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[LB] Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Sumy, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Donetsk regions were under enemy fire.
by Iryna Lysohor
The Cherkasy region was attacked by the enemy at night with "shaheds". There is a hit in one of the objects of non-residential infrastructure in Cherkasy district. As a result of the impact, a fire broke out and was extinguished. Two victims with burns were taken to the hospital. The survey of the territory is ongoing. The data on the consequences are being clarified, according to the summary from OVA as of this morning.
There were two shellings (17 explosions) in Chernihivska during the day. Mortars hit the Snovska and Novgorod-Siverska communities. Without victims and destruction.
In Sumy at night and in the morning, the enemy carried out six shellings, 29 explosions were recorded. The communities of Bilopolska and Khotynska were shelled. In advance - without consequences. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 22 shelling of the border.
A total of 225 explosions were recorded. The communities of Krasnopilsk, Velikopysarivsk, Druzhbivsk, Shalyginsk, Bilopolsk, Glukhivsk, Esmansk, Khotinsky came under fire. Krasnopil community: the enemy fired mortars (15 explosions). As a result of one of the shellings, 370 subscribers were left without electricity. As a result of another shelling, civilian buildings were damaged. Khotyn community: the enemy fired mortars (six explosions). Power lines were damaged as a result of shelling.
In Zaporizhzhia, the enemy carried out 69 attacks on 16 front-line settlements. Artillery strikes hit Orikhov, Gulyaipol, Zaliznychny, Malya Tokmachka, Yehorivka, Malynivka, Stepnohirsk, Orikhov and Preobrazhenka were attacked three times by aerial bombs, the enemy hit Orikhov, Novodarivka, and Chervony with salvo rocket systems.
So far, 43 reports of the destruction of civilian objects have been recorded. An 85-year-old man was seriously injured during an artillery attack on a residential area of Gulyaipol. He was promptly taken to the nearest medical facility, but, unfortunately, it was not possible to save the wounded man.
In Luhansk, Novoselivsk, which is near Svatovo, and Bilogorivka, located on the opposite side of our section of the front, as well as Nevsky, went to Luhansk. At night, the enemy struck with a rocket salvo fire system. Another destruction was recorded in the village.
During the day, the enemy fired 107 rounds (536 shells). Invaders in the occupied territories are finding new methods of forced mobilization. Yesterday, employees of the "Gybdd" began to confiscate driver's licenses from men who do not have a military registration mark on their military ID. The certificate is returned only after appearing at the military commissariat.
In Kharkiv, during the day, the occupiers shelled about 15 border settlements of Kharkiv, Izyum, Chuguyiv, and Kupyan districts with artillery. As a result of shelling of the village of Vyshneve, a warehouse with sunflower seeds was on fire. There are no victims or injured. Also yesterday, the enemy struck Kucherivka with a guided aerial bomb in the Kupyan district. Four private houses were damaged, a 74-year-old man was injured. Hospitalized in a moderate condition. In the evening, the occupiers shelled Khatne. The club building was damaged.
In Donetsk over the past day, the occupiers have carried out 17 shellings: Smerch, Grad, artillery, mortar. They shelled Avdiivka, Chasiv Yar, Velika Novosilka, Shcherbynivka, Yurkivka, Prechistivka, Bogoyavlenka, and Toretsk. 20 objects were damaged: 16 residential buildings, farm building of Agrotisa LLC, farm building, garage, civilian car. In a day in Donetsk region: four wounded.
In Mykolaivska yesterday, the enemy fired artillery at Ochakov, as a result of which residential buildings were damaged. An economic building caught fire. The fire was quickly extinguished. There are no casualties. Also yesterday, the enemy shelled the Kutsurub community. As a result of the hits, the dry grass on the homesteads caught fire. The fire has been extinguished. No casualties.
In Dnipropetrovsk, the enemy shelled the Nikopol district six times since the evening. The aggressor attacked with a drone and heavy artillery. He hit the Marganets community and Nikopol. People are unharmed. The consequences are being investigated, rescuers are examining the area.
In Khersonskaduring the day, the enemy carried out 67 shellings (313 shells), of which there were five artillery shells (21 shells) on Kherson. The enemy hit the districts of 23 settlements of the region, the building of the humanitarian headquarters and residential buildings in Kherson, the construction of the Mykhailivka water tower. Fires broke out in the places of shelling. As a result of the shelling, civilians were injured.
Among them was an 8-year-old boy, who was diagnosed with moderate injuries. At the time of the enemy attack, he was in the yard of the house. A 68-year-old man has serious injuries. Two people, a 56-year-old woman and a 52-year-old man, received moderate injuries. Another man was injured in Kindytsy. All the victims were hospitalized. The occupiers also hit Sofiyivka in the Stanislavska hromada from the "Hradiv". A 65-year-old woman died as a result of the shelling.
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[Korrespondent] 22:23 Chief sergeant of the 47th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Magura Valery Markus asked to be demoted due to disagreement with the actions of the command. Details about this story are in the material Scandal with Marcus .
22:18 Biden, when asked about the possible supply of ATACMS missiles to Kiev, said that Ukraine most of all now needs artillery shells: "They already have the equivalent of ATACMS, and most of all they need artillery shells. We are working on it."
21:49 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $410 million in new funding and projects to support Ukraine and strengthen transatlantic security.
21:37 In the Bakhmut direction on the southern flank around Bakhmut, the Defense Forces were advancing today - there is an advance, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are fixed on the occupied lines, Anna Malyar said. Also, Ukrainian troops today continued the offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions.
At the same time, the Defense Forces successfully held back the advance of Russian troops in the Kupyansky, Limansky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions. The enemy has not advanced, there are heavy battles. In recent weeks, the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the south have significantly undermined the offensive and defensive capabilities of the enemy. Thus, due to the destruction of a large number of ammunition depots, the number of enemy shelling has decreased, Maliar noted.
21:09 Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden signed a joint statement in which they expressed their intention to join the G7 countries on the issue of security guarantees for Ukraine. In particular, they are ready to "develop a framework of commitments and agreements" to promote long-term security. We are talking about the provision of military equipment, military training, financial support, etc.
20:24 Russian State Duma deputy and former commander of the 58th Army Andrey Gurulev confirmed the death in Berdyansk of the deputy commander of the South-Eastern District, Lieutenant General Oleg Tsokov. He became one of the highest-ranking Russian servicemen liquidated during the war in Ukraine. This is already the 11th report about the death of senior officers of the RF Armed Forces in Ukraine. At the same time, information about the death of six Russian generals has been confirmed at the moment. Their list leads the project we can explain:
Deputy Commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army of the Russian Federation, Major General Andrey Sukhovetsky,
Deputy Commander of the 8th Army of the Russian Federation, Major General Vladimir Frolov,
retired Major General Kanamat Botashev,
First Deputy Commander of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army of the Russian Federation, Major General Roman Kutuzov,
Chief of Staff of the 35th Combined Arms Army, Major General Sergei Goryachev.
19:45 Ukrposhta has announced the release of a new stamp Destroyers of Evil , dedicated to the F-16 aircraft. It goes on sale August 4th.
19:32 Duda said that in the event of Russian aggression, up to 100,000 military personnel from NATO countries would be immediately deployed to Poland. According to him, this is included in the NATO defense documents approved in Vilnius. The President also called positive the decision of the Alliance on the location of NATO warehouses with weapons on the territory of Poland.
"Today there is no doubt: Russia is the aggressor and the greatest threat to the NATO countries, it is waging an aggressive war in Ukraine, and therefore it has been named the entity that is the biggest threat to the Alliance," Duda stressed.
19:26 Zelensky said after a meeting with Biden that Ukraine would definitely be invited to NATO when the war is over. He also stressed that Ukraine will never exchange any status for any territories - "even if it is one village in which one person lives, Ukraine will not agree to a frozen conflict."
19:18 Zelensky said after a meeting with Biden that there is still no decision to provide Ukraine with long-range ATACMS missiles. He also noted that Ukraine is not interested in deploying foreign troops on its territory: “No one raises the issue of deploying Polish troops here. Neither NATO countries nor we are interested in this - as long as we are not in NATO, so that we have those or other foreign armed forces. Our armed forces are enough, the only question is specific modern NATO-style weapons." Earlier, Polish President Andrzej Duda did not rule out that NATO could send a peacekeeping mission to Ukraine after the end of the war.
19:12 The Office of the President published a declaration of the G7 countries on support for Ukraine.
19:05 Erdogan said that his relations with Russia did not suffer due to the release of the defense commanders of Mariupol. According to him, agreements that military commanders should remain in Turkey were reached on a bilateral basis between Ukraine and Russia. Turkey gave them asylum, and when Zelensky asked to hand them over to Ukraine, Ankara gave them up.
19:01 Stoltenberg said that negotiations to end the war will begin only by the decision of Kiev, no decisions will be made without Ukraine.
18:57 IAEA experts continue to inspect the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the agency reported. Mines and explosives were not found there, but they are still waiting for access to the roofs of power units No. 3 and No. 4, where, according to Ukrainian intelligence, there may be explosives planted by the Russians.
18:52 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that PMC Wagner handed over to the armed forces more than 2,000 pieces of equipment and weapons, including hundreds of tanks, MLRS Grad, Uragan, SAM Pantsir, self-propelled artillery mounts, armored personnel carriers and more. Among the transferred equipment, "dozens of units" have never been used in combat conditions, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.
18:35 Zelensky reported on a "very good, strong meeting" with Biden: "The meeting lasted at least twice as long as planned, and was just as informative as it should be. If the protocol had not stopped the meeting, we would have talked even longer. All topics: long-term support, weapons, politics, NATO... We clearly see how to end this war with our common victory."
17:44 Biden told Zelensky before the start of the bilateral meeting that he was looking forward to the day Ukraine officially joined NATO: "I hope that we are finally done with the opinion about whether they want to see Ukraine in NATO or not. It will happen. We are moving on, we're moving in the right direction... The bad news for you is that we're not going anywhere. You're stuck with us. We're not going anywhere."
"I think that the issue of inviting Ukraine to NATO membership is a matter of several months," Biden added.
17:20 In Zaporozhye, as a result of the fall of an unidentified enemy aircraft, 18 people were injured , including six children, said the head of the OVA Yuriy Malashko.
17:11 Zelensky said that he had a "good conversation" with the President of the European Council Charles Michel: "The main thing that was discussed was our ability to open negotiations on EU membership at the end of this year."
17:06 19 bodies of soldiers who died in Russian captivity were returned to Ukraine, Oleg Kotenko, Ombudsman for Missing Persons, said. According to him, four more bodies will be brought in the coming days. "These are those who were in captivity and died. This is about what we know, these bodies are returned to us. But it happens that the bodies may not be returned to us," Kotenko specified.
17:00 The Dutch government is ready to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighters, but so far it has permission only for training Ukrainian pilots, which will last 6-8 months, Defense Minister Kaisa Ollongren said. At the same time, she expressed confidence that sooner or later the United States would allow the transfer of aircraft to Ukraine.
16:47 Yermak called the Declaration of Support for Ukraine agreed by the G7 countries "an important victory on the way to NATO." According to him, the Declaration itself is a framework general document, and the next step is the conclusion of a system of bilateral agreements in the field of security between Ukraine and individual guarantor countries. The key thesis of the Declaration is confirmation of the fact that the security of Ukraine is a component of the security of the Euro-Atlantic region. This thesis reinforces the mention of the future membership of Ukraine in NATO.
Security assurances include the following components:
Measures to help Ukraine defend itself and prevent new aggression, including the supply of weapons, support for the development of the defense industry, training, cooperation in the field of intelligence and cybersecurity. In addition, the guarantor countries will help improve the stability of the Ukrainian economy and energy sector and will provide technical and financial assistance.
Measures in the event of a new aggression, providing for immediate consultations in order to provide Ukraine with everything necessary for defense in the shortest possible time.
Support in holding Russia accountable for aggression and economic and legal steps aimed at punishing the Russian Federation and increasing its spending on the war (tightening sanctions pressure, freezing assets, creating mechanisms for collecting reparations and prosecuting those responsible for crimes against Ukraine).
Further support for the democratic development of Ukraine.
Yermak noted that this document is open and allows other countries outside the G7 to join the security guarantees. "The Declaration is the first document symbolizing the presence of an umbrella in the form of security guarantees. It is important that before the NATO summit in Washington in 2024, we win the war and sign security guarantees for our state. They will be valid until we join NATO," he added. OP head.
16:29 The Russian army shelled a house in Kherson - one person was killed, one was wounded, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
16:16 The delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine will most likely be carried out from the stocks of European countries, Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan said: "As for the F-16 fighters, President Biden made a decision a few weeks ago, working in close consultation with allies , to start training Ukrainian pilots on these aircraft. This training will take some time, and then the transfer of F-16s will be carried out, probably from European countries that have these aircraft."
15:48 Norway will transfer two more NASAMS air defense systems to Ukraine , which include launchers and fire control centers, the country's Ministry of Defense said.
15:37 The G7 countries agreed on a framework agreement on long-term security guarantees for Ukraine , writes the Financial Times. In particular, the leaders of the G7 promised to increase the supply of weapons to Kyiv, speed up the exchange of intelligence, and expand the training of the military. Security guarantees to Kyiv include the supply of modern military equipment for ground, air and sea forces. In addition, in the declaration, the G7 countries promised to provide urgent military assistance to Ukraine in the event of a new conflict with Russia in the future.
In turn, Kyiv undertakes to carry out reforms, including the judicial system and civilian control over the Armed Forces.
15:22 The NATO summit in Vilnius was called historical for Ukraine, but its results cause mixed feelings. Ukraine was not officially invited to join the Alliance, but they simplified the entry procedure, promised security guarantees and a lot of military support, up to the training of pilots on the F-16. So what is it, victory or defeat? For more details, see the material Outcomes of the summit .
15:01 Leopard 2 tanks damaged in Ukraine will be repaired in Germany and, probably, in Lithuania, the German Defense Ministry said.
14:56 In Vilnius, on the sidelines of the summit, the first meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council began, it is being held behind closed doors. By this time, Zelensky managed to hold bilateral meetings with the prime ministers of Canada, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Australia, the German Chancellor and the President of France. A meeting with Biden is also expected today.
14:39 Stoltenberg said that NATO made its strongest decision regarding Ukraine on the way to its membership with the full knowledge that the Russian Federation would protest. "We will never allow Moscow to decide who can and who cannot be a member of the Alliance," the secretary general stressed.
14:35 To join NATO, Ukraine does not need a MAP, but it needs to carry out a number of reforms, said White House National Security Council Speaker John Kirby: “Part of this process is the existence of a healthy, vibrant democracy and healthy, viable, sustainable democratic institutions. There is work to be done in this regard." Among the necessary reforms, he named the eradication of corruption, the development of democratic institutions, a strong judiciary, the rule of law and "other key indicators that every country aspiring to become a NATO member needs."
14:26 Japan will supply UAV detection systems to Ukraine, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said. Tokyo is using $30 million in NATO funds to provide Ukraine with non-lethal equipment, such as drone detection systems, he said.
14:02 The German government abandoned plans to open a Leopard tank repair center in Poland, which was supposed to repair Ukrainian tanks, Handelsblatt writes, citing sources. Officially, the refusal should be announced in the near future. Sources of the publication call the reason for the refusal the overestimated price expectations of the Polish side.
13:38 Stoltenberg said at a joint press conference with Zelensky in Vilnius that Ukraine will become a NATO member when all conditions are met: "Ukraine is now closer than ever to NATO. We will issue an invitation when all allies note that all conditions have been met" .
In turn, Zelensky called the results of the summit "good", "but if there was an invitation, they would be ideal." According to him, "we are civilized people and we understand that we cannot become members of NATO while the war is going on." The President also stressed that security guarantees should not replace NATO membership for Ukraine. In addition, he noted that if today the G7 countries agree to the first big declaration on security guarantees, then this will be "already a very specific signal, because it is written in them that they are acting on the way to NATO."
13:11 In Russia, public procurement of foreign drones for civilian needs will be banned until the end of the year in order to implement the state order, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said.
13:03 The director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, said that he had a telephone conversation with the head of the CIA, William Burns, at the end of June. According to him, during the conversation they "thought and discussed what to do with Ukraine." Naryshkin admitted the possibility of a personal meeting with the head of the CIA.
12:59 Peskov said that the provision of any security guarantees to Ukraine is "extremely wrong and very dangerous, they encroach on the security of Russia." According to him, this is fraught with "negative consequences" and will make Europe "much more dangerous for years to come." The Kremlin speaker also said that the provision of cluster munitions to Ukraine "changes the situation and forces Russia to take countermeasures."
12:47 Ukraine and Sweden on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of defense procurement, as well as on the exchange and mutual protection of classified information, Reznikov said.
12:45 Australia will provide Ukraine with a new defense package, including 30 Bushmaster armored personnel carriers, Zelensky said following a meeting with Prime Minister Anthony Albenizi. In addition, Zelensky agreed with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to start training pilots in August. We also agreed on "the specific contribution of the Netherlands to the strengthening of our air defense and artillery."
12:38 Norway will transfer 1,000 Black Hornet reconnaissance drones to Ukraine, the country's Defense Ministry said. The drone is used for reconnaissance and target identification, it is easy to operate and difficult to detect. This drone is especially well suited for combat in urban environments.
12:29 Kuleba said in an interview with Radio Liberty that, according to the schedule, the first F-16 fighters may appear in Ukraine before the end of the first quarter of 2024. At the same time, he added that this is a very complex process, in which there are many nuances, so the schedule may shift. According to the minister's forecast, training should begin "somewhere in August, possibly early September." In parallel, legal decisions will be prepared.
12:20 The absence of an invitation to NATO is not indicative, since the West is preparing "big gifts" for Ukraine by the end of 2023, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said: "They are preparing serious and wonderful things for Ukraine, big gifts by the end of the year, especially that concerns the European Union.
In turn, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that Brussels "fully supports" Ukraine's accession to the EU and NATO, and if Ukraine maintains the pace of reforms, it will be able to quickly join the EU, "of course, if it fulfills all the necessary conditions."
11:58 For Ukraine to join NATO, "democratic reforms and security sector reforms" are required, said Amanda Sloat, senior director of the US National Security Council for Europe. The US and NATO are already working with Kiev on a series of governance and security reforms, progress on which is monitored annually, she said.
Sloat also confirmed that the United States and other NATO countries have agreed on a "substantial" aid package to Ukraine, but its details have not yet been disclosed. She also said that at today's bilateral meeting between Biden and Zelensky, they will discuss "immediate and long-term support for Ukraine." After that, Biden will make an "important report on foreign policy, on the strength and power of the NATO alliance."
11:32 Zelensky, following a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, said that on the issue of guaranteeing Ukraine's security on the way to NATO, "there is an understanding of Canada, there will be an understanding of the world." "We are preparing an important security victory for Ukraine," the president added.
10:47 Zelensky said that the Ukrainian delegation arrived in Vilnius for the sake of three things - security guarantees, an invitation to NATO and weapons: "I believe that we will receive this invitation when security conditions allow it. I want to discuss all these issues with partners. And most importantly, these are security guarantees for Ukraine on the way to NATO membership. Today we will speak and fight for these guarantees." The President added that "Ukraine wants to achieve a common position with everyone."
10:21 The US and other G7 leaders will today announce plans to help Ukraine build a military that can defend itself and deter future attacks, the White House said. They also said that a series of bilateral negotiations between the G7 countries and Ukraine will be held to achieve bilateral security guarantees. Meanwhile, Zelensky, Kuleba, Reznikov and Yermak have already arrived at the NATO summit.
Sky News reports that the G7 declaration on security guarantees to Kyiv may be ratified on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius. The declaration provides for the allocation of military equipment and increased intelligence sharing, the expansion of training programs for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and exercises, as well as the development of industrial capacities.
09:44 Ukraine does not know exactly what conditions they want it to fulfill in order to join NATO, Kuleba said in an interview with Radio Liberty: “It is not known. That is the problem. That is, when the conditions will be met? What are the conditions? "Our position: there are all conditions for inviting Ukraine to become a member of NATO. That is, here we have fundamentally different positions. Their position is that there are some conditions that must be met. We will work with allies in order to so that everything does not freeze in place, and we move forward.
The minister also said that Ukraine would be satisfied with any model that is not an alternative to its NATO membership: “We do not need a second Budapest Memorandum, when nuclear weapons were given away for empty promises. We will not give up NATO membership for some promises. Because everything understand, and partners understand, that the strongest, most powerful guarantee that there will be no more war in Europe is Ukraine's membership in the Alliance. All other security guarantees are good. But nothing can replace NATO membership. This is the principled position of the president. And it will be implemented in the decisions that are made."
09:19 The Washington Post writes that the United States "became furious" because of Zelensky's criticism of NATO yesterday. A senior NATO official said Zelenskiy's words put "a lot of pressure" on the Alliance, but helped get his message of readiness to "fight to the end" to a Ukrainian audience.
09:15 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed, five more were injured, including one child. In the Zaporizhia region, one person died as a result of an artillery attack on a residential area in Gulyaipol. Four people were injured in the Donetsk region, one in the Kharkiv region, according to the IVA.
08:51 Ukrainian troops are successful in the offensive in two directions near Bakhmut: Belaya Gora - Andreevka and Belaya Gora - Kurdyumovka, spokesman of the General Staff Andrei Kovalev said. The offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues in the Bakhmut direction north and south of the city of Bakhmut, the Defense Forces are fixed on the achieved lines.
08:36 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 12:
personnel - about 235,530 (+510) people liquidated,
tanks - 4090 (+1),
armored combat vehicles - 7990 (+7),
artillery systems - 4402 (+17),
MLRS - 674 (+2),
air defense systems - 415 (+1),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 310 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 3726 (+33),
cruise missiles - 1271 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 6978 (+12),
special equipment - 647 (+7).
08:30 The British government has said it will provide Ukraine with more than 70 combat and transport vehicles, thousands of ammunition for Challenger 2 tanks and a £50m ($64.7m) support package for equipment repairs. The UK also said that all G7 members must sign on Wednesday, July 12, a new document providing for long-term bilateral security commitments for Ukraine.
08:12 The Russians attacked the Cherkasy region with shock drones - there is a hit in one of the non-residential infrastructure facilities in the Cherkasy region. There was a fire, two people were injured, said the head of the OVA Igor Taburets.
07:53 At night, the Russians attacked Ukraine with 15 Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones, 11 of them were destroyed, the command of the Air Force reported. The enemy launched the UAV from the northeast direction (Kursk).
07:25 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions, there are heavy battles. During the day, there were 29 combat clashes, the General Staff said in the morning report .
04:02 Russia launches Iranian UAVs in Kiev for the second night in a row - all enemy targets in the airspace around the capital were detected and destroyed. Information about the victims or destruction has not yet been received, said the head of the KGVA Sergey Popko.
03:36 Washington will support South Korea if it decides to provide military assistance to Ukraine, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said. At the same time, he added that this applies not only to South Korea, but also to any other country: "We will welcome the decision of any country to provide support - be it security support, economic support or other assistance to Ukraine in this conflict." At the same time, Miller stressed that providing Ukraine with any kind of assistance in the confrontation with Russia is "the sovereign decision of each state."
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:49 In Odessa noticed a new method of illegal distribution of subpoenas. A local resident was greatly indignant at the fact that the “military enlistment officers” were roaming the city in ambulances. 21:41 RF Armed Forces for the first time applied UAV "Gadfly" for a long distance
As a result, a Ukrainian observation post was hit.
21:40 In Lvov, employees of the military registration and enlistment office beat a man. About itreportlocal Tg channels. According to preliminary information, they tried to hand him a summons.
20:15 Direct hit on the tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Zaporozhye Front
20:15 Russian artillery destroyed BMP APU in the vicinity of Kupyansk
20:15 Russian FPV kamikaze drone work on tanks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Avdiivka area
19:39 Russian troops killed Ukrainian nationalist Vitaliy Shevchenko in the NMD zone, in the past he was the main organizer of anti-Russian rallies in Berdyansk in the spring of 2022 and an active propagandist.
19:37 It is reported that two militants from the 3rd Special Operations Brigade *"Azov" - David Gasimov and Igor Andrukhov (right) - were liquidated in the NMD zone.
War correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny writes that Andrukhov has been fighting against the republics of Donbass since 2014, he appeared in the battles for the DAP.
Liquidated today, Gasimov was once seen in Bucha.
18:55 Personnel combat work of ATGM crews of the Southern Group of Forces to destroy a tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction
17:54 Arrival "Lancet" on the Ukrainian self-propelled guns M109 in the Ugledar direction
17:02 Another party destroyed equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
17:01 APU was not allowed fellow servant into the MRAP armored vehicle on the Vremevsky ledge - media
The Ukrainian soldier remained on the ground and sat on his knees for a long time.
When the video was filmed is not specified. Its authenticity has not been confirmed.
17:00 Destruction APU equipment in the Vremevsky direction
16:02 In Ukraine, they are in full swing burial APU soldier
The policy of the West to “fight to the last Ukrainian” is being steadily implemented
Unfortunately, the realization of the “stupefaction” of the population by the leadership of Ukraine comes to the Ukrainian resident only with the loss of his loved ones
16:01 Natalia Depa, a military medic and neo-Nazi from Lviv, was destroyed by the Russian military in the Artyomovsky direction.
14:38 New briefing by the RF Ministry of Defense. Main:
🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation repelled two attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction.
🔹Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have tried to attack in the Donetsk, Krasnolimansk and Yuzhnodonetsk directions.
🔹The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction amounted to over 60 servicemen.
🔹Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Mi-24 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force in the DPR.
🔹In the Krasnolimansky direction, the activities of the sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stopped.
🔹Russian troops repelled an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Staromayorsky and stopped reconnaissance in force in the area of Vuhledar in the DPR.
🔹Russian air defense systems intercepted four Storm Shadow cruise missiles and destroyed 15 Ukrainian drones in a day.
🔹The RF Armed Forces successfully repelled 30 attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR near Disputed, Klescheevka, Vesele and in the LPR near Zolotarevka.
🔹Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yuzhnodonetsk and Zaporozhye directions during the day exceeded 240 people.
🔹Russian troops destroyed the ammunition depot of the 33rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region.
🔹The RF Armed Forces destroyed the ammunition depot of the 1st Special Forces Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region.
🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 335 soldiers and a British howitzer during unsuccessful attacks in the DPR and LPR in a day.
🔹Assault groups of the RF Armed Forces conduct reconnaissance on the islands in the area of the Antonovsky bridge.
14:38 Statements by the head of the press center of the Yug group. Main:
🔹The units of the "Southern" group of forces successfully repulsed the attacks of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Lisichansk and Avdeevsk directions.
🔹The group's aviation carried out missile and bomb strikes on ten enemy targets in the Soledaro-Artemovsky and Aleksandro-Kalinovsky directions.
🔹The crew of the Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system destroyed an American-made M777 artillery system in the Predtechino area.
13:44 Ukrainian "military enlistment officers"collect homeless people to be sent to the front.
12:56 In the Krasnolimansky direction, the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is firmly got from powerful airborne artillery strikes.
12:55 Personnel flights of crews of Su-34 VVO aircraft during a special operation. The crews of Su-34 fighter-bombers are on combat duty around the clock at their base airfields.
11:40 Another missing, this time from the 57th Brigade, whom his relatives are trying to find
11:39 For the past day:
As a result of fire damage by the formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:
- SAU 2S1 "Gvozdika", in the area of the settlement. Pervomayskoye ammunition for it and a crew of five VFU militants.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:
- the position of one of the armed formations of Ukraine, in the area of the settlement. Antonovka.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: Eight KIAs; 11 wounded.
- two 120mm mortar crews and ammunition for them, in the area of the settlement. Antonovka.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: Eight KIAs; two wounded".
- howitzer "M-777", in the area of the settlement. Youth, ammunition for it and a crew of five VFU militants.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:
- the position of one of the armed formations of Ukraine.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: Six KIAs; seven wounded.
Disabled one unit. automotive technology.
10:47 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation shared cadres combat work of the assault group of paratroopers in the Artemovsky direction
09:40 Appeared on video with the destruction of the mortar crew of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right bank.
The target was reportedly spotted by a Russian reconnaissance drone operator. He quickly aimed the artillery at the target, and that, in turn, instantly destroyed the mortar crew of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:28 Liquidated Vsevolod Tatkov, battalion "Kraken" (Battalion "Kraken", special forces detachment "Azov" - a terrorist organization banned in the territory of the Russian Federation), from Kharkov. He was an ideological Nazi.
09:17 Fighters of the detachment “Kerch” thank you Zelensky for Bradley. The arsenal of trophies is actively replenished with a variety of samples of NATO equipment
08:55 Ka-52 continue regularly make sorties, annihilating the armor of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
08:23 An air alert was suddenly announced in eastern Ukraine.
08:10 Artillery of the 6th Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces in the Lisichansk direction destroys equipment and militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video.
07:40 Calculations of 152mm howitzers "Gyacinth-B" ZVO destroy armored vehicles and fortified positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 07/12/2023 to 00:00 07/13/2023
Over the past day Representationreportedabout 56 facts of firing by the VFU. Information was received about the wounding of three civilians in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk and the previously released Cherished Zhelaniya.
A total of 21 residential buildings were damaged in Petrovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Nikitovsky districts of Gorlovka, as well as four civil infrastructure facilities.
Under enemy fire were areas of eight settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Zaitsevo, Golmovsky, Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Staromikhaylovka, Cherished Desire.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 29 attacks from AGM-88 HARM, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 13 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky 12 artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm.
On Volnovakhsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery. Having fired 362 units of various ammunition.
A previous 50 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.
22:07 In the Rabotino area in the Orekhovsky direction, a tank battle is going on at this moment.
The enemy is trying to break through our first line of defense. The guys fight off the attack. From burning light.
21:07 National guards stopped the preparation of sabotage in the forest in the LPR,reported RIA Novosti in the press service of the department.
“The servicemen of the Russian Guard conducted reconnaissance and search activities in a specially protected forest zone in the Luhansk People's Republic, where Ukrainian armed formations were stationed before the liberation. The militants heavily mined the approaches to this territory during the retreat, ”the press service said.
19:57 News from Zaporozhye direction from Archangel Spetsnaz:
- Three assault groups from the Armed Forces of Ukraine + Mercenaries, 10 people each, tried to drop into Pyatikhatki. Destroyed, no chance. M113 was also destroyed.
– On the n.p. Paboty a little calm. They ride in one car. The Leopard left today, got it from the ATGM, the personnel fled. Drone kamikaze operators from 291 SMEs are doing excellent work.
According to the fighters, "The enemy rolled back to the rear area, licks his wounds, the corpses of mercenaries lie in the fields, they do not take them." Fighters on the ground are ready to meet a new wave.
19:18 Fixation of consequences of the artillery attack of the Kievsky district of Donetsk on 07/12/2023.
Specialists of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC confirmed the fact of the artillery attack of the Kievsky region, and also specified the weapons. The enemy used an American high-speed AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missile, which was shot down by air defense forces.
19:02 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for July 12, as of 19:00, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
- on the street. Molodyozhnaya, 5 wounded man born in 1954
- on the street. Molodyozhnaya, 9 wounded man born in 1967
Additional information has been received about the damage caused by the artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovskiy district):
- MBOU "School No. 85 in Donetsk" on the street. Kirov.
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
- st. Yakovenko, 16 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. Sofia, 23, 25 - private residential buildings;
– A total of 12 transformer substations are de-energized, 1,767 subscribers are without power supply.
18:50 Militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine released in the residential areas of the settlement. Privolye (suburb of Lisichansk, LPR) 122mm BM-21 MLRS Grad package. At least two civilians became victims of the shelling. The final data on casualties and destruction are being specified.
17:44 Kherson direction situation as of 17.00 July 12, 2023:
Ukrainian formations continue to supply the groups that landed in the area of the Antonovsky bridge with the help of high-speed boats. They are covered by artillery operating from the area of ??Kherson and Sadovy.
At the same time, the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine located there do not take offensive actions and sit in secrets. Russian troops are located a few hundred meters to the south: the fire of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the higher right bank prevents the enemy from being knocked out.
At the same time, Ukrainian DRGs continue to operate actively in the area of the islands on the Dnieper and directly on the left bank. The enemy is also using divers to remove minefields: Russian troops recently burned a car with them near Antonovka with an FPV drone.
In the Kherson area, tactical aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to fly, but after the recent destruction of the Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft by Russian troops, they do not approach the coastline.
17:36 Brief summary of the situation at the front:
South-Donetsk direction:
The enemy continues to build up forces in the area of the settlement of Priyutnoye, in particular, additional units of the 501st battalion of the 36th Infantry Regiment have been deployed to this area.
Also, assault groups from the 31st Brigade and 36th Brigade entrenched themselves in a forest plantation in the area of the Grushevaya gully, in order to strengthen the grouping, units from the 35th Brigade are additionally transferred to this area.
Kupyansk direction:
The information is confirmed that the enemy command is evacuating the bodies of the CAA and destroying paper documentation.
Direction Svatovo-Kremennaya:
As a result of successful offensive actions, the RF Armed Forces occupied and entrenched themselves on the dominant height in the area of the Zhuravka beam, the enemy’s attempts to counterattack were unsuccessful, during an unsuccessful counterattack, the enemy’s losses amounted to three armored combat vehicles and up to 20 people in manpower.
At the same time, in the western part of the Serebryansky forest, the enemy is equipping fortifications, strong points are reinforced with concrete slabs.
In the areas of n.p. Belogorovka, Torskoye, Yampol, military and military equipment arrives, as well as personnel from the reserves located in the settlement of Konstantinovka, as well as from among the mobilized citizens who were trained in the Zhytomyr and Chernihiv regions.
Artyomovskoe direction:
As a result of the counterattack, the RF Armed Forces pushed back units of the 3rd Brigade from the outskirts of the settlement of Kleshcheevka, and also cleared the adjacent dominant heights.
16:46 APU trying to overcome one field in the Rabotino area for 13 days already.
Fighters from the zero line report that to date, the LBS in the Orekhovsky direction has not moved.
“To the northern outskirts of the village. The enemy still has “one field” left in Rabotino, which he has been unsuccessfully trying to pass for the past 13 days, ”the fighters from the front line report.
16:32 Orekhovsky area situation as of 16.00 July 12, 2023:
Northeast of Rabotino, Russian troops are counterattacking and knocking out assault groups of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the stronghold of the 71st Motorized Rifle Regiment, which the enemy was able to occupy at the cost of heavy losses in people and equipment two days ago.
So far, members of the Ukrainian formations still hold part of their positions in the forest plantation, however, under the onslaught of the RF Armed Forces, they retreat in the direction of Orekhov.
16:21 Armed forces of Ukraine in the area of Antonovsky bridge are under constant blows by Russian artillery.
It is reported that now the Ukrainian military are locked near the bridge on the left bank. They can neither retreat nor move forward. Therefore, Russian artillery almost non-stop fires at them with incendiary rounds.
15:35 Explosions are reported in Kherson.
Apparently, work is underway on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right Bank of the Dnieper. In several places, the activity of small boats of Ukrainian troops still remains. Small groups from time to time try to cross the river, but are destroyed by artillery fire.
14:52 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to attack in the Donetsk, Krasnoliman and Yuzhno-Donetsk directions;
Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Mi-24 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force in the DPR;
In the Krasnolimansky direction, the activities of the sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stopped;
Russian troops repulsed the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Staromayorskoye and stopped reconnaissance in force in the area of Ugledar in the DPR;
Russian air defense systems intercepted four Storm Shadow cruise missiles and destroyed 15 Ukrainian drones in a day.
13:46 Pushilin's adviser Yan Gagin said that throughout the Donetsk sector of the front, from Vugledar to Artemovsk, Russian troops have the initiative.
13:23 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have been systematically launching artillery attacks on Donetsk and its suburbs since early morning: since 6:00 they have fired almost 60 NATO-caliber rounds (155mm).
13:20 Zaporozhye direction:
At 11:00, three enemy assault groups began moving towards Pyatikhatki, and were destroyed by artillery forces.
At 12:17 east of Pyatikhatki, the enemy assault group ran into the position of our unit, a shooting battle ensued, the enemy suffered losses during the shooting battle and rolled back to the north.
13:05 The consequences of the artillery attack of the Kievsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants -photo.
12:57 The situation at the base of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the river Zherebets:
- In fact, it remains to make the last push, to take a few n.p. and the enemy will be driven out from the right bank of the Stallion River;
- The Russian Armed Forces broke into Torskoye (this settlement is a direct road to Liman);
- APU is transferring reserves to this area. New victims are coming from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
12:54 Subdivisions of the "Southern" group of troops successfully repulsed the attacks of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Lisichansk and Avdeevsk directions. Statement of head of the press center of the group "South"
12:48 Acting Governor of the Zaporozhye region Yevhen Balitsky gave a front-line summary from Zaporozhye direction:
At night, the enemy carried out the movement of the main strike forces to the settlements of Lobkovoe, Stepovoe, moving targets were hit by fire weapons of the 58th Army and the forces of the detachment. The battles are serious, the enemy suffers significant losses.
At 4 am the enemy began artillery preparation. At 05:30, infantry groups made an advance in three directions, moving out of the settlement. Pubic, Pyatikhatki. The groups were identified at the stage of nomination in the area of the settlement. Pubic.
The forces of the Sudoplatov battalion and the 58th Army inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy. The enemy suffered significant losses, during their retreat, retreat routes were opened, and a repeated fire defeat was inflicted. The second group, advancing from the outskirts of Pyatikhatki, received a tough fire rebuff and was thrown back.
Also, the third assault group of the Kyiv Nazis withdrew from the southern outskirts of Pyatikhatki, during its retreat, the UAV crew of the Sudoplatov detachment dropped fragmentation ammunition on the infantry group. Now they have taken refuge in cellars on the outskirts of the village, our units continue to defeat enemy groups.
12:20 Nighttime battle in Marinka. A fighter with the call sign Silence intercepted the enemy “bird” with an anti-drone gun, and then opened the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from a drone and “thundered” the enemy.
At night, navigating in space while flying a drone is extremely difficult. Even observing the picture in a thermal imager, it is very easy to get lost. Nevertheless, Silence not only conducted reconnaissance, but also dropped the FOG exactly on the heads of the enemy infantry.
“Some people get the impression that the commanders or UAV operators ... are kind of safe,” says the fighter. In fact, the enemy almost immediately tries to strike back.
Immediately after Tishina worked on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the building with the Russian military was fired from the M119 cannon.
12:12 According to the operational lines of the JCCC DPR for July 12, as of 12:00, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - on the street. Kosareva, 27 wounded man born in 1955
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district:
artillery attack at 08:30:
- st. Kosareva, 48 - a fire was recorded in a private residential building;
- st. Kosareva, 27 - a private residential building;
- Eight transformer substations were de-energized, without power supply to 800 subscribers of the Petrovsky district.
Artillery attack at 11:30:
- st. Gastello, 38 - fire of a private residential building, completely destroyed;
- st. Gastello, 36 - a private residential building, an outbuilding fire was recorded;
- st. Bylinnaya, 35 - a private residential building.
Kyiv district:
- st. Amosova, 11, 15 - private residential buildings.
- st. Victory 27 - a private residential building.
11:29 A civilian was wounded as a result of artillery attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk - the authorities.
11:19 In the Donetsk direction, fierce battles are going on in the southwestern section of Artemovsk. This was announced by a military expert, retired lieutenant colonel of the NM LPR Andrey Marochko.
“VFU does not leave attempts to occupy the heights in the area of the settlement of Kleshcheevka. For fire support of their troops, the enemy fires from various types of artillery, including NATO caliber. The Ukrainian militants do not have shell hunger. The density and intensity of artillery attack by the VFU is high. A barrage of fire for attack aircraft is provided on a regular basis 3-5 times a day,” Marochko said.
11:11 The Svatovsky section in the direction of Kupyansk is very active now.
The Svatovo-Kupyansk highway was cut by our aircraft near the village of Novoselovskoye.
10:45 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok group, with the support of artillery, thwarted an attempt by the enemy to reconnaissance in force in the Ravnopol region. Accumulations of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were affected.
In the Zaporizhia direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to attempt to attack in the direction of Rabotino. A fire defeat is inflicted on the enemy. During the battle, tanks, armored combat vehicles and vehicles with militants were destroyed, places of accumulation of AFU manpower were hit, including with the use of heavy flamethrower systems "Solntsepyok".
10:27 Under fire from Ukrainian militants, the village of Zaitsevo (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka).
10:26 Situation on the Orekhov-Rabotino direction at 10:00 Moscow time:
Over the past 24 hours, local clashes with the use of artillery and armored vehicles have been regularly taking place in this direction, but the enemy has not taken any large-scale offensive actions.
Our troops are trying to knock out the Ukrainians from their positions, in some places there is an advance. Drone operators track down equipment, emplacements and concentrations of enemy personnel, after which artillery hits these places. A similar tactic is followed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Enemy infantry periodically tries to occupy some forest plantations in small groups, but most often they do not achieve success, and if they do, it is not for long. With the next attempts to transport or evacuate personnel, our artillery covers the enemy. As an example, a video of objective monitoring of the joint work of the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade and the fighters of the 58th Army.
Sources from the field report that the situation is completely under our control. Thanks to the heroism and steadfastness of our fighters, the front line in this direction remains unchanged.
10:01 Under fire from the Ukrainian Nazis, the residential area "Komsomolets" (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka).
09:40 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:
-- n.p. Aleshki fired 28 rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki fired 7 rounds;
-- Nine rounds were fired at the village of Korsunka;
-- Nine rounds were fired at the Kazachi Lagery.
-- 13 rounds were fired at the Solontsy settlement.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, n.p. Golaya Pristan, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Staraya Zburyevka, n.p. Dnepryans firing a total of 35 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
09:10 In the Krasno-Limansky direction, the enemy made attempts to regain previously lost positions. This was announced by a military expert, retired lieutenant colonel of the NM LPR Andrey Marochko.
“In the area of Serebryansky forest, Grigorovka and Belogorovka, the VFU simultaneously tried to carry out offensive actions in order to regain the positions lost earlier. Our troops repelled about five enemy attacks. With the help of army aviation, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, the enemy was stopped and dispersed. Losses in personnel and equipment are being specified,” Marochko wrote in his Telegram channel.
09:06 Over the past 24 hours, 50 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU - the Representative Office of the DPR in the JCCC.
Ukrainian nationalists fired from MLRS, 152mm and 155mm artillery, firing 267 different types of ammunition across the territory of the Republic. Gorlovka (Central City, Nikitovsky districts), Yasinovataya, Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Staromikhaylovka, Yelenovka and Luganskoye were under fire from the VFU.
As a result of shelling, a woman was wounded in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. Damaged five residential buildings in the Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk.
09:04 Message from Zaporozhye direction from Archangel Spetsnaz: n.p. Rabotino, the enemy made another attempt to storm our positions, the waves and their offensive movements subsided, now the enemy has rolled back, licks his wounds, makes an attempt to evacuate, but our artillery prevents all attempts.
According to the fighters, “The enemy is a little bit rushing, but everything is under control. "Burn" quietly. There is no threat of a breakthrough."
08:08 Summary for the morning of July 12:
From the southern flank of the Bakhmut direction, there were reports of a breakthrough of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Kleshcheevka and an attempt to consolidate the enemy on the northern outskirts of the settlement. The Russian Armed Forces brought reserves into battle and launched a counterattack to eliminate the breakthrough. Enemy attack aircraft were destroyed, up to 10 Ukrainian soldiers were taken prisoner. There are heavy battles.
In the Orekhovsky direction of the Zaporozhye Front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not stop attacks in the direction of the settlement. Rabotino, despite daily losses in manpower and equipment. Published statements from the junior command staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine about the incompetence of the Ukrainian command due to the organization of unsuccessful "meat assaults" obrmp, aviation and artillery are working.
In the Yuzhnodonetsk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are attacking from the Vremievsky direction, and are fixed in the landings.
In the Kherson direction, our units yesterday stopped their assault operations in the area ofthe Antnovsky bridge due to the excess of the enemy coast over ours and the constant fire of enemy artillery, mortars and heavy machine guns across the Dnieper. The enemy is locked in a small area on our coast, the arriving reinforcements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being destroyed by the fire of our guns.
The enemy is preparing to cross the Dnieper, for this purpose, the arrival of the command of the tTroops in the north-eastern part of the Kherson region is expected. The railway bridge across the river was blown up.
The Russian Armed Forces, in the area west of Kremennaya, launched a counterattack and advanced in the area of the Zhuravka beam and near Torskoy.
07:59 Russian fighters strengthened defense at the Kakhovka reservoir, which dried up after the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station.
The main task of the military is to defend the coastline and prevent attempts to land an enemy DRG. The enemy is located at a distance of 5-6 kilometers from the positions. The situation on this sector of the front is tense.
“We are constantly engaged in strengthening the defense, strengthening our positions, constant watch on the shore, posting observers and fire crews,” said the company commander with the call sign “Sterkh”.
[NYPOST] A high-ranking Russian general has been killed in a Storm Shadow missile strike in an occupied Ukrainian city, according to reports from both countries.
Lt. Gen. Oleg Tsokov died Monday when a barrage of cruise missiles obliterated the Dune Hotel in Berdiansk in the southern Zaporizhzhia region, where Russian military commanders had been quartered.
"It is reported that today in the Berdiansk area, the Russian Lieutenant General Oleg Yuriyovych Tsokov was liquidated," Petro Andriushchenko, adviser to the Ukrainian mayor of Mariupol, gleefully wrote in his Telegram channel.
Andriushchenko noted that in September 2022, Tsokov, then commander of Russia’s 144th Motorized Rifle Division, had been gravely maimed in action but survived.
"Now they say that his mobilization into the grave has been completed," the mayor’s adviser darkly joked.
Yurii Mysyagin, a member of Ukraine’s parliament, also seemed to celebrate the general’s violent mostly peaceful mostly peaceful demise.
"The British ’Storm Shadow’ came to visit accurately," he commented, referring to the long-range cruise missiles jointly developed by the UK and La Belle La Belle France that were supplied to Ukraine in May.
More from regnum.ru: Russian State Duma confirmed the death of the Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District Tsokov Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
State Duma deputy, former commander of the 58th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District (SMD) Andrey Gurulyov on July 12 confirmed the death of the deputy commander of the district, Lieutenant General Oleg Tsokov, in the zone of the special military operation in Ukraine.
Deputy Gurulev confirmed the death of the Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District Tsokov in the zone of the Northern Military District
“This man was in such trouble that few people dreamed of. Unfortunately, he died heroically. This person deserves great respect,” the deputy said on the air of the Rossiya 1 TV channel.
According to Gurulyov, Tsokov independently made the decision to go to the NWO zone, despite his unsuitable state of health. The deputy stressed that Tsokov had great authority in the Russian Armed Forces.
The Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District took part in two Chechen campaigns and military operations in Syria, had many awards, including the Order of Courage and Zhukov. There was no official information about his death.
[FOXNEWS] A former Russian Black Sea submarine commander accused of killing dozens in Ukraine and blackballed by Kyiv as an alleged war criminal was reportedly assassinated in southern Russia while on his morning run Monday.
Stanislav Rzhitsky, 42, was shot seven times while running in an empty city park around 6 a.m. in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar, roughly 145 miles from the Kerch Bridge which connects mainland Russia to the Crimean Peninsula.
Personal details regarding Rzhitsky’s home address and picture had been previously disclosed on a Ukrainian website known as Myrotvorets, which reportedly means "Peacemaker," and serves as an unofficial database chocked full of people considered to be enemies of Ukraine.
On Tuesday, his photo on the site was had been covered over with the word "Liquidated" in red letters, reported Rooters.
However, man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them... the former Russian commander could have exacerbated the ease to which people were able to gain access to his whereabouts, as he also reportedly posted about his morning run route and times on an app, though it is unclear which one.
A Russian Telegram channel known as Baza, which is believed to have links to the Russian security services, said the app could have been used by the killer to track Rzhitsky, who had reportedly resigned from the military at the end of 2021 but was not discharged until the following August.
Ukraine’s defense intelligence agency posted details of the killing on its Telegram channel Tuesday and said a Makarov pistol was used to fire seven shots at the commander.
"As a result of gunshot wounds, Rzytskyi went titzup," the GUR agency said. "Due to heavy rain, the park was deserted, so there are no witnesses who could provide details or identify the attacker."
Ukraine has not taken responsibility for the shooting, though it also did not detail where it got the information from.
Russia's Investigative Committee announced Tuesday that it had arrested a man in his 60s who was found in possession of a pistol and a silencer.
The state investigative authority published a video showing gunnies breaking into a home and detaining a man in his boxers.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics:
[ColonelCassad] Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Naryshkin - about the conversation with the head of the CIA Burns:
The conversation took place at the end of last month. The pretext for a telephone conversation, as I assess it, on the part of the American colleague was the events of June 24th. It is clear how I answered this question about what happened. It seems to me that this was more of a pretext, because the main part of the conversation was focused on discussing the topic and events around Ukraine. We thought and reasoned about what to do with Ukraine. The conversation lasted about an hour.
We did not agree on a meeting, but such a possibility exists: both telephone conversations and the possibility of a personal meeting remain. The fact that negotiations will be possible sooner or later is natural, because any conflict, including an armed conflict, ends in negotiations, but the conditions for them must still be ripe.
1. Oh, what are these negotiations about Ukraine behind the back of Ukraine and without Ukraine. This has never happened before and here it is again.
2. These are not the first contacts of the SVR and the CIA of this kind, which, of course, go beyond the usual informing.
Statement by Sergei Naryshkin, director of the Foreign Intelligence Service, on the introduction by the American side into the minds of Russian citizens of the idea of the need for a forceful struggle against the authorities, up to armed rebellion, is directly and indirectly confirmed by the theses of the speech of his counterpart, William Burns, director of the CIA at the annual lecture of the Ditchley Foundation July 1.
At the Anglo-American platform in Oxfordshire, which serves to exchange views of the transatlantic establishment and messages from the Anglo-Saxon intelligence community, Burns, an Oxfordian, said that the CIA would make the most of its opportunities to organize extensive undercover work in Russia, focused on the mass renegation of the population.
As in the case of Belarus, the task of the CIA and NATO intelligence agencies isAmericans work both with emigrants before the NWO and with the so-called relocants after the start of the SVO and subsequent mobilization.
The positioning of the armed opposition is already following the pattern tested in the post-Soviet space, presenting its formal leaders as something in the womb with the field commanders in the North Caucasus in the 90s and early 10s.
However, this is exactly how they act, following radical views, but not Islamist, but ultra-right. Both phenomena are also united by a pronounced desire to change Russian borders, anti-Russian, Russophobic sentiments. If we take a more distant retrospective, then as an analogue we can cite the synthesized armed formations used by the Americans in the Cold War against national governments in Africa and LatAmerica.
However, for the broad masses, the idea of violence under radical slogans is of no interest. In Langley, first of all, they count on information and psychological dividends, the expansion of the scale of political rhetoric regarding the internal situation in Russia and the wounding of the Kremlin.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the acceptance of the inventory of equipment and small arms from PMC "Wagner".
1. More than 2,000 units of equipment and weapons have been transferred. These are hundreds of units of heavy weapons,
tanks: T-90, T-80, T-72B3;
Artillery: MLRS "Grad", "Hurricane", ZRPK "Shell", self-propelled guns 2S1 "Gvozdika" 122 mm, 2S3 "Acacia" 152 mm, 2S5 "Hyacinth" 152 mm, 2S4 "Tulip" 240 mm, howitzers and anti-tank guns, mortar systems;
multi-purpose armored tractors, armored personnel carriers, as well as vehicles and small arms;
2. More than 2,500 tons of various ammunition and about 20,000 small arms;
3. Among the transferred equipment, dozens of units have never been used in combat conditions;
4. Heavy equipment is brought to the field bases by wheel tractors on trawls in order to prevent damage to asphalt roads;
5. All equipment and weapons are delivered to the rear areas, where the repair and restoration units of the RF Armed Forces carry out maintenance and preparation for use as intended.
As I wrote back on June 25, PMC "Wagner" is waiting for restructuring.
[NPASyria] A Russian top official said on Tuesday that none of the European countries wants The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... to join the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... , and advised it to stop viewing things through "rose-colored glasses."
"Nobody in Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... is looking forward to Turkey joining the European Union," Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on whether the Kremlin sees an increasingly pro-Western turn in Ankara’s policies.
Peskov was responding to a question about NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... member Turkey’s decision to lift its opposition to Sweden joining the alliance on the eve of a two-day NATO summit in Lithuania.
He noted, "Our Ottoman Turkish partners should take off their rose-colored glasses."
He further added that "let’s call a spade a spade, nobody wants to see Turkey as a part of Europe, and I mean the Europeans [themselves]."
Peskov concluded that Russia will continue developing its relations with Turkey wherever it may benefit both sides.
Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important... said on July 10 that the EU should resume stalled talks on Turkey’s bid to join the bloc in exchange for Ankara endorsing Sweden’s application to join NATO.
Turkey applied for the EU membership in 1987 but, after several obstacles, talks over this issue froze in 2018.
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[REGNUM] The main result of the Vilnius NATO summit for Ukraine and for its President Volodymyr Zelensky (obviously, who considered himself a special guest of the rally of Western leaders) was, in fact, the absence of the main result. The leaders of the North Atlantic Alliance did not decide on the timing of inviting Kyiv to the alliance and bypassed the Ukrainian topic in the final communiqué. This caused undisguised irritation of Zelensky - the Western "partners" clearly and obviously did not agree with his assurances that "Ukraine will make NATO stronger."
Other members of the Kyiv delegation did not hide their disappointment either. When NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (in his opening remarks on the occasion of the start of the Ukraine-NATO Council) promised to increase military support on July 12, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov remarked that unsupported security promises would not inspire confidence in Kiev. “After the Budapest Memorandum, we will not believe or simply trust the papers without any cost,” the head of the military department emphasized with obvious irritation.
However, Zelensky, having not received a guarantee from NATO, is carrying something like a consolation prize from Vilnius to Kyiv.
On July 12, within the framework of the NATO summit, the G7 countries (and this, we recall, the six leading countries of the alliance plus Japan) agreed on the general principles of long-term security guarantees for Ukraine. In a joint declaration, they committed themselves to increasing the supply of military equipment and ammunition to the Kiev regime, TASS reports.
The G7 commitments are aimed at “Russian aggression” and include the supply of “modern military equipment in land, air and sea environments,” intelligence sharing, assistance in cybersecurity and training of the military. It is specified that "in the event of a future armed attack by Russia," Ukraine will be able to count, among other things, on economic support from the countries of the "club of seven" and on new anti-Russian sanctions.
Kyiv, for its part, undertakes to reform the judicial system and the system of civilian control over the armed forces. In addition, the G7 leaders promised that Russia's assets in their jurisdictions would remain frozen until Russia "pays for the damage caused to Ukraine."
No obligations and profitable business
NATO, led by the United States, is not going to assume any obligations to Ukraine, political scientist-Americanist Malek Dudakov comments to IA Regnum . First of all, the leaders of the alliance intend to avoid the effect of Article 5 of the NATO Charter, which, we recall, states that if one of the countries of the bloc is attacked, everyone else will have to be drawn into the conflict.
Military observer Viktor Litovkin notes that the very raising of the issue of certain security guarantees for Ukraine in the G7 format is absolutely cynical. After all, we are not really talking about guarantees, but about the supply of weapons to Ukraine.
“Moreover, weapons for which Ukraine will have to pay or what remains of it,” Litovkin explained to IA Regnum “And this will be a debt for many decades, the West is now working on a program of many years of “support” for Ukraine.”
That is, on the one hand, NATO refuses to accept Ukraine without a "victory over Russia", on the other hand, they make it clear to Kiev that hostilities can continue for many years in order to "contain" Russia, Litovkin notes.
“Guarantees through the G7 do not mean anything other than the further pumping of Ukraine with weapons,” Dudakov agrees.
Moreover, the intensity of this pumping will largely depend on the success of the APU, he adds.
“Ukrainians are forced to go on a counteroffensive, despite all the losses, and they threaten to block their military tranches if they do not implement this strategy. If the “counterattack” finally fails, then, of course, funding for the Ukrainian project will be reduced ,” the international expert argues. —
But this is the prospect of the end of this - the beginning of next year.
At the same time, one should not exaggerate public fatigue in the United States - a key member of NATO and the G7 - from the country's involvement in the conflict in Ukraine, Dudakov notes. In any case, he believes, this factor is unlikely to “shoot” before the presidential elections in November 2024. The processes within the “Ukrainian dossier”, in which Washington is involved in one role or another, will continue, even if the scale becomes different.
Litovkin also sees in the G7 declaration the desire of the West to stimulate the offensive impulse of the Kyiv regime.
“This is an attempt to force Ukraine to go on the attack, to lose its people, not to reduce the intensity of hostilities, ” the expert says. - They will continue to support, send weapons, because the United States is in charge. What is their interest? American military corporations are cashing in on supplies to Europe and Ukraine.”
Indeed, over the past year , the total capitalization of the 25 leading companies in the Western military-industrial complex (primarily the American Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics and the British BAE Systems) grew by 22%, jumping from $579 billion to $703 billion. with reference to Defense News and Tradingview estimates.
“Europe, sending its weapons to Ukraine, will need to replenish stocks through orders from the United States. And where will the Europeans get money for armaments? They will take loans from American banks, pay loans and interest,” Litovkin argues.
As The New York Times noted on July 11 , the growing demand of Europeans for American military equipment against the backdrop of the Ukrainian conflict is exacerbating the dependence of the countries of the continent on the United States. Although the Pentagon spends only 6% of its budget on the needs of NATO and strengthening security in Europe, the arms dependence of the countries of the alliance on the United States in itself provides American influence on Europeans “for a pittance”, the authors of the NYT stated.
Such a mechanism makes the conflict in Ukraine an extremely profitable business for the US ruling circles, which is combined with Washington's desire to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia.
“Ukrainians are dying, Ukrainians are paying, Europe is paying, and the United States is only counting the profits,” Litovkin argues.
Eastern Perspectives on the Ukrainian Adventure
It is also important to note that the United States has pulled Japan, in addition to the five NATO partners, to the role of "guarantor" for Ukraine, says Alexei Maslov, director of the Institute of Asian and African Countries at Moscow State University . Tokyo has recently become increasingly involved in the global "defense initiatives" of the United States, the expert recalled.
“Japan is now present at the NATO summit as an observer ,” Maslov told IA Regnum . - And there are also observers from Australia and New Zealand. It is planned to open a representative office of the alliance in Japan, and this is one of the first steps of its involvement in the militarized agenda, although the main stimulus for Tokyo is not the Ukrainian conflict, but the Taiwan problem.”
The United States, according to the expert, is diligently linking the situation around Ukraine with the situation around Taiwan.
“The United States is trying to show that the world is unstable, and NATO, led by the United States, is one of the guarantors of stability, ” Maslov notes. “ And Japan is seen in the United States as a country that NATO structures in Asia will need to rely on.”
At the same time, the financial elites of Japan, according to the expert, are not interested in aggravating the political confrontation with Russia, in which it has become involved due to the anti-Russian measures of the collective West.
“Japan lost a lot as a result of this conflict, it had dozens of times more interest in Russia than in Ukraine ,” the expert explains. “ Plus, Japan had very ambitious plans related to expanding cooperation with Russia.”
However, the Japanese economy today is extremely dependent on decisions made in the United States, and Tokyo, according to Maslov, will be involved in absolutely all anti-Russian projects, even if the motive is not the conflict over Ukraine, but contradictions with China . And within the framework of these ties, some support for Ukraine from Japan is quite likely in the context of general support for Washington’s line on creating a global security system subordinate to it.
In the dry matter
"Replacement" of real security guarantees for Ukraine, which NATO membership theoretically promises, with declared guarantees from the G7 countries allow the collective West (led by the United States) to avoid real obligations to the Kiev regime, experts conclude. "Guarantees" will make it possible to aggravate Ukraine's dependence on arms supplies and loans.
This format of interaction opens up grandiose prospects for the Americans to increase profits from the armed conflict in Ukraine and strengthen their leading role in the security system in Europe in the face of general instability.
Europe, on the other hand, is becoming even more dependent on cooperation with the United States, although it avoids the burden of obligations to Ukraine through NATO.
Japan's involvement in the Ukraine-G7 format does not entail a direct strengthening of Tokyo's role in the "Ukrainian dossier". But this draws Tokyo deeper into US global projects aimed at the emergence of "NATO+". This, among other things, means an increasing involvement in the military bloc led by the United States, which indirectly can, to a certain extent, contribute to the growth of Western military supplies to Ukraine.
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You would think by now Zelensky and his henchmen would realize that they have been played in a most cynical manner. Vilnius makes it clear that NATO will fight Russia to the last Ukrainian.
What can Zelensky and his boys do about it? Are they still hoping that F-16s and cluster bombs will turn the tide for them? Just like HIMARS and Leopards?
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#2
Everyone has their backs to him
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NATO leaders are too chickenshit to commit their own people to an armed conflict with Russia but they are all too happy to sit back and watch Ukrainians die for them. They are absolutely ecstatic at the deaths of Russians.
The war is not over and I won't risk a prediction about the final outcome. But looking at those people in Murcek's picture at #2, laughing and partying while people are dying, makes me sick to the stomach.
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#5
Somebody is missing a life-sized GI Joe.
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#6
War is heck when you are of the ruling caste...
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One take on the picture at #2 is his 15 minutes are up. Or the game is up. Or the new "current thing" will be announced tomorrow.
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Keeping the lines of sight clear.
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From Murcek's link at #2:
MofA then highlights the inevitable negative impact (to say the least) on Ukrainian morale: "Now lets wait and see what NATO's climb down will do to the morale and motivations of the Ukrainian army and people."
IMHO, if Zelensky had the least bit of integrity, intelligence or sympathy for his needlessly suffering people he would seek an immediate cease fire and negotiations to end this bloody stupid war.
Why would he even want to join NATO and the European Union when this is what they think of him?
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The powers that be haven't decided just yet to spit Zelenskyy out and groom a new corrupt Ukrainian puppet. I still maintain that Zelenskyy should avoid hot tubs and tall buildings, but that might not be enough as they seem to enjoy the poison method in them thar hills.
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[Regnum] UN Secretary-General António Guterres sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin with proposals to extend the grain deal. This was announced by the office of the Secretary General.
“As part of the ongoing efforts in this direction, the Secretary General sent a letter yesterday to President Vladimir Putin outlining a proposal aimed at improving the implementation of the memorandum of understanding in order to maintain the Black Sea initiative,” said Stefan Dujarric, a spokesman for Guterres .
He noted that the Secretary General is ready to interact with Russia on his proposals and remains in contact with the relevant parties. In particular, in the letter, Guterres touched on the topic of settlements through the Russian Agricultural Bank.
“The goal is to remove obstacles to financial transactions through the Russian Agricultural Bank, which Russia has repeatedly insisted on, as well as to simultaneously allow the continuation of the export of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea,” Dujarric said.
Guterres has previously sent Putin proposals for a grain deal. In April 2023, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that they would be studied. He noted that if the document is leaked, this will mean another attempt to put pressure on Russia. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin also stated that the proposals formulated by the UN Secretary General "contain new ideas."
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on July 12 that the country is continuing negotiations to extend the Black Sea initiative, which expires on July 17. According to him, thanks to the deal, more than 33 million tons of grain entered the world markets. The Turkish leader noted that Moscow has proposals on this issue, which Ankara is studying.
As IA Regnum reported, a grain deal for a period of 120 days was agreed in 2022 and extended several times. It consists of two agreements regulating the export of Ukrainian grain and the access of Russian agricultural products and fertilizers to world markets. Moscow repeatedly pointed out non-compliance with the terms of the deal, but on May 17 agreed to a two-month extension of the grain deal.
At the same time, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that they see no progress in resolving three of the five tracks under the grain deal. The head of the department, Sergei Lavrov, said on June 14 that the future of the agreement depends on the fulfillment of the conditions of the Russian side. He stressed that if Russia's conditions are not met by July 17, Moscow's continued participation in the deal is out of the question. Lavrov noted that the Ukrainian part of the agreements during this time has turned into a commercial project.
This was also stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin , who allowed the withdrawal from the "Black Sea Grain Initiative." The head of state stressed that the corridors along which the ships go are constantly used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to launch drones.
Later, his press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that part of the conditions for the grain deal had not yet been fulfilled. This is how he commented on the consideration by the European Union of the possibility of creating a subsidiary company for connection to the international SWIFT system by Rosselkhozbank. Peskov added that there are few hopes for this.
Mikhail Delyagin, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, commented on this statement in an interview with IA Regnum . He noted that Russia has reason to hope that the grain deal will not be extended. Delyagin doubted that Russia would not be able to export grain without participating in the agreement and said he did not see a problem in the lack of access to SWIFT.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rohin
Link to the document download is authentic
[ColonelCassad] It was reported that the hacker group "From Russia with Love" gained access to classified information on the organization of the security of the NATO summit in Vilnius. The leak has already traditionally occurred in Ukraine, thanks to which the secret details of the security organization of NATO leaders became known.
Of the interesting points:
1. OSINT and the human factor are named as the main risks for the security system of the summit.
2. When working out the summit, work was carried out with 30 institutions and 346 "assets" on the territory of Lithuania, of which 23% fell into the "risk zone", which was called an unacceptable level of threat.
3. From the point of view of physical attacks on the summit participants, the main threat is posed by individual “radicalized individuals”. The likelihood of terrorist attacks is assessed as low. The threat is posed, among other things, by Lithuanian citizens living in the republic, as well as outside it.
4. Security is provided by the ARAS sniper group of the Lithuanian Ministry of Internal Affairs (17 personnel, personal data is in the documents). The sniper groups are coordinated by the chief specialist of the 1st department Andrius Petkus.
5. The summit uses the Pimeyes facial recognition system and the Pipl search network user identification system.
6. The main means of operational communication is the “Signal” messenger controlled by NATO (note to users).
7. Through Lithuania, Alexander Berezovsky, Vitaly Bogdevich, Gitis Degulis are responsible for the exchange of intelligence with NATO intelligence services and modeling of potential threats to the security of the summit participants.
8. The documents emphasize the importance of destroying Soviet monuments and combating Russian narratives during the summit as they destroy the appearance of Russia's international isolation. They demand to pay attention to the persons and events that justify Russia's actions during the summit.
9. Erdogan brought the most security officers - 55 people. Poles - 23 people. France - 12. Most NATO countries from 1 to 5. There is no data on the number of employees of the US secret service. Apparently everyone understands about Ukraine and keep it secret.
10. Routes of movement of delegations of NATO countries in Vilnius.
VNO-Litexpo
A. G. Gustavis, st. Pilots., Viking city, Pea city, Millennium city, Hazel Bridge, Svoboda Ave. and K. Elsky.
VNO-Hotels
A. G. Gustavis, st. Pilots, Viking city, Pea city, st. Darius and Girenas, Švitrigailos, Kudirka and Gediminas Ave.
Hotels (left side of the river) – Litexpo
Gediminas ave., Goshtauto st., st. Iron Wolf, st. Iron Wolf. - Volunteer PR. - Etc. Freedom. roundabout, Liberty Avenue. and K. Elsky.
Hotels (right side of the river) – Litexpo
Konstitucija Ave., Ave. Constitution. Iron Wolf. roundabout, st. Iron Wolf, st. Iron Wolf. - Volunteer PR. - Etc. Freedom. roundabout, Liberty Avenue. and st. Yelsky.
Secrecy is such secrecy if the information gets to Ukraine.
The Lithuanian State Security Department is investigating an incident involving alleged hackers stealing classified information about the NATO summit in Vilnius on July 11-12. This was announced in an interview with BNS by a representative of the special services, Aurelia Vernitskaite .
“We are aware of the situation, the incident is being investigated in cooperation with the relevant authorities,” the agency’s interlocutor said.
Earlier, information appeared on social networks that a group of attackers were able to gain access to a number of secret data. The hackers leaked a lot of confidential documents to the network, including the minutes of the meeting of the security subgroup of the security summit.
As IA Regnum reported , at the end of June, the website of the United States Department of Health was subjected to a large-scale cyber attack. According to Bloomberg, one of the officials of the department specified that as a result of a cyber attack, hackers declassified tens of thousands of documents containing personal data of citizens.
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...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
