- President Vladimir Putin has signed a new naval doctrine that cast the US as the main rival and set out Russia’s global maritime ambitions for crucial areas such as the Arctic and the Black Sea.
- Authorities in Mykolaiv say that widespread Russian bombardments overnight had killed at least one person as Moscow continued to pummel the sprawling front line.
- President Vladimir Putin has signed a new naval doctrine that cast the US as the main rival and set out Russia’s global maritime ambitions for crucial areas such as the Arctic and the Black Sea.
- Authorities in Mykolaiv say that widespread Russian bombardments overnight had killed at least one person as Moscow continued to pummel the sprawling front line.
- Russia has invited experts from the United Nations and the Red Cross to investigate the deaths of dozens of Ukrainian prisoners held in a jail by Moscow-backed separatists.
- The Ukrainian military says it has killed dozens of Russian soldiers in fighting in the south, including in the Kherson region that is the focus of Kyiv’s counteroffensive and a key link in Moscow’s supply lines.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his government is ordering the mandatory evacuation of people in the eastern Donetsk region, the scene of fierce fighting with Russia.
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These were the updates on the Ukraine war on Sunday, July 31: