In China, the US war against Iran is seen as a mistake, and they are not getting involved

In 2025–2026, the Reconstruction Agency did not enter into any new contracts for the construction of third-level structures designed to protect energy facilities from missiles. However, this does not mean that such defences are not being built in Ukraine at all: work under previously concluded contracts remained unfinished.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held talks with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, representatives of US President Donald Trump. During the talks, the parties discussed ways of stepping up diplomatic efforts to bring about peace.

Ukraine has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in response to the escalation of Russian attacks on civilian shipping in the Black Sea. Kyiv has proposed that the meeting take place on 27 July.

The new British Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has backed the decision to allow the United States to use British military bases for targeted strikes against Iran, which London describes as defensive. This approach continues the policy of the previous government.

Ukraine is considering the possibility of recruiting foreign workers due to an acute labour shortage, but they must not compete with Ukrainians for jobs. A proposal has been put forward in the Verkhovna Rada to allow the employment of foreign nationals only in those sectors where vacancies cannot be filled by domestic workers.

Over the past 24 hours, 261 combat engagements were recorded on the front line. Russian troops carried out missile and air strikes, whilst the Defence Forces continued to target areas where the enemy was concentrated and to repel their attacks on the main fronts.

The Russian army has lost a further 1,460 troops over the past 24 hours. Since the start of the full-scale invasion, the total losses of Russian personnel have reached around 1,434,690, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian company DEVIRO has unveiled a new ‘Palytsia’ aircraft-type strike drone, which is set to become a more affordable and mass-produced addition to the already well-known ‘Bulava’ strike system.

The Pentagon has announced that the third service member believed to have been killed in the Iranian attack on a US base in Jordan is Sergeant Angel S. Rampersad. The total number of US military personnel killed since the start of the war has risen to 18.

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has set a number of tasks for the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Mykhailo Drapaty.