[Korrespondent] 22:17 The service center for the repair of Leopard tanks has started working in Poland, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said. According to him, the first two tanks have already arrived from Ukraine at the Bumar plant in Gliwice.
21:43 Complete demining of Ukraine will take about 757 years - provided that the territory will be demined by 500 groups of sappers, writes The Washington Post, citing experts.
| Oh dear. The journalist skipped all his degree courses requiring numbers, I suspect. Perhaps they should consult the Roomba people for advice, or Ukrainian farmers. |
21:36 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he convened a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council due to the suspension of the grain corridor: "We discussed with Mr. Stoltenberg our steps to unblock and ensure the permanent operation of the grain corridor. In our cooperation, we have moved to a new, higher level - the level of the Ukraine-NATO Council. And this mechanism can work. I turned to Jens with a proposal to immediately convene such a Council for appropriate crisis consultations. One of these days the meeting will take place. Cree we can overcome the problem with security in the Black Sea."
The president also said that the territorial recruitment centers, the military commissariats, are now being checked: "Each 'cabinet' violation somewhere in the military hierarchy, any attempt to somehow get rich there humiliates our soldiers, our heroes. Responsibility for violations is inevitable."
20:51 The German concern Rheinmetall announced that it had launched a new production line at its plant in Unterlus to solve the problem of a shortage of ammunition for Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns transferred to Ukraine. The company plans to transfer 300,000 new shells to Ukraine, 40,000 of them this year.
19:54 The Russians fired twice today from the MLRS Kupyansk, Kharkiv region - the territory of a private enterprise was damaged, one person died, the regional prosecutor's office said.
19:50 The prosecutor's office of the Sumy region clarified that the Russians fired artillery from the village of Ugroedy of the Krasnopol community today - one person was killed, four were injured. In addition, an enemy dropped an explosive device from a drone on civilian objects in the center of Seredina-Buda, two people were injured.
17:48 Deutsche Welle reports that its operator Yevhen Shilko was wounded by Russian cluster munitions in Druzhkovka, Kramatorsk district, Donetsk region, 23 km from the front line. During the attack, one Ukrainian soldier was killed, and several other soldiers were seriously injured.
15:59 Ryanair is considering the possibility of resuming flights in Ukraine before the end of the year, the first direction may be Kiev-Lviv, the executive director of the airline, Michael O'Leary, said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine. He referred to the experience of Israel, where aviation continues to operate despite missile launches: "Planes land every day in Tel Aviv, which is located just 10 minutes from the West Bank, where missiles are launched. It was determined that it was safe to fly and they could protect the aircraft. Therefore, I see no reason why we cannot return flights."
To resume a limited number of flights to Kyiv and Lvov, Ukraine must convince the European Aviation Safety Agency and insurance companies that it can provide security. If this can be done, Ryanair is ready to operate these flights.
15:45 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Stoltenberg: "We discussed the implementation of the agreements reached during the Vilnius summit of the Alliance, as well as further actions for Ukraine's integration into NATO. We shared our assessments of the current situation in the Black Sea and the risks it poses to global food security. We identified the priority and future steps necessary to unblock and operate the Black Sea grain corridor."
14:57 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Pyatikhatki region of the Zaporozhye region launched an artillery strike on a group of "journalists" of the Russian editions of RIA Novosti and Izvestia. As a result of the Ukrainian strike, allegedly by cluster munitions, four people were injured, one of them, "military commander" Rostislav Zhuravlev, died.
14:06 The Department of Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that the Defense Forces destroyed the oil depot and warehouses of the Russian army in the Oktyabrsky Krasnogvardeysky district of Crimea.
13:12 The Russians hit one of the villages of the Krasnopol community of the Sumy region from artillery - one person died, four were injured, the OVA reported. Residential buildings and civil infrastructure facilities were damaged.
12:39 Aksyonov confirmed that as a result of a drone attack in Crimea, a detonation occurred at an ammunition depot, there were no casualties. According to him, a decision was made to evacuate the population within a radius of 5 km from the emergency site to temporary accommodation points, and to minimize risks, it was also decided to suspend traffic on the Crimean railway.
11:46 Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov said that on Friday the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly fired at the village of Zhuravlevka in the Belgorod region, including "three cluster munitions from the MLRS."
11:41 The head of the Odesa OVA Oleg Kiper showed a photo of the granary, which Russia hit with missiles:
11:23 "Head" of the Crimea Sergey Aksyonov said that Ukraine allegedly made "an attempt to raid using UAVs on the infrastructure facilities of the Krasnogvardeisky district." Local publics write about explosions in the area of ​​the Oktyabrskoye village: some report a strike on an ammunition depot, others about a UAV hitting an airfield and an oil depot. For unknown reasons, traffic was blocked on the Kerch bridge.
10:55 According to the State Border Service, as of July 22, there are about 5,000 mercenaries of the PMC Wagner in Belarus, spokesman of the State Border Guard Service Andrei Demchenko said in a commentary to the UP. At the same time, he stressed that such a number does not pose an immediate threat to Ukraine, however, the Defense Forces must be ready for any situations, including preventing provocations at the border.
Meanwhile, the Belaruska Gayun monitoring group reports that Prigozhin registered the company in the Osipovichi district of the Mogilev region of the Republic of Belarus, namely, in the village of Tsel, where the Wagnerites' field camp is located. The company is registered under the name Concord Management and Consulting LLC, Prigozhin is listed as the head.
09:17 At night, the Russians attacked from the southeast with five Shahed-136/131 strike drones - all of them were destroyed, the Air Force command said. In addition, nine operational-tactical reconnaissance drones were destroyed over the past day.
08:52 Russian tactical nuclear weapons have already been deployed in Belarus, CNN reports with reference to US intelligence. At the same time, high-ranking US officials do not believe that Lukashenka will have any control over the arsenal - most likely, it will be completely controlled by Russia.
08:31 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 22:
- personnel - about 241,330 (+640) people liquidated,
- tanks - 4140 (+7),
- armored combat vehicles - 8096 (+16),
- artillery systems - 4629 (+19),
- MLRS - 693 (+1),
- air defense systems - 448 (+8),
- aircraft - 315 (+0),
- helicopters - 310 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 3944 (+11),
- cruise missiles - 1298 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 7159 (+14),
- special equipment - 691 (+5).
08:15 As a result of yesterday's shelling of New York in the Donetsk region, four people were killed, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko. Two more died in Druzhba. Five people in the area were injured during the day.
07:43 On the evening of July 21, the Russians fired artillery at Nikopol in the Dnepropetrovsk region: three people were injured, eight private houses, outbuildings, and a power line were damaged. At night, the enemy shelled the city again, hit the industrial enterprise, people were not injured. The Russians also attacked the region with a drone, presumably Shahed, which was shot down by air defense forces, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak.
07:22 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - more than 40 clashes have occurred over the past day, the General Staff said in the morning summary . The defense forces continue their offensive in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, and consolidate on the achieved lines.