Timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (8 June 2023 – present)
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This timeline of the Russian invasion of Ukraine covers the period from 8 June 2023, as the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive began, to the present day.
June 2023
8 June
Several newspapers and analysts reported that Ukraine's counteroffensive had begun,[1][2][3][4] with the Institute for the Study of War noting that activity throughout Ukraine was consistent with a variety of indicators that counteroffensive operations were underway across the theater.[citation needed][5]
In the early hours of the counteroffensive, the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered "significant losses" according to US officials and the Russian Ministry of Defence, but seemingly managed to break some lines of defence in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. According to US officials, the losses were not expected to impact Ukraine's counteroffensive as a whole.[6] The Russian Defence Ministry said its forces had repelled an offensive by Ukrainian forces involving 1,500 soldiers and 150 armoured vehicles after a two-hour battle with Ukrainian troops in the early hours. In response, Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said only that Russia was conducting "defensive actions" near Orikhiv.[7]
Three people, including a child were reported to have been killed by Russian shelling in Ukrainsk, Donetsk Oblast.[8] One person was killed and eight others were wounded after Russian shelling struck a flood evacuation point in Kherson.[9]
In Russia, drones struck two settlements in Belgorod Oblast.[10]
The
The United Kingdom imposed new sanctions on Belarus for its support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which included banning imports of gold, cement, wood and rubber from Belarus and blocking exports to Belarus of banknotes and machinery, as well as materials that could be used to produce chemical and biological weapons.[14]
As part of NATO's efforts to secure its border with Ukraine, Germany announced it would donate two MANTIS Air Defence Systems to Slovakia.[15]
9 June
One person was killed and three others injured in a Russian air strike in Zviahel, Zhytomyr Oblast. Eight people were wounded in another attack in Uman. The Ukrainian military said they shot down four out of six missiles launched during the attacks.[16]
According to OSINT Defender, an
The Security Service of Ukraine posted an intercepted call on its Telegram channel that claimed to show Russia's responsibility for the Kakhovka Dam's destruction. The call, which news agency Reuters could not immediately verify, was between two Russian-speaking men, with one of whom, described by the Ukraine security service as a Russian soldier, saying that the action at the dam was by a sabotage group under Russian command, and was supposed to "scare" people but "[the group did] more than what they planned for."[19]
In Russia, three people were wounded by a drone strike on a residential building in Voronezh.[20] A state of emergency was later declared in the region.[21]
President Vladimir Putin said Russia would begin deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus after the staging facilities are ready on 7–8 July.[22] He also said during an interview published on Telegram that the Ukrainian offensive had begun.[23]
Belgium announced it would supply Ukraine with 105mm artillery rounds worth 32.4 million euros ($35 million), which would be purchased from Belgian industry and delivered as soon as possible.[24]
10 June
During a nighttime attack on
During a surprise visit by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged the start of the country's counteroffensive against Russia. Trudeau also announced 500 million Canadian dollars (£297 million) in new military aid for Ukraine.[26]
Radio New Zealand launched an external investigation after discovering that some 15 stories about the war in Ukraine "were edited to align with the Russian view of events" to give a "false account" of the conflict.[28] The station's executive later apologized, admitting that RNZ's editorial systems had been insufficiently robust, while a digital journalist was placed on leave.[29]
In Russia, a freight train with fifteen cars was derailed in Belgorod Oblast. No casualties were reported.[30]
11 June
Ukraine announced the liberation of the villages of Blahodatne, Makarivka and Neskuchne in Donetsk Oblast, the first settlements it had taken since the start of the counteroffensive. The Russian defence ministry claimed Ukrainian speedboats tried to attack the reconnaissance vessel Priazovye in the Black Sea.[31]
An audit of Kyiv's bomb shelters by Oleksandr Kamyshin, the Ukrainian Strategic Industries Minister, found that only "15%" were suitable for use. 50% of the bomb shelters required more work to make them suitable. 35% was found to be unusable. Of these bomb shelters only 44% were immediately available, another 21% required at least "five minutes" to be made available.[32]
A prisoner swap occurred between Russian and Ukrainian POWs, with 94 Russians swapped for 95 Ukrainians.[33]
In Russia, a suspected Ukrainian drone crashed near the village of Strelkovka in Kaluga Oblast.[34]
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu ordered all volunteer fighting groups to sign a contract with the ministry, calling it a step towards increasing the effectiveness of Russian forces in Ukraine. However, the Wagner Group's head Yevgeny Prigozhin insisted that they were not covered by the order. Russian media reported it was an attempt by Shoigu to rein in Wagner following Prigozhin's previous outbursts against the military establishment.[35]
12 June
Ukraine announced it had retaken seven villages in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Oblasts, including the settlements of Lobkove, Levadne, Novodarivka and Storozheve.[36] It also accused Russia of blowing up a dam near Novodarivka that resulted in flooding along the Mokri Yaly river.[37]
Three people were killed after Russian forces opened fire on a flood evacuation boat in Kherson Oblast.[38] One person was killed by Russian bombing in Orikhiv,[39] while another was killed in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast.[40] Two people were injured in a Russian attack in Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast.[41]
Major-General
The Russian defence ministry signed a contract with Chechen Akhmat special forces fighting in Marinka, Donetsk Oblast as part of its moves towards consolidating control over allied paramilitary forces.[43]
The United States announced a new aid package that would include "roughly two dozen
13 June
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A Russian airstrike hit a five-story residential building in Kryvyi Rih, killing 12 people and wounding 36.[45] Attacks were also reported in Kyiv and Kharkiv.[46][47] The Ukrainian military command said that they shot down ten out of fourteen cruise missiles and one of four "Iranian made drones".[48] An elderly priest was killed by Russian shelling in Bilozerka, Kherson Oblast.[49] Seven people were killed by Russian shelling across Sumy Oblast.[50] Six of them, which included four forestry workers, were inside a van that was shelled near Seredyna-Buda, close to the international border.[51]
In a meeting with military journalists and bloggers, President Putin claimed Ukraine had lost 160 tanks and more than 360 other armoured vehicles since the start of its counteroffensive, while Russia lost 54 tanks.[52] He further acknowledged that there were shortages of precision-guided munitions, communications equipment, aircraft, drones and other military equipment.[53]
Belarusian President
14 June
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Four people were killed and 13 others were injured after a Russian missile attack on Odesa.[55] The Ukrainian military said four Kalibr cruise missiles were launched at the city and said it had shot down three. The dead were retail employees who died after a missile struck a warehouse, causing a fire. Missile debris also damaged a business center, an educational institution, a residential complex, and shops in the city center.[56] Four people were also killed in Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast.[57][58] Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Zaporizhzhia and Chernihiv Oblasts respectively[58]
Pro-Russian officials claimed one person was injured by Ukrainian shelling in Nova Kakhovka.[59] Ukrainian forces claimed to have retaken at least 90 square kilometres (35 square miles) of territory since starting their counteroffensive and advanced by some 200–500 metres towards Bakhmut, and 300–500 metres in the Zaporizhzhia front.[51]
15 June
One person was injured in Kryvyi Rih as Russian missiles and drones were launched overnight across Ukraine. The Ukrainian military claimed to have intercepted 20 drones and one missile.[62] An elderly woman was killed by Russian shelling in Zelenivka, Kherson Oblast.[63]
Nine drones were reported to have attacked Russian-occupied Crimea.[64]
On the southern front, Ukrainian forces claimed to have advanced by up to 7 kilometers (4.4 miles) along the
In Russia, a war crimes trial against 22 members of the
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have struck drone production facilities in Ukraine using high-precision, long-range weapons and intercepted five US-built HIMARS-launched missiles and shot down 25 drones.[67]
Russia announced plans to hold local elections scheduled on 10 September in occupied regions of Ukraine that it illegally annexed after the 2022 invasion.[68]
16 June
Another Russian air attack was launched on Kyiv while a delegation composed of five African leaders was visiting the Ukrainian capital as part of a peace mission between the warring sides. The delegation, which included South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Senegalese President Macky Sall, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, Comoran President and concurrent African Union chair Azali Assoumani and Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, were safely secured into a bomb shelter.[69] The Ukrainian air force said it shot down six Kalibr cruise missiles, six Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missiles and two reconnaissance drones.[70] Four people were wounded in the attack, while 23 others were also injured in a separate attack in Kherson.[71]
Germany announced it was sending 64 Patriot missiles to Ukraine to bolster its air defenses.[70]
17 June
Four people were killed after a Russian missile struck a car near Huriv Kozachok in Kharkiv Oblast.[72] One person was killed and three others wounded in a Russian airstrike in Kozatske, Kherson Oblast.[73]
In Russia, three drones were shot down in an attack on the Druzhba oil refinery in Bryansk Oblast.[74]
President Putin confirmed the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, claiming that this was "an element of deterrence" directed at those in the West who sought a "strategic defeat" for Russia.[75]
18 June
Ukrainian forces claimed to have destroyed a “significant” ammunition dump near Henichesk, Kherson Oblast.[76] A Russian-installed official in Zaporizhzhia Oblast confirmed the recovery of the village of Piatykhatky by Ukrainian forces.[77]
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Bilopillia, Sumy Oblast, while another was killed in Tonenke, Donetsk Oblast.[78]
19 June
In Russia, the governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that seven people were injured by bombing in Valuyki.[79]
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry announced that its forces had retaken a total of 113 square kilometres (44 square miles) since the start of its counteroffensive and advanced up to 7 kilometers in the direction of Melitopol. It also estimated Russian losses at 4,600 personnel killed or wounded and 400 pieces of hardware destroyed. Meanwhile, the Russian defence ministry said its forces had repelled 263 Ukrainian attacks since 4 June.[80]
The Danish Defence Ministry announced another package of military aid for Ukraine worth around $3.2 billion to be delivered from 2023 to 2028, which would include weapons, military equipment, emergency equipment, and training support.[81]
20 June
Russia launched another wave of overnight airstrikes across Ukraine, with attacks being reported in Kyiv, Lviv, Zaporizhzhia and Mykolaiv. The Ukrainian military claimed to have shot down 28 out of 30 Shahed drones over Kyiv and three more in Mykolaiv.[82] Two people were killed in separate attacks in Kherson and Sumy Oblast.[83]
Russian-installed officials claimed that one person was killed and four others injured by a Ukrainian drone strike in Nova Kakhovka.[84]
The Ukrainian military claimed to have destroyed or damaged 46 units of Russian military equipment and inflicted the loss of five Russian army companies in the southern front.[85]
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry said 30,000 soldiers were to be trained in EU countries under the European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM).[86]
The Russian State Duma approved legislation that would give pardons to convicted criminals who would fight in Ukraine, promising the expungement of criminal records of those who complete military service, suffer combat-related injuries or reach the mandatory retirement age of 65. Suspects who agreed to fight in Ukraine were also to be given reprieves. However, the law barred people convicted of terrorist, sexual, espionage and treasonous offenses from availing.[87]
Ukraine's arms manufacturer
21 June
Four people were injured in a suspected missile attack by Russian forces in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast.[89]
The Ukrainian military claimed to have shot down a Russian
The European Union announced its 11th round of sanctions against Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, imposing restrictions on the sale of sensitive dual-use goods and technology to third countries that might sell it on to Russia and banning the entry of 71 persons and 33 entities to the EU for their involvement in the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia.[91] Latvian Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš announced that it was completing the transfer of his country's military helicopter fleet to Ukraine.[92]
22 June
The Russian-installed governor of Kherson Oblast,
Russia launched another wave of missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, with attacks reported in Kryvyi Rih and Odesa.[95] One person was killed in a separate attack in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, while 13 others were injured in attacks across 10 oblasts.[96]
The SBU arrested a resident of Mykolaiv suspected of providing the Russian military intelligence agency GRU with information on the location and movement of Ukrainian military vehicles and directing Russian fire upon a shipyard that injured six people and damaged several houses.[97]
In Russia, a drone attack was reported in
President Zelenskyy signed a law banning the import and distribution of books from Russia and Belarus.[100] He also claimed that Russia was planning a "terrorist attack" on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant involving the leakage of radiation, citing intelligence reports.[101]
The EU announced the transfer of 1.5 billion euros to Ukraine in macro-financial assistance.[102]
The United Nations placed Russia on its “list of shame” over the killing and injuring of children in its invasion of Ukraine. The UN's annual report on the treatment of children in conflict zones said 477 children had been killed in Ukraine over the past year, mostly in air attacks. 136 deaths were directly attributed to Russian forces and allied groups, while 80 were blamed on Ukrainian forces and the rest could not be determined.[103]
23 June
Ukraine
The Ukrainian Air Force said it had destroyed 13 Russian missiles and one drone that targeted an air base in Khmelnytskyi Oblast.[104] Two people were killed and four others were injured after Russian shelling struck a transport company building in Kherson.[105]
The Turkish drone company Baykar issued licenses to manufacture drones in Ukraine, with production of Bayraktar and Akınc combat drones expected to commence in 2025.[106] Ukrainian Minister for Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin later confirmed that construction of Baykar's manufacturing facility in Ukraine had already begun.[107]
The head of Ukrainian Military Intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, claimed in an interview to the New Statesman that Russia had approved of a plan to sabotage the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and blame it on Ukraine, adding that explosives had been placed across the facility. However, inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) failed to find any evidence for this.[108]
The
Wagner rebellion
Prigozhin claimed that he had entered Rostov Oblast.[118] Governor Vasily Golubev told citizens to stay indoors. Prigozhin claimed that Wagner forces shot down a Russian helicopter.[119]
General Sergey Surovikin, former commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, urged Prigozhin to stop his actions, saying that Russia's enemies were "just waiting for the internal political situation to worsen".[118]
24 June
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Russia launched another wave of air attacks across cities in Ukraine. Five people were killed and 11 wounded after a high-rise was struck in Kyiv's Solomianskyi District.[120] Eight people were wounded in Dnipro. Attacks were also recorded in Kharkiv. The Ukrainian military said it had shot down 50 missiles and five drones.[121]
One person was killed by Russian shelling in
Wagner rebellion
Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed in an audio message that he had "25,000" fighters at his disposal, including soldiers who defected from the Russian army. Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov opened a criminal case against Prigozhin for "armed rebellion". The M4 highway between Lipetsk Oblast and Voronezh Oblasts was closed after the governor of Lipetsk, Igor Artamonov, claimed that a convoy of military vehicles had used the highway earlier. Prigozhin appeared to have seized the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don. Wagner also claimed control of military installations in Voronezh,[123] where a fuel depot caught fire following alleged sightings of a military helicopter.[124] Clashes between Wagner and the Russian military were reported in the region.[125] Later in the day, they reached Lipetsk Oblast, with some analysts pinpointing sightings near Yelets, 390 kilometres (240 miles) south of Moscow.[126]
In Moscow, according to TASS, security was increased at key facilities. The Institute for the Study of War considered Prigozhin efforts as "unlikely to succeed" due to a lack of support from General Sergey Surovikin, the former overall commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, who called Putin "the popularly elected President of the Russian Federation".[127][128][129]
In his first comments on the mutiny, President Vladimir Putin said "those who carry deliberately on a path of treason, preparing an armed rebellion when you were preparing terrorist attacks, will be punished," but did not directly mention Prigozhin.[130]
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov offered his forces to help "preserve Russia's units and defend its statehood", calling Prigozhin's actions "a knife in the back".[131]
The FSB raided the headquarters of PMC Wagner in Saint Petersburg and reportedly seized cardboard boxes containing 4 billion rubles ($47 million) from vehicles near the office. Prigozhin said that the money was meant to pay employee salaries and other company expenses.[132]
Later in the day, Prigozhin announced that his forces would stop their march on Moscow and withdraw to military camps following talks with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko,[133] by which time Prigozhin claimed to have been just 200 kilometers (120 miles) away from Moscow.[134] In exchange, Prigozhin was to be allowed to go into exile in Belarus and all charges against him and his followers were to be dropped.[135] At around 11:00 p.m. (GMT+3), the Wagner Group began withdrawing their forces from Rostov-on-Don.[136]
25 June
Ukrainian forces claimed to have retaken the village of Rivnopil in Donetsk Oblast,[137] as well as territories around Krasnohorivka near the city of Donetsk that had been held by pro-Russian separatists since 2014.[138] Ukraine also claimed to have thwarted an attempt by Russian saboteurs to enter Sumy Oblast.[139]
Shelling and air strikes by Russian forces were reported in Kherson, Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts.[140][141]
Russian-installed officials in Zaporizhzhia Oblast said Russian troops killed two “two pro-Ukrainian terrorists” following overnight gunfire in Berdiansk. The Office of the Ukrainian Ombudsman later identified the dead as two teenagers who had been persecuted by the Russians on suspicions of plotting sabotage.[142]
In Russia, Wagner forces started their withdrawal from Voronezh.[143]
Germany announced it would supply Ukraine with 45 more Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns by the end of the year, with 15 of them expected to arrive in the coming weeks.[144]
26 June
3 people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson and in Nikopol.[145][146]
A spokesman for the Ukrainian military claimed that Russian forces fired a "chemical aerosol munition with suffocating effect on one of the positions." The attack was said to have occurred in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Ukraine claimed that the wind blew the "aerosol munition" back to Russian positions.[147]
President Zelenskyy made a visit to the southern front, awarding decorations and fraternizing with soldiers while praising the Ukrainian army's advances in videos released by his office. The Defence Ministry said that its forces had retaken 17 square kilometres (10.5 square miles) in Zaporizhzhia Oblast in the past week, while a total of 130 square kilometres (81 squares miles) of territory had been liberated since the start of the counteroffensive.[148]
Wagner's Yevgeny Prigozhin released his first statement since the end of his rebellion against the Russian establishment, saying in an 11-minute audio message that he had acted to prevent the destruction of his military outfit and that he did not intend to topple the Russian government.[149] On the same day, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu made his first public appearance since the revolt, with video showing him visiting troops in Ukraine.[150] In his first public statements since the revolt, President Putin continued to denounce Prigozhin's actions, while accusing Ukraine and the West of wanting to see civil conflict in Russia.[151]
The Russian Ministry of Defence said that its
In a speech to the House of Commons, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said that Ukraine had captured 300 square kilometers of territory, claiming that this was more than what Russia gained in its winter offensive.[155]
27 June
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Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Oblasts.[164][165] Missiles were also fired at Kremenchuk, coinciding with the first anniversary of the missile attack on a shopping mall in the city that killed 20 civilians.[166]
In Belarus, President Lukashenko confirmed the arrival of the Wagner Group's Yevgeny Prigozhin in the country, saying that he was welcome to stay "for some time",[167] while construction of camps for the group was reported to have begun in Mogilev Region.[168] However, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine stated there was no evidence that such camps were being built.[169]
The Pentagon announced a $500-million military aid package for Ukraine that would include 30 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, 25 Stryker armored vehicles, AT4 and Javelin anti-armor weapons, as well as Stinger anti-aircraft weapons. The package also included ammunition for Patriot air defense systems, HIMARS and Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles, and 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds, as well as other types of munitions and support equipment.[170]
A report released by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) found that 77 Ukrainian civilians had been summarily killed by Russian forces since the start of the invasion, while 864 others had been arbitrarily detained and 260 were detained for their political views. It also found Ukrainian security forces liable for unlawfully detaining at least 75 individuals who were mostly suspected of conflict-related criminal offences.[171]
Rheinmetall announced that it would supply Ukraine with 14 additional Leopard 2A4s on behalf of the Dutch government starting January 2024.[172]
28 June
Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast.[173]
Six explosions were reported in Russian-occupied Melitopol.
In Russia, the
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda announced that the country had acquired two launchers for the NASAMS air defense system and was planning to donate them to Ukraine, while his defense minister, Arvydas Anušauskas, also announced the delivery of 10 M113 armored vehicles and thousands of anti-tank munitions for grenade launchers.[178] The country also introduced a temporary ban on land transport of 57 types of dual-use goods, mainly microelectronics and semiconductor components, that could reach Russia or Belarus and be used in the war against Ukraine.[179]
Switzerland blocked the export of 96 Leopard 1 tanks to Germany, where they were to have been modernized and delivered to Ukraine, citing its longstanding policy of neutrality.[180] However, it expanded its sanctions list on Russian entities to correspond with the latest sanctions announced by the EU.[181]
The Hero of Ukraine award was given to Colonel Serhii Yaremenko, commander of the 96th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade, for shooting down 13 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.[182]
29 June
Two people were killed by Russian shelling at a relief distribution center in Kherson. Another person was also killed by Russian shelling in nearby Bilozerka,[183] while three others died in separate attacks across Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[184]
The United States said it was actively considering giving
Colonel-General Andrei Yudin, General
The World Bank approved the $1.5 billion-Ukraine Relief and Recovery Development Policy Loan, guaranteed by the Japanese government, to provide and fund relief to households, reforms to transparency over public resources, and support for markets in Ukraine.[188]
30 June
In Donetsk Oblast, two people were killed in a Russian attack on a school in Serhiivka, while one person was killed by shelling in Mykolaivka.[189]
The Ukrainian military claimed to have struck a Russian headquarters and a fuel and lubricant warehouse in Berdiansk airport with 10
Ukrainian military intelligence reported a reduction in the number of Russian military personnel stationed at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and in the nearby town of Enerhodar, as well as an advisory to employees to leave the facility before 5 July and blame Ukraine for any untoward incident at the plant.[192]
Ukraine was accused of using banned
President Zelenskyy ordered the reinforcement of defenses along Ukraine's border with Belarus following the Wagner Group's redeployment there.[194]
Denmark announced it would provide Ukraine with a DKK 1.3 billion ($190 million) military aid package that would include air defense missiles and funds for the purchase of artillery ammunition.[195] In contrast, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced his opposition to a planned aid package of the European Union worth 50 billion euros ($55 billion) to Ukraine unless it accounts for the distribution of previous aid.[196]
July 2023
1 July
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Mala Tokmachka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[197]
Ukraine announced sanctions on 189 Russian nationals, including Pavel Shatskikh, the director of Elektropribor, a leading aircraft enterprise, in Kazan. Sanctions were also imposed on nearly 300 companies linked to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including its largest space industry company Energia. Two Belarusians, including Aleksei Shkadarevich, the director of LEMT Scientific and Technical Center in Minsk, and Georgian businessman Tamaz Gaiashvili, the founder of Georgian Airways, were also sanctioned, the latter for opening direct flights to Russia and offering transit flights to circumvent airspace bans by Western countries on Russian aircraft.[198]
2 July
Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Kyiv for the first time in 12 days, wounding one person. The Ukrainian military said it had shot down all drones.[199][200] Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk Oblast.[201]
Fighting broke out in Kherson Oblast, as the Institute for the Study of War assessed that 70 Ukrainian soldiers had landed under the Russian-controlled end of the
The mayor of Enerhodar said that 100 employees of the Russian state nuclear firm Rosatom had left the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.[204]
In Russia, a missile attack was reported at the Primorsko-Akhtarsk air base in Krasnodar Krai.[205]
Organizers announced the cancellation of the biannual
The Wagner Group suspended the operations of its physical recruitment centers for a month, while keeping its call centers open for applications.[207] Poland announced it was sending 500 police and counterterrorist forces to reinforce its border with Belarus following the Wagner Group's redeployment there and to prevent migrants from illegally crossing the border.[208]
3 July
A drone attack on Sumy killed three people[209] and injured nineteen. Two private properties and an government building were also damaged. The Ukrainian military claimed to have shot down thirteen out of seventeen Shahed drones launched at the country.[210] Three others died in shelling across Sumy Oblast,[211] while another was killed in Donetsk Oblast.[212]
Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said that Ukrainian forces had recaptured 9 square kilometers of territory in the east and 28.4 square kilometers in the south during the previous week.[213] She also claimed Ukrainian forces had sunk two Russian military vessels carrying 66 soldiers in Mykolaiv Oblast. In contrast, the Russian-installed governor of Kherson Oblast, Vladimir Saldo, claimed that Ukrainian forces had been dislodged from their bridgehead at the Antonivskyi Bridge,[214] which was disputed by Western defense and intelligence analysts.[215][216]
The IAEA announced that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant had been reconnected to its only available backup power line after a section of it on the opposite bank of the Dnipro River was damaged on 1 March.[217]
The Russian news agency Interfax reported that the FSB foiled an assassination attempt on Sergey Aksyonov, the Russian-installed head of Crimea, adding that it had detained a Russian national who had reportedly been recruited by the SBU to kill Aksyonov using a car bomb.[218]
Ukraine's National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) placed Unilever to its list of sponsors of Russia's war on the country for continuing investments in Russia despite promises to pull out.[219]
The International Center for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, a body tasked with investigating Russian war crimes in the country, opened at the headquarters of the European Union’s judicial cooperation agency, Eurojust, in The Hague, Netherlands.[220]
Yevgeny Pisarenko, a commander of the Chechen Akhmat Unit, was reportedly killed in action in the Donbas.[221]
4 July
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson,[222] while another was killed in Dalnie, Donetsk Oblast.[223] At least 43 people, including 12 children, were injured in an attack on a residential area in Pervomaiskyi, Kharkiv Oblast, with a former commander of the Azov Brigade claiming that the attack targeted a military funeral.[224]
In occupied Donetsk Oblast, Russia claimed one person was killed and 36 others were injured in a Ukrainian attack in Makiivka. The Ukrainian military said it had destroyed a Russian military formation there.[225]
Russia claimed to have shot down four drones outside Moscow while jamming a fifth with
5 July
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Bilozerka, Kherson Oblast.[227]
Ukrainian officials accused the Russian military of having used the chemical weapon Lewisite at the front around Bakhmut.[228]
Russian media claimed that a Ukrainian artillery strike caused a fire at an oil depot in Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast, citing the town's mayor.[229]
Ukraine imposed sanctions on 18 holding companies linked to Russia and its war effort.[230]
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, UK Chief of the Defence Staff, told the House of Commons that the Russian army had lost nearly half its combat effectiveness.[231]
6 July
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Ten people were killed and 42 others were injured in a Russian missile attack on an apartment in
The Odnorobivka train station in Bohodukhiv Raion, Kharkiv Oblast, was destroyed by Russian shelling.[235]
The Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War announced the return of 45 POWs and four civilian deportees, including two children, from Russia.[236]
The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine ordered the seizure of an An-140-100 aircraft belonging to the sanctioned Russian state defense conglomerate Rostec following a lawsuit by the Justice Ministry. The plane had been sent to the Antonov workshop in Ukraine for repairs at the time of the invasion in 2022 and was valued at Hr 150 million ($4 million).[237]
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said that Yevgeny Prigozhin had returned from Belarus to St. Petersburg and that his Wagner forces were still in their bases in Russia and occupied parts of Ukraine.[238] However, he denied that it signaled the collapse of the deal he had reached to end the Wagner Group's rebellion.[239]
The Finnish Defence Ministry announced a 105 million euros ($114 million) defence package to Ukraine that would include anti-aircraft weapons and ammunition.[240]
The British Defence Ministry assessed that Russia was redeploying troops from as far as the Caucasus region and its border with China to reinforce its positions in Ukraine, while a Ukrainian military official said that Russia was looking to recruit 500,000 personnel to replenish its armed forces.[241]
7 July
Two people were killed in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast after their car was hit by debris during an overnight Russian drone attack. Another drone hit a business in Kryvyi Rih Raion, causing a fire but no casualties. The Ukrainian military said 18 Shahed drones were launched at targets in eastern and southern Ukraine, of which 12 were shot down.[242] Later in the day, a Russian missile caused a fire at an infrastructure facility in Zaporizhzhia.[243]
The
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said that he would send additional attack helicopters and "hundreds of thousands" of rounds of large-caliber ammunition "in the coming months" to Ukraine following President Zelenskyy's visit to Prague.[246]
Germany delivered a new military aid package to Ukraine which included
The UN’s Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) said that the civilian death toll from the invasion of Ukraine had reached more than 9,000, including 500 children.[248]
The IAEA said that it had not found evidence of explosives being planted inside the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in recent inspections as claimed by Ukraine. However, it demanded access to more areas of the facility, including the rooftops of the reactors, which had been closed off by Russian occupation authorities purportedly for security reasons.[249]
8 July
In Russia, the Governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that missiles hit part of the central market of Shebekino.[251]
After a visit to Turkey to secure President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s support for Ukraine’s NATO membership, President Zelenskyy announced that he had secured the return of five commanders of the Ukrainian garrison at the Azovstal Metallurgical Plant who were taken prisoner after the Siege of Mariupol and were living in Turkey as part of an agreement with Russia. The Kremlin later complained that it was a violation of that said agreement and criticized Turkey for allowing it.[252] He later visited Snake Island to commemorate the 500th day of the invasion.[253]
9 July
Two people were injured in separate Russian attacks in Kherson Oblast.[254][255]
The Russian-installed head of Crimea claimed that a cruise missile was shot down near Kerch, while the Crimean Bridge was temporarily closed to traffic.[256] The exiled mayor of Melitopol claimed an explosion occurred at a Russian military base near the city.[257] Russian forces also claimed to have shot down three missiles over Bryansk and Rostov Oblasts, destroying a sawmill in the process.[258]
The
10 July
Seven people were killed and 13 others were injured in a Russian bombing raid on a school hosting aid distribution operations in Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[260] Two people were killed in separate artillery attacks in Donetsk Oblast.[261] A Russian S-300 missile struck Mykolaiv, no casualties were reported.[262]
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed that it had retaken 10 square kilometers of territory in the southern front and 4 square kilometers in the eastern front over the past week. It also claimed to have advanced more than one kilometer towards Melitopol and Berdiansk.[263] The Ukrainian Defence Ministry claimed its forces had recaptured key heights around Bakhmut and subjected all access points to the city under its line of fire.[264]
A Western official told
In an interview with CNN, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger announced that the firm would open an armored vehicle plant in western Ukraine within the next 12 weeks and hire and train Ukrainian staff to maintain its products.[266]
Australia said it would deploy a
11 July
Russia launched another drone strike overnight on Kyiv and Odesa. Ukrainian authorities reported no casualties and that 26 out of 28 drones launched were shot down. A woman was killed by shelling in
A hotel used to house senior Russian military officials and the headquarters of the 58th Combined Arms Army was reportedly destroyed by an missile strike in Berdiansk.[270][271] Among those reportedly killed was Lieutenant-General Oleg Tsokov, the deputy commander of the Russian Southern Military District, making him the highest ranking Russian officer killed during the invasion.[272][273] Explosions reported at Novooleksiivka, Kherson Oblast, were believed to have come from a Russian ammunition dump.[274]
Russian forces claimed to have advanced by 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles) near Lyman.[275]
In Russia, Navy Captain Stanislav Rzhitsky, deputy head of military mobilization efforts in Krasnodar, was shot and killed while jogging. As commander of the submarine Krasnodar based in the Black Sea, he was accused of having launched missiles that struck Vinnytsia in July 2022 and killed 23 civilians, although his father claimed he had left active service prior to the invasion in 2021.[276]
NATO Summit
On the opening day of NATO's 2023 Vilnius summit, member states affirmed their support for Ukraine becoming part of the alliance, pending certain conditions, and confirmed that they had decided to drop the Membership Action Plan required for previous applicants in the case of Ukraine. However, NATO leaders offered no clear timetable or formal invitation as to when Ukraine could actually join.[277]
President
Ukrainian Defence Minister
12 July
Russia launched another overnight drone attack on Kyiv.[281] The Ukrainian Air Force said it shot down 11 out of 15 drones launched.[282] Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson Oblast, while 21 people were injured in an airstrike on Zaporizhzhia.[283]
The
Major General
The Ukrainian General Staff claimed to have retaken 162 square kilometers (63 square miles) of territory since the start of its counteroffensive in June, while the Institute for the Study of War's (ISW) estimate was 253 square kilometers (98 square miles). The latter also estimated Russian gains since the start of the year at 282 square kilometers.[285]
NATO Summit
On the closing day of the NATO Summit in Lithuania, President Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine would receive new Patriot systems and missiles from Germany and armored vehicles from Canada.[286] However, he insisted on demanding a formal invitation to join NATO, which he called "ideal".[287]
Australia pledged 30 more Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles for Ukraine,[288] while Norwegian Defence Minister Bjørn Arild Gram said it would send 1,000 Black Hornet drones[289] and two NASAMS units.[290] The United Kingdom also pledged a new military aid package that included more than 1,000 rounds for Challenger 2 tanks, more than 70 combat and logistics vehicles, and a $65 million contract for equipment maintenance, as well as the establishment of a military rehabilitation center. Germany also presented a $770 million aid package that included additional Patriot air defense units,[291] while members of the G7 also agreed to provide long-term military and financial support to Ukraine.[292]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an additional CA$541 million ($410 million) aid package to Ukraine, which included drone cameras. He also announced that Canada would host Ukrainian cadets at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean for training and expand that of Ukrainian soldiers in Latvia. Canada also pledged to provide Ukraine with an additional $37 million in its Comprehensive Assistance Package, including fuel, logistics equipment, and medical supplies, as well as $2 million for cyber security assistance.[293]
Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov confirmed that Ukrainian pilots would begin training on how to use F-16 fighter jets in Romania in August.[294] He also signed two agreements with Sweden over defense procurements and the intelligence-sharing.[286]
13 July
One person was killed and four others were injured in a third consecutive overnight Russian drone attack on Kyiv. Attacks were also reported in Khmelnytskyi, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia.[295] The Ukrainian Air Force said it had intercepted all 20 Shahed drones launched, as well as two Kalibr cruise missiles.[296] Four people were killed by Russian shelling in different parts of the country.[297]
Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, the commander of the Ukrainian Tavriia military sector deployed in the southern front, told CNN that they had started receiving cluster munitions from the United States.[298]
Spain pledged an aid package to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine that would include personnel training in Spain and the donation of a mobile hospital and medical evacuation vehicles.[299]
The
The International Olympic Committee said it was excluding the Russian and Belarusian national sports teams from competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. However, it allowed individuals from those countries to compete provided they did so as "individual neutral athletes."[301]
14 July
Russia launched a series of drone attacks across southern Ukraine, with attacks reported in Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Oblasts. One person was injured in Zaporizhzhia city,[302] while another was injured in Kryvyi Rih.[303]
Ukrainian forces claimed to have advanced 1.7 kilometers in the direction of Melitopol in the past week[304] and destroyed nine Russian ammunition depots and 33 vehicles and heavy equipment in the southern front.[305]
Russia and Ukraine had reached near parity in terms of tanks according to an article from Bloomberg, with Ukraine having about “1,500” active tanks while Russia had “1,400” tanks. However, it noted that Russia had a “near endless supply” of older Soviet tanks while Ukraine relied on procurements of Western tanks that provided it with a “qualitative advantage”.[306]
A South Korean presidential adviser said that the country would provide $52 billion to finance reconstruction projects in Ukraine, including in the rebuilding of water infrastructure affected by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam.[307]
The
15 July
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kolodiazne, Kharkiv Oblast,[311] while another person was killed in Kherson after a projectile which he was trying to disassemble in his garage exploded.[312]
The Ukrainian military claimed to have destroyed the S-400 missile unit responsible for the Kramtorsk restaurant attack on 27 June with a HIMARS missile.[313]
Major General Vladimir Seliverstov, commander of the Russian 106th Guards Airborne Division which saw action during the Battle of Bakhmut was reportedly removed from his position, with sources speculating that it could have been caused by him complaining about his soldiers' conditions.[315]
The New York Times published an article putting Ukraine’s equipment losses as high as 20% during the beginning of the 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive, which forced Ukraine to change tactics to artillery and missile strikes on Russian positions, reducing the rate of loss to an estimated average of 10%.[316]
16 July
One person was killed by a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv,[317] while another was killed in an airstrike in Zmiivka, Kherson Oblast.[318]
Explosions were reported in cities across Russian-occupied Ukraine, including in Luhansk, Berdiansk and Mariupol.[319] Officials in Sevastopol claimed ten drones were shot down over the city.[320]
The Ukrainian military claimed to have advanced by more than one kilometer towards Berdiansk[321] while acknowledging Russian advances in Kupiansk[322] and in Lyman, subsequently assessing that Russia had deployed more than 100,000 personnel, more than 900 tanks, more than 555 artillery systems and 370 self-propelled guns in those areas.[323]
In Russia, the FSB claimed to have discovered and thwarted an assassination plot by neo-Nazis working on behalf of Ukraine against Margarita Simonyan, chief editor of the state-controlled international news channel RT, and TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak. Seven people were subsequently arrested.[324]
One person was reported to have been killed by Ukrainian shelling in Shebekino, Belgorod Oblast.[325]
The last grain ship left Odesa under the extended Black Sea Grain Initiative set to expire on 17 July.[326]
17 July
Traffic was stopped on the Crimean bridge following reports of
Six people were killed in separate Russian attacks in Donetsk, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.[334]
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry said it had retaken 18 square kilometers (7 square miles) of territory during its counteroffensive in the past week, raising the total amount of territory it retaken since June to 210 square kilometers (81 square miles).[335]
On the last day of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Russia said it was not being extended.[336] Global wheat prices subsequently rose by as much as 8.5% in the succeeding days, while corn prices increased by 5.4%.[337]
The United Kingdom imposed sanctions on 14 Russians over their involvement in the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia and efforts to eradicate Ukrainian culture and identity. Among those sanctioned were Ksenia Mishonova, Commissioner for Children's Rights in Moscow Oblast, Education Minister Sergey Kravtsov, RT presenter Anton Krasovsky, who publicly called for the murder of Ukrainian children, and Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova.[338] The SBU later imposed additional charges against Krasovsky, who had already been sentenced in absentia by Ukraine to five years imprisonment, for incitement to genocide.[339]
18 July
Russia launched a wave of airstrikes on southern Ukraine using drones and missiles. One attack led to a fire in the port of Mykolaiv,[340] while another attack on Odesa injured one person.[341][342] The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down 32 out of 37 drones and all 6 missiles launched, most of which were intercepted over Odesa Oblast.[343] The Kremlin said the attacks were in retaliation for the Crimean Bridge attack on 17 July.[344]
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Dvorichna, Kharkiv Oblast.[345]
Russia claimed to have shot down 28 drones over Crimea.[340] It also claimed that its forces advanced 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) towards Kupiansk, which was denied by Ukrainian Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi.[346]
The defence ministers of the
19 July
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Russia launched another wave of airstrikes on Odesa, where an apartment and a building of the Chinese consulate was reportedly damaged, as well as on Kyiv using drones and missiles.[348] One person was killed[349] and 12 people were wounded in Odesa, while the Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down 14 missiles and 23 drones.[350] President Zelenskyy and other officials said the strikes in Odesa targeted infrastructure for exporting grain.[351] The Ukrainian Agriculture Ministry said 60,000 tons of grain were destroyed by airstrikes in the port of Chornomorsk, Odesa Oblast.[352]
Four people were killed in separate Russian attacks in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.[349]
The Ukrainian military claimed to have pushed out Russian forces from their positions near the village of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, northwest of Bakhmut.[353]
In Crimea, explosions were heard in Sevastopol, while explosions at the Krynychky military training ground near Staryi Krym in Kirovske Raion forced the closure of the nearby Tavrida Highway.[348] More than 2,000 residents of four villages near the site were evacuated, and unconfirmed reports said that the blasts were caused by three Ukrainian airstrikes.[354]
The Russian Defence Ministry announced that it would attack cargo ships servicing Ukrainian ports starting on 20 July.[355] In response, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry threatened to attack cargo ships servicing Russian and occupied ports in the Black Sea.[356] The Russian Foreign Ministry later clarified that all ships sailing in the Black Sea were to be inspected for military cargo.[357]
In an interview made in occupied
In his first public appearance since the end of the Wagner Rebellion, Yevgeny Prigozhin said his forces would no longer fight in Ukraine and focus on training soldiers in Belarus and maintaining its activities in Africa instead.[360]
The South African Presidency confirmed that Vladimir Putin had agreed not to attend the
The United States announced a new $1.3 billion military aid package to Ukraine that would include 4 NASAMS systems, Phoenix Ghost and Switchblade Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), precision aerial munitions, 152mm artillery rounds, mine clearing equipment, electronic warfare and drone detection equipment, and port security equipment, 165 tactical vehicles and 150 fuel trucks.[363]
During a visit to Odesa shortly after the airstrikes,
20 July
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Russia launched another wave of airstrikes on Odesa and Mykolaiv. 18 people were injured and 2 killed in Mykolaiv after an apartment was struck, while two others were injured in Odesa.[366][367] The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down five out of 19 missiles launched.[368]
Seven people were killed in separate Russian attacks in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.[369]
One person was reportedly killed in a drone attack in northwestern Crimea,[367] while pro-Ukrainian officials claimed that the "Ukrainian House" cultural center in Mariupol was set on fire by unidentified individuals using explosives.[370]
The Ukrainian military claimed to have "semi-encircled" Russian forces in Bakhmut.
The SBU arrested an employee of
Australia announced sanctions against 35 firms supplying advanced technology and equipment to the Russian military and firms involved in nuclear energy and Arctic resource extraction. This included JSC Russian Helicopters and JSC Concern Kalashnikov. 10 individuals were also sanctioned, including the respective CEOs of the aforementioned firms Nikolai Kolesov and Vladimir Lepin, as well as Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko, and senior Belarusian officials "who have threatened Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.[375]
The US announced more sanctions on individuals and firms linked to the Russian war effort in Ukraine. Among those sanctioned were Alexei Kudrin, a close ally of Putin and corporate development advisor for the technology firm Yandex, and Russian national Valery Chekalov and North Korean citizen Yong Hyuk Rim, both of whom supplied the Wagner group with ammunition. Five Russian banks and several companies based in Kyrgyzstan were also sanctioned, the latter for supplying Russia with dual-use technology to bypass sanctions.[376]
In an interview with Fox News, US National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said that Ukraine would receive F-16 fighter jets by the end of 2023.[377]
Germany formally turned over the first 10 Leopard 1A5 tanks it had previously pledged to Ukraine, as well as 20 MG3 machine guns for armored vehicles, over 1,000 155mm artillery rounds, more than 2,000 155mm smoke ammunition, one new bridge system, 12 accompanying trailers, four border protection vehicles, 10 ground surveillance radars, 16
Ukrainian Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko resigned after President Zelenskyy criticized the ministry's overspending in spite of the ongoing conflict.[379]
21 July
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Russia launched two separate missile attacks on Odesa. The first attack occurred overnight at a grain terminal, with Ukrainian authorities claiming two people were injured and that 100 tonnes of peas and 20 tonnes of barley had been destroyed.[380] A second attack occurred in the morning.[381]
Eight people, including two children were killed in separate Russian attacks in Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Oblasts.[382][383][384] The Ukrainian military claimed to have thwarted attacks by Russian sabotage groups in Sumy and Chernihiv Oblasts.[385]
Ukraine’s state nuclear company Energoatom accused the Yuri Chernichuk, the Russian-installed general director of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant of pressuring Ukrainian plant workers who have refused to sign contracts with Russia's state nuclear operator to activate reactor number 4 due a lack of skilled Russian specialists.[386]
Vadym Prystaiko, Ukraine's ambassador to the United Kingdom, was sacked following a decree from President Zelenskyy. No reason was given. He was also dismissed from his role as the Ukrainian representative to the International Maritime Organization. In the past week, Prystaiko had criticized Zelenskyy's comments regarding Ukraine's alleged lack of gratitude to the UK for military aid.[387]
Russian nationalist
The Ukrainian government formally moved to nationalize Sense Bank, whose owner, Ukrainian-born Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman, was previously sanctioned for financially and logistically supporting the invasion of Ukraine.[389]
The
22 July
A drone attack on an ammunition dump in Krasnohvardiiske Raion, Crimea led to evacuations within a five kilometer radius. Traffic on the Crimean Bridge was also briefly suspended.[391]
Seven people were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk, Sumy and Kharkiv Oblasts.[392][393][394]
Four Russian journalists were wounded on the Zaporizhzhia front near Piatykhatky by Ukrainian shelling according to the Russian MoD. One of them, Rostislav Zhuravlev of RIA Novosti, later died of his wounds while being evacuated. Russia claimed cluster munitions were used without providing evidence.[395] Meanwhile, a camera operator for Deutsche Welle was injured after an apparent Russian cluster bombing of Ukrainian positions near Druzhkivka, Donetsk Oblast, also killing one Ukrainian soldier.[396]
An explosion was reported at the residence of Heorhii Zhuravko, the Russian-installed mayor of Oleshky, Kherson Oblast.[397]
Yehor Cherniev, deputy chair of the Verkhovna Rada's defense committee and head of Ukraine's parliamentary delegation to NATO, announced that the country had developed its own medium-range air defense systems that were similar to the Hawk defense system, describing the results of initial tests as "quite successful."[398]
The Ukrainian Economy Ministry said Sweden pledged 522.6 million euros ($581 million) for Ukraine's recovery, with the funds being directed toward the Cooperation Strategy for Reconstruction and Reforms in Ukraine between 2023-2027 and focused on infrastructure reconstruction, green development, entrepreneurship, trade, demining, and media initiatives.[399]
23 July
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Russia launched another overnight missile attack on Odesa, killing two people and injuring 19 others. The Orthodox Transfiguration Cathedral, the city’s largest, was severely damaged.[400] Russia claimed to have struck naval drone production facilities but denied targeting the cathedral.[401] Altogether, 25 architectural monuments were damaged in the historic Centre of Odesa according to local authorities.[402] The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down nine out of 19 missiles launched at the city.[403]
An aid distribution point housed in a cultural center in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, was reportedly destroyed by Russian cluster bombing. No casualties were reported.[404]
Six housing facilities and a power line were damaged by Russian shelling in Nikopol.[405]
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed that Ukraine had recaptured about 50% of territory seized by Russian forces.[406]
During a visit by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, President Putin called the Ukrainian counteroffensive a failure.[407]
Yehor Chernev, member of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada and Deputy Chairman of the National Security, Defense and Intelligence, announced a new Ukrainian air defence system was being tested. Called the SD-300, it is a medium range system with a limit of 100 kms.[408]
24 July
A drone attack hit two unoccupied buildings, including a high-rise business center, in Moscow, forcing the closure of several thoroughfares in the city center. Two drones were involved and were "suppressed" before crashing. There were no reports of serious casualties or "serious" damage. The attack occurred about two kilometers from the Russian Defense Ministry.[409][410]
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Russia launched drone strikes on the
Officials in Crimea said a Ukrainian drone caused an explosion at an ammunition depot in Dzhankoi, leading to evacuations within a five-kilometer radius, while another drone damaged a home in Kirovske raion. 11 drones were reportedly shot down, while rail services in Dzhankoi Raion and the Dzhankoi-Simferopol highway were closed.[413]
The Ukrainian military claimed to have retaken 12.7 square kilometers of territory in the southern front and 4 square kilometers in the eastern front, increasing the total amount of territory retaken since the start of the counteroffensive to 192.1 square kilometers. It also claimed to have advanced by up to 1.4 kilometers towards Berdiansk.[414]
25 July
Russia launched another overnight drone attack on Kyiv. Authorities reported that all drones launched had been shot down. Attacks were also reported in Zhytomyr[415] and Kharkiv Oblasts.[416]
Four people were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk and Kherson Oblasts.[417][418]
The Ukrainian military claimed to have retaken the village of
The SBU announced treason charges against pro-Russian politician and leader of the banned political party Nashi, Yevhen Murayev, who had left Ukraine in May 2022 and was said to be one of Russia's choices to head a puppet administration in the country.[424]
Russia claimed it had thwarted an attack by two naval drones on its patrol ship Sergei Kotov in the Black Sea.[425]
The Russian State Duma passed a law that raised the maximum age of conscription from 27 years to 30.[426]
An IAEA inspection of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant found anti-personnel mines in a buffer zone between the site’s internal and external perimeter barriers that was accessible only to the Russian military.[427]
The United States pledged another military aid package to Ukraine worth $400 million, which included ammunition for air defense, rocket and artillery systems,[428] while Ukrainian Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said foreign governments and NGOs pledged $244 million in funds and equipment for de-mining efforts in the country.[429] Norway also donated $24 million to the European Peace Facility (EPF) program of the European Union, despite not being a member of it, to use in obtaining ammunition and spare parts for Leopard 2 tanks.[430]
26 July
Russia launched a missile attack on Starokostiantyniv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast.[431] The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down 36 missiles.[432]
The New York Times reported that the Ukrainian military was to begin deploying Western-trained soldiers that had been held in reserve for its counteroffensive in the Zaporizhzhia front.[433]
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal announced that the government was allocating ₴40 billion ($1.08 billion) to develop the domestic drone industry.[434]
Pro-Russian politician
President Zelensky signed a law introducing a state register of sanctions.[436]
U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that Ukrainian pilots were to receive training on F-16 fighter jets in Denmark and Romania, while U.K. was providing English-language lessons to the pilots.[437]
People's Deputy of Ukraine Yuriy Aristov, from President Zelenskyy's Servant of the People party, was charged with going on holiday in the Maldives using false pretenses despite the wartime ban on officials holidaying abroad. He later submitted his resignation to the Verkhovna Rada.[438]
The International Olympic Committee formally excluded Russia and Belarus from the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris as part of its continuing response to the invasion of Ukraine.[439] Ukrainian Sports Minister Vadym Gutzeit announced that the country would end its boycott of sporting events that included Russian and Belarusian athletes as long as they compete as neutrals.[440]
The United States said that it would assist in the International Criminal Court's investigation of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, after reversing its previous stance citing fears of prosecution against US and allied parties.[441]
27 July
Western and Ukrainian officials and analysts said that the Ukrainian military had launched a renewed drive in the Zaporizhzhia front, particularly in the direction of Melitopol. The Institute for the Study of War, also citing Russian sources, reported that Ukrainian forces launched “a significant mechanized counteroffensive operation" in the west of the oblast, adding that they appeared "to have broken through certain pre-prepared [sic] Russian defensive positions,” which was denied by pro-Russian officials. At the same time, Russian authorities closed off access to the Arabat Spit linking Crimea with mainland Ukraine.[442]
The Ukrainian military claimed to have retaken the village of Staromaiorske in southern Donetsk Oblast after previously driving out Russian forces there.[443]
Pro-Russian officials in Zaporizhzhia Oblast claimed that one person was injured by a Ukrainian rocket attack in
Russia launched another overnight missile strike on a port in Odesa Oblast, killing a civilian guard.[445] One person was killed in an airstrike on a residential building in Kivsharivka, Kharkiv Oblast.[446]
Japan imposed additional sanctions on Russia over the invasion, banning the export of vehicles fitted with 1,900 cc engines or greater, as well as vehicles with hybrid and electric motors to the country.[447]
28 July
Russia launched an evening missile attack at Dnipro, striking a building of the SBU and a residential building. Ten people were injured.[448]
The headquarters of the Interior Ministry of the
Ukraine’s state nuclear energy firm Energoatom accused Russia of detaining and torturing Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant engineer Serhii Potynh since June.[451]
In Russia, a missile strike was reported near a cafe in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast, 40 kilometers from the internationally recognized Ukrainian border. Another missile was intercepted near Azov later in the day. 14 people were injured. An explosive was also reported to have been detonated at the Kuibyshev oil refinery in Samara Oblast. No injuries or serious damage was reported. A drone was also reported to have been shot down in Moscow Oblast.[452]
President Zelenskyy signed a law moving the official celebration of Christmas in Ukraine from 7 January to 25 December, saying it was part of efforts to "renounce Russian heritage."[453]
The Ukrainian Prosecutor-General filed criminal charges against Serhii Yevsiukov, the head of the Olenivka prison in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast, and his deputy Kyrylo Shakurov, for violating international humanitarian law through the inhumane treatment, abuse and torture of at least 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war.[454]
29 July
Two people were killed in a Russian missile attack in Zaporizhzhia. Two others were killed in an attack on an educational institution in Sumy.[455][456]
Pro-Russian officials in Kherson Oblast said Ukraine launched missile attacks on the railway between Henichesk and Dzhankoi, Crimea. The Ukrainian military later confirmed that it had struck the Chonhar bridge.[457]
Ukraine was reported to have been using
President Zelenskyy met with Ukrainian special forces soldiers in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast, on the occasion of the Day of the Special Operations Forces in Ukraine.[459]
Russian President Putin, after meeting African leaders in Saint Petersburg, said that he was open to peace talks but insisted it would not happen while Ukraine continued its counteroffensive.[460]
30 July
A Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow damaged two office buildings and led to an hour-long suspension of operations at Vnukovo International Airport. The Russian military claimed to have intercepted three drones, two of which hit the buildings. One person was injured.[461] Russian forces also claimed Ukraine launched a drone attack on Crimea overnight, saying that 25 drones had been intercepted.[462]
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk and Kharkiv Oblasts,[463] while a building was damaged by a missile in Kharkiv city.[464]
At least six civilian vessels were reported to have broken through the Russian naval blockade in the Black Sea towards Ukraine, subsequently arriving at the mouth of the Danube river, near the Romanian border.[465]
The Ukrainian military claimed that between 55-60,000 men had been forcibly mobilized by Russia in territories it had occupied since the invasion.[466]
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At least six people, including a child, were killed and 75 others were injured in a Russian missile attack on Kryvyi Rih.[467] Six others were killed separate attacks in Kherson and Donetsk Oblasts.[468]
Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar claimed that Ukrainian forces recaptured 15 square kilometres of territory during the last week, putting the total amount of territory retaken since the start of its counteroffensive at 204.7 square kilometres.[469]
In Russia, a police station in Bryansk Oblast was reportedly hit by a drone.[470]
The Ukrainian Finance Ministry said that it had received a $1.25 billion from the U.S. through the Multi-Donor Trust Fund of the World Bank as part of the Public Expenditures of Administrative Capacity Endurance (PEACE) program meant to support the country’s wartime social program, saying that it would partly be spent on social assistance for internally-displaced persons.[471]
Russian Children’s Rights Ombudswoman Maria Lvova-Belova acknowledged that 4.8 million Ukrainians, including more than 700,000 children had been deported to Russia since the invasion began.[472]
A Moscow court ordered the seizure of assets of the Russian subsidiary of the metallurgical firm Metinvest, which is owned by Ukraine’s richest person Rinat Akhmetov, after the country’s Investigative Committee accused him of using company funds to support the Azov Brigade.[473]
August 2023
1 August
A military recruitment office in Saint Petersburg was set on fire by a man who claimed to have been contacted by the FSB to “gain access to documents sent to Ukraine". Russian media said it was the ninth such attack on recruitment centers across the country and in occupied Crimea in recent days, which authorities attributed to "phone scammers".[479]
In Ukraine, two people were killed by Russian shelling in Kharkiv and Kherson Oblasts.[480][481]
An explosion was reported near Sevastopol, with conflicting reports describing it as coming from a drone which was shot down and crashed in the mountains, or from the logistics center of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.[482]
The Ukrainian military said it had pushed back four Russian saboteurs who tried to cross the border at Chernihiv Oblast.[483]
The SBU said it had arrested a businesswoman in Mykolaiv Oblast for passing information on Russian airstrikes to a blogger connected with the FSB.[484]
The
Poland accused Belarus of sending two military helicopters over its airspace, which the latter denied.[488]
A media investigation following complaints from soldiers of substandard tourniquets found that the Ukrainian military failed to purchase first aid kits in 2023 and kits supplied by its allies were not inspected properly.[489]
2 August
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Russia launched overnight drone strikes over Kyiv, with authorities saying all ten drones launched were shot down. Another attack on the
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.[492]
A Ukrainian soldier posted a video claiming to have found a Czech-made component from a Russian Lancet drone near Bakhmut. The component's manufacturer AXI Model Motors denied delivering products to the Russian military, but acknowledged that some of them had been obtained by Russia through third parties.[493]
The Ukrainian Prosecutor-General's Office said they had identified up to 98,000 instances of war crimes committed by Russian forces in Ukraine since the start of the invasion, adding that Ukrainian authorities would investigate and prosecute 99% of the cases and leave the remainder to international partners, who have an "auxiliary function."[494]
3 August
Russia launched another overnight drone attack on Kyiv, with the Ukrainian military claiming to have shot down nearly a dozen drones.[495] In Kherson, the 18th-century Saint Catherine's Cathedral, which housed the remains of nobleman Grigory Potemkin before it was taken by Russian forces during their withdrawal in 2022, was damaged by Russian shelling which also injured eight people across the city.[496]
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk Oblast.[497]
In Russia, six drones were reportedly shot down over Kaluga Oblast.[498]
The SBU arrested a lawyer who formerly represented politicians from the pro-Russian Party of Shariy, accusing him of gathering information on air defenses and potential targets for Russia to use on airstrikes in Odesa.[499] It also launched an investigation against People's Deputy Oleksandr Dubinsky for allegedly going on holiday in Spain under false pretenses despite wartime restrictions.[500]
The EU announced more sanctions on Belarus, extending a ban on exports of highly sensitive goods and technologies contributing to the Belarusian military, and imposing an additional export ban on firearms and ammunition, as well as goods that can be used in the aviation and space industries. The European Commission said that sanctions were also meant to ensure that Russia could no longer use Belarus to evade sanctions.[501]
4 August
Russia claimed to have thwarted an attack by two Ukrainian naval drones on its naval base in
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry said its forces had managed to break through the Russian first line of defense and were moving to "intermediate" lines in some sections of the southern front.[504]
In Russia, two administrative buildings and a church were reportedly damaged in a drone attack in Kursk.[505]
The SBU accused Russia of plotting to stage a
Poland arrested a Belarusian national suspected of being a member of a Russian spy ring tasked with derailing trains carrying aid to Ukraine and inciting anti-Ukrainian sentiment.[507]
An IAEA inspection of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant found no mines or explosives on the roofs of two of the plant's six reactors, but found that mines laid around the plant grounds which had been observed during prior inspections were still in place.[508]
Ukraine issued a NOTMAR announcement declaring a "war risk area" in the Russian Black Sea ports of Anapa, Novorossiysk, Gelendzhik, Tuapse, Sochi and Taman.[509]
Former Ukrainian MP Serhiy Slabenko was killed in action in the Zaporizhzhia front.[510]
5 August
Residents reported an explosion near the Crimean Bridge, with reports saying that it was caused by a naval drone that damaged the Russian-flagged tanker Sig in the Kerch Strait, 27 kilometers south of the bridge, which was closed to traffic and had its lighting turned off. TASS quoted Russia's Marine Rescue Co-ordination Centre who said that the ship’s engine room was damaged but no casualties were reported. Two tugs were sent to assist the ship.[511]
Later in the day, Russia launched a wave of missile strikes across Ukraine, with attacks reported on facilities of the aeronautical firm Motor Sich in Khmelnytskyi and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts, as well as on Zhytomyr and on a blood transfusion facility in Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast, killing two people and injuring four.[512][513][514] Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk and Sumy Oblasts.[515][516]
The Russian-installed mayor of Donetsk claimed that a building of the
Russia claimed it had taken the village of Novoselivske, Luhansk Oblast, in the Kupiansk sector.[518] However, the Ukrainian military denied the claim, saying that it had pushed back a Russian attack there.[519]
Rami al-Farra, a resident of the Gaza Strip who moved to Russia following the Hamas takeover in 2007 and volunteered to fight in Ukraine under the Russian Defence Ministry, was reportedly killed in action, making him the first confirmed Palestinian fatality in the invasion.[520]
6 August
A drone was reportedly shot down near Moscow, causing interruptions again at Vnukovo airport.
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kharkiv Oblast.[525]
7 August
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Ten people were killed and 82 injured by two Russian missile strikes on a residential area in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast[526] in what Ukraine called a "double tap" attack that first hit residents and then rescuers who arrived in the area 37 minutes later.[527]
Seven people were killed in separate Russian attacks in Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Kherson Oblasts.[528][529][530][531]
22 POWs were returned to Ukraine after a prisoner swap with Russia.[532]
In Russia, two drones were reportedly shot down over Belgorod and Kaluga Oblasts.[533][534]
The SBU arrested a woman in relation to an attempt to assassinate President Zelenskyy during his visit to Mykolaiv in the previous week, accusing her of supplying information for a Russian air strike.[535]
A Russian
8 August
The ISW, citing Russian milbloggers, reported that Ukrainian forces aboard seven boats had crossed the Dnipro river again near
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Nikopol.[539]
The SBU claimed it had thwarted an attempted cyberattack by a Russian hacking group called Sandworm using ten types of malware to collect intelligence from devices used by Ukrainian soldiers.[540]
The U.K. Foreign Office announced its largest sanctions against third parties supporting the Russian war effort in Ukraine. Among those sanctioned included two Turkish firms supplying microelectronics components, a UAE-based firm supplying drones and drone components, Iranian individuals and entities involved in the drone industry, Belarusian defense organizations linked to the manufacturing of military technology, three Russian electronics companies procuring Western microelectronics and 22 other individuals facilitating foreign military supplies to Russia.[541]
Rheinmetall purchased 50 Leopard 1 tanks from a private stockpile owned by Freddy Versluys, CEO of Belgian defense company OIP Land Systems to donate to Ukraine. The tanks had been bought from the Belgian military when the latter was cutting expenditures before the government unsuccessfully tried to buy them back again to donate to Ukraine.[542]
9 August
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Three people were killed in a Russian missile attack in Zaporizhzhia.[543]
A Russian pilot, later identified as
The Mayor of Moscow said that two Ukrainian drones were shot down over the city's outskirts.[546] The Governor of Bryansk Oblast claimed that Ukrainian shelling damaged buildings and infrastructure in the town of Bila Berezka.[547]
The SBU arrested a woman in Zhytomyr Oblast who recently moved there from Donetsk Oblast on charges of spying for Russia and aiding airstrikes.[548]
Germany delivered a military aid package to Ukraine that included two Patriot missile systems, 10
10 August
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One person was killed and 16 others injured in another Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia city that struck a hotel hosting
Ukraine ordered the mandatory evacuation of civilians from 37 settlements in Kupiansk Raion in Kharkiv Oblast due to increased Russian attacks and shelling.[554] The Ukrainian Navy announced new temporary routes for civilian vessels moving to or from its Black Sea ports amid the Russian blockade.[555]
Russia claimed to have shot down 11 drones near Sevastopol and two more near Moscow.
The Ukrainian National Agency on Corruption Prevention added the alcohol distiller Bacardi to its International Sponsors of War list for continuing to do business in Russia despite previously promising to pull out following the invasion.[558] An investigation by the newspaper Dzerkalo Tyzhnia and the Interior Ministry found that $33 million worth of "winter" clothes purchased by the Ukrainian Defence Ministry for the military in 2022 turned out to be summer attire that could not be used for its original purposes. The defence ministry said the contracts for the clothes were concluded between the producer and a military unit without the ministry's involvement.[559]
Azerbaijan pledged a mechanized demining machine to Ukraine and offered training by its demining experts for Ukrainian sappers.[560]
11 August
Russia launched missile attacks on Kyiv and in Khmelnytskyi and Vinnytsia Oblasts. Missile debris reportedly caused damage to civilian properties in Kyiv.[561] A child was killed in a missile attack in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast,[562] while another person was killed in Kherson.[563] The Ukrainian Air Force later said that four missiles were launched towards Kolomyia airfield in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, adding that they had shot down one of them over Kyiv.[564]
The ISW, citing geolocated footage, assessed that Ukrainian forces had reached the northern outskirts of the village of Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia front and the settlement of Urozhaine in the southern Donetsk front.[565]
In Russia, a drone was reportedly shot down west of Moscow.[566]
President Zelenskyy ordered the dismissal of all heads of all regional military enlistment offices across Ukraine after a nationwide inspection of recruitment offices revealed multiple violations, including corruption, power abuse, and fraud, adding that they were to be replaced with officers with combat experience who have been cleared by the SBU.[567]
The SBU arrested a resident of Odesa for passing information on military bases and Russian airstrikes to the FSB.[568]
The Netherlands donated six mobile medical complexes to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.[569]
The United States announced sanctions against the Russian Association of Employers and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), as well as four officials of the Alfa Group conglomerate, namely oligarchs Mikhail Fridman, Petr Aven, German Khan, and Alexey Kuzmichev, for their role in financing the Russian war effort in Ukraine and in helping Russia evade previous sanctions.[570]
12 August
Two people, a police officer and a 73 year old woman, were killed in separate Russian attacks in Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts,[571][572] and a missile struck Kryvyi Rih.[573]
Russia claimed to have shot down 20 drones over Crimea, forcing the closure of the Crimean Bridge to traffic for two hours.
An explosion was reported in the port of occupied Berdiansk.[576]
Ukrainian authorities reopened Odesa’s beaches to swimmers for the first time since the invasion, but banned bathing during air raid alerts.[577]
13 August
Five people, including a family of four, were killed by Russian shelling in Shyroka Balka, Kherson Oblast, while four others were killed in separate attacks in nearby Stanislav[578] and Stepne, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[579]
Ukraine claimed to have struck two ammunition depots and a site that hosted a "group" of Russian troops in Oleshky, Kherson Oblast,[538] Reuters, citing pro-Russian officials, reported that Ukrainian soldiers had gained a foothold in the northern part of Urozhaine.[580]
In occupied Mariupol, Ukrainian partisans reportedly set fire to a Russian military base near the
Russia claimed to have shot down two Ukrainian drones over Belgorod Oblast, while a third damaged a building in Belgorod city. Three people were reportedly injured by shelling in Volfino, Kursk Oblast.[583]
In the Black Sea, the Russian patrol ship
A Turkish charter plane from Oslo to Antalya belonging to BBN Airlines briefly entered the no-fly zone imposed over Ukrainian airspace since the invasion, passing through Zakarpattia and Chernivtsi Oblasts before exiting into Romania. The Norwegian public broadcaster NRK reported that the pilots were forced to enter Ukraine after a storm forced a deviation of their original flight plan.[585]
Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov claimed that Ukraine was the most "heavily mined country in the world", with soldiers encountering five mines per square metre in some parts of the front.[586]
14 August
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Russia launched an overnight air attack on Odesa, causing several fires and injuring three. Authorities said 203 buildings in the city were damaged, while the Air Force claimed to have shot all 23 drones and missiles launched.[587][588]
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kharkiv Oblast.[589]
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry claimed its forces had retaken three square kilometers of territory near Bakhmut in the past week,[590] while President Zelenskyy made another visit to Ukrainian positions there.[591]
The United States proposed a new military aid package to Ukraine valued at $200 million which would include "air defense munitions, artillery rounds, and additional mine-clearing equipment".[592]
Rheinmetall said it would supply
15 August
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Russia launched another overnight wave of air attacks across Ukraine, with explosions reported in Lutsk, where three people were killed in a strike at an industrial facility, as well as in the cities of Lviv and Dnipro and the oblasts of Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Cherkasy, Ivano-Frankivsk and Khmelnytskyi. The Ukrainian Air Force claimed it had shot down 16 out of 28 missiles launched.[594] Four people were killed in separate attacks in Donetsk Oblast.[595]
The Ukrainian military said it had prevented two Russian sabotage groups from entering Chernihiv Oblast.[596] The Azov Brigade returned to action for the first time since the Siege of Mariupol, participating in military actions in the Serebrianskyi forest of Luhansk Oblast.[597] President Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian positions at the Zaporizhzhia front.[598]
Ukraine accused Russia of preparing to stage a false-flag attack at the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant.[599]
The Russian frigate Admiral Makarov returned to active duty after being damaged by a Ukrainian naval raid on Sevastopol in October 2022.[600]
Stian Jenssen, chief of staff to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, suggested that Ukraine cede territory to Russia in exchange for NATO membership. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called the proposal “ridiculous”, and Jenssen subsequently withdrew his remarks, calling it a “mistake”.[601]
16 August
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Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Reni, damaging port and grain infrastructure.[602] Three people were killed in separate attacks in Kharkiv, Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts.[603]
Ukraine claimed it had completely retaken Urozhaine.[604]
Russia claimed to have downed three Ukrainian drones in Kaluga Oblast.[605] and "eliminated" a group of four Ukrainian fighters who entered Bryansk Oblast.[606]
The Hong Kong-flagged container ship Joseph Schulte, which had been trapped in Odesa since the invasion, left for Turkey in the first voyage of its kind since the Russian withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative under Ukraine's newly-implemented temporary corridor.[607]
A court in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast sentenced two members of the Azov Brigade to 24 years in prison for alleged war crimes during the Siege of Mariupol.[608]
The Czech Republic imposed sanctions on Russian oligarch and CEO of missile manufacturer Tactical Missiles Corporation (KTRV) Boris Obnosov, along with his daughter Olga and son-in-law, Rostislav Zorikov, both of whom had been living in Prague since 2020. The sanctions included a ban on entry into the country and an asset freeze.[609] The United States also imposed sanctions on three firms owned or managed by Slovakian businessman Ashot Mkrtychev for attempting to facilitate North Korean arms exports to Russia.[610]
The ISW reported that Russian lawmakers introduced a law that would ban photos and videos showing Russian military locations and deployments except those from the Defense Ministry and impose fines of up to 500,000 rubles or imprisonment for three years.[611]
17 August
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk and Kharkiv Oblasts.[612]
The Ukrainian military claimed to have shot down two
Russia claimed to have shot down a drone over Belgorod Oblast[614] and thwarted a naval drone attack on its Black Sea Fleet.[615]
The SBU arrested a resident of Kyiv suspected of passing information to Russian military intelligence on military and energy infrastructure to use in future airstrikes.[616]
Germany sent a military aid package to Ukraine consisting of two
The United States approved the transfer of
The NACP added the Chinese technology and e-commerce firm Alibaba to its "international sponsors of war" list for fiscally supporting Russia through paying taxes, facilitating the sale of copper from the Debaltseve Metallurgical Engineering Plant in occupied Luhansk Oblast, and censoring Ukrainian content on its platforms related to the war while leaving Russian posts unchecked.[620]
18 August
The Mayor of Moscow claimed a drone was intercepted over the city center, with falling debris damaging the
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson Oblast.[622]
Ukrainian military intelligence reported that an apparent drone attack struck the headquarters of the pro-Russian police in Enerhodar, injuring its chief, Colonel Pavlo Chesanov, his deputy and several senior officers.[623]
The Washington Post reported that the Polish domestic intelligence service, the
Russia announced sanctions on 54 UK nationals and individuals working for UK institutions in retaliation for sanctions previously imposed by the British government over the invasion of Ukraine. Among those sanctioned were ICC Chief Prosecutor
Russian oil businessman Eugene Shvidler lost his High Court challenge against sanctions imposed on him by the UK government after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[626]
19 August
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At least seven people, including a child, were killed and 156 others were injured in a Russian missile attack on Krasna Square in central Chernihiv that also damaged the city's drama theater and the Chernihiv Polytechnic National University. Most of the victims were on their way to church to celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration, while the theater was hosting a gathering of drone manufacturers.[627] One person was killed in a separate attack in Zaporizhzhia Oblast,[628] while more than 400 buildings were damaged by drone attacks in Medzhybizh and Derazhnia, both in Khmelnytskyi Oblast.[629]
The Russian military claimed to have shot down a Ukrainian missile over Crimea[630] and “eliminated” about 150 Ukrainian soldiers trying to establish a foothold in the left bank of the Dnipro.[631]
In Russia, a Tu-22M was reportedly damaged and another destroyed in an attack on an airfield in Soltsy, Novgorod Oblast.[632][633][634]
Ukrainian officials announced that Ukrainian pilots had begun training on the usage of F-16 and Swedish Gripen fighter jets.[635] During his visit to Stockholm, President Zelenskyy began talks with the Swedish government over acquiring Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighters. He also announced that Ukraine would soon start manufacturing Swedish CV90 combat vehicles, while the Swedish government was working on a new military aid package worth $313.5 million.[636]
The US announced an 18-month extension of the
President Putin visited the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don as part of his first visit to the city since the Wagner Rebellion, meeting with commanders responsible for operations in Ukraine.[638]
20 August
In Russia, a drone reportedly set fire to the roof of
Four people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.[642][643][644]
During a visit to the Netherlands, President Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine would be receiving 42 F-16 fighter jets.[645] After his arrival in Denmark later that day, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced that the country would supply Ukraine with the first batch of six F-16 fighter jets out of 19 promised before the end of the year.[646]
21 August
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Two people were injured by falling debris from a Ukrainian drone strike on Moscow. Some fifty flights were disrupted at
Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Chernihiv, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.[648]
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry said that its forces had retaken three square kilometers of territory in the southern flank of Bakhmut in the past week,[649] while Ukrainian military intelligence claimed that a Russian warplane was damaged in a drone attack in Kaluga Oblast.[650]
Courts in the Russian-occupied Donbas sentenced five captured Ukrainian soldiers to up to 20 years imprisonment for alleged war crimes, some of which were purportedly committed during the Siege of Mariupol.[651]
During his visit to Athens, President Zelenskyy announced that Greece had would train Ukrainian pilots on its F-16 fleet.[652]
For the second consecutive year, destroyed Russian tanks and vehicles were installed in central Kyiv in a parade format as part of the 32nd anniversary celebrations of
22 August
In Russia, two drones were shot down near Moscow, with one hitting a 25-story building in Krasnogorsk, and resulting in the closure of the city's major airports. Two other drones were reportedly shot down over Bryansk Oblast, while two more were shot down over the Black Sea northwest of Crimea.[654]
The Russian defence ministry claimed one of its fighter jets destroyed a Ukrainian reconnaissance boat sailing near Russian gas production facilities along the Black Sea.[655]
Six people were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk and Kherson Oblasts.[656][657]
Ukrainian military intelligence claimed that Russia had sunk a ferry in the Kerch Strait and was planning to sink a total of six vessels in the waterway in order to provide a protective lane in the water in front of the Crimean Bridge.[658]
General Sergey Surovikin, former commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, was removed as commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces according to reports.[659]
Ukraine announced plans to create a new military police force to replace the existing agency, which would be given powers to investigate war crimes, military indiscipline and other law enforcement functions.[660]
23 August
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In Russia, two drones were reportedly shot down over Moscow Oblast, while the third was jammed electronically where it crashed into an under-construction building in central Moscow, leading to the temporary closure of the city's airports.[661][662] The Governor of Belgorod Oblast said that another drone struck a sanatorium in the village of Lavy, killing three.[662]
Russia launched an overnight drone attack on southern Ukraine, with a grain storage facility on the Danube partially burning down. The Ukrainian military said it had intercepted 11 of 20 drones launched at Odesa and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.[663] Four faculty members were killed, while four passersby were injured in a separate drone attack on a school in Romny, Sumy Oblast.[664] One person was killed in a separate attack in Chasiv Yar.[665]
Ukraine claimed to have "wiped out" a Russian long- and medium-range
Serhii Ilnytskyi, a member of the Kyiv City Council and a retired colonel of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army, was killed in action in Kurdiumivka on the Donetsk front.[669]
On his visit to Kyiv, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo announced the country's 18th military aid package to Ukraine, which was later announced to be worth 94 million euros ($101.5 million).[670][671]
24 August
The
On the 32nd
President Zelenskyy announced that Portugal would help train Ukrainian pilots on the usage of F-16 fighter jets,[679] while Norway pledged at least two F-16s to Ukraine.[680] The Norwegian government also pledged $140 million (1.5 billion NOK) to ensure the delivery of energy supplies to Ukraine.[681] The Lithuanian Defence Ministry announced a 41 million-euro ($44 million) military aid package that would include ammunition for Carl Gustaf multi-purpose grenade launchers, rifles, maritime surveillance radar sets, 5.56 mm caliber ammunition, generators, anti-drone systems, and NASAMS launchers.[682] Germany delivered Patriot missiles, eight drone detection systems, and 40 RQ-35 HEIDRUN reconnaissance drones to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package.[683] The Pentagon announced that training of Ukrainian pilots on the use of F-16s in the US would begin in September in Texas and Arizona, facilitated by the Air National Guard’s 162nd Wing.[684]
The US imposed sanctions on more entities and individuals linked to the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia. Among those sanctioned were the commissioners for children's rights in Belgorod, Kaluga, and Rostov Oblasts. Individuals in Chechnya were also targeted, including the republican commissioner for human rights, the chairman of the republican government, the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation, its board member Aymani Kadyrova, who is also the mother of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, and a special police battalion commander, all of which were involved in the detention of children in camps outside Grozny. The U.S. also sanctioned the Russian government-owned Artek "summer camp" located in Crimea, its director Konstantin Fedorenko, the Chief of Staff of the Sevastopol Branch of the Russian Youth Army Vladimir Kovalenko and the head of Sevastopol State University Vladimir Nechaev. Olena Shapurova, a Russian-appointed education official, was also sanctioned for implementing pro-Russian educational policies in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast and threatening to remove children whose parents boycotted pro-Russian schools.[685]
The NAPC added tobacco manufacturers Philip Morris International and Japan Tobacco International to its list of international sponsors of the Russian war effort in Ukraine for continuing to do business in the country and supporting its economy.[686]
Russian political activist
25 August
Russia claimed to have shot down 42 Ukrainian drones over Crimea,[688] while an S-200 missile was reportedly shot down over Obninsk, Kaluga Oblast, forcing the temporary closure of Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports in Moscow. Explosions were also reported in Tula Oblast.[689] The Ukrainian military, in conjunction with the SBU, launched a drone strike on the 126th Coastal Defence Brigade of the Russian Black Sea Fleet based in Perevalne in Simferopol Raion, Crimea, reportedly inflicting "dozens" of casualties.[690][691]
Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv Oblasts.[692]
11 Ukrainian children deported to Russia were returned to the country by the NGO Save Ukraine.[693]
Putin signed a decree ordering the Wagner Group and other paramilitary fighters to swear an “oath of allegiance” to the Russian state.[694]
26 August
In Russia, a drone was shot down near Moscow,[695] prompting the closure of the city's airports.[696] The governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that a drone was shot down near the village of Kupino, while Ukrainian shelling damaged buildings and injured four in the village of Urazovo,[697] while another drone killed one person in the village of Shchetinovka. A drone attack was also reported in Bryansk Oblast.[698]
The Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Primus left Odesa for Varna, Bulgaria, the second ship to do so under the temporary corridor introduced by Ukraine in the Black Sea.[699]
Three Ukrainian Air Force pilots were killed in a mid-air collision between two L-39 trainers over Sinhury, Zhytomyr Oblast. One of the pilots killed was Andrii Pilshchykov, call sign 'Juice', who engaged in dogfights during the Battle of Kyiv and was known for giving media interviews during which he advocated for the delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.[700][701]
Yandex co-founder and former CEO Arkady Volozh formally petitioned the EU to lift sanctions placed against him over his search engine's promotion of Russian propaganda, after he publicly denounced the invasion of Ukraine as "barbaric" on 10 August.[702]
27 August
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Kharkiv and Kherson Oblasts.[703] Two people were injured by falling missile debris in Kyiv Oblast, with the Ukrainian military claiming to have shot down four cruise missiles over central and northern Ukraine.[704]
The ISW assessed that Ukrainian forces were attacking towards the rear Russian defensive lines near Verbove in the Zaporizhzhia front.[705]
In Russia, a drone flew into a residential building in Kursk, causing minor damage.
28 August
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Russia launched an overnight missile strike on an industrial facility in Hoholeve, Poltava Oblast, killing four and injuring five others.[708] Attacks were also reported in Kryvyi Rih, where eight structures were reportedly destroyed or damaged. The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down four of six missiles launched.[709] Six people were killed in separate attacks in Donetsk and Kherson Oblasts.[710]
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry claimed that its forces had retaken
Russia claimed to have shot down two drones and a cruise missile over Crimea,[712] as well as four drones over Belgorod and Bryansk Oblasts. Another drone was intercepted over Lyubertsy, Moscow Oblast.[713][714]
The SBU arrested a resident of Kherson for passing military information to Russia to use in attacks.[715]
29 August
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kharkiv Oblast.[716]
The Ukrainian government ordered the mandatory evacuation of children, their parents or guardians, and people with limited disabilities from the settlements of Huliaipole, Yehorivka, Preobrazhenka, Stepnohirsk and Novopavlivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, citing an escalation in fighting and Russian attacks.[717]
Russia claimed to have shot down two drones over Tula Oblast.[718]
Ukrainian forces attacked targets in Russian-occupied Zaliznyi Port, Kherson Oblast, destroying a Predel-E radar system and a Leer-2 Electronic Warfare unit.[719]
30 August
Ukraine reportedly launched a massive series of drone attacks overnight on six regions in western Russia. One attack struck Pskov Airport, destroying two Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft and damaging two others. The raid was launched from within Russia according to Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Ukrainian GUR.[720][721] Several other drones were reportedly shot down over Bryansk, Oryol, and Ryazan Oblasts, while Moscow's Vnukovo airport was closed as a precaution. Attacks were also reported in Kaluga and Moscow Oblasts,[722] while in the evening, two more drones and a missile were reportedly shot down over Bryansk Oblast and Crimea.[723] Ukrainian officials, who did not claim responsibility for the attacks, claimed that that a fuel depot in Kaluga and a microelectronics factory in Bryansk were hit,[724] and said that the attack on Pskov was carried out from inside Russia.[725]
The Ukrainian military announced the death of six officers who were "carrying out missions" in the crash of two
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Russia launched an overnight air attack on Ukraine, killing two people after debris fell on a commercial building in the Shevchenkivskyi district in Kyiv.[727] Attacks were also reported in Kyiv and Zhytomyr Oblasts. The Ukrainian Air Force claimed to have shot down 43 of 44 missiles and drones launched.[728] Three people were killed in separate attacks in Donetsk and Sumy Oblasts.[729][730]
Russia claimed to have destroyed four boats carrying up to 50 members of Ukrainian special forces landing groups in the Black Sea, and intercepted a naval drone near Sevastopol Bay in Crimea.[731]
Germany delivered 10
A court in Moscow sentenced a Ukrainian national to 12 years imprisonment for allegedly plotting to detonate an explosive device in Bryansk Oblast as part of a sabotage group organized by the SBU.[733]
Pope Francis told a crowd of Russian youths that they were heirs of "the great Russian empire", prompting condemnation from Lithuania, which summoned the Vatican’s ambassador, and Ukraine. Russia called the comments "very gratifying".[734]
The United States claimed that Russia had formally entered into a bilateral agreement with North Korea to supply the Russian military with artillery ammunition.[735]
Russia changed the serial numbers system that indicated the time of production of its missiles in an attempt to prevent Ukrainian intelligence from counting the number of missiles in Russian stockpiles.[736]
31 August
President Zelenskyy announced an investigation into Ukrainians who have avoided conscription by medical exemptions, citing cases of $3,000-$15,000 being paid as bribes for exemptions.
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts, while three others were injured in a missile attack on Vinnytsia Oblast.[740]
Russia claimed to have shot down a drone over Moscow Oblast[741] and three others over Bryansk.[742]
Russia opened early voting for local elections in areas it occupied in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts set for 10 September.[743]
September 2023
1 September
In Russia, three drones were intercepted by air defenses over Pskov[739] and Belgorod Oblasts,[744] while another reportedly hit a factory that manufactured electronic components for rockets in Lyubertsy,[745] Moscow Oblast, forcing the closure of airports in the area. At least two buildings were reportedly damaged in another drone attack in Kurchatov, Kursk Oblast.[746]
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson.[747]
The British weapons firm BAE Systems opened a branch in Ukraine as part of preparations to produce light artillery there.[748]
Two container ships left Odesa through the temporary corridor introduced by Ukraine in the Black Sea.[749]
The NACP included PepsiCo and Mars, Incorporated to its list of international sponsors of the Russian war effort in Ukraine for continuing to operate in Russia.[750]
Satellite images revealed that Russia had withdrawn air defences, artillery and tanks from the Kuril Islands as part of a possible redeployment to Ukraine.[751]
The first Ukrainian crewmen completed their training on
2 September
Russia claimed to have destroyed three naval drones attempting to attack the Crimean Bridge,[754] while the governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that Ukrainian shelling killed one person in Urazovo.[755]
The Ukrainian military claimed to have breached the first line of Russian defenses in the Zaporizhzhia front and were now pushing towards the succeeding defense line.[756]
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Four people, including a police officer, were killed by Russian attacks in Donetsk, Kherson and Sumy Oblasts.[757][758][759]
The United States pledged
A spokesperson for the
3 September
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Russia launched an overnight drone attack on the port of Reni, injuring two people. The Ukrainian Air force claimed to have shot down 23 of 25 drones launched.[762] Two people were killed in separate attacks in Donetsk and Kherson Oblasts.[763][764]
Ukraine claimed to have destroyed a Russian
President Zelenskyy announced the dismissal of his Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov and his replacement by Rustem Umierov, the manager of the State Property Fund of Ukraine and a negotiator in talks with Russia throughout the war. Zelenskyy said he had based his decision on finding “new approaches” for the ministry, which had also been caught up in several corruption scandals in recent weeks.[768][769] Umerov's appointment was confirmed by the Verkhovna Rada on 6 September.[770]
In Russia,
President Zelenskyy said France had agreed to help train Ukrainian pilots on the use of F-16 fighter jets.[772]
4 September
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Russia claimed to have shot down two drones over the Black Sea and in Kursk Oblast[773] and destroyed four Ukrainian landing boats heading towards Crimea.[774] It also launched an overnight drone attack on Ukraine’s Danube ports, damaging several buildings but causing no injuries. Ukraine claimed to have shot down 23 of 32 drones launched,[775] with Romania saying drone parts fell on its territory. NATO said it did not believe that the spillover constituted a deliberate attack by Russia.[776] In response, the Romanian government introduced additional security measures on the border settlements of Plauru and Ceatalchioi.[777] One person was killed by shelling in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[778]
The Ukrainian defence ministry said its forces had retaken three square kilometers of territory around Bakhmut in the past week.[779]
President Zelenskyy made another visit to Ukrainian positions in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia fronts.[780]
A court in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast sentenced two Ukrainian soldiers to more than 20 years imprisonment for alleged war crimes during the Siege of Mariupol.[781]
Russian media reported that T-14 Armata tanks were withdrawn from service in Ukraine after being deployed in indirect fire roles to test them in “real combat conditions”.[782]
Belgium pledged eight RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles to Ukraine.[784]
5 September
Russia claimed to have shot down four drones over Tver, Kaluga, Moscow,[785] and Bryansk Oblasts.[786]
A Ukrainian Challenger 2 was destroyed near Robotyne, the first time a tank of that model was destroyed by a belligerent in action.[787]
Cuba announced the discovery of a human trafficking network that recruited its nationals to fight in Ukraine under Russian military forces, denouncing it as an act of "mercenarism",[789] and arresting 17 people.[790]
Germany delivered a military aid package to Ukraine that included 188 Mercedes-Benz Zetros off-road trucks, four border protection vehicles, a Beaver bridge-laying tank, 20,000 pairs of safety glasses, and ammunition for Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.[791]
6 September
A Russian drone attacked the port of Izmail, killing one person.[795]
President Zelenskyy announced the transfer of
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Kyiv and announced another aid package to Ukraine valued at more than $1 billion, which included about $665 million worth of security assistance and $175 million in military hardware that included HIMARS artillery, Javelin antitank weapons, Abrams tanks, and depleted uranium ammunition.[797] France also delivered 150 Delair drones to Ukraine.[798]
Ukraine claimed that a
7 September
Another wave of drone attacks was reported across Russia. In Rostov-on-Don, one person was injured and three buildings were damaged in a reported strike by two drones at the headquarters of the Southern Military District. Another drone was shot down over Moscow Oblast.[800] A drone fell on a military facility in Volgograd Oblast,[801] while another drone caused a fire at an industrial facility in Bryansk.[802]
More than 270,000 tonnes of grain were reportedly destroyed by a Russian drone attack in the Danube river ports. Ukraine claimed to have shot down 14 drones.[803] Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.[804]
Ukrainian border guards reclaimed the frontier settlements of Stroivka and Topoli, both of which lay in a recently de-mined "gray zone" between Ukrainian and Russian positions in Kharkiv Oblast.[805]
The Royal Air Force began surveillance flights over the Black Sea to protect grain shipments from Russian attacks.[806]
The Pentagon pledged another military aid package to Ukraine worth $600 million which included air defense equipment, additional ammunition for HIMARS systems, 105 mm artillery rounds, electronic warfare, mine-clearing equipment, demolition munitions, training, and maintenance support.[807]
A court in Abakan, Russia, sentenced journalist Mikhail Afanasyev to more than 5 years in prison and a 2.5-year ban on him practicing his profession for reporting on antiwar sentiment in Khakassia.[808]
UNESCO approved a request by Ukraine to place 20 landmarks to the international list of cultural heritage sites under enhanced protection to deter military attacks. The sites included the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, the Historic Centre of Lviv, Taras Hill in Cherkasy Oblast, the Derzhprom building in Kharkiv, and the wooden churches of the Carpathian regions.[809]
The US and the UK sanctioned 11 members of the Russian cybercrime group Trickbot for launching ransomware attacks on foreign entities and targeting critics of the invasion of Ukraine.[810]
8 September
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Russia launched a wave of missile attacks on cities across Ukraine, including in Zaporizhzhia and Sumy. In Kryvyi Rih, a police officer was killed and 74 others were injured in a missile strike on a police station, while 69 structures were damaged.[811] Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson Oblast.[812]
The Ukrainian military claimed to have retaken more than half of the village of Klishchiivka, south of Bakhmut,[813] while noting that Russia had assembled a strike force near the village of Novohryhorivka in Luhansk Oblast in preparation for an offensive towards Lyman.[814]
Russia began holding local elections in occupied areas of Ukraine until 10 September.[815] During polling, the exiled mayor of Melitopol claimed that the regional headquarters of the United Russia party was destroyed in an incendiary incident, producing casualties on Russian authorities.[816]
The Ukrainian government announced the repatriation of nine children deported to Russia, one of whom was imprisoned for allegedly blowing up a bridge.[817]
Lithuania delivered 1.5 million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine.[818]
9 September
One person was killed by Russian shelling in Kherson Oblast.[819] A Canadian volunteer for the NGO Road to Relief and the organization’s Spanish director were killed after their vehicle came under Russian artillery fire near Chasiv Yar. Two other foreign volunteers were wounded.[820]
A Russian soldier guarding polling stations during the Russian-organized local elections was reportedly killed in a car bombing in Nova Kakhovka by Ukrainian partisans, who also hacked into Russian television broadcasts in Crimea and called for a boycott of the elections.[821]
The Russian-installed head of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov claimed three drones were shot down over the peninsula.[822]
The G20 issued a joint declaration at the end of its annual meeting in New Delhi that produced a milder stance on the invasion of Ukraine compared with the previous summit held in Bali, avoiding mention of Russian involvement in the conflict.[823]
Major General Kyrylo Budanov, chief of Ukrainian military intelligence, said that their counteroffensive would go on into winter.[824]
10 September
Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Kyiv, injuring one person in the Podil neighborhood. Ukraine claimed to have shot down more than 24 drones launched.[825] One person was killed in a separate attack in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[826]
Eight Ukrainian drones were reportedly shot down by Russian air defenses near Crimea,[825] while Russia also claimed to have destroyed three Ukrainian military transport vessels north-east of Snake Island.[827]
South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol announced the establishment of a $2.3 billion aid package to Ukraine for humanitarian and postwar recovery concerns.[828]
11 September
The Ukrainian defence ministry claimed its forces had retaken parts of the village of Opytne, three kilometers northwest of Donetsk,[829] as well as 4.8 square kilometers of territory in the southern front over the past week.[830]
Ukrainian military intelligence claimed that special forces had recovered several oil and gas drilling platforms off the Crimean coast that had been occupied and fortified by Russia since 2015. Among the facilities retaken were the
The Ukrainian military claimed to have struck a Russian drone base in Luhanske, occupied Donetsk Oblast.[832]
In Russia, two drones were reportedly shot down over Belgorod Oblast,[833] while two houses were reportedly damaged in a drone attack on Rylsk, Kursk Oblast.[834]
Rheinmetall pledged 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine as part of an order placed by the German government.[835]
Russia began manufacturing upgraded
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry denied offering a $2-million reward for any Russian pilot that defects with a MiG jet to Ukraine following the defection of Maksym Kuzminov but insisted that there will be other incentives.[837]
A report by The Economist found that European financial contributions to Ukraine was now almost worth twice that of the United States’.[838]
Russian media reported that the country's National Guard,
12 September
Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts.[840][841]
Denmark pledged a 5.8 billion Danish kroner ($830 million) military aid package to Ukraine that would include tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, ammunition, and anti-aircraft guns.[842]
The NGO Save Ukrainian returned 13 children in Russian-occupied areas in Ukraine to relatives living in Kyiv-controlled territory.[843]
13 September
The Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol
Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Izmail, injuring six people.[850]
Ukrainian soldiers from the
A court in Russian-occupied Donetsk Oblast sentenced two alleged members of the Azov Regiment to 29 years imprisonment for alleged war crimes during the Siege of Mariupol.[852]
Germany delivered a military aid package to Ukraine that included 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, a Satcom surveillance system, 20 RQ-35 HEIDRUN reconnaissance drones, two mobile antenna mast systems, 10 drone detection systems, two WISENT 1 mine clearing tanks, explosive ordnance disposal material, 3,000 155 mm artillery shells, 1.5 million small arms ammunition rounds, an 8x8 HX81 truck tractor train, four semi-trailers, nine transport vehicles, five 8x8 load-handling trucks, and three ambulances.[853]
The European Parliament formally recognized Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko as an "accomplice" to Russian war crimes in Ukraine, particularly for staging Russian troops and hosting deported children.[854]
14 September
Russia claimed to have shot down four drones over Bryansk Oblast.
A six-year old child was killed by Russian shelling in Novodmitryk, Kherson Oblast. Later in the day, authorities ordered the mandatory evacuation of families with children in 31 settlements across the oblast.[862]
Vasily Popov, commander of the Russian 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment, was reportedly killed in action in Ukraine according to the ISW.[863]
Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Andriy Kostin announced that the International Criminal Court opened a field office in Kyiv to improve its response to Russian war crimes, calling the office the ICC's largest after its headquarters in the The Hague.[864]
In response to spillovers from Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian Danube ports, Romania imposed a ban on aircraft flying at an altitude of less than 4,000 metres (more than 13,000 feet) over a zone within 30 kilometers (19 miles) of the eastern section of the Ukrainian border, in the vicinity of the ports of Sulina and Galați.[865]
The United States announced sanctions on more than 100 individuals and entities involved in the Russian war effort in Ukraine. Among those sanctioned included Russian oligarch
15 September
The Ukrainian military claimed it had retaken full control of the village of Andriivka, south of Bakhmut.[868] It also accused Russia of accidentally dropping a bomb on occupied Nova Kakhovka and blaming Ukraine for the incident.[869]
The Russian patrol boat Askold was reportedly attacked by Ukraine in the Black Sea.[870]
The
The United States provided the Ukrainian military with
The European Commission lifted a ban on the import of Ukrainian grain to Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia that had been in place since May 2023 to protect domestic production. However, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia stated that they would continue to enforce the ban.[874]
The United Kingdom formally designated the Wagner Group as a terrorist organisation.[875]
16 September
Two people were killed after a car was attacked by Russian forces near the border village of
In Russia, two drones were reportedly shot down over
The Palauan-flagged cargo ships Resilient Africa and Aroyat arrived at the port of Chornomorsk, Odesa Oblast to load grain, the first vessels to do so under the maritime corridor introduced by Ukraine following the collapse of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.[879]
17 September
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One person was killed by Russian shelling in Sumy Oblast.[880] Four others were killed in separate attacks in Kherson Oblast.[881]
The Ukrainian military claimed it had retaken Klishchiivka.[882] Explosions were reported in Tokmak[883] and in Sevastopol, with the latter occurring near Russian radio intelligence and air defence facilities.[884]
Colonel Andrei Kondrashkin, commander of the Russian 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade, was reportedly killed in action in Andriivka, near Bakhmut.[885]
Russia claimed to have shot down five drones over Crimea and Moscow Oblast,[886] while another damaged an oil depot in Oryol.[887]
Canada pledged $33 million CAD ($24.4 million) in military aid to Ukraine as part of a joint initiative with other Western countries to improve the country's air defence capabilities.[888]
Ukraine formally filed lawsuits in the World Trade Organization against Poland, Slovakia and Hungary for their continued refusal to lift their ban on imports of Ukrainian grain, saying that their actions violated international obligations.[889]
18 September
President Zelenskyy ordered the dismissal of deputy defence ministers
Ukraine reportedly launched a HIMARS missile strike on a command post of the Russian 70th Motorized Rifle Division in
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Seven people were killed by Russian shelling in Donetsk and Kherson Oblasts.[895]
Denis Pushilin, the head of the Russian-installed Donetsk People's Republic claimed that offices of the regional administration in Donetsk city was damaged by a Ukrainian air attack.[896]
Russia claimed to have shot down three aerial projectiles over Belgorod Oblast.[897]
Germany pledged a 400 million euro ($430 million) military aid package to Ukraine that would include explosives, mortar ammunition, rockets, armored vehicles, demining equipment, clothing and power generators for the winter,[898] while South Korea pledged two K600 anti-mine vehicles.[899][900]
19 September
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Russia launched an early morning drone attack on Lviv, killing one person, injuring another and setting fire to a warehouse.[901][902] Two people, including a police sergeant, were killed in a separate attack on a trolleybus in Kherson.[903] Six people were killed in an airstrike in Kupiansk.[904]
Russia claimed two drones were shot down over Belgorod and Oryol Oblasts.[905]
In his speech at the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York City, President Zelenskyy called on the international community to prevent Russia from "pushing the world to final war" and accused the country of attempting to weaponize food and energy and carrying out genocide through the abduction of Ukrainian children. He also criticized "shady deals" to try and end the conflict on unfair terms.[906]
The Ukrainian government said that the cargo ship Resilient Africa left Chornomorsk after loading grain and was now heading to Istanbul.[907] It also announced that it would ban the import of Polish fruits and vegetables into the country in retaliation for Warsaw's continued ban on Ukrainian grain.[908]
Belarusian state media reported the arrival in the country of 48 children taken from Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine as part of what it called a "holiday" organized by a charity supported by President Aleksandr Lukashenko.[909]
Denmark pledged 15 T-72EA tanks and 30 Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine.[910]
20 September
An oil refinery in
The Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, claimed Russian forces stopped two attacks on the city which involved Ukrainian naval drones and missiles respectively.[915] Ukraine claimed to have struck a command post of the Black Sea Fleet near Belbek air base.[916]
In Russia, a fuel storage tank caught fire near Sochi airport following a suspected drone attack.[917]
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced that the country would no longer supply Ukraine with weapons in response to disputes over the flow of agricultural products between the two countries. The Polish government later clarified that it would continue to honor preexisting agreements to deliver weapons to Ukraine.[918]
21 September
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Russia launched a series of missile attacks across Ukraine. In Kyiv, falling debris set a residential building on fire and hospitalised two, including a child. In
The Ukrainian military claimed to have damaged Russian military equipment in an air attack on
Russia claimed to have shot down 19 Ukrainian drones over Crimea and in Kursk, Belgorod and Oryol Oblasts.[926]
Sweden delivered ten Stridsvagn 122 tanks to Ukraine,[927] while Germany delivered 17 SatCom terminals, an antenna hub station, four 8x8 HX81 truck tractor trains, four semi-trailers, 12 Zetros trucks, and spare parts for WISENT 1 mine clearing tanks as part of a military aid package to Ukraine.[928] The United States pledged another military aid package to Ukraine worth $325 million that would include air defense and cluster munitions.[929]
Ukraine reached an agreement with Slovakia for a grain licensing system that would see the dropping of Kyiv's lawsuit against the country over its ban on grain imports and the end of Slovakian bans on Ukrainian agricultural products.[930]
22 September
The headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol was reportedly
One person was killed and 55 others were injured in a Russian missile attack on Kremenchuk.[938] Another person was killed by shelling in Kherson.[939]
Ukraine and the United States announced a program to manufacture "air defence systems" in Ukraine.[940]
During President Zelenskyy's visit to Ottawa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged 650 million Canadian dollars ($480 million) in military aid for Ukraine that included 50 armored vehicles and training on F-16 fighter jets. The Canadian government also imposed sanctions on 63 Russian individuals and entities for their role in the invasion and the deportation of Ukrainian children. Among those sanctioned were Russian Labour Minister Anton Kotyakov, advisor to the Commissioner for Childrens’ Rights Alexey Petrov, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations and its director Anatoly Torkunov, the Higher School of Economics of the Russian Federation, the publications Vzglyad and Komsomolskaya Pravda, and several youth organizations.[941]
23 September
The Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, claimed that another missile attack on the city occurred, with debris landing near the pier. Explosions were also reported in Vilne, in northern Crimea.[942]
Three people were killed in separate Russian attacks in Kherson, Donetsk and Sumy Oblasts.[943][944][945]
The head of the
24 September
Two people were killed in Russian airstrikes on Kherson Oblast.[947]
In Russia, the governor of Kursk Oblast claimed that a government building was damaged by a Ukrainian drone in Kursk city.[948] Ukrainian military intelligence claimed that a drone strike on the Khalino air field in the same region killed or wounded the commander and other officers of the Russian 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment.[949] Another drone was reportedly intercepted over Bryansk Oblast.[950]
25 September
Russia launched an overnight air attack on Odesa, damaging port infrastructure and a disused hotel and killing two people in a strike on a grain warehouse.
Another air attack was reported in Sevastopol, with a missile reportedly shot down over Belbek airbase.
President Zelenskyy announced the arrival of the first batch out of a total of 31 M1 Abrams tanks promised by the United States to Ukraine, without specifying its number, although Politico reported the number to be ten. More tanks were expected to be sent “during the fall.”[958][959][960]
The Russian Interior Ministry put the Chairman of the International Criminal Court Piotr Hofmański, his deputy Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza, and Judge Bertram Schmitt, on its list of wanted persons in response to the ICC's arrest warrant against President Putin and his children's rights commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova.[961]
The United States announced sanctions against 16 Russian and Chinese companies for supplying drone technology components to Russia.[962]
26 September
Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Izmail, injuring two people and damaging port infrastructure.[963] One person was killed in a separate attack in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[964]
Russia filed an application to rejoin the United Nations Human Rights Council after it was expelled in April 2022 for invading Ukraine.[965]
The SBU arrested a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in Kherson Oblast for hiding, possessing and attempting to sell two weapons caches left behind by retreating Russian forces in 2022.[966]
27 September
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson and Donetsk Oblasts.[967][968]
The Ukrainian military reported that around 500 Wagner Group fighters returned to fight in Donetsk Oblast as part of the group’s redeployment in Ukraine for the first time since its failed rebellion against the Russian military establishment in June.[969]
The SBU arrested two residents of Kyiv on suspicion of passing information to Russian intelligence to use in airstrikes against the capital.[970]
Ukraine announced that it would boycott UEFA football matches involving Russian teams after the body decided to lift the ban on Russian youth teams that had been imposed following the invasion.[971] Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, England, Northern Ireland, Denmark, and Sweden also announced that it would join Ukraine in its boycott.[972]
Dutch defence minister
Ukraine relocated the production of an unspecified missile system to another country due to ongoing Russian attacks on its plant.[975]
28 September
Three people were killed by Russian shelling in Kherson,[976] while three others were killed in separate attacks in Donetsk Oblast.[977]
Russia claimed to have repelled an attack by a Ukrainian sabotage group in border areas of Belgorod Oblast.[978]
The German Federal Cartel Office approved a joint venture between Rheinmetall and the Ukrainian Defense Industry to open a maintenance facility for military vehicles in Kyiv.[979]
The EU extended the temporary protection status it granted to Ukrainian refugees to 2025.[980]
29 September
A Russian
Russian officials claimed that Ukrainian drones dropped explosives on an electrical substation in the village of Belaya in Kursk Oblast, cutting power to five settlements. A dozen other drones were reportedly shot down over Belgorod, Kursk and Kaluga Oblasts.[982] A radar station near Giryi, Kursk Oblast was reportedly destroyed by a drone.[983]
Ukrainian war photographer Volodymyr Myroniuk was announced to have been killed while filming in Kurdiumivka on the Donetsk front.[984]
President Putin appointed former Wagner Group commander and retired colonel Andrei Troshev (nom de guerre Sedoi) to oversee volunteer fighter units in Ukraine.[985]
The Russian Defence Ministry announced that it would subject residents of occupied areas of southern and eastern Ukraine to conscription for the first time since their unrecognized annexation by Russia in 2022.[986] The ministry also said that it was expecting to enlist 130,000 personnel across the country in the fall.[987]
The UK imposed sanctions on the Russian Central Election Commission, its secretary Natalya Budarina, and regional commissioner for Kherson Marina Zakharova for staging local elections in occupied areas of Ukraine.[989]
Russia avoided a full ban from the
Bulgaria imposed a ban on the importation of Ukrainian sunflower products into the country that would last until the end of November 2023.[992]
30 September
Ukrainian officials claimed to have shot down thirty out of forty Russian drones. Twenty were aimed at central Ukraine and some "broke through" Ukrainian defences to strike Kalynivka, Vinnytsia Oblast, starting a "powerful fire". Romania also claimed that radar detected an "unauthorised" entry into its airspace towards Galați.[993]
The Ukrainian Navy announced that it had conducted a successful operation to extract two airborne assault operators who were trapped and forced into hiding in Russian-occupied territory for more than one and a half years after being injured. The operation was conducted by the navy's Angels special forces unit, while an airborne assault detachment provided covering fire during the extraction.[994] Ukrainian military intelligence claimed that a Russian soldier it had recruited in July had defected to Ukraine after convincing 11 other Russian soldiers to defect as well.[995]
In Russia, a Ukrainian drone strike on the settlement of Pogar, Bryansk Oblast, reportedly caused a power outage in the area.[996]
President Zelenskyy held a forum for 250 Western arms manufacturers from 30 countries in Kyiv as part of efforts to increase domestic weapons production and manufacture more Western weapons. The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry claimed that 20 agreements between Ukraine and Western companies were signed.[997]
October 2023
1 October
One person was killed by shelling in Vovchansk.[998] An Estonian volunteer for the International Legion in Ukraine was killed in a drone strike on Lyman.[999]
The Russian-appointed head of Crimea,
The ISW, citing Russian milbloggers, reported that Lieutenant General Andrey Sychevoy was relieved from his post as field commander in Bakhmut for conducting "unprepared and unsupported" counterattacks near Andriivka and Klishchiivka.[1001]
In Russia, Ukrainian drones reportedly struck Adler airbase in Sochi and an aircraft factory operated by the state-run Tactical Missile Armament corporation in Smolensk.[1002] Three people were reportedly wounded by Ukrainian shelling at a market in Shebekino, Belgorod Oblast.[1003]
2 October
A police officer was killed by Russian shelling of a transport company in Kherson.[1004]
Foreign ministers of all 27 member states of the EU gathered in Kyiv for the first such meeting of its kind outside the bloc's territory.[1005]
Germany delivered an aid package to Ukraine that included over 32,000 rounds of 40-mm ammunition, dozens of all-terrain and border protection vehicles, radio equipment for Leopard tanks, almost 100 Satcom terminals, over 1,000 infusion kits, a Beaver bridge-laying tank, and two Wisent 1 mine-clearing tanks.[1006]
3 October
One person was killed by a Russian airstrike in the Antonivka suburb of Kherson.[1007]
President Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian military positions on the Kupiansk-Lyman front in Kharkiv Oblast.[1008]
In Russia, a drone was reportedly intercepted over Bryansk Oblast,[1009] while Russia accused Ukraine of hitting several homes in Klimovo with cluster munitions.[1010]
The Russian Investigative Committee charged four Ukrainian military officials with terrorism, namely military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov, Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk, Navy Commander Oleksiy Neizhpapa, and commander of the 383rd separate regiment of remotely controlled aircraft, Serhii Burdeniuk, for their role in attacks on Russian and Crimean soil blamed on Ukraine.[1011]
Ukraine's National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) placed the China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec), the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) on its list of international sponsors of the war in Ukraine for continuing to invest in Russian energy projects and buying Russian oil and gas.[1012]
4 October
Ukrainian military intelligence announced that special forces had landed in Crimea and engaged in combat with Russian forces, resulting in losses on both sides before retreating as part of a scheduled operation.[1014]
Russia claimed to have shot down 31 drones during an overnight Ukrainian drone attack on its western border regions.[1015] An S-400 Triumph air defense system near Belgorod was reportedly hit by SBU drones.[1016]
The SBU arrested three people, including a Russian citizen, on suspicion of spying on the Ukrainian military and aiding airstrikes on behalf of Russian military intelligence in Kharkiv and Zhytomyr Oblasts.[1017]
Lithuania opened a corridor for Ukrainian grain to reach
A court in Moscow sentenced journalist Marina Ovsyannikova in absentia to 8.5 years in a penal colony and imposed a ban on her engaging in electronic activities for four years for allegedly discrediting the Russian military in relation to her on-air criticism of the war on the main evening news program Vremya in 2022.[1019]
Ukraine announced plans to build the world’s first underground school in Kharkiv due to the city’s proximity from the Russian border.[1020]
US officials announced that “thousands” of Iranian-made weapons seized by the
See also
- 2023 in Ukraine
- 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
- Outline of the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Bibliography of Ukrainian history
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