Today, July 29, Russian troops shelled the village of Novoplatonivka in the Izium district of the Kharkiv region with artillery. Five civilians were killed and three more were wounded, according to the Kharkiv region police.

Earlier this month, Trump set a 50-day deadline for Russia to accept a ceasefire. Failure to do so, the president said, would prompt punishing new economic measures, among them secondary sanctions on nations doing business with Moscow.

Names of some service members have been changed or withheld for security reasons. Asked recently in parliament when Ukrainian soldiers fighting since the first days of Russia's full-scale invasion would be coming home,

Russian strikes across Ukraine killed at least 12 civilians and injured more than 120 others. In the eastern Donetsk oblast, or province, systematic shelling and glide bombs killed six non-combatants and wounded 44 others.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces are holding back a concerted summer push by Russia’s bigger army to break through defenses along parts of the front line.

Ukraine is working to secure funding for 10 Patriot air defense batteries, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, following a deal that allows country's European allies to purchase US military equipment and provide it to Kyiv.

While faster than before, Russia’s territorial gains remain minor, with only 5,000 square kilometres (1,930 square miles) of Ukraine taken since the start of last year, less than 1% of the country’s overall territory, according to a June report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington-based think tank.