Ukrainian rescuers recovered more than a dozen more bodies from the rubble of a collapsed apartment block in Kyiv overnight, bringing the death toll from Russia's worst air strike of the year on Ukraine's capital to 31.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow hoped for more peace talks with Ukraine but that the momentum of the war was in its favour, signalling no shift in his stance despite a looming sanctions deadline from Washington.

President Donald Trump told former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to "watch his words" on war warnings, saying he's entering "very dangerous territory."

Russia's Defence Ministry said in a brief statement its forces had "liberated" the town. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy dismissed the claim as "disinformation".

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed that Russian forces have seized Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region, suggesting that Ukrainian authorities are supposedly "not well informed about frontline developments",

Despite Russian claims of fully occupying Chasiv Yar, geolocated data does not confirm advances to the town’s western administrative boundary. Russian tactical advances westward within Chasiv Yar lack significant operational impact,

Russia’sKamchatka Peninsula was rocked by a powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake onTuesday, July 29, sparking fears of a destructive tsunami across the Pacific.But the waves that reached Hawaii and the US West Coast were far smaller thanexpected and caused no damage.