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[Korrespondent] 23:05 Lithuania proposes to use the Baltic ports to export Ukrainian grain as an alternative to the Black Sea Initiative, AFP reports citing a letter from Lithuanian ministers to the European Commission.
22:39 Reznikov said in an interview with CNN that Ukraine's counter-offensive is behind schedule, but going according to plan. He called the notion that every counter-offensive must be quick, erroneous. The minister also spoke about the reasons why the counteroffensive may be slower than expected: "This is an air defense issue. The issue is that we also have a very long front line. And there are a large number of enemies against us. This is a war, this is not a computer game."
According to Reznikov, the Ukrainian military had to manually clear paths through the fields. He noted that the Russian troops have "serious security zones with mines" through which it is very difficult to break through.
22:03 Emergency services of the Russian Federation reported the fall of another drone - this time near a private house in the village of Pervomayskoye in New Moscow, "no damage or casualties."
21:57 The US State Department said that Washington has provided Ukraine with everything necessary for the counteroffensive and will announce new assistance in the coming days.
21:28 Russia has significantly increased trade with Iran - there are much more ships near Russian and Iranian ports, Texty reports, citing satellite images.
21:19 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the first task at the front in all directions is the maximum destruction of the occupiers, their equipment, supplies, warehouses, headquarters: "Russia must lose every day - this is fair. It is very important that our defense and security forces, our entire state works as a single team for the sake of defense. Of course, we analyze in detail at the Headquarters and all issues of protection against Russian missile and drone terror. We are preparing powerful responses to Russian terrorists to their attacks."
21:14 The Russians fired at Konstantinovka, Donetsk region: at least six people were injured, one child died. Three more children were among the wounded, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said. The occupiers opened fire on a local reservoir, on the banks of which people were resting. Fired from MLRS Smerch with cluster munitions.
21:02 During the war in Ukraine, Colonel of the Russian Federation Yevgeny Vashunin, commander of the Leningrad regiment, formed mainly from St. Petersburg mobilized, was liquidated, said Alexander Belsky, chairman of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg.
20:56 In Mariupol, the Russians mined all the bridges and set up defensive structures near each one, Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city, said. Now the passage on the bridges is limited, and the territory of the defensive structures is surrounded by a fence.
20:50 The Pantsir-S1 air defense system on the roof of the headquarters of the Russian Defense Ministry in Moscow could not shoot down a drone this morning, although it is located less than 300 meters from the strike, Radio Liberty reports, citing satellite images and publications on social networks.
20:33 Zelensky announced that he had held a regular meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander. The three main issues are the current situation and the planning of offensive and defensive actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the response to Russian attacks on grain infrastructure and cultural heritage, and the unblocking of the grain corridor. The President promised that "the results will be tangible."
20:17 The AFP agency reported that its video editor Dylan Collins was wounded while filming a report on the positions of Ukrainian military personnel in the Bakhmut area. Colins received numerous shrapnel wounds and was evacuated to the nearest hospital, there is no threat to life.
19:49 The German publication Bild claims that Ukraine is preparing a "fiery fist" and harsh attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the front are expected soon. Read more in the material The second wave of the counteroffensive .
19:25 During the Russian attack on the port of Reni in the Odessa region, there were six Romanian ships there, according to the Romanian edition of Mediafax. After the missile strikes, the country's authorities decided to move all ships back to Romania. They were not damaged and are now on the Romanian side of the Danube River. At the same time, Romania did not impose any restrictions on traffic along the Danube, the functioning of ports in the border area is carried out as usual.
18:47 UN Secretary General António Guterres appealed to Russia with a call to return to the grain agreement. According to him, now Ukraine and Russia play a key role in ensuring food security throughout the world. The Secretary General supports providing access to the world food and fertilizer markets both from Ukraine and from Russia. Thus, according to him, food security will be "provided for all."
18:36 Spain sent Ukraine a new batch of Leopard 2A4 tanks and armored personnel carriers, the country's Ministry of Defense reported. It is expected that the cargo will arrive in Ukraine in early August. We are talking about the next four Leopard 2A4, which will be added to the previous six Leopard 2 with the same characteristics, as well as ten armored personnel carriers, ten trucks, several ambulances and various ammunition.
17:34 Over the past day, Polish border guards recorded six aggressive attacks by illegal migrants from the territory of Belarus, the Polish Border Service reported. In particular, 54 citizens of Yemen, India, Eritrea tried to illegally cross the border and attacked Polish patrolmen with stones.
17:13 The German government plans to allocate 20 billion euros until 2031 for the purchase of ammunition missing from the Bundeswehr, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said.
How many years we have waited to hear that Germany is beginning to fulfill its NATO treaty promises!
16:35 The head of Ukrenergo, Igor Sirota, admitted that the restoration of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station may not be feasible if alternative solutions are found on a number of issues. In particular, the issue of covering the water shortage in Kherson, Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk regions, supplying the irrigation system and water supply to Crimea after de-occupation, filling the coolers of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, and navigation along the Dnieper will have to be resolved. At the same time, he added that now the hydroelectric power station is the only solution to these problems.
15:44 China secretly sends equipment to Russia in an amount "sufficient to equip the army," Politico writes, citing customs information. According to the newspaper, goods are delivered not military, but dual-use. In particular, Russia has purchased hundreds of thousands of bulletproof vests and helmets, drones that can be used to correct artillery fire or drop grenades, and thermal imaging optical sights to aim at the enemy at night.
At the same time, the export of equipment to Ukraine has declined sharply, the newspaper notes. Thus, Russia purchased drones for more than $100 million - 30 times more than Ukraine. The purchase of ceramics, which is used in body armor, the Russian Federation increased by 69% - up to 225 million dollars, and Ukraine reduced by 61%, to 5 million.
15:30 Something is burning and exploding in Crimea - a familiar picture of recent days. The Armed Forces of Ukraine systematically destroy the reserves of the Russian army on the temporarily occupied peninsula. On the morning of July 24, explosions thundered near the village of Krasnogvardeyskoye. The occupiers are talking about getting into the ammunition depot near Dzhankoy. More details - in the material New explosion .
15:01 Romanian President Klaus Iohannis condemned Russian attacks on the Danube port infrastructure, where the border between Ukraine and Romania runs: "I strongly condemn Russia's recent attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure on the Danube, very close to Romania. This recent escalation poses serious security risks in the Black Sea. This also affects the further transit of grain from Ukraine, and therefore global food security."
14:55 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the Ukrainian attacks on Moscow and Crimea allegedly "did not have any military meaning", Moscow regards them as intimidation of the population. The ministry also added that Russia reserves the right to "take tough retaliatory measures."
14:13 The Telegram channel Crimean partisans reports, citing its sources, that a batch of P-800 Oniks missiles, which the Russians have been shelling Odessa and Nikolaev for several days, was destroyed in the BC warehouse near Dzhankoy. The damage is estimated at hundreds of millions of dollars: the price of one Onyx missile is about 1.3 million dollars.
14:10 The Russians fired on the village of Peschanoe, Kupyansky district, Kharkiv region - three people were injured, including a 12-year-old child, the OVA reported. Also, one person was wounded during enemy shelling of the village of Dvurechnaya.
14:04 There is no direct threat from Belarus, but military intelligence is monitoring the Wagner PMC, Vadim Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, said: "Our assessment is very simple: today there is no direct threat, but we are ready - we monitor everything related to the so-called Wagner PMC. This is a powerful component that was directly involved in hostilities, it is prepared."
Skibitsky expressed the hope that Prigozhin’s mercenaries would no longer participate in hostilities against Ukraine, although intelligence is considering different scenarios: “We understand where the enemy is located. Accordingly, we conduct intelligence. All the necessary information is reported, conclusions are drawn and appropriate actions are made in order to neutralize this threat.”
13:25 On the morning of Monday, July 24, unknown drones attacked Moscow. Drones allegedly damaged two non-residential buildings, one of which is located next to the Russian Ministry of Defense. This is the third drone attack on the Russian capital since early May. It also happened a day after Ukraine promised to answer for the Russian missile attack on Odessa. About what is known - in the material Attack of drones on Moscow .
13:06 Peskov said that Russian troops allegedly do not strike at churches, and the temple in Odessa was destroyed by Ukrainian "anti-missiles".
12:57 According to the Belarus Gayun monitoring group, there are already from 3450 to 3650 Wagner PMC mercenaries on the territory of the Republic of Belarus. According to analysts, at least ten organized columns arrived in the country, the last of which was yesterday, July 23. These columns numbered 670-700 vehicles. All the columns arrived at the tent camp in the village of Tsel near Osipovichi.
12:21 At night, the Russians attacked the port of Reni on the Danube in the Odessa region with Shahed drones, said the head of the Reni community, Igor Plekhov. According to him, about 15 strike drones were recorded, three warehouses with grain were destroyed.
11:49 Putin signed a law on raising the age limit for a number of citizens with military ranks in the reserve by five years. Also, the maximum age for citizens to stay in the mobilization reserve is increased by five years: for senior officers - up to 65 years (was 60), for younger ones - up to 60 years (was 55).
11:37 Reznikov said that Ukraine will soon inform the Pentagon about the consequences of the use of American cluster munitions: "I hope that they will be more effective than conventional ammunition. Especially against artillery systems, during counter-battery battles, as well as against armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles and infantry in the fields."
11:22 After modernization, the Russian Kh-32 missile has become not only longer-range, but also more accurate, Air Force speaker Yuri Ignat said: “The Kh-32 is a version of the Kh-22, which was put into service quite recently, in 2016, and its range was made longer. how many of them were made. But the fact that they have already been used is for sure. "
10:56 Bloomberg writes, citing experts, that if at least some of the 2.8 million working-age Ukrainian refugee women cannot be returned, it will cost Ukraine 10% of pre-war GDP, that is, $ 20 billion a year in the worst case.
10:38 Ukrainska Pravda reports, citing a source "in the security and defense sector," that the nighttime drone attack on Moscow was a special operation by the GUR MOU. "Cooperation of volunteers and structures gives good results, to be continued," the source said.
10:33 Russian emergency services reported another incident with a drone: a helicopter-type drone without an explosive device fell in the Zelenograd district of Moscow on the territory of the central cemetery, no one was injured.
09:48 Ukrainian troops on the southern front liberated more than 192 square meters during the offensive. km of territory, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. In particular, over the past week, the Defense Forces have liberated more than 12 sq. km. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue the offensive operation in several areas towards Melitopol and Berdyansk.
In the Bakhmut direction during the offensive, about 35 square meters were liberated. km of territory, including for the past week - about 4 square meters. km. Key battles are taking place in the area of Kleshcheevka, Andreevka, Kurdyumovka.
09:19 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that Ukraine's attempt to carry out an attack by 17 drones on objects in Crimea was allegedly suppressed at night. Of these, 14 drones were allegedly suppressed by electronic warfare: 11 drones crashed in the Black Sea, three more fell on the peninsula. In addition, three UAVs were destroyed by air defense systems. There were no casualties as a result of the attack, according to Moscow.
09:14 An adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, said, citing his sources in Crimea, that in the village. Volnoe, Dzhankoy district, there were at least three defeats in the area of the military airfield Vesele. Ukrainian sources claim that we are talking about missile strikes, and not about UAVs. In with. Free on the loudspeakers are already announcing the evacuation. There are still no official reports from the occupying authorities of Crimea about the territories from which they are being evacuated.
09:09 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) states that Putin and Lukashenko have stepped up information operations against the West, claiming that PMC Wagner allegedly poses a threat to Poland. However, the Wagner forces in Belarus do not pose a military threat to Poland or Ukraine until they are re-equipped with mechanized equipment, analysts are convinced.
08:57 Poland will create a new military unit by the end of the year, Defense Minister Mariusz Blashak said. According to him, the place of deployment will be the city of Augustow near the border with Belarus, and the main task is to strengthen the eastern border and the Suwalki corridor (a conditional territory connecting the Baltic countries with Poland and other NATO states, as well as separating the territory of the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation from Belarus).
08:53 The FSB of the Russian Federation announced that in order to prevent "terrorist and sabotage actions" inspections of ships going through the Kerch Strait are being carried out. The department claims that on July 22, traces of explosives were allegedly found in the hold of a foreign dry cargo ship en route from Turkey to the port of Rostov-on-Don to load grain, as well as "signs of third-party interference in the structural parts of the dry cargo ship."
The FSB "established" that in May the ship was allegedly in the Ukrainian port of Kiliya, in July the crew, consisting of 12 citizens of Ukraine, completely changed in the Turkish port of Tuzla. These circumstances may indicate the possibility of using a foreign civilian ship to deliver explosives to Ukraine, the FSB said. A decision was made to ban the passage of a foreign ship through the Kerch Strait "with its further departure outside the territorial sea of the Russian Federation."
08:48 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 24:
personnel - about 242,620 (+660) people liquidated,
tanks - 4162 (+11),
armored combat vehicles - 8118 (+13),
artillery systems - 4675 (+17),
MLRS - 697 (+0),
air defense systems - 452 (+1),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 310 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 3963 (+5),
cruise missiles - 1307 (+9),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 7182 (+10),
special equipment - 698 (+2).
08:36 The "head" of the occupied Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said that 11 Ukrainian drones were allegedly shot down by air defense forces and suppressed by electronic warfare in the sky over the peninsula. According to him, an ammunition depot in the Dzhankoy district was hit, a private house in the Kirov district was damaged by UAV fragments. Railway traffic in the Dzhankoy region and the Dzhankoy-Simferopol highway has been suspended. A decision was also made to evacuate the population of nearby villages within a radius of 5 km.
The head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Mikhail Fedorov, noted that drones attacked Moscow and Crimea tonight: "EW and air defense are less and less able to protect the sky of the invaders. No matter what happens there, there will be more of it."
08:04 The number of victims as a result of a night attack in the Odessa region has increased to six, said the head of the OVA Oleg Kiper.
07:50 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions, there are heavy battles. Over the past day, there have been 35 combat clashes, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
07:42 At night, the Russians attacked the Odessa region with Shahed-136 drones - they were sent along the port infrastructure of the Danube, OK Pivden reported. Three drones are destroyed by air defense forces. As a result of the hits, a hangar with grain was destroyed, tanks for storing other types of cargo were damaged, a fire broke out in one of the production premises, which was promptly eliminated. It is preliminary known about four injured port workers, the information is being specified.
05:43 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that on the morning of July 24, an attempt by Ukraine to carry out a "terrorist attack by two unmanned aerial vehicles on objects in Moscow" was suppressed. By means of electronic warfare, two Ukrainian UAVs allegedly "were suppressed and crashed", no one was injured. Russian publics write that drones tried to attack the building of the Ministry of Defense in Moscow.
05:01 In the coming days, a UNESCO mission will arrive in Odessa, which will conduct a preliminary assessment of the damage caused to the regional center by Russian attacks, the press service of the organization reported. The message says that UNESCO is "deeply alarmed and condemns in the strongest possible terms the audacious attack carried out by the Russian troops." It is emphasized that the Russian Federation attacked cultural sites in the historic center of the city, which is under the protection of UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
UN Secretary General António Guterres also strongly condemned the Russian missile attacks on Odessa, said his spokesman Stephane Dujarric.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:08 Ukrainian media report explosions near Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. There have also been reports that explosions occurred in Kramatorsk. 23:05 Russian drones "Geran-2" are flying towards Poltava through the Sumy region, the Military Chronicle reported.
According to preliminary data, the drones are moving in two large groups.
“There are several large military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Poltava: the 18th Separate Army Aviation Brigade, the base of the 45th separate radar reconnaissance company, and the 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade is based in Mirgorod,” the statement reads. statement.
21:55 Video- Repulse of the meat assault of the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Limansky direction.
21:00 Video– Arrival of an FPV drone in Bradley, disguised by a curtain.
20:00 Video– arrival of the Lancet on M2A2 in the Zaporozhye region.
19:30 Video- A direct hit by an ATGM on the German Bergepanzer 2 ARV.
The Nazis flee in panic from the place of arrival. The condition of the wrecked vehicle is unknown.
18:35 Breakthrough of the "Brave": the forests of Kremennaya are littered corpses of APU, the enemy was knocked out from many positions.
The brigades of the Central Military District continue their offensive from the LPR to the Kharkov region, massively destroying and capturing the enemy.
17:35 Destruction of American-made self-propelled guns of the M109 type by the crew of the loitering ammunition "Lancet" -video.
16:55 American Switchblade 600 UAV shot down somewhere on the front —video.
16:28 Zaporozhye direction, north of the settlement Rabotino, the destruction of the APU tank on our mine -video.
16:00 Combat actions of BMP Bradley of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Rabotino, as a result of which one of them was destroyed -video.
15:30 Such a picture is now all over Ukraine -video.
15:00 The fighters whom YOU and I are helping carried out a carpet bombardment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who have settled in the house -video.
14:30 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of July 24, 2023)
During the day, the armed forces of Ukraine attempted offensive operations in the Donetsk and Krasnolymansk directions.
- In the Donetsk direction, as a result of the coordinated actions of the units of the "Southern" group of troops, air strikes and artillery fire, six enemy attacks were successfully repelled in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka of the Luhansk People's Republic and Kleshcheevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In addition, enemy units were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Vesele, Bogdanovka, Predtechino, Belaya Gora and Dyleevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Enemy losses amounted to over 160 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, two vehicles, a Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount, a British-made FH-70 howitzer, and a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer.
An ammunition depot of the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the settlement of Avdiivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
- In the Krasnolimansky direction, active actions of units, air strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Center" group of forces repelled five enemy attacks in the area of the settlement of Nevskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic, as well as Serebryansky forestry.
In addition, the personnel and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Karmazinovka of the Luhansk People's Republic, Yampolovka, Torskoye and Serebryanka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the area of the settlement Novolyubovka of the Luhansk People's Republic, the activities of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were stopped.
Enemy losses amounted to 195 Ukrainian servicemen, four infantry fighting vehicles, four armored fighting vehicles, three pickup trucks, two 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, as well as 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers.
- In the South-Donetsk direction, strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the Vostok group of troops defeated the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Makarovka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Levadnoe, Zaporozhye region.
In the Zaporizhia direction, air strikes and artillery fire hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Malaya Tokmachka, Orekhov and Pyatikhatki of the Zaporozhye region.
In the area of the settlement of Mirne, Zaporozhye region, the activities of the sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stopped.
Enemy losses in these areas per day amounted to 120 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, two vehicles, the US-made M777 artillery system, and the 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer.
Also, an ammunition depot of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the area of the settlement of Kamenskoye, Zaporozhye region.
- In the Kupyansky direction, the active actions of units, air strikes and artillery fire of the "Western" group of troops defeated the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Dvurechnaya, Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Tabaevka and Peschanoe of the Kharkov region.
Up to 95 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, as well as a French-made Cezar self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed.
In addition, the ammunition depot of the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the village of Krakhmalnoye, Kharkiv region.
- In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen, two cars, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed during the day.
Also, in the area of the village of Zmievka, Kherson region, an ammunition depot of a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day defeated the 102nd Artillery unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 137 districts.
A communication center of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit near the village of Dzerzhinsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In addition, in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov and Malaya Tokmachka of the Zaporozhye region, the command post of the 65th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the fuel depot for military equipment of the 33rd Mmechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit.
Air defense systems intercepted a HIMARS multiple rocket launcher.
In addition, 35 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Kolomyychikha, Kuzemovka, Topolevka, Kremennaya, Kovalevka of the Luhansk People's Republic, Berezove, Belogorivka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Zeleny Gay, Pyatikhatki of the Zaporozhye region, Novaya Kakhovka and Sagi of the Kherson region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 457 aircraft, 243 helicopters, 5,236 unmanned aerial vehicles, 426 anti-aircraft missile systems, 10,868 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,139 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 5,585 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 11,860 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.
14:00 Reportedly, another Swedish BMP CV-90 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Svatovo-Kremennaya was struck by the loitering ammunition of the lancet. It seems to be so -video.
13:30 Paratroopers in the Bakhmut direction use ATGM "Kornet" based on an ATV.
But this is really an effective and deadly tandem of mobility and firepower.
12:55 In the Zaporozhye direction, the British AS-90 self-propelled guns were destroyed by counterbattery fire, which was transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
12:25 FPV Sudoplatovtsev drone destroys an abandoned Ukrainian T-64BV —video.
12:02 Close combat in the trenches somewhere at the front -video.
11:30 Video- Another abandoned Leopard 2A6 met with the Lancet.
10:55 Another minus from the best helicopter in the world in the Vremievsky direction -video.
10:28 APU against "Geran": footage of a night attack and a powerful explosion in the port of Reni on the Danube River in the Odessa region
On video one can see the erratic work of the Ukrainian air defense in an attempt to shoot down the “Geran” that comes in to strike.
Reni is an important transport hub of Ukraine, which intertwines the work of river, sea, road and rail transport.
Apparently, one of the night strikes hit the Reni oil storage depot.
10:00 T-90M “Breakthrough” of the ZVO is working on the APU opornika in the Kupyansky direction -video.
09:28 Flamethrowers destroyed the stronghold of the Ukrainian military in the Krasnolymansk direction -video.
09:20 OTRK "Iskander-M" inflicted two missile strikes on the points of temporary deployment of the 1st Tank Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Goncharovsky area in the Kupyansky direction. This was announced by the head of the press center of the group "West" Sergei Zybinsky.
09:15 Russian Ministry of Defense: at night, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by 17 unmanned aerial vehicles on objects in Crimea was suppressed.
Fourteen Ukrainian UAVs were suppressed by electronic warfare: eleven UAVs crashed in the Black Sea, three more fell on the peninsula. In addition, three UAVs were destroyed by air defense systems.
There were no casualties as a result of the thwarted terrorist attack.
09:09 Soldiers of the Dnipro group of troops destroyed equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region:
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:
- two 120mm mortars, crews and ammunition for them, in the area of the settlement Kizomys, losses: eight VFU militants were killed, two were injured of varying severity.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:
- an attempt to penetrate the DRG in the area of about. Antonovsky: FPV drone crew destroyed one boat and six VFU militants;
- Aviation destroyed an ammunition depot in the area of the settlement. Antonovka, as well as five boats of VFU units stored there, 15 militants were destroyed.
- 120mm mortar, crew and ammunition for it, in the area of the settlement. Antonovka, losses: six VFU militants were destroyed, two were injured of varying severity;
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:
- anti-aircraft gun AZP-57 (S-60), crew and ammunition for him in the area of the settlement. Republican: four VFU militants were killed, two were injured of varying severity.
08:57 Night drone strikes in Odessa:
Ukrainian sources report that two drones were shot down, two more broke through the air defense and destroyed objects in the port. Local residents, in turn, write that there were at least six drones, and only one was shot down, the rest flew and hit their targets.
Presumably, part of the arrivals fell on the logistics zone of the Odessa port, located behind the grain terminals. After hits on these points, the sounds of detonation were heard, which indirectly confirms the placement of a significant amount of ammunition or explosives there.
08:52 The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue their attempts to land troops on the island part of the left bank near the Antonovsky Bridge. During another attack,destroyedDRG on two high-speed boats with Ukrainian servicemen. This was announced by the head of the press center of the group "Dnepr" Roman Kodryan.
He also said that our artillery hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Kherson and Kizomys, destroyed a mortar crew, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and enemy manpower.
08:44 Our fighters in the Artemovsky direction with the help of AGS-17 "Flame" covered the positions of the APU. Yes, they hit so well that the BC detonated -video.
08:35 A decision has been made to evacuate the population of nearby villages within a radius of five kilometers from the place of emergency in the Dzhankoy district, Aksenov said. According to him, there are no preliminary victims as a result of the emergency at the warehouse in Crimea.
08:24 Incoming data that Crimea was again attacked by Storm Shadow missiles launched from Su-24 aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
08:19 Gunners continue to hit enemy in the Kupyansk direction:
Artillery units of the Western Military District continue to destroy nationalist sabotage groups, mobile enemy formations equipped with mortars and cannon artillery.
“The enemy has nothing stationary here. Our artillery crushes them, they run away from it. As soon as they drive, we are already pointed. We are just waiting for them to stop,” said the battery commander with the call sign “Volkhov”.
Accurate aiming plays an important role in striking. In this, the calculations of unmanned aerial vehicles help the gunners. The collected data is promptly transmitted to field headquarters and battery commanders.
08:07 Air defense forces shot down and suppressed 11 Ukrainian UAVs in the sky over Crimea with electronic warfare.
Sergei Aksyonov said that an ammunition depot in the Dzhankoy district had been hit, and a private house in the Kirov district had been damaged by the wreckage of a drone.
07:29 The speaker of the Odesa OVA Sergey Bratchuk officially confirmed the fact of the attack last night on the ports of the region and said that there were Geranium hits in "infrastructural facilities"
06:50 Zaporozhye direction. Personnel of the destruction of the equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
05:23 UAVs attacked two buildings in Moscow - Sobyanin.
The mayor of the capital said that the drones hit the buildings on Komsomolsky Prospekt and Likhachev Street. There is no serious damage or casualties,” Sobyanin said. The objects were not residential. The attack took place around 4 am. Special services are on the scene.
0:14 Geraniums are reported flying towards the southern regions of Ukraine.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 07/24/2023 to 00:00 07/25/2023
Over the past day Representationreportedabout 52 facts of firing by the VFU.
Information was received about the wounding of four civilians in the Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, and the previously liberated Staromlinovka.
Nine residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as seven civilian infrastructure facilities.
Under enemy fire were areas of five settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Central City, Nikitovsky districts), Zaitsevo, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Kirov, Chervonogvardeysky districts). In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 35 attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 10 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery. On Yasinovatsky seven artillery attack from 155mm artillery. By releasing 210 units of various ammunition.
In previous24 hours, 56 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
21:55 Kleshcheevka attack: ours met a column of enemy equipment preparing for an attack:
“Reconnaissance noticed equipment that the enemy adjusted to try to break through our defenses. Battalion "Fakel" decided to organize a sortie. With the support of the artillery of the 57th Brigade, a fire defeat was inflicted on the attacking forces, the enemy fled, leaving us with a serviceable infantry fighting vehicle. There are no casualties on our side."
21:20 We are working "with a twinkle": flamethrowers of the Central Military District destroyed another stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
21:00 Video- The commander of the special forces Akhmat Apty Alaudinov showed the situation in the Kleshcheevka area in the Bakhmut direction.
20:34 Ukrainian formations throughout the day inflict massive attacks on the Belgorod region.
Four drones attacked Grafovka, Naumovka, Tsapovka and Krasny Khutor. Luckily no one was hurt and there was no damage.
Later, the enemy launched artillery strikes on Murom, Prilesye and Terezovka: there were no reports of casualties or damage.
20:10 Campaign "Grad": artillerymen of the Southern Military District conducted a listing of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
19:35 Investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate the next facts of the criminal activity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region
It is reported that as a result of the artillery attack of the village of Levye Sagi in the Kherson region, a civilian was killed. The Investigative Committee of Russia will establish the circumstances of the incident, the actions of all those involved will be given a legal assessment.
19:16 Today, four people were injured in the Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk from rounds fired on the territory of the DPR by the Kyiv regime. This was announced by the Acting Head of the Republic Denis Pushilin.
Among the wounded is a woman born in 1942, she was blown up by a prohibited anti-personnel high-explosive mine "Petal".
During the day, nine residential buildings were damaged in the Kievsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of the capital, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, seven civilian infrastructure facilities, including a hospital and a kindergarten in Makeyevka.
The enemy fired 37 rounds, fired 148 rounds of rocket artillery caliber 122mm, cannon artillery caliber 152mm and 155mm.
19:00 Artillery stopped an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to land on the right side of the Dnieper - they were worked out from the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS
Our servicemen reported that the enemy is constantly trying to cross the river in armored personnel carriers, boats, and jet skis.
18:46 Statement of head of the press center of the group "South":
The units of the "Southern" group of forces successfully repulsed the attacks of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Lisichansk and Alexander-Kalinovsk directions.
18:41 As a result of the artillery attack by the Ukrainian Nazis of the Kuibyshev region, a woman born in 1976 was injured. The victim was taken to the city hospital 17.
18:20 "A school, then a kindergarten": the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the building of a kindergarten in Makiivka -video.
In the Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeyevka, a new state of emergency - another artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fell on a local kindergarten, where, fortunately, there were no children. Glass was broken in the building, a funnel gaped in the yard near the broken fence. When asked what purpose the militants were pursuing by artillery attack the garden, a local resident could only answer this way:
“Well, what is the purpose, to say that they are. What are they, great ukry, so that something grows on their foreheads, ”grandfather wished the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the bottom of his heart.
18:10 In the course of a comprehensive counteroffensive on the front between Svatovo and Kremennaya, Russian forces have achieved success, according to Forbes.
18:00 Video: artillery attack of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. The arrival of a projectile (presumably MLRS) to the warehouse of the Food Processing Plant. As a result of the shelling, a fire started. A shrapnel wound to the leg was received by the operator of the gas boiler.
17:47 Rare personnel combat work of the T-90M "Proryv" tank in the Kupyansk direction.
Confidently acting on the battlefield, the tank crew of the Western Military District suppressed the firing points and strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the conditions of the use of anti-tank weapons by the enemy.
17:14 A woman who was wounded during the artillery attack of the Pologovsky district of the Zaporozhye region died in the hospital - operational services.
16:46 Over the past daylight hours, the RF Armed Forces carried out a number of assaults and develop operational-tactical success in the area of np. Sinkovka in the direction of Kupyansk. Under the cover of the noble forest and along the Oskol River on one side and from the np. Vilshany, on the other hand, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation practically reached the outskirts of the settlement. Blueprint.
It seems that stretching the Armed Forces of Ukraine along the front is a top priority today. The enemy is running out of steam, the percentage of foreign mercenaries in the Armed Forces of Ukraine is getting higher and higher.
16:27 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, repelled an attack by the enemy, advancing with two groups of infantry, in the direction south of Novomikhailovka. Having suffered losses, the enemy retreated.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy does not abandon attempts to attack in the direction of Rabotino. In the course of repulsing the attacks, armored combat vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles, vehicles and infantry of the enemy were destroyed. The activities of the reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Komsomolsky area were suppressed.
16:16 Kherson direction situation as of 16.00 July 24, 2023
In the morning, Ukrainian DRGs in three boats again tried to land on Antonovsky Island, moving from the Koshevoy River, but were discovered by Russian fighters. As a result of heavy artillery attack from the MLRS, one boat with six people on board was destroyed, and the other two returned back to Kherson without reaching their destination.
There are no significant changes in other areas. The Armed Forces of Ukraine increased the intensity of fire on Russian positions. If literally a week ago there were 25-30 attacks on average, now the number has exceeded 40-45. Moreover, for strikes, they use both cannon and rocket artillery, and MLRS, and mortars, as well as copters with FOG. Guidance is provided by the Bayraktar UAV and counter-battery radar.
Also, tactical aircraft continue to fly from the airfields of Voznesensk, which fire at the areas of the near rear. And for depth strikes, Su-24Ms from the Starokonstantinov airfield, equipped with Storm Shadow missiles, are used. To cover them and catch Russian aircraft, the ASPIDE anti-aircraft missile system and air target detection radar were moved to Muzykovka.
16:05 After the enemy shelling of Alyoshek killed one civilian, another injured, local residents give him first aid
The paramedic of the local ambulance turned out to be wounded, he came under fire at the time of rendering medical assistance. Damage was also caused to urban infrastructure.
15:37 Kupyansky section of the front situation as of 15.00 July 24, 2023:
At Kupyansk, Russian troops are engaged in positional battles west of Liman 1, repulsing enemy counterattacks. After the RF Armed Forces secured themselves at the Molchanovo railway station, the Armed Forces of Ukraine withdrew to reserve positions.
However, enemy activity near Kupyansk is high, which indicates preparations for an offensive. Near Sinkovka, units of the 13th battalion of the 95th Airborne Infantry Brigade of Ukraine were deployed to help the 20th rifle battalion.
In the vicinity of Kupyansk and nearby settlements, two artillery batteries were moved, probably to support assault infantry groups. Also, reinforcements from the 3rd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrived in Dvurechnaya.
Morale remains low in the ranks of Ukrainian formations. Among the members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine they talk about the successful promotion of the RF Armed Forces. Because of this, paratroopers of the 95th Brigade were sent to help. Nevertheless, the tactical successes of the Russian army have already forced the Armed Forces of Ukraine to draw forces from other sectors, which confirms the danger of the situation of the Ukrainian units.
15:31 Personnel from the front line near Kremennaya (LPR): our paratroopers and artillery are advancing on enemy positions.
RT military commander Murad Gazdiev showed how soldiers of the reconnaissance detachment of the 76th Airborne Assault Division recaptured one of the advanced trenches captured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Its diameter is 15-20 m.
First, howitzers, mortars and rockets were used: “The purpose of this seemingly senseless Ukrainian artillery attack was to prevent a counteroffensive.”
Then the paratroopers worked out: they drove the enemy into cover, threw grenades, after which they surrendered. Ukrainian commanders, seeing this, probably ordered to open fire on their own people.
15:14 A massive Nazi rocket attack on civilians in the Pologovsky district.
The militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine this afternoon from 11:00 to 12:30 fired at the village of Tarasovka, Pologovsky district, Zaporozhye region. Seven rocket strikes were made. Two rockets hit private homes. A local woman was injured - her arm was torn off, she was hospitalized. Destroyed living and utility rooms.
14:47 The Russian army broke through the defense of the Ukrainian troops in the Svatovo-Kremenny direction - what is happening on the fronts on July 24
Our fighters managed to cross the Zherebets River in the Karmazinovka area southwest of Svatovo and dislodge the Armed Forces of Ukraine from several fortified areas, despite the unsuccessful attempts of the enemy to launch a counteroffensive. The Russian army also continues to advance in the Kovalevka area and in the forests near Kremennaya. Ukrainian militants are demoralized and are trying to bring their reserves into battle in order to somehow delay the rapid pace of our military offensive.
In the Zaporozhye direction, active hostilities continue. The Russian army is constantly using FPV drones and army aircraft to destroy suitable APU equipment, including Western-style ones. In the direction of Rabotino, Ukrainian fighters are attempting to regroup, but our artillery stops them with precise strikes.
14:05 Kherson direction. Over the past day, the situation is as follows:
The enemy did not take active actions. Artillery and mortar duels take place regularly.
Cases of “arrivals” of kamikaze drones from the enemy have become more frequent.
The enemy uses cluster munitions.
The main movements of enemy manpower take place at night.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation worked on the positions of the opponents from mortar crews 82mm and 120mm, as well as barrel artillery 120mm, big brothers 125mm worked. A glow was visible along the front, the Russian Aerospace Forces and the MLRS worked out.
The enemy did not make a breakthrough in this operational direction.
13:44 Zaporozhye direction at 13:30 June 24:
There are reports of enemy activation along the entire line of this operational direction. First of all, the activation of UAVs and MLRS "Himars" as an element of counterbattery combat.
Note that the enemy is trying to send manpower for slaughter in smaller groups than, for example, a few weeks ago.
Nevertheless, we are working closely with cannon artillery and do not allow a broad offensive to develop.
13:47 As a result of artillery attack from the positions of Ukrainian punishers, the village of Zaitsevo (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka) is de-energized.
13:25 The RF Armed Forces continue their offensive in the Kupyansk direction:
Our troops are moving from Liman the First. It is reported about the capture of several fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Artillery is actively working on enemy positions. The Russian MLRS and army aviation launched massive strikes against the new reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which had advanced from Kupyansk, to stabilize the front.
13:05 Statement of head of the press center of the group "Center":
On the Svatovsky and Krasnolimansky directions, the enemy made 13 attempts to regain lost positions. As a result of the coordinated actions of the advanced units of the "Center" grouping of troops, supported by artillery fire and air strikes, the assault groups of the 25th Airborne Brigade, as well as the 21st and 67th Mechanized Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, suffered significant losses in personnel, more than 40 militants surrendered.
12:45 A series of powerful explosions in Beryslav (the right-bank part of the Kherson region).
Apparently, with the help of KAB-500 and FAB-250/500 bombs with planning and correction modules, the cleaning of positions, deployment points and ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the industrial zone of the Berislav Machine-Building Plant and the coastal strip on the right bank of the Dnieper continues.
12:20 After the start of the Ukrainian offensive, servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to surrender in groups, up to platoons, Acting Governor of the region Yevgeny Balitsky said on the air of the Rossiya-24 channel.
12:05 The RF Armed Forces are advancing in the Kupyansk direction. The Russian army is actively advancing in the direction of Kupyansk, Kharkov region.
“There are active battles. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are advancing in the Liman Pervy area, ”the source told Come and See.
According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are urgently transferring fresh units to Kupyansk.
11:48 Russian artillery launched a massive strike near Kleshcheevka:
According to "Come and See", the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to break through the flank in the Artyomovsk direction again.
“Assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stopped by powerful artillery fire,” a channel source said.
According to him, the Ukrainian units suffered high losses and rolled back to their original positions.
11:27 Statement of head of the press center of the Dnepr grouping:
In the Kherson direction, the enemy continues unsuccessful attempts to land troops on the island part of the left bank near the Antonovsky bridge.
During the next attack, the units of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed an enemy sabotage and reconnaissance group on two high-speed boats with military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In addition, the artillery units of the group inflicted fire damage on the positions of Ukrainian nationalists in the area of the city of Kherson and the village of Kizomys. A mortar crew, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and enemy manpower were destroyed.
10:48 During the day, the enemy tried to shell the settlements of the Zaporozhye region 57 times, - Acting Governor of the region Evgeny Balitsky.
“According to our command, the enemy is not taking active actions, but we see that their command is actively transporting personnel to positions, making up for losses. They bring more and more soldiers, who will continue to be sent to the slaughter,” said the Acting Governor of the Zaporozhye region.
10:29 Again, there are dead civilians in the DPR as a result of artillery attack by the Nazis -video.
As a result of another artillery attack of the Kirovsky district of the city of Makeevka by the armed formations of Ukraine, one civilian was killed.
Fragments, presumably from a NATO-style artillery shell, were found at the site. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation recorded the consequences of the criminal actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:17 Zaporozhye direction at 09:50 July 24:
n.p. Rabotino - Quite calmly so far. The enemy is regrouping forces. All movements are tracked. Artillery works if necessary. Single passages of vehicles are stopped by FPV drones.
n.p. Pyatikhatki - Everything is calm. The enemy in two groups tried to approach from the forest plantation but was stopped by artillery.
An interesting fact is that no one really wants to take the corpses of mercenaries and soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the car leaves the personnel and if it turns out, it leaves.
09:28 The situation in the Zaporozhye and South-Donetsk directions:
At Orekhovsky and Vasilyevsky, the enemy did not undertake large-scale offensive actions at night. In the area of Novodanilovka, an enemy tank was destroyed by a Ka-52 strike. To the northeast of Rabotino, our side attacked concentrations of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the Vremevsky direction, Staromayorskoye and Urozhaynoye continue to be the main directions of attack. The enemy did not conduct active hostilities at night.
The counterbattery fight continues in the Ugledar direction. Intelligence reports on the transfer of foreign mercenaries to the area of the settlement. Maksimovka.
09:24 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 22 rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery fired nine rounds;
-- n.p. Peschanovka fired eight rounds;
-- Seven rounds were fired at the village of Kardashinka;
-- Nine rounds were fired at the village of Korsunka;
-- on the settlement, the Levye Sagi fired six rounds.
As a result of the artillery attack of N. p. Levye Sagi, one civilian died, another one received moderate shrapnel wounds
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, Alyoshki settlement, Vasilievka settlement, Dnepryany settlement, Krynki settlement firing a total of 32 rounds from cannon artillery
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
09:15 Over the past 24 hours, 55 artillery attacks from the AFU were recorded - DPR Representative Office in the JCCC:
Ukrainian militants fired from 122mm, 152mm and 155mm artillery, firing 205 different types of ammunition across the territory of the Republic. Gorlovka (Central-Gorodskoy, Nikitovsky districts), Yasinovatsky district, Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Aleksandrovka and Staromikhaylovka were under fire from the VFU.
Information was received about the death and injury of civilians in the Kirovsky district of Makeevka and the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk. Damaged six residential buildings in the Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as one civil infrastructure.
09:05 Acting Minister of Internal Affairs for the Donetsk People's Republic, commander of the Kaskad OBTF, Colonel-General A.A. Dyky sums up the preliminary results of the failed “counterattack” and lifts the veil of secrecy over the successfully implemented defensive tactics on the front sector entrusted to the Kaskad OBTF -video.
08:17 Summary on the morning of July 24, 2023:
On the southern front of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) near Kleshcheevka, the enemy managed to occupy separate adjacent heights, from which he organized fire from ATGM crews and sniper groups to support their advancing infantry and equipment.
Heavy battles have been going on for several days, and enemy reconnaissance and attack drones have an important influence on the development of the situation. The moral and psychological state of our troops is characterized by the phrase of the front-line soldiers "there is no panic, we are working."
An important success of the Russian Armed Forces in the sector southwest of Svatovo is the crossing of the Zherebets River near Karmazinovka, as a result, a powerful enemy fortified area was occupied, despite the constant desperate counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The success of the Russian Army caused panic in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 31 enemy soldiers were taken prisoner, official enemy speakers and Western think tanks joined the coverage of our offensive.
On the Orekhovsky direction of the Zaporozhye Front, constant hostilities are going on. An unexpected response for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to their columns of armored vehicles was the use of our FPV drones, which, flying over forest plantations, burn suitable enemy equipment. Russian helicopter pilots are exactly working. The anti-tank crews of our 42nd Motorized Rifle Division reported the need to constantly bring up new ammunition, as the enemy was throwing more and more new forces into battle, regardless of sensitive losses in equipment and manpower.
In the Kherson direction, small enemy forces are constantly being destroyed near the Antonovsky bridge on our bank. The enemy is "locked" in open areas, yesterday it was reported that the Russian Armed Forces used Kh38M (air-to-ground) missiles against the enemy, which destroyed the enemy's concentration area. In the floodplain The Dnieper is fighting for the islands that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to occupy. Suitable high-speed enemy boats are destroyed, the infantry that has broken through is covered by artillery fire. There are artillery duels.
08:00 The Russian army is advancing towards the Oskol River in the Kharkiv region in order to create a buffer zone around the Lugansk region. This was stated by the speaker of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Cherevaty.
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[REGNUM] Former Odessa military commissar Yevgeny Borisov did not run long. At first, everyone thought that he was already abroad. For example, in Spain, where his mother owns a house worth more than 4 million euros, his mother-in-law owns an elite car fleet, and his wife owns an office space worth 737 thousand euros and an electric Mercedes-Benz EQV. However, on Monday Borisov was detained by the State Bureau of Investigation in Kiev, where he tried to play spy, changing phone numbers, apartments and car numbers, not knowing that the Safe Place network of video cameras installed by the Americans had long been operating throughout the city. Found in two days.
On Saturday, he was announced on suspicion of illegal enrichment worth hundreds of millions of hryvnias and deliberate evasion of service, and, given the circumstances, the prosecutor's office intends to require him to be held in custody without the right to bail. However, the guy obviously has money: only property at the military commissar was found for 151 million hryvnias.
In addition, law enforcement officers found out that in the period from December to February, Borisov was absent from work for a month and a half without good reason. Although the reason, if you think about it, is more than good: together with his family, a simple officer spent time abroad - in Turkey, the Seychelles and Spain. And he went there according to a murky scheme, although earlier representatives of the operational command "South" claimed that he went for treatment.
This talented person went to the arrest for quite a long time, since they began to talk publicly about his well-being back in April. However, everything was like water off a duck's back with Borisov, and most importantly, he did not feel any danger, continuing to lead the mobilization in Odessa. And the city became famous far beyond the borders of the country for the extremely tough and shameless work of employees of the territorial recruitment center (as the military registration and enlistment offices are now called). Social networks are full of video evidence of how men are "knitted" in the streets with the use of force, beating especially recalcitrant ones. And there has never been a case that someone has been held criminally responsible for this: in words, the command only punished disciplinary.
It was the Odessa TCCs that were among the first to use “undercover work,” when a brigade of summoners drove through the streets in ambulances. This caused a huge outcry, to which the military registration and enlistment office explained that the car was transferred to him on the balance sheet and was used as a "message of warning." Notify in Odessa is always the same. So, in the spring, a resident of the Cherkasy region, Vasily Kirichenko , was detained at a checkpoint , who was immediately taken to the Odessa regional recruitment center, and two days later he was already in the military unit, "which he himself chose." The lawyer of the person mobilized in this way, who came to Odessa on official business, was explained that the times are difficult now, so there is no need to be tied to the place of actual military registration.
“Yes, there are many holes in the legislation, we are working on it. But we have no other chance than to come to the defense of the motherland. And any excuses that I can bring more benefit to the state in a different sense must be justified at the legislative level, ” Natalya Gumenyuk, press officer of the Southern OK, explained to the press on the situation as a whole . Therefore, the men caught on the streets of Odessa or even in the yard of their own house underwent a “medical examination” in an accelerated mode - right at the place of delivery of the street summons or in one of the two district shopping malls where the booty was taken. As a rule, all the documents were drawn up for them in the morning, and then training and into battle.
It is quite obvious that such mobilization measures had a positive effect on the statistics of those called up, which is one of the main reasons for the immunity of military commissar Borisov. After the first statements that he receives huge shadow income from the sale of "white tickets", an internal investigation was carried out, he was temporarily removed from his post, but then returned back. What is no less obvious commercial sense. “I was in one company, where the district military commissar drank with us. I approached in my own way, showed my documents - after all, I am a “white ticket”, an invalid since childhood. He says yes, everything is fine with you. Now such a mark is ten “green”,” an old acquaintance, a small-scale provincial lawyer, told us.
But if there is already such a price tag in its regional center, then in large cities like Kiev and Odessa it is even higher, Odessa sources talk about amounts up to $15 thousand. And, of course, as in any corrupt system, the movement of money always occurs from the bottom up. It is not so easy to become a military commissar in this difficult time, a grain position requires an entrance fee, as they say, about $ 200 thousand. And every month, the one who occupies it must pay a certain amount to the one who appointed him - and so on throughout the vertical. It never worked differently, the author observed this with his own eyes back in the fat pre-Maidan years in one of the state structures associated with the issuance of licenses.
It is noteworthy that when last Friday President Volodymyr Zelensky gave the command to deal with the scandalous Odessa military commissar, who could no longer be tolerated, he gave it to Valery Zaluzhny.
The Commander-in-Chief is the end point of collecting money; military commissars are appointed and dismissed by his order. And if you estimate that even with the issuance of one “white ticket” per day for $15,000, with a five-day working week, a monthly profit of $300,000 is obtained from one shopping center. Borisov, even with such a modest flow, could earn his villas and cars in just a year. But after all, this is only one type of service, without a military registration and enlistment office you can’t get a job, you can’t make a reservation for employees, and there are still delays, confirmation of a real disability of the second and third groups, etc.
Almost daily, border guards and the SBU report on the capture of another fugitives at the border, just yesterday two were identified from a drone at the Moldovan cordon. These are those who are trying to save money and pay significantly less than ten. Thus, in the end, either the poor or the unfortunate go to war. The latter were joined in June by members of the Junket group, who came to Odessa to give a charity concert to raise funds for the affected residents of the Kherson region. Near the railway station, they were stopped by employees of the TCC, under the pretext of checking documents, they were taken to the military registration and enlistment office for “half an hour”, and a few hours later the musicians went to serve in the airborne assault troops.
Only the leader of the group did not go Dmitry Sazonov, who had a deferment document, which allowed him to tell this touching story, after which every guest performer would quite logically want the same document for himself. So the scandalous Borisov (with whom, very likely, everything will be fine) is only the visible part of a huge vacuum cleaner that sucks not only money, but also life out of Ukrainians. Here's someone how it will turn out.
And the most correct decision for every citizen of Ukraine potentially fit for military service is to get away from the military commissars of the Borisovs as far as possible, not expecting that everything will somehow work out by itself.
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[REGNUM] Thousands of people in different cities of Russia are uniting in order to support the fighters on the front line, to supply them with the necessary things, and the residents of Novomoskovsk, Tula Region, have also joined this process. Since the autumn of last year, volunteers have been visiting different directions in the NWO zone in order to personally hand over equipment and packages to servicemen from home. Kherson region, Svatovo, Popasna district - wherever help is needed, there are Tula almost every month, and every time the number of payloads is growing - now it is not possible without a whole truck. But this time the visit of the Novomoskovsk district organization of combat veterans "Memory" was marked by a special event. Together with a humanitarian convoy, Vladimir Seregin, a foreman of the reserve of border troops, went to the Pervomaisk region in the LPR to deliver help to his 24-year-old grandson Nikolai to the front.
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[REGNUM] Make Polska Great Again - apparently, it is this principle that has been trying to be guided in Warsaw for the last year. Unofficial Polish people are increasingly talking about Poland's territorial claims to Ukraine and the need to "take back what's theirs," while Russian political scientists do not rule out that Poland may well seize the moment and "eat off" several Western Ukrainian regions at once.
Russian President Vladimir Putin taught the Polish authorities a lesson in history, recalling that its western territories are a gift from Joseph Stalin. He also admitted that the Polish authorities are counting on “under the NATO umbrella” to form some kind of coalition and directly intervene in the conflict in Ukraine, in order to then tear off a bigger piece for themselves, to regain, as they believe, their historical territories - today's Western Ukraine " . The Russian president stressed that Warsaw apparently has similar plans for the Belarusian territories.
At the same time, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko admitted during a visit to St. Petersburg that he was beginning to be "strained" by representatives of the PMC "Wagner" stationed in field towns on Belarusian territory. At the same time, the Belarusian leader noted that the "Wagnerites" asked him for permission "to go on an excursion to Warsaw, to Rzeszow . " Lukashenka did not specify the nature of such a walk on the part of the participants of the private military company.
Belarusian political scientist Aleksey Dzermant, in a commentary to IA Regnum, emphasized the political signals to the leadership of Poland that Minsk has connections with combat experience that can be involved in the Polish direction in the event of "aggression or actions contrary to our security interests."
“This is a clear political signal that the “Wagnerites” can be used in the confrontation with Poland. It is important that the Polish leadership understands that we have different tools: this is not only the Belarusian army, not only nuclear weapons, but also a hybrid tool, which seems to be both Russian and already Belarusian, but can act as an independent entity.
And there, let the Poles prove who is fighting with them. This is a political signal to Poland to moderate its appetites not only in Belarus, but also in Ukraine,” Dzermant said.
He recalled that Wagner PMC is not the only force that will defend Belarus: “Yes, it is very powerful, experienced, one of the key forces in this confrontation. We know there are many. I think it's not a thousand people, but perhaps tens of thousands. There is also the Belarusian army, which is also not so small and which adopts the experience of Wagner. And then there is the Russian army. There are several tools here that can be used in the confrontation with Warsaw, if it suddenly happens.
Military expert Anatoly Matviychuk, in a commentary to IA Regnum , noted that the Poles are taking very active steps in escalating the situation on the border with Belarus.
“They transferred a mechanized division to the border with Belarus, they deployed a brigade 40 km from Brest, and the sapper battalion, which the Polish Minister of Defense announced, will be located in the Suwalki corridor. Lukashenka decided to play on the fact that the “Wagnerites” are located on his territory and PMCs today are a fairly organized and combat-ready organization. And in this regard, why not set such a tone that they want to pass through the territory of Poland with weapons?
That is, Lukashenko in a veiled form says that they have an organization that can bring a lot of trouble to Poland. And Putin, in turn, declares that the territories given to Poland after World War II, after de-Sovietization and decommunization, are legally an illegal acquisition , ”said Matviychuk.
According to him, both Putin and Lukashenko are now playing “a purely political game on the nerves of the Poles,” warning them that such actions have double-edged directions: the Belarusian army should also help the Wagnerites, because PMCs cannot perform such functions on their own. But their forces are enough for sabotage actions.
The Polish edition of Gazeta Wyborcza reacted to the words of Vladimir Putin, calling them "pure propaganda." It is noted that more important than the content of the statements of the Russian leader "is their timeliness," because "if you look at the Polish-Ukrainian relations in recent times, it is not difficult to see that they are in crisis."
“Putin knows about every problem, every grievance, every wound in the relationship of such close allies as Poland and Ukraine. That is why he is trying to deepen them,” says the newspaper.
Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Sejm of Poland Radosław Vogel is sure that Putin used materials prepared by the Foreign Intelligence Service aimed at fomenting a conflict between Poland and Ukraine, undermining confidence in Poland and creating the view that Warsaw has territorial claims against Kiev.
“Military cooperation between Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine has existed for a long time, including within the framework of cooperation between Ukraine and NATO countries, and is aimed at supporting Ukraine and training Ukrainian troops,” Vogel said.
The Polish Foreign Ministry promised to call the Russian ambassador - this is how Warsaw reacted to the words of the President of the Russian Federation that the western territories of present-day Poland are "Stalin's gift to the Poles."
Anatoly Matviychuk believes that in case of Poland's invasion of Ukraine, the use of the Wagner is possible, and this option has most likely already been calculated.
“It is not in our interests for the Poles to enter the territory of Western Ukraine. It is hostile to us, but when the Poles appear there, the threat for us will double,” the specialist noted.
Oleksiy Dzermant also believes that such a use of Wagner is possible, because Poland, most likely, will not enter Western Ukraine under its own flags.
“It will be a hybrid form of occupation, which will be disguised as if the Ukrainian government itself invited them, and they are placed under an agreement. This will be presented as some form of union, but in fact it will be the control of the territory by the armed forces. In this regard, we will not respond with the introduction of troops, but we will respond in hybrid ways, and PMC Wagner is one of the methods of hybrid confrontation that can be used on the territory of Western Ukraine, ”said Dzermant .
In the event that Russia and Belarus see that Poland has really begun plans for a “soft annexation” of Western Ukraine, then the answer of the two countries may be just that, the expert concluded.
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I think that the main purpose of Prigozhin Wagnerian opera was to smock out seditious military in the MOD, and transfer the PMC to Belarus not only for the training of the Belarusian military, but also for the creation of a strike force to counter NATO countries wishing to support Kiev on the battlefield.
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Everyone was so giddy over the possibility of *finally* getting regime change in Moscow, that hardly anyone noticed a large, hardened army was moved to a new corner of the board.
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[KP] KYIV SLAMMED THE "GRAIN DEAL" ITSELF
No matter how paradoxical it may sound, but with the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge, Kyiv, first of all, for us, burns the bridges of returning to the “grain deal.” Because Ukraine, in fact, does not need it. Kyiv does not need the Russian navy to control ships that leave or enter Odessa.
Zelensky, on the contrary, would like to have shipping that is not controlled by Russia, in which he could, on the one hand, earn money on grain trade, and on the other hand, import weapons and military equipment into his ports.
Attempts to continue shipping bypassing Russia will be necessary. Kyiv is generally prone to such provocations. You can remember how, under Poroshenko, they tried to break through the Kerch Strait on three military boats, they were detained. And how then they were going to launch another convoy, inviting international observers.
Attacks on port infrastructure are the only correct line of conduct that our military machine can now have. We must, by any means, stop the threat of the importation of military equipment by sea to Ukraine.
But the “grain corridor” is not the only sea route to Ukraine. She has ports on the Danube - Izmail and Reni. And you can reach them without entering the territorial waters of Ukraine, from Romania. During the operation of the “grain deal”, the cargo flow through these facilities was much higher than through the Black Sea corridor. Therefore, we will have to pay attention to these two objects - the first strikes on Reni were already delivered on Monday night.
Ukraine directly threatens shipping in our territorial waters. And this threat must be responded to very harshly. To deprive Ukraine of the opportunity to enter the Black Sea in any way whatsoever in order to deliver some kind of blows.
Because today it is important for them, first of all, to make Crimea an island, and they will continue to try to cut all our logistics chains to the peninsula. Now Kyiv is stuck in its "counteroffensive" largely thanks to our artillery. And it is important for them to disrupt the supply of ammunition to the front lines of the Zaporozhye Front, in the first place. Hence the attempts to cut off the Crimea.
"COUNTERADVANCE REVERSED
Let's take a look at the front line.
- Butting in the area of the Antonovsky bridge, which is not yet of a strategic nature.
- In the area of the Kakhovskoye reservoir (Vasilyevsky direction), the Armed Forces of Ukraine both stomped around Pyatikhatki and are stomping. They changed tactics, they no longer drive in tank wedges, now 20-30 people enter on foot and stay there forever.
- The Orekhovskoye direction - endless battles in the Rabotino area, there is no serious progress there.
- Vremievsky ledge - as the battles around Urozhaynovo went on, so they go.
- Artemovsk direction. They tried and even managed to take one of the strategic defensive positions west of Kleshcheevka, but they were kicked out of there, we control the heights, they failed to take fire control over Artemovsk. And in the Soledar area, the enemy generally switched to mining his positions in front of him. This means that they are apparently not going to advance further on the northern flank of Bakhmut.
- I'm not talking about the Svatovsky border - from Kremennaya to the border with the Belgorod region. In the Krasnolimansky direction, we are pressing, and we are pressing seriously, the battles are already underway near the settlement of Torskoye. This is half way to Krasny Liman. Near Kupyansk, our units have already come within line of sight to the city. The Ministry of Defense recently issued a report, according to which in a day we were able to go deep into the front one kilometer and expand it (that is, expand the bridgehead) by two kilometers. There is information about the breakthrough of the front near Svatovo, where our units have advanced 6 kilometers forward and expanded the bridgehead by 10 kilometers. That's a huge distance for what we call "active defense." Ukraine does not move at such distances in a day.
GRINDING STORM BRIGADES
What does it all say? The fact that Ukraine is using its reserves very irrationally. And now there is a real battle of reserves, and in this battle, I have a complete feeling that we are outplaying the enemy. They are forced to divert reserves from their potentially main line of attack - to Melitopol and Berdyansk to the Crimea - to Artemovsk, to Krasny Liman, to Kupyansk. And even, in connection with the changed situation in Belarus, they are obliged to transfer some brigades to the north.
Ukraine tried to find some kind of gap in our defense so that we could pull our reserves to it. But it turns out that with our reserves, which, it turns out, we had, outplayed the enemy, strengthened those areas where we found weakness, and began to push through them. I am talking now about the Krasnolimansk and Kupyansk directions.
Where are these brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which were trained as assault brigades, which were supposed to break through our defenses and go further, towards the Sea of Azov and Crimea? Where are all these forces? And now they have been dragged away along the entire front line, and they are slowly grinding up in Zaporozhye, and near Artemovsk, and near Kupyansk and Krasny Liman.
If it goes on like this, maybe we still have to hold out for a month or a month and a half, and then everything may start to take shape for Ukraine, not very well. By autumn, a certain turning point may come, during which the Russian army will go on a counteroffensive.
FRACTURE
There is another important point - psychological. On the one hand, our troops, successfully defending themselves, increase their morale. This is very important when a fighter feels that he can win, when he has a sports hunting passion.
And at the same time, if we look at Ukraine, then everything should not be very good with their motivation there now. Because there are no successes, the losses are huge, they seize mobilizants on the streets, in cafes, on the beaches, push them three days later to the front line and, of course, the political and moral state of people there is getting worse and worse. And the further, the worse it will be. As soon as this breakdown in the brain finally appears, when the enemy’s will to win is suppressed by our will to win, then, it seems to me, just the turning point should come. Together with prepared reserves and equipment supplied by our defense industry.
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If the Ukrainians can export grain without the port by rail why cannot they import important military equipment by rail without the port?
Matter of scale. Ukrainian rails use the same gauge as the Russian ones, which are different than the European ones. They can ship some grain via rail, but it then has to be unloaded in Poland or Romania and loaded on the other trains that use the European gauge. Slow and expensive. Plus those countries use that for their own grain and it drives their food costs up.
Turn it around the other way and all is true for importing military stuff. Most of it is trucked in for that reason.
#1
Once again, drones that don't have the range to reach Moscow have been hitting Moscow.
Someone might want to look into that.
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A Nazi sees... "Bright golden spires...
And the Muscovite flak as it fires
At a Banderite drone!"
Then he hangs up his phone
In the Kremlin, and yawns, and retires.
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