Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:07 On July 26, 2022, nine humanitarian actions took place in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, Kharkiv, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, during which 679 tons of essentials and food were handed over to the population.
22:19 Despite all the difficulties created by official Kyiv, over the past day, without the participation of the Ukrainian authorities, 24,490 people, including 3,767 children, have been evacuated to the territory of the Russian Federation from dangerous regions of Ukraine and the republics of Donbass, and in total since the beginning of the special military operation - 2,872,257 people, of which 455,977 are children.
21:19 Headquarters "We are together with Russia" open throughout the Zaporozhye region. In the newly opened headquarters in Melitopol, volunteers, the United Russia party, and the All-Russian Popular Front united their efforts to help local residents. Humanitarian aid comes from all over Russia.
On July 26, State Duma Vice Speaker Anna Kuznetsova, State Duma deputy Artem Bichaev and head of the Zaporozhye region Evgeny Balitsky visited the headquarters at 10 Bohdan Khmelnitsky. In short: there will be more areas of assistance to local residents.
20:55 The UN confirms that as a result of the strike of the Russian Armed Forces on the military infrastructure of the seaport of Odessa on July 23, no one was injured, Deputy Representative of the Secretary General of the world organization Farhan Haq said at a briefing.
19:56 Three more schools in the Zaporozhye region - in Berdyansk, Chernigovka and Energodar -got accreditation of Rosobrnadzor, certificates were presented by Kuznetsova and the head of administration Balitsky
18:46 Weapons continue to spread uncontrollably across Ukraine. In one of the hotels in Dnepropetrovsk, a group of people was detained who planned to sell a large consignment of weapons and ammunition, mainly from Western countries, on the "black market".
18:43 The main thing from the statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
Vostok 2022 takes place in eastern Russia and has zero to do with Russia's war in the west.
▪️Strategic command and staff exercises "Vostok" will be held from August 30 to September 5;
▪️During the exercises "Vostok-2022" in August, they will work out the issues of using groupings of forces to ensure military security in the Eastern region;
▪️The practical actions of the troops at the strategic exercises "Vostok-2022" will be held at 13 training grounds of the Eastern Military District;
▪️None of the activities of the operational and combat training of the Ministry of Defense has been canceled for the sake of a special military operation.
17:45 Only a part of the RF Armed Forces is involved in the special operation in Ukraine, the number of which is quite sufficient to fulfill all the assigned tasks - RF Ministry of Defense
17:45 A number of foreign media outlets are spreading false information about allegedly holding some kind of mobilization activities, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. The ministry noted that only part of the Russian troops were involved in the special operation in Ukraine, the number of the group is sufficient to carry out the assigned tasks.
16:20 Germany delivered Mars II MLRS and three additional Panzerhaubitze 2000s to Ukraine, German media reported, citing the head of the German Defense Ministry.
16:16 Funnels from missile strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Odessa region. Ukrainian authorities report that Su-30 and Su-35 fighter jets participated in the attack, using Kh-59 missiles. Strategic aviation also took part, attacking objects with cruise missiles. Ukrainian air defense did not intercept any of the missiles - all achieved their goals.
Ukrainians say otherwise.
15:19 Consequences of shelling Izyum. Izyum is a city in Kharkiv region. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are shelling the city on a daily basis - this can be seen from the destruction. High-rise buildings, shops, pharmacies, office buildings suffered from the attack of the Ukrainian military. Locals say that from time to time civilians also die from shelling.
14:25 As a result of strikes, the artillery battalion of the 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was liquidated with high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Nikolaev region, the loss of personnel and weapons of which exceeded 70 percent.
13:36 Artillery effectively destroys positions, equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. During the day, rocket and cannon artillery hit: eight command posts, including units of the 14th Mechanized Brigade, the 28th Mechanized and 79th air assault brigades, as well as the 61st Infantry Brigade.
As part of the counter-battery fight, the Uragan MLRS battery, the Giacint-B howitzer battery and six Grad MLRS platoons were suppressed. four artillery platoons of D-20 howitzers
(152mm cannon artillery)
, seven platoons of self-propelled guns "Gvozdika"
(122mm self propelled cannon artillery)
, as well as nine platoons of D-30
(122mm cannon)
guns were destroyed.
12:49 NATO is stepping up efforts to create direct military threats to Russia - Russian Security Council.
12:48 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
▪️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck at the point of temporary deployment of units of the foreign legion in the DPR, more than 40 mercenaries were destroyed;
▪️The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed more than 70 percent of the personnel of the division of the 59th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Nikolaev region;
▪️Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed more than 70 nationalists and an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR;
▪️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation suppressed six platoons of the Grad MLRS, batteries of the Uragan MLRS and Giagint-B howitzers in a day.
11:47 The Ministry of Reintegration announced that another exchange of bodies of the dead military took place. It is reported that 25 bodies of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were returned to Ukraine.
11:47 Formation of electoral commissions for the upcoming referendum on the entry of the Zaporozhye region into Russia. The head of Energodar's administration, Alexander Volga, said that the electoral committee in the city had been fully formed, and only territorial commissions remained to be formed.
Meanwhile, in the Melitopol district of Zaporozhye, the election commission has already been formed by 90 percent, now the local authorities already have to refuse those who wish to participate in the commission.
10:47 The referendum in the Kherson region will be held despite the intimidation from Kyiv, said the deputy head of the Regional State Administration Kirill Stremousov.
09:30 Rosobrnadzor presented the first accreditations to schools in the Kharkiv region.
09:20 Evacuated Ukrainians are increasingly returning home to dangerous regions because they do not have enough money, - Associated Press. The publication cites the data of the Pokrovskaya VGA as an example, according to which 70 percent of the evacuated residents returned home.
In the regional capital of the Donetsk region, Kramatorsk, authorities said the population had dropped to about 50,000 from the usual 220,000. However, within weeks of the invasion, about 18,000 Kramatorsk residents returned to the city.
The main problems of refugees AP calls the lack of finance, high rental prices and social problems.
09:07 Ukrainian troops tried to launch a missile attack on Kherson at night. But the air defense system worked, said a representative of the regional administration.
09:06 The circulation of the hryvnia in the Zaporozhye region will be reduced to a minimum by the end of the year. Vladimir Rogov, a representative of the regional administration, explained that the hryvnia is rapidly depreciating: “We started at 1 to 2.5 against the ruble, now it’s 1 to 1.5.”
07:16 The Russian Armed Forces sent a large amount of ammunition to military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Nikolaev, Kharkov and Odessa in the morning.
Several explosions sounded in the Odessa region. Preliminary two arrivals in the area of the bridge in Zatoka, as well as in the vicinity of the village of Belenkoye, where the artillery ammunition depot is located. Two are reported at Karolino-Bugaz.
In Nikolaev, locals report at least 10 attacks on objects in the city.