On July 1, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that in the village of Serhiivka in the Kherson region, several Russian soldiers were blown up by mines planted by their fellow soldiers who had previously been rotated since June 15.

Ukraine added another 192 individuals, mostly Russians, and 291 companies to the sanctions list, including the Georgian airline Georgian Airways, which resumed direct flights to Russia.

On July 2, heavy fighting continues north and south of Bakhmut. The Russian army is sending reinforcements here to stop the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly has agreed to create a tribunal for war crimes against Russia.
Russian troops shelled Kherson. One of the missiles hit a multi-story building, wounding 4 people.
Spain promises a new aid package for Ukraine worth 55 million euros.

On July 3, an explosion occurred near a military airfield in the Krasnodar Territory.
A memorial to the city's dead was opened in Bucha.
The Wagner PMC Telegram channels reported a suspension of soldier recruitment. Russian television reported that the PMC received 858 billion rubles under government contracts.

On July 4, Russian troops are advancing in the area of ​​Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Maryinka.
Russian troops carried out 35 airstrikes and 50 rocket and artillery attacks in 24 hours. There are civilians killed and wounded. In the Ukrainian city of Sumy, one person was killed and 16 wounded as a result of an attack by Shahed drones.
One of the commanders of Kadyrov's special forces unit "Akhmat", Yevgeny Pisarenko, was killed in Ukraine.
The FSB reported that an assassination attempt on the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, had been prevented.

On July 5, active fighting is underway in the Liman, Kupyansk and Bakhmut directions.
As a result of Russian shelling in the village of Belozerka in the Kherson region, a man was killed and 5 people were wounded, including a child. In the city of Pervomaysky in the Kharkiv region, more than 40 people were wounded.
On July 6, in Lviv, as a result of a Russian missile strike, 10 people were killed and dozens were wounded.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that over the past 24 hours, Russia lost two companies of soldiers killed; 9 ammunition depots and 25 units of military equipment were destroyed.

On July 7, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, 2 people were killed as a result of an attack by "Shaheds".
The EU has agreed on the draft "Act in support of the production of ammunition". The document provides for the allocation of 500 million euros from the EU budget for the production of ammunition and missiles for Ukraine.

On July 8, the Pentagon announced the provision of a new military aid package to Ukraine worth 800 million dollars. The United States agrees to transfer cluster munitions to Ukraine. Sweden has transferred Stridsfordon 90 (CV 90) combat vehicles to Ukraine.

On July 9, the 500th day of the war, the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine reported that 494 children had been killed in Ukraine since the start of the invasion.
The Azov Battalion commanders, captured by Russia and then exchanged for Viktor Medvedchuk, returned to Ukraine via Turkey.

On July 10, a Russian airstrike killed 4 people and wounded 11 at a humanitarian aid distribution point in Orekhov. A hospital in the city of Berislav in the Kherson region came under fire, wounding 2 people.
Ramzan Kadyrov announced the dispatch of the Akhmat special forces to defend Bakhmut.
The mobilized 60th Brigade from Primorye refused to go to the front.
Meduza and Mediazona published the results of a study according to which Russia has lost about 47,000 killed in Ukraine in 15 months of the war.
Construction of a plant for the production of Bayraktar drones has begun in Ukraine.

On July 11, France transferred SCALP-EG cruise missiles with a range of 560 km to Ukraine.

British military intelligence reported that Russian military hospitals are unable to cope with the influx of wounded soldiers from Ukraine.

An explosion occurred in a hotel in Berdyansk where Russian officers were staying. Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District, Lieutenant General Oleg Tsokov, was killed.

On July 12, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that if cluster munitions were supplied to Ukraine, the Russian army would begin using them on the battlefield.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Russian army had received more than 2,000 units of military equipment, small arms, and ammunition from disbanded units of the Wagner PMC.

On July 13, a Russian drone crashed into residential areas in Zaporozhye. 20 people were injured, including 8 children.
In the Kherson region, two people were killed and three were injured as a result of Russian shelling.
The NATO summit ended in Vilnius, where new military aid to Kyiv and a simplified procedure for Ukraine's admission to the North Atlantic Alliance were announced.

The bodies of 19 people killed in captivity were returned to Ukraine.

On July 14, in the city of Kurchatov in the Kursk region, an apartment building was damaged as a result of a drone crash. The Kursk Nuclear Power Plant is located in Kurchatov.
Russian General Ivan Popov claims that he was removed from office for trying to tell the military leadership about problems at the front.
In the Moscow region, one person was killed in a mass brawl involving contract soldiers.

On July 15, Mediazona reported that since February 2022, 5,127 people have been disabled in Russia due to military injuries.
The first mercenaries of the Wagner PMC arrived in Belarus.

On July 16, as a result of Russian shelling of Ukrainian territories, 4 people were killed and 8 were wounded.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported the destruction of 7 Ukrainian drones and 2 unmanned boats that attacked Sevastopol. There were no casualties. The movement of passenger boats and ferries in the Sevastopol Bay was suspended for several hours.

On July 17, a Ukrainian drone attacked the Crimean Bridge. As a result of the explosion, a married couple of tourists were killed and a child was injured.

Russian artillery shelled populated areas of the Kherson and Sumy regions, there are dead and wounded.

On July 18, the public organization "Rus Sidyashchaya" published a video of the interrogation of a fighter from Kadyrov's "Akhmat" unit, Sergei Medvednik, who was captured by the Ukrainians. The prisoner says that the Chechen units "Akhmat-Sever" and "Akhmat-Yug" are fighting in the Bakhmut direction. At the same time, the command sends platoons to the front lines consisting mainly of not Chechens, but of natives of other regions of Russia. According to the prisoner, they are worse armed and not trained at all.

On July 19, 5 people were wounded in the Belgorod region as a result of Ukrainian shelling.
The State Duma passed a law raising the maximum age for staying in the reserve of the Russian army by 5 years.

On July 20, Moscow launched "retaliatory strikes" for the Crimean Bridge in Odessa and Nikolaev. 18 people were wounded, including children.
As a result of the strike of a Ukrainian drone in Crimea, a teenage girl was killed.
The Telegram channel "Razgruzka Wagnera" reported that from February 2022 to May 2023, the Wagner PMC lost 22 thousand people killed - that is almost every third fighter.
The National Court of France allowed to grant asylum to draft dodgers from Russia.

On July 21, 4 people were killed in the Zaporizhia region as a result of the Russian strike.
Russia launched another strike on a grain terminal near Odessa. Two were wounded.
The Washington Post reports that Ukraine has begun using cluster munitions.
Russia has authorized the shooting down of any drones.

On July 22, 4 people were killed in a Russian strike in the Zaporizhia region. 6 people were killed in the Donetsk region.
A Russian drone dropped an explosive device in the center of the city of Seredina-Buda in the Sumy region. Two men were wounded.

On July 23, Russia fired 19 missiles at Odessa, killing one person and wounding 21, including 4 children. The Transfiguration Cathedral was damaged.
A Ukrainian drone attacked an ammunition depot in Crimea, causing an explosion and fire at the facility.
The Kramatorsk district of the Donetsk region was shelled with Russian cluster munitions.
On July 24, a drone crashed 500 meters from the building of the Russian Ministry of Defense in Moscow. Another drone hit a business center on Likhachev Street. Windows were broken in several buildings.
A woman was wounded in the Kherson region as a result of Russian shelling, and the Palace of Culture burned down in the Donetsk region. The US Secretary of State reported that Ukraine has recaptured half of the territories occupied by the Russian army.

On July 25, the SBU named 11 more Russian servicemen suspected of crimes in Bucha.
Russian troops shelled the city of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region, there are dead and wounded.
Ukrainian drones destroyed another ammunition depot in Crimea.
In the Kherson region, as a result of massive shelling, 2 people were killed and several were wounded.
The State Duma raised the draft age to 30. Conscripts will be prohibited from leaving the country.

On July 27, Ukrainian troops are advancing south of Orekhov in the Zaporizhia region.
A Russian submarine fired missiles at the port infrastructure of the Odessa region.
A Romanian dry cargo ship came under fire.
A Ukrainian court sentenced 18 State Duma deputies in absentia.
The State Duma adopted amendments allowing governors of Russian regions to create private military companies.
The head of the Chechen parliament, Magomed Daudov, said that 7,000 soldiers from Chechnya are fighting in Ukraine. In total, 28 thousand people have been sent there from the republic since the beginning of the war, including 13 thousand "volunteers".

On July 28, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue their offensive in the Zaporizhia region, liberated the village of Staromayorske and approached Russian fortifications near the city of Tokmak.
In Dnieper, a Russian missile hit a residential high-rise building, injuring 9 people.
A Ukrainian missile hit the center of Taganrog, injuring about 20 people.
IAEA experts recorded explosions near the Zaporizhia NPP.
The 13th column of Wagner PMC mercenaries arrived in Belarus. Poland and Lithuania consider this a threat and intend to completely close the borders with Belarus to avoid provocations.

On July 30, drones damaged the facades of two Moscow City towers in the center of the Russian capital. 16 drones were shot down over Crimea.
As a result of a Russian missile strike on Zaporizhia, two people were killed.
Russian aircraft dropped two bombs on Zmeiny Island in the Black Sea.

On July 31, fierce fighting is underway in the Kupyansk direction.
Russian troops attacked the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, there are dead and wounded.
In Kryvyi Rih, 6 people were killed and 75 were wounded as a result of shelling.
They began to dismantle the Soviet coat of arms on the Motherland monument in Kyiv.

On August 1, Ukrainian drones attacked two patrol ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
In Russia, 11 military registration and enlistment offices were set on fire in one day.

On August 2, a doctor was killed and a nurse was seriously wounded in a Russian shelling of a hospital in Kherson.
The Polish Ministry of Defense reports that Belarusian helicopters penetrated the country's airspace.

On August 3, as a result of a Russian strike on Kherson, 4 employees of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine were wounded. They were working to extinguish a fire caused by the previous shelling.
In the Belgorod Region, they began distributing weapons to territorial defense volunteers.
Territorial defense volunteers in the Kursk Region were given hunting carbines.
Several drones were shot down over the Kaluga Region at night.

On August 4, a Ukrainian drone caused serious damage to the Russian landing ship "Olenegorsky Gornyak" at the naval base in Novorossiysk.
A volunteer from Norway was wounded during the shelling of Kherson.
The Russian government supported a bill on criminal punishment - up to 5 years - for evading military service.
Russia began recruiting foreigners to serve in the army under contract.
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, denied rumors about major losses of the Akhmat unit near Bakhmut, where Kadyrovites replaced Wagnerites. Meanwhile, the opposition is publishing numerous screenshots with condolences to the relatives of the Akhmat fighters, as well as videos and audio recordings of the fighters themselves.

On August 5, a Russian tanker was damaged by an attack by Ukrainian drones in the Kerch Strait.
DOXA magazine published letters from a prisoner in Rostov-on-Don about torture and abuse of Ukrainian prisoners of war, including defenders of Azovstal.
Kyiv declared the waters of six Russian ports on the Black Sea a military threat zone: Sochi, Anapa, Novorossiysk, Gelendzhik, Taman and Tuapse.

On August 6, a Russian bomb fell on a blood transfusion center near Kupyansk, there are casualties.
In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, talks on Ukraine began between national security advisers and political advisers from about 40 countries. Russia was not invited to the meeting.

On August 7, Russian troops shelled the village of Kucherovka in the Kharkiv region and the village of Olgovka in the Kherson region, with casualties. As a result of a missile strike on Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, 7 people were killed and 67 were wounded.
In Chechnya, four relatives of the Yangulbaev brothers were forcibly sent to war - their uncle and three cousins ​​on their father's side.
Another 22 prisoners of war have returned to Ukraine, the Russian side has not reported on the exchange.

August 8
The United States officially approved the sending of the first batch of Abrams tanks to Ukraine.

On August 9, 1 person was killed and 3 were wounded under Russian shelling in the Dnipropetrovsk region. In Zaporizhia, 2 people were killed and 7 were wounded. A church was destroyed and a grocery store was damaged.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces report progress in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions.
The Secretary of the Ukrainian Security Council, Alexey Danilov, stated that Prigozhin's mutiny was agreed upon with Putin: "Today we can already say that this is a special operation that was agreed upon with Putin to identify those generals who were not entirely in favor of Putin and his entourage."

On August 10, Russia advances in the Kharkov direction.
As a result of a Russian airstrike in Kupyansk, 2 people were wounded and a fire broke out in a residential area.
Two drones were shot down on approach to Moscow, and several flights were delayed at airports.
Germany sent a new batch of weapons to Ukraine, including two Patriot air defense system launchers.

On August 11, one person was killed and 19 were injured in the shelling of Zaporizhia. Four children were among the injured.
As a result of the shelling of the Bryansk region, two people were killed.

On August 12, heavy fighting continues in the Kupyansk direction.
BBC reports on Russian artillery lieutenant Ivan Korolev, who asked for asylum in Lithuania. The officer said that he left Russia because he did not want to take part in "a bloody war unleashed by the state."

On August 13, in the Kherson region, 7 people were killed and 13 were injured.
A Ukrainian drone sank a Russian boat on the Dnieper.

On August 14, as a result of a Russian missile strike on the Zaporizhia region, two people were killed and several more were injured.
Russia shelled Odessa, Kherson and the Zaporizhia region, there are dead and wounded.
Russia struck Lviv, Lutsk, and the Dnieper. Three people were killed and dozens were injured.
A Ukrainian border sign has been restored on Zmeiny Island.
Ukrainian media reported a shootout in the village of Urzuf in Donetsk Oblast between Kadyrov's men who had come to relax and employees of the Russian military commandant's office. Soldiers and 7 local residents were killed. The Chechen authorities called this report "fake".

On August 16, Ukraine announced the liberation of the village of Urozhainoye in Donetsk Oblast.
The head of NATO's headquarters said that Ukraine could receive membership in the North Atlantic Alliance in exchange for renouncing territories.
Former Ukrainian prisoners of war told BBC journalists about torture in pretrial detention center No. 2 in Taganrog in Rostov Oblast: they were beaten and intimidated, extracting false confessions.

On August 17, Russia struck Ukrainian ports on the Danube and the Novomoskovsk district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast: there are dead and wounded.
In St. Petersburg, as a result of a police raid on the Sofia vegetable warehouse, more than 100 people from other countries who had previously received Russian citizenship were detained. They were taken to military registration and enlistment offices for military registration.

On August 18, a drone attack damaged the Expocentre building in the Moscow-City district.
The United States approved the supply of F-16 aircraft to Ukraine.
A Ukrainian unmanned boat attacked Russian warships in the Black Sea.

On August 19, as a result of a Russian missile strike on Chernihiv, 5 people were killed and at least 40 were injured. Among the victims were 11 children.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported the interception of a Ukrainian missile in Crimea. Ukrainian drones also attacked the Soltsy military airfield in the Novgorod region, where Tu-22M strategic bombers are based.

On August 20, in Kursk, near the railway station, an explosion occurred as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian drone. Five people were injured by glass fragments.
The Netherlands announced its readiness to transfer
42 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. Ukrainian pilots, engineers and technicians began training on American F-16 fighter jets.

On August 21, due to the appearance of drones in the Moscow region, flights were suspended at all Moscow airports.

On August 22, two drones were shot down near Moscow. Airports were closed again according to the "Carpet" plan.
At night, Russian troops launched a missile strike on Krivoy Rog. One person was injured, 20 residential buildings were damaged.

On August 23, as a result of Russian shelling of the Liman community in the Donetsk region, 3 people were killed and several were wounded.
Russia returned the bodies of 12 Ukrainian soldiers who were considered prisoners.
The governor of the Bryansk region announced that an attempt by a sabotage group to penetrate from Ukraine had been thwarted.
A plane crashed in the Tver region, on the passenger list of which was the owner of the PMC "Wagner" Yevgeny Prigozhin.
The death of the former chef of the Russian president, who later became the owner and head of a private military company of mercenaries operating in various countries, has become overgrown with many legends and conspiracy theories. The most popular of them says that this was just a staging, designed to hide Prigozhin for some reason. However, most experts and observers are convinced that the former head of the PMC signed his own death warrant the moment he decided to start an armed rebellion: according to the rules by which the current military-political elite is organized and exists, Prigozhin left his patron no choice but to deal with him as a demonstration and as a lesson to others. Because, as many believe, any encroachment on the Russian throne or other actions that could cast doubt on the authority of the person sitting on it are subject to severe punishment.

On August 24, Vladimir Putin confirmed the death of Prigozhin.
The Russian army shelled the Dnieper with Iskander missiles. The Ukrainian army shelled Donetsk, damaging residential buildings and a blood transfusion center.

On August 27, the Russian army shelled the Kupyansk district of the Kharkov region, killing two people. In the Kyiv region, two people were wounded by debris from downed missiles. 10 private houses were damaged.
In the Belgorod region, 6 people were injured as a result of Ukrainian shelling. In Kursk, a drone crashed into a multi-story residential building; there were no casualties.

On August 28, as a result of a Russian missile strike in the village of Gogolevo in the Poltava region, two people were killed and two were wounded.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine's victory in the war with Russia would lead to the restoration of the territorial integrity of Georgia and Moldova and to democratic changes in Belarus.

On August 29, as a result of Russian shelling, 5 people were killed in the Donetsk region.
In the Chernihiv region, a car was blown up by a mine; two people were killed.
Two drones were shot down over the Tula region.

On August 30, as a result of a Russian missile attack, two residents of Kyiv were killed and two more were wounded.
Ukrainian drones attacked the Bryansk, Kaluga, Moscow, Oryol, Ryazan and Pskov regions and Sevastopol. Several Il-76 aircraft were damaged at the Pskov airport.
Barriers against sea drones appeared near the Kerch Bridge.
An explosion occurred in the Investigative Committee building in Bryansk, no casualties.
The creator of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was buried in St. Petersburg.

On August 31, the Russian army continues to attempt an offensive in the Limansky and Bakhmutsky directions.
Another drone was shot down near Moscow. According to the BBC, more than 190 drone attacks occurred in Russia in 2023.