KYIV, July 18 – USAID Administrator Samantha Power condemned Russia's decision to suspend participation in the grain initiative and announced the allocation of $250 million to support Ukraine's agriculture, which has suffered as a result of a full-scale Russian invasion, USAID reported.

WASHINGTON, July 18 - Ukrainian forces have a “significant amount of combat power” that hasn’t yet been committed to the war, the top U.S. military officer said Tuesday, saying Kyiv is conserving some of its tactical effort while troops slowly work their way through deadly Russian minefields.

KYIV, July 18 – Ukraine will not agree to any solution that leaves at least the slightest gap for the possibility of a frontal attack by the Russian Federation on Ukrainian ports from the sea, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.

KYIV, July 18 – Head of Vinnytsia Regional Military Administration Serhiy Borzov on Monday appealed to European diplomats with a request to help restore the House of Officers, which was damaged as a result of a missile attack inflicted on the center of Vinnytsia by Russian invaders.

KYIV, July 18 - The commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces, however, said his troops had “stabilized the situation” on the front, largely thanks to Western deliveries of technically advanced rocket systems.

WASHINGTON, July 19 - Jill Biden and Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, met again Tuesday, this time at the White House, following up after their first-ever meeting in eastern Europe on Mother’s Day.

WASHINGTON, July 19 - The White House said Tuesday that it has intelligence to indicate Russia is taking steps to annex parts of Ukraine, CNBC reported.

KYIV, July 19 – The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has collected evidence that the Russian occupation forces, which had seized Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) and controlled it on February 24 through March 31, 2022, committed a nuclear terror act, the special service said on its website on Tuesday.

KYIV, July 19 – President Volodymyr Zelensky notes the absence of concrete steps by the leaders of the United States and Germany to counter threats from the launch of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, presidential press secretary Serhiy Nykyforov has said.

KYIV, July 19 – The presidents of Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova on Monday proclaimed their commitment to a European future, standing with European Council President Charles Michel in what amounted to a triple rebuff of Russia, Politico reported.