A serviceman of the Russian Armed Forces was found guilty of issuing orders for the cruel treatment of civilians and violating the laws and customs of war, according to the Office of the Prosecutor General.

Russian units from the Zapad group of forces, during a breakthrough from the direction of the village of Zelenaya Dolina in the direction of the Nitrius River in the DPR, managed to wedge 1 km into the depth of the enemy's defenses.

Ukraine's use of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) has accelerated in recent months, a development experts say could help ease pressure on infantry as Kyiv struggles with ongoing recruitment problems and losses.

In the Kramatorsk direction, Russian infantry tried to hide in pipes, drainage collectors, and forest belts, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces discovered and eliminated them, according to the 5th Separate Assault Kyiv Brigade.

The air defense forces repel the attack of Ukrainian drones in the Bryansk region. This is reported by the governor of the region Alexander Bogomaz.

Russia targeted Ukraine with more than 1,800 drones, 1,200 guided aerial bombs and 83 missiles of various types, President Zelenskyy said.

Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight saw four regions targeted with hundreds of drones, injuring 24 people as Moscow extended a wave of large-scale attacks.

On July 15, there were 148 clashes between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian invaders on the front line. The Pokrovsk direction remains the hottest, where the enemy attempted to advance 41 times.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un restated he “unconditionally” supports all Russian actions as it wages war in Ukraine, as he welcomed Moscow’s top diplomat to a newly built beach resort on his country’s east coast.

Russian military Semyon Solovov, who held several hundred civilians hostage during the occupation in the Chernihiv region, has been sentenced in absentia to 12 years in prison, according to the Telegram channel of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).