Ukrainian troops captured Shakhtersk city that dissected DPR and LPR terrorist groups and interrupted weapons and mercenaries supply chain to Donetsk. Antiterrorist coalition forces liberated Rubezhne, Soledar, Dzerzhinsk, Lysychansk and Severodonetsk, as well as started operation to clean Debalcevo, Pervomaisk and Torrez from terrorists. Since the beginning of anti-terrorist operations, ⅔ of territory previously controlled by terrorists have been already cleared, according to the information center of the NSDC.
Russian troops, in close cooperation with terrorists, shelled Ukrainian positions with artillery and multiple rocket launchers from Russian territory. Russia continue to supply terrorists with military equipment, gear, arms, ammunition and mercenaries, through section of the border in the Luhansk region, not guarded by Ukrainian border guards.
Russia continues to concentrate troops on the border of Ukraine, the threat of invasion is still high.
Terrorists shelled residential areas of Donbass cities with mortars and multiple rocket launch systems "Grad", dozens of civilians have been killed and injured, numerous houses and public buildings - destroyed. Bandits rob shops, steal cars, announced mobilization of men and curfew in the cities on the territory they control.
Terrorists shot down two Ukrainian military SU-25 jets with MANPADS over the combat area. Ukrainian military does not exclude that missiles could be launched from the Russian territory.
Results of preliminary analysis of "black boxes" from Malaysian Airlibes Boeing 777 crashed in Tores, confirm that the plane was shot down by a missile. Research of collected evidence is ongoing in the UK. Ukraine transferred the rights to investigate the incident to the Netherlands. Dead bodies of passengers transferred to the Netherlands for identification. DPR terrorists block access of international experts to the crash site and destroying evidence.
Parliamentary groups “Udar” and “Freedom” left ruling coalition and thus launched the process of parliament reelection, as announced by speaker Turchinov during Verkhovna Rada meeting. Communist Party fraction have been dissolved by a separate decision.
Prime Minister Yatsenyuk resigned, appointing vice-premie minister Groisman as acting PM, due to the refusal of the Verkhovna Rada to vote for government bills to reorganize the gas transportation system and to fundi anti-terrorist operation.
President Poroshenko signed a decree on partial mobilization of men of different ages for the rotation of armed forces within the antiterrorism operation zone. Both under and postgraduate students are out of scope of mobilization.
Kremenchug mayor Babaev was killed on July 26 by unidentified killer. Lviv mayor's house was fired with grenade launcher the same day. Police qualifies both cases as terrorist acts.
Dozens of mining reports of public buildings and shopping centers received in Kiev and Lviv. The information has not been confirmed, but the situation remains tense.
White House spokesman blamed Russia and President Putin personally for the terrorist act that led to the catastrophe of the Malaysian Airlines passenger airliner.
National Council on Radio and Television broadcasting in Ukraine has banned four Russian TV channels for dissemination of deliberately false information.
Voronezh court upheld the detention of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, kidnapped by LPR terrorists and illegally detained on the territory of Russia.
President Poroshenko appealed to the international community to recognize the LPR and DPR as international terrorist organizations.
