Overview

• Late-July drone and missile strikes on Kyiv killed at least 31 civilians, including five children, and wounded 159 others, prompting a citywide day of mourning.
• Ukrainian defenses intercepted 44 of 72 attack drones amid repeated multi-vector assaults on Kyiv and border regions.
• Moscow’s claim to have captured Chasiv Yar in Donetsk after 18 months of fighting is denied by Kyiv, reflecting ongoing frontline volatility.
• President Trump directed two nuclear-powered submarines near Russian waters to reinforce his 12-day ceasefire deadline after Medvedev’s ‘Dead Hand’ warnings.
• Vladimir Putin announced production of the Oreshnik hypersonic missile series and plans to deploy them to Belarus by year’s end as part of Russia’s advanced weapons buildup.