KYIV, July 18 – British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley said at a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York on July 17 that the war in Ukraine should not be allowed to continue for another 500 days.

KYIV, July 18 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that export to the European Union is a strategic direction for Ukraine.

"Ukraine has been actively developing alternative logistics all this time - through the western border with the EU countries. More than 60% of Ukrainian exports today fall on the European Union, so this direction is strategic for us," Shmyhal said at a government meeting on Tuesday.

KYIV, July 18 – On Tuesday, the government of Ukraine will approve a resolution on a pilot project regarding the start of the restoration of the Kakhovka HPP, the dam of which was undermined by the Russian occupiers, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal said.

KYIV, July 18 – Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Akihiko Tanaka during a meeting in Kyiv discussed the restoration of Ukraine and public-private partnership projects, the Communications Department of the Cabinet of Ministers Secretariat reported on Tuesday.

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.