Yehor Cherniev, Ukrainian deputy from the Servant of the People party, as well as Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence, said that Ukraine has developed and is testing its own air defence systems. Source
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A maintenance and repair hub for Leopard 2 tanks received by Ukraine was opened at the Bumar-Łabędy plant in Gliwice. Source
Russian forces have carried out 24 attacks on Sumy Oblast in the past 24 hours, killing one civilian and injuring six more. Source
On the night of 22-23 July, explosions were heard in Odesa when an air-raid warning was issued because of a missile threat, and air defence forces were reported to be working. Source
Satellite images from the Umbra technology company show a build-up of equipment and vehicles in Belarus at a military base near the village of Cel, Asipovičy district. Source
A Russian attack on the night of 22-23 July on Odesa has left 22 people injured, including four children, and caused a lot of destruction. Source
The Transfiguration Cathedral was destroyed in another Russian attack on Odesa on early 23 July. Source
The sailors of the Ukrainian Navy’s river flotilla destroyed a group of Russian occupiers, three trucks and a Russian supply storage point. Source
Russian forces have fired at least five types of missiles from all kinds of launchers during an overnight missile attack on Odesa Oblast: Kalibr cruise missiles, Oniks hypersonic anti-ship missiles, Kh-22 hypersonic cruise missiles, Iskander-K cruise missiles and also ballistic Iskander-M missiles. Source
Analysts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have pointed out that the Ukrainian strikes on military targets behind Russian lines are compromising the logistics and counter-battery defences of the Russian forces. Source
Six residential buildings, two architectural monuments and a church have been destroyed as a result of a Russian missile attack on Odesa. Source
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have successfully repelled Russian attacks in the vicinity of Bohdanivka and Ivanivske in the Bakhmut sector and near Avdiivka. Source
Russia has intensified repressions against Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) employees in the temporarily occupied city of Enerhodar in Zaporizhzhia Oblast for refusing to cooperate and sign contracts with the Russian occupying administration. Source
Russian artillery attacked the Marhanets hromada [a hromada is an administrative unit designating a town, village or several villages and their adjacent territories – ed.] and the city of Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast overnight on 22-23 July, damaging private houses, a personal vehicle and a power line. Source
Reports indicate that Russian military forces have utilized Kinzhal hypersonic missiles to target Ukrainian Su-24 fighter jets, because of assault on Crimea. Source
Over the past day, Russian occupation forces fired 59 times at Kherson Oblast, launching 332 shells from mortars, artillery, Grad MLRS, aircraft, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and UAVs. Source
Ukrainian defenders killed another 630 Russian soldiers in the war over the last day and burned 11 tanks and 29 artillery systems. Source
Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council Secretary Oleksii Danilov has explained that the missile terror in Odesa was a way to neutralise the resumption of the “grain corridor” and that Ukraine was aware of the Russians’ plans and would react appropriately. Source
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has urged the international community to respond to Russia’s actions, as another missile attack on Odesa caused extensive damage to the historic city centre. Source
The Ukrainian Air Force has reported that the Russian forces fired 19 missiles of various types, including five Oniks cruise missiles, on Odesa Oblast overnight on 22-23 July. Ukrainian air defence forces have shot down nine missiles. Source