In the southwestern Ukrainian region of Odessa, three fatalities were reported following the shelling of a business. Additional casualties occurred in Saporischschja, Kramatorsk, and Pawlohrad. Ukraine accused Russia of attacking a foreign cargo ship in the Black Sea near Odessa, resulting in the deaths of ten crew members aboard a vessel flagged by Guinea-Bissau. In retaliation, Ukraine launched an assault in Russia’s Belgorod region, where local authorities reported that six passengers were killed and over 20 injured in an attack on a bus. This information was broadcast on July 21, 2026, by Deutschlandfunk.