Russian forces launched an overnight attack on Ukraine's northeastern
Sumy Oblast on July 26, targeting civilian infrastructure and leaving
three people injured, local authorities reported.
12:49 am
The Vatican confirmed that Pope Leo received Metropolitan Anthony, the
senior Russian Orthodox Church cleric who chairs its department of
external church relations, along with five other high-profile clerics,
during a morning audience on July 26.
10:56 pm
According to operational data by Ukraine's Khortytsia group of forces,
Colonel Lebedev was leading assault operations in the Velykyi Burluk
area of Kharkiv Oblast.
9:24 pm
Russian forces launched a drone strike on Sumy on July 26, damaging the
building of the Sumy Regional Military Administration, regional
governor Oleh Hryhorov reported.
7:58 pm
Lithuania plans to contribute up to 30 million euro ($32.5 million)
toward the joint purchase of U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems for
Ukraine, Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT reported on July 26.
5:34 pm
"Resistance to the Kremlin regime inside Russia is growing," Ukraine's
military intelligence agency said.
4:53 pm
"In the coming years, the Black Sea sailors will be further
strengthened — with the arrival of new frigates, corvettes, aviation,
marine robotic complexes," Nikolai Patrushev, the head of Russia's
Maritime Collegium, said.
3:57 pm
"Russia will be ready for confrontation with Europe — and therefore
with us — as early as 2027," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
3:21 pm
Russia opened a new front in Sumy Oblast in early June, capturing
around a dozen border villages.
2:23 pm
U.S. Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal co-authored a bipartisan
bill that would impose 500% tariffs on countries buying Russian oil,
gas, or uranium.
12:44 pm
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is facilitating transit
primarily to Poland, with some migrants arriving from Libya directly or
through Russia — pointing to coordinated efforts between Minsk and
Moscow.
2:30 am (Updated: July 26, 2025 11:57 am)
Explosions rocked Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts as
Russia launched waves of missiles, drones, and guided aerial bombs
overnight on July 26. Kharkiv's Kyviskyi district has been hit twice by
ballistic missiles.
