JUST IN: The U.S. Senate advanced Lindsey Graham’s Russia sanctions bill by an 86-12 vote.
The legislation would impose 100% secondary tariffs on countries that continue buying Russian oil and gas
and target Russia’s "shadow fleet".
President Zelensky was in the building and watched the vote from the visitors’ gallery
Ukrainian drones struck another Wildberries logistics center in Russia, this time in Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol region. The facility is completely on fire. 22 July 2026
I am grateful to the European Union and to every European leader for adopting the 21st sanctions package against Russia. It is very important that pressure on Russia over the war it started – and refuses to end – continues. This package includes strong measures to curb Russia's revenues, including Ukrainian proposals that have been taken into account. It is crucial to preserve our unity and keep up this pressure. We expect work on the 22nd sanctions package to move forward actively and hope it will deliver additional restrictions that will advance peace and further limit Russia's ability to sustain its war. Thank you, European Union!
Today, Ukraine's long-range sanctions successfully struck important targets in Russia's Krasnodar and Stavropol regions – logistics hubs involved in supplying the Russian army with drone components, navigation equipment, and other gear – as well as another oil depot. In the waters of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, a tanker and four cargo ships from Russia's shadow fleet were also hit. We thank all our warriors in Ukraine's Defense Forces for these results. We are, quite justly, bringing the war back home – to Russia. Peace is needed, and Ukraine has presented the Russian side with every proposal. They must be forced to turn to diplomacy. Glory to Ukraine!
I have decided that Mykhailo Drapatyi will become the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Together with Mykhailo, Yevhenii Khmara, and Pavlo Palisa, we determined how the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine should be reconfigured. It is a fact that Oleksandr Syrskyi delivered results for Ukraine in the defense of Kyiv, the Kharkiv offensive, and the Kursk operation. We have come a long way, Ukraine's defense continues, and every warrior must be treated with dignity. I am grateful to Oleksandr Syrskyi and to every one of our warriors for Ukraine's strong positions on the front. I am grateful to Mykhailo Drapatyi for sharing this vision. Today, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Andrii Hnatov, and I discussed future service formats and the proper handover of duties.
We all want the same thing: to defeat the enemy and create the conditions – on the front line and through pressure on Russia – that would allow us to force Russia into peace. Tomorrow, we will formalize all of these decisions. Ukraine must emerge from this situation stronger, and it will be harder for Russia. Glory to Ukraine!
A unidade de voluntários "Esquadrões de Budanov" liquidou o engenheiro militar russo Andrey Tisarev em Samara, em 15 de Julho.
Tisarev, chefe de física térmica e dinâmica de gases da PJSC "UEC-Kuznetsov", estava envolvido diretamente em ataques com mísseis russos contra civis ucranianos.
A sua empresa fabricava e prestava serviços de manutenção em motores para bombardeiros estratégicos russos (Tu-95MS, Tu-22M3) e helicópteros Mi-26.
Moscow looks quite picturesque today.
Very gradually, Russians are beginning to realize that the war is getting closer to them.
Today marks Day 1,606 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
For 4 years, 4 months, and 24 days, the Ukrainian people have been heroically resisting Russia's aggression, and every Ukrainian knows what war is.
Today, our long-range sanctions worked across three areas on Russian territory, as well as on our temporarily occupied land and at sea. In particular, in response to Russian strikes on our civilian infrastructure and on our cities and communities, two major logistics facilities were hit – in the Moscow and Tambov regions, more than 500 and nearly 700 kilometers from the front line. The aggressor used them to supply sanctioned components for drone production and navigation equipment. An oil facility was also struck. In addition, Ukrainian mid-range strikes engaged targets in the waters of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea, and in our temporarily occupied Crimea.
I thank the warriors of the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Special Operations Forces, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Security Service of Ukraine, and the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine – every unit of Ukraine's Defense Forces – for their precise and coordinated execution of these missions. Glory to Ukraine!
Change is inevitable.
You thanked me for Mriya and Diia. In return, I thank you for giving me hope.
I’ve never felt a responsibility this great — not even while serving in government.
Thank you to our veterans and service members for holding the line and upholding our honor.
The dialogue is happening. I believe we will succeed.
Fedorov: Zelenskyy said he wouldn’t replace Syrskyi, I accepted that. I would have learned to work with him because we answer to the Ukrainian people.
But our initiatives were blocked. Syrskyi avoided discussing problems, and chose intrigue and media blame. He issued an ultimatum. He found a way to divide the country instead of defeating Russia. 1/