Overview

• The Ukrainian military reported shooting down 208 of the over 330 strike drones and missiles launched overnight into multiple regions on July 19.
• One civilian was killed and at least six others were injured when drones and a missile hit Odesa, setting a residential high-rise ablaze.
• In Dnipropetrovsk’s Pavlohrad, missiles and drones damaged a fire station, industrial facilities and a five-story apartment block, and injured at least one man.
• Frontline clashes remain intense with 180 engagements on July 17, one-third of them in the Pokrovsk sector, as Russian forces press assaults in Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
• The EU and UK imposed new sanctions targeting Russian oil and energy, and NATO confirmed forthcoming deliveries of Patriot air defense systems to bolster Ukraine’s defenses.