Over the past 24 hours, July 24, 174 combat clashes took place on the front. The largest number of battles was recorded in the Pokrovsk and Lyman directions, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Kremlin ruled out a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky before achieving major progress on a peace deal, raising doubt on ending the war before President Trump’s proposed 50-day deadline.