Ukrainian MoD says from July 21, all vessels heading in the Black Sea waters in the direction of seaports of the Russian Federation and Ukrainian seaports located on the territory of Ukraine temporarily occupied by Russia may be considered by Ukraine as carrying military cargo.

Russian imposes restrictions on movements of British diplomats in Russia.

WaPo:

Ukrainian forces praise Bradley IFVs, some of the damaged Bradleys have already been repaired.

Russian source claims this video footage shows the first use of cluster munitions by the Ukrainian forces.

Kadyrov & his arsenal.

White House:

Deliveries of F-16s to Ukraine may begin before the end of the year, but they are unlikely to change the course of the conflict.

WSJ:

Chinese hackers compromised the email account of ambassador to China Nicholas Burns and hundreds of thousands of government emails.

Test flight footage of Russian S-70 Okhotnik heavy strike UAV.

#BREAKING Crimean Bridge is temporarily closed, air raid alarm sounds heard.

Hungary opposes EU plan for €20bn military support for Ukraine.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó says Hungary would object to the fund until Ukraine removed the Hungarian OTP Bank from the list of "war sponsors."

CIA chief Burns:

Putin is the ultimate apostle of payback. Prigozhin is likely to see retribution from Putin at some point.

If I were Prigozhin, I wouldn’t fire my food taster.

Former deputy head of the Pentagon Colin Kahl says Ukraine doesn’t need ATACMS missiles.

Kahl says Ukrainian military already has weapons capable of delivering strikes at a great distance now.

CNN, citing Emmanuel Bonne, an adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron:

China is supplying Russia with non-lethal military aid like helmets, armor, and dual-use technologies.

There are indications that they are doing things we would prefer them not to do.

Russian-Chinese military exercises continue in the Sea of Japan.

Pentagon says part of the Western weapons transferred to Ukraine was stolen.

CNN reports last year some of the Western weapons sent to Ukraine were stolen, and later they managed to return them.

Arms dealers are behind the kidnappings. The weapons were planned to be resold on the black market.

Ukrainian President Zelensky dismiss Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko.

White House/John Kirby:

We've had some feedback from the Ukrainians, and they're using cluster munitions quite effectively.

Germany allocates a new package of military aid to 🇺🇦

- 10 Leopard 1A5 tanks;
- 20 MG3 machine guns for tanks and armored vehicles;
- 1035 x 155mm artillery shells and 2064 x smoke rounds;
- bridge system and 12 trailers;
- 10 radars;
- 16 Zetros trucks;
– 100,000 first-aid kits

Kremlin on Ukrainian MoD's statement that Ukraine will consider all ships crossing the Black Sea in the direction of Russian seaports as military targets:

Kyiv regime is unpredictable and does not shun anything, it is dangerous.