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Russian Perspective: Operation to denazify Ukraine: operational summary July 20 (updated)
2023-07-21
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 21:29 Explosions reported in Zaporozhye region

21:29 Ka-52 crews continue demilitarization of the enemy

As a result of the sortie, the crew of the Alligator destroyed the armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a guided missile.

20:28 Artillery ZVO destroyed enemy deployment point in the Chernihiv region

19:09 The latest Russian heavy UAV S-70 "Hunter" holds test flights

The drone works in tandem with the Su-57 and is capable of dropping up to three tons of bombs on the enemy. In addition, the drone is armed with missiles. The maximum flight range of the "hunter" is 6000 km at a speed of 1400 km/h.

19:09 An air raid alert is announced throughout Ukraine

Ukrainian media report that they recorded the departure of the Russian MiG-31K, carrying in itself to the "Daggers".

18:10 Personnel destruction of the assault group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Ugledar direction

As a result of the Russian artillery strike on the advancing enemy forces, a tank and two infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed. Several units of armored vehicles were blown up by mines. After the start of the battle, the militants suffered losses in personnel and retreated after half an hour.

17:14 Russian FPV drone strikes enemy positions

16:28 Employees of the military enlistment office by force pushed a man in a car, a police car is standing nearby.

The action takes place in the village of Glybokaya, Chernivtsi region. Local Tg channels write that the police see the fact of kidnapping and do nothing, and even help to commit such crimes.

16:27 In the central part of Crimea, air defense shot down an enemy UAV, there were no casualties - Aksenov

No damage was found as a result of the fall of an enemy drone.

15:30 Highlights from the new briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:

🔹The RF Armed Forces continued delivering retaliatory strikes on production shops and storage sites for unmanned boats in the Odessa area and in the Odessa region;

🔹The RF Armed Forces repulsed two attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;

🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation stopped the activities of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe settlement of Ivanovka, Kharkiv region;

🔹The RF Armed Forces destroyed fuel infrastructure facilities and ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Nikolaev area;

🔹Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction per day amounted to 60 servicemen;

🔹A sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed in the Krasnolimansky direction;

🔹Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction per day amounted to 110 servicemen;

🔹The RF Armed Forces repulsed two enemy attacks in the South-Donetsk direction;

🔹In the Zaporozhye direction, the actions of two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stopped;

🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Donetsk direction successfully repelled 16 attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including near Kleshcheevka in the DPR, more than 210 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed;

🔹The RF Armed Forces hit the communication center of the 110th mechanized brigade and the command post of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;

🔹Russian air defense systems intercepted seven HIMARS shells in a day, destroyed 32 Ukrainian UAVs;

🔹The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 45 military men and a 122mm D-30 howitzer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction;

🔹The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions amounted to 170 servicemen per day.


14:10 Destroyedin the zone of the SVO air defense missile system "Osa" of the Ukrainian army

14:09 Distribution of subpoenas in Kharkov metro

13:17 Airborne troops show destroyed armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

13:16 Destroyed Ukrainian MLRS Vampire Czech production

12:03 APU company received powerful rebuff when trying to storm Russian positions

11:59 Russian artillery destroyed howitzer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and an ammunition depot in the Zaporozhye region

10:28 On the Vremevsky direction, our turntables beat them up another APU tank

The enemy recklessly sent a second tank to the area to evacuate the first.

10:26 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:

- howitzer 152mm Msta-B with ammunition.
Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zh.s.: four KIAs; three wounded.

As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:

- an attempt of the AFU to force the Dnieper River was stopped, in the area of ​​​​the settlement. Antonovka, as a result of fire damage, two boats and 12 VFU militants were destroyed.

- point of temporary deployment of one of the subdivisions of the VFU in the area of ​​the settlement. Kherson
Losses of HFU in zh.s.: 11 KIAs; seven wounded.

- 120-mm mortar crew and ammunition for it, in the Ship area.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: six KIAs; two wounded.

As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:

- the position of one of the subdivisions of the VFU.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: seven KIAs; eight wounded.
Disabled one unit. automotive technology.

09:35 Consequences of one of the arrivals in Odessa.

09:31 In the Kherson region, the militants decided to disguise their two M-777 howitzers, 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled guns, as well as a radar station near the settlement. Sofiyivka, but something seems to have gone wrong.

With pinpoint and continuous strikes, Russian artillerymen of the Dnepr groupdestroyedall this rubbish.

09:30 Soldiers of the OBTF "Kaskad" together with the soldiers of the 40th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet figured out and destroyed a neo-Nazi reconnaissance post that prevented our birds from working. The Kub drone set fire to and destroyed the neo-Nazis' strategic barn, burying all personnel.
A side note: The Russian 40th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade was awarded the "Guards" honorific, making it the 40th Separate Guards Naval Infantry Brigade.
09:18 The Armed Forces of Ukraine officially announced that they managed to shoot down less than half of the missiles that night.

Of the 38 missiles of various types and attack kamikaze drones, only 18 were shot down. The rest were able to hit their targets in the area of ​​​​Odessa and Nikolaev, the Ukrainian command says.

09:10 The militant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine threatens the military commissars. soldier recordedvideo, where he expressed everything he thinks about mobilization in Ukraine and military commissariats forcibly driving people into the trenches.

09:00 APU tried to bring up an assault group for an offensive in the Orekhov area, but were promptly "covered" by Russian artillery

The enemy made a short-sighted attempt to bring up an assault group of up to 30 people in three AFVs in the Orekhovo area. Apparently, the Ukrainian militants wanted to quietly land at the landing and further attack the positions of the Russian army. At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine absolutely do not learn from their mistakes and, despite the mountains of corpses of their brothers, they still continue to "beat their heads against the wall."

The Russian soldiers detected the enemy's movements in a timely manner and, with accurate blows from the 122mm D-30 howitzer, defeated the assault group. A few hours later, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to evacuate the dead and wounded, but also came under a hail of artillery. Realizing their mistakes, the enemy is now afraid to approach close range, so our fighters continue to send 122mm "presents" to Ukrainian militants at maximum distances.

08:28 SBU delayed a young man who filmed a night “arrival” in Odessa. He was also given a summons.

08:26 Enemy resources report that the Shkolny airfield in Odessa and the seaport in Nikolaev were on fire tonight.

08:15 Calculation of 152mm 2S19 "Msta-S" of the Western Military District of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed the field camp of the nationalists of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Svatovsky direction -video.

08:10 During the NWO eliminated Deputy Battalion Commander of the 92nd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Major Igor Polyakov. The ATO veteran has been participating in the punitive operation in Donbas since 2015.

08:04 For the third night in a row, rockets and Geraniums are visiting Odessa and Nikolaev.

The Russian army this night again launched a combined strike using cruise missiles and loitering ammunition. The enemy is being destroyed: port infrastructure, warehouses of ammunition and fuels and lubricants, military headquarters and warehouses with armored vehicles.

The enemy reports that at night, Onyxes, X-22s from Tu-22M3 long-range aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, as well as Geraniums beloved by everyone, flew over it.

The systematic destruction of the port infrastructure and all military supplies that were brought there by sea continues.

Posted by:badanov

#1  Igor Girkin, wanted war criminal and terrorist for shooting down MH-17 airliner, has been arrested in Moscow. The purge continues.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035   2023-07-21 19:27  

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