Russia's invasion of Ukraine began 884 days ago. Russia is struggling to get supplies to Crimea, which it occupies, after Ukrainians hit the last operational ferry, the Slavianin, which was delivering supplies to the peninsula, the British Ministry of Defence said. Here's what's happened in and around Ukraine over the past 24 hours.
> Commander of the National Guard Ukraine General Oleksandr Pivnenko believes that within a month and a half, Russian troops will not be able to conduct attacks on several sectors of the front at the same time and will go on the defensive.
> Ukrainians once again successfully carried out attack on the supply capabilities of the Russians. After the attack on the Slavyanin ferry, the Russians no longer have any Ro-Ro ferries that they could use to supply Crimea and export LPG gas from the region, the British Ministry of Defence said. The destruction of the ferry will increase the cost of transporting supplies and complicate the entire logistics of the Russian army.
> Russian collaborators convicted in Ukraine for collaborating with the occupiers have been given the opportunity to travel to Russia in exchange for Ukrainian citizens imprisoned there, representatives of the services involved in the project called “I Want to Be My Own” have announced.
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> Residents of Romanian towns near the border with Ukraine received a second night in a row warning of a possible threat. The Russian army has been attacking Ukrainian territory in the Danube Delta with drones. One of the machines was found on Thursday near the town of Plauru, the Ministry of Defense reported.
> A suspect in the murder of Iryna Farion, a former deputy and former lecturer at the Lviv Polytechnic University, has been detained in the city of Dnipro, the President of Ukraine announced. Volodymyr Zelensky. 60-year-old Farion, a philologist known for her controversial statements, was fatally shot on July 19 in front of her home in Lviv.
> – We received a clear signal that China support the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and confirm that they do not supply weapons to Russia, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, commenting visit of the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs his country Dmytro Kuleba in China.
> Starting September 1, teenage students in all schools in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine will participate in mandatory military training. A new subject called “basics of security and defense of the homeland” will be introduced, the Ukrainian military portal Sprotyw reported.
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