War
The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked an oil depot near Moscow and Russian ships
On the night of 18 July, the Ukrainian Defence Forces carried out strikes on a number of military and logistical targets on Russian territory and in the temporarily occupied Crimea. The targets included an oil depot in the Moscow region, ships and support vessels of the Russian navy, and a railway bridge in the Luhansk region.
A proposal has been put forward in the US Senate to automatically impose sanctions on Putin
An amendment to the defence bill has been tabled in the US Senate, which would impose new restrictions on Russia should the peace process with Ukraine break down. It was tabled by Republican Senator Steve Daines
Kadyrov called on Russia to launch strikes against NATO countries
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has made further aggressive statements regarding Western countries that support Ukraine. In a post on social media, he called on Russia to take military action against those states supplying Kyiv with weapons and other military aid
Iran has carried out strikes on US military facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait
Iran has carried out missile and drone attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait, prompting both countries to activate their air raid sirens and air defence systems. Incidents have also been reported in Qatar and Jordan amid the further escalation of the conflict.
The SSU destroyed a Russian Tu-95 bomber at the airfield in Engels
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the Security Service of Ukraine had destroyed a Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber at the airfield in Engels. According to him, the aircraft had been used to launch missile strikes on Ukrainian territory.
The US has been attacking Iran for the sixth night in a row and has carried out large-scale strikes on military targets
The US military has continued its air campaign against Iran, launching its sixth consecutive wave of strikes. According to US Central Command, dozens of military targets were hit during the operation, which lasted nearly eight hours.
Unmanned aerial systems have struck a further 12 vessels belonging to the Russian Federation’s ‘shadow fleet’ in the Black Sea — Madyar
On the night of 17 July, the Unmanned Systems Forces attacked 12 vessels belonging to Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’.
A Ukrainian interceptor drone has destroyed a Russian ‘Orion’ drone, which may be capable of carrying ‘Banderole’ missiles
The Ukrainian military shot down a Russian ‘Orion’ drone using an interceptor drone. This type of UAV is capable of carrying S8000 ‘Banderole’ cruise missiles.
Russia has attacked the Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions; there are casualties and injuries
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces have carried out strikes on a number of Ukrainian regions. The highest number of casualties has been recorded in the Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
The General Staff reported 249 engagements on the front line over the past 24 hours and further losses suffered by the Russian army
Over the past 24 hours, there have been 249 combat engagements on the front line. The defence forces continue to repel Russian attacks on the main fronts and strike at enemy military targets.
The General Staff has updated its figures on Russian casualties over the past 24 hours
Over the past 24 hours, the Russian army has lost a further 1,370 troops, one helicopter and dozens of pieces of weaponry and equipment. The updated figures were released by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In April, the Russians attacked the Sumy region with drones whose warheads contained uranium — SBU
Depleted uranium munitions have been found in the Russian ‘Geran-2’ attack drones used by the Russians to attack the Sumy region in April.
