[Korrespondent] 23:15 The coordinating headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war published an interview with Russian prisoners who were being prepared for an exchange in Nikolaev. The exchange was postponed, probably due to the murder of Ukrainian soldiers in Yelenovka.
22:52 Zelensky explained why Russia should be recognized as a terrorist state: "The formal legal recognition of Russia as a terrorist state, in particular recognition from the United States State Department, is needed not as a political gesture, but as an effective defense of the free world. Such a decision will automatically complicate the existence of the state "terrorist, will automatically break various political and business ties that Russia will otherwise maintain. And this will all happen one hundred percent. This will have to be done - the only question is in time and in the format of making this decision. And the sooner this is, the less evil Russia can do it."
22:44 Zelensky in an evening video message stressed the need to evacuate from Donbass: "There is a government decision on mandatory evacuation from the Donetsk region, everything is being organized. Full support, full assistance - both logistical and payments. Only a decision is needed from the people themselves, who are still they didn't take him in. Go, we'll help." The President called on everyone who has the opportunity to talk with people in the Donbass to convince them to leave, and, if possible, to help the IDPs.
21:01 Russia intends to "completely erase Ukraine from the map of the world," US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said at a meeting of the UN Security Council, writes Sky News. There are growing signs, she said, that the Kremlin is laying the groundwork for an attempt to annex all of Ukraine's eastern regions, as well as the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye, "in order to hold sham referendums" or decrees to join Russia.
20:35 Volunteer battalions are being formed throughout Russia to be sent to war in Ukraine. Analysts estimate that more than 30,000 people can be mobilized, with no military experience required, according to CNN. Of the 30,000 mobilized, about a third are planning to be sent to the Donbass.
19:24 In the Slavyansk, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsky directions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the assaults of the Russians, at the same time, in the Bakhmut direction, the occupiers are partially successful and are gaining a foothold on the outskirts of Semigorye, the General Staff said in the evening summary .
18:31 The Azov Regiment published an official statement. commander Nikita Nadtochia regarding the massacre of Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Yelenovka colony: “We regard the strike on Yelenovka as an act of public execution. Russia committed it out of impunity. They are used to the fact that no one will bring them to justice, even for open violation of the laws and customs of war. Therefore, we, Azov, Ukraine as a state and the entire civilized world, will painfully fight back so that Russia remembers this once and for all. We are already finding out the names of the perpetrators and organizers of the execution, we already have preliminary information."
18:16 The Lebanese prosecutor's office detained the Syrian ship Laodicea, which, according to Kiev, was transporting Ukrainian wheat. According to the BBC, citing local media, a 72-hour arrest was imposed on the ship in the port of Tripoli, the investigation was transferred to the special services. Permission for the detention was received by the Embassy of Ukraine in Lebanon at the request of Kyiv. In case of confiscation of the cargo, Ukraine will be ready to negotiate the terms of its transfer to Lebanon.
18:03 Mandatory evacuation of the population will be organized from the regions of the Donetsk region controlled by Ukraine, Irina Vereshchuk said. According to her, Ukrainian legislation allows mandatory evacuation: “There is absolutely no gas supply in the Donetsk region, there is no proper electricity supply. In a word, there will be no heat in the Donetsk region in the winter. such form of evacuation as mandatory".
17:26 The UN is ready to send experts to investigate the death of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Yelenovka, Deputy Spokesman for the Secretary General of the organization Farhan Haq said: "In connection with the recent tragedy in the colony in Yelenovka, we are ready to send a group of experts capable of conducting an investigation with the permission of the parties."
16:55 The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Antonovsky railway bridge in the Kherson region, it is impossible to move along it, said Serhiy Khlan, adviser to the head of the UVA.
16:18 The Russian army is increasing the presence of military equipment on the border with Ukraine near the occupied territory of the Kharkiv region, Radio Liberty reports, citing images taken from the Planet Labs satellite. The publication notes that part of the equipment is transported by rail and brought to the village of Sobolevka in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.
15:39 Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko responded to a tweet from the Russian embassy in Britain: "There is no difference between Russian diplomats calling for the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war and Russian troops doing it in Yelenovka. All of them are accomplices in these war crimes and must be held accountable ".
15:07 In the Okhtyrsky district of the Sumy region, agricultural machinery twice ran into the mines of the occupiers yesterday. A truck and a harvester were destroyed, one person died, four were injured, said the head of the OVA, Dmitry Zhivitsky.
14:44 The Norwegian government announced that it had transferred 14 IVECO LAV III armored patrol vehicles to Ukraine. These vehicles have good mobility and protection and are of the same type used by the Norwegian forces in Afghanistan.
14:25 Russia is exporting looted gold from Sudan to finance the war in Ukraine, according to a CNN investigation. Journalists found out that a few days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a Russian cargo plane illegally took out about a ton of gold from the capital of Sudan, Khartoum. The precious metal was hidden under boxes of cookies, which are clearly not a Sudanese export.
CNN writes that it was one of at least 16 Russian gold smuggling flights from Sudan that became known. In exchange for gold, the Russian Federation provides support to the increasingly unpopular military leadership in Sudan, which brutally suppresses the pro-democracy movement in the country.
13:53 The Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets demands from the Red Cross and the UN monitoring mission to allow him to enter the territory of the colony in Yelenovka, where Ukrainian prisoners of war died. Lubinets added that he also turned to the Ombudsman of the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova with a proposal to visit Elenovka together.
13:34 Russia has completely or partially stopped gas supplies to 12 EU states, Ursula von der Leyen said in an interview with Diario de Noticias. According to her, the actions of the Russian Federation were intentional, so the EU needs to prepare for further interruptions or even a complete cessation of Russian gas supplies.
The head of the European Commission noted that the EU has already received record volumes of liquefied natural gas supplies from the United States and is receiving more and more raw materials from Norway, the Persian Gulf countries, Algeria and the Caspian Sea region. The countries are also increasing their own production.
13:16 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that as a result of the terrorist attack in Yelenovka, "most of the 193 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were there were killed and maimed." In particular, according to Moscow, 50 Ukrainians were killed, 73 Ukrainian prisoners of war were delivered to medical facilities with severe injuries. Surname lists of the dead and wounded are published on the information resources of the Ministry of Defense.
12:57 A "public forum" has opened in occupied Kherson Together with Russia , more than 500 delegates are participating in its work, discussing "issues of self-determination and the future fate of the region," Russian media report.
12:41 The number of victims of yesterday's shelling of a public transport stop in Nikolaev increased to seven - two more people died in the hospital. In total, 19 people applied for medical help yesterday, Mayor Alexander Senkevich said.
12:02 The patronage service of the Azov regiment reported that the occupiers posted a list of the names of the wounded and dead as a result of terrorist actions in Yelenovka. However, the Ukrainian side is not yet able to confirm or refute these reports and is checking them for authenticity: "We inform the families of the wounded and dead in Yelenovka on an individual basis. Not a single Ukrainian or international institution can confirm or refute the lists posted in the Russian media."
11:46 British Ambassador to Ukraine Melinda Simmons demands an investigation into the killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war in occupied Yelenovka: "Olenovka demands an investigation. This looks like part of an increasingly disturbing pattern of the worst types of human rights violations and possible war crimes that are being committed with impunity in the occupied east of Ukraine."
10:57 Yermak commented on the tweet of the Russian embassy in the UK: "Russia is a terrorist country. In the 21st century, only savages and terrorists can tell at the diplomatic level that people deserve to be hanged for nothing. The Russian Federation is a state sponsoring terrorism What more proof do you need?
10:51 S&P downgraded Ukraine's long-term sovereign rating to pre-default - from CCC+ to CC, with a further negative outlook.
10:48 British intelligence reports that in the Kherson region, the Russian military most likely installed two pontoon bridges and launched a ferry system as a replacement for bridges damaged by recent UAF strikes. Analysts also note that in the newly captured territories in the south, Russia-installed "authorities" are under increasing pressure from Moscow. They are required to strengthen control over the region and prepare for "referendums" on joining the Russian Federation.
10:43 The Russian Embassy in the UK wrote on Twitter that the Azov fighters "deserve execution, but not by firing squad, but by hanging, because they are not real soldiers, they deserve a humiliating death." Russian "diplomats" attached a video to their tweet, where an allegedly married couple from Mariupol tells how they were "fired upon by the security forces of Azovstal."
10:40 The head of the Poltava OVA, Dmitry Lunin, warned that on July 30, training firing would be carried out on the territory of the Mirgorod community.
10:31 In the occupied Energodar, several explosions thundered tonight in the first microdistrict, in front of the VP ZNPP hotel, after which a fire started, Mayor Dmitry Orlov said. According to him, it is now known that "three units of military equipment of the Russian Federation flew into the air, which blocked the entrance to the hotel." According to available information, there were no civilian casualties, but windows were broken in the surrounding houses. There is no official information about the incident yet.
10:14 Gazprom announced that it had stopped gas supplies to Latvia as part of the July application "due to violation of the conditions for gas withdrawal."
09:58 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of July 30. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk direction.
- personnel - about 40,670 (+170) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1759 (+10),
- armored combat vehicles - 3995 (+8),
- artillery systems - 906 (+6),
- MLRS - 258 (+0),
- air defense systems - 117 (+0),
- aircraft - 222 (+0),
- helicopters - 190 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 733 (+2),
- cruise missiles - 174 (+0),
- ships/boats - 15 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 2889 (+19),
- special equipment - 78 (+1).
09:30 The International Committee of the Red Cross offered assistance in the evacuation of the wounded from Yelenovka: "Our priority is to ensure that the wounded receive life-saving treatment and that the bodies of the dead are treated with dignity. We have requested access to determine the health and condition of all who were on place during the attack.
09:17 As a result of night shelling of one of sleeping areas of Nikolaev one person was lost, six are wounded, head Vitaly Kim reported. Five people became victims of yesterday's shelling of a public transport stop with cluster shells, 14 were injured.
09:13 Intelligence of the armed forces of Canada notes that Russia has deployed almost all of its forces against Ukraine, but has faced such heavy losses in most of its army units that it is trying to find even untrained recruits to replenish units. Currently, the Russian forces stationed in Ukraine are insufficient to achieve the stated goal of a change of government in Kyiv, and Moscow will continue to try to make even modest tactical progress on the eastern and southern fronts, according to Canadian intelligence.
09:06 The "authorities" of the occupied Nova Kakhovka said that at midnight Ukrainian troops struck the HIMARS MLRS allegedly at the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station, all missiles were intercepted by air defense. Meanwhile, local publics publish a video of the fire and report that another ammunition depot is on fire.
08:59 In the Donetsk region this morning, the enemy launched an airstrike on the village of Krasnogorovka in the Ocheretinsky community. Also in the Maryinskaya community shelling of the city of Krasnogorovka continues. In the morning, the Russians hit Slavyansk - the building of the bus station and neighboring non-residential premises were damaged. In Seversk, a direct blow damaged the Center for the provision of social services. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties, the OVA said.
08:32 In the Donetsk region, six civilians died from Russian shelling in a day - two in Kramatorsk, one each in Vodyany, Kurdyumovka, Pervomaisky and Kermenchik. Another 15 people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:09 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the assaults of the Russians in the Slavyansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky, Novopavlovsky directions, military operations are underway in some of these directions, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
07:42 At night, Russian troops fired at the Nikopol district of the Dipropetrovsk region several times from Gradov, head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko said. In particular, up to 80 shells were fired at Nikopol itself and the Krasnogrigoryevsk community. Private houses were damaged, the power grid was out of order, and there are destructions at two local enterprises. Previously, no people were hurt.
04:58 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that it cannot yet assess which side is responsible for the murder of Ukrainian prisoners of war in the occupied Yelenovka, but suggests that the available evidence "confirms the statements of Ukraine more than the Russians." In particular, according to analysts, fire damage is not typical for the operation of HIMARS.
According to American analysts, during the day, ground battles went north of Kharkov without significant changes in control over the area. Russian troops made a limited ground assault on the Kherson region and continued to conduct combat operations without creating strike groups on the occupied borders.
Russian regional media reported on the recruitment and creation of an additional "volunteer battalion" in the Republic of Buryatia and the formation of a reserve battalion in Novosibirsk.
The ISW also notes that members of the United Russia party were sent to the occupied territories of Ukraine in order to prepare the so-called "referenda". In particular, on July 29, a member of Putin's party, Oleg Melnichenko, opened a "humanitarian office" We are together with Russia in Tokmak, Zaporozhye region. At the same time, analysts note that the possibility of a Ukrainian counter-offensive on occupied Kherson could hinder Russian attempts to prepare for "referendums."
04:47 Russians launched a missile attack on Kharkov today around 3:00 am, Mayor Igor Terekhov said. The building of one of the educational institutions in the Slobodsky district was damaged, a fire broke out there, which is already being extinguished by rescuers. There is no information about the victims. At about 4:00 there was another blow, information about it is being clarified.
04:11 Kuleba said that he discussed with Blinken his conversation with Lavrov: "We agreed to further strengthen Ukraine militarily and economically and focused on the next practical steps to allow Ukraine to bring the Russian invasion to failure."
02:20 Reznikov said that he spoke with his US colleague Lloyd Austin and announced "good news" - we are talking about the supply of means to strengthen Ukraine's defense capability.
00:57 Borrell condemned the killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Yelenovka: "The European Union most strongly condemns the atrocities committed by the Russian armed forces and their puppets. These inhuman, barbaric acts are serious violations of the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocol and are war crimes."
00:17 The UN human rights monitoring mission stated that it was "shocked" by the video with the castration and murder of a Ukrainian prisoner by the Russian military.