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Satellite photos now available. One west-bound car/truck span is partially collapsed. Matching east-bound span is visibly offset, also closed. Russians say November / September to reopen them, respectively. Meanwhile, there's a 10 kilometer traffic jam as tourists get out of Crimea by the northern route.
[Euromaidan Press] In the aftermath of Prigozhin’s media empire collapse, former employees spoke out about the dark tactics employed, including hiring individuals to portray "victims of Ukrainian Armed Forces" in staged reports that underpinned Russia’s fake pretext for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine — its Big Lie about alleged "genocide in Donbas."
Notably, one RIA FAN journalist who worked with military coverage from Donbas told that the source files of the interview often contained off-screen instructions for the heroes of the reports, who were hired people coached by an off-camera operator who offered advice on how to say their pre-memorized lines more realistically (and with more propaganda effect):
[Twitter] Russian sources published what is reported to be an address from fighters of the Russian 7th VDV Brigade with threats to the military leadership in case any danger is posed against the commander of VDV forces Teplinskiy. The fighters are promising to leave their positions if needed. Teplinsky is known for having some connections to Suroviking and Prigozhin's entourage. The Russian General Staff already dismissed commanders of the 7th and 106th VDV divisions Kornev and Selivestorov. Audio and translation at link.
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[Korrespondent] 22:17 The Russians hit Zmievka, Kherson region, with guided bombs, one person died, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
21:59 The Office of the Prosecutor General clarified that at about 18:50 the Russians launched a missile attack on the territory of an industrial enterprise in the Osnovyansky district of Kharkov - previously, with two S-300 missiles fired from the territory of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation. Currently, it is known about one dead and three injured - all employees of an industrial enterprise.
21:23 Azov commander Denis Prokopenko met with the personnel upon his return from Turkey, he is now undergoing rehabilitation and will soon begin his duties, the press service of Azov said. "I am a soldier. I am not interested in any other areas of activity, except for military affairs. My heart, my soul, my body belong to Azov," Radis said.
21:15 After the liberation of Crimea, Ukraine can expel 500-800 thousand Russians who arrived on the peninsula after the annexation. Also, about 10,000 Ukrainians who collaborated with the Russian authorities may be included in the "black list", Tamila Tasheva, Zelensky's spokesman for Crimea, told Newsweek.
20:03 Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan said that Ukraine will become a member of NATO: "Yes, we said very simply in NATO: the future of Ukraine is in NATO. This is serious. This is not negotiable. This is what 31 members are talking about NATO made a commitment."
19:29 The Russians hit the Osnovyansky district of Kharkov - according to preliminary data, four people were injured, a fire broke out at the site of the hit, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
17:26 A week later, the Defense Forces in the south destroyed more than ten boats with sabotage and reconnaissance groups of Russians, spokesman for the South Defense Forces Natalya Gumenyuk said. She also noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine "with great difficulty, but are moving forward." In addition, the Ukrainian troops managed to destroy large-caliber guns Msta-B, Hyacinth, from which the enemy is trying to shell the right bank of the Kherson region, as well as a large number of electronic warfare stations and drones.
16:55 US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen advocates doubling support for Ukraine. According to her, "the best thing for the world economy" would be to help Ukraine stop the war against Russia. She said this ahead of the G20 finance ministers' meeting, which will begin in India on July 17.
16:21 In the village of Yubileyny near Lugansk, where explosions were heard today, a missile weapons depot was hit, the StratCom of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
15:42 In the Berdyansk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced more than 1 km deep into the defense of the Russian troops "along a certain front line," said Valery Shershen, spokesman for the Defense Forces of the Tauride direction. In the Melitopol direction, according to him, the situation is unchanged, and intense battles are going on in the direction of Berdyansk.
15:19 In the East, the situation has escalated somewhat: the enemy has been actively advancing in the Kupyansk direction for two days in a row, Ukrainian troops are on the defensive. There are heavy battles, the positions of the parties change dynamically several times a day, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces are gradually moving forward, on the southern flank around Bakhmut there is an advance every day. On the northern flank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine they are trying to hold their positions, the enemy is attacking. In Bakhmut itself, "we are shelling the enemy, the enemy is shelling us," Maliar said. In the Avdeevka and Maryinsky directions, the Russian Federation continues offensive operations, the Defense Forces continue to effectively deter them. Hot fights are going on without changing the positions.
13:36 Wagner PMC mercenaries who have arrived in Belarus do not yet pose a threat to Ukraine, State Border Service spokesman Andrei Demchenko says: “Now our intelligence monitors that separate groups of mercenaries have been brought to the territory of Belarus, but we are talking about some kind of mass or large-scale establishment of PMC representatives We are talking about several hundred, which are subsequently deployed in those places that were prepared ... Such a number does not pose any threat to Ukraine in order to create some kind of strike force."
At the same time, Demchenko did not rule out that Belarus could attract Wagnerites, for example, to destabilize the situation on the border with Ukraine or other countries with which Belarus borders.
12:40 Ukrainian air defense cannot shoot down Russian drones and missiles far from cities, Air Force speaker Yuri Ignat said. According to him, if the air defense systems are relocated further from the cities, it will be easier for the Russians to detect gaps in the defense. "Now there is no other way how to deploy air defense systems closer to populated areas," Ignat said.
10:54 Putin said that Russia supposedly "did not yet have a need" to use cluster munitions, "but if they are used against us, we have the right to mirror actions." He assured that Russia has a "sufficient stock" of various kinds of cluster munitions. At the same time, he believes that the use of cluster munitions is a crime, as the United States has previously stated.
09:27 At night, the Russians fired at Kramatorsk - they struck an industrial enterprise, industrial premises and cars were damaged, people were not injured, said the head of the GVA, Alexander Goncharenko.
09:22 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed (in Chasovoy Yar and Aleksandro-Shultino), in the Kherson region - one, according to the OVA.
09:08 On the eve of the counteroffensive, Ukraine received less than 15% of all sapper and engineering equipment that it asked for from Western partners, writes The Washington Post. The publication notes that the minefields on the Zaporozhye front revealed the vulnerabilities of armored personnel carriers and tanks supplied to Ukraine. The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that the Ukrainian military has adjusted its counteroffensive strategy to minimize losses and continue to strike Russian forces.
09:05 At night, Russians from the territory of the Belgorod region launched four S-300 air defense missiles in Kharkov. Two rockets exploded in the air, two more hit the ground at the stadium and the road surface, people were not injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. Also, over the past day, the enemy fired mortars and artillery at border and front-line settlements. As a result of the shelling Kolodeznoye, Kupyansky district, one person was killed, one was injured.
08:51 At night, the Russians attacked Zaporozhye, one person was injured, an infrastructure facility was damaged, said Anatoly Kurtev, secretary of the City Council. In addition, during the past 24 hours, the enemy again shelled front-line villages, seven people were injured in Stepnogorsk, said Yury Malashko, head of the UVA.
08:46 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 16:
personnel - about 237,680 (+500) people liquidated,
tanks - 4107 (+5),
armored combat vehicles - 8026 (+7),
artillery systems - 4481 (+18),
MLRS - 681 (+1),
air defense systems - 425 (+0),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 310 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 3820 (+13),
cruise missiles - 1273 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 7044 (+8),
special equipment - 666 (+2).
08:24 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - 39 military clashes occurred in a day, the General Staff said in the morning summary . In the meantime, the Defense Forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, and consolidate on the achieved lines.
07:27 Night explosions in Sevastopol could be a provocation from the Russians, said the speaker of the Defense Forces of the South Natalia Gumenyuk. In her opinion, in this way they could try to convince the population of providing protection.
06:03 "Governor" of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev said that at night the Russian military allegedly repelled the attack of drones: one of them was shot down over the sea, five were suppressed by electronic warfare forces, two surface UAVs were destroyed in the outer roadstead. According to him, the attack was "massive and prolonged", no objects either in the city or in the water area were damaged.
00:30 Bulgarian President Rumen Radev, known for his pro-Russian views, said that Ukraine allegedly "wants to continue the war," and Europe pays for it. In turn, Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolai Denkov called on the president "not to engage in provocations" and not to play along with Russian propaganda. The Ukrainian embassy in Bulgaria said that Ukraine is making every possible effort to restore peace, and the attempt to shift the blame for the outbreak of war to Ukraine "is one of the most common foundations of Russian propaganda and hybrid warfare in Europe."
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[RIA Novosti] The last vessel left Odessa as part of a grain deal, Reuters reports , citing an eyewitness and data from the MarineTraffic service.
The last ship under a UN -brokered deal allowing the safe export of Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea left the port of Odessa on Sunday morning, before the deadline for extending the agreement.
We are talking about the bulk carrier Samsun, sailing under the Turkish flag.
The grain deal expires on July 17. A year ago, representatives of Russia, Turkey , Ukraine and the UN signed a package of documents that determined the algorithm for the export of Ukrainian agricultural products from the Black Sea ports and provided for the removal of restrictions on the export of Russian food and fertilizers to world markets. In particular, they talked about reconnecting Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT , resuming the supply of agricultural machinery, spare parts and service, and restoring the operation of the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline.
Moscow has repeatedly noted that the deal does not work with regard to Russian products, and Ukrainian grain is sent primarily to Europe, and not to needy countries in Africa . President Vladimir Putin called the agreement a one-way game because nothing had been done for Russia.
As the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov noted, in such conditions there are no prerequisites for extending the grain deal.
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[RIA] Coincidentally, two publications in the United States, from Democrats and Republicans, on the same day published reflections that everything is bad with the men of America. Although what an accident there is, the statistics just pulled up, so they comment on it. For example, the data that never in the history of the country have men had so few friends, especially in comparison with women, who are fine in this regard. Or about the fact that 63% of the surveyed men who fall into the category of "youth" are not married and are not going to.
There are two versions of our Russian approach to such news. One, the wrong one, is to begin to joyfully talk about the fact that civilization is asking us to be our opponents, where a man - a warrior, a protector, etc. - is morally destroyed. It is civilization, because in countries like Canada or Australia the picture is the same, and in Europe there are many similarities. And the second approach is to begin to deal with what ideas have plunged tens, if not hundreds of millions of people into a social catastrophe. The struggle with ideas is long and difficult, they do not recognize boundaries, and first you need to deal with them for a long time and in detail.
And it can be understood in different ways. Here is a lady from The Washington Post , publishing a huge, magazine-sized article, with quotations from a dozen books, up to the 19th century. From this tome we learn a lot of useful things. For example, that in the United States and other countries mentioned, there is just such a model of the economy: the demand for physical labor has fallen, and therefore the largest decrease in employment occurred in the category "men from 24 to 35". The demand for men with a diploma has also fallen - there are now 74 of them for 100 women. Accordingly, the demand for men among the freed women has collapsed, and they manage anyway.
And then feminists and "heroes of our time" came running - well-known LGBT characters with a plus, and men were even more confused. As a result, they account for three out of four "deaths from despair", which includes suicides and overdoses.
What this article is almost missing: talking about the sad experience of the MeToo feminist movement. It somehow disappeared from the scene, but after all, none of its ranks was punished for terrorizing almost the entire male population of Western countries - with the general idea of changing their behavior patterns. And if so, then everyone knows that something like this can happen again.
But there are a lot of letters in the article that the Republicans are to blame for everything with their pathetic attempts to preserve the normality of male behavior in the country: they all climb to us with their muscular and rude characters. Donald Trump , and Tucker Carlson , and in general everyone who is trying to defend in the public mind the image of what a man is and what he should be got.
And here is the most valuable. Our champion of feminism concludes: yes, there is a problem. We broke the old stereotypes, there are no new ones.
There is no new and correct idea of how to look and how to behave as a man in the new, liberal world. It would be necessary to start creating such a representation, but this is a long time, a question of generational change.
And what happens if you do not spend thousands of letters to cover the whole picture, but try to see the situation through some particularity? This is a very effective approach. Here the columnist from the right flank enters the conversation, from The Epoch Times resource , trying to become a key one on that flank. And he analyzes one of the consequences of the transformation of men into hunted creatures.
This consequence is called dysmorphia, that is, hatred of one's own appearance. These unfortunates do not want to once again communicate with the opposite sex, who already has only contempt for men, and strengthen their moral strength, improving this appearance - up to the bristle-beard and tattoos.
It is clear that here we are talking more about what is happening on the Republican flank, since the Democrats have no idea what a man should look like.
And here the author - and he is a doctor - speaks about the main thing. About, in fact, imitation of the results of active physical activity. About building muscle with the help of all kinds of chemistry, for example (and there are many, and different ones). Or - imagine, in the US it is fashionable to increase growth. And for this you need to cut the bones of the legs, insert all sorts of metal devices and wait until everything heals.
So, all this is money, and big. The struggle of ideas, of course, is an interesting thing, but somehow it turns out that crazy ideas about transgender people are supported by massive and no less terrible sex-change operations (and this is money), and on the other flank they increase growth. And not cheap either.
The most innocent thing that a hunted man can do with himself is to start listening to all sorts of experts on the issue of what to consume inside and what not to. The other day, a headline flashed on the Russian Internet: why does our country need half a million supposedly nutritionists, nutritionists. Who tell us that everything is harmful in general. But really, why? But money is.
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[KavkazUzel] The temple in Gelati is in critical condition, it is necessary to urgently solve problems with the roof, the restorers said after studying the situation in the temple.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on January 31, experts from the National Center for the History of Georgian Art and the Protection of Monuments stated that the problems of restoring the Gelati Monastery are not being solved , and the measures taken are not helping. The Ministry of Culture of Georgia does not involve scientists in cooperation, they noted.
The Gelati Monastery of the Mother of God near Kutaisi is the most significant medieval monastery in Georgia, the center of church and cultural life, the residence of the Catholicos from the second half of the 16th century until 1814, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1994.
The Church of the Mother of God was built before 1125 and for another five years it was decorated with Byzantine-style mosaics, which are considered the best in the South Caucasus, Novosti-Georgia informs. In the XIII century, the churches of St. Nicholas and St. George, as well as a three-tiered belfry, were added to the monastery ensemble. Murals belong to different periods of Georgian history, from the 12th to the 18th centuries; portrait images of crowned persons are especially noteworthy. Previously, many valuable icons and objects of applied art were preserved in the monastery; in Soviet times they were confiscated and distributed among museums.
Inspection work on the restoration of the Gelati monastery complex has been completed. Georgian and foreign experts at a press conference spoke about the state of the unique frescoes.
The condition of the temple is critical, the main reason being dampness in the building, said Liza Shekeda, a restorer of wall paintings. “The question is how to protect the roofing system. This is a very large scale project. This also includes the involvement of architects who are trying to find a temporary solution to protect the murals and develop a roofing system for the long term,” Lisa Shekede said on the air of the Public Broadcaster, which was watched by the correspondent of the “Caucasian Knot”.
Problems with wall paintings in Gelati are very serious, noted independent expert, wall painting restorer Stephen Rickerby.
“In Gelati, there are problems with both the roof and wall paintings, mosaics, but we are sure that all this will be corrected. Everyone unanimously says that Gelati belongs not only to Georgia, Gelati is a world heritage. For us, Gelati is the most important thing that we have, it is our main identity,” said David Lordkipanidze, director of the National Scientific Council for the Rehabilitation of Gelati.
The main problem of the Gelati Cathedral is the state of the wall paintings. We have invited world-famous specialists who will arrive in Georgia. They will study the current situation and give us the first recommendations on what conservation approaches we should use,” said the Regent, Metropolitan of Senaki and Chkhorotsku Shio (Mujiri) during his speech at the presentation of the Gelati rehabilitation process, Interpressnews reports.
Recall that in March 2020, defects were found on the tiled roof of the main church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Gelati monastery complex near Kutaisi. Rainwater began to penetrate into the temple and damage the unique frescoes of the 12th, 14th and 16th centuries. In order to save the tiled roof, work began on it, the roof was temporarily covered with tin.
In January 2022, part of the roof of the monastery complex collapsed after a heavy snowfall. The monument of cultural heritage is in a deplorable state, the water can damage the old frescoes, experts said. Two companies were fined and suspended from further reconstruction of the building, and a third company was involved in the work. The UNESCO expert linked the damage to ancient frescoes with improper restoration of the roof.
In October 2022, the Minister of Culture announced that due to rainwater seeping through the incorrectly restored roof in the Gelati Monastery, a 12th-century mosaic with the face of the Mother of God began to collapse. At the end of November 2022, activists held a protest demanding to save the monastery.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:56 An air raid alert has been announced in four regions of Ukraine. This is evidenced by the data of the official resource for alerting the population.
The siren sounded in the Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Poltava and Sumy regions.
21:43 Explosions are heard again in Kharkiv region
Two powerful arrivals are reported.
20:46 Ka-52 crews truck two enemy vehicles from a long distance
The shot disrupted the rotation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the Vremevsky salient.
19:51 Artillerymen of the Southern Military District struck rotation of the enemy in the Zaporozhye direction
Crews of 15mm self-propelled howitzers "Msta-S" of the Southern Military District disrupted the rotation of enemy forces and the transfer of his reserves to the line of contact.
▫️The camouflaged positions of the units, as well as tanks and armored fighting vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, were destroyed by high-explosive, high-explosive fragmentation and guided artillery munitions.
▫️Correction of artillery fire and control of target destruction were carried out using reconnaissance and surveillance complexes, as well as unmanned aircraft crews.
18:20 Undermining equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of n. p. Pyatikhatki, Zaporozhye direction
17:36 Artillery works on the infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border areas
16:31 Russian troops are actively advancing in the Kupyansk direction and continue the offensive in Avdiyivske and Maryinsk, fierce battles are underway, acknowledged the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar
16:30 The Azov fighter said that some of the prisoners are sure that they will not be exchanged, as it is planned, and the other part is disappointed in the actions of their country.
“I’m more disappointed because it’s hard mentally. For me, the military career is over forever. I believe that at the moment I surrendered, I am no longer a military man, ”he said.
15:54 Soldiers of the Airborne Forces unit destroy enemy armored vehicles
15:52 Ukrainian fighter I stumbled for a couple of burned-out twin crews
14:35 Russian artillery continues to prevent attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to land in the area of the Antonovsky bridge in the Kherson region
14:35 Personnel from the front: fog, burned equipment and another retreat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
13:19 The main points from the briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:
🔹in the Donetsk direction, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 270 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded per day;
🔹up to 100 militants, two armored combat vehicles, as well as 152mmm Msta-B and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in the Krasnolimansky direction;
🔹up to 260 militants, three armored combat vehicles, as well as 152mm D-20 and 152mm Msta-B howitzers were destroyed in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
🔹more than 50 Ukrainian military personnel, three armored combat vehicles, as well as a 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed in the Kupyansk direction;
🔹up to 50 militants, three US-made M777 howitzers, as well as Acacia self-propelled guns were destroyed in the Kherson direction;
🔹Air defense systems intercepted three HIMARS MLRS rockets, two S-200 air defense missiles, and 13 UAVs.
13:18 In the NMD zone, the head of the national police department of the Chernihiv region, Oleksiy Diagovets, was eliminated, Ukrainian media report.
12:44 First frames the destruction of one of the naval drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Sevastopol
12:43 MTR sortie of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ended arrival from our "Krasnopol"
The drone noticed the night movement of the enemy and transmitted the coordinates to our gunners.
11:45 Army aviation caught rotation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Vremevsky area
The crew of a Ka-52 helicopter destroyed two Ukrainian vehicles.
11:45 Counterbattery struggle in action
Russian artillerymen hit a howitzer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region.
10:27 A few more vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have undergone demilitarization
10:27 APU continue to suffer heavy irreparable losses along the entire front line
09:30 Over the past day: As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed: Veliky, as a result of fire damage, three boats and 14 VFU militants were destroyed;
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr grouping of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed: Antonovsky, two boats and 16 VFU militants were destroyed as a result of fire damage;
- two 120mm mortar crews and ammunition for it, losses: 10 VFU militants were destroyed, 2 were injured of varying severity in the area of the settlement. Dnieper;
As a result of fire damage by the formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:
- two positions of the armed formations of Ukraine in the districts, losses: 12 AFU militants were destroyed; four - received injuries of varying severity.
09:19 During Kyiv's attempt to attack Sevastopol with drones, no one was injured, there was no damage, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
The department noted that two Ukrainian drones over Sevastopol were destroyed by air defense, five more were suppressed by electronic warfare.
The Ministry of Defense also added that the Russian Armed Forces stopped Kyiv's attempt to attack UAVs and unmanned boats in the Sevastopol region.
09:17 Neo-Nazis suffer heavy losses and try not to use NATO equipment. The enemy is demoralized, he can no longer fight. This is how the commander of one of the battalions of the OBTF "Cascade" with the call sign "Winter" sums up the results after a month of "contour attack" in the Uludar direction -video.
09:13 Fighters of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division destroyed enemy strongholds.
UAV operators of the 20th Division destroyed enemy strongholds and manpower in the settlement. Marinka with the help of kamikaze drones.
09:10 Kharkiv authorities have clarified the information on the night missile attack.
According to the local Gauleiter Sinegubov, the blow was delivered not by three, but by four ballistic missiles.
09:05 During the night UAV attack on Sevastopol, 10 Ukrainian drones were shot down by air defense forces and suppressed by electronic warfare. There are no casualties or destruction.
09:00 Russian army caught an attempt by militants to rotate in the Kupyansk direction.
This happened in the Figalevka area, said the head of the press center of the Zapad group, Sergei Zybinsky. In the defense zone, in turn, in the area of the settlements of Masyutovka, Orlyanskoye and others, a blow was struck at the positions of the militants.
In addition, a reconnaissance drone was destroyed in the Tokarevka area. In the areas of Berestovoye, Stelmakhivka, a blow was struck at the positions of the militants. Enemy losses there amounted to more than a platoon of manpower and equipment.
08:17 Aviation of the "Center" group made more than 40 sorties to strike at the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“Strikes were made on temporary deployment points, an ammunition depot, as well as eight areas of concentration of manpower and firepower of Ukrainian troops,” said Oleksandr Savchuk, head of the group’s press center.
07:50 The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the UAV control center and the StarLink communication station in the Kherson region on the right bank of the Dnieper.
07:15 Russian artillery struck at the accumulation of AFU manpower in the Zaporozhye direction near Vasilyevka.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 07/16/2023 to 00:00 07/17/2023
Over the past day Representation reported about 48 facts of firing by the VFU.
Information was received about the death of a civilian - a woman, in the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka.
Four civilians received injuries of varying severity, incl. a teenager born in 2006, in the Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.
Damaged 10 residential buildings in the Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
Under enemy fire were areas of seven settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Central City, Nikitovsky districts), Golmovsky, Zaitsevo, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Lugansk. In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 29 attacks from the MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm.
On Gorlovsky 17 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky 2 artillery attack from artillery 155mm and 152mm. Having fired 288 units of various ammunition.
A previous 31 attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU per day
21:03 Investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia counted about three hits on the school of the village of Stulnevo in the Zaporozhye region, fragments of, presumably, ammunition of the HIMARS system were found on the spot, reports correspondent RIA News.
19:42 Artillerymen of the Southern Military District disrupted the rotation of the enemy in the Zaporozhye direction -video.
Crews of 152mm self-propelled howitzers "Msta-S" of the Southern Military District disrupted the rotation of enemy forces and the transfer of his reserves to the line of contact.
19:26 Consequences of artillery attack of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants, as a result of which a fire broke out in an apartment building.
17:49 In the area of Svatovo and Kremennaya, the initiative went over to the side of Russia, this was stated by the Kiev gauleiter, the so-called head of the Severodonetsk regional military administration, Roman Vlasenko.
Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar also reported on the aggravation of the situation on the eastern front. According to her, the Russian Federation has been actively advancing in the Kupyansk direction for two days in a row.
“Russian troops are actively advancing in the Kupyansk direction and continue the offensive in Avdeevsky and Maryinsky, fierce battles are going on. We are on the defensive,” wrote Malyar.
17:05 Fixation of consequences of the artillery attack of the Kievsky district of Donetsk 06/16/2023
Specialists of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC confirmed the artillery attack of the Kievsky district, and also specified the weapons used and the direction of fire.
The enemy fired from their positions located in the area between the settlement. Desired First and n.p. The desired Second, using 152mm artillery.
16:22 Under the aimed fire of the VFU, the village of Zaitsevo (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka). Mayor of Gorlovka Ivan Prikhodko reported.
15:57 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok group of troops, supported by artillery and aviation, repelled several attacks by the enemy, who tried to advance in the direction of Makarovka, Staromayorsky and Urozhaynoye.
During the battle, armored combat vehicles and vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, enemy infantry groups were liquidated.
Artillery fire opened and destroyed a group of militants in the Novodonetsky area, one reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was trying to advance in the direction of Staromayorsky, as well as a mortar crew in Novomayorsky and an ammunition depot in Prechistovka.
Army aviation hit the places of accumulation of nationalists in Makarovka, Novodonetsk and Urozhaynoe.
In the Zaporizhia direction, aerial reconnaissance equipment opened and artillery fire destroyed one reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as armored combat vehicles and concentrations of militants in the area of Priyutnoye, and an reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Lobkove area was liquidated.
During the counterbattery fight, a towed howitzer was destroyed in the Charivnoye area, and Solntsepek TOS crews hit the places of accumulation of APU manpower in the Rabotino area.
14:51 Heavy fighting in Staromayorsky continues: ours are counterattacking, squeezing out the APU
Today our reinforcements approached and joined the battle. The landing force and infantry destroyed several enemy armored vehicles. They also struck at suitable reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Fierce fighting continues.
14:40 Consequences of the artillery attack of the Kievsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants -photo.
13:50 Situation in Kherson direction:
Over the past day, artillery and mortar battles have been going on, on all frontiers of this direction. UAVs, kamikaze drones and drones with the release of grenades and VOGs fly, at night or in the early morning large drones fly and drop shots from RPGs or mines.
The movement of manpower was observed at many frontiers. From the right bank, in addition to artillery and mortars, the enemy fires small arms. The enemy worked for two days with the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS with incendiary ammunition. Forests and fields are burning in many places.
13:30 Vremyevsky section situation as of July 16, 2023:
Today, assault detachments of the 35th Infantry Regiment of the Ukrainian Navy, after intensive artillery preparation, resumed the assault on Staromayorsky from the directions of Makarovka and landings to the northwest.
The main efforts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were concentrated on the positions of the RF Armed Forces on a hill to the west of the village. Staromayorskoye itself is located in a lowland, and without control over the adjacent heights, the offensive will be complicated.
During the ensuing battle, assault detachments of the 35th NNaval Infantry Brigade were able to break through in the north of the village. However, some time later, Russian fighters managed to drive the Armed Forces of Ukraine out of the settlement.
Now the fighting continues. Ukrainian formations are trying to take the heights. Artillerymen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are actively using cluster munitions, which were handed over to them more than a month ago.
13:05 The Russian Ministry of Defense reports that 15 enemy attacks were successfully repelled in the Donetsk direction in a day, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 270 people killed and wounded.
Three enemy attacks were repelled in the Krasnolimansky direction, up to 100 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed.
12:42 The morning attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Staromayorskoe (Vremievsky ledge) was repulsed. The enemy suffered losses and was driven out of the outskirts of the village. Continued enemy attacks on Staromayorskoye from Makarovka are expected.
12:39 As a result of Ukrainian armed aggression in the village of Zaitsevo (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka), a 16-year-old child was wounded.
11:05 Acting Governor of the Zaporozhye region:
According to the operational data of the command of our fighters in the Zaporozhye direction of the counterattack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, over the past day the enemy has made 28 attempts to fire at our positions.
The main areas of artillery attack are Pologi, Tokmak, Vasilievka.
In the Pologovsko-Orekhovsky direction, the operational situation is unchanged, the enemy is not taking active actions.
As for the Kamensky direction, our guys received Kitolov-2M and Krasnopol-M2 precision-guided munitions, designed to destroy armored targets and military installations.
10:35 Frontline summary on the morning of 07/16/2023:
In the Zaporizhia direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked from the side of Kamensky just to the east of the M-18 highway and managed to take a number of important positions. The Ukrainian command temporarily abandoned the assault on Zherebyanok. With the support of artillery, the Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced near Rabotin. No success.
A new active site has also appeared. Ukrainian units advanced in the forest belt along the railway line just west of Dorozhnyanka. Here is a convenient place to reach the rear of the Russian positions in this village and break through from the west to the highway to Pologi. Forest plantations hide the movement of troops. Russian artillery hit the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Malaya Tokmachka, Belogorye, Zheleznodorozhny and Gulyaipole.
In the Ugledar sector, Ukrainian troops, after artillery strikes, carried out assault operations near Staromayorsky and Urozhayny. No promotion. But here, too, a new direction of attacking efforts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has appeared. They managed to take a number of positions southwest of Pavlovka.
The idea is the same - to go to the rear of the Russian troops and cut the road between Pavlovka and Yegorovka. Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation worked on Ukrainian units in Makarovka, Blagodatnoe, Novoukrainka and Bogoyavlenka.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with powerful artillery support, are pressing in the Kleshcheevka area. In the northern sector of the RF Armed Forces, they counterattacked from the direction of Berkhovka. And the Ukrainian troops stepped up just north of Orekhovo-Vasilyevka near the M-03 highway.
Under shelling, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Aleksandro-Shultin, Stupochki, Chasovoy Yar, Vasyukovka, Fedorovka, Rozdolovka, Vesel (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name north-west of Donetsk and north of Avdievka), Sporny and Verkhnekamensky. The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Andreevka and Bakhmut.
In the Luhansk direction, the RF Armed Forces managed to advance in the Serebryansky forest from Shipilovka, attacked near Novosadovoe. Russian troops hit the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorovka, Torskoy, Nevsky, Berestovoy, Kotlyarovka, Kislovka, Zapadny, Dvurechnaya, Figolevka, Kamenka and Kolodeznoy.
10:27 Retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko said that the Ukrainian military had hit Lugansk using long-range cluster munitions.
10:17 APU inflicted missile attack on a school in the village of Stulnevo, Chernihiv district, Zaporozhye region
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation found fragments from the Himars MLRS at the site of the shelling, Andrei Rudenko reports. As a result of the rocket attack, the school building was completely destroyed.
09:59 Over the past day, 31 cases of firing by the AFU have been recorded.
Two civilians were reported wounded in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk and Dokuchaevsk. Damage to residential buildings and civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.
Under enemy fire were areas of five settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Voroshilovsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Staromikhaylovka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 19 attacks from a shock UAV, 155mm artillery. On Gorlovsky seven attacks from MLRS, artillery 152mm. On Yasinovatsky five artillery attacks from 155mm artillery. Having fired 181 units of various ammunition.
In the previous day, 45 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
09:20 Heavy fighting on the Vremevsky ledge is reportedMilitary commissars of the Russian Spring: the enemy is trying to break through the front near Staromayorsky and Priyutny
For almost 1.5 months, heavy fighting has not stopped on the Vremevsky ledge at the junction of Zaporozhye and the DPR, in recent weeks the enemy has been breaking through to the villages of Priyutnoye and Staromayorskoye.
Using numerous waves of attacks and massive artillery fire, the enemy managed to advance through the forest belts. Our fighters repelled many “meat waves” and burned a mountain of enemy equipment here, but he continues to throw new armored groups and infantry into the offensive.
Over the past few days, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been especially actively attacking Staromayorskoe, advancing from Makarovka. Our forward lines of defense were plowed up by massive artillery fire, forcing the fighters to retreat to the next line of defense. Then the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on armored vehicles began attacks. The hard fighting continues.
09:16 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:
-- n.p. Aleshki fired 13 rounds;
-- n.p. Proletarian fired nine rounds;
-- 15 rounds were fired at the village of Peschanovka;
-- Five rounds were fired at the village of Korsunka;
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Nova Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Novaya Zburyevka, n.p. Solontsy, firing a total of 33 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
08:14 Gunners showed how 152mm Msta-S howitzers thwart militant attacks in the Zaporozhye direction: footage from the cockpit
Our fighters smash the camouflaged positions of the enemy, his tanks and armored vehicles, using high-explosive, high-explosive fragmentation and high-precision artillery ammunition.
The division commander called the artillery installation a weapon of victory.
“This gun, this crew destroyed five guns in four days, towed by a direct hit along with the BC. This weapon is a weapon of victory that brings our victory closer,” the soldier said.
08:10 In the South Donetsk direction, the troops of the Vostok group repelled the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Makarovka.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] 1. Zaporozhye direction.
The RF Armed Forces continued to beat off local enemy attacks near Rabotino and Pyatikhatki. The enemy could not achieve significant success. Complaints of the Armed Forces of Ukraine about the critical shortage of engineering and sapper equipment to overcome minefields are escalating.
The tactics of assault groups with massive artillery support cannot ensure a breakthrough of the defense line of the RF Armed Forces. As a maximum, tactical pushback, which does not allow achieving the goals of the operation in the Zaporozhye direction.
2. Vremievsky ledge.
The enemy intensified attacks on Staromayorskoe and was able to start fighting on the outskirts of the village.
The RF Armed Forces counterattack here and hold the village. Fighting in the outskirts of Staromayorsky continues.
The intensification of the strike in this direction followed the latest failures of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Novodonetsk and Priyutnoye.
In the area of Ugledar - no significant changes. The RF Armed Forces entrenched themselves in the recently occupied positions of the enemy. The enemy is conducting a grouping of forces here before the expected activity in the direction of Pavlovka and Nikolsky.
3.Marinka.
No significant changes. The enemy had previously pushed back the RF Armed Forces in the area of the Zverintsa.
At Pobeda - no changes, as well as to the south near Novomikhailovka. In the city itself, positional battles continue in the western part.
4. Avdievka.
The enemy did not achieve significant results of attacks in the direction of Vodyany, Krasnogorovka and Opytnoye.
The Orlovka-Lastochkino road is still under fire from the RF Armed Forces, which creates certain inconveniences for the enemy.
However, there is no talk about the operational environment yet.
5. Artemovsk.
The enemy continued to attack in the direction of Kleshcheevka, Kurdyumovka and Berkhovka, trying to establish control over key heights. Our troops continue to repel these attacks.
The enemy is also trying to increase pressure on the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in the Dubovo-Vasilyevka area.
6. Seversk.
On the ledge - without much change.
The enemy is regrouping in order to increase pressure in the direction of Soledar. Ours, in turn, continue to press in the areas of Spornoye and Belogorovka.
7. Svatovo.
Fighting continues on the outskirts of Torskoye, in the area of Yampolovka and Makeevka.
Fighting continues in Novoselovskoye. The RF Armed Forces control up to 25-30% of the settlement. There was no cleanup.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are reinforcing the grouping near Stelmahovka and strengthening their positions near the Svatovo-Kupyansk highway.
Counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the west of Kremennaya were successfully repelled.
8. Kupyansk.
The RF Armed Forces continue to press near Sinkovka and in the area of Dvurechnaya. The enemy is preparing for counterattacks at Masyutovka and strengthening the defense of Kupyansk.
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