Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] According to the channel "Lie low in Bangui", yesterday Prigozhin appeared on the air of the pan-African channel Afrique Media and announced the further plans of PMC "Wagner" in Africa.
1. Part of the mining business in Africa Prigozhin was forced to sell. The rest continues to work.
2. PMC "Wagner" will continue to work in those countries where it is already working (actually, the rotation in the Central African Republic took place just the other day)
3. PMC "Wagner" is ready to take on new contracts in other African countries where this will not be contrary to Russia's interests
4 He emphasized that PMC "Wagner" provides military assistance to fight terrorists and gangs.
In general, after the restructuring of Wagner PMC, it will continue to work on the African continent as before. There will be no dissolution or disbandment.
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets.
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament has approved a report calling on the ICC to issue an arrest warrant for Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, according to a release on the EP website.
According to the authors of the report, the Belarusian president is allegedly responsible for "the damage caused to Ukraine, the crimes committed there and is involved in the illegal transfer of children."
Well, they got their heads baked. In the European madhouse, called the European Parliament, every day is a holiday for patients.
Although I won’t be surprised if they make this stupid and illegitimate decision. The ICC is a political courtesan, an unprincipled body with double, triple standards, created to serve the interests of the collective West. But now it turned out to be quite interesting - the Europeans could not at least present any intelligible reasons for their actions. Yes, and vague ones too. Europe is angry that she did not get the children to remake in multi-colored it.
As for the warrants.... What the European judges had to do was to issue warrants for the arrest of the presidents of Ukraine, the United States, France, the German chancellor, the leaders of the UK governments for organizing and sponsoring international terrorism and organizing and sponsoring military actions directed against the civilian population. Write out a long time ago. But they will never do it. Such is the cynicism on their part.
P.S.
I wonder if the Europeans will send investigators to Minsk? Those are already waiting there, in the KGB pre-trial detention center.
Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk were also attacked.
[LB] There was an air alert almost all night in the Kyiv region . They tried to attack the region with "shahedas". Air defense was working. No hits were recorded. There are no victims. There is no destruction or damage after falling debris. This is preliminary information, operational groups continue their work, says the summary from OVA as of this morning.
In Kirovohradsk this morning, the enemy fired rockets near Kropyvnytskyi. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties or destruction of civilian buildings.
In Zhytomyrska this morning, the enemy attacked with attack drones. According to preliminary information, as a result of the strike by "shaheds", an infrastructure object was damaged, and there is damage to private households. All emergency services have arrived at the scene and are working. Currently, there is no information about the presence of victims, data on the extent of damage are being clarified.
In the Poltava region, there was also an attack by BpLA at night. No hits on critical infrastructure were recorded. Previously - without victims.
In Luhansk , Belogorivka withstood another air strike. Bilogorivka and Nevske were also shelled from barrel and rocket artillery. During the day, the enemy fired 102 rounds (486 shells). In Lysychansk, the enemy equipped the territory of the former city polyclinic for the location of personnel and command of the Akhmat unit.
In Kharkivskain the Slobozhansk direction, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery attacks on the settlements of Kozacha Lopan, Vovchansk and Budarki. In the direction of Kupyansk, the enemy launched an air strike in the area of Kislivka. Novomlynsk, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Sinkivka, Kupyansk and Kislivka were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar attacks. Last night, the enemy shelled Kupyansk twice.
Two private houses were damaged. In the morning, as a result of another shelling in Kupyansk, a private house was destroyed, and three private houses were damaged. A 72-year-old man died as a result of the shelling of Dvorichnya. A 65-year-old woman received shrapnel wounds to her neck and chest and was hospitalized. Later, a 60-year-old woman came to the medics with a slight injury, she did not need hospitalization. As a result of the shelling of the village of Guryiv Kozachok, the premises of the "Kozachanske" SG were damaged. As a result of shelling from a combat helicopter in Odnorobivka, two private houses were destroyed, two houses were partially damaged. In Stepovo, the power grid was damaged as a result of shelling.
There were two shellings (seven explosions) in Chernihivska during the day. They hit the Snovska community with mortars and artillery. Without victims and destruction.
15 shellings and 80 explosions were recorded in Sumy per day. The communities of Seredino-Budsk, Bilopolsk, Krasnopilsk, Esmansk, Khotynsk, Shalyginsk, Glukhivsk came under fire. Bilopolsk community: the enemy fired mortars (nine explosions) and artillery (11 explosions). As a result of shelling, three private residential buildings were damaged. Also tonight, air defense destroyed four "Shahed" unmanned aerial vehicles.
In Zaporizhzhia, over the past day, Russian troops have carried out 92 shelling of 23 front-line settlements. 78 artillery strikes hit the territory of Gulyaipol, Orikhov, Zaliznychny, Gulyaipil, Kamiansky, Stepovoy, Plavny and other villages on the demarcation line.
The enemy attacked Olhivske twice with the use of UAVs, hit the open territory on the outskirts of the regional center three times with rockets, hit Novoivanivka, Olhivske, Temyrivka, Novodarivka with rocket salvos, attacked Orihiv, Novoandriivka, Novodarivka, Preobrazhenka and Pyatikhatka with aerial bombs. Fortunately, people survived. In the region, there were 34 reports of the destruction of citizens' homes and other civilian objects: farm buildings, garages, and the building of an educational institution.
In Dnipropetrovsk yesterday, Argesor took aim at Nikopol. Used heavy artillery. It passed without casualties or damage. Late in the evening, the enemy directed a drone to the area. It was landed by defenders from PvK "East". No consequences.
In Donetsk, the Russians carried out 23 shellings, using tanks, artillery, a missile (type not specified), an air strike (type of missile not specified), and the Grad anti-aircraft missile system. Avdiivka, Lyman, Krasnohorivka, Lastochkine, Ocheretine, Mykolaivka, Zhelanne Seconde, Bogoyavlenka, Kurakhivka, Blagodatne, Zhelanne First, Kurakhove, Chasiv Yar, and Ostrivske were shelled.
A total of 16 objects were damaged: nine residential buildings, two shops, a railway track, a transformer, the building of LLC "Agroprom", 1.3 hectares of wheat, a garage. In the region: 10 wounded civilians per day (two of them are children).
In Mykolaivska tonight, as a result of an enemy attack on the settlement of the Koblivska community, recreational infrastructure facilities in the coastal zone were destroyed and set on fire. Detailed information is being clarified. Two people were injured, one of them was hospitalized. Yesterday, during the day, the enemy made artillery strikes on Ochakov. There are no casualties.
Along Odesaduring the night, the occupiers used a coastal missile system from the temporarily occupied Crimea and hit "Onyx", and the strategic aviation struck with Kh-59, Kh-22 missiles. Simultaneously with the missile attack, the Russians also launched Shahed-136 drones in the south. Kh-59 was shot down on approach to the coast and, falling in one of the quarters of Odessa, created a large gap, the blast wave damaged several buildings around. Three civilians were injured. "Onyx" and X-22 were directed by the enemy at the port and critical infrastructure. It hit a grain and oil terminal, damaged tanks and loading equipment, a fire started, all competent services are working to eliminate the consequences.
There was no information about the victims. In the Odesa district, there is a hit at an industrial facility, where a civilian employee was injured and two warehouses were affected. In the region, firefighters are eliminating a fire with an area of more than 3,000 square meters. Eight Shahed-136 drones were shot down in the sky over Odeshchyna. Also, as a result of combat work to destroy missiles and drones, several apartment buildings were damaged in the residential complexes of Odesa by an explosive wave. At least six residents of Odessa, including a 9-year-old boy, sought medical help after being injured by fragments of glass and other objects.
During the day, the enemy fired 72 rounds (449 shells) at Khersonska , including seven rounds (31 shells) at Kherson. The occupiers targeted the districts of 24 settlements in the region. One person was injured.
We will remind you that this night the main attacks of the enemy were in the Odesa region. In particular, its port and critical infrastructure. Grain and oil terminals were damaged. The area of the fire in one of the places reached 3000 square kilometers.
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[Korrespondent] 22:16 The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to successfully hit the rear positions of the Russian military. Following the explosions on the Crimean bridge on the occupied peninsula, a military warehouse caught fire. About how important these events are for the course of hostilities - in the material Big fire in the Crimea .
21:51 Russia broke the grain agreement, and now ships moving to Ukraine can no longer pass through the safe corridor. Moreover, Moscow said today that all ships that will navigate the old route will be considered hostile. Read more in the material Tension in the Black Sea .
21:39 Washington is not ready to announce any measures to support the movement of ships to Ukrainian ports after the statements of the Russian Defense Ministry, said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
20:47 Putin said that Russia would consider the possibility of returning to the grain deal, "if all the principles of its participation in it, without exception, are taken into account and implemented." In particular, according to him, the connection to SWIFT of financial organizations serving the export of Russian grain "should be immediate." Also, one of the conditions is the resumption of operation of the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline.
20:00 The Pentagon announced the provision of a new $1.3 billion military aid package to Ukraine. It will include four NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems, artillery shells, mine clearance equipment, UAV detection and electronic warfare equipment.
19:56 In the ports that Russia attacked at night, about a million tons of food were stored - "exactly the volume that should have been delivered to consumer countries in Africa and Asia for a long time," Zelensky said in an evening video message. And in the port terminal, which suffered the most that night, 60,000 tons of agricultural products were stored, destined for shipment to China.
19:23 In the Melitopol direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have advanced a kilometer, said the speaker of the press center of the Defense Forces of the Tauride direction, Valery Shershen.
18:49 Zelensky said that he had met in Kiev with the head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power: "We discussed further support for Ukraine, our people, our economy. We discussed in detail the consequences of the Russian attempt to destroy the Black Sea Grain Initiative."
18:32 Russian administrations in the occupied territories began to massively evict citizens of Ukraine from their homes and apartments under the pretext of alleged debt for utilities. This primarily applies to those who have not received a Russian passport, said Anna Malyar. In particular, in Starobelsk, after the legal owners of housing have been evicted in this way, citizens of the Russian Federation are settled there.
In addition, the Russian occupation regime forbade residents of the Kherson region who do not have Russian passports to return to their settlements, which they urgently left after the explosion of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station. At the same time, the invaders are forcing flood victims and forcibly evicted Ukrainians to move to Russia or Crimea. According to Malyar, in this way the Russians, in particular, are trying to artificially increase the number of people with Russian passports in order to participate in the so-called "elections" in September.
18:20 The family of Russian Alexander Zakharov, who has been developing and manufacturing UAVs for more than 15 years and created the Lancet kamikaze drone, lives in London and owns real estate there in an elite area, Important stories report . The UK imposed sanctions on his company CFTS, but the Zakharov family was not subject to restrictions.
On this occasion, Yermak said that personal sanctions should be expanded and strengthened: "The relatives of the designers of Russian weapons, as well as themselves, Russian propagandists, their relatives, cultural figures, must be deprived of the right to own real estate in the West. They must also be banned from even traveling around countries of the Western world."
18:06 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that from 00:00 Moscow time on July 20, all ships sailing in the Black Sea to Ukrainian ports will be considered as "potential carriers of military cargo", and the flag countries of such ships will be considered involved in the " Ukrainian conflict" on the side of Kiev. A number of sea areas in the northwestern and southeastern parts of the international waters of the Black Sea have been declared "temporarily dangerous for navigation."
17:11 A network of Russian agents who planned to blow up trains with weapons and humanitarian aid for Ukraine was exposed in Poland, writes Gazeta Polska. A total of 15 people were detained - these are citizens of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. They are accused of spying for the GRU.
16:55 Brazilian President Lula da Silva said that the world is getting tired of the war in Ukraine: "The world is starting to get tired. Countries are starting to get tired. So the moment will come when there will be peace. And then there should be a group of countries capable of talking with Russia and talking Ukraine". He also accused Zelensky and Biden of failing to continue negotiations with Putin.
In addition, da Silva criticized Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font, who demanded that Russia be condemned at the Brussels summit. In his opinion, this is due to the "youth and inexperience" of the Chilean politician.
16:17 The Russians are planning another provocation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant with the use of heavy weapons, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. The Department of Military Counterintelligence of the FSB is disseminating among the personnel of the occupying contingent information about alleged preparations by the Ukrainian Security and Defense Forces for an assault on the ZNPP.
The dissemination of such information may indicate that the invaders are preparing an operation under a false flag, which will lead to a large-scale accident at the ZNPP. According to available information, another simulated shelling of the station is being prepared with the aim of further blaming Ukraine for them, the GUR reported.
16:10 During the night attack, Russia destroyed 60 thousand tons of grain in the port of Chornomorsk, Odessa region, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy reported. This grain should have been sent through the grain corridor 60 days ago. The department reported that the night strike disabled a significant part of the grain export infrastructure of the port of Chornomorsk. According to experts, it will take at least a year to fully restore the facilities.
16:06 Ireland allocates an additional 5 million euros for humanitarian assistance to Ukraine and another 2 million through the UN, said Prime Minister Leo Varadkar. In addition, Ireland joins the training mission - it will train the Ukrainian military in demining and military medicine. The country also provided equipment for the restoration of energy supply and for water purification. In turn, Zelensky recalled that Ireland provided Ukraine with non-lethal assistance for more than 170 million euros and was actively involved in the demining process.
15:59 Ireland is investigating how the details of the production of an Irish company ended up in a kamikaze drone, with which the Russian Federation attacked Nikolaev, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said at a joint press conference with Zelensky in Kiev. "We do not believe that any Irish companies could have violated the sanctions. It is possible that some third party has violated the sanctions. We take this very seriously," he added.
Varadkar assured that, despite the military neutrality, Ireland is not politically neutral and fully supports Ukraine in the struggle for independence and the return of territories.
15:45 Ukraine is studying the possibility of the safe operation of the grain corridor in the Black Sea, including the possible escort of convoys, Zelensky said. He added that the possibility of such convoys should be discussed not only with Turkey, but also with other partners. "Both the UN, Turkey, and the military can say that no one gives 100% guarantees. But this is a very easy position. This is not the position we are ready for. Because we need the corridor to function," the president stressed. .
15:19 To protect Odessa from the air, Ukraine needs additional SAMP-T or Patriot air defense systems, Zelensky said: “There are two systems today. I agreed with President Macron and Italian Prime Minister George Maloney when we received SAMP-T. We won’t say where these systems are now, but they work, they work perfectly... If we had the appropriate additional systems, they would protect the infrastructure of Odessa, and not only the port infrastructure.Or these are Patriot systems. You also know very well who gave us these systems. But all this is still not enough to protect the relevant infrastructure."
14:54 The decision to transfer F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine will be made after the training of pilots and technicians is completed, Reznikov said. According to him, training should begin in August in one of the 11 countries that have signed a memorandum in Vilnius. After that, the program will be expanded to other countries. “Yesterday at Ramstein, the Polish Minister of Defense confirmed that they also provide their equipment and capabilities. Therefore, we will simultaneously train pilots and technical engineers in several countries,” Reznikov said.
According to the minister, in parallel, Ukraine will do "its homework" - it is necessary to assess the possibility of airfields, organize infrastructure. "As soon as the infrastructure and pilots are ready, which can carry out combat missions, and service engineers, at this moment the partners will make a decision: ok, now the planes. Therefore, it will take a little time. I optimistically think that next year," Reznikov noted.
14:25 The Prime Minister of Ireland Leo Varadkar is visiting Ukraine. Zelensky said that important negotiations would take place today: "security, political cooperation, justice for Ukraine and our economic cooperation." "Although Ireland is a neutral country, this neutrality does not mean indifference, and this is very important," the Ukrainian president added.
14:18 Zelensky signed a law that makes it easier for the military to transfer to the reserve. Now the military personnel, whom the military medical commission, during martial law, declared unfit for service for health reasons with a review after 6-12 months, can be transferred to the reserve.
14:06 The office of the President of South Africa said that Putin will not go to the BRICS summit in August, a joint decision has been reached on this matter. Russia will be represented at the summit by Lavrov.
13:37 The Belarusian Red Cross takes part in the removal of Ukrainian children from the occupied territories to Belarus, said the head of the organization Dmitry Shevtsov during a trip to Donbass. According to him, the Belarusian Red Cross "accepted, is taking and will take an active part" in the removal of children from the occupied Ukrainian territories, allegedly "for recovery."
During his previous trip to the occupied Ukrainian territories, Shevtsov was seen in camouflage and with the letter Z on his sleeve, according to the Zerkalo newspaper, although the Red Cross charter requires members of the organization to remain neutral. The International Committee of the Red Cross said they are looking into the incident.
12:48 In the Lugansk region, the commander of the 123rd motorized rifle brigade of the Russian Federation, Denis Ivanov, with the call sign Tashkent, was eliminated, Russian media report. However, it is not known exactly how he was killed. Ivanov was a frequent hero in the plots of Russian propagandists, Skabeeva called him "the legendary brigade commander."
12:45 As a result of night shelling, the Odessa region suffered the most. The main targets of the enemy were the port and critical infrastructure of the region. Details about the consequences - in the material Night attack of Russia .
12:33 Zelensky said that at a conference call he heard information about a Russian night attack: "Russian terrorists absolutely deliberately aimed at the infrastructure of the grain agreement, and every Russian missile is a strike not only against Ukraine, but also against everyone in the world who seeks to a normal and safe life." The President instructed the military to strengthen the protection of people and port infrastructure, and the Foreign Ministry to intensify contacts with partners to increase pressure on the Russian Federation and continue the normal export of Ukrainian grain.
12:14 In the Luhansk region, the occupiers are threatening to deport local residents in the absence of a Russian passport not from July 1, 2024, as previously thought, but from December 1 of this year, said the head of the OVA Artem Lysogor.
12:03 Spain has sent the last four Leopard 2А4 tanks promised to Ukraine, Defense Minister Margarita Robles said. According to her, the tanks will be delivered by sea next week. Also, Spain will soon transfer ten armored personnel carriers after overhaul and several armored all-terrain vehicles, trucks and ambulances, ammunition, including large calibers.
In addition, Madrid sent Ukraine a field hospital with emergency surgery facilities, the necessary post-operative rooms, a pharmacy, sterilization, a laboratory and two hospitalization modules. Ukrainian doctors and logistics personnel have already completed two weeks of intensive training in Zaragoza and are ready to deploy, set up and manage this hospital at the front.
11:47 The European Union plans to create a fund for military support to Ukraine for the next four years in the amount of 20 billion euros, Politico writes, citing sources. From this fund, the EU member states will be compensated for the costs of transferring weapons to Kyiv and funding the training of the military. The difference from the European Peace Fund will be that the consent of all member countries will not be required for decision-making.
The newspaper notes that the creation of such a fund is part of the European security guarantees to Ukraine, promised at the summit in Vilnius. The new fund will complement the EU proposal for 50 billion euros in non-military assistance to Ukraine for 2024-2027.
11:24 Ukraine is studying the possibility of launching a new grain corridor without Russia's participation - through the territorial waters of Romania and Bulgaria, Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasily Bodnar said. He did not rule out that the Russian Federation would fire on ships if they now move along the previous sea route after Moscow withdraws from the deal.
11:09 "The head of the parliament" of Crimea, Vladimir Konstantinov, said that it would take "a day or two" to eliminate the consequences of a fire at the training ground, detonation of ammunition continues, civilian infrastructure is not damaged. Crimean villages, from where people are being evacuated, are taken under police protection.
10:36 The United States may announce new sanctions against Kyrgyzstan this week due to the fact that it helps Russia bypass sanctions, The Washington Post writes, citing sources.
10:25 PMC Wagner mercenaries continue to arrive in Belarus: only during July 18, three columns arrived. Destination - a field camp in the village of Tsel (Osipovichi district). According to the Belaruska Gayun group, there are currently 1,400-1,500 Wagner fighters and about 300 pieces of equipment, mostly automobiles, on the territory of the Republic of Belarus.
09:57 In Odessa, a blast wave as a result of the destruction of the Russian Kh-59 missile damaged several buildings, three people were injured, OK Pivden reported. Also, as a result of falling debris in residential complexes in Odessa, several apartment buildings were damaged, at least six people, including a nine-year-old child, sought medical help.
The enemy attacked the port and critical infrastructure with Oniks and Kh-22 missiles - there were hits on the grain and oil terminal, tanks and loading equipment were damaged, a fire started. Information about the victims was not received.
In addition, in the Odessa region there was a hit in an industrial facility where a civilian employee was injured and two warehouses in different locations were hit - with tobacco and fireworks. Rescuers eliminate the fire on an area of more than 3000 square meters. m.
09:28 Croatia offers its railway network and ports in the Adriatic Sea to transport Ukrainian grain after Russia withdraws from the grain deal, Frano Matusic, State Secretary of the Croatian Foreign Ministry, said.
09:26 Tonight, the enemy also attacked the Poltava and Kirovograd regions with drones. There were no hits on critical infrastructure, no people were injured, the OVA said.
09:20 As a result of night enemy attack on the settlement of the Koblevsky community of the Nikolaev area objects of recreational infrastructure in a coastal zone are damaged, two people were injured, the head of OVA Vitaly Kim reported.
09:14 At night, the Russian army attacked Kherson with Shahed drones, a hit was recorded in the Shumen microdistrict. There was a fire in the house of culture, a two-story house was damaged, one person was injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
09:11 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, ten people were injured (five in Zhelanny Pervoi, two in Lyman, one each in Avdiivka, Kurakhovka and Krasnogorovka). In the Kharkiv region, as a result of the shelling of the village of Dvurechnaya, Kupyansky district, one person was killed, two were injured. In the Kherson region, one person was injured, according to the IVA.
09:05 At night, the Russians massively attacked Ukraine from the Black Sea with missiles and kamikaze drones, the Air Force command reported. Critical infrastructure facilities and military installations were attacked, the main direction of attack was the Odessa region. During several waves of attacks, the enemy used 16 Caliber sea-based cruise missiles, eight Kh-22 cruise missiles from Tu-22M3 long-range aircraft, six Onyx cruise missiles from the Bastion coastal missile system (Crimea), one Kh-59 guided air missile from a fighter Su-35, 32 attack UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type from the Chauda training ground (Crimea) and Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Krasnodar Territory).
Air defense forces destroyed 37 air targets: 13 out of 16 Caliber cruise missiles, one Kh-59 missile and 23 strike UAVs. The Kh-22 and Oniks missile strikes were aimed at the infrastructure of the Odessa region.
08:51 Ukrainian troops are successful in two directions on the southern front: Bolshaya Novoselka - Staromayorskoye and Novoselka - Staromayorskoye, General Staff Speaker Andriy Kovalev said. Also, the Defense Forces knocked out the Russians from their positions near Orekhovo-Vasilyevka in the Bakhmut direction, have a partial success, are fixed on the achieved lines.
08:20 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 19:
personnel - about 239,480 (+470) people liquidated,
tanks - 4123 (+4),
armored combat vehicles - 8059 (+8),
artillery systems - 4573 (+31),
MLRS - 689 (+0),
air defense systems - 430 (+2),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 310 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 3885 (+46),
cruise missiles - 1279 (+6),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 7105 (+19),
special equipment - 683 (+6).
08:14 This morning, the enemy attacked the Zhytomyr region with kamikaze drones. According to preliminary information, an infrastructure facility was damaged as a result of the strike, there are damages to private households, said Vitaliy Bunechko, head of the OVA. There is no information about victims and injured.
07:42 "Head" of the occupied Crimea Sergey Aksyonov announced a strong fire at the training ground in the Kirovsky district of the peninsula, the Tavrida highway was blocked in the section from the 118th to the 130th kilometer. Aksyonov added that more than 2,000 residents of four settlements are planned to be evacuated from the area adjacent to the landfill. According to Russian telegram channels, an ammunition depot is on fire at the Starokrymsky training ground, local residents have been hearing the sounds of explosions for several hours.
07:28 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - more than 20 clashes have occurred over the past day, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
05:47 The Russians tried to attack Kiev with Shahed drones, all of them were discovered and destroyed on the outskirts of the capital. According to preliminary information, no casualties and no damage, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Kirill Strelnikov
[RIA] Commander of the Ground Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky, in an interview with the BBC television and radio company, said that during the offensive, the armed forces encountered problems and it was impossible to achieve quick results. Explaining why the practically guaranteed super-victory of the Armed Forces of Ukraine turned into a pumpkin-shaped zrada before our eyes, he complained that "the territory is littered with minefields", and the nasty Russians "set up a lot of defensive barriers and equipped strongholds." In other words: everything is gone, the plaster is removed, the client leaves, but we asked for more money and pennies, otherwise we would definitely have won.
Like all the revelations of Ukrainian talking heads, the current pearls of Syrsky have a second bottom. The words of the commander of the Ground Forces of Ukraine, on the one hand, confirm the long-discovered secret of the Open Chinnel that the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffocated in the bud: the Ukrainian troops did not achieve their goals in any direction, and their losses in seven weeks amounted to at least 26 thousand people. In just one month, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost 18 aircraft and helicopters, as well as 920 armored vehicles, including 16 Leopard tanks.
But the complete fiasco of the summer campaign of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is clear to everyone even without Syrsky. Why pictorial lamentations?
And these lamentations are designed to lay straws for the leaders of the Kyiv junta against the backdrop of an even worse mega-threat looming. Having skillfully shattered the countless "meat waves" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, generously flavored with "invincible" Western technology for taste and color, the Russian Armed Forces, relying on powerful defensive lines, moved forward.
The Sixth Army of the Russian Armed Forces has penetrated the enemy's defenses and is pressing him in the direction of Kupyansk. Judging by the hysteria in Zelensky’s office, things are going well: the Armed Forces of Ukraine are sending to the center (read: to the Americans) urgent dispatches about the accumulation of a large amount of Russian military equipment and manpower in this area - more than 900 tanks, over 550 artillery systems and 370 MLRS.
Parts of the Russian army broke through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the Trudovskaya mine (near Maryinka) and broke into the territory of the mine complex. In the Donetsk direction, our fighters go forward and daily grind at least a battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and in the Lugansk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost three thousand soldiers in a week. In other words, the attackers realized that they would soon turn into retreaters, and it was necessary to issue a certificate of exemption from physical education in advance.
On the eve of sad (for the West) news from the front, the plaster from the glossy facade of "the indestructible unity of the West in support of Ukraine" begins to crumble faster every day, although Ukraine's best friends in unison try to assure the marquise that she is doing well.
Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said with a straight face the other day: "I would not say that there is some kind of fatigue from Ukraine, and I hope that it never will." At the same time, Liisa Pakosta, the head of the European Union Affairs Committee of the Estonian Parliament, shook her fist menacingly: "War weariness is unacceptable."
The day before, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson eloquently urged the United States to prevent "Ukraine fatigue." And the main European successor, Czech President Petr Pavel , generally stated that "before the onset of war fatigue (in the West), Ukraine has a window of opportunity until the end of this year."
We, like Stanislavsky, of course, believe these wonderful speeches, but there is one small question: why hysteria and synchronously clog the airwaves, if support for Ukraine is unanimous, the desire to fight is at its peak, the forecasts are excellent, the victories are going according to plan, the Russian army is weaker than ever and there is no fatigue from the war and Ukraine in the West?
But the fact is that, it seems, the main puppeteers looked at the reports on the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, read the reports from the LBS, reduced the debit to the credit and came to the conclusion that it was necessary to register and record losses. According to the Wall Street Journal, the United States admitted that "Kyiv is failing to conduct large-scale operations that can provide a breakthrough in the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," which means that the time has come to activate Plan B, namely, peace negotiations, which Kiev fears like fire.
In a recent publication in Politico, unnamed sources in the Ukrainian administration admitted: “As the counter-offensive falters, Ukrainians fear that the West will lose patience and eventually decide that victory on Kiev’s full terms is impossible,” and officials fear that the West will ultimately try to “impose "im peace talks.
However, regarding the peace talks, the Kiev regime can sleep peacefully - but not because they are not wanted in the White House (they already do), but because Russia does not want them.
The goals and objectives of the NWO will be fulfilled, no matter what, and the item "peace talks" - even in small print - is not in them.
The smell of fried food is quickly spreading over the remains of Ukraine, and soon it will be completely unimportant who wanted what beautifully in Kiev, Brussels , Washington and Vilnius .
The US and allies send billion$ of dated military equipment to Ukraine for use against the Russians, then cut off the stream. The Russians are then left with a dead state which will take 10s of billion$ to rejuvenate, should they chose.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level. [NewsFrontInfo] 22:18 From seats report about a night hit in the hotel where the Armed Forces of Ukraine were located in Koblevo, Mykolaiv region. And there, indeed, the number of dead Nazis exceeded a hundred.
21:54 Ukrainian armed formations are celebrating another "overcome" - today, around 19.20, they launched another artillery strike on the city of Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region. The central boulevard of the city was damaged, and a “strategic object” was also hit by shrapnel, which, obviously, was aimed at by nonhumans - the House of Culture of the city of Vasilyevka -photo.
21:29 A one-year-old girl and her pregnant mother were injured during the shelling of Makiivka by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Pushilin, acting head of the DPR, said.
21:25 Video- Ka-52 is working on a target on the northern flank of Bakhmut in the area of responsibility of the 4th Brigade.
20:55 Video- The calculation of the ATGM of the 1st battalion of the 4th Brigade destroys the Ukrainian BMP, which was transporting personnel, ammunition and food.
20:30 Video- FAB-500 strikes with UMPC on dryers in the Kherson region.
19:33 Law is not written for nationalists: captured Ukrainian servicemen told on forced mobilization and lynching of commanders on the front line
Sergei ended up in the Armed Forces of Ukraine after the police forcibly handed him a summons. Then he was sent for training to the UK, where Norwegian and Dutch instructors taught the mobilized air assault operations.
However, after the serviceman was on the front line, the attitude towards him changed. “The commander began to settle scores with those who were against him. My comrade was killed, then they started shooting at me,” Sergei said.
The second prisoner also ended up in the Ukrainian army against his will. He was mobilized despite the fact that for health reasons he did not even serve on conscription.
But medical contraindications, marital status and other reasons for delay in the Ukrainian military registration and enlistment offices have long been of no interest to anyone, which means that with each new defeat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the front line, the number of fates crossed out with the stamp “GODEN” will only increase.
19:30 Russian artillery destroyed the point of temporary deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Volchansk, Kharkiv region -video.
19:00 Smoke rises over Konstantinovka (DNR, occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine). The fire is reported after arrivals.
18:36 Destruction of the APU tank. In the Krasnolimansky direction, airborne units continue to destroy military equipment of the Nazis.
18:20 Ukraine reports that last night's attack on the port of Chornomorsk destroyed 60,000 tons of grain, as well as severely damaged port infrastructure, which could take up to a year to repair.
18:05 From July 20, all ships that follow in the Black Sea to Ukrainian ports will be considered as potential carriers of military cargo - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
17:47 Explosions in Konstantinovka (DPR, occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine).
17:45 In the Seversky direction, artillerymen of the 88th Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces are destroying the positions of Ukrainian militants -video.
17:10 Destruction of Self-propelled guns of the enemy in the Artemovsky direction. The defeat was inflicted by the Lancet kamikaze drone. Operators of the 98th Airborne Division worked.
16:43 A Ukrainian prisoner who was trained in Britain said that the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine organize lynching at the forefront and crack down on objectionable subordinates -video.
16:35 Publishedin Ukraine, schemes for missile and drone strikes on targets in Odessa. With all the wealth of destructive weapons involved, not a single civilian died during the strikes. They worked in jewelry.
16:10 The air defense system shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle on approach to the city of Valuiki, damage on the ground is being specified, Governor of the Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov said on his Telegram channel.
15:38 Personnel high-precision strike this night on military industry facilities, fuel infrastructure and ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Odessa region.
15:19 "Three hundred thirty-three": Russian artillery smashes APU in Marinka.
Servicemen of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division, together with artillerymen of the 5th Brigade of the 1st Army Borps of the 8th Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces, are finishing off the remaining Veseushniks in the western part of one of the main cities of the Donetsk agglomeration.
Ukrainian militants have equipped strongholds in the ruins and continue to hold them, building new firing points. Artillerymen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflict a large number of strikes on accumulations of manpower and enemy equipment, using 120mm mortars, cannon artillery and Grad MLRS.
Enemy firing positions are subjected to heavy artillery fire along Kashtanovaya Street (ambulances are transported from Georgiyevka to the Armed Forces support units along it and rotation is carried out), as well as in the area of Poligraficheskaya Street. Reconnaissance and fire adjustment are carried out from the air by one of the operators of the Russian UAV.
14:47 From seats report about a night hit in the hotel where the Armed Forces of Ukraine were located in Koblevo, Mykolaiv region. And there the score of the KIAs exceeded 100. They also say in the hospital that due to the lack of blood and the overcrowded hospital, Ukrainian militants are dying right in the corridors, recreation areas, before reaching the operating room.
14:15 Highlights from the new briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry:
The Russian Armed Forces occupied the Molchanovo railway station in the Kharkov region;
The RF Armed Forces repulsed four attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;
In the Krasnolimansky direction, the actions of the sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stopped;
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction amounted to up to 100 servicemen;
The RF Armed Forces delivered a group attack on Ukrainian military industry facilities, fuel infrastructure in the Odessa region;
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued successful offensive operations in the Kupyansk direction;
Russian air defense systems destroyed 18 Ukrainian drones in a day;
Russian troops destroyed seven ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions;
The RF Armed Forces attacked the Kanatovo air base of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Kirovograd region;
The advance of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day amounted to more than a kilometer in depth and up to two kilometers along the front in the Kupyansk direction;
The RF Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction successfully repelled 25 attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including near Klescheevka in the DPR;
The Russian military destroyed more than 340 Ukrainian servicemen in the Donetsk direction in a day;
The troops of the Russian Federation with artillery repulsed the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Rabotino area in the Zaporozhye region;
Air defense systems of the Russian Federation shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter in the Kharkiv region in a day;
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction amounted to 70 servicemen;
The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 170 fighters and two tanks in a day in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Peschanoe in the Kharkiv region;
The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 50 Ukrainian soldiers and a 122mm D-30 howitzer in the direction of Kherson;
The Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft in the DPR in a day.
13:40 Personnel the defeat of the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by loitering ammunition "Lancet" in the Kherson direction. As a result of the strike, the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was completely destroyed.
13:20 Helicopter Ka-27 Black Sea Fleet destroyed drifting Ukrainian mine in the Black Sea.
The patrol ship "Sergey Kotov" of the Black Sea Fleet in the southwestern part of the Black Sea, 180 km northeast of the Bosporus Strait, discovered a derailed drifting Ukrainian mine. By decision of the commander of the ship, a Ka-27 helicopter was lifted into the air, the crew of which eliminated the mine with machine-gun fire.
13:15 About how the air defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down all six "Caliber" in Odessa -video.
12:55 Ukrainian formations continue to fire at the border settlements of the Kursk region.
Governor Starovoit said that three arrivals were recorded in Suja, a residential building was severely damaged, neighboring buildings were slashed with shrapnel, and a fire broke out.
In addition, there are reports of the shelling of Guevo, but there are no official comments and additional information yet.
In Elizavetovka, according to Shot, a UAV with a drop system attacked an agricultural enterprise, hitting the machine yard of Pobeda LLC, there were no casualties or damage.
12:29 Suspicious activity over the Black Sea and in Poland: a Turkish R-72 base patrol aircraft hangs in the Crimea region, a French reconnaissance aircraft off the coast of Romania, a French A330MRTT tanker aircraft also patrols in the Warsaw region, and an unidentified one flies next to it aircraft without ID.
11:40 God of War at work: location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed Russian MLRS in the Artemovsk direction, liquidated up to 25 military and various equipment. As one of the fighters of the Southern Group of Forces explained, everything was decided by the coordination of air reconnaissance and artillery: the first opened the positions of a self-propelled artillery battery, the second immediately struck
11:27 During a night attempt by the enemy to land on boats on Antonovsky Island in the area of the Antonovsky Bridge, a massive fire defeat was inflicted on the bridge area, destroyed up to 40 enemy personnel. Also, in recent days, artillery and drone pilots have destroyed several boats with troops in the area of the bridge.
11:05 Killed militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on high-rise 215.7 near Kleshcheevka. Video from the 4th Brigade.
10:50 “Hold him and beat him”: in Zaporozhye, residents almost beat the “commissar”, apparently patience is running out -video.
10:45 Our fighters spotted and destroyed another group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Orekhovo area, which was planning an "unexpected" attack from the other flank.
10:29 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:
- 122mm howitzer D-30 with ammunition in the area of the settlement. Kizomys, losses: five VFU militants were killed, three were injured of varying severity;
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:
- three 120mm mortar crews and ammunition for them in the areas of the settlement. Kherson and Antonovka, losses: 11 VFU militants were destroyed, five were injured of varying severity in the area;
- the fuel and lubricants depot in the settlement was destroyed. Lvovo;
- the point of temporary deployment of one of the subdivisions of the VFU in the area of the settlement was destroyed. Sadovoye, enemy losses amounted to: 35 militants were destroyed, 12 were injured of varying severity.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr grouping of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:
- three positions of the armed formations of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Dudchany, Chervonny lighthouse, Zmeevka, losses: 12 VFU militants destroyed; four - received injuries of varying severity.
10:25 Personnel destruction of an armored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by an FPV drone in the Zaporozhye direction.
The operators of unmanned FPV drones found the moving equipment of the nationalists, the enemy’s armored personnel carrier was destroyed with a precise blow.
10:00 The military administration of Odessa called the night strikes on the Odessa port "really large-scale" and "hellish."
09:46 It is reported that at least nine Ukrainian snipers liquidated over the past three weeks on the front lines.
09:45 The infrastructure object is damaged in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine - the authorities.
09:15 Lancet of the 98th Airborne Division struck enemy technology.
In the Bakhmut direction, the operators of the Lancet kamikaze drone of the 98th Guards Airborne Division hit the enemy’s equipment with a well-aimed hit.
09:12 Supreme Council of the Russian Federation eliminated Deputy commander of the Ukrainian detachment of special forces "Dozor" Sergei Kirilenko.
09:10 Artillerymen of the Central Military District with joint fire from two 152mm self-propelled guns destroyed self-propelled howitzer "Crab" of Western production in the Krasnolimansky direction.
09:04 Troopers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to land in the area of the Antonovsky bridge, but were destroyed on the way -video.
08:52 Odessa, the Telegram channel “From Mariupol to the Carpathians” reports:
“After the night strikes by the Russian Armed Forces, information about the evacuation of “foreign specialists” passed through closed chats. That is, mercenaries and military experts. The rats are fleeing the ship."
08:33 Ukrainian resources report the exact hit Russian missile on the echelon with the military and equipment 16.07.
08:15 The Russian Ministry of Defense showed how artillerymen of the Central Military District during the counterbattery fight destroyed Polish self-propelled howitzer Krab in the Krasnoliman direction.
08:10 One of the last drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Bayraktar was shot down on the Kinburn Spit in the Kherson region, a Russian military told RIA Novosti -video.
08:04 Russian troops launched massive strikes with Geran-2 drones and Caliber cruise missiles against targets in southern Ukraine.
In Odessa, the bases of unmanned boats, the port infrastructure and the oil depot were hit.
In Nikolaev, several drones hit the oil terminal of the seaport. A large fire broke out on the territory of the facility, which could not be extinguished for several hours.
08:01 Crews of attack helicopters Ka-52 VVO continue to destroy strongholds and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
During the sortie, army aviation pilots launched missiles at the fortified points of the Armed Forces units discovered. As a result of combat use, the enemy control center and armored vehicles were destroyed.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 07/19/2023 to 00:00 07/20/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 49 facts of firing by the AFU.
Information was received about the injury of two civilians, incl. child born in 2022 #ChildrenNotTarget, in the Kirovsky district of Makeevka.
A total of 14 residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, the Kirovsky district of Makeevka, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.
Under enemy fire were areas of five settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Kalininsky district), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Kirovsky district), Staromikhaylovka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 42 artillery attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky three artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky four artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
Having fired 271 units of various ammunition.
In the previous day, 102 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
22:40 Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled Vasylivka twice in the evening in the Zaporozhye region
The first arrivals were recorded at 20:00. Residential buildings, roads were damaged, a gas pipe along Teatralnaya Street was broken. Information about the victims is being specified.
22:25 Militarist writes that the Russian Aerospace Forces began to more actively use long-range missiles Kh-59MK2
Compared to Ukrainian aviation, Russian aviation began to use long-range aviation weapons 10-15 times more often.
22:14 Soledar direction: situation by the end of July 19, 2023 from Rybar.
The situation in the Soledar direction remains tense. To the north of Bakhmut, fighting continues in the vicinity of the Berkhovsky reservoir, albeit with a decrease in intensity.
The enemy is trying to advance in the Dubovo-Vasilevka area, operating in small groups with the support of light armored vehicles. The RF Armed Forces stop the attacks with artillery fire.
To the south of Bakhmut, heavy fighting is going on in the Kleshcheevka area, where the enemy is throwing more and more reinforcements, trying to hold on to the adjacent landings and the fortified area on the heights.
In addition, the maneuver groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to break into Andreevka, south of Kleshcheevka. There, the enemy was stopped in the landings, where battles were going on during the day.
There have also been confirmations of our information about the heavy fighting for the fortified area northwest of Kleshcheevka.
On the channel of the 4th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the RF Armed Forces publishedframes artillery work on fortifications occupied by the enemy and the consequences of multiple strikes.
The Ukrainian formations suffered heavy losses, and at least partly retreated, leaving many bodies and broken equipment on the territory of the fortified area.
Now the fortified area, if not occupied by Russian military personnel, is at least located in the gray zone.
21:57 Ukrainian TG channels report a strong explosion in Lviv
The air raid alert was not issued. We are waiting for information.
21:25 Video- Statement by the head of the press center of the "South" group:
Aviation of the Southern Group of Forces carried out missile and bomb strikes on two points of temporary deployment of the 5th separate assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Stupochki. The crews of helicopters of army aviation hit the accumulation of enemy manpower and armored vehicles in the areas of Kurdyumovka and Bogdanovka.
The crew of the Tornado-S multiple launch rocket system dealt a blow to the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and weapons in the area of the settlement of Stepanovka.
The artillery of the group during the counterbattery fight destroyed a 122mm D-30 howitzer, two foreign-made self-propelled artillery mounts "Crab", 122mm self-propelled guns 2S1 "Gvozdika" and a 120mm mortar with an enemy crew in the areas of Serebryanka, Seversk, Krasnoe, Stupochki and Novodmitrovka settlements.
20:55 Video- the most powerful footage of a fierce battle: repulsing the assault and defeating the enemy armored group near Artemovsk by our fighters
An armored group of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles approached the Russian trenches point-blank and began to shoot them from guns, but our anti-tankers hit them on the flank.
The first ATGM flew exactly into the T-64BV, which was run over by the BMP-2 and the second missile flew into it. The third missile burned down the trailing BMP-1 along with the troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - the retreating tanks left the only surviving wounded brother near the burning equipment to die.
In the troop compartment of the affected BMP-2, the Armed Forces of Ukraine somehow managed to survive several militants, they got out of the car and tried to continue the attack on the trenches, which were defended by only one of our fighters, who opened fire on them and threw grenades until reinforcements arrived.
The position was held and the enemy defeated.
20:30 On Orekhovsky direction Zaporizhzhya Front in the area of the settlement. Work is very hot!
The enemy carried out a rotation and transferred new forces from the reserve to the LBS.
Artillery duels went on for several hours, as well as massive artillery preparation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Neither the enemy nor we spared the rounds.
About half an hour ago, the Nazis launched a new offensive operation at the Rabotino-Verbovoye line, sending dozens of armored vehicles, including Leopards and Bradleys, as well as many militants to try to break through our positions at the junction of the zones of responsibility of the 291st and 70th Regiments.
The enemy was detected in time by our drones, bought for the people's funds, and fire damage is inflicted on him by artillery and mortars.
Our guys are in active defense. Heavy fighting began.
Evening and night promise to be hot.
20:00 Operational lines of The DPR JCCC for July 19, as of 20:00, received information about casualties among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Makeevka (Kirovskiy district):
- on the street. Komsomolskaya, 5 wounded child - a girl born in 2022 #ChildrenNotTarget and a pregnant woman born in 1992
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kievsky district:
- st. 50 years of Ukraine, 107 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. 50 years of Ukraine, 61, 63, 65, 129 "a", 130, 130 "a", 131, 133 - private residential buildings;
- st. Krupskaya, 130, 130 "a" - private residential buildings.
Petrovsky district:
- st. Wagner, 15 - apartment building.
n.p. Makeevka (Kirovskiy district):
- st. Komsomolskaya, 5 - a private residential building.
19:50 Video- "We saw the convoy, performed two launches - both successful":
In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy again attempted a counteroffensive. What tasks were carried out by the crews of the Ka-52 in the course of repelling the attack of the Ukrainian troops, one of the pilots with the call sign "Cossack" told.
19:25 For courage and heroism: servicemen of the Southern Military District, defended eight attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, awarded with state awards
The 6th motorized rifle company of the 1429th Motorized Rifle Regiment was defending a stronghold northeast of the village of Rabotino.
On the morning of July 17, the company's positions were subjected to a massive fire raid, including the use of Excalibur high-precision projectiles and cluster munitions.
The enemy, using the results of fire damage, attacked our defending unit with superior forces.
Acting courageously, skillfully and in a coordinated manner, the soldiers of the 6th motorized rifle company, being under constant enemy fire, repelled eight fierce attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
As a result of the heroic actions of the unit, the enemy suffered significant losses: more than forty Ukrainian servicemen, an armored personnel carrier and two pickup trucks were destroyed.
Being seriously wounded, the commander of the 6th company, Senior Lieutenant Aleksey Alekseevich Melnikov, continued to control the battle, leaving no subordinates behind. The officer died from his wounds. He and the personnel of the company are presented for state awards.
18:50 In connection with the termination of the "Black Sea Initiative" and the curtailment of the maritime humanitarian corridor, from 00.00 Moscow time on July 20, 2023, all ships traveling in the Black Sea to Ukrainian ports willbe consideredas potential carriers of military cargo.
Accordingly, the flag countries of such vessels will be considered involved in the Ukrainian conflict on the side of the Kyiv regime.
In addition, a number of sea areas in the northwestern and southeastern parts of the international waters of the Black Sea have been declared temporarily dangerous for navigation. Appropriate informational warnings about the withdrawal of safety guarantees to seafarers were issued in accordance with the established procedure.
18:25 Kupyanskoe direction:
Today, after advancing west of the First Liman and taking the railway station, our Army began to storm Maksyutovka and Sinkovka.
Right now, ours are working from all types of weapons and cover Maksyutovka from the south and north.
17:55 Massed blows of Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on objects on the territory of Ukraine on the night of July 19
For the second night in a row, Russian troops have launched massive strikes against targets in Ukraine, using, among other things, Geran-2 kamikaze drones and Kalibr cruise missiles.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced the defeat of military industry facilities and fuel infrastructure, ammunition depots in the Odessa region, as well as the Kanatovo air base in the Kirovograd region.
The Ukrainian authorities called last night one of the most difficult since the beginning of the special operation and have already rushed to request additional SAMP-T or Patriot air defense systems from Western partners.
Such requests are not surprising - for the second night, footage appears on the Web of how air defense units, with their work, endanger the inhabitants of Odessa by launching anti-aircraft missiles in the direction of residential buildings.
17:20 Video- statement by the head of the press center of the "Center" group:
In the Svatovsky and Krasnolimansky directions, in the course of a counter-battery fight, artillery units of the Center group of forces destroyed a self-propelled howitzer "Crab" and a towed howitzer "M-777" of Western production. In addition, two Pickup vehicles and an armored fighting vehicle were hit.
In the area of Serebryansky forest, two attempts to return the lost positions of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were thwarted by artillery and army aviation fire, and an infantry fighting vehicle was destroyed as a result of fire damage. The enemy suffered significant losses in manpower.
The crew of the Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower system inflicted a fire defeat on the stronghold of the nationalists.
Aviation carried out 12 missile and bomb strikes on Ukrainian military targets.
16:45 Video- "The hardest work day and night in conditions of constant threat": Putin about our front-line soldiers.
“I know how difficult it is, especially in some areas - the hardest work in the face of a threat to life and health. I am sure that cities, streets, parks and schools in the Russian Federation will be named after the participants of the NWO. It is necessary to give NWO participants career prospects not only in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, but also “in civilian life”.
16:20 Full video from the 4th Lugansk Brigade about heavy fighting on the southern flank of Bakhmut.
Soldiers of the “Ghost” battalion and one of Akhmat’s units are also fighting here.
15:30 Odessa consequences of Massive Combination Night Strike.
15:00 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of July 19, 2023)
Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a group strike with high-precision sea and air-based weapons on military industry facilities, fuel infrastructure and ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the city of Odessa, as well as on the Kanatovo air base of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Kirovohrad region. All assigned objects are hit. The target has been reached.
- In the Kupyansk direction, units of the "Western" group of troops continued successful offensive operations in their area of responsibility. During the day, the advance of Russian units amounted to more than a kilometer in depth and up to two kilometers along the front. The advancing units captured the Molchanovo railway station in the Kharkov region.
Air strikes and artillery fire hit units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Sinkovka, Kislovka, Berestovoye of the Kharkov region and Novoselovskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic. An ammunition depot of the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the village of Peschanoe, Kharkiv region.
Enemy losses per day amounted to 70 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, self-propelled artillery mounts: Polish-made Krab and 122mm Gvozdika, as well as a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar.
During the day, the armed forces of Ukraine made attempts to attack in the Donetsk, Krasnolimansk and South-Donetsk directions.
- In the Donetsk direction, as a result of the coordinated actions of the units of the "Southern" group of troops, air strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems, 25 enemy attacks were successfully repelled in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Pervomayskoye, Nevelskoye, Maryinka, North and north-west of Kleshcheevka of the Donetsk People's Republic .
In addition, the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Chasov Yar, Toretsk and Krasnogorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
An ammunition depot of the 110th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the settlement of Avdiivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, more than 340 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, three armored combat vehicles, four pickup trucks, a German-made Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzer, two Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mounts, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, and two howitzers were destroyed 122mm D-30.
- In the Krasnolimansky direction, units of the "Center" grouping of troops, artillery fire, strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation repelled four enemy attacks in the areas of the settlements of Karmazinovka, Shipilovka, Kremennaya and Belogorovka of the Luhansk People's Republic. Fire damage was inflicted on units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novosadovoe, Yampolovka and Serebryanka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the area of the settlement of Torskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, the actions of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were stopped.
In addition, an ammunition depot of the 100th Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the village of Yampol in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Enemy losses per day amounted to 100 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, two 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
- In the South-Donetsk direction, strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery fire of the Vostok group of forces repelled an enemy attack in the area of the settlement of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.
Manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Priyutnoye in the Zaporozhye region, Makarovka and Rovnopol of the Donetsk People's Republic. The actions of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were stopped in the area of the village of Staromayorskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
- In the Zaporozhye direction, fire damage was inflicted on accumulations of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novopokrovka and Malaya Tokmachka of the Zaporozhye region.
In the area of the settlement of Marfopol, Zaporozhye region, the actions of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were stopped.
In addition, seven ammunition depots of the 23rd, 33rd mechanized, 128th mountain assault and 44th Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Berezovoe, Dnepropetrovsk region, Malaya Tokmachka, Rabotino, Preobrazhenka, Uspenovka and Novoyakovlevka, Zaporozhye region.
Enemy losses per day in these areas amounted to more than 170 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, nine armored combat vehicles, four vehicles, a 152mm MSTA-B howitzer, three 152mm D-20 guns, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, and a radar station US-made counter-battery AN/TPQ-50.
- In the Kherson direction, as a result of complex fire damage over the past day, up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, three pickup trucks, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day hit 92 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 106 districts.
- In the area of the city of Zaporozhye, the base of fuels and lubricants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.
- Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the village of Razdolnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic shot down a Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.
- A Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down by means of air defense in the area of the settlement of Kutkovka, Kharkiv region.
During the day, five rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were intercepted.
In addition, eighteen unmanned aerial vehicles of the enemy were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region, Kremennaya, Berestovoye, Privolye of the Luhansk People's Republic, Krasnaya Gora, Opytnoye, Pokrovskoye, Staromlynovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Pologi, Lyubimovka and Fedorovka of the Zaporozhye region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 456 aircraft, 243 helicopters, 5,108 unmanned aerial vehicles, 426 anti-aircraft missile systems, 10,761 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,139 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 5,522 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 11,752 units of special military vehicles.
14:30 Krasnolimanskoe direction at 13:30:
Positional battles continue in the Krasnolimansky sector, the enemy is transferring the reserve from the n. Seversk in the village of Yampol, enemy actions aimed at conducting reconnaissance, with the help of UAVs, REM and from a part of the electronic warfare, the enemy also fired at the villages of Dibrovo and Kremennaya several times with RZSO.
Airborne units are actively working on the enemy with the help of kamikaze drones and anti-tank systems.
Rotation groups are destroyed.
14:00 Video- The patrol ship "Sergey Kotov" of the Black Sea Fleet, performing tasks in the southwestern part of the Black Sea, 180 km northeast of the Bosphorus, discovered a derailed drifting Ukrainian mine.
By decision of the commander of the ship, a Ka-27 helicopter was lifted into the air, the crew of which destroyed the mine with machine-gun fire.
13:35 Video- Tankers of the “Brave” thwarted the offensive of the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade in the Krasno-Limansky direction:
The reconnaissance revealed the concentration of the mobile group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, preparing for the offensive. The crew of the combat vehicle of the Hero-tankman with the call sign "Groom" worked on the targets received, destroying the infantry fighting vehicle and two pickup trucks with militants.
13:00 Ukrainian formations continue artillery attacks on the border settlements of the Kursk region.
Governor Starovoit said that three arrivals were recorded in Suja, a residential building was severely damaged, neighboring buildings were slashed with shrapnel, and a fire broke out.
In addition, there are reports of the artillery attack of Guevo, but there are no official comments and additional information yet.
In Elizavetovka, according to Shot, a UAV with a drop system attacked an agricultural enterprise, hitting the machine yard of Pobeda LLC, there were no casualties or damage.
12:25 Video- statement by the head of the press center of the group "West":
During the hostilities in the Kupyansk direction, the crews of Ka-52 and Mi-28 attack helicopters and Su-25 attack aircraft of the Zapad group of forces inflicted eight strikes on the accumulation of manpower and firepower of units of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade and territorial defense battalions.
The artillery of the group thwarted an attempt to rotate units of the 32nd Separate Mechanized Brigade at the forefront in the area of the settlement of Stelmakhovka. In addition, as a result of reconnaissance and search operations in the area of the Popov forest, seven servicemen were taken prisoner by a reconnaissance group of a motorized rifle formation. The total losses of the enemy amounted to a platoon of manpower and MTLB.
In the Dvurechensky direction, during the battle in the area of the settlement of Masyutovka and the station of Sinkovka, army units captured four strongholds and three observation posts, the enemy's losses amounted to two platoons of manpower.
By means of air defense, the crew of the Tor complex in the area of the settlement of Kolomyychikha destroyed the Ukrainian-made UAV Columba.
11:55 There is information that tonight it is only continuation warm-ups.
This week they will seriously finish off the entire port infrastructure, while simultaneously clearing the air defense, which no one will pull to Odessa.
To understand what was involved today: 16 "Caliber" missile ship "Ingushetia" and the frigate "Admiral Essen" from the Black Sea; eight X-22 cruise missiles with Tu-22M3; six Onyx cruise missiles and 32 mopeds.
There will be more to come.
11:25 Video- statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group:
- In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok group of troops, with the support of artillery, thwarted the enemy’s attempts to rotate personnel at positions in the areas of Makarovka, Staromayorsky and south of Ravnopol.
The use of a strike UAV destroyed an artillery gun in Novomikhailovka.
During the counterbattery fight, a mortar crew was destroyed in the area northwest of Novodonetsk and a towed Msta-B howitzer in Privolnoye. The forces of the army and assault aviation hit over a dozen places where militants gathered in the Staromayorsky area.
- In the Zaporozhye direction, motorized rifle units destroyed groups of enemy infantry trying to attack in the direction of Rabotino. Having suffered losses, the enemy retreated.
Artillery fire destroyed the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Dorozhnyanka area, and the enemy’s attempt to rotate infantry units in the Novodanilovka area was thwarted.
A mortar crew was destroyed in the Gulyai Polya area.
Air defense systems shot down two Furia UAVs.
The military personnel of the Vostok group of troops show courage and heroism in the performance of combat missions.
The gunner-operator of the tank platoon of the tank regiment of the group, junior sergeant Vladimir Abramov, during the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the sectors of the Zaporozhye direction, carried out the tasks of destroying enemy manpower and equipment by fire.
Being at the defensive line as part of the crew of the T-80 BVM tank, junior sergeant Abramov, upon detecting a retractable column of enemy equipment, in a short period of time and accurately fired at a distance of more than four kilometers, hitting several foreign-made armored vehicles.
Thanks to the skillful use of the tank's armament complex and the personal courage of junior sergeant Vladimir Abramov, the enemy's attack on this sector of the front was stopped.
11:00 Situation in Zaporozhye and Yuzhno-Donetsk directions: the enemy continues to put pressure
The enemy is trying not so much to break through the defensive formations of the Russian troops as to wear down our forces in three main directions of attack in the Zaporozhye region: in the Vremevsky, Orekhovsky and Vasilyevsky sectors. Throws mainly infantry into the attack, sometimes under the cover of armored vehicles up to tanks.
– “Swings” continue in the Vremevsky sector - the trenches are passing from hand to hand, in particular in the Staromayorsky area, where another attack of the assault group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was repelled at night, and in the Rovnopol area, where our units go on the counterattack. Also, overruns were noted in the Priyutny area. Heavy fighting in these areas does not subside.
- In the Orekhovskiy sector, the enemy is pressing in the area of Rabotino, Novopokrovka, as well as in other settlements.
- On the Vasilyevsky section, roll-ups continue on the Pyatikhatka-Zherebyanka line, and attempts to probe our defenses in the surrounding residents, including Lugovoe.
In general, there are no significant changes in the front line. At night, our side attacked enemy positions with aircraft, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems. The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the night in these directions amounted to more than 150 people killed and wounded, four armored combat vehicles and three vehicles.
10:30 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 07/18/2023 to 00:00 07/19/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 102 facts of firing by the AFU.
Information was received about the death of two civilians in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk and the previously liberated Vladimirovka.
Wounds of varying severity were received by seven civilians, incl. teenager born in 2005
#ChildrenNotTarget, in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, Chervonogvardeysky district of Makeevka and Staromikhaylovka.
A total of 17 residential buildings were damaged in the Kirovsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, Chervonogvardeysky district of Makeevka, Staromikhaylovka and Yasinovataya, as well as six civilian infrastructure facilities.
Under enemy fire were areas of nine settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky, Kalininsky districts), Yasinovataya, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Aleksandrovka, Staromikhaylovka, Yelenovka, Volnovakha region.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 88 artillery attacks from the MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm.
On Gorlovsky five artillery attacks from artillery 152mm, mortars 120mm.
On Yasinovatsky eight artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Volnovakhsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
Having fired 542 units of various ammunition.
In the previous day, 36 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
10:00 Video- one missile is enough: the combat work of the Tornado-S crews in the Kupyansk direction
The crews of the Tornado-S multiple launch rocket systems of the Western Military District successfully hit targets at a distance of up to 120 kilometers.
MLRS "Tornado-S" can work with guided missiles, which significantly increases the accuracy. Ammunition independently, based on data from the satellite, corrects the trajectory of movement, taking into account climatic factors.
When firing from Tornado-S, the human factor is practically excluded, the installation electronics independently calculates, determines the key combat elements of the launch.
09:30 Infrastructure damaged in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine —authorities.
09:14 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 22 rounds;
-- n.p. Great Kardashinka fired nine rounds;
-- Nine rounds were fired at the village of Kardashinka;
-- 10 rounds were fired at the village of Peschanovka;
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Nova Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Sagi, n.p. Proletarian, n.p. Golaya Pristan, n.p. Solontsy firing a total of 30 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
08:45 Frontline summary on the morning of 07/19/2023:
In the western sector of the Zaporizhia direction, Ukrainian troops shifted the focus of attacks from Zherebyanki to Lugovoe. Thus, they are trying to move directly to Vasilievka. On their way - a powerful fortified area. With the support of artillery, the Armed Forces of Ukraine unsuccessfully attacked near Rabotin and probed the Russian defenses in the Chkalov area.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation fired at the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novoandreevka, Orekhovo, Preobrazhenka, Belogorye, Gulyaipolsky, Upper Tersa and Zheleznodorozhny.
In the Ugledar sector, Russian troops, with the support of artillery, returned a number of positions in the Rovnopol region. In turn, similar actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Staromayorsky can also be called successful for Ukrainian units.
The Russian Aerospace Forces attacked the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novodarovka, Makarovka and Blagodatnoe. Artillery, in addition to the last of the listed settlements, also worked on Neskuchny, Vremevka, Prechistovka and Ugledar. The Ukrainian army beat on Harvest and Novodonetsk.
On the Donetsk front, the RF Armed Forces, after artillery strikes, attacked all three main fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: in Maryinka, the city of Krasnogorovka and Avdiivka. No success.
Under shelling, Ukrainian positions in Novomikhailovka, Vesely Gay, Ostrom, Nevelsky, Karlovka, Ceramics and Severny (a settlement northwest of Gorlovka). Artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine worked in Donetsk, Novobakhmutovka (the one under the control of the RF Armed Forces) and Gorlovka.
In the Bakhmut direction of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, after artillery strikes, they carried out assault operations near Andreevka and Kleshcheevka. No promotion. The RF Armed Forces also unsuccessfully tried to counterattack in the Ivanovsky area, from Berkhovka and in the direction of Grigorovka, Minkovka and Vesyologo (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name north-west of Donetsk and north of Avdievka).
The positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Pleshcheevka, Aleksandro-Shultin, Konstantinovka, Chasovoy Yar and Bogdanovka were under fire. Ukrainian artillery hit Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka and Bakhmut.
08:15 Anti-aircraft crews of the Southern Group of Forces use the tactics of a “chariot of fire” during a special operation, alternately working out on a ground target from automatic cannons, a Russian soldier told RIA Novosti -video.
08:04 Chronicle of the special military operation: events July 18, 2023:
In the Kupyansky sector, Russian units were able to advance west of the Perviy Liman. The Ukrainian command is deploying additional forces to the area, trying to contain the offensive.
Ukrainian formations continue to conduct indiscriminate artillery attack of settlements in the Donetsk agglomeration. Residential buildings and infrastructure facilities were damaged in the capital of the republic and its suburbs: three people were killed and five more were injured.
On the Vremievsky ledge, Russian units continue to maintain control over Staromayorsky. In turn, the enemy does not stop trying to gain a foothold on the northwestern outskirts of the settlement.
To the west, Ukrainian assault groups, under the cover of two tanks, attacked the landings north of Priyutnoye. Russian troops scattered the advancing enemy units with concentrated artillery fire.
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[REGNUM] Most of the leading Western mass media painted Russia's refusal to further participate in the grain deal in undeniably negative tones. Which can hardly be called a surprise, given the steady anti-Russian orientation that became mainstream for them long before February 24, 2022.
The assessments of the reasons, circumstances and consequences of Moscow’s withdrawal from the multilateral “Black Sea Initiative” are based on mostly familiar constructions – formulas about “Russia’s war in Ukraine” (Associated Press, The Guardian, The Washington Post), which have become the mantra of accusations of “illegal annexation of Crimea” (The Washington Post), and accusations that Russia is trying to circumvent Western sanctions.
Naturally, without the memories of the Minsk agreements, which, as is now known, were used by the Western curators of the Kiev regime solely to prepare for full-scale military operations against Russia. Of course, without mentioning the decision of the International Court of Justice, which did not support Ukraine's statement on the "occupation" of Crimea.
But Reuters, among other things, drew attention to the fact that "Russia struck a blow at the grain port of Ukraine after withdrawing from the export deal."
Commenting on the Russian position in general, the agency noted: “Russia says it may return to the grain deal, but only if its demands to simplify rules for its own food and fertilizer exports are met.
Western countries are calling it an attempt to leverage food supplies to ease financial sanctions that already include exemptions allowing Russia to sell food.”
AND WHO ARE THE JUDGES?
In assessing Russia's withdrawal from the grain deal, the Western media focused mainly on the statements of obviously anti-Russian officials of Ukraine, the United States and Great Britain, as well as the heads of individual international institutions and "think tanks" dependent on the political mainstream of the collective West.
Again, as expected, they expressed neither gratitude to Russia for a whole year of intensive export of grain from Ukrainian ports (deliveries, as noted by Bloomberg and Politico , amounted to 33 million tons), nor regrets about the fact that during the transaction the prescribed in her interests of Russia.
The Guardian reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke about resuming the deal with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres , who, in turn, as noted by Reuters, also criticized Russia, saying that its decision "would harm all people in need."
The British newspaper also quoted the White House, which believes that the Russian position "worse food security and harm millions" , and British Foreign Secretary James Cleverley , who accused Russia of allegedly "hindering the proper implementation of the deal for several months" , "serves its own interests" and "disregards the needs of all people around the world, including those in the poorest countries who pay higher food prices as a result."
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called Russia's move "cynical" on her Twitter account, Bloomberg and the Washington Post noted . European Council President Charles Michel said millions benefited from the agreement and Russia's decision would "jeopardize food security" and access to grain and fertilizer supplies around the world.
In turn, the Associated Press agency referred to the assessment of the American non-profit organization International Rescue Committee (International Rescue Committee), which called the grain deal "a lifeline for 79 countries and 349 million people."
And the director of the Africa Program at the International Crisis Group, Muriti Mutiga, was quoted by The Guardian as saying: “The impact of the collapse of the African grain deal would be significant… the effect of the deal was to stabilize global supply and keep prices relatively stable.
Many countries on the continent are facing double-digit inflation, and some, such as Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana, have already gone through protests against rising food and fuel prices. If this deal cannot be reopened and prices continue to rise as a consequence, it will exacerbate the economic crisis that many countries are facing, which in turn could trigger new unrest.”
WHERE DID THE GRAIN GO?
At the same time, the interlocutor of The Guardian admitted that during the implementation of the deal, "a significant part of the grain did not get to poorer countries, as the UN originally assumed." However, the publication did not begin to develop the idea that Ukrainian grain mostly ended up not in the most needy countries, but just in the prosperous countries of the West.
But Bloomberg noted that "the closure of this corridor will harm key buyers such as China, Spain and Egypt." Note that we are not talking about the poorest countries in Africa like Kenya or Ghana, nor about Yemen, nor about Afghanistan.
Indeed, judging by the visual information provided by the French France Presse, the poorest African countries are far from the largest recipients of the “grain deal.”
And judging by the reaction of the largest Chinese news agency Xinhua, the PRC is not particularly worried about the risks to its food security. Although the Chinese Foreign Ministry expressed hope that the agreement will continue to be implemented in full.
At the same time, it seems that the aforementioned American publication Politico is much more concerned about China's problems in this regard , stating that "China is one of the largest beneficiaries of the Black Sea grain deal."
Recall that the Russian side has repeatedly criticized the practical implementation of the grain deal. On July 4, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated that there were no grounds for a new extension of the deal, since it had turned into a purely commercial export of food from Ukraine to “well-fed” countries. And on July 13, Russian President Vladimir Putin allowed the suspension of Russia's participation in the deal due to the failure of its participants to fulfill Moscow's conditions, assuring that Russia would return to the deal as soon as the promises it had received earlier were fulfilled.
In turn, the UN Coordination Center admitted on July 15 that, as part of the agreements, not a single ship with Russian fertilizers was sent. At the same time, the poorest countries, as indicated by the organization, received under the deal only 10% of corn and 40% of wheat exported from Ukraine (90% of corn and 60% of wheat went to countries with high and above average incomes).
On July 17, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced that the country was suspending its participation in the grain deal.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with members of the government on July 19, listed the conditions under which the country can resume its participation in the grain deal.
Thus, the head of state recalled the figures indicating that Russia produces and supplies to the market much more grain than Ukraine, which the West is trying to present as the main world player in the grain market.
The President noted that the Russian part of the grain deal was never executed. In this regard, Russia has a number of conditions under which it will be ready to return to the agreement. Putin called the restoration of the very essence of the grain deal - the humanitarian component, the focus on helping the poorest countries - the basic condition. So far, the West has completely distorted the essence of this agreement.
“The first withdrawal from the sanctions is grain and fertilizers,” Putin said.
In addition, the Russian leader pointed to the need to remove all obstacles for agricultural producers and Russian banks that service supplies. In particular, it is necessary to immediately connect these credit and financial organizations to the SWIFT system.
“We do not need promises or ideas, the connection must be immediate,” he stressed.
Putin also said that the supply of spare parts and equipment for agricultural machinery should be resumed, ship insurance issues should be resolved and all logistics of supplies should be provided.
In addition, Russian fertilizers should also be brought to the market. To do this, it is necessary to provide all the conditions, including the restoration of the exploded ammonia pipeline. Putin recalled that the pipeline was destroyed on the order of the Kyiv regime, but neither the UN nor the Western countries reacted and did not give a proper assessment of Ukraine's actions.
In addition to the above, Putin called for the unblocking of Russian assets related to the agricultural sector.
“Russia will consider the possibility of returning to the grain deal if all the principles of its participation in it, without exception, are taken into account and implemented. Among them are the unblocking of Russian assets related to the agricultural sector and the resumption of the operation of the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline, etc. The West completely “emasculated and distorted” the initially humanitarian essence of the grain deal, making it a tool for enriching speculators. To resume the grain deal, you need to return its humanitarian essence. Russia will immediately return to the grain deal if all its conditions are met, ”the president added.
On July 17 , the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Russia would not extend the "Black Sea Initiative", since part of the agreements regarding the unblocking of Russian food and fertilizer exports and the connection of the Russian Agricultural Bank to SWIFT had not been fulfilled.
The department also stated that the Kiev regime used the ports controlled by it and the corridor opened by Russia not only to export Ukrainian grain, but also to carry out terrorist attacks.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] From July 20, all ships in the Odessa area and the remaining coast of Ukraine will be considered as military targets.
Official statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
In connection with the termination of the "Black Sea Initiative" and the curtailment of the maritime humanitarian corridor, from 00.00 Moscow time on July 20, 2023, all ships en route to Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea will be considered as potential carriers of military cargo.
Accordingly, the flag countries of such vessels will be considered involved in the Ukrainian conflict on the side of the Kyiv regime.
In addition, a number of sea areas in the northwestern and southeastern parts of the international waters of the Black Sea have been declared temporarily dangerous for navigation. Relevant informational warnings about the withdrawal of safety guarantees to seafarers have been issued in accordance with the established procedure.
This is really good news. Albeit not for the ships nor their crews.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
Very happy for Gospodin Rozhin, whose work on the Russian military campaign in Ukraine routinely is featured in Rantburg.
[ColonelCassad] Today pleased. On June 17, an order was issued to award the medal "For Strengthening the Combat Commonwealth".
First medal since 2014. I work, of course, not for the sake of medals, but it will not be superfluous. Well, the Gestalt is kind of closed - my grandfather and father were military men, and my health did not allow me to go to the army. Nevertheless, the country still managed to help the military line.
Of course, it would not have been possible without the help of readers who helped finance our army through my channel, moderators who ensured the process and, of course, humanitarians who accumulated the funds raised through my resources and purchased everything necessary for the needs of our fighters. Well, of course, the military, who submitted a presentation on the fact of the work done.
Of course, this medal would not exist without their work. Thanks to all. We work further.
PS. About the medal "For Strengthening the Combat Commonwealth"
The Medal of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "For Strengthening the Combat Commonwealth" is awarded to military personnel and civilian personnel of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and in some cases to other citizens of the Russian Federation and foreign citizens for merits in strengthening the military commonwealth and military cooperation with friendly states.The medal (medal ribbon) is worn by the awarded on the left side of the chest and is located in front of the medal (medal ribbon) of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation "For Distinction in Military Service".
The medal is made of tombac, has the shape of a circle with a diameter of 32 mm with a convex rim on both sides.
On the front side of the medal: in the center - a relief image of a shield against the background of crossed swords; in the center of the shield is a relief inscription in five lines: "FOR THE STRENGTHENING OF THE FIGHTING COMMONWEALTH"; in the lower part there is a relief image of oak branches.
On the reverse side of the medal: in the center - a relief inscription in three lines: "MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION"; in the upper part - a relief image of a fluttering ribbon; in the lower part there is a relief image of laurel branches.
With the help of an eyelet and a ring, the medal is connected to a pentagonal block covered with a silk moiré ribbon 24 mm wide. Blue stripes 5 mm wide along the edges of the tape; in the middle - equal green stripes, separated by a red stripe 5 mm wide.
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[REGNUM] Vladimir Putin will not attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, which will be held August 22-24. This was officially announced in the administration of the President of South Africa, the nominal host of the summit.
“As part of the bilateral agreement, Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the summit. Russia will be represented by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov,” said Vincent Magvenia, spokesman for South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. “President Putin has decided to participate in the BRICS summit via videoconferencing. It will be a full-fledged participation,” Dmitry Peskov commented on the situation.
“In recent months, there has been an extensive practice of summits in the format of video conferences. Two meetings of the SCO have already been held this way. In the context of Western hybrid aggression in Taiwan and Ukraine, the leaders of Russia and China are not always able to travel to third countries and speak via video link. At the BRICS summit, Russia uses this practice,” Nikita Mendkovich , head of the Eurasian Analytical Club, explains to IA Regnum.
Obviously, the reason for Putin's refusal to travel was not so much security issues, as some Russian political scientists are already writing, but legal restrictions. Recall that back in March, the international criminal court in The Hague issued a warrant for the arrest of the Russian president - and this warrant must be executed by all countries that are members of the ICC (that is, signatories of the so-called Rome Statute). South Africa is one of them.
Yes, President Ramaphosa initially made it clear that he was not going to arrest the Russian leader, simply because it means declaring war on Moscow. “In this world, it is absolutely clear to everyone what an attempt to encroach on the head of the Russian state means. Therefore, there is no need to explain anything to anyone here,” said Dmitry Peskov.
Yes, South Africa has already ignored the decision of the ICC once, for example, when it hosted the leader of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, in 2015. However, the importance of that incident is incomparable to the current one.
“The country is facing an extremely difficult dilemma. Or choose Russia - and then withdraw from the Rome Statute on the International Criminal Court, striking a blow to their ties with the West. Or make an open choice in favor of the West and withdraw the invitation to Putin, dealing a blow to relations with Moscow. Neither one nor the other is in the interests of South Africa. Pretoria does not want to quarrel either with the West, or with Russia and China,” Dmitry Suslov, deputy director of the HSE Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies, explains to IA Regnum.
It would seem that this is the problem of South Africa. Russia needed Putin's physical presence at the summit, both from a reputational point of view and to conduct various negotiations with external partners behind the scenes of the event. Therefore, Moscow could well get into the bottle and force the South African partners to decide. Either invite or don't invite.
And, most likely, this choice would have been in favor of Moscow - the South African president would not risk withdrawing the invitation to Vladimir Putin, much less ordering the arrest of the Russian leader upon arrival in Johannesburg. As a result, Moscow would win a short-term propaganda victory, proving that the Rome Statute is worthless, that there is no trace of Russia's isolation.
Instead, however, the Kremlin decided to spare Cyril Ramaphosa the choice by simply canceling the Russian president's physical visit.
AN INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE
Some might call it a mistake. The Kremlin's deflection in the face of international pressure. However, in reality this decision is a tactical concession for the sake of strategic gain. “Today, relations with the countries of the world majority are one of the highest priorities for Russia. Relations with the West will be bad for years to come, and in this situation it is the states of the world majority that are our main and only partners. Political and economic. You can’t risk these relationships,” explained Dmitry Suslov.
Those who will now position this concession as some kind of grandiose victory for the Western coalition in the battle for the sympathies of the Global South (and this is how a number of Western and especially Ukrainian media will write) do not quite understand the essence of the situation.
The United States has been making great efforts over the past month to win over the countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America to its side - to force them to join in the global isolation of Russia. However, the incident with the BRICS summit does not mean that their campaign was successful, because the refusal to support Russia does not automatically include Russia in isolation.
“The hallmark of the phenomenon of the current world majority is not support for Russia, but the rejection of Western support against Russia. Non-alignment with sanctions, isolation, criticism of Russia, and not support for all Moscow's actions in the Ukrainian conflict , ”explains Dmitry Suslov.
Simply put, most of the countries of the Global South have been and are still taking a neutral position - and the situation with the summit is one of the manifestations of this neutrality. And just Russian foreign policy is more than American, adapted to the specifics of the political line of developing countries. It, unlike the Western one, does not put its foreign partners in front of the choice "either you are with us or against us." He does not twist their arms, does not issue ultimatums, does not threaten them with sanctions.
Nevertheless, the story of Putin's refusal to come to the BRICS summit has another victim - the BRICS itself. Yes, some experts believe that this refusal will not affect the activities of the organization.
When the single currency of the BRICS countries will replace the dollar
“Putin's non-arrival will confirm that BRICS is not a military-political bloc. This will not affect the effectiveness of the BRICS in a negative way, since everyone already knows that it is not this bloc. In it, unlike the Big Seven, there is no single line of the party. BRICS is an association of sovereign countries, each of which pursues a sovereign policy, largely disagreeing with each other. Including those who want to remain within the framework of the Rome Statute. But at the same time, the continuation of cooperation within the framework of the BRICS, the expansion of the BRICS - everything will continue ,” Dmitry Suslov believes.
However, on the other hand, within the framework of the current situation, global governance structures alternative to Western ones can no longer take a two-sided position - it's time to make a decision. Either renounce some global claims, or take a tougher international position, lay claim to something, as, for example, the SCO did, accepting the frankly anti-American sanctioned Iran.
BRICS did not begin to be determined. First of all, because a number of its member countries (South Africa, Brazil, partly India) are trying to run away from this choice. “This episode could have a bad effect on the reputation of South Africa, as it was under great pressure in connection with the decision of the ICC, and any decision on Putin's visit would break the course of neutrality in the Ukrainian conflict,” explains Nikita Mendkovich . And South Africa's vacillations once again emphasize that today the BRICS as an organization is not ready to be responsible for a multipolar world.
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dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:18 From seats report about a night hit in the hotel where the Armed Forces of Ukraine were located in Koblevo, Mykolaiv region. And there, indeed, the number of dead Nazis exceeded a hundred.
