Battles in Donbas and the south, shelling of Kharkiv, the advance of our defenders in the Kherson region, another strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Antonivsky Bridge.
Meanwhile, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports that the Russians launched a missile attack on Kharkiv, and fighting continues in Donbas and the south. The occupiers are trying to regroup and improve the logistical support of their units.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy fired at civilian infrastructure, in particular, in the districts of Bakhmut, Bilogorivka, Yakovlivka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Pokrovsky and New York. He led shooting battles in the area of the settlement of Soledar, without success. Conducted a reconnaissance battle near Semihirya. Suffered fire damage and casualties and withdrew. Currently, hostilities continue in Semihirya and Kodema districts.
More details about the operational situation as of the morning of July 27 - in the news.
The General Staff also informs that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russia has already lost more than 40,000 military personnel in Ukraine. To be more precise – 40,070.
The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kryvyi Rih direction.
About other losses of the invaders - in our news.
On the night of July 27, the occupiers shelled the Industrial District of Kharkiv , Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov wrote in a telegram.
"At 4:25 a.m. shelling of Kharkiv's Industrial district. Two S-300 missiles arrived. Rescuers are already on the spot sorting out the debris," the report says.
As of 8:44 a.m., six victims were known.
The operational command "South" reported on the advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region .
"Our aviation carried out four strikes against the enemy using attack aircraft, bombers and helicopters. Four enemy strongholds in the Andriivka, Biloghirka and Blagodatny areas were hit," the message reads.
As noted in the OC, Andriivka was released and finally cleared of the Russian occupation forces.
"Just like Lozovo, where our troops had reliably secured their positions a few days earlier!" - added the military.
On the night of July 27, the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck another blow on the Antonivsky Bridge in occupied Kherson.
Natalia Gumenyuk, head of the press center of the security and defense forces of the "South" operational command, emphasized that the Armed Forces of Ukraine keep under fire control strategically important transport routes that are of critical importance to the enemy.
Russia hit Marhanets, Kharkiv and Mykolaiv, in Luhansk region the Armed Forces stopped the offensive in six areas . The enemy does not stop the missile terror, it is said in the morning summary of the regional military administrations.
The night was relatively calm in Volyn, Transcarpathia, Rivne Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Chernivtsi, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhia, Odesa, Kirovohrad, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil Oblasts, Cherkasy Oblast, Vinnytsia Oblast, Poltava Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast and Kyiv Oblast.
Russian troops have occupied marginal areas northeast of Bakhmut and are continuing fighting to the east and south of the city, according to a report by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
The occupiers launched a limited attack northwest of Izyum, probably to secure Russian rear lines on the Izyum-Slovyansk line, as well as southwest of Donetsk, near the border with the Zaporizhia region.
Yesterday, American analysts reported that, most likely, the Russian army will not develop the capture of Novolugansky into a successful offensive on Bakhmut .
Information from Lb sources has been confirmed: Iryna Venediktova's successor may be People's Deputy from "Servant of the People" Andriy Kostin. President Volodymyr Zelenskyi submitted to the parliament a proposal to appoint Kostin as the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
The parliament should consider the issue of appointment at the next meeting. If the People's Deputies approve Kostin's candidacy, the President will sign the corresponding decree.
Kostin currently heads the legal committee of the parliament. A native of Odessa.
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Donetsk militia troops have begun an advance in the direction of Peski and Krasnogorovka.
According to posts featured in V Kontakte and Russkaya Vesna, it appears, according to descriptions, that massive Russian preparatory artillery fire was used in advance of the attack.
Peski, along with Avdievka and Opytnoye long have been a prize for the separatists. Much of the artillery attacks experienced over the last eight years in Donetsk city have come from those three locales.
Offensives then begun just before the much more successful Debaltsevo defensive operation in 2015, failed owing to the fierce resistant offered. That resistance has been costly for the separatists.
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Iranian observers (and potentially participants) are a guarantee. What’ll be interesting is to see what other countries choose to observe or participate. Nice tell for emerging alliances.
When it comes to the military-technical equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two points are very often singled out. The first is that the Ukrainian army fights mainly with modern Western weapons, which are supplied to it by the States, Germany, France or, at worst, Poland. The second is that military assistance from the “secondary”, primarily Eastern European states, began to arrive in full after the start of the NWO.
In reality, both theses are deeply erroneous. HIMARS, "Caesars" and other "wunderwaffes" still remain piece goods, which are not always allowed even by the Ukrainian military personnel themselves. Thus, American MLRS are controlled by American crews, while units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine act as a decoy, covering the work of HIMARS with volleys of Grads and Hurricanes.
The Ukrainian army itself is still fighting with Soviet weapons. That should be disposed of in an attempt to slow down the advance of the Russian Army. The fact that at the same time a certain part of the personnel is also being utilized is perceived absolutely calmly and is not considered a problem. In other words, let several tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers die rather than lose one HIMARS — this is what the philosophy of war looks like from the point of view of Western curators.
But for this mechanism to work, continuous military-technical replenishment is needed. The fact is that all these years, officials of the Kyiv regime and corrupt officials of the Armed Forces of Ukraine traded the contents of military warehouses too generously, and already in March, the Ukrainian command was able to observe in practice the consequences of continuous “cutting”.
As a result, after the start of the NWO, the former Warsaw Pact countries, some on their own initiative, others, in a directive manner, were indeed forced to send most of the Soviet equipment to Ukraine, which still remained in their own warehouses. Czech and Polish T-72s, BMP-1s, Grads (BM-21 rocket artillery vehicle) and 2S1 howitzers, Slovak Mi-17s and ammunition for MLRS - all this stuff very quickly ended up at the disposal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
But this does not mean that such “adjustments” did not exist before. No matter what Western propaganda says, in reality, the supply of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine did not stop for all eight years, during which Kyiv conducted a punitive operation in the Donbass and prepared for an invasion of Crimea. This process is confirmed by specific documents that were at our disposal. Graphics of all but two of the documents are in Russian at the link
So, in 2014-2015. Czech company Read Trade Praha tried to buy from Kazakhstan more than 100 D-30 howitzers, about 10,000 shells for T-62 tanks and about 20,000 shells for M-30 howitzers. This is not counting 30 million rounds of ammunition, incl. armor-piercing incendiary. Another Czech company - STV GROUP - in August 2021 was interested in purchasing 385 Soviet mortars of various modifications. M-30 is a WWII vintage 122mm field gun
Why the Czechs needed old Soviet weapons is a rhetorical question, given the degree of subjectivity of this state. All this stuff was intended for the Ukrainian army and was supposed to shoot at the Russians.
At the same time, of course, the Czech Republic was not the only country through which such purchases were made. For example, in 2018, the Slovak company ROBUS sro purchased from the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan and successfully delivered to their homeland more than 500 BMP-1 and BMP-2, and the Belarusian company Northrop acted as the carrier. At the same time, Grads were purchased from Kazarnauliexport.
Interestingly, the Slovaks immediately began to probe the possibility of re-export, offering Uganda as a front. It is known how "paper" re-export works. A fake "buyer" may not be in contact with the cargo, which will be instantly "resold" to the real beneficiary.
Another thing is that it was not possible to carry out Grads through the territory of the Russian Federation. A refusal came from the Russian customs, and this happened back in January, more than a month before the start of the NWO. Whether the company was able to find a workaround is impossible to say for sure, but it is known that its management is actively looking for workarounds.
In any case, after the start of the special operation, the interests of the company became much wider. Now the Slovaks were interested not only in armored vehicles, but also in aircraft parts. In May 2022, ROBUS sro took part in a closed tender for the sale of unused military equipment from Kazakh warehouses. After that, the company's management expressed a desire to purchase several armored personnel carriers, a Mi-24 helicopter and two aircraft engines - RD-33 and TV3-117MT.
At the same time, in May-June of this year, the southern direction also became more active. The Jordanian branch of the British company Blue Water Supplies Co. became interested in Soviet and Russian armored personnel carriers, and again from the warehouses of the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan. Ltd." The contractor was the Kazakh LLP Technoexport, which has a state license for the sale of military equipment and is authorized to trade on behalf of the state.
Interestingly, Blue Water Supplies Co. Ltd. "far more famous as a manufacturer of yachts than the seller of armored personnel carriers."
However, the Jordanian branch, having a contract with the national defense company "JODDB", is also engaged in the supply of spare parts, overalls, tools and first-aid kits for the Kingdom's Ministry of Defense. As for the interests of the company, they are represented in Jordan by Tashin Yasin, known for his close ties with the relatives of the wife of King Abdullah II. In total, Yasin's people expressed a desire to purchase 200 units of Russian BTR-82A armored personnel carriers, as well as a thousand ammunition for 120-mm mortars.
At the same time, the Turkish company Taha Savunma, which decided to purchase 50 Soviet armored personnel carriers BTR-70/BTR-80, appeared in similar interests in Kazakhstan. At the same time, in this case, the cars were supposed to eventually go to Azerbaijan.
All this is just the tip of the iceberg, a small part of the process in which a number of companies and states carry out a centralized purchase of Soviet and Russian military equipment for its further shipment to the war zone. But the fact that sooner or later we will find out the names of all those involved in arming the Nazi regime sitting in Kyiv is beyond doubt.
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Ole Badanov flexes with the FSB directives on pr. This very day the Russians have changed from denying Kherson is in danger of being liberated from their evil to claiming Americans are doing the work for the Ukrainians.
You Russians just cannot admit you are getting your asses kicked by a much smaller nation of people who you can't even admit is a nation of separate people.
Maybe mass suicide will occur once the Russian Army all are back inside Russia's borders, many of them dead.
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Here's the Russian soldier( who almost never is an ethnic Russian BTW, they're using their minority colonial subjects to do their dirty work) after the blasting of the Antonivsky bridge. 15,000 Russian soldiers are now trapped without the possibility of proper supplies:
[VOGUE] There is no script for first ladies in wartime, and so Olena Zelenska is writing her own. The wife of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a longtime comedy writer, always preferred to stay behind the scenes, while her husband, a comedian turned politician whose presidency may yet determine the fate of the free world, glowed in the limelight. But ever since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, Zelenska has suddenly found herself center stage in a tragedy. When I met her on a recent rainy afternoon in Kyiv, where cafés were busy even amid frequent air-raid sirens, her luminous face and green-brown eyes seemed to capture the range of emotions coursing through Ukraine today: deep sadness, flashes of dark humor, recollections of a safer, happier past, and a steely core of national pride.
"These have been the most horrible months of my life, and the lives of every Ukrainian," she said, speaking her country’s language through a translator. "Frankly I don’t think anyone is aware of how we have managed emotionally." What inspires her, she told me, is her fellow Ukrainians. "We’re looking forward to victory. We have no doubt we will prevail. And this is what keeps us going."
I met Zelenska—surnames are gendered in Slavic languages—deep inside the presidential office compound, a heavily guarded place I had traveled long hours to reach. With Ukraine’s airspace closed to civilian flights, I took an overnight train from Poland, through landscapes that have seen some of the 20th century’s worst horrors. Once inside the compound, I passed multiple security checkpoints and a labyrinth of blacked-out corridors lined with sandbags and soldiers. Life in wartime.
From the start, this war has been fought both on the ground and in the information space, where Zelenskyy—savvy, telegenic, down-to-earth in his famous olive-drab T-shirts—has excelled. Now, in a crucial new phase, with Ukraine battling for international support and fresh military aid, the first lady’s role is no longer minor or ornamental. After spending the first months of the war in hiding, Zelenska, who, like her husband, is 44, has emerged into public view to become a face of her nation—a woman’s face, a mother’s face, an empathetic human face. If Zelenskyy leads a nation of civilians who overnight turned into combatants, she has visibly carried their emotional toll.
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Wasn’t it Vogue that did a full spread with lots of photos of the wife of Syria’s president Bashir al-Assad? Their political acuity isn’t. Or rather, they vote for the most fashionable wife.
[AP] DONETSK REGION, Ukaine (AP) — All over the Donetsk region, close to the front lines of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Nataliia Voronkova turns up at Ukrainian field positions and hospitals wearing high heels. A colleague bought her running shoes, but Voronkova gave them away.
A helmet and a protective vest aren’t part of her uniform, either, as she distributes first-aid kits and other equipment to Ukrainian soldiers and paramedics. She is a civilian, the founder of a medical non-profit, and looking like one is something no one can take from her, even in a combat zone.
A school teacher in Donbas prior to the onset of war, Voronin dispels the Kremlin's myth that Russian-language speakers were under threat in Ukraine's east. Mykola speaks about the terrorist killing of civilians that that led to his decision to fight the Russians, how Russians blame "Americans and Jews" for the war in Donbas, and what it will take to win and end this bloody war.
I just ran into the movie Sniper: The White Raven. This is an interview of the actual man.
Set during the Donbas invasion in 2014, "Sniper: The White Raven'' is a Ukrainian war movie completed before the 2022 Russian invasion. It’s based on the true story of pacifist and school teacher Mykola Voronin, who enlisted in the Ukrainian Army and became a sniper after seeing atrocities committed by Russian troops.
Inspired by true events and created with support from the Ukrainian government and participation of members of the Ukrainian armed forces and national guard. Learn more:
SNIPER: THE WHITE RAVEN Synopsis:
After suffering a senseless tragedy at the hand of invading soldiers in the Donbas region in 2014, a former Ukrainian physics teacher renounces his peaceful way of life and seeks revenge. Upon joining the military and earning a coveted spot as a sniper, he sets his sights on an elite Russian sniper whose elimination could change the tide of the conflict.
Reportedly tonight the Antonovskiy Bridge across the Dnipro River in Kherson city has been hit. Likely a strike by Ukrainian HIMARS rockets, possibly causing damage to its structure. Around 15 explosions heard by locals according to reports. Bridge already struck twice before. pic.twitter.com/Trk3rE4OI4
#BREAKING: Germany delivered the promised MARS-II MLRS and another three PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine, German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Tuesday.https://t.co/LOmo1Jq5Bo
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[LB] Over the past day, four assaults by the Russian military have been repulsed.
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In order to advance in the direction of Donetsk region, the occupiers are burning down settlements that do not obey - Heyday
Photo: Serhiy Gaidai in Telegram
In order to advance and consolidate in the direction of the administrative border of Luhansk and Donetsk regions, the Russians are destroying settlements, burning them.
Sergiy Gaidai, the head of the Luhansk OVA , announced this in Telegram.
"In order to gain a foothold in Luhansk region, the Russians brutally burn down populated areas that do not obey. By destroying several streets at once, the occupiers improve their tactical position for the attack on Donetsk region," he wrote.
In particular, on Monday, the Russians fired four rockets, organized two massive artillery barrages and used mortars two more times in the direction of the administrative border of Luhansk and Donetsk regions. As a result, the enemy was able to strengthen its positions.
"It's been almost a month since the enemy came almost to the border of our region, and in order to cross it, they are sacrificing all their reserves and burning villages in Luhansk region and Donetsk region. The occupiers don't need people - they need a referendum, no matter how many residents they kill and leave homeless", Gaidai wrote.
According to him, four assaults from the Russian side have been repulsed in the past day, and fighting continues in the fifth direction.
The head of the OVA stated that the occupiers are shelling populated areas with rocket launchers and barrel artillery. The enemy also uses aviation.
[LB] The building of the state fire and rescue department was damaged.
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On July 26, the Russian army shelled the city of Soledar in the Donetsk region.
This was reported by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
"And again the shelling of the city of Soledar. At 4:53 p.m., the Main Directorate received information that building 88 of the State Fire and Rescue Department of the Main Directorate was damaged as a result of hostilities," the message reads.
The facade, gates, window blocks, wall cladding and furniture in the subdivision building were damaged.
There were no casualties or injuries, the fire-rescue equipment was not damaged. Currently, the forces and means of the unit have been redeployed to a safer place.
It will be recalled that the SBU neutralized the agents-correctors of missile strikes on the railway in Donetsk region. Among those detained is the manager of one of the Ukrzaliznytsia stations.
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Winning hearts and minds...or shooting them
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Tactics learned from the Mongols.
Still effective for total war.
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But we've been told it's not total war, it's just "denazification".
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Predictable. City fighting is a bloodbath so the calculus is spend ammunition or spend the lives of your troops. ...And we are talking about Russians that fell in love with artillery as soon as they saw gunpowder.
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[Vesti] The Russian military has a systemic problem with the replenishment of personnel. "The Russian Federation is already trying to recruit mercenaries from among the citizens of Central Asian countries, representatives of remote regions and imprisoned criminals ," the operational summary of the General Staff states as of 18.00 Tuesday, July 26.
In the Volyn and Polesye directions , restrictions on civilian visits to forests in the regions of Belarus bordering Ukraine continue. It is noted that aerial reconnaissance of UAVs of the operational-tactical level in the border areas of the Volyn region is noted.
In the Seversk direction, the enemy shelled civilian and military infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Znob-Novgorodskoye, Khrenovka, Senkovka and a number of others. Conducted aerial reconnaissance near Znob-Novgorodsky.
In the Kharkov direction, the enemy carried out shelling from cannon and rocket artillery, in particular, not far from Borshcheva Sosnovka, Petrovka, Rubizhnoye, Mospanovoe, Chuguev, Svetlichny and Slatiny. Inflicted airstrikes near Zaliman, Mospanov and Yavirsky. Using the forces of the reconnaissance group, he tried to uncover the construction of the defense of our troops in the area of \u200b\u200bthe settlement of Chepol. Here the Russians are rendered harmless.
In the Slavic direction , the enemy fired from cannon, rocket artillery and tanks into the areas of Nortsovka, Dolina, Grushuvakha, Krasnopolye, Mazanovka and other settlements. Tried to advance near the Mother of God, unsuccessfully , withdrew.
In the Kramatorsk direction , artillery shelling was recorded near Raygorodok, Zakotny, Serebryanka, Verkhnekamensky, Vyemka, Pereezdnoy and Belogorovka. The enemy launched an air strike near Grigorovka. Unsuccessfully tried to reconnoiter the positions of the defense forces in the Verkhnekamensky area. The attempt of the Russians to improve the tactical position in the area of Ivano-Daryevka was successfully repelled by Ukrainian soldiers and forced the enemy to flee.
In the Bakhmut direction , the enemy fired at military and civilian infrastructure in the areas of Berestovoye, Soledar, Pokrovsky, Vesela Dolina, Vershina, Kodem, Mayorsk and Toretsk. Cynically launched air strikes directly on the settlements of Pokrovskoye and Novoluganskoye. Enemy attempts at assaults in the areas of Berestovoye, Soledar and Semigorye were successfully repelled by our defenders . Now there are battles with an assault group in the Pokrovsky area .
The enemy did not conduct active operations in the Avdeevsk, Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions . He carried out systematic shelling of civilian and military infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Veseloe, Sands, Krasnogorovka, Novomikhailovka, Pavlovka, Shevchenko, Bolshaya Novoselka, Novopol, Malinovka, Novoselovka, Novoandreevka, Maly Shcherbaki and a number of others. Launched an airstrike near Malinovka. The Russians also conducted assault operations in the areas of the villages of Pavlovka and Blagodatnoye, were rebuffed and withdrew with losses.
In the Yuzhnobuzh direction , the enemy continues to focus his main efforts on holding positions and preventing the advance of our units. The enemy is actively conducting UAV aerial reconnaissance and firing along the line of collision.
July 26 - 153rd day of the war between Russia and Ukraine . Russian troops are trying to capture the Uglegorsk TPP. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
[Vesti] In the Bakhmut direction, Novoluganskoye was captured by the Russian military. This was announced on Tuesday evening, July 26, by Maxim Cherevko, deputy head of the Svetlodar city military administration.
"We moved away from the village of Novoluganskoye. I can’t say exactly where we went. I know that the withdrawal of troops was under heavy pressure," Cherevko said . He noted that battles are still being fought in this direction.
"Constant shelling near Semigorye, Kodema, the whole side is under heavy artillery shelling, and air strikes are also being carried out," Cherevko added.
The official neither confirms nor refutes the information that the Russians seized the Uglegorsk TPP. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a report dated July 25 reported that the Russian army had partial success in the TPP area . In today's summary , the General Staff did not report on the battles at the TPP , while the unrecognized "LDNR" announced the complete seizure of the territory of the Uglegorsk thermal plant.
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[Korrespondent] 23:09 Zelensky said in an evening video message that Ukraine "will definitely hit back" after another attack by the invaders on the Odessa region, on ordinary houses where ordinary people lived and rested: "We will definitely hit back for this, whatever "The Russian Ministry of Defense did not lie about such attacks. The constant Russian terror of Kharkov and the region, Nikolaev, cities and villages of the Zaporozhye region, Dnepropetrovsk region, Donbass, the border regions of the Sumy and Chernihiv regions - all this will not just get away with the occupiers."
23:02 Today in the Netherlands, the Ukrainian people were presented with a special Dutch Independence Award - the Ambassador of Ukraine received it on behalf of the Ukrainians, Zelensky said.
22:56 The United States has yet to see any sign of Russia supplying or buying Iranian drones, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said. According to him, the very fact that Putin wanted to negotiate with Iran on the purchase of UAVs suggests that Western sanctions against Russia are working.
22:47 The Turn Back We Live Charitable Foundation was the first in Ukraine to acquire and donate to the military the Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial system, which includes three strike drones. Its total cost is $16.5 million.
22:33 Naftogaz is bankrupt. The state-owned company defaulted on bonds. The last day of the grace period for payments ended on Tuesday, July 26. Naftogaz says that the default was allowed by the Cabinet of Ministers, which did not allow the state-owned company to make payments. Read more in the material Naftogaz default: what does it mean .
22:11 Yermak held a meeting on Ukraine's accession to the working body of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - the working group on combating bribery in international business transactions: "Today, trust in our country is unprecedented. Its sign is the transfer of modern weapons to us for protection from Russian aggression. Its sign was the granting of the status of a candidate member of the EU to our state. The same sign will be Ukraine's entry into the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development."
21:46 EU countries have agreed on an emergency plan to reduce gas consumption after a week of discussions. The purpose of the plan is to reduce risks due to the threat of a complete cessation of gas supplies from Russia. True, the adopted document turned out to be softer than the original version due to the disagreement of some countries to reduce consumption. More details - in the material Gas war .
21:28 Ukraine intends to conclude an agreement with the IMF for 15-20 billion dollars by the end of the year, NBU head Kirill Shevchenko told Reuters. According to him, Kyiv has already sent a request to the IMF and is now consulting on new funding. The program should include measures that will help stabilize the economy. This could ensure a return to pre-war conditions, such as a flexible exchange rate, no restrictions on the foreign exchange market, a reduction in NPLs in the banking sector, and a balanced fiscal policy, Shevchenko said.
20:47 Estonia is preparing proposals to the European Union to suspend the issuance of Schengen visas to Russian citizens, Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu said. In his opinion, it is unacceptable that Russians are now massively traveling across the western border - Finland, Latvia, Lithuania - to visit the Louvre in the summer, while children are being killed in Ukraine.
20:29 Naftogaz announced a technical default on Eurobonds - the payment period for them expired today. At the same time, the company stated that there were funds in the accounts for making payments, but the Cabinet of Ministers did not agree to payment and in fact took full responsibility for raising the funds necessary to import natural gas for the 2022/2023 heating season.
20:06 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the Slavyansk direction, in the Kramatorsk direction in the Ivano-Daryevka region, the enemy retreated, and fighting continues in Bakhmutsky near Pokrovsky, the General Staff said in the evening report .
20:03 Zelensky announced that he had received the Winston Churchill Leadership Award today.
19:57 Ukraine must return the territories occupied by Russia within three to six weeks, since then it will be more difficult to do this. This was stated by Zelensky to the delegation of the US Congress, Politico reports with reference to Adam Smith, head of the US House of Representatives Committee on the Armed Forces. According to the Ukrainian president, the current period is decisive, because it is more difficult to wage war in winter, Smith said.
19:51 Zelensky said that he had the first conversation in the history of Ukrainian-Uruguayan relations with President of Uruguay Luis Lacalle Pou: "We appreciate the condemnation of the aggression of the Russian Federation, support for Ukraine in international organizations. He called on Uruguay, like other partners in Latin America, to impose sanctions against the aggressor ".
19:49 At a meeting with Erdogan, Putin asked him to open a plant for the production of Bayraktar UAVs in Russia, writes CNN Türk.
19:44 Ukrainian air defense has become better at shooting down Russian missiles thanks to the human factor, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "Efficiency is achieved precisely thanks to the human factor, because, unfortunately, we have not yet received the weapons that we dream of - this is long-range and medium-range air defense systems".
According to him, the personnel received new experience, and the interaction between divisions, the warning system and decision-making have also improved. "So far, we have received from partners only portable air defense systems of various types, which also work quite actively when shooting down occupant aircraft," Ignat specified.
19:35 The Just Russia party has prepared a bill proposing to recognize Ukraine as a "terrorist state". The document defines the procedure for recognizing states as terrorist and sponsors of terrorism. The bill also mentions that Ukraine is a "terrorist state". According to the proposal of the deputies, Russia can recognize as a sponsor of terrorism a country that supplies military goods to Ukraine. The property of citizens of such countries on the territory of the Russian Federation is proposed to be confiscated.
19:28 In the village of Korolyovka, Buchansky district, Kiev region, a 16-year-old teenager was killed - he was dismantling "an object similar to a military weapon" in a private yard, the State Emergency Service reported.
19:01 The head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov said that from under the rubble of the house of culture in Chuguev, rescuers got the body of another deceased. As of now, two people have been killed in yesterday's shelling. Earlier it was reported that rescuers are looking for three people under the rubble.
18:53 Work on the "product deal" has begun, the first ship will leave Ukrainian ports "soon", Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said. According to him, a plan to ensure the safe transportation of grain is being developed, the ships will be examined in the ports of Ukraine. Akar also said that work is underway on an agreement on the transportation of fuel, it will be similar to a "product deal".
18:41 For the harmonization of the Kharkiv agreements in favor of Russia, law enforcement officers reported suspicion of high treason to two former members of the government - Alexander Lavrinovich and Konstantin Grishchenko. Details about this case are in the material Treason for an agreement with the Russian Federation .
18:17 The Cabinet of Ministers offers investors in the securities of Ukravtodor and Ukrenergo to defer the payment of debts on them for at least two years, Shmyhal said: "Now the state is consolidating all available resources for priority needs. Financing the army, preparing for the heating season, paying pensions, restoring .. "Ukraine speaks frankly with all our creditors about deferring payments on our debts."
17:48 The Ministry of Health said that during the five months of the war, Ukrainians have aged at least ten years. Read more in the article How the war hit the health of Ukrainians .
17:29 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that from August 30 to September 5, the forces of the Eastern Military District under the leadership of the Chief of the General Staff will conduct the Vostok-2022 command and staff exercise. Practical actions will take place at the training grounds of the Eastern Military District. The Russian Defense Ministry emphasized that there was no question of any mobilization measures, and "only a part of the Armed Forces is involved in the special military operation, the number of which is quite sufficient to fulfill all the tasks set by the supreme commander in chief."
17:18 The Cabinet of Ministers accepted an appeal to the United States with a request to help Ukraine with gas supplies , Shmyhal said: “We have accepted the appeal of the Ukrainian government to the US government to provide our state with a gas lend-lease for a stable heating season. Preparations for the most difficult winter in our history continues, and in this preparation we are looking for all possible tools to be ready for any scenarios."
17:14 The EU published an annual report on the implementation of the Association Agreement by Ukraine. The document says that, despite the difficulties, the reforms carried out allow Ukraine to confidently enter a new stage of European integration. "We will continue to support Ukraine on this path," the European Commission commented.
17:11 Erdogan will visit Sochi on August 5 on a one-day visit, during which he will meet with Putin. According to Turkish and Russian media, the presidents plan to discuss, in particular, the situation in Ukraine and the "product deal".
17:07 Ukraine can help Europe save about 5 billion cubic meters of gas annually, Energy Minister German Galushchenko said during a visit to Brussels: "We can sell electricity - we have such an opportunity, up to 1.5 gigawatts - we can do it directly now. It's good for the Ukrainian market, because we have a big price difference. We can get money to maintain our financial liquidity. On the other hand, we can save up to 5 billion cubic meters of gas in Europe: you just buy our electricity and do not use Russian gas".
16:39 The Ministry of Economy predicts an increase in the consumer price index to 31-32% at the end of the year. Such a forecast was announced during collective bargaining to set the minimum wage for 2023, the Federation of Trade Unions said. According to the forecast, inflation will reach 30% in 2023, which is significantly worse than the NBU forecast (20%). The Ministry of Economy predicts that the fall in Ukraine's GDP in 2022 could reach 30-35%.
16:35 The Russians have concentrated a huge amount of air defense systems in the occupied territories, but the Ukrainian military knows where they are located, Yuriy Ignat, a representative of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said: "The occupiers have a lot of air defense systems, unfortunately. Today, this is the entire line of Bukovs - Buk-M1, M2, M3, Tor, Pantsir, S-300, S-400. Already in the occupied territories. We actually have all the information where these complexes are located, we have intelligence working, we know where they are, so we do certain steps to counteract these means.
16:16 Germany handed over three MLRS MARS-II to Ukraine , Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said. In addition, according to her, Berlin handed over to Kyiv three self-propelled artillery installations, IRIS-T air defense systems and three armored recovery vehicles.
16:10 The Israeli Foreign Ministry calls on the citizens of their country to refrain from visiting Ukraine, including the city of Uman and its environs, where Jews annually come to celebrate Rosh Hashanah. Israeli citizens in Ukraine are advised to immediately leave the country due to the continuing danger of missile attacks on populated areas and civilian objects.
15:46 The first sign of a positional war appeared in the hostilities against Russia , said the adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Rostislav Smirnov: "We see that for a week and a half the front line is static, starting from the south of our country and ending in the north, in the Kharkiv region. That is, the enemy is taking some assault attempts, but they are not successful. That is, the front line does not change. This is the first indicator of a positional war."
Smirnov explained this situation at the front with the plan of the General Staff to destroy the enemy’s military depots: “Over the past two weeks, we have destroyed more than 30, and in general, we have destroyed more than 50 ammunition depots. 17 command posts have also been destroyed. changes their logistical chains and offensive capabilities."
15:18 On the morning of July 26, from the Black Sea, the Russians attacked the Odessa region from Su-30 and Su-35 aircraft with X-59 missiles, and then immediately ten long-range bombers launched eight more attacks with X-22 missiles, a spokesman for the Air Force command said Yuri Ignat.
14:56 Governor of the Bryansk region Alexander Bogomaz said that the Ukrainian military blew up a Russian customs post with the help of a drone, three people were injured as a result of the shelling, one was killed.
14:50 Great Britain expanded sanctions against the Russian Federation, adding 41 people and one company to the list. In particular, the heads of the Russian regions, the Minister of Justice, the nephews of Alisher Usmanov, the head of the so-called "government" fell under the sanctions. "DPR" Vitaly Khotsenko and the first deputy head of the "government" of the so-called. "LPR" Vladislav Kuznetsov, "governor" of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev.
14:45 Together with the "referendum" on the accession of Donbass to the Russian Federation, the occupiers are considering the possibility of renaming Mariupol to Zhdanov, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city.
14:43 The Council of the EU announced that it had extended the sanctions against the Russian Federation for another six months, until January 31, 2023.
14:32 The only country that voted against the European Commission's proposal to voluntarily reduce gas consumption by 15% this winter was Hungary. However, Luxembourg Energy Minister Claude Turmes said: "The EU has united - agreed on a coordinated demand regulation by 15% in just one week! Reducing our gas consumption by 45 billion cubic meters is the best step to respond to Putin's gas blackmail only Hungary voted against".
The plan includes a mandatory target of 15% reduction in consumption in emergencies such as a major disruption to supplies from Russia, although it does provide for certain exemptions for particularly vulnerable countries or those integral to the bloc's network as a whole.
14:11 Lavrov said that Nord Stream 2 is "fully prepared to meet Europe's energy needs."
13:57 EU energy ministers have reached a political agreement to reduce gas demand, the Czech Republic said. At the same time, the EU countries agreed that they themselves will be able to choose how to reduce their demand for gas, and only the countries themselves by a common decision (and not the European Commission) will be able to launch a mechanism for mandatory demand reduction. The agreement to reduce demand for gas is temporary, in May the European Commission will assess the appropriateness of its extension.
13:44 In Chuguev, Kharkiv region, for the second day, rescuers continue to dismantle the rubble of the house of culture destroyed by the occupiers. The body of the deceased woman was pulled out from under the rubble, and the search for two more people continues, the State Emergency Service reports.
13:25 To conduct "referenda" in the occupied Ukrainian territories, Russia plans to use the pro-Russian organization "Donetsk Republic". According to the SBU, earlier it operated only on the territory of the "DPR", but now its geography is being expanded. Accordingly, the enemy is also planning a name change: the most likely option chosen by the occupiers is "Greater Russia".
According to the SBU, more than 1,000 "activists" are already active in this formation, who meet daily with the population of the occupied territories. Among them are agitators, bloggers and "vigilantes" who cooperate with the occupiers. Kremlin curators plan to use controlled media resources to reach more than 50 million viewers from Russia and eastern Ukraine with propaganda. In addition, the Russian Federation plans to deploy more than 1,000 Russian "experts" and "volunteers" to the region.
12:52 European Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson called Russia's decision to reduce gas supplies to the EU politically motivated: "We know that there are no technical reasons for this. This is a politically motivated step, and we must be ready for this."
12:29 Turkish Navy frigates Yavuz class MEKO 200TN Track I and Yıldırım F243 passed through the Bosphorus in the direction of the Black Sea, said Yoruk Isik, an observer of the movement along the Bosphorus.
12:27 The head of the Chernihiv OVA, Vyacheslav Chaus, reports that since the morning there has been shelling of the border region. The shelling is carried out from mortars, up to ten explosions were heard. The village of Gorskoe was also shelled, about 15 explosions were heard. First, no casualties.
12:25 The Joint Coordinating Center has started its work in Istanbul, which will monitor the work of grain corridors , the Turkish Defense Ministry said following a meeting between the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov and Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar.
12:18 Across Nikolaev, Russians fired 18 missiles this morning, the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim said. He specified that it was six X-59 missiles from aircraft and 12 S-300 missiles. Some were shot down, others hit critical infrastructure and enterprises. People were not hurt. Three non-working sections of the bridge were also destroyed. According to Kim, strikes were made against Odessa, Yuzhny, Rybakovka, and other towns and villages in the south.
11:53 Kuleba urged Europe to get rid of dependence on Russia: "Putin's gas war against Europe is a direct continuation of his war with Ukraine. Wherever he can harm, he will do it. He will use any dependence of Europe on Russia to destroy normal the life of every European family. The only way is to fight back and get rid of any addiction."
11:37 As a result of a missile attack on the private sector in the Odessa region, one person was injured, the administration of the Odessa region reported.
11:34 Ukraine returned the bodies of another 25 dead defenders, the Ministry of Reintegration reported.
11:24 In Moscow, as part of an all-Russian campaign under the slogan "from each subject of the federation in a battalion," they recruit people from other regions and even citizens of Central Asian countries (Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan). As an incentive, a high salary and the opportunity to obtain Russian citizenship are offered, according to the GUR MOU.
In general, according to Ukrainian military intelligence, Russia is changing the tactics of replenishment of personnel: in order to avoid the announcement of mobilization, the recruitment of military personnel is carried out through private military companies, the Russian Guard and the LDNR. Cases of coercion to sign "contracts" of the local population in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions are recorded. Also received a complete carte blanche from the authorities of the Russian Federation for the selection of militants in the colonies.
In addition, work has begun with former graduates of the Chelyabinsk Tank School in reserve up to 50 years. They are called upon to volunteer for a tank battalion, which is tentatively being formed in Perm. A collection point is organized there and T-72 tanks arrive, which are urgently removed from long-term storage.
10:56 The Russians fired on Zatoka in the Odessa region, the video was published by Zelensky on his Instagram and Yermak:
10:27 The UN has already confirmed the facts of death in Ukraine since February 24, 5237 civilians, another 7035 injured as a result of hostilities. Most of the civilian deaths or injuries reported were due to "explosive weapons with a wide area of effect, including heavy artillery and multiple rocket launchers, as well as rocket and air strikes." According to the official data of the organization, most civilians died in March - 3120 people.
10:22 In Nikolaev today during shelling one of city boiler rooms suffered - as a result of hit of an ammunition part of the building is damaged, mayor Alexander Senkevich reported.
09:55 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of July 26. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut direction.
personnel - about 39,870 (+170) people liquidated,
tanks - 1737 (+7),
armored combat vehicles - 3959 (+9),
artillery systems - 880 (+4),
MLRS - 258 (+1),
air defense systems - 117 (+1),
aircraft - 222 (+0),
helicopters - 189 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 722 (+3),
cruise missiles - 174 (+0),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 2835 (+3),
special equipment - 75 (+2).
09:37 "Authorities" so-called. "DPR" announced their intention to reach the borders of the Donetsk region before the end of August, Russian media write.
09:34 In the Sumy region, the enemy shelled the territory of the Seredino-Budskaya community from a mortar in the morning, there are no casualties or destruction, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky.
08:53 British intelligence denied the information of the Russians that they destroyed the Harpoon anti-ship missile warehouse in Odessa. Moscow sees these missiles as a key threat to the effectiveness of its Black Sea Fleet, analysts say.
The missiles significantly undermined the overall plan for the invasion, since Russia cannot take Odessa by amphibious assault, experts say. According to their forecasts, the Russian Federation will continue to give priority to the destruction of the anti-ship potential of Ukraine. However, it will be difficult for Russia to find a target due to outdated intelligence information and poor planning.
08:49 The head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim told that in the regional center as a result of morning attacks the object of critical infrastructure and the motor transport enterprise is struck, previously without victims. There were also attacks by air-launched missiles in the vicinity of the city. In addition, there was an attempt to hit the port infrastructure of the city.
08:24 The head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, specified that the invaders at about 5:00 attacked the civilian infrastructure of the Sloboda district of Kharkov. As a result of the shelling, the roof of the car dealership building was on fire, and several more shells hit open areas. According to preliminary data, no victims.
Also, the Russians again struck at Chuguev, there are hits on critical infrastructure. Rescuers continue to analyze the consequences of yesterday's destruction of the house of culture, where people still remained in the basement. Over the course of a day, the invaders attacked the Tsirkunovskaya and Balakleyskaya communities in the region.
08:17 The Ukrainian military repelled another attempt to storm the Russian aggressors in the Donetsk region in the Kramatorsk and Bakhmut directions. The enemy was driven back, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the morning report .
08:14 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russian army hit the Krivoy Rog and Nikopol regions at night. In the Shirokovskaya community, the enemy shelled the village of Koshevoye from cannon artillery - the power line was damaged, people were not injured. The Krasnogrigoryevsk and Marganets communities were covered with fire from the MLRS - without casualties and destruction, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
08:06 In the Donetsk region on July 25, three civilians were killed by Russian shelling - one each in Krasnogorovka, Soledar and Maryinka. Eight more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
07:58 In the south of Ukraine, the enemy launched a massive missile attack from the direction of the Black Sea, including with the use of aviation, the Operational Command Pivden reports. In the Nikolaev region, the port infrastructure was attacked. The Nikolaevsky district was hit by an S-300 air defense system from the temporarily occupied Kherson region.
In the Odessa region, there is a hit in private buildings of coastal villages, followed by a fire. Rescuers are on the scene and there are no casualties. There is a hit in the car market, other open areas of the suburbs.
05:24 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov reported on the night shelling of the city. One of the parts of Kharkov closer to the center suffered. The hit near the building, which has nothing to do with the military infrastructure, the mayor assured. There is no information about the injured or dead.
04:28 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that Russian troops in Zaporozhye and the Kherson region are strengthening their positions in anticipation of a counteroffensive by the Ukrainian army. Over the past 24 hours, they have made minor territorial gains south of Bakhmut, but they are unlikely to be able to effectively use these gains to fully control Bakhmut.
00:11 In the five months that have elapsed since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the statements of Russian officials about the goals of the Kremlin have changed many times. Read more about them in the material Donbass, NATO, change of power.
Svetlodarsk held firm against the separatists before the 2015 Debaltsevo defensive operation was concluded. Even more significant is the capture of parts of Svetlodarsk which brings separatist territory closer to Svetlodarsk arc.
[RIA Novosti] The official representative of the People's Militia of the LPR, Ivan Filiponenko, announced that the Uglegorsk thermal power plant in Svetlodarsk had been taken under control.
"The people's police continue their combat work, liberating the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic occupied by the enemy. The units of the People's Militia of the LPR in the area of the settlement of Svetlodarsk took control of the Uglegorskaya TPP, a key industrial facility in the region," he told reporters.
According to him, now the territory of the facility is being cleaned from the remnants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, Andrey Marochko, Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR, reported on a large number of mines and tripwires left by the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the station.
Earlier, Vitaly Kiselev, an assistant to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR, also spoke about taking control of the Uglegorsk thermal power plant.
Uglegorsk TPP is one of the largest thermal power plants in Europe . On the western shore of its reservoir there is also the village of Novoluganskoye, which was completely blocked by the allied forces.
Interactive map of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine
Russian troops advance in the north of the DPR . The Lugansk People's Republic was completely liberated - the cities of Lisichansk and Severodonetsk were taken , which became the last centers of resistance of Ukrainian troops in the LPR. Allied forces are also approaching Kharkov and Slavyansk . Among the Ukrainian military, the number of deserters and those evading participation in hostilities is growing.
As a result of the offensive, the Russian group of troops managed to completely cut off Ukraine from the Sea of Azov , as well as connect the controlled territories of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions with the DPR.
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.
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Looks like the plan is to restore the USSR if you can believe anything a Russian says. More likely Russia is going to become smaller as some of it's colonies break free:
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:49 In Artemivsk, servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the lower and upper floors of apartment buildings (Rozhdestvenskaya St.) equipped firing positions and ammunition depots, local residents are forbidden to leave their apartments, all attempts of citizens to independently evacuate to safe areas are severely suppressed. 22:21 In Druzhkovka, on the territory of professional lyceum No. 36 (Sobornaya St.), units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are deployed, checkpoints and firing points are deployed, the approaches to the educational institution are mined, but the local population is deliberately not notified about this.
21:43 The main thing from the new briefing by the head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev:
--Neo-Nazis deployed artillery and MLRS in residential areas of Donetsk Semyonovka, from where they are shelling the positions of the RF Armed Forces and DPR formations;
--Russian sappers neutralized over 139,000 explosive items in the Donbass;
--Almost 300 tons of humanitarian aid were transferred to the DPR, Zaporozhye and Kharkiv regions;
--More than 30 requests for evacuation from Ukraine were received by Russia in a day.
20:33 Operational information from the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. as of 26.07.2022
The people's militia continues combat work, freeing the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic occupied by the enemy.
The units of the People's Militia of the LPR in the area of ??the settlement. Svetlodarsk was taken under control of the Uglegorskaya TPP, the key industrial facility in the region. Currently, the territory of the power plant is being cleaned from the remnants of the armed formations of Ukraine. Rozhin said the plant is clear but only half of Svetlodarsk has been cleared 20:33 RIA Novosti correspondent visited in one of the most shelled settlements in the DPR, the village of Golmovsky near Gorlovka, whose inhabitants are only 800 meters from the positions of Ukrainian militants
19:32 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation at 19.30 on 26.07.2022
Over the current day, according to information from the DPR JCCC, the enemy fired more than 250 rounds from Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm mortars.
The fire was fired at the areas of ll settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, three civilians were injured. Three residential buildings and one civilian infrastructure facility were damaged. Additional information about the injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
We regret to inform you that three defenders of the Donetsk People's Republic died while performing their military duty in the struggle for independence. We express our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.
18:31 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Maryinka (western) - n.p. Aleksandrovka: 30 rounds fired from a tank;
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): 11 rounds of 122mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Otradovka - n.p. Dolomite: fired six rounds with a caliber of 155mm.
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): five rounds of 122mm caliber were fired.
18:00 Artillerymen of the 6th Cossack regiment suppresses the will to resist the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Soledar.
16:35 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Mikhailovka: six rounds of 122mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Georgievka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Nevelskoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kyiv districts): 10 rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Nevelskoe - Donetsk (Kyiv region): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
16:37 The Headquarters of the TerO DPR reports. Ukrainian militants from positions in Nevelskoye are firing 152mm artillery in the direction of residential areas of the Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts of the city of Donetsk.
16:07 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
- n.p. Nikolaevka Second - n.p. Gorlovka: 15 missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad MLRS;
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Verkhnetoretskoye: six rounds of 122mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Metalworker - n.p. Dolomite: fired 15 minutes with a caliber of 120mm;
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka: eight rounds fired caliber 152mm;
— n.p. Kleshcheevka - n.p. Dolomite: fired five rounds with a caliber of 155mm.
15:43 Employees of the prosecutor's office seized cartridges and explosive devices left by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Severodonetsk. This was reported by the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office of the LPR.
"Employees of the prosecutor’s office of the city of Severodonetsk and the interregional investigative department of the investigative department for the Kremensky district, Severodonetsk, Rubizhny of the General Prosecutor’s Office of the LPR, during an examination of the city’s territory, discovered ammunition and explosive devices," the report says.
15:36 The head of the administration of the city of Donetsk, Aleksey Kulemzin, reports: during the shelling of the Kuibyshevsky district, the facade of a private house, glazing and a fence along the street were damaged. shock, 4.
15:32 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the direction:
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired five rounds of 122mm caliber.
15:30 Investigators of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation inspected an oil depot in the Budyonnovsky district of Donetsk, which was shelled at night by Ukraine.Video:Vadim Belozertsev/TASS
14:56 Under fire from the armed formations of Ukraine, the Gorlovka village of Nikitovka! Gas pipeline and power line damaged on Novonalivnaya Street
13:11 The head of the administration of Donetsk, Aleksey Kulemzin, reports that the Republican Clinical Psychiatric Hospital of the Ministry of Health of the DPR at the address: st. Odintsova, 19. According to preliminary data, there are damages, there are victims. The data is being specified.
12:46 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.
12:38 The criminal case against the Nazi Alexander Kravtsov, the commander of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi group "SS Bears", whose victims were more than 100 people, was transferred to the Supreme Court of the DPR.
12:12 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Nevelskoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kyiv districts): 10 rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Artemovsk - n.p. Gorlovka: eight rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Golmovsky: fired five rounds with a caliber of 152mm.
— n.p. Pervomaiskoye - Donetsk: 10 missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad MLRS.
12:04 The head of the administration of the city of Donetsk, Aleksey Kulemzin, reports: the Armed Forces of Ukraine again fired at the village. Alexandrovka. According to the JCCC, 6 mines were fired with a caliber of 120mm. Damaged private residential building at the address: st. Gorky, 244. The roof of the building, the glazing of windows, and outbuildings were damaged.
11:30 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation published footage of the delivery of more than 30 tons of humanitarian aid to residents of remote areas of Lisichansk, LPR.
11:00 JCCC DPR recorded shelling from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 12 mines were fired with a caliber of 120mm.
- n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirov district): six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Maryinka (western) - n.p. Aleksandrovka: fired six mines in 120mm caliber;
— n.p. Rozovka - n.p. Novobakhmutovka: fired eight mines in 120mm caliber.
10:54 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation as of 10.30 07.26.2022: the Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, which, in turn, do not pose a danger to the enemy and are not military installations.
Over the past day, according to the DPR JCCC, the enemy fired 316 rounds from Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm mortars. The artillery was fired at the districts of thirteen settlements of the Republic.
As a result of shelling, one civilian was killed and five were injured, two of them were children born in 2005 and 2008. Twelve residential buildings and five civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about the injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: one Uragan MLRS, two BM-21 Grad, three trucks and more than twenty personnel. Two enemy firing points were suppressed in the areas of the settlement. Avdiivka and Nevelskoe.
10:03 From HIMERS to peaceful targets!
For four days in the LPR, seven attacks, six of them using the HIMARS MLRS.
The goals were - an agricultural firm, a college, a nursery garden, a hotel.
07/22/22 - Two attacks on the settlement Good and Stakhanov using MLRS HIMARS (seven missiles).
07/23/22 - fired at the settlement. Stakhanov using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS, firing one missile.
07/24/22 - fired at the settlement. Krasny Luch, Rubizhnoye and Alchevsk using American M142 HIMARS MLRS and 155mm M777 artillery pieces, firing 11 missiles and nine cannon rounds.
07/25/22 - shelling on the settlement Alchevsk using MLRS HIMARS (five missiles).
Expensive Western weapons are used to frighten the population, to prevent restoration work from being carried out, and to prevent them from calmly preparing for a referendum.
For Kyiv, a referendum is very scary. This is a fixation of the democratic will of citizens, this is the right to self-determination and this is a change in the status of the territory. Reported by Rodion Miroshnik.
10:00 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. as of July 26, 2022
Over the past 24 hours, during the active offensive operations of the units of the People's Militia of the LPR, the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and military equipment. Destroyed:
-up to 67 personnel;
-five armored personnel carriers;
-three units of special automotive equipment;
-one long-term firing point.
The enemy continues shelling civilian infrastructure facilities in LPR settlements. These facilities are not military and are not used by the People's Militia.
Over the past 24 hours alone, the armed formations of Ukraine fired at the settlement Alchevsk using American MLRS M142 HIMARS, firing five missiles. Information about the victims and damage is being specified.
All Ukrainian artillery strikes on civilian infrastructure are carefully recorded and will be used to file lawsuits with international judicial organizations to hold Ukraine accountable.
Peaceful life is being restored in the territories of the Lugansk People's Republic liberated from Ukrainian nationalists: engineering and sapper units of the People's Militia of the LPR continue demining.
During July 25, they cleared more than nine hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of Lesnaya Dacha and Sirotino settlements.
The forces of the NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, are delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of these areas.
09:47 The SBU reported on another "successful operation" to detain an agent of the Russian special services, which coordinated the actions of the Russian troops, reported the coordinates of the positions and locations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As evidence, the Ukrainians are still ready to present the woman’s phone with subscriptions to opposition Telegram channels.
The woman faces up to five years in prison. It is hoped that she will serve her sentence in the Donbass, where she will be released by the allied forces.
09:33 Urgent. The Wagnerites and the 6th Regiment took Pokrovskoye. Reported by telegram channel WarGonzo. After long battles, PMC "Wagner" and the 6th Regiment of the NM of the LPR, with the support of artillery and aviation of the Allied Forces, took the village of Pokrovskoye. Another milestone on the Bakhmutovsky direction has been overcome. From Pokrovsky to Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) there are five kms left.
09:33 Mariupol is rising from the ashes - specialists from Russia are already building new houses.
"Now the first four houses for 266 apartments are being built by construction teams from the Rostov Region and the Krasnodar Territory. We have already started the installation of the block system. This technology can significantly speed up the construction process. Despite the rapid pace of construction, the structures are not temporary, they are high-quality and reliable housing."
A total of 69 specialists and 19 units of equipment work at the site. It is planned that residents whose housing was badly damaged during the hostilities will live here," said Ruslan Teryaev, director of the department of the Ministry of Construction of the DPR.
09:14 The territory of the DPR will be liberated from the Armed Forces of Ukraine until the end of August - the first deputy minister of information of the republic.
09:13 Overwintering in Slavyansk this year will be almost impossible, said on the air "Espresso.TV” the head of the city military administration, Vadim Lyakh:
"If we talk about the heating season, for which the city is preparing, there will be no gas. This is already clear, the only way for heating is electricity or other boilers. The ability of companies to give us electricity is very limited."
According to Lyakh, if all residents of the Donetsk region turn on heating devices, the infrastructure will "fall down." In addition, problems with water and sewerage will be added. Because of all this, the mayor of the city urged residents to evacuate and spend the winter elsewhere.
Earlier, the mayor of neighboring Kramatorsk, Alexander Goncharenko, spoke about the difficulties that await winter.
09:06 Aleksey Kulemzin reports on the consequences of the night shelling of Donetsk: Ukrainian punishers continue to shell Donetsk. From n. Pervomayskoye and Nevelskoye villages in the Kyiv and Kuibyshev regions this morning another 10 rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
09:05 Fire at oil depot in Donetsk localized, spread of fire to the private sector prevented, extinguishing continues - Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR
08:10 Air defense officer from the grouping of the RF Armed Forces "O" ("Brave")toldthat the Ukrainian military has no attack drones left, recently its Buk M-3 crew has been shooting down mainly reconnaissance drones. RIA Novosti reports
07:00 Summary of the LPR Representation in the JCCC for the past 24 hours, July 25.
From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, shelling was recorded on the settlement. Alchevsk using MLRS HIMARS (five missiles). Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
05:56 A fire at the oil depot in Donetsk. A major fire occurred at an oil depot in the Budyonnovsky district of Donetsk, which was shelled by Ukraine. Fuel tanks are on fire. Employees and equipment of the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the People's Militia of the DPR are working on the spot. There is no information about the victims. https://t.me/swodki/138935
05:52 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): six rounds of 122mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Nevelskoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kyiv districts): 12 rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Nevelskoe - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky districts): 15 missiles were fired from the BM-21 "Grad".
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Budenovsky district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
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