Oleksandr Pivnenko, Brigadier-General, Ukraine National Guard (NGU) Commander
Alongside our law enforcement missions, we also know how to fight
Alongside our law enforcement missions, we also know how to fight
Everything will be done to strengthen Ukrainian positions and Ukraine's ability to inflict significant losses on Russian invaders.
Ukrainian diplomats in the United States are working to increase the extent of F-16 fighter pilot training and training of aircraft maintenance personnel.
In the Kherson region, Russian troops dropped explosives from a drone on a civilian's house, and a man was wounded.
Russians attacked Nikopol district two dozen times during the day, a 75-year-old man was wounded.
Russians who have been living in the EU for many years are also helping Russia to obtain banned technologies.
The missiles and drones used by Russia for daily attacks on peaceful cities and towns in Ukraine contain components made in more than 20 countries.
Ukraine's defence forces continue combat missions on the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson region, including near the village of Krynky and on the islands in the area.
Russian occupation forces have intensified assault operations in the Orikhiv sector, but there are no signs of the formation of offensive groups in the Zaporizhzhia sector.
In Kherson, as a result of night attacks by enemy UAVs, a fire broke out on the territory of a municipal utility company, destroying 15 vehicles.
In Nizhyn, Chernihiv region, four people were hospitalized following a Russian drone attack that mauled a local dormitory.
Russia has started deploying new, cheaply-made drones to identify Ukrainian air defenses.
On Friday, Russia shelled the town of Ukrainsk, located in the Selydove community in Donetsk region. A coal mining enterprise and a number of power lines were damaged.
Russia’s military command relies on taking from stocks and upgrading older models of armored fighting vehicles.
Five people were wounded in a drone attack in Kherson on Friday as Russian forces dropped explosives on Kherson residents who were near a store.
Fighters from the 3rd Border Detachment named after Colonel Yevhenii Pikus of Ukraine's Revenge Brigade have destroyed a UAV command post, enemy shelters and Russian infantrymen.
Ukraine's missile forces, in cooperation with other units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, attacked the Saky air base in temporarily occupied Crimea overnight into Friday, July 26.
The Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security pursues efforts to provide a brief explanation to foreign audiences on the current topics of particular interest as regards Ukraine.
As many as 147 combat engagements with Russian invaders were recorded on the front lines in the past 24 hours, with the fighting being the heaviest in the Pokrovsk sector.
Since the beginning of the day, there have already been 5 military clashes in the Kharkiv region near the settlements of Hlyboke and Vovchansk.
The Pentagon has found additional errors in its calculations of ammunition, missiles and other equipment sent to Ukraine, which makes it possible to send Ukraine additional weapons worth USD 2 billion.
The enemy is suffering heavy losses in manpower and equipment, which it cannot effectively replenish.
In Kherson, as a result of night shelling, electrical equipment was put out of action - the Tavriyskiy district and the village of Tekstilne were partially de-energised.
At night and in the morning of 26 July, the Russian army fired nine times at the border areas and settlements of Sumy region, 23 explosions were recorded.
Over the past day, 25 July, the Russian army killed two residents of Donetsk region.
Russia’s total combat losses in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to July 26, 2024 amounted to an estimated 572,300, including 950 killed and wounded in the past day alone.
As of 06:30 on Friday, July 26, Russia has a single Kalibr cruise missile carrier on combat duty in the Black Sea, with a total salvo if four missiles.
Ukraine’s air defense forces intercepted 20 Russian kamikaze drones in the early hours of Friday, July 26.
In Kyiv region, air defense capabilities were activated to intercept incoming kamikaze drones.