A sailor from Yamunanagar district was killed after a merchant vessel he was serving on came under a missile attack while leaving the Ukrainian port of Odesa on July 19. The deceased has been identified as Gurpreet Singh Bath, a resident of Panjeton village in Yamunanagar. He was among the 17 crew members on board the merchant vessel Golden Leo.

Ukraine attacked Russian capital Moscow and the surrounding region with 400 drones overnight, wounding 10 people and setting multiple buildings on fire, officials said on Monday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country hit logistical facilities and an oil depot in the region of the Russian capital. Most of the drones were neutralised by Russian air defence systems.

Russia launched what Ukraine described as the largest ballistic missile attack on Kyiv since the start of war in 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched more than 40 missiles of various types, most of them targeting Kyiv, along with 120 attack drones overnight. The attack killed at least one person and injured 16 others.

Ukraine's Parliament has voted to extend martial law in the country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy first declared martial law on February 24, 2022, when Russia launched its war on Ukraine. Parliamentary and presidential elections, which were last held in Ukraine in 2019, are banned under martial law. Russia has repeatedly questioned Zelenskyy's legitimacy after his term ended in 2024.

The massive lid of an oil storage tank was flown off as Ukraine attacked an oil refinery in Russia's Moscow, with a video surfacing on social media. This was Ukraine's second attack on the oil refinery this week. Plumes of black smoke were seen along the Moscow skyline and all four of the city's airports temporarily suspended operations.

Over 500 flights were cancelled, delayed or diverted at several airports in Moscow after the Russian capital was hit by one of the largest Ukrainian attacks since the start of the war. Thousands of passengers are stranded after authorities imposed temporary restrictions on air traffic. Around 1,000 drones and four cruise missiles were intercepted, according to Russia's Defence Ministry.

Ukraine struck a key oil refinery in Russia's capital Moscow on Thursday morning, in second such attack this week, officials said. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that several drones had hit the Moscow Oil Refinery and added that four dozen drones heading towards the city were downed. Visuals showed massive fire at the facility after the attack.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that G7 leaders agreed at a summit in France that Russia was not winning its war in Ukraine. Zelenskyy further said that the leaders discussed additional sanctions to bring Russia to the negotiating table. Earlier, Zelenskyy claimed he offered to meet Putin at G7 Summit in France, however, Russia denied the claim.

Russia launched its heaviest air attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv in two weeks as it bombed several high-rise apartment buildings and a UNESCO World Heritage site, leaving at least four people dead. The attack damaged electricity lines, leaving around 140,000 residents without power. Russian strikes also targeted Kharkiv, killing four emergency service rescuers and one municipal official.

In what he described as an "extremely vile" attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a Russia drone hit a storage facility for spent nuclear fuel near Chernobyl power plant. The strike significantly damaged a fuel-reception building metres away from where "large amount of nuclear material" is stored, the International Atomic Energy Agency said.