The 158th day of the Ukrainian war. Latest information [20:55]

Live text broadcast – short and concise about the most important thing in the Russian-Ukrainian war on July 31. Ukraine has been heroically defending its land against the aggressor’s invasion for five months

20:55. Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov thanked Italy for the “new military aid package” on Sunday, pravda.com.ua reports. “When we are united, we cannot be defeated! I want to thank the Italian government and personally my friend Lorenzo Guerini for the new military aid package. The Ukrainian people will always remember Italy’s steadfast support!” Reznikov wrote on Twitter. It is not yet known what exactly is included in the new military aid package. Italy previously said it would not reveal details of what it sent to Ukraine.

19:05. In the Kherson region, where active hostilities continue, villages have been completely destroyed, reports pravda.com.ua. The state administration of Kherson region reports that the situation in the region is critical: roads are damaged, houses and schools are destroyed, fields and rivers are mined, forests are on fire, civilians are injured and killed. In some villages, people have been living without electricity and water for 5 months. People in such villages have not received pensions and social benefits since March.

17:47. Turkey expects Ukrainian grain exports to begin on Monday, the Turkish president’s office said on Sunday. There is a very high possibility that a ship with Ukrainian grain will leave on Monday morning, said the press representative of the office, adding that only one or two details still need to be resolved. The suspension of supplies from the two major grain exporting countries – Ukraine and Russia – is one of the factors behind the price increase, which has made food imports in the world’s poorest countries almost unaffordably expensive. In the following hours after the signing of the July 22 agreement, wheat prices fell sharply.

16:38. 5.15 million refugees have arrived in Poland from Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion, the Polish Border Guard Agency announced on Sunday. At the same time, 3.25 million Ukrainians returned to their homeland, the agency reports. In March, Poland passed a law providing broad support to Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion. Due to the war started by Russia, more than six million refugees have gone from Ukraine to European countries, according to the data of the UN refugee agency UNHCR.

15:26. Last night, several civilian targets were again subjected to Russian strikes, and Mykolaiv was also shelled once again. At night, several strong explosions were heard in the city, and it is known that at least one person died, and several others were injured, reports lsm.lv.

13:54. The first ships with Ukrainian grain could arrive in Turkey on August 3, reports pravda.com.ua.

12:33. On Sunday morning, a drone exploded near the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, injuring six people, announced the head of the annexed city, Mikhail Razvozhayev. “An unidentified object flew into the yard of the fleet headquarters, according to preliminary data, it is a drone. Six people were injured, they are employees of the fleet headquarters, there are no casualties. Help has been provided to everyone. The FSB is working, the circumstances are being clarified,” he writes on his Telegram channel.

The drone was homemade, according to Russian news agencies, referring to the press service of the navy. The drone was equipped with a “low-power explosive device”. Ukraine denied that it had carried out an attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in annexed Crimea.

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11:07. The loss of Russian troops in Ukraine has reached approximately 40,830 soldiers by Sunday morning, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army. Since the start of the re-invasion on February 24, Russia has lost 1,763 tanks, 4,004 armored personnel carriers, 916 cannons, 259 multiple-barreled rocket launchers, 117 anti-aircraft artillery installations, 223 aircraft, 190 helicopters, 735 drones, 174 cruise missiles, 2,902 vehicles and 15 tankers. and 80 units of specialized equipment. During the last day, the Russians suffered the biggest losses in the direction of Donetsk.

10:06. The Russian military has suddenly significantly increased the number of warships staying near the coast of Crimea. 14 ships of the Russian army are currently located in this place, reports pravda.com.ua

09:13. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, once again calls on people to leave the Donetsk region, and also emphasizes that the country will organize everything for this purpose. “There are hundreds of thousands of people in Donbass, tens of thousands of children, many refuse to leave. But it really has to be done, this decision will have to be made anyway, believe me. The more people leave the Donetsk region, the less people the Russian army will have time to kill. Come on , we will help! We are not Russia, so every life is important to us. And we will use every opportunity to save more lives and limit Russian terror as much as possible,” says V. Zelensky in his video address, reports pravda.com.ua

00.10. “Burned alive”. It has been determined with which weapons the prisoners of war were killed in Olenivka. More here

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