Low cost airline Ryanair announced on July 20 its plans to return to the Ukrainian market within eight weeks of Ukrainian air space reopening. It plans to open 75 routes from Europe to Ukraine and base up to 30 new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft worth over $3 billion at Ukraine's main airports.
Ukrainian forces have liberated 7 kilometers square in the Bakhmut direction and 10.9 kilometers square in the south over the past week, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar reported on July 17.