Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] In the first week of the championship in the game "Rock, Paper, Scissors", which is held as part of the festival "Summer in Moscow. Everyone out on the street!", the winner was 11-year-old Artem Nazarov, reports the official website of the mayor of Moscow.
This Sunday, July 14, the championship final took place on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street. The absolute leader in points at the moment is Artem Nazarov, in the first game week he scored 21 points.
The winner on the central site this week was 16-year-old Artem Kulibin, who scored 15 points. Three more finalists were determined in the North-West District on the Moscow Seasons site on Aviatsionnaya Street. The most points for the week were scored by 10-year-old Albina Manazbaeva - 20, the top three were closed by 17-year-olds Natalia Garina and Alexander Popov.
It is noted that the championship in the game "Rock, Paper, Scissors" is held every day from 12:00 to 20:00 on Chistoprudny Boulevard, near the monument to the poet Abay Kunanbayev. The schedule of games in the districts can be found on the website. Every weekend, three leaders are determined in the districts. At the moment, the leading results were shown by players in the South Administrative District, having scored a total of 483 points in the final.
As reported by IA Regnum, from June 1 to September 8, the capital is hosting the festival " Summer in Moscow. Everyone out on the street! ", which will unite summer activities. For 100 days, festival sites will be open throughout the city, including boulevards, squares, parks, embankments and more.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:38 European commissioners will refuse to participate in informal meetings of EU ministers in Budapest in protest against Orban's diplomacy, said European Commission spokesman Eric Mamer. According to him, senior EC officials, rather than commission members, will be sent to informal ministerial meetings in Budapest. Mamer specified that the reason for this decision was "the latest events that marked the beginning of Hungary's presidency." The European commissioners will also skip the traditional visit to the country that has begun its EU presidency.
22:29 Trump, who today officially became the Republican Party's presidential candidate, has chosen Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate. Vance has consistently opposed aid to Ukraine. Last year, he and 18 other Republicans signed a letter to Biden calling for an end to "unlimited aid" and threatened to block such packages. He has also said that Ukraine may have to "cede some territory" to Russia to stop the fighting.
21:12 Zelensky met with journalists in Kiev after a series of trips abroad. Korrespondent.net has collected the most interesting statements by the president. Read more in the article Resignations and Mobilization .
20:58 The US is not giving Kiev permission to strike Russia with ATACMS missiles because it fears the war will spread beyond Ukraine, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said: "Washington's policy on long-range strikes has not changed... I think the important thing to understand here is that we don't want to see the unintended consequences of an escalation that could turn this into a broader conflict that goes beyond Ukraine. I think that's something that we all need to reckon with and take very seriously."
20:03 Friedrich Merz, the leader of the German opposition Christian Democratic Union (CDU), called on Berlin to transfer fighter jets to Kiev. German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit, in turn, said that Berlin does not want to supply German fighter jets to Ukraine, since several other countries are already preparing to transfer F-16 fighter jets and Ukrainian pilots are undergoing training on them. According to him, the Bundeswehr does not have such aircraft, which means that if the German Air Force supplies Ukraine with its fighter jets, Ukrainian pilots will have to undergo lengthy retraining.
"The practice of providing assistance to Ukraine has already shown that nothing good will come of everyone trying to supply everything. Instead, each country or group of countries should concentrate on what it can do best," Hebestreit explained.
18:59 Russians dropped two 250-kilogram guided aerial bombs on Liman in Donetsk Oblast - at least five people were injured, OVA head Vadim Filashkin reported. Three stores, an infrastructure facility and a private home were damaged.
18:27 On Tuesday, July 16, electricity consumption will be limited throughout the day, Ukrenergo reported. From 00:00 to 2:00 and from 16:00 to 24:00, regional power companies will apply four stages of shutdowns simultaneously, and three stages during the remaining hours.
17:42 The Strategic Review of Defense Procurement of Ukraine was approved at the 75th NATO summit in Washington, the Ministry of Defense reported. The document contains 21 recommendations to improve the efficiency of providing the Armed Forces of Ukraine in conditions of martial law and peace. Key recommendations include: ensuring interoperability of procurement between Ukraine and NATO, developing long-term procurement planning, improving procedures for direct agreements and competitive procurement, and standardizing the level of procurement secrecy.
16:53 Beijing tried to convince the European Union to accept the Chinese-Brazilian plan for Ukraine, writes the South China Morning Post, citing sources in the EU. According to them, Macron and Scholz were confident that China would send its representatives to the conference in Switzerland, but it abstained, and shortly before the summit, called on the embassies of EU countries to consider its plan, which implied the participation of Russia in the negotiations and an "honest discussion" of all proposals, taking into account Moscow's interests in the security sphere.
According to the newspaper, in March, Chinese representative Li Hui, after meeting with Putin, told Europeans that the Kremlin was confident of its victory and therefore called for Russia's position to be taken into account.
16:28 Spain is sending Ukraine a new batch of military aid, which includes, in particular, ten Leopard 2A4 battle tanks, several excavators and a large number of anti-tank missiles, the country's Defense Ministry reported. The aid will arrive in Poland this weekend, after which it will be delivered to the Ukrainian military.
15:57 Representatives of Russia should be present at the second Peace Summit, Zelensky said. According to him, the first meeting - on energy security - will take place very soon, most likely in Qatar. In addition, a meeting on free navigation and food security should be held in Turkey in August. Another meeting on the humanitarian direction - the exchange of prisoners and the return of children - is planned in Canada.
After these three points, if they work, a plan for implementing all the points will be fully prepared, the president added: “I set the task that in November we would have a fully prepared plan… I believe that representatives of Russia should be at the second Summit.”
Zelensky also clarified his words about 14 Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades that do not have enough weapons. According to him, these are not new brigades - they simply have not received the promised Western weapons. The process of delivery is slow, but the president hopes that the recently created NATO coordination headquarters in Germany will help solve this problem and speed up the deliveries. In addition, Ukraine has already received some "positive signals" regarding the use of long-range weapons. Negotiations with allies are ongoing, "they need to be pushed through," Zelensky added.
At a press conference, the president was asked to assess the progress of the campaign two months after the new law on mobilization and training of personnel came into force. "The military says that everything is going according to their plan," Zelensky replied. At the same time, he added that there are not enough training grounds for recruits, and they are being expanded. In addition, the base abroad will be expanded, in particular, there is a corresponding agreement with Poland.
According to the head of state, Ukraine needs 25 Patriot systems to fully protect the entire country. The president also confirmed that Ukraine will receive a certain number of F-16 fighters from Western countries, but they will not be enough to fight Russian aviation on equal terms: "The decision on the F-16 is strategic, their number is not yet strategic. There is a significant number of aircraft that I have agreed on with other countries. Following my agreements, there are some processes on both sides." According to him, Ukraine will receive a certain number of aircraft in the summer and by the end of the year.
Zelensky also commented on Budanov's words about the Russian offensive in northern Ukraine: "After this statement, I called General Budanov, and he said that he was understood slightly incorrectly. That is, we understand that there may be offensives, we are at war with you... We believe that serious work has been done in the Kharkiv region to make a powerful offensive from the north impossible."
As for the US elections, Zelensky said Ukraine is ready to cooperate with any political force, including the Republican Party if it comes to power. "As for ending the war, what is Trump's vision: I understand the general things. I think that if Mr. Trump becomes president, we will work. I am not afraid of that," he stressed.
Ukraine is negotiating bilateral security agreements with nine more countries in addition to the 23 with which agreements have already been signed, the president said.
Zelensky is convinced that Ukraine will receive an invitation to NATO as soon as the war ends: "Partner countries cannot give our state a full invitation if it is at war. They need a consolidated decision of all NATO members to invite us. Therefore, I believe that at this NATO summit, Ukraine received the maximum it could receive."
14:31 The government is allocating UAH 1.65 billion to purchase modern equipment for the updated school course Defense of Ukraine, said Mykhailo Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Digital Transformation. According to him, educational cells of the course will be created in cities - one for 5-10 schools or per community. Modern equipment will be purchased for the cells through Prozorro Market, including interactive laser shooting simulators; drone control simulators; training shooting ranges and models; first aid kits and medical simulators.
14:24 Germany "almost unnoticed" transferred a large batch of military aid to Ukraine, which included 39 armored vehicles, HIMARS and other equipment, the German publication Merkur reports. In particular, the package included ten Leopard 1A5 battle tanks and 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, two IRIS-T SLM and IRIS-T SLS air defense systems, three HIMARS MLRS, etc. Thus, according to journalists' calculations, the number of Marders supplied by Germany has grown to 120, and the number of converted Leopards - to 50.
14:13 Following the meeting of the North Atlantic Council of NATO at the summit in Washington, a declaration was adopted on the establishment of the Joint NATO-Ukraine Analysis, Training and Education Center (JATEC), the Ministry of Defense reports. The department noted that this decision is an important step in identifying and implementing the experience of Russia's war against Ukraine, as well as increasing Ukraine's operational compatibility with NATO.
According to Deputy Defense Minister Stanislav Gaider, the center will become the first-ever practical platform for Ukraine-NATO cooperation and a practical tool for accelerating Kyiv's entry into the Alliance. JATEC will organizationally function directly within the NATO structure under the leadership of one of the Alliance's strategic commands. Ukraine, together with NATO member countries, will participate in the preparation and adoption of decisions by the Center.
13:40 At night, Russian troops attacked the Odessa region with a ballistic missile, preliminarily an Iskander-M, from the territory of Crimea, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Kiper. However, he did not specify any details.
13:16 The pace of mobilization in May-June has more than doubled compared to April-March, Reuters writes, citing data provided by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. The department did not provide exact figures. Secretary of the Defense Committee of the Verkhovna Rada Roman Kostenko said that at the current pace, the figure of 200,000 recruits could be reached by the end of the year. At the same time, the average age of those mobilized remained unchanged - about 40 years.
12:19 The last Russian patrol ship has left Crimea, said Ukrainian Navy spokesman Dmitry Pletenchuk.
12:11 In the Oryol region, a "neutralized" drone fell on the territory of an oil depot, damaging an oil storage tank; there were no casualties, the regional authorities reported.
11:56 Orban sent his plan to end the war in Ukraine to all EU leaders after his "peace tour" and the proposals are on their desks, the Hungarian prime minister's office said. "These trips were very important because our country is the only country that has fresh and concrete information about how the warring parties and the key mediating players think," the office said.
11:27 Since the beginning of the day on July 15, the air defense of the south of Ukraine has destroyed four reconnaissance drones - three Orlan-10 and one ZALA. Over the past day, July 14, four enemy UAVs were also destroyed in the south - three Orlan-10 and one ZALA, Air Command South reported.
11:20 In Crimea, drones attacked the electronic reconnaissance unit of the Russian Black Sea Fleet at night on Cape Fiolent, the Crimean Wind Telegram channel reports, citing local residents. According to them, there were eight explosions in total. The "governor" of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, announced that the UAV attack was repelled.
10:28 Syrsky ordered an inspection of the situation in the 59th separate motorized infantry brigade named after Yakov Handzyuk and to clarify the circumstances of recent losses among personnel, the General Staff reported. For this purpose, a complex working group headed by the Chief of the Military Law Enforcement Service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be sent to the unit's area of responsibility.
Earlier, paramedic and Azovstal defender Kateryna Polischuk (Ptashka) accused the new brigade commander Bohdan Shevchuk, appointed "in connection with 'brilliant' official decisions and family ties with the top military leadership", of the fact that his actions led to the death of a large number of servicemen, including those in high leadership positions. Polischuk called on Zelensky "to pay attention and conduct an official investigation into the facts of criminal orders, deliberate negligence, disregard for the life and health of personnel" on the part of Shevchuk.
09:57 EU foreign ministers may ignore the summit of foreign ministers scheduled to take place in Hungary to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with Orban's uncoordinated foreign policy activities, Politico writes. The source noted that by boycotting the meeting in Budapest, other foreign ministers want to "send a clear signal that Hungary does not speak on behalf of the EU."
According to the newspaper, the EU may hold its own summit on the same dates as Hungary has planned - August 28-29. After Orban's "peaceful" trips to Russia and China, many EU foreign ministers have been trying to find a way to avoid participating in the Hungarian summit, which they consider a propaganda event for Orban.
09:19 On July 14, in the Kharkiv region, Russians struck the village of Boguslavka in the Izyum district with a KAB, one person was wounded, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Another person was injured as a result of the KAB shelling in the village of Kovsharovka in the Kupyansk district.
08:44 In Donetsk Oblast, one person was killed as a result of Russian shelling on July 14 - in Mirnohrad. Another 11 people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
08:36 In the morning, Russians attacked a residential building in the village of Sadovoe in the Kherson region, one person was injured, the OVA reported. In addition, the enemy struck a civilian car in Kizomys from a drone, one person was injured. Over the past 24 hours, eight people were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
08:30 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 15:
personnel - about 560,290 (+1200) people,
tanks - 8214 (+8),
combat armored vehicles - 15,826 (+15),
artillery systems - 15,324 (+62),
MLRS - 1119 (+0),
air defense systems - 892 (+2),
aircraft - 361 (+0),
helicopters - 326 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 12,148 (+41),
cruise missiles - 2398 (+2),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 20,623 (+85),
special equipment - 2569 (+3).
07:23 In Lipetsk Oblast, a UAV fell on the territory of an electrical substation in the Stanovlyansky municipal district, Governor Igor Artamonov reported. According to him, there are no casualties, "the operation of the electrical substation is not disrupted." The Russian Defense Ministry stated that at night, air defense allegedly destroyed 15 drones in Bryansk Oblast, one in Lipetsk Oblast, and six in Crimea.
06:42 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Russian military command has redeployed forces to conduct offensive operations in the area of Glubokoe in the Kharkiv region. In the area of Vovchansk, the Russian army is preparing airborne assault groups for further offensive operations.
According to the General Staff, in the Kharkov direction, the Russians unsuccessfully attacked the positions of the Defense Forces in the areas of Glubokoye and Vovchansk three times. The most difficult situation is in the Pokrovsk direction, where the enemy attacked Ukrainian positions in the areas of Novoaleksandrivka, Vozdvizhenka, Progress, Lozovatskoye, Novoselovka Pervaya and Yasnobrodovka 35 times over the past 24 hours. The situation in the Toretsk direction also remains tense.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The units of the Sever Group of Forces have engaged manpower and hardware of the AFU 92nd Assault Brigade, the 82nd Air Assault Brigade, the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, and the 13th Ukrainian National Guard Brigade close to Volchansk, Liptsy, Tikhoye, and Volchanskiye Khutora.
In addition, one attack launched by two assault groups of the AFU 71st Jaeger Brigade has been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 200 Ukrainian troops, three tanks, two pick-up trucks, two U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzers, one U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzer, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-64 counter-battery warfare station, and one Nota electronic warfare station.
The units of the Zapad Group of Forces have taken more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on 43rd Mechanised, 4th Tank brigades of the AFU, and the 1st National Guard Brigade near Kovsharovka, Boguslavka (Kharkov region), Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), Krasny Liman, and Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Four counter-attacks by assault detachments of the AFU 3rd Assault Brigade and the 4th National Guard Brigade have been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 585 Ukrainian troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, and seven motor vehicles.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, two Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery systems, one Swedish-made 155mm Archer self-propelled artillery system, one UK-made 105mm L-119 and one U.S.-made M119 howitzers, Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station have been eliminated.
Nine AFU field ammunition depots have also been destroyed.
The units of the Yug Group of Forces have improved the situation along the front line, defeated manpower and hardware of AFU 24th Mechanised, 10th Mountain Assault brigades near Vyemka and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People's Republic).
Three attacks launched by the AFU 5th Assault Brigade have been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 540 Ukrainian troops, two HMMWV armoured fighting vehicles, and four motor vehicles.
In addition, during counter-battery warfare, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 self-propelled howitzer, U.S.-made Krab and U.S.-made Paladin self-propelled artillery systems, one UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, three Msta-B howitzers, four 152mm D-20 guns, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made 122mm D-30 gun, one U.S.-made 105mm M119 gun, one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle, and two Anklav electronic warfare systems have been eliminated.
The units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have improved the tactical situation and defeated 31st, 47th, 110th Mechanised, 68th Infantry, 95th Air Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the 129th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Dimitrov, Vesyoloye, Vozdvizhenka, Katerinovka, Timofeyevka, Zhelannoye, and Dzerzhinsk (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, Russian troops have repelled six counter-attacks by 41st, 151st Mechanised, 95th Air Assault, 68th Jaeger brigades, and the 425th Separate Assault Battalion of the AFU.
The AFU losses were more than 340 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
The units of the Vostok Group of Forces have improved the situation along the front line. The servicemen also defeated manpower and hardware of 72nd Mechanised, 58th Motorised Infantry brigades, 108th and 128th Territorial Defence brigades near Nikolskoye, Makarovka, (Donetsk People's Republic) and Lugovskoye (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses were up to 125 Ukrainian troops, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, two motor vehicles, two UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzers, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have engaged manpower and hardware of the AFU 35th Naval Infantry Brigade and the 124th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Tokarevka, Ivanovka, and Antonovka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses were up to 110 Ukrainian troops, six motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B gun, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 109 areas.
Air defence facilities have shot down one MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, 36 unmanned aerial vehicles, and five U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles.
In total, 628 airplanes and 277 helicopters, 27,622 unmanned aerial vehicles, 551 air defence missile systems, 16,586 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,378 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 11,916 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 23,710 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 15.07.2024 to 00:00 16.07.2024
A total of 29 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were reports of a civilian being killed and a civilian being injured.
DAMAGED:
Two cars
Two residential buildings
One civil infrastructure facility.
A total of 12 artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 16 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction,
One artillery attack in the Volnovakha direction.
A total of 82 units of various ammunition were fired.
23:31 It is reported that Geraniums have been launched at the southern regions of Ukraine.
According to the source, a group of Russian Geran UAVs is aimed at enemy targets in the Kherson and Odessa regions.
21:00 Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian military personnel have shelled eight villages in the Russian-controlled part of the Khar'kov region, one person was wounded, the regional police department of the Russian military-civil administration (VGA) reported on its Telegram channel.
19:50 Snipers of the Dnepr group of forces destroy manpower and heavy quadcopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
19:04 152mm Msta-B howitzer crews of the North force group destroyed a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower and equipment.
The scouts discovered that the enemy was pulling units into a forest plantation and planning further actions. The Msta-B howitzer crew received the mission and, with the help of UAV adjustments, struck the targets.
18:12 The crew of the Mi-35M VKS helicopter hit a stronghold and enemy manpower in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces.
17:43 Military expert Boris Rozhin on the situation in the Krasnoarmeysk direction of the SVO:
Karlovka.
Minor advance of the Russian Armed Forces on the outskirts of Karlovka in the dacha sector + fighting continues near the shore of the Karlovskoye Reservoir.
Yasnobrodovka.
Part of the village is in the gray zone. The enemy has not yet left the pocket on the eastern shore of the Karlovskoye Reservoir. The Russian Armed Forces have made a small advance south of Yasnobrodovka.
Novoselovka Pervaya.
The Russian Armed Forces have occupied the northern and northeastern outskirts of the village and are trying to cut it into two parts by attacking from the north. Most of the Ukrainian Armed Forces positions on the northern, northeastern and eastern outskirts of the settlement have been lost to the enemy. The road to Novoselovka Pervaya from the west is under partial fire control of the Russian Armed Forces.
Volchya-Progress-Vozdvizhenka.
Fighting continues on the outskirts of Evgenovka, in the direction of Progress (about 1 km) and not far from the outskirts of Vozdvizhenka. The enemy has lost a number of positions near Evgenovka and Vozdvizhenka. The front remains mobile, and further advances by the Russian Armed Forces can be expected in the coming days.
Kalinovo-Rozovka.
North of Ocheretino - no major changes. The enemy is holding the defense to the south and southwest of Kalinovo, relying on the stronghold located to the south of Kalinovo. It has not yet been possible to bypass it from the West. There are also positional battles near Rozovka. The advance of the Russian Armed Forces to the west of New York (in parallel with the ongoing assault on the city) in the medium term may lead to pressure in this area.
In general, the Russian Armed Forces maintain the operational initiative in the Krasnoarmeysk direction and do not allow the enemy to stabilize the front, which, in combination with the problems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near New York and Dzerzhinsk, makes this section of the front a source of constant problems for the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
17:33 Kupyansk – Liman 1st.
Positional combat operations in the Kupyansk area. artillery attack of Russian Armed Forces positions in the forest area near Molchanovo station. Clarification of the line of combat contact. Expansion of the Russian Armed Forces control zone from the station about 500 meters to the Oskol River.
16:57 Special military operation. Situation on July 15 – map.
16:18 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of July 15, 2024) – video.
15:26 Soledar – Fedorovka.
Positional combat operations in the Soledar area. artillery attack by the Russian Armed Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces south of Fedorovka.
14:55 At about 13:40 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted.
A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the Black Sea near the western coast of the Crimean Peninsula.
14:14 Ocheretino- Evgenovka.
Combat operations on the northern flank of Avdeevka. A motorized rifleman of the Russian Armed Forces in the central part of Yevgenivka under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Expansion of the zone of control of the Russian Armed Forces in the village by more than 400 meters in the western direction.
13:22 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the settlement of Artemovo – map.
12:54 The enemy acknowledges the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the northwestern part of Krasnogorovka, as well as in the Kirovo (Severnoye) area near Dzerzhinsk – map.
12:15 We are receiving information that an agricultural farm in the north-east of Novoselovka Pervaya has come under our control.
11:34 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Novoselovka Pervaya, as well as advancement along the railway line towards Progress – map.
11:09 Statement by the senior officer of the press center of the Sever group – video.
The North group of forces continues to carry out combat missions in the area of the special military operation.
The group's units destroyed manpower and equipment of the 31st Mechanized, 92nd Assault brigades, 34th and 36th Naval Infantry brigades, 116th, 117th, 125th and 129th Territorial Defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Volchansk, Liptsy, Tikhoye, Zhuravka, Miropolye, Volchanskiye Khutors, Konstantinovka and Staritsa. An attack by two assault groups of the 57th Motorized Infantry brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was repelled.
The enemy's losses amounted to 150 soldiers, five pickups, an M777 howitzer, two 152mm D-20 guns and six 122mm D-30 howitzers.
10:55 On the morning of July 15 this year, another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted.
The air defense systems on duty destroyed and intercepted six UAVs, of which one was intercepted over the territory of the Oryol region, two were destroyed over the territory of the Bryansk region, and three were destroyed over the territory of the Kursk region.
10:17 The Russian army is expanding the offensive front in the Pokrovsky direction – map.
Pokrovskoe direction. To the east of Vozdvizhenka and in the Lozovatskoye area, the high tempo of military operations continues. To the east of Progress, Russian troops have advanced along the railway and landings in a section up to 1.12 km wide.
Heavy fighting continues in the Novosyolovka Pervaya area. The Russian Armed Forces are attacking in the northern and eastern parts. To the south of Novosyolovka Pervaya, the Russian Army has consolidated its position along a forest belt in a section up to 1.91 km wide. Positional combat operations continue to the east of Karlovka.
Toretskoye direction. Our units have consolidated their positions in Yuzhny and are storming the eastern outskirts of Zhelezny
Khar'kov border area. The fighting near Glubokoye and in Volchansk remains intense. Northeast of Volchansk, the Russian Armed Forces are attacking along forest belts and abandoned gardens in an easterly direction
Kurakhovskoye direction. In Krasnogorovka our troops have dug in to a depth of 250 meters.
09:53 Telegram channel "Rybar":
Chronicle of a special military operation: events of the week 08 - 14 July 2024.
At the beginning of the week, Russian troops launched a massive attack on targets in the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime. The targets were the Starokonstantinov and Voznesensk airfields, as well as other military and industrial infrastructure.
In Kyiv, the target was the Artem plant, which produced electronics, devices and aviation ammunition. As a result of at least six missiles hitting the production complex, it was heavily damaged.
Ukrainian forces launched over 40 UAVs at various regions of Russia, most of which were intercepted by air defense systems. An oil depot was damaged in Kalach-na-Donu, and substations were also attacked in Rostov and Volgograd regions.
Later, the enemy launched several more drones at targets in Russia. Air defense systems were operating in the Tambov, Moscow, and Bryansk regions. An industrial enterprise was damaged in the Tula region.
In the northern Ukrainian direction, the enemy continues to build fortifications. The exchange of blows continues along the border, both sides are actively conducting reconnaissance.
At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces manage to inflict serious losses on the Ukrainian Armed Forces: In Sumy Oblast, an Iskander OTRK strike hit an enemy convoy. Ukrainian formations suffered significant losses in manpower and equipment.
In the Slobozhansky direction, fighting continues in Vovchansk, where the enemy continues to counterattack. However, Russian troops are also advancing in the city - assault groups have occupied about half of the aggregate plant.
Meanwhile, in the area of Glubokoe, attacks by Ukrainian formations continued for almost the entire week. With losses in personnel and equipment, Ukrainian formations were able to drive the Russian Armed Forces out of the plantations to the west of the settlement.
09:17 Over the course of the past night, during an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out terrorist attacks using unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type on the territory of the Russian Federation, 22 UAVs were destroyed and intercepted by the air defense systems on duty, of which 15 were over the territory of the Bryansk region, six over the territory of the Republic of Crimea and one over the Lipetsk region.
08:41 Frontline report for the morning of 15.07.2024
Donetsk Front. The Russian Armed Forces continue to advance in Urozhaynoye, there are more tactical successes.
Fighting continues on the outskirts of Konstantinovka. In Krasnogorovka, the Russian Armed Forces are developing an offensive, continuing to push the Ukrainian garrison to the outskirts of the city. In the area of ??Karlovka, without any significant changes, the assault actions of the Russian Armed Forces continue.
In Novosyolovka Pervaya, Russian troops continue to liberate the territory of the settlement. Similarly, in New York, where there is another advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the central part.
Chasov-Yar direction. Fighting continues in the eastern part of Chasov Yar. Artillery and aviation of the Russian Armed Forces are actively working on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Fighting also continues on the northern flank, where Russian troops are fighting in the Kalinovka area.
Khar'kov Front. The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to regularly conduct attacks on the positions of Russian troops. Without any particular success. Fierce fighting continues in Volchansk and in the area of Glubokoe. Without any particular changes in the LBS.
08:00 Official report from the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC.
20 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
DAMAGED:
Eight residential buildings.
Nine artillery attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction,
One artillery attack from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction,
One artillery attack from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Volnovakha direction.
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 57 units of various ammunition.
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[REGNUM] Russian fighters in the SVO zone have a new dangerous enemy - heat. The offensive continues at temperatures up to 40 degrees. In trenches and positions in the steppe, fighters are saving themselves from the scorching sun by building awnings and shelters. And supply workers have to deliver more water to their positions using drones and other improvised means.
"The phrase has already come into circulation that it is not drones or shells that we should be afraid of, but the sun. This may seem like a joke, but it is very difficult for the fighters, especially at the front line. The only good thing is that the heat is tormenting the enemy too," said a source of IA Regnum, who is in the region.
He also added that Ukrainian soldiers fight in a single unloading vest, shorts and sandals on bare feet, neglecting the standard means of protection. But the heat did not become an ally of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and could not affect the advance of the Russian army.
Heavy fighting continues in the former Avdeevka and now Pokrovsk direction. Last week, the Russian Armed Forces liberated the settlements of Yevgenovka, Sokol and Voskhod. The front moved several kilometers west to the settlements of Progress and Volchye.
The main fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this direction, Novosyolovka Pervaya, was half-encircled. Satellite images appeared on the Internet, which captured defensive structures created by Ukrainian troops. In fact, the area of the settlement was turned into a solid "fortification" covering the direction to Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) - the last town in the eastern part of Donbass that remains under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
"The battle for Pokrovsk is a key stage in the final operation to liberate Donbass. Specifically, Novosyolovka is the main, most powerful "fortification" in the path of Russian forces coming from Avdiivka," the publication's source added.
For a long time, Russian troops did not begin an assault on the fortified area, successively encircling it from several sides. Now the Ukrainian Armed Forces units defending Novosyolovka are forced to defend themselves in semi-encirclement. According to the most optimistic Ukrainian sources, Russian troops control the northern and eastern outskirts of the settlement, striking at reinforcements that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are sending for defense.
According to some reports, there are units of former prisoners operating in the area, acting in the ranks of the 47th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The regular staff of the brigade has suffered heavy losses, since it has had to operate in the Avdiivka direction since February without being withdrawn for rotation and reinforcement. Newly formed infantry companies from among the recruits are joining the unit, equipped with American Abrams tanks and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.
Over the course of several days, Russian forces in the area burned a lot of armored vehicles, including American-made MaxxPro armored vehicles used to transport troops and ammunition. Ukrainian sources also complain about Russian electronic warfare systems, which disable most of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' reconnaissance and attack drones.
Taking Novosyolovka will allow the Ukrainian Armed Forces to clear the area on the left bank of the Volchya River and most of the Yasinovataya district of the DPR, pushing the enemy back several dozen kilometers from Donetsk.
FIGHTING IN THE STREETS OF NEW YORK
Another section of the front where fierce fighting continues is the Toretsk agglomeration area: the city of Toretsk itself, the villages of Pivnichnoye, Pivdenne and New York.
According to Ukrainian sources, the Russian army controls part of the settlement, advancing along Zelenaya and Pochtovaya streets. The same sources accuse the command of the 59th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of incompetence, which led to a breakthrough of the defense that had been held for several years.
An appeal to Vladimir Zelensky has also been published : the authors demand an investigation into the brigade command, stating that command posts are being handed out based on the principle of nepotism, while officers are ineptly using mobilized recruits, throwing them into the hottest areas.
"The command of the 59th does not stand out in any way from the other brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which were cobbled together during the SVO. They were put together anyhow, armed with whatever they could find, and with the corresponding fighting spirit. Fortunately for us, there are no others there," a source from the region told Regnum about the situation.
Russian troops continue to push through the enemy's defenses to the north, in the area of the city of Chasova Yar, pinning down the Ukrainian Armed Forces units that Kyiv planned to redeploy to the Toretsk area. Russian aviation is striking Ukrainian Armed Forces bases in the industrial zone of New York.
There are also reports of new defensive lines being prepared on the approaches to the settlements of Druzhkovka and Konstantinovka. It can be assumed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces command is considering the possibility of retreating from Chasov Yar and Toretsk, but for now the Ukrainian troops are holding the line in both directions, occasionally attempting to counterattack.
FALSE HOPE OF THE UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES ON AVIATION
Against the backdrop of disappointing news from the front, official Kyiv is left to maintain the fighting spirit of the population with news about arms deliveries. The day before, the government announced the imminent arrival of several divisions of the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system and other air defense systems.
In addition, a number of NATO countries have announced the start of deliveries of F-16 fighters in the near future. According to some reports, the aircraft are already operating in the airspace of the Odessa region, taking off from Romanian territory. At the same time, reports appeared on the Internet about the training of Ukrainian pilots to use French Mirage-2000 and Swedish Saab Grippen fighters.
Kiev is positioning the F-16 as another "wonder weapon" that could have a decisive impact on the course of military operations. However, Bloomberg " grounds " Kiev's aviation impulse.
According to journalists, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be able to receive a maximum of six fighters by the end of the summer and a total of 20 by the end of the year. Bloomberg also notes that the use of fighters is complicated by several problems.
Firstly, the aircraft are planned to be used directly as fighters, for reconnaissance or direct participation in combat operations. In other words, there are too many tasks for several aircraft.
Secondly, modern aviation needs high-quality and equipped airfields, of which there are very few in Ukraine. And given the recent strikes by the Russian army on Ukrainian airfields, after which air defense installations and military aircraft burned down, the deployment of F-16s on Ukrainian territory is highly questionable. The aircraft will either have to be deployed on the territory of Poland or Romania, or camouflaged and constantly moved. In both cases, the use of fighters near the front line is excluded.
Thirdly, American journalists predict that Kyiv will face a shortage of weapons and spare parts for aircraft repairs.
In general, Bloomberg concludes, the supply of Ukrainian aircraft will not affect the advance of Russian troops. This means that the Russian Armed Forces will continue to liberate Donbass.
Note: General Apty Alaudinov is Chechen.
[Regnum] The murder of a captured Russian serviceman, filmed and published by Azov (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation), is a violation of the Geneva Convention. Although no one expected anything else from the Azov people, said the commander of the Akhmat special forces, deputy head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces, General Apty Alaudinov.
"This is a violation of the Geneva Convention. We probably didn't expect anything else from Satanists like Azov, who are fascists in all their manifestations," he told reporters.
The general added that what happened did not surprise him.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, in August 2023, the Supreme Court of the DPR sentenced Azov serviceman Andrey Bogdan to 25 years in a maximum security penal colony for the execution of a Russian prisoner of war in March 2022. The militant was found guilty under paragraphs "g" and "l" of Part 2 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code (murder committed by an organized group, motivated by political or ideological hatred) and Part 1 of Article 356 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (cruel treatment of a prisoner of war in the occupied territory).
In December 2022, details of the shooting of several civilians in Mariupol by members of the Azov Battalion were made public. The International Public Tribunal for Ukraine reported on the massacres.
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[Regnum] Conscripts from the past spring campaign were not sent to the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, as well as to the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions. This was assured by the Russian Defense Ministry.
“Conscript servicemen were not sent to the deployment points of the Russian Armed Forces units in new regions of Russia, including to participate in the implementation of special operation tasks there,” the defense department explained.
In total, 150,000 conscripts were sent to serve during the spring draft.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the draft commissions began their work on April 1. The dispatch of conscripts from assembly points in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation to the troops began on April 15. As in previous draft campaigns, young people could choose the type and branch of the military for service, taking into account their health and the results of professional psychological selection.
It is specified that before being sent to their places of service, the conscripts were provided with everyday uniforms: black for the Navy, blue for the Airborne Forces and the Aerospace Forces, and protective colors for other types and branches of the military. They were also given toiletry bags, bank cards, and personal electronic cards.
According to the new rules, which came into force on January 1, 2024, citizens aged 18 to 30 are subject to conscription for military service, excluding those who turned 27 before the end of 2023 and those who are 28 or 29 years old and who are in the reserve. The Russian Armed Forces must be replenished by 150 thousand people - 3 thousand recruits more than in the spring conscription of 2023. The autumn conscription will take place from October 1 to December 31.
More from regnum.ru Spring conscription for military service has ended in Russia
The spring conscription of 2024 has been completed, 150,000 people have been sent to the troops. This was reported on July 15 by the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry in the Telegram channel.
“In accordance with the decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated March 31, 2024, No. 222, this spring 150,000 people were called up and sent to serve in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and other military formations,” the report says.
It is noted that the draft commissions began their work on time, on April 1. The dispatch of conscripts from assembly points of the subjects of the Russian Federation to the troops began on April 15. As in previous draft campaigns, young people who arrived at the military commissariats of municipal entities could choose the type and branch of the military for service, taking into account their health and the results of professional psychological selection.
It is specified that before being sent to their places of service, the conscripts were provided with everyday uniforms: black for the Navy, blue for the Airborne Forces and the Aerospace Forces, and protective colors for other types and branches of the military. They were also given toiletry bags, bank cards, and personal electronic cards.
No conscripts were sent to the deployment points of the Russian Armed Forces units in the new regions of Russia - the DPR, LPR, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions - or to participate in the tasks of a special military operation there, the defense department clarified.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the head of the State Duma Defense Committee Andrei Kartapolov stated that conscripts called up to the Russian Armed Forces during the autumn draft will not be sent to the zone of the special military operation. He emphasized that there were no changes in the issue of conscription, so everything will proceed as during the previous draft.
According to the new rules, which came into force on January 1, 2024, citizens aged 18 to 30 are subject to conscription for military service, excluding those who turned 27 before the end of 2023 and those who are 28 or 29 years old and who are in the reserve. The Russian Armed Forces must be replenished by 150 thousand people - 3 thousand recruits more than in the spring conscription of 2023. The autumn conscription will take place from October 1 to December 31.
On March 1, President Vladimir Putin signed an annual decree on conscription for military training in the Russian Armed Forces. The document states that Russians in the reserve are subject to conscription for military training in the Armed Forces, the Russian National Guard, the Emergencies Ministry, the state security agencies, and the FSB. The training of Russian citizens in the reserve is a planned event and is held annually. Its goal is to improve the combat training of those in the reserve.
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[Regnum] In the first week of the championship in the game "Rock, Paper, Scissors", which is held as part of the festival "Summer in Moscow. Everyone out on the street!", the winner was 11-year-old Artem Nazarov, reports the official website of the mayor of Moscow.
