Syrsky instructed to check the 59th brigade, and MP Zadorozhny is suspected of bribery: the main thing for July 15

The 59th brigade will be inspected

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi , instructed to check the circumstances of the recent losses of personnel of the 59th Yakiv Handziuk Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade.

Paramedic Kateryna “Ptashka” Polishchuk called on Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, to conduct an audit of the actions of the commander of the 59th brigade in which she had served.

In Odesa, a deserter died while trying to escape from Ukraine

In Odesa Oblast, four servicemen who, according to the State Bureau of Investigation, deserted a training unit, tried to escape on foot to Moldova.

One of the fugitives attacked the border guard. In response, he used a service weapon and shot the attacker.

Electricity consumption has reached a maximum

Due to the abnormal heat in Ukraine and Europe, electricity consumption has reached its peak and significantly exceeds the capacity of Ukrainian power plants to cover it.

Due to the abnormal heat wave, as of the morning of July 15, 446 settlements in Kyiv, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Ternopil, Lviv, and Rivne oblasts were cut off.

MP Zadorozhnyi is suspected of extorting a bribe

MP Mykola Zadorozhnyi is suspected of demanding a bribe for not obstructing the holding of a tender for the repair of a water pipe in the Okhtyrka district of Sumy Oblast. He allegedly wanted 14% of the funds allocated for the repair of the waterworks, i.e. 3.4 million hryvnias ($82,904). He has already been expelled from the Servant of the People party.

Spain will hand over a new batch of Leopards to Ukraine

The Ministry of Defense of Spain will hand over a new package of military aid to Ukraine. It includes 10 Leopard 2A4 battle tanks, various excavators, and a "significant" number of anti-tank missiles. The cargo is planned to arrive at the Polish port by next weekend.

Orban presented his "peace plan" to EU leaders

Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán sent a letter to the leaders of the European Union with his own "peace plan" for the settlement of Russia's war against Ukraine.

The political director of the Prime Minister of Hungary, Balazs Orbán, said that his leader was convinced that Ukraine and Russia were "determined to fight further", so he started negotiations with China and Turkiye.

At the same time, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that after Viktor Orbán's visit to Russia at the meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council, there was a "very serious adult conversation" about the fact that there cannot be a pro-Russian policy in the Alliance.

Zelenskyy reported on the preparations for the second Peace Summit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the first meeting on working out the outcomes of the Peace Summit will take place at the end of July–the beginning of August, probably in Qatar. By November, a plan should be prepared for holding the second international conference on ending the war in Ukraine.

Survey on negotiations and "draft dogers"

43.9% of Ukrainians believe that the time has come to start peace talks with Russia. However, the majority of respondents do not agree with the conditions put forward by the Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In particular, 83.6% are against Ukraine handing over its four oblasts to the Russian Federation, according to a survey by the Razumkov Center, commissioned by the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia publication.

46% of Ukrainians who took part in a sociological survey believe that there is no shame in being a “draft dodger”. Only 29% hold the opposite opinion.

The prosecutor's office is investigating the abduction of a baby

The Poltava Oblast Prosecutor's Office is investigating the disappearance of a newborn girl from the postpartum room in Kremenchuk.

The entire personnel of the regional police is focused on the search for the child.

Trump revealed what saved him from death

US presidential candidate Donald Trump said that he did not die in an assassination attempt because he turned his head slightly to the right to read a poster with an inscription about illegal immigrants. The shot should have been fatal, but instead tore off a small piece of his ear and splashed blood on his forehead and cheek.

Other news

• Mykola Lenok, an actor at the Wild Theater died in the battles for Ukraine.
• In Lviv Oblast, an explosion rang out near a military enlistment center at night: the attacker threw a grenade and ran away.
• Several temperature records were set in Kyiv during the first two weeks of July.
• Zelenskyy says that the mobilization is taking place according to plan, but there is a lack of training grounds.
• A former Ministry of Internal Affairs official was sent behind bars for the case of a fight between lawmakers and Berkut riot police officers in 2013.