal.

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has confirmed that the European Union has agreed on a 21st package of sanctions against Russia.

UNESCO has added Chersonesos of Taurica, in the temporarily occupied Crimea, to the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger.

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin has arrived in Kyiv, where he will hold talks with Ukraine’s leadership. One of the key topics will be support for Ukraine during Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union.

As of 23 July 2026, merchant ships had stopped calling at Ukraine’s Black Sea ports due to the threat of Russian attacks. The government had not closed the ports or imposed any restrictions on shipping.

A Su-57 fighter jet crashed during a training flight in the Moscow region. The pilot reportedly managed to eject and no one was injured. Nothing is currently known about the cause of the Russian aircraft’s crash.

Ukraine has agreed not to impose any new unscheduled expenditure on the Pension Fund in excess of the budgetary limit without prior consultation with the International Monetary Fund. This condition may complicate the introduction of new one-off payments, but does not cancel pensions or the annual indexation.

On 23 July, Orthodox Christians honour the Pochaiv Icon of the Mother of God – one of Ukraine’s most famous Christian shrines. They pray before this miraculous icon for protection, healing, family harmony and help in difficult circumstances.

Ukrainian radio stations and television channels, whose frequencies have been temporarily reallocated for defence and security purposes, will be able to switch to new broadcast channels. For some listeners and viewers, this may mean having to retune their radio or T2 television set.

Ukraine may begin a gradual increase in gas and electricity tariffs for households as early as 2027. This scenario is set out in the updated Memorandum on Economic and Financial Policies, which the Ukrainian authorities have agreed with the IMF. However, no final decision has yet been made – the document itself does not imply an automatic increase in tariffs.

The Central Research Institute of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is developing a closed artificial intelligence system called ‘Marichka’, which will analyse the situation on the battlefield and suggest possible courses of action to commanders. The decision-making process, which currently can take up to 12 hours, is set to be reduced to a few minutes.

Over the course of a week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched drone strikes against around 10 per cent of the total logistics infrastructure of Wildberries, Russia’s largest online marketplace, and put 8 per cent of the company’s warehouses out of action.

The Security Service has uncovered a further six instances in which Russia used depleted uranium munitions during attacks on the Chernihiv region.

Ukrainian developers have already created laser systems capable of shooting down FPV drones and are working on ways to neutralise ‘suicide drones’. Over the next two to three months, the Ukrainian Armed Forces expect to receive new means of countering aerial targets.

54 companies in Ukraine have already joined the private civil defence initiative and have been authorised to carry out the relevant activities.