[Znet] This piece is from Seymour Hersh’s Substack.
That Pulitzer for My Lai was a long time ago...
As the war drags on, delusions mount, with no end, or victory, in sight.
Let’s take a look at recent events in the Ukraine war from the point of view of those in the American intelligence community who don’t feel they have the ear of President Joe Biden but should.
There are always those discontented because they are not appreciated as they feel they deserve. Deep Throat was one such, and look what he accomplished — but that was a long time ago, too.
On July 17 Ukraine attacked for a second time one of Russian President Vladimir’s proudest achievements: the 11.25-mile Kerch Bridge linking Crimea to Russia. The 3.7 billion dollar bridge, with separate spans for auto and train traffic, was opened for auto traffic in May of 2018 and for trucks five months later, with Putin himself driving the first one to make the crossing.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made it clear before the Russian invasion early last year that he considered the bridge a legitimate military target. Ukraine initially attacked the bridge last October, using a submersible drone, but it was fully repaired within seven months. The most recent attack, by a pair of submersible drones, killed a couple who were driving across when the explosion occurred and injured their child. Damage to one of the auto spans was severe.
The Biden administration’s role in both attacks was vital. "Of course it was our technology," one American official told me. "The drone was remotely guided and half submerged—like a torpedo." I asked if there was any thought before the bridge attack about the possibility of retaliation. "What will Putin do? We don’t think that far," the official said. "Our national strategy is that Zelensky can do whatever he wants to do. There’s no adult supervision."
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American official told me. "The drone was remotely guided and half submerged—like a torpedo." I asked if there was any thought before the bridge attack about the possibility of retaliation. "What will Putin do? We don’t think that far," the official said.
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[Korrespondent] 20:38 Ukrainian hackers "congratulated" Russian sailors, including commanders, on the day of the Russian Navy - they sent a video of attacks on Russian warships, including the cruiser Moskva, to their messengers, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported. The messages contained a Trojan that takes information from phones and redirects it to Ukrainian servers. At the same time, the servers of three Russian government websites were hacked, where the mentioned video was also posted, and access to classified information was obtained.
20:14 Ukraine will begin negotiations with the United States on a bilateral agreement on the provision of security guarantees as early as next week, Yermak said. He clarified that these guarantees will be valid until Ukraine joins NATO, "which is the most reliable guarantee of security." These guarantees will be specific and long-term commitments that "will ensure Ukraine's ability to win now and deter Russian aggression in the future," the head of the OP added.
18:52 Ukraine is preparing the next meeting of advisers to the leaders of states on the implementation of the Peace Formula, which will be held in Saudi Arabia, Yermak said. He recalled that the first meeting in this format was held in June in Copenhagen. According to the head of the OP, each item of the Formula of Peace is discussed in an individual and group format with representatives of more than 50 countries of the world almost on a weekly basis.
A three-phase structure is used to implement the Peace Formula: the first phase - meetings with ambassadors, the second - meetings of national security advisers, the third phase - the founding Global Summit at the level of leaders of states, which could take place before the end of the year.
17:29 Zelensky said in an evening video message that today at the front was "good, powerful." The President also stressed that the war unleashed by Russia is beginning to cross over to its territory: "Today is the 522nd day of the so-called "special military operation" that the Russian leadership had been counting on for a week or two. Ukraine is getting stronger. Gradually, the war is returning to the territory of Russia , its symbolic centers and military bases. This is an inevitable, natural and absolutely just process."
16:33 British troops are preparing an elite Ukrainian brigade of special forces to disable Russian troops and liberate Crimea by Christmas, writes with reference to Daily Express sources. According to the publication, more than 2,000 soldiers arrived in a remote area of Dartmoor to participate in special exercises. Sources say they will form the spearhead of an attack during an invasion. The operation involves air, land and sea strikes.
15:38 Zelensky announced that he was on a visit to Ivano-Frankivsk, in particular, he held a meeting of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities. There were three main topics on the agenda. The first is energy and the protection of energy infrastructure from new Russian strikes: “It is obvious that this autumn and winter the enemy will try to repeat terror against Ukrainian energy. We must be prepared for this both at the state level and at the level of each community, each of our cities and villages".
The second topic is work with partners, in particular, the Formula of Peace and the preparation of the Global Peace Summit, security guarantees for Ukraine on the way to NATO, relations and negotiations with the Alliance states on Ukraine's accession, negotiations on EU membership.
The third issue is people's perception of the work of state and local authorities through the prism of expenditures from budgets of different levels. "The budget is always a mirror of the priorities of the state, region, community. Now the first priority everywhere in Ukraine can be only one: it is defense. The second priority is the social stability of Ukraine: every city, every community, that is, it is the protection of the normal life of people," - Zelensky stressed.
13:51 Pope Francis called on Russia to resume the grain deal: "Let's not forget to pray for Ukraine, where the war leads to the destruction of everything, even grain. I call on my brothers and the authorities of the Russian Federation to return to the Black Sea initiative so that grain can be transported safely ".
10:34 In Sumy, as a result of a rocket attack on July 29, 20 people were injured, two were killed, the City Council reported.
09:45 The Pentagon approved the acquisition of hundreds of Starlink terminals for Ukraine, writes The New York Times. According to the publication, it is planned to transfer 400-500 terminals to Ukraine, the operation of which will be controlled by the Pentagon and will not depend on the will of the owner of the manufacturing company Elon Musk. Earlier, the publication also reported that Musk refused the AFU request to turn on Starlink in the Crimea region.
08:52 Russia attacked Zmeiny Island for the third time in a month - tactical aviation in the Black Sea dropped two air bombs in the area of the island, OK Pivden reported.
08:39 As a result of yesterday's Russian attack on Zaporozhye, two people were killed, two more were injured, said the head of the OVA Yuriy Malashko.
08:20 At night, Russia attacked from the south-east with four Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs, all of them were destroyed within the Kherson and Dnepropetrovsk regions, the Air Force command reported. Also on July 29, four reconnaissance drones of the operational-tactical level were destroyed.
08:07 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 30:
personnel - about 245,700 (+480) people liquidated,
tanks - 4205 (+14),
armored combat vehicles - 8178 (+11),
artillery systems - 4795 (+9),
MLRS - 698 (+0),
air defense systems - 459 (+1),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 311 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 4011 (+4),
cruise missiles - 1347 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 7275 (+28),
special equipment - 711 (+1).
07:23 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that Ukraine's attempt to carry out an attack by 25 drones on objects in the Crimea was allegedly suppressed at night. According to Moscow, 16 drones were destroyed by air defense fire, another nine were suppressed by electronic warfare and crashed in the Black Sea and Cape Tarkhankut. There were no casualties or damage.
07:19 Over the past day, 36 clashes took place at the front, the General Staff said in the morning summary . In particular, in the Limansky direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the areas of Novogorovka and Belogorovka in the Luhansk region, and in the Maryinsky direction, the Defense Forces continue to restrain the advance of Russian troops in the Maryinka region.
05:34 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that on the morning of July 30, an attempt to attack UAVs on objects in Moscow was allegedly suppressed. One "Ukrainian UAV" was allegedly destroyed in the air by air defense means over the territory of the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region, two more were suppressed by electronic warfare and crashed on the territory of the Moscow City non-residential building complex.
00:57 The Russians attacked the city of Sumy - an enemy missile hit the educational institution. According to preliminary data from the National Police, at least one dead and five injured are known.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:36 Ukrainian media reported about explosions in Kherson. Explosions occurred in Kherson. This was reported by the Ukrainian publication "Public". 21:55 Minus two more "Da Vinci wolves" near Bakhmut. These are ideological neo-Nazis, of course -photo.
21:40 Burning Bradley in the Orekhovsky district of the Zaporozhye region -video.
21:20 Photo- Aviation of the Southern Group of Forces of the Russian Armed Forces unwound a column of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the north of Kleshcheevka.
Nazi losses amounted to: tank T-72, M-113 and armored personnel carriers. The bodies were not counted.
20:52 Artillery covered the Ukrainian temporary deployment point near Bakhmut -video.
20:20 Ukrainian MRAP International Maxx Pro destroyed somewhere in the DPR -video.
19:50 Airborne reconnaissance troops direct artillery from the copter at the Ukrainian opornik. The Ukrainians are fleeing from the captured positions. Serebryanskoye forest near Kremennaya -video.
19:20 The crew of the ATGM of the 1st Tank Army destroyed the Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicle, after which the Vushniks gave a tear from their opornik in the Kupyansky direction -video.
18:45 Artillery of the 85th Brigade Lugansk 2nd Army Corps is working on targets in Belogorovka -video.
18:18 Arrival of the "Lancet" exactly on the surviving crew of one of the Ukrainian BMP-1 -video.
17:45 Calculation of anti-tank systems of the 394th Regiment of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division hit a Ukrainian armored car on the Vremievsky ledge while dismounting manpower -video.
17:30 The crew of the best helicopter in the world is working on armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kleshcheevka area in the Bakhmut direction -video.
16:55 Drones of the Swarm of Retribution of the “Russian Falcons” Donetsk 1st Army Corps detachment hit their targets in the Avdiivka direction -video.
16:20 Regular personnel destruction of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine already in the South-Donetsk direction
The crew of the Ka-52 helicopter, with a precise strike by a guided missile, destroyed an enemy infantry fighting vehicle that was firing at the positions of Russian military personnel.
15:50 Destruction of two Ukrainian tanks by the anti-tank systems of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division in the South Donetsk direction -video.
15:25 Rotary-winged reptile works in the Zaporozhye direction
Reconnaissance-strike crew of the Ka-52 "Alligator" helicopter, having detected the advancing of the enemy infantry fighting vehicle, struck with a guided missile.
The target is completely destroyed by a direct hit -video.
15:00 Destruction of the T-72 tank by a kamikaze lancet drone by the Osman unit in the Zaporozhye region.
In video it can be seen that the tank is abandoned and flames are coming out of the open hatch.
14:40 Video with the same Swedish BMP CV-90 captured near Kremennaya, which we wrote about yesterday. She was hit from an RPG on board: the commander died, and the rest of the crew retreated and abandoned the equipment.
The trophy ended up in the hands of the soldiers of the 252nd Regiment not by chance: they deliberately waited for two CV90s in a specific place and ambushed them, hitting one from a distance of about 50 meters. A good illustration that victory loves preparation.
14:14 The calculation of the 152mm howitzer "Hyacinth-B" hit a moving tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a direct hit -video.
Avdeevskoe direction
In one of the sectors of the front, artillery spotters of the Southern Military District detected the movement of a tank along a forest belt. The target coordinates were immediately transferred to the calculation of the 152mm howitzer "Hyacinth-B".
“The first shots - zeroing, then fugitives went. And as the fugitives went, I introduced the proofs, set everything up, and the first shell hit the tank right on the move. There was a direct hit, ”the gunner with the call sign“ Czech ”said about the defeat of armored vehicles.
13:30 Paratroopers destroyed an enemy group on the Zaporozhye Front
Under the cover of night, a group of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine moved along the forest belt. Our fighters noticed the movement and delivered an accurate blow to the enemy with the help of ATGMs -video.
13:00 Destruction by counter-battery fire of the 8th Guards Artillery Regiment of the Ukrainian self-propelled guns -video.
12:25 Military review informs that three militants of the Azov battalion, including field commander Sergei Mironyuk, were liquidated in the NMD zone.
All three were destroyed near Artyomovsk.
12:02 Kamikaze drones destroy enemy fortifications and equipment
On one video with an FPV drone, the shipowners destroyed the firing point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, from which our equipment was fired.
On two - Beavers blew up an engineering truck of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
12:00 Summary Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of July 30, 2023):
During the day, the armed forces of Ukraine continued unsuccessful attempts at offensive operations in the Donetsk, South-Donetsk and Krasnoliman directions.
- In the Donetsk direction, air strikes, artillery fire and the actions of units of the "Southern" group of forces successfully repelled seven enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kleshcheevka, Andreevka and Krasnogorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In addition, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Druzhba, Berdychi, Kleshcheevka, Avdeevka, Krasnoe and Pobeda of the Donetsk People's Republic.
An ammunition depot of the 24th Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the Dzerzhinsk settlement in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Enemy losses per day amounted to 190 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, two US-made M777 artillery systems, as well as 152mm Msta-B and 152mm D-20 howitzers.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, units of the Vostok group of forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled an enemy attack in the area of the settlement of Uspenovka, Zaporozhye region.
In the areas of the settlements of Zherebyanky, Novodanilovka, Vesele and to the north of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, a complex fire defeat was inflicted on accumulations of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Also, in the area of the settlement of Charivne, Zaporozhye region, the activities of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were stopped.
Enemy losses in these directions per day amounted to 250 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, three armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, as well as howitzers: 152mm Msta-B and 152mm D-20.
- In the Krasnolimansky direction, units of the "Center" grouping of troops, air strikes and artillery fire successfully repelled three enemy attacks in the area of the settlement of Kovalevka of the Lugansk People's Republic, as well as Serebryansky forestry.
In addition, accumulations of enemy manpower and equipment were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Torskoye, Serebryanka, Grigorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Chervonaya Dibrova, Nevskoye and to the west of Novovodyanoe of the Luhansk People's Republic.
During the day, up to 140 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, as well as a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
- In the Kupyansk direction, the assault detachments of the "Western" group of troops continued offensive operations in the direction of the settlement of Novoselovskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic and advanced 300 meters into the depth of the enemy's defense.
Also, fire damage was inflicted on units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Timkovka, Peschanoe, Olshana, Novomlynsk of the Kharkov region, Stelmahovka, Novoselovskoye and Artemovka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
An ammunition depot of the 125th Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the settlement of Izbitskoye, Kharkiv region.
Enemy losses in this direction amounted to more than 80 Ukrainian servicemen, four vehicles, as well as the 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount and the 122mm D-30 howitzer.
- In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day amounted to 65 Ukrainian servicemen and five vehicles.
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 units in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 108 districts.
In addition, in the area of the settlement of Mogilevka, Dnepropetrovsk region, the following were destroyed: a retraining center and a storage, maintenance and repair point for unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The command post of the 100th Territorial Defense Brigade was hit near the village of Yampol in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Vozdvizhenka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, forty-four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by air defense means in the areas of the settlements of Tavolzhanka, Kharkiv region, Zaliman, Rubizhne, Kremennaya, Raigorodka, Luhansk People's Republic, Sladkoye, Staromikhaylovka, Donetsk People's Republic, Shevchenkovo, Dolinka, Trudovoe, Novopokrovka, Mirne, Zaporozhye region, Old Zburyevka and Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 457 aircraft, 245 helicopters, 5,358 unmanned aerial vehicles, 427 anti-aircraft missile systems, 11,029 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,140 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 5,661 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 11,971 units of special military vehicles.
11:32 Destruction of the location of the FPV ATGM by a kamikaze drone -video.
10:55 For the past day:
As a result of fire damage by the formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:
- in one boat three fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:
- two 120mm mortar crews and ammunition for them, losses: nine militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, seven were injured in varying degrees of severity in the area;
- one boat five fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
– position of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, losses: five militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; four - received injuries 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:
- two positions of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Novoberislav, Republican, losses: eight militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed; six received injuries of varying severity.
10:28 Air Raid announced in six regions of Ukraine: Cherkasy, Poltava, Kharkiv, Kirovohrad, Dnepropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, according to the data of the online map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.
10:00 AFU tried to attack Kleshcheevka with three armored personnel carriers, but the battalion Prizrak Lugansk 2nd Army Corps repulsed the meat assault and burned two boxes out of three - video.
09:30 the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation eliminated in the DPR 47-year-old nationalist from the Odessa region Mikhail Kostyanuk.
Denazified in the area of the settlement Klishchievka, Bakhmut district.
09:00 Another British-made Spartan armored personnel carrier successfully demilitarized by artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces -video.
08:05 In the video, a Russian soldier destroys a Swedish-made infantry fighting vehicle with Ukrainian Nazis inside with a shot from a good old RPG-7 grenade launcher almost point-blank - from 30-50 meters. growth to the grenade launcher, who, despite this, continued to aim in cold blood -video
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 07/30/2023 to 00:00 07/31/2023
Over the past day Representationreportedabout 75 facts of firing by the VFU.
Information was received about the death of a civilian - a man, in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
Two civilians received injuries of varying severity, incl. girl born in 2006, in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
Three residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, the Kirovsky district of Makeevka.
Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.
Under enemy fire were areas of seven settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Kirovsky, Chervonogvardeysky districts), Aleksandrovka, Luganskoye, Yelenovka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 67 artillery attacks from the MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm.
On Gorlovsky four artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky four artillery attacks from 155mm artillery. Having fired 275 units of various ammunition.
A previous 60 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.
21:55 Reportageabout the fighters who are now standing in one of the most difficult areas near Marinka.
Sergei Zenin showed real people who, without sparing themselves, are defending our Motherland.
21:40 Report about powerful airstrike on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kupyansk.
Ukrainian monitoring channels report that operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces is working on the objects of the Ukrainian army with FAB-250 M62 bombs. Presumably, the objects of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the east of the village of Peschanoe are being destroyed.
21:30 Report about drones in the direction of the Sumy and Poltava regions.
The type of UAV has not yet been established. Ukrainian monitoring channels report a probable raid of Geran-2 loitering ammunition.
21:20 Artyomovskoe direction. southern flank
The enemy over the past few days has not achieved success in the area of Kleshcheevka. Our guys stopped the enemy, carried out a series of counterattacks, returned the positions that had been lost, and restored the front line.
The battles acquired a positional character, and switched to the regime of a week ago.
Khokhl felt sad from this situation: the constant work of our heavy artillery, we don’t know why, the Nazis are not inspired.
The crests are finally discouraged by the constant work of our aviation with the permanent dispatch of KABs to their positions.
It is worth noting the MLRS attacks using cluster munitions from both sides.
And, yes: Kleshcheevka remains under the control of the Russian army.
21:00 OperationallinesThe DPR JCCC for July 30, as of 21:00, received information about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- on the street. Kuibysheva, 195 wounded teenage girl born in 2006 #ChildrenNotTarget
- on the street. Kuibysheva, 173, a woman born in 1988 suffered.
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- st. Kuibyshev, 195 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Kuibyshev, 173 - apartment building.
n.p. Makeevka (Kirovskiy district):
- st. Putevaya, 33 - a private residential building, the gas pipeline was also damaged.
20:50 Ukrainian formations continue to strike daily at the Donetsk agglomeration.
Kirovsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kyiv and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as Makeevka, Yelenovka, Aleksandrovka and Yasinovataya fell under enemy fire: information about the victims and destruction is being specified.
20:35 Ukrainian formations continue strike on the left bank of the Kherson region.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired less than 33 rounds at Kakhovka, Solnts and Pechanovka.
In the afternoon, as a result of massive artillery attack in Novaya Kakhovka, a residential building and a gas pipe were damaged, and repair work is underway.
20:20 "Brave" continue counteroffensive operations in the Krasnolimansky direction, capturing new fortified areas:
At the turn of Raygorodok - Karmazinovka, assault detachments of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine twice tried to regain lost positions. The fire of the MLRS and the actions of the infantry destroyed the enemy.
Aerial reconnaissance uncovered an attempt to transfer reinforcements of 66 ombr. The targets were hit by artillery.
As part of the active defense, a successful counterattack was carried out, as a result of which the fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were captured.
In the area of N. p. Chervonopopovka was thwarted by an attack by the 21st Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The opened armored group was hit by TOS-1A.
Taking advantage of the situation, the assault units of the “O” group captured several strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the area of the Serebryansky forestry, the armored groups of the 42nd and 67th Separate Mechanized Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine made 6 attempts to break through our defensive lines. The enemy was stopped by army aviation and artillery fire.
As a result of the daily “meat” assaults of the enemy, as well as fire damage by artillery and aircraft of the “Center” grouping, the 42nd and 67th Separate Mechanized Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have practically lost their combat capability.
19:45 Video- Statement by the head of the press center of the "South" group:
The units of the "Southern" group of troops successfully repulsed the attack of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Lisichansk direction.
The crews of heavy flamethrower systems inflicted defeat on the manpower of the units of the 28th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Razdolovka and the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the enemy in Avdievka.
Also in the Avdiyivka direction, special-purpose groups of the formations of the Southern Military District were opened, and then two groups of enemy infantry with a total number of up to ten Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed by artillery fire.
As part of the counterbattery fight, a towed 152mm Msta-B howitzer was destroyed near the village of Ostroye.
19:20 Zaporizhzhia direction Orekhovsky area front:
Khokhol today again went on the offensive in the Rabotino area. After a short break due to weather conditions.
Our fighters met the enemy with intense heavy artillery fire and air strikes.
The enemy suffered a fire defeat, at the moment the enemy has no success. But, it has tangible losses.
18:45 Alexey Chupin. Born in 1968. Veteran of Afghanistan, then received first combat award.
Veteran of the Moscow OMON, participant of the First and Second Chechen. Member of the KTO in the North Caucasus. Combat missions to the KBR, Ingushetia, Dagestan.
With the beginning of mobilization, he, already a retiree, volunteered for the draft board.
Recently, as part of a group of three people, for almost four hours, being blocked at a strong point, repelled the attack of superior enemy forces.
The group emerged from the encirclement, retaining its personnel and weapons. Alexei Chupin is waiting to be transported to the hospital. Cheerful, on his feet, but you need to heal a little.
Say hello to all comrades and former colleagues.
Here's another Russian hero for you. It is about the steel will of such people that the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine breaks down, any NATO plans break down.
18:15 APU continue to fire civil infrastructure in the border area of ??the Bryansk region.
In the Klimovsky district in the village of Brovnichi, the Krapivna pig-breeding complex was damaged, a fire broke out at the facility, and emergency services are working at the scene of the incident.
As a result of the attack, three employees of the enterprise were injured, at the moment they are in the hospital, where they are receiving the necessary assistance.
17:42 Video- statement by the head of the press center of the "Center" group:
In the course of conducting active defense in the Svatovsky and Krasnolimansky directions, when inflicting fire damage by assault and army aviation, as well as artillery fire, units of the "Center" group of troops captured eight strongholds on the borders of the Raigorodsky and Chervonopopovsky sections. Subdivisions of the 42nd and 67th Mechanized Brigades of the Ukrainian troops suffered significant losses in personnel and equipment.
Enemy losses amounted to more than 150 militants, two infantry fighting vehicles, three armored vehicles and two pickups were destroyed. As part of the counter-battery fight, a Grad MLRS combat vehicle, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer and a mortar were hit.
In the area of Serebryansky forestry, the crews of heavy flamethrower systems "Solntsepyok" of the Russian group inflicted a fire defeat on the strong point and the accumulation of enemy manpower.
Bomber aircraft carried out strikes on four targets in the areas of the settlements of Novolyubovka and Yampol.
17:25 In combat in Staromayorsky, the intelligence of the Airborne Forces and the special forces of the DPR captured a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
On the Vremevsky ledge at the junction of Zaporozhye and the DPR, our Stavropol guards paratroopers, together with the special forces of the DPR OBTF "Cascade", yesterday carried out a successful counterattack on Staromayorskoye.
Our fighters knocked out the enemy from the forward positions, destroying and capturing the unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine defending the opposing team. The enemy suffered significant losses.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are deploying reinforcements to hold Staromayorskoye, both sides are actively using artillery, the Armed Forces of Ukraine to hold back our attack aircraft, ours to prevent the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from gaining a foothold and destroy manpower and equipment.
“South and west of Staromayorsky, the Russians are trying to regain their positions,” Ukrainian military propagandists report.
16:55 Yulia Chicherina spoke for tankers of the Central Military District
The basis of the musical program was made up of songs, most of which were written to the verses of the famous writer Alexander Prokhanov.
16:25 On Kupyansky direction our assault squads continued their offensive operations in the direction of the Novoselovskoye settlement of the LPR and advanced 300 meters into the depth of the enemy’s defenses.
The units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Timkovka, Peschanoe, Olshana, Novomlynsk of the Kharkov region, Stelmakhovka, Novoselovskoye and Artemovka of the LPR.
An ammunition depot of the 125th Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the settlement of Izbitskoye, Kharkiv region.
More than 80 nationalists, one 122mm self-propelled gun 2S1 Gvozdika, one 122mm D-30 howitzer and four vehicles were destroyed.
16:10 Vremievsky ledge:
Since night the enemy has been carrying out intensive shelling. According to Alexander “Skif” Khodokovsky, there have already been seven (!!!) enemy air raids in the morning.
A massive assault is expected today. Most likely, the enemy will lead an offensive on Urozhaynoye.
Ours are ready and waiting for the enemy. We would even say - waiting.
15:50 Fighting off the enemy’s offensive, the fighters of the [V] grouping destroyed two tanks on the Vremevsky ledge
One of the tanks was destroyed by an ATGM crew of the 127th Order of Kutuzov Division.
The second, most likely, was blown up by a mine -video.
15:25 Opponent informs that the RF Armed Forces received technology capable of jamming communications with Starlink satellites at the front.
According to a well-known UAV operator of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the call sign “Madyar”, this technology is supposedly being tested and prepared for industrial production.
Recall that the Ukrainian army actively uses the Starlink satellite network from Elon Musk, which allows them to receive fast wireless communications right in the conflict zone, coordinate their actions, strike and quickly receive intelligence information. Also, Starlink receivers are installed on unmanned boats and some UAVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
14:40 Regular plaque UAV to Crimea
At night, Ukrainian formations once again launched Mugin-5 PRO drones on the Crimean peninsula. In total there were three groups in the direction of the Crimea: two from the Artsyz airfield, one from Shkolny.
Unlike previous attacks, the Ukrainian Armed Forces sent Mugins only in the direction of Cape Tarkhankut, where they were destroyed and planted by the Crimean Defense Forces. 16 were shot down by air defenses, and nine were suppressed by electronic warfare.
During the attack, an American R-8A anti-submarine aircraft was in the air. And a few hours before the attack, EP-3E and E-3A AWACS aircraft were working over the Black Sea.
The attack itself did not bring anything new: the launch of several groups, but in the same direction. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have already used similar tactics before, so the Russian military personnel easily coped with the raid.
Another question is that this attack is unlikely to be the only one in the near future, given that recently Ukrainian formations have combined weapons to achieve a greater effect. And this raid looks like just probing the air defense system.
14:15 Another attack Ukrainian drones to Moscow
At night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the capital of Russia for the third time in a week. At the moment, three used UAVs are known:
One drone was destroyed by air defense systems while approaching the city in the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region.
The second was suppressed by electronic warfare and crashed into the first floors of the multi-level parking building of the Oko towers in Moscow City.
The last UAV was also suppressed and hit the IQ-Kvartal tower in Moscow City not far from the previous one. This building houses the offices of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Digital Development and other government agencies.
It makes no practical sense to hit the offices of the ministries - such an attack will stop the work of officials for a maximum of several hours, they have other offices, and the opportunity to work in a different format.
There are no other important facilities nearby either - the neighborhood has been densely built up with office centers and residential complexes in recent decades, with a rare exception being two railway junctions used by passengers, warehouses and a small industrial area where civilian products are produced.
But still, Moscow City is the largest business center of the capital, where the offices of many Russian and foreign companies are located. And the main goal of such strikes is to sow panic among the population of the capital, business and officials. And, judging by the frenzy in the Ukrainian media, the enemy is trying to put some symbolism into the broken glass of the most publicized business center in Russia.
In fact, the damage from such attacks is still minimal. With such attacks, the Ukrainian authorities are rather trying to sweeten the pill for their society against the backdrop of an almost unsuccessful counter-offensive in the Zaporozhye direction and the advance of the RF Armed Forces in the Svatovsky sector.
13:50 Fixing consequences artillery attack of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk 29.07.2023
Specialists of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC confirmed the facts of artillery attack of the Kirovsky district, and also specified the direction of firing and the weapons used.
The enemy fired from their positions located in the area of ??the settlement. Miner, from MLRS 122mm. Fragments of TR-122 (MTR) missiles with a range of up to 40 kms, transferred to Ukraine by Turkey, were found at the site of the shelling.
Area of responsibility: the 55th Separate Artillery Brigade (commander - Colonel Kachur Roman Vladimirovich) and the 79th Separate Air Assault Brigade (commander - Colonel Shandar Alexei Mikhailovich).
The artillery attack by the AFU was carried out from weapons supplied by NATO countries, which continue to terrorize civilians and destroy the social infrastructure of the Republic.
As a result of artillery attack on the street. Biryuzova, 34 wounded woman born in 1973 and men born in 1952 and born in 1977
Fixed damage to 5 addresses:
- st. Biryuzova, 28, 29, 33, 34 - apartment buildings;
- GBU "City Hospital No. 25 of Donetsk" on the street. Kirov;
13:30 “White wolves” of the O group repelled the enemy’s offensive in the Krasnolimansky direction
Aerial reconnaissance revealed an enemy column of armored vehicles moving in the direction of our positions. Our tankers worked on the enemy, One armored vehicle was destroyed, the rest - refused to carry out offensive actions -video.
13:00 Besides attempts attack Crimea and Moscow, Ukrainian formations once again fired at the border areas of the Bryansk region.
This time, the Suzemsky district was under fire. Damage to one household in the village of Zernovo is reported: according to preliminary data, there were no casualties.
12:30 Video- statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok group of forces, supported by artillery, repulsed an enemy attack in the direction of Urozhaynoye. Having suffered losses, the enemy retreated.
The attack of two assault groups and one infantry group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Staromayorsky was repulsed. During the battle and inflicting fire damage on the enemy, one nationalist was taken prisoner, the rest of the surviving militants retreated.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy continues to attempt to attack in the direction of Rabotino. The nationalists tried to attack with the forces of two motorized infantry platoons. After inflicting a fire defeat, having suffered losses in manpower, the enemy abandoned offensive operations.
Air reconnaissance means opened and artillery fire destroyed two enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups in Charivnoye and in the Gulyai Polya area.
Artillery fire inflicted a fire defeat on the accumulation of enemy equipment in the area of the settlement of Maly Shcherbaki. Two enemy tanks were destroyed.
A strike UAV destroyed an infantry fighting vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Malaya Tokmachka.
12:00 Summary Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of July 30, 2023):
During the day, the armed forces of Ukraine continued unsuccessful attempts at offensive operations in the Donetsk, South-Donetsk and Krasnoliman directions.
- In the Donetsk direction, air strikes, artillery fire and the actions of units of the "Southern" group of forces successfully repelled seven enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kleshcheevka, Andreevka and Krasnogorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In addition, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Druzhba, Berdychi, Kleshcheevka, Avdeevka, Krasnoe and Pobeda of the Donetsk People's Republic.
An ammunition depot of the 24th Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the Dzerzhinsk settlement in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Enemy losses per day amounted to 190 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, two US-made M777 artillery systems, as well as 152mm Msta-B and 152mm D-20 howitzers.
- In the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, units of the Vostok group of forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled an enemy attack in the area of the settlement of Uspenovka, Zaporozhye region.
In the areas of the settlements of Zherebyanky, Novodanilovka, Vesele and to the north of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, a complex fire defeat was inflicted on accumulations of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Also, in the area of the settlement of Charivne, Zaporozhye region, the activities of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were stopped.
Enemy losses in these directions per day amounted to 250 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, three armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, as well as howitzers: 152mm Msta-B and 152mm D-20.
- In the Krasnolimansky direction, units of the "Center" grouping of troops, air strikes and artillery fire successfully repelled three enemy attacks in the area of the settlement of Kovalevka of the Lugansk People's Republic, as well as Serebryansky forestry.
In addition, accumulations of enemy manpower and equipment were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Torskoye, Serebryanka, Grigorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Chervonaya Dibrova, Nevskoye and to the west of Novovodyanoe of the Luhansk People's Republic.
During the day, up to 140 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, as well as a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
- In the Kupyansk direction, the assault detachments of the "Western" group of troops continued offensive operations in the direction of the settlement of Novoselovskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic and advanced 300 meters into the depth of the enemy's defense.
Also, fire damage was inflicted on units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Timkovka, Peschanoe, Olshana, Novomlynsk of the Kharkov region, Stelmahovka, Novoselovskoye and Artemovka of the Luhansk People's Republic.
An ammunition depot of the 125th Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the settlement of Izbitskoye, Kharkiv region.
Enemy losses in this direction amounted to more than 80 Ukrainian servicemen, four vehicles, as well as the Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount and the 122mm D-30 howitzer.
- In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day amounted to 65 Ukrainian servicemen and five vehicles.
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 in firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 108 districts.
In addition, in the area of the settlement of Mogilevka, Dnepropetrovsk region, the following were destroyed: a retraining center and a storage, maintenance and repair point for unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The command post of the 100th Territorial Defense Brigade was hit near the village of Yampol in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Vozdvizhenka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, 44 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by air defense means in the areas of the settlements of Tavolzhanka, Kharkiv region, Zaliman, Rubizhne, Kremennaya, Raigorodka, Luhansk People's Republic, Sladkoye, Staromikhaylovka, Donetsk People's Republic, Shevchenkovo, Dolinka, Trudovoe, Novopokrovka, Mirne, Zaporozhye region, Staraya Zburyevka and Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 457 aircraft, 245 helicopters, 5,358 unmanned aerial vehicles, 427 anti-aircraft missile systems, 11,029 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,140 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 5,661 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 11,971 units of special military vehicles.
11:25 At the Oskol-Kupyansk section of the Russian Aerospace Forces inflicted numerous air strikes with glide bombs
The Russian Armed Forces captured several heights west of the Zherebets River in a day, Militarist reports (https://t.me/infantmilitario). In this area, Russian troops are trying to build on success with the use of an increasing number of troops and a concentration of weapons.
11:00 Chronicle special military operation for July 29, 2023
On the Svatovsky sector of the front, Russian fighters have completely liberated Novoegorovka and are mopping up the surrounding territories. In addition, the enemy was knocked out from the adjacent heights, control over which made it possible to shoot through the villages recently taken by the RF Armed Forces.
In addition, servicemen of the 252nd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division were able to capture a Swedish CV90 infantry fighting vehicle in this area, which is already being transported to Russia for study.
In the meantime, the situation on the Zaporozhye front has calmed down somewhat due to heavy rains, which limits the conduct of hostilities. Ukrainian formations continue to pull together both the Vremievsky ledge and the Orekhovsky section of a large amount of equipment and manpower.
Also today, footage from the Zaporozhye direction appeared on the network, which shows how one Russian tank was able to stop the advance of an entire Ukrainian column consisting of two tanks and six armored cars.
10:40 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 nine rounds;
-- n.p. Korsunka fired 14 rounds;
-- n.p. The Kardashians fired 10 rounds;
-- 12 rounds were fired at Staraya Zburyevka;
-- in the village of Dnepryans fired nine rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Nova Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Solontsys, n.p. Peschanovka, firing a total of 33 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
10:25 Frontline summary on the morning of 07/30/2023
As a result of a counterattack, the RF Armed Forces managed to regain a number of lost positions northeast of Rabotino in the Zaporozhye direction. Russian artillery worked for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Ugledarsky and Donetsk directions), Novoandreevka, Orekhov, Gulyaipole and Krasny. Ukrainian beat on the RF Armed Forces in Zherebyanki, Rabotino and Verbovoe.
In the Ugledar sector, Russian units, supported by artillery, counterattacked near Staromayorsky. Under shelling, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zeleny Pole, Novodarovka, Makarovka and Blagodatny.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, after artillery preparation, again conducted assault operations in Maryinka. No promotion. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered strikes against the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Pervomaisky, Karlovka and Avdeevka. Ukrainian troops shelled Donetsk and Gorlovka.
On the Bakhmut direction, oncoming battles near Kleshcheevka. Russian artillery fired on Ukrainian units in Belaya Gora, Predtechina, Ivanovsky, Chasovy Yar, Bogdanovka, Minkovka, Disputed and Verkhnekamensky. The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in Kleshcheevka and Bakhmut.
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops, supported by artillery, attacked near Belogorovka. They also conducted offensive operations in the Serebryansky forest from Dibrova. No success. The RF Armed Forces carried out strikes against the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Torskoy, Nevsky, Druzhelyubovka, Kislovka, Sinkovka, Zapadny, Dvurechnaya and Kolodeznoy.
09:45 Video- statement by the head of the press center of the group "West":
During the fighting in the Kupyansk direction, the crews of Ka-52 and Mi-35 attack helicopters and Su-25 attack aircraft of the Zapad group of forces delivered nine air strikes against accumulations of manpower and firepower of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade and territorial defense units.
In the defense zone of the 1st Tank Army, the enemy from the 32nd Separate Mechanized Brigade made another attempt to transfer reserves to advanced positions near the settlement of Novoselovskoye. The artillery of the grouping inflicted a fire defeat, as a result of which the enemy was forced to retreat in the direction of Stelmakhovka. The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to the detachment of manpower and the M113 armored personnel carrier.
In the course of offensive operations in the Kuzemovsky direction, the assault groups of the motorized rifle regiment of the Baltic Fleet captured two strongholds, two observation posts and three enemy dugouts in the area of the Novoselovskoye settlement.
In addition, during the counterbattery fight, the artillery of the group destroyed two enemy mortar crews in the area of the settlements of Rozovka and Stelmakhovka.
09:30 Tonight stopped an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack with 25 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles against objects on the territory of the Crimean peninsula.
Sixteen Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed by air defense fire.
Another nine Ukrainian drones were suppressed by electronic warfare and, without reaching the target, crashed in the Black Sea near Cape Tarkhankut.
As a result of the thwarted terrorist attack, there were no casualties or damage.
09:15 July 30 stopped an attempted terrorist attack by the Kyiv regime with unmanned aerial vehicles on objects in the city of Moscow.
One Ukrainian UAV was destroyed in the air by air defense systems over the territory of the Odintsovo district of the Moscow region.
Two more drones were suppressed by electronic warfare and, having lost control, crashed on the territory of the Moscow City non-residential building complex.
09:00 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 07/29/2023 to 00:00 07/30/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 60 facts of firing by the AFU.
Information was received about the wounding of 8 civilians, incl. girls born in 2019 #ChildrenNotTarget, in the Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka.
Eight residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.
Under enemy fire were areas of four settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky, Kalininsky districts), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Aleksandrovka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 55 artillery attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky two artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky three artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
Having fired 239 units of various ammunition.
In the previous day, 59 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
08:21 Fierce battle near Kleshcheevka: repulsion by the Ghosts of the attack of the enemy, trying to break through the southern flank of Artyomovsk -video
On one of the defense sectors of the advancing enemy, the Ghost battalion (4th brigade of the LPR) of our fallen comrade Alexei Mozgovoy is daily destroying.
The enemy on three armored personnel carriers is trying to break through to the Russian positions, but falls under heavy fire. The result - two armored vehicles were destroyed, the attack was repulsed.
08:10 Full video of an incredible battle: how our tank single-handedly met an enemy column of eight armored vehicles, powerful shots of repelling the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Zaporozhye Front -video
This story is more like an action movie, but this is a real amazing episode of a heroic battle in the Zaporozhye region near the Vremevsky ledge.
Our tankers went out to meet the enemy column in the Novodarovka area of eight armored vehicles: two tanks and 6 MRAP M1224 MaxxPro. Our tank, supported by LNG and AGS grenade launchers, withstood the battle with an enemy armored column, coming out of it as the only winner.
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[Regnum] Russian President Vladimir Putin said that in 2023 the Russian Navy will replenish 30 ships of different classes. He announced this on July 30, speaking in St. Petersburg at the Main Naval Parade on the occasion of the Navy Day.
“Today, Russia is confidently implementing the large-scale tasks of the national maritime policy,” Putin said.
The head of state noted that Russia is consistently building up the power of its fleet. In particular, the Navy will be replenished with 30 ships of different classes.
Earlier, the Russian leader arrived at the Main Naval Parade, which takes place in St. Petersburg and Kronstadt on the Day of the Russian Navy. The President, together with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu , boarded a boat near the Peter and Paul Fortress to bypass the parade line of warships on the Neva, as well as to greet and congratulate the crews.
The parade consists of sea and land components. In 2023, 45 ships, boats and submarines, and about three thousand military personnel will take part in it.
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"The parade consists of sea and land components. In 2023, 45 ships, boats and submarines, and about three thousand military personnel will take part in it."
"I find that very hard to believe."
"Would you believe 20 ships, boats and submarines and about fifteen hundred military personnel?"
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