The government has appointed Yevhenii Khmara acting defence minister and Andrii Sybiha acting foreign minister.

Media outlets have published an investigation into property owned by the brother of State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) Director Oleksii Sukhachov, which the Pecherskyi District Court had previously barred from publication. The authors allege that Oleksandr Sukhachov acquired 143 properties at...

On 16 July and overnight into 17 July 2026, as part of efforts to degrade the Russian aggressor’s military and economic potential, units of Ukraine’s Defence Forces struck a number of important enemy military and military-economic targets.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Ihor Klymenko and offered him a new post.

The SSU has destroyed a Tu-95 military aircraft in Engels, Russia, which the Russian Federation had been using to launch missile strikes against Ukraine.

Alina Mykhailova, a volunteer and military medic, has spoken out about the pressure being exerted on military personnel who support peaceful protests. According to her, taking part in such events could result in reprimands, loss of rank and ‘preventative talks’ with the command.

At 8:00 p.m., a protest in support of Mykhailo Fedorov will take place on Franko Square in Kyiv.

The dismissal of Mykhailo Fedorov sparked a massive public and political backlash and became one of the most serious challenges for Volodymyr Zelenskyy since the start of the full-scale war.

The second day of protests against President Zelenskyy’s decision not to reappoint Mykhailo Fedorov as Ukraine’s defence minister has begun.

On the night of 17 July, soldiers from the Unmanned Systems Forces struck 12 vessels belonging to the Russian Federation’s shadow fleet in the Black Sea.