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[LB] Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Cherkasy, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Donetsk, and Zaporizhia regions were attacked.
In the Kyiv region, air defense was working at night. According to preliminary data, no hits were recorded, no debris fell within the population centers, and there were no injured or injured. After falling debris in the field, the stubble and grass fire was extinguished. Task forces continue their work to determine the possible consequences of the attack. The information is preliminary, the data is being clarified, says the summary from OVA as of this morning.
The enemy attacked Zhytomyrsk today with kamikaze drones. According to preliminary information, an infrastructural object was damaged as a result of the strike by "shaheds". All emergency services have arrived at the scene and are working. Information on the presence of victims and the extent of damage is being clarified.
In Poltava, during a night attack on the territory of the region, air defense forces shot down an enemy drone. Other data on the consequences of the attack are being clarified.
Cherkasy was attacked by an anti-aircraft missile last night. There are hits: two "shahedis" hit the fields, one more hit the empty hangar. There were no casualties or fires. The data is being verified.
Enemy aircraft operated in Luhansk near Bilogorivka yesterday. Nevsky and Bilogorivka again suffered from artillery fire. During the day, the enemy fired 143 rounds (690 shells).
In Kharkivska on Slobozhansk direction, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Guryev Kozachok and Pishchane settlements. The enemy carried out mortar and artillery attacks on the settlements of Strelecha, Ohirtseve, Bochkove, Nesterne and Budarka. In the Kupian direction, airstrikes were recorded near Terny, Vilshanaya and Kislivka, while Krasne Pershe, Figolivka, Dvorichna, Zapadne, Kupiansk, Odradne and Kislivka were hit by enemy artillery and mortar fire.
As a result of enemy shelling, a private house was damaged in Pishchany. A 12-year-old boy and 2 women aged 31 and 48 were injured. The condition is mild, without hospitalization. Yesterday, the enemy shelled the village of Dvorichna with mortars. The property of the National Police Directorate in Luhansk region was destroyed. There are no injured personnel.
In Chernihivska, the Russians struck six times during the day (51 explosions). Semenivsk community – 14 explosions (probably shelling from a tank), two explosions from mines, six explosions from artillery. Novgorod-Siversk community - 23 explosions from self-propelled guns. Snow community of Koryukiv district – five explosions from mines. Without victims and destruction.
In Sumyat night and in the morning, the enemy fired five shots, 41 explosions were recorded. The occupiers shelled four settlements in the territorial communities: Krasnopilska, Bilopolska, Seredino-Budska, and Shalyginska. Previously - without human losses and destruction of civil infrastructure. Yesterday, during the day, the enemy carried out 24 shelling of the border.
A total of 101 explosions were recorded. A total of 17 settlements in seven territorial communities of the region were shelled: Bilopolska, Krasnopilska, Khotinska, Yunakivska, Velikopysarivska, Novoslobidska, and Seredno-Budska. Novoslobodsk community: mortar shelling. According to preliminary information, a residential building and power lines were damaged. Krasnopil community: two private residential buildings, power lines were damaged. Seredyno-Budsk community: two private residential buildings were damaged. Bilopolska community: an apartment building was damaged,
In Dnipropetrovsk twice during the night, the enemy shelled Myrivsk community. Two private houses and three farm buildings were damaged. Damaged cars and power lines. There were no casualties. Yesterday, the Synelnyki district was under enemy attack. In the evening, the Russian army fired heavy artillery. A dozen shells flew into the Velikomykhailivska community. The terrorists aimed at the wheat field. Miraculously, the fire was avoided. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
In Zaporizhzhia, the Russians made 70 strikes on 19 settlements over the past day. A total of 59 artillery shells fell on Novoyakovlivka, Gulyaipol, Zaliznychny, Levadny, Malynivka, Verkhnya Tersa, Novoandriivka, Kamyanskyi, Pyatikhatki and other villages on the front line. In addition, seven airstrikes were recorded on Lobkovo and Orikhov, two anti-aircraft missile attacks on Stepovy and Novodarivka, as well as two drone strikes on Stepnohirsk and Charivno.
An 82-year-old woman died as a result of enemy shelling in the city of Gulyaipole. 21 destructions of residential buildings and infrastructure facilities were recorded.
In Donetsk region: two people died (including a ten-year-old child), 10 were injured (four of them children). The enemy carried out 16 attacks on populated areas, using KAB-250 airstrikes, Smerch rocket launchers with cluster munitions, artillery. Targeted settlements: Avdiivka, Chasiv Yar, Lyman, Krasnohorivka, Toretsk, Kostyantynivka, Druzhkivka, Kurakhove, Druzhba, New York, Velika Novosilka. 10 residential buildings (five of them multi-apartment buildings), two shops, a boarding school, a boiler house, three garages, a depot building, and a cafe were damaged.
In Mykolaivska yesterday, the enemy carried out an artillery bombardment of the waters of the Ochakivska community. There are no casualties.
In Khersonska, the enemy fired 46 rounds (250 shells) during the day. There are hits in the districts of 27 settlements of the region; the life support system of the secondary school and the commercial premises in Beryslav district. As a result of enemy artillery shelling of Berislav, two people were wounded.
We will remind you that since February 24, 2022, the Russian army has lost about 243,220 soldiers, 600 of them were eliminated by the Defense Forces during the past 24 hours.
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[Korrespondent] 22:42 Zelensky addressed all deputies and officials in an evening video message: "You must work in Ukraine and for the sake of the interests of the Ukrainian people. I am grateful to those deputies who really care about the interests of the state. And those who think about how to spend more time abroad are looking for "profitable" business trips so that they can be combined with business, with friends or "beaches" - you will not be like that."
21:47 The death toll as a result of yesterday's strike on Konstantinovka, Donetsk region, has risen to three - a girl born in 2011 died in the hospital. Six people were wounded, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
21:03 Almost a year after the tragedy in Yelenovka, Russia continues to obstruct the investigation, said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. He also denied Moscow's claim that Ukrainian prisoners were killed by a HIMARS missile. At the same time, UN experts still cannot find out the exact circumstances of the incident that occurred on the night of July 29, 2022, when at least 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war from Azovstal were killed. In particular, a specific source of the explosion has not been identified, and the Russian Federation has not yet provided "satisfactory guarantees for the UN's safe access to Yelenevka," he added.
20:45 The construction of a plant in Tatarstan for the production of Iranian Shahed drones can have a significant impact on the war in Ukraine, CNN reports, citing the US Defense Intelligence Agency. According to intelligence, the plant will provide the Russians with a new stock of UAVs, which will be much larger than what the Russian Federation bought earlier. The construction of the plant will most likely be completed by early 2024.
20:33 The Pentagon announced a new $400 million military aid package to Ukraine. It included:
ammunition for NASAMS and HIMARS;
32 Stryker armored personnel carriers;
anti-aircraft systems Stinger;
artillery shells of 155 and 105 mm caliber;
mortars of 120 and 60 mm caliber;
Javelin and other anti-tank systems and missiles;
unmanned aerial systems Hornet;
aviation missiles Hydra-70;
explosive ammunition to overcome obstacles;
more than 28 million small arms cartridges and grenades;
night vision devices and thermal imaging systems;
spare parts, training ammunition and other field equipment.
19:51 One of the last channels available to Russians for withdrawing funds abroad is gradually stopping work. Foreign banks are massively announcing their refusal to accept payments from Russia through the Unistream system, the operating bank of which fell under US sanctions at the end of last week. This applies, in particular, to the countries of the former CIS, the Office of the President said. Before the war, this system provided up to 40% of such operations and was one of the market leaders. Banks in Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are suspending work with it. Unistream itself stopped transfers to Georgia, Turkey and Israel.
19:44 Belaruska Gayun reports that the 11th column of PMC Wagner has arrived in Belarus for the first time with armored vehicles. The column includes at least 29 vehicles, including six Shchuk armored vehicles. These armored vehicles are the distinctive vehicle of the Wagner PMC. Previously, such cars were not recorded in the columns of mercenaries arriving in the Republic of Belarus.
19:40 Edition Bild got access to the secret documents of the Bundeswehr, which criticize the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the counteroffensive. In particular, German experts say that the Ukrainian military is divided into too small groups during the offensive - 10-30 people each, which isolates them from the rest of the troops. This increases the danger of friendly fire, reduces cohesion, and makes it difficult to increase firepower.
The report also states that recruits achieve great success in Western-style training, but upon returning to the front, they may encounter resistance from commanders against the use of Western tactics. In addition, senior staff sometimes demonstrate significant management deficiencies, which can lead to dangerous decisions.
19:34 Russia may start attacking civilian ships in the Black Sea and has already installed additional sea mines on the approaches to Ukrainian ports, British Ambassador to the UN Barbara Woodward said. According to her, this is how Maoskva wants to lay the blame on Kyiv for any attacks on civilian ships in the Black Sea.
19:26 Zelensky said that he had gathered representatives of the Verkhovna Rada and the Cabinet of Ministers to prepare practical steps to implement the decisions of the Vilnius NATO summit: "In particular, there is a clear plan for launching the Ukraine-NATO Council at all levels. We will see its work at the level of ambassadors tomorrow, during an urgently convened meeting on the situation in the Black Sea. We are also starting to prepare a plan of interoperability jointly with the Alliance."
19:15 The EU is ready to export almost all agricultural products from Ukraine through the "corridors of solidarity", said the European Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski. He clarified that this is about 4 million tons per month of oilseeds and grains, "and we reached this volume in November last year."
Voitsekhovsky added that even before Russia withdrew from the grain deal, 60% of Ukrainian exports were sent along "corridors of solidarity" organized by the EU and Ukraine's neighbors, while the remaining 40% of food went through the Black Sea.
In turn, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said that the Baltic countries are ready to provide the capacity of five major ports to participate in the safe export of Ukrainian grain to world markets. According to him, the countries have officially applied to the European Commission with a request to use the Baltic Way to solve the problems that arose after Russia's withdrawal from the grain initiative.
18:59 Putin's assistant Yuri Ushakov said that the grain agreement was not terminated, but suspended. According to him, the Russian Federation is ready to return to the deal only if "the requirements of Moscow are implemented in practice." Ushakov also said that Putin intends to visit China in October, when the Belt and Road Forum will be held there.
18:32 The Ukrainian military drove the invaders out of Andreevka - now our defenders are one step closer to Bakhmut's encirclement. About when this can happen - in the material New battle for Bakhmut .
17:54 The German arms concern Rheinmetall announced its intention to deliver two more Skynex short-range anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine in the coming months. These systems can shoot down drones, cruise missiles and guided munitions.
17:36 A delegation of the Russian Defense Ministry headed by Shoigu went to the DPRK to take part in "ceremonial events dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Korean people in the Patriotic Liberation War of 1950-1953." Russian military telegram channels write that one of the goals of the visit is to reach an agreement with the leaders of the DPRK on the transfer of large stocks of artillery shells to Russia.
17:05 In Russia, by order of the government, the deadlines for the restoration of the Crimean bridge have been extended - until December 31, 2023.
16:47 Donor countries will provide Ukraine with $244 million to purchase special equipment for humanitarian demining, Minister of Economy Yulia Sviridenko said. In particular, before the end of the year, Ukraine should receive ten demining machines from the Croatian company DOK-ING, ten more from Global Clearance Solutions. It is also expected to receive about 200 pyrotechnic machines, more than 600 metal detectors, 50 explosive machines, as well as individual mine clearance kits, explosive suits, quadrocopters, robotic systems for the disposal of ammunition.
16:23 PMC Wagner mercenaries have started joint training with servicemen of the internal troops of Belarus, said Deputy Commander of the Internal Troops of the Republic of Belarus Sergei Grebennikov. According to him, the Wagnerites share "their combat experience in various fields: the use of UAVs, sniper weapons, electronic warfare equipment."
16:04 In the Berdyansk direction, Ukrainian attack aircraft in the Staromayorsky area advanced along the front line from 500 meters, as well as up to 750 meters deep into the enemy, said Valery Shershen, spokesman for the Defense Forces of the Tauride direction. In the Melitopol direction in the Robotino region, due to dense mining, the position of the Ukrainian forces remains unchanged.
15:31 Ukraine and the EU are discussing alternative ways to export grain, said the representative of the European Commission Miriam Garcia. According to her, Kyiv sent its proposals to Brussels, among the options being considered are the ports of the Baltic countries.
In turn, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said at the UN summit on food systems that the renewal of the grain agreement is not yet planned, because negotiations on this topic are not underway at all. In his opinion, the grain corridor cannot work without Russia.
14:59 The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted bills to increase the fine for failure to appear at the military registration and enlistment office ten times - up to 30 thousand rubles, as well as to increase the draft age to 30 years from January 1, 2024. The lower bar will remain the same - 18 years. In addition, the State Duma adopted an amendment banning citizens from leaving Russia if they are sent a summons from the military registration and enlistment office, including at their place of work or study.
14:35 Ukraine loses eight times less dead in the Bakhmut direction than Russia, and 5.3 times less in Berdyansk and Mariupol, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said. She stressed that usually the attacking side loses more, but not in this case.
"During the offensive, our defenders performed military miracles that will go down in textbooks. They attack in conditions when the enemy has more weapons and people. While an offensive is considered possible when the opposite is true. At the same time, our troops are advancing. And the question should be raised, first of all, not about the number of kilometers traveled, but in general about the fact whether we are moving forward or not. The fact that we are moving in conditions of enemy advantage is a sign of the high skill and courage of our defenders," Malyar said. .
14:23 The Russians attacked Tokarevka, Kherson region, one person died, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. Another person was injured as a result of enemy shelling of Kamyshan.
13:59 Ukrainian troops are successfully using American cluster munitions in the Bakhmut region, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces Serhiy Cherevaty said: "The Armed Forces of Ukraine use the entire range of ammunition provided by partners and use it as efficiently as possible. And the fact that "military correspondents" remember this is a compliment to our gunners, because enemy "military correspondents" know that the enemy, unfortunately, still has an advantage in shells and missiles."
13:28 The city council at today's meeting will increase funding by the capital of the defense forces to 5 billion hryvnia, Klitschko said. He recalled that according to the law, funds from local budgets cannot be transferred directly to the Armed Forces, but funds can be allocated to finance the needs of military units registered in a territorial community or contributed to the city’s defense forces and means.
The mayor of the capital noted that almost 850 million hryvnias were allocated from the city budget last year to finance the security and defense forces of Kiev, over 380 million hryvnias in six months of this year, that is, a total of more than 1.2 billion hryvnias. In addition, the city attracts assistance from foreign partners.
13:24 The deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus does not change anything either for Europe or for Ukraine, said Andrey Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate. According to him, this is a repetition of the Caribbean crisis, "only closer and smaller in scale." Yusov also called it an additional tool for blackmail and pressure for possible negotiations and raising rates.
13:07 The European Union has allocated another tranche of 1.5 billion euros to Ukraine as part of the macro-financial assistance program for 18 billion euros, said the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. She also strongly condemned Russian strikes on Ukrainian granaries and export infrastructure.
12:28 On the roof of the Russian embassy in Chisinau, the number of satellite dishes and surveillance devices is growing every year, writes The Insider. Thus, the Russians monitor the Moldovan authorities, elections, foreign delegations, and also intercept telephone conversations and conversations of the local police. On the roof of the embassy, liaison officers from the GRU and the Foreign Intelligence Service are periodically noticed, closely associated with hacker groups that hacked into the emails of European leaders.
12:25 Soldiers of the 38th Marine Brigade reported that they had destroyed an enemy Ka-52 helicopter.
12:21 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that tonight the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly tried to attack the patrol ship Sergei Kotov in the southwestern part of the Black Sea with two unmanned boats, both boats were destroyed, there were no casualties.
12:02 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak - he spoke about Russia's daily attempts to destroy the historical center of Odessa and port infrastructure and stressed that Ukraine needs an urgent increase in air defense. The parties also discussed the counter-offensive, the current defense needs of Ukraine and security guarantees.
11:47 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense published a closed report for the Kremlin elite, which reveals exactly how the Russians disrupted the grain agreement. The document shows that all actions to disrupt the grain deal are part of a single plan developed in advance, and the targeted shelling of the Ukrainian port infrastructure is just another step in its implementation.
According to the documents, the so-called joint coordination center saw as its main task the maximum reduction in the volume of grain that was exported as part of the grain deal. Based on the results of the inspections, participation in the grain initiative was limited for 46 vessels and 303 vessels were restricted in movement for a total period of 342 days.
Thanks to a number of measures, the Russians managed to "effectively contain the number of ships heading to Ukrainian ports and significantly limit the volume of food exports from Ukraine, which in general led to the inability of Kiev to export about 20 million tons of cargo." Special attention in the document is paid to the disruption of grain supplies under the World Food Programme.
11:32 The SBU detained the former head of the legal department of the Department for Civil Protection and Defense Work of the Kherson Regional State Administration, who worked for the Russians during the occupation. In particular, he agreed to head the “legal support department” created by the Russian Federation in the basin management of water resources captured at that time. The perpetrator faces up to ten years in prison.
10:56 Romania will join the declaration of the G7 countries in support of Ukraine, the country's Foreign Ministry said.
10:27 The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation announced that it had completed the investigation into the case of the attempt on the life of journalist Vladimir Solovyov: in total, eight Russian citizens were brought to justice, and the attempt was allegedly prepared by order of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine.
09:46 The SBU reported in absentia about suspicion of treason to ex-People's Deputy Yevgeny Muraev. He is accused of subversive activities against Ukraine, namely, of using the Nash TV channel controlled by him for the mass dissemination of Kremlin narratives in the information space of Ukraine. Muraev faces up to 15 years in prison.
09:23 The Ukrainian military had success in the direction of Staromayorsky on the southern front and are now gaining a foothold on the achieved lines, said the speaker of the General Staff Andriy Kovalev. Also, the Defense Forces knocked out the Russians from their positions near Andreevka in the Bakhmut direction. At the same time, the enemy unsuccessfully advanced in the areas northwest of Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, south of Ivanovsky and west of Kleshcheevka.
09:11 Russians attacked the Zhytomyr region with kamikaze drones at night - according to preliminary information, an infrastructure facility was damaged, information about the victims and the extent of damage is being specified, the OVA reported. Drones were also shot down in the Poltava and Sumy regions.
08:56 Over the past day, the enemy inflicted 70 strikes on 19 settlements of the Zaporozhye region. One person died in Gulyaipole, said the head of the OVA, Yuri Malashko.
08:50 According to updated data, during yesterday's shelling of Konstantinovka in the Donetsk region, two people were killed, including a child, seven more people were injured, including four children. In total, two dead and ten wounded in the region over the past day, said Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA.
08:41 At night, the Russians attacked the Cherkasy region with strike drones. Three hits were recorded: two "shaheeds" hit the fields, another one hit an empty agricultural hangar. People were not injured, said Igor Taburets, head of the OVA.
08:33 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 25:
personnel - about 243,220 (+600) people liquidated,
tanks - 4174 (+12),
armored combat vehicles - 8131 (+13),
artillery systems - 4705 (+30),
MLRS - 698 (+1),
air defense systems - 454 (+2),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 310 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 3977 (+14),
cruise missiles - 1307 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 7194 (+12),
special equipment - 703 (+5).
07:26 Over the past day, more than 35 clashes have occurred at the front, the General Staff said in the morning summary . In particular, in the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces successfully repelled enemy attacks in the areas northwest of Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, south of Ivanovsky and west of Kleshcheevka; in the Avdeevsky direction, attacks by Russian troops in the Pervomaisky area were repelled; in the Maryinsky direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to restrain the advance of the Russians in the areas of Krasnogorovka and Maryinka. In the Shakhtyorsk direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the Rovnopol region of the Donetsk region.
At the same time, the Defense Forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, and consolidate on the achieved lines.
05:38 The United States is preparing a new $400 million aid package for Ukraine. According to the AP, it will include ammunition for air defense systems, HIMARS and NASAMS systems, 32 Stryker armored personnel carriers, howitzer shells, Stinger and Javelin missiles, Hornet surveillance drones.
05:09 Russia attacked Kiev at night with strike UAVs, previously Shahed. All air targets were detected and destroyed on approach to the capital. There were no casualties or destruction, said the head of the KGVA Sergei Popko.
02:27 The attack of drones in the center of Moscow is a consequence of the brutal war that Russia unleashed and which the Kremlin can stop at any moment by withdrawing its troops from Ukraine, White House Speaker Karine Jean-Pierre said. At the same time, she noted that Washington does not support strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation, but added that Crimea is the territory of Ukraine. Jean-Pierre assured that the United States and allies will continue to provide Ukraine with everything necessary to fight for freedom and sovereignty.
00:12 IAEA experts discovered anti-personnel mines on the outskirts of the ZNPP site, said the agency's director general Rafael Grossi following the inspection on July 23. During the inspection, experts found several mines located in the buffer zone between the inner and outer perimeters of the station. At the same time, the experts did not notice mines on the inner perimeter of the site.
IAEA experts had prior knowledge of the decision to place mines outside the perimeter of the site, as well as "in certain places inside." The Russians told them that this was a "military decision", while Grossi said that the presence of explosives did not meet safety requirements. Also, the IAEA still requires access to the roofs of the ZNPP, including the 3rd and 4th blocks, "which are of particular interest."
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In the south Ukrainians claim good progress toward Staromaiorske. Russians counterattacking. Also good progress toward Pryiutne (slightly toward the west). Near the outskirts.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:17 Offensive of the "Brave": the Armed Forces of Ukraine were driven out of the settlement. Nadia, Novoegorovka and Sergeevka near Svatovo-Kremennaya.
➨ The units of the Central Military District continue to break through the enemy's defenses, near the river Zherebets, moving from the LPR to the Kharkov region.
➨ The troops of the “Center” group occupied the villages of Sergeevka, Nadia and Novoegorovka.
➨ “In the Svatov direction it is stably difficult, Russian artillery works continuously, to some extent similar to the intensity of Bakhmut,” enemy military analysts report.
➨ “The Russians control Nadia (Nadzheda), Sergeevka and Novoegorovka. Everything is the same, they are trying to occupy the dominant heights, ”the enemy’s evening reports say.
19:56 Ukrainian militant told about the difficult situation in their forward positions
19:00 In the Kherson direction, the Russian kamikaze UAV "Lancet" destroyed enemy communications center.
18:59 Artillery of the 1st Tank Army destroyed a group of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction
17:56 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
🔹The troops of the Russian Federation under the skillful command of Lieutenant Colonel Builov liberated the village of Sergeevka;
🔹Russian troops repulsed four attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Staromayorsky area in the DPR;
🔹The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 60 Ukrainian military personnel and a 152mm self-propelled artillery mount "Acacia" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Kherson;
🔹Air defense forces shot down a Mi-24 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Zaporozhye region;
🔹The Russian Armed Forces hit a temporary deployment point for foreign mercenaries in the Cherkasy region;
🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Donetsk direction successfully repelled eight attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the losses of the Ukrainian army amounted to over 280 fighters;
🔹Russian troops destroyed ammunition and fuel depots of two Ukrainian brigades in the Zaporozhye region
🔹Russian air defense intercepted 10 HIMARS missiles and 22 Ukrainian drones per day;
🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 140 soldiers and a tank in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;
🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation repelled 4 attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction, destroyed up to 190 soldiers and stopped the actions of a sabotage and reconnaissance group;
🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed warehouses of ammunition and weapons delivered to Ukraine from Western countries in the Zhytomyr region;
🔹The Russian military in the DPR hit four brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and territorial defense, destroyed the ammunition depot of the battalion of the National Guard of Ukraine.
16:53 Mortars work according to the positions of the Armed Forces
16:53 Calculation of the loitering ammunition "Lancet" of the 14th Guards Brigade of the Special Forces destroyed enemy tank.
15:55 Destroyed a group of American-made International MaxxPro armored vehicles, in the NWO area
15:45 Personnel destruction of the communication center of the Armed Forces of the UAV-kamikaze "Lancet" in the Kherson direction
14:36 Direct hit: "Alligator" destroyed an armored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a guided missile. Zaporozhye direction
14:36 Russian FPV drones hunt for infantry enemy
13:50 Russian artillerymen destroyed Ukrainian command post
The object of the enemy was discovered by the soldiers of the reconnaissance battalion "Sparta". The artillerymen of the 1453rd Motorized Rifle Regiment struck at the command post.
13:50 Artillery destroys enemy deployment point in Kharkov region
12:48 Personnel combat work of the crew of FPV drones of the RF Armed Forces to destroy equipment and infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the directions
12:47 On July 19, Kharkiv nationalist Vadym Linnik was liquidated in the Svatov direction
The ATO participant was the coordinator of the paramilitary organization Sokol, which promotes radical nationalism among young people.
12:02 Lancet kamikaze drone destroyed Ukrainian HMMWV armored car in the Rabotino area
11:59 Spectacular frames on Antonovsky Island for the destruction of units of the VFU
10:58 Personnel destruction of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction. The crew of the Ka-52 reconnaissance and attack helicopter destroyed an armored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with an accurate hit by a guided missile.
10:57 Air alert announced in Sumy, Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions of Ukraine
09:59 On July 23, the Russian army covered a location with terrorists from the Kraken (the organization is banned in Russia). The elimination of three militants with the callsigns "Leader", "Zhostik" and "Psych" has been confirmed. In Ukrainian social networks, a "rainy day" of the unit has been announced.
09:32 The crew of the Ka-52 with an accurate hit by a guided missiledestroyedarmored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction.
09:29 “In comparison with ours, they are tender and capricious”: Naval infantry showed western machine guns and anti-tank systems captured near Novodonetsk
Soldiers of the naval infantry of the Pacific Fleet successfully repelled an attack by armed formations of Ukrainian nationalists near the settlement of Novodonetskoe. As a result of the failed offensive of the militants, the Russian military got "NATO" trophies.
Among them is a Belgian 7.62 mm light machine gun, which is in service in 80 countries around the world. The maximum firing range is 1,800 meters. Already after the first application and running-in, the fighters of the Russian Armed Forces issued a verdict.
“Good, but not like ours. Ours are more effective in this regard and more reliable,” said the commander of the assault company of the Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleet with the call sign “Skif”.
In addition to the Belgian machine gun, portable anti-tank systems fell into the hands of our servicemen. Presumably British made. According to Russian fighters, in comparison with domestic weapons, foreign counterparts are tender and capricious. From hand grenades to small arms and armored vehicles. In the clashes near Novodonetsk, "NATO" armored vehicles showed their worst side.
09:24 For the past day:
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:
- the position of the armed formations of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Veletenskoye, losses: seven VFU militants destroyed; three - received injuries 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:
- an attempt to penetrate the DRG in the area of about. Antonovsky: FPV drone crew destroyed two boats and nine VFU militants;
- 152mm SAU 2S3 "Acacia" with ammunition in the area of the settlement. Zarechnoye, losses: four VFU militants destroyed;
- 120mm mortar, crew and ammunition for it, in the area of the settlement. Pridneprovskoye, losses: four VFU militants were killed, two were injured of varying severity;
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:
- the point of temporary deployment of one of the subdivisions of the VFU in the area of the settlement was destroyed. Kachkarovka, the losses of the enemy amounted to: 15 militants were destroyed, seven were injured of varying severity, five vehicles for various purposes were destroyed;
- positions of the armed formations of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Dudchany, Republican, Mikhailovka losses: 24 VFU militants destroyed; five - received injuries of varying severity.
09:05 In the NWO zone on July 18 was liquidated Ukrainian nationalist Oleksandr Rizvanyuk.
Before the army, he was an inspector of the border service. According to relatives, he wanted to participate in the so-called ATO, but the birth of his son stopped him. After the start of the SVO, he voluntarily joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and fought in the Donetsk direction.
08:57 The result of yesterday's attack on the infrastructure of Ukrainian ports on the Danube was the blocking of the work of at least 50 cargo ships that are anchored in the Danube River between Ukraine and Romania, with most of them waiting for the ports of Reni and Izmail in the Odessa region to reopen for grain shipment.
The Danube trade channel was key for Ukraine throughout the conflict. And such a blow already had a significant impact on the enemy.
08:17 T-90M "Breakthrough" direct fire crushed stronghold of militants in the Krasnolimansky direction
Approaching the distance of a direct shot, the operator-gunner of the T-90M "Breakthrough" with the very first shot from a 125mm cannon demolished the enemy's fortified structure.
“We destroyed five strongholds and an infantry group - 30 people - a mortar squad. We destroy heavy equipment with our dear cannon, and we try to use a machine gun to destroy enemy infantry. But, basically, we “slap” them with regular weapons,” said the commander of a tank platoon with the call sign “Spartak”.
07:50 Double strike: Mi-35 helicopter crews continue to firedefeaton the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansky direction.
The crews of Mi-35 multi-purpose attack helicopters of the Western Military District in pairs strike at armed formations from minimum distances and extremely low altitudes. This tactic allows you to remain invisible to enemy electronic intelligence.
06:20 It became known that on July 19 in the Svatov direction liquidated Kharkov nationalist Vadim Linnik.
The ATO participant was the coordinator of the paramilitary organization Sokol, which promotes radical nationalism among young people.
04:17 Explosions in the Zhytomyr region.
03:55 Air raid in Kharkiv and Zhytomyr regions.
03:34 Explosions are heard again in the Kyiv region.
03:29 Air raid in the Zaporozhye region.
03:13 Powerful explosions in the Kyiv region.
03:12 "Geraniums" fly up to Kyiv. Local resources write about it.
03:09 Mass attack of Geraniums on Kyiv. Drones enter the city from three sides: South, West and East.
02:57 Explosions again in the Kyiv region. And again, local publics write about the work of air defense.
02:55 Air raid in the Ternopil region.
02:53 Air raid in Rivne and Khmelnytsky regions.
02:40 Explosions in the Chernihiv region.
02:38 Air raid in Vinnitsa region.
02:30 Explosions in Kyiv and the region. There is an air raid in the city, explosions are heard from the southern and southwestern sides of the city and air defense is observed. Ukrainian monitoring channels report that after the arrival of the Geran-2 drones, a massive missile attack may begin.
02:15 Air raid alert throughout central Ukraine. The threat of arrivals of "Geran-2" was announced in the Nikolaev and Odessa regions, as well as in Kirovograd, Cherkassy, Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk and Zhytomyr regions. There hasn't been such a large-scale raid for a long time.
01:34 It is reported that the S-300 flew to the areas of the Donetsk region occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
01:15 Explosions in Cherkassy and Kirovohrad. Ukrainian monitoring channels report that at the last moment the Geranium changed its flight path and began to attack targets.
0:53 According to Ukrainian monitoring channels, Geraniums are currently flying through the northern and central regions of Ukraine.
So far, the implementation of the combat mission of "Gerani" has begun only in the Sumy region: explosions and air defense work are heard there.
In other places, UAVs maneuver and select targets.
Due to the arrival of shock drones, an air alert was announced in Chernihiv, Sumy, Poltava, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk regions, as well as in the regions of Zaporozhye region occupied by Ukraine.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 07/25/2023 to 00:00 07/26/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 58 facts of firing by the AFU.
Four civilians were reported wounded in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, Staromikhaylovka and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.
A total of 17 residential buildings were damaged in Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky, Voroshilovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, Staromikhaylovka, as well as four civil infrastructure facilities.
The areas of eight settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovataya, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Voroshilovsky, Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Kirovsky, Chervonogvardeysky districts), Aleksandrovka, Petrovskoye, Krasnaya Polyana.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 48 artillery attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky four artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky four artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 155mm.
On Volnovakhskoye two artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 155mm.
Having fired 222 units of various ammunition.
In the previous day, 56 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
22:13 For the period from 9:00 to 21:00, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 130 rounds from artillery and rocket launchers in Donetsk.
21:47 Ukrainian troops fired ten rockets from the MLRS in Donetsk, reported representation of Donetsk People's Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
20:32 Ukrainian troops at 20.05 fired five rockets from the MLRS in the Yasinovatsky district and Makeevka, reportedrepresentation DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
“Fire was recorded from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the following directions: May 20 – Lastochkino settlement – ??Yasinovatsky district: five rockets were fired from the MLRS, May 20 – Lastochkino settlement – Makeevka settlement (Chervonogvardeysky district): five rockets were fired from the MLRS,” the office’s telegram channel says.
19:37 “There is some kind of emergency situation here in a day” - officers of the artillery battalion from the Svatovo-Kremennoye direction spoke about their military service -video.
19:30 The consequences of the artillery attack of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants -photo.
19:10 In situations in Kleshcheevka you need to understand the following:
Firstly, this direction is actually the only one where the enemy has accumulated a significant reserve and where the landscape is more or less clear to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Secondly, the attacks in the direction of Kleshcheevka are the only opportunity for the commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Syrsky to rehabilitate himself for the loss of Artemovsk.
Thirdly, the intensity of the fighting at the moment is such that each attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine leads to the death of at least one or two companies of personnel. Any attempt to gain a foothold somewhere on the heights increases losses, and Ukrainian troops will not be able to "plug" the dead and wounded with mobilized ones indefinitely. Already, 45-50-year-old mobilized people are participating in the attacks.
Fourthly, the relief around Kleshcheevka is such that any movement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine can be leveled in a few hours. This is the case when for every 100 meters of activity the enemy spends about a platoon (approximately 35-40 people).
Intense fighting in this area has been going on for the past few weeks, the battle is for every defensive midfielder and every height.
18:49 Weekdays of the landing force near Artemovsk–video.
Artillery cannonade does not subside even for a minute. Work mortar crews of the Airborne Troops.
Assault detachments, supported by mortars, knock the enemy out of their strongholds, preventing them from gaining a foothold near Artemovsk. In a matter of minutes, the fighters send dozens of mines to Ukrainian positions, not allowing the enemy to raise their heads.
18:29 The RF Armed Forces have taken full control of the village of Sergeevka on the Krasnolimansky sector of the front. This was stated in the Russian Defense Ministry.
18:16 Soledar direction situation as of 18.00 July 25, 2023
Fierce fighting continues near Bakhmut in the southwestern part of Kleshcheevka. Massed artillery fire is being fired at the advancing Ukrainian formations.
17:50 The RF Armed Forces are advancing near Svatovo-Kremennaya, rapidly breaking through another four kms along the front and two kms into the depth of the enemy’s defense
In the Krasnolimansky direction, the coordinated actions of the units of the grouping of forces "Center" repelled four enemy attacks in the areas of the settlement. Nevsky, Novovodyanoe LPR and Torsk DPR.
In the course of successful counterattack actions, the 15th Motorized Rifle Brigade, under the skillful command of Lieutenant Colonel Buylov, liberated the settlement. Sergeevka. The total advance of our troops was up to four kms along the front and up to two kms in depth of the battle formations of the defending enemy.
In the area of Serebryansky Lesnichestvo, the 234th Airborne Assault Regiment, commanded by Guards Colonel Vasiliev, repulsed the enemy’s attack, inflicted a fire defeat on him and went on the counterattack. Acting competently and harmoniously, we rapidly advanced 1.5 km into the depth of the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The manpower and equipment of the 21st, 63rd, 67th Mechanized Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 5th Operational Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlement. Terny, Torskoe and Yampolovka DPR.
In the areas of n.p. Torsk DPR and Novolyubovka LPR destroyed the ammunition depots of the 44th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 100th Brigade of the defense.
Enemy losses: up to 190 militants, six combat armored vehicles, five pickup trucks, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, onf 122mm D-30 gun, two 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled guns, as well as the US AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar.
17:25 “There is no apartment at all” - in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, a shell hit a residential building and completely destroyed apartment.
During the next fierce artillery attack of the residential quarters of Donetsk, the arrival fell right into one of the district's houses. The apartment, where the enemy shell flew in, was completely destroyed - only the external support remained from it. The Donetsk woman living there was saved only by the fact that she was at work that day and did not even hear the arrivals.
“I got a call at work. I flew like crazy. Over there, look, the wall is hanging. There is no apartment at all: whether there is a shell there or not, I don’t know, ”a woman who lost her home told Readovka military commissar Maxim Dolgov with tears.
As the residents of the house said, there was only one arrival in the Kuibyshev district, but it was enough to deprive a person of housing and leave him on the street. The completely destroyed apartment is just one of the consequences of the undisguised UAF terror, which the residents of Donetsk spoke about.
17:09 Strong explosions in Slavyansk. Presumably, it is thundering in the area of the railway junction of the Vostochnaya industrial zone. For a long time, reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrived there: ammunition, weapons and fuel needed by Ukrainian troops in the Donetsk direction.
16:37 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for July 25, as of 16:30, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): - on the street. Krasnoznamennaya, 93, a man born in 1958 was wounded.
n.p. Staromikhaylovka: - on the street. Chelyuskintsev, 54 wounded man born in 1973 and a girl born in 2000
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): - on the street. Peschanaya, 26 as a result of an explosion on a mine PFM “Petal”, a man born in 1960 was injured.
As of July 25, 124 cases of explosions of civilians were registered, incl. 11 children, on PFM-1 “Petal” mines. Three of the victims died as a result of the wound.
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district: - st. Stakhanov, 1 - apartment building.
Voroshilovsky district:
- st. Roza Luxembourg, 77 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
- st. Roza Luxembourg, 78, 86 - multi-apartment residential buildings.
- a direct hit on the roof of the administrative building of the RAC "Olympic".
artillery attack at 13:30:
- st. Putilovskaya Grove, 9 - a direct hit in a private residential building with subsequent ignition.
Kuibyshevsky district:
artillery attack at 13:50:
- st. Krasnoznamnaya - gas boiler house;
- st. Mirgorodskaya, 104 - a direct hit in a private residential building with subsequent ignition;
- st. Krasnoznamennaya, 17 - a private residential building;
- st. Krasnaya, 55 - a private residential building;
- st. Krasnaya, 57 - a private residential building, power lines and a car were also damaged;
- st. Krasnaya, 59 - a private residential building, the gas pipeline and the car were also damaged.
artillery attack at 15:45:
- st. Vakhrusheva, 42 - apartment building.
n.p. Staromikhaylovka: - st. Chelyuskintsev, 54 - a private residential building.
Information was received about the discovery of PFM “Petal” in the following locations:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
- on the street. Korganov discovered PFM “Lepestok”.
16:12 Artyomovsk direction:
War correspondent Alexander Kots writes that the enemy occupied part of the heights near Kleshcheevka, which gave him the opportunity to enter the southwestern part of the village. There are fights, no one controls the entire settlement. At the same time, enemy artillery actively uses cluster munitions. There has not been such a quantity in this direction for a long time, apparently from freshly brought.
“South of Kleshcheevka, the Nazis stepped up operations near the village of Andreevka. The speaker of the Vostok Armed Forces grouping even announced his capture, saying that this would allow Bakhmut to be surrounded. Well, here it’s enough to look at the map, what else is there before the encirclement, as before membership in NATO," said the military commander.
15:50 Strike on the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zaporozhye.
Presumably, FAB-250M62 bombs with planning and correction modules hit a hangar with APU equipment on the territory of a pig farm between Novoandreevka and Nesteryanka, seven kilometers from Orekhovo.
15:13 Our soldiers do not agree to surrender Kleshcheevka. According to reports from the field, BARS units and military personnel of the Russian Defense Ministry continue to fight in the area of the settlement. Our artillery is active.
The situation on the ground remains difficult, but it is too early to talk about leaving the settlement.
15:00 Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk again under shelling by militants - one house burned down, there were no victims.
The militants cover this area of the city with rounds for the third day in a row. After hitting the roof of one house, a fire started - fortunately, emergency services quickly arrived and put out the fire.
The house was actually left without a roof, but its residents were still lucky - by a lucky chance, none of them were inside and were not injured after arrival. The neighbors did not suffer either, but the morale of what is happening here every day does not improve.
14:39 Neither Kleshcheevka nor Andreevka (south of Artemovsk) are controlled by the enemy.
14:12 The consequences of the artillery attack of the Kievsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants -photo.
14:06 Donetsk railway station area is under fire.
13:39 Zaporozhye direction. district n.p. Rabotino. 13:30 25.07
Right now the enemy is using cluster munitions on our positions. Onvideoyou can hear the sounds of numerous explosions.
13:30 As a result of the artillery attack of the Kyiv region, the roof of the Olimpiyskiy RAC is on fire.
13:25 Donetsk repeated artillery attack of the city center! Arrivals in the area of the stadium "Olympic".
12:27 Ukrainian projectile struckthe roof of a residential building in Donetsk, but did not explode. According to eyewitnesses, windows were broken in the same house by other arrivals.
12:15 Ukrainian Armed Forces are artillery attack the center of Donetsk - according to preliminary data, there are victims
Kyiv district of Donetsk was subjected to criminal attacks from Ukraine. Local residents told Readovka military correspondent Maxim Dolgov that they counted at least ten explosions. Onpersonnelthe consequences of the crimes of the Kyiv regime are visible - civilian cars and residential buildings were hit.
Moreover, a gas pipe was damaged by the impact of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - the residents of one of the houses left because they felt a characteristic smell. The artillery attack does not stop until now - it is reported that there are wounded. Experiencing setbacks at the front, the Ukrainian army is at war with those who did not even hold weapons in their hands - with civilians.
12:11 In Novaya Kakhovka, on Kirov Street, there was an “arrival” from the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Subscribers report that a fire is now at the site of impact. There is no information about the victims yet.
11:48 The situation in the Artyomovsky direction from First Cossack:
“On the southern flank, in the area of Kleshcheevka, the attack of Bandera continues. Obviously, the Nazis decided to switch their efforts from the Zaporozhye direction to Artyomovsk. The Nazis yesterday managed to reach the western outskirts of the small village of Andreevka south of Kleshcheevka. Waves of attacks come one after another, reserves are constantly coming up. Nazi artillery pours cluster rounds. The situation is difficult.”
11:41 The center of Donetsk has undergone massive shelling.
10:47 The situation in the Zaporozhye and South-Donetsk directions:
In the Zaporozhye direction, the situation has not changed significantly. The enemy continues to expose armored vehicles under the blows of army aviation in the Orekhovsky sector. Ukrainian DRGs have stepped up in the Gulyai-Pole section.
In the Vremevsky direction, the enemy concentrated on storming our positions in the Staromayorsky area. Last night, under the cover of smoke, a platoon of the Armed Forces of Ukraine went on the attack with the support of a tank and three armored combat vehicles. The assault was not crowned with success - the tank was blown up by a mine, one AFV was destroyed by turntables.
He also attacked in the area of the northwestern outskirts of the settlement with a group of up to 10 people, but as a result of the shooting battle he suffered losses and retreated. Closer to 23.00 the situation was stabilized. Two more AFVs were destroyed by army aviation during another attempt to evacuate the wounded and killed.
In the Ugledar direction, the enemy did not take active actions. Bilateral artillery artillery attack continues, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine are also actively using drones and electronic warfare equipment.
The Russian Aerospace Forces continue to hit enemy targets on the front line and in the operational rear. Bomber aircraft hit 11 targets, including the command post of the 47th Brigade in the Orekhov area, as well as four points of temporary deployment of Ukrainian units. Army aviation hit three armored combat vehicles and accumulations of manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:10 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 18 rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburyevka fired seven rounds;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan fired six rounds;
-- n.p. Peschanovka fired six rounds;
-- Four rounds were fired at the settlement of Podstepnoye;
-- 10 rounds were fired at the village of Korsunka;
As a result of the artillery attack in N. p. Alyoshki, one civilian was killed, another one received moderate shrapnel wounds, also in the settlement. Staraya Zburyevka, one civilian was killed
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, n.p. Kazachi Lagery, n.p. Proletarian, firing a total of 35 rounds from cannon artillery
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
10:03 Situation in the Zaporozhye direction at 10:00 from Special Forces Archangel:
There was a battle at night, the enemy changed tactics, decided to bypass the fortified areas. Changed the direction of attack in the area of Pubic from Zherebyanok. Our units slightly rolled back to strike at positions where the Armed Forces of Ukraine approached.
n.p. Rabotino - Enemy art was working. Our gunners worked on them. Yesterday, before dark, they destroyed the enemy in the forest belts, which they entered a couple of days ago. There was a shooting battle and the use of foreign equipment.
n.p. Pyatikhatki - At night, the enemy made an attempt to reach the settlement on pickup trucks with the forces of the DRG 14 people, was noticed by our patrol, after a shooting battle he tried to hide in the forest belt, but was calculated by a quadcopter and destroyed by a mortar strike.
09:30 During the day, the DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded 52 facts of firing from the AFU, 210 units of ammunition was fired.
The enemy fired at Donetsk, Makeevka, Gorlovka, Zaitsev, Yasinovatsky district. Over the past 24 hours, information was received about the wounding of four civilians in the Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as the previously liberated Staromlinovka (explosion at the VOP).
Nine residential buildings and seven civil infrastructure facilities were damaged in the Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.
09:05 Servicemen of the 80th Brigade have not taken control of the territory of the islands in the Kherson region, which were ours before the flood and are moving forward. Every day they destroy enemy drgs, boats on the islands and on the right bank. From their side, the work goes smoothly and jewelry.
08:14 Statement of head of the press center of the group "South":
The units of the "Southern" group of forces successfully repulsed two attacks of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Lisichansk direction. Artillery inflicted a fire defeat on the manpower and armored vehicles of the attacking units of the enemy's 54th Separate Mechanized Brigade. The crews of the Osa-AKM combat vehicles destroyed two Leleka-100 unmanned aerial vehicles.
The group's aviation delivered strikes with UPAB-250 and UPAB-500 guided munitions at the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Soledaro-Artemovsky, Aleksandro-Kalinovsky and Avdeevsky directions.
During the counterbattery fight, 120mm mortars with crews at firing positions in the areas of Verkhnekamensky and Krasnogorovka were destroyed.
The artillery of the group also carried out fire raids on the point of temporary deployment of the 80th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the command post of the self-propelled division of the 28th Mechanized Brigade, the command and observation posts of the battalions of the 107th Separate Brigade of the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Konstantinovka, Belaya Gora, Bogdanovka and Predtechino.
08:00 Chronicle of the special military operation: the events of July 24, 2023.
On the Kupyansky sector, the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out a series of counterattacks, trying to regain lost positions near Liman the First. Russian servicemen repelled all attacks, forcing the enemy to retreat to their original lines.
In the Svatovsky sector, Ukrainian formations are trying to advance in small groups on the positions of Russian troops west of Karmazinovka. All enemy attempts to advance are successfully thwarted by concentrated artillery and small arms fire.
South of Bakhmut, at the cost of significant losses, the enemy managed to gain a foothold on the heights adjacent to Kleshcheevka. At the moment, fierce battles are taking place on the outskirts of the settlement.
In the Kherson direction, sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine again attempted to land on Antonovsky Island. The Ukrainian landing was timely detected and destroyed by rocket artillery fire.
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[Regnum] Russian presidential aide for international affairs Yuri Ushakov said on July 25 that Moscow would return to the grain deal when its part of the agreement was fulfilled.
“A lot of statements have already been made on the grain deal, including by the president himself, you can’t say better there. For a number of reasons that have been repeatedly stated by everyone, in particular, by the president, we have stopped our part in this deal since July 18th. But we are ready to return to participation if the obligations that were accepted in relation to the Russian side are actually implemented in practice,” he said.
Ushakov stressed that the deal was not curtailed, but suspended due to the fact that the parties to the agreements did not comply with the Russian part of the package agreement.
As IA Regnum reported, on July 13, Russian President Vladimir Putin allowed the suspension of the country's participation in the agreement and noted that it would be possible to return as soon as all its participants fulfill their promises. After the deadline, on July 17, the Kremlin announced the suspension of Russia's participation in the grain deal. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted that the Black Sea agreements had actually ceased to be valid.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin announced the absence of negotiations on the resumption of grain deal. The diplomat recalled that earlier Russia had clearly outlined its position on this issue and after July 17 withdrew from the agreement. Vershinin noted that Russia objected to this, taking into account the accumulated experience of the Istanbul agreements.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that they see no progress in resolving three of the five tracks under the grain deal. The head of the department, Sergei Lavrov, said on June 14 that the future of the agreement depends on the fulfillment of the conditions of the Russian side. He emphasized that the failure to fulfill Russian conditions before July 17 means that Moscow cannot continue to participate. The Ukrainian part of the agreements, according to him, during this time has turned into a commercial project.
Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said that Russia would not help deliver grain from Ukraine "to rich countries." In his speech, he noted that the UN staff, who verbally care about supplies and insistently demand to keep the "grain deal", in fact, do not fulfill the promises made to Russia, and the products from Ukraine do not go to the poorest countries.
President Putin then dismissed the allegations that Ukraine is feeding the world's hungry as lies and speculation. In fact, according to him, Russia is making a significant contribution to ensuring world food security. In particular, the Russian leader pointed out that the country's share in the world wheat market is about 20%, Ukraine - about 5%. He also stated that Russia could replace Ukraine's grain both commercially and free of charge. Putin said that Russia will continue to work on the supply of grain, food, fertilizers to Africa, despite the sanctions.
Ukraine can use American F-16 fighter jets to create its own grain corridor. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the country Dmitry Kuleba in an interview with France 24 TV channel.
“If we have F-16s, we will not depend on Russia <…> in the issue of exporting Ukrainian grain to global markets,” the head of the foreign affairs department stressed.
At the same time, Kuleba added that the sooner Kyiv receives aircraft, the sooner it will be able to create a new protected route for the export of its agricultural products.
The minister also said that the issue of the supply of fighter jets had already been resolved. At the same time, the implementation of Kyiv's plans takes time, he added.
In addition, Kuleba promised that Kyiv would continue its attempts to revive the Black Sea grain initiative. However, the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said, if this is not feasible, it is necessary to create an alternative sea route for the export of Ukrainian grain, as well as ensure exports to Europe.
As IA Regnum reported , the head of the military committee of the North Atlantic Alliance, Admiral Rob Bauer , is confident that the Ukrainian army will not receive F-16 fighters until the counteroffensive is completed.
John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator at the US National Security Council, believes that deliveries of American F-16 fighters to the Kiev army may begin towards the end of 2023, but they are unlikely to change the situation at the front.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken recently assured that Ukraine will receive F-16 fighter jets from Western countries, but their delivery will take several months. The decision to transfer has been made, but when exactly they will begin is not yet clear, he added.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, in turn, accused Western countries of delaying the process of training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets. He said that a coalition of countries for the supply of fighter jets has already been formed, but there is still no schedule for training missions.
Several European countries have asked the European Commission to ban grain imports from Ukraine until the end of the year, Hungarian Agriculture Minister Istvan Nagy wrote on July 25 on Facebook (owned by Meta, an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation).
“Together with the agriculture ministers of the border countries, we have asked Brussels to extend the import ban until the end of the year,” Nagy said.
Thus, Hungary, as well as Bulgaria, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, asked to extend the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain, valid until September 15, until December 31, 2023.
Nagy said on June 19 that the five countries of Eastern Europe intend to seek an extension of the ban on the export of Ukrainian agricultural products. We are talking about wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower seeds.
Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania and Slovakia are in favor of limiting the import of Ukrainian agricultural products to their markets, arguing that this is to protect local farmers from falling grain prices.
On May 2, the EC introduced restrictions on the free circulation of Ukrainian grain on the territory of these countries until June 5 . On May 5, the restrictions were extended until September 15. Hungary, for its part, has proposed extending the restrictions until the end of the year.
Kyiv sent a letter to the European Commission (EC) with a proposal on how to export grain from the territory of Ukraine after the suspension of the grain deal. This was stated on July 25 by EC representative Miriam Garcia at a press conference in Brussels.
She said that they are discussing with the Ukrainian authorities the ways of exporting grain, which can become an alternative to the channels passing through the Black Sea.
“The European Commission is fully involved in the consideration of all corridors, the Baltic corridor is also very important ,” said Garcia.
Earlier, Lithuania made a proposal to use the Baltic ports for the export of grain from Ukraine.
As IA Regnum reported, the grain deal began to operate on July 22, 2022. As part of the agreement, grain and other agricultural products were exported from Ukraine, but the West did not fulfill any of the provisions in the interests of Russia.
On July 17, 2023, Moscow refused to renew the grain deal. The Russian Defense Ministry warned that they would consider ships going to Ukrainian ports as potential arms carriers. On July 22, Ukraine reported that food exports from the country fell by 30% after the termination of the grain deal.
Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko noted that Kiev, the United States and NATO needed grain corridors not for humanitarian purposes, as they said, but to cover up terrorist attacks and sabotage against Russia .
Each state has the sovereign right to export grain from Ukraine, but Russia will fight to ensure that these channels are not used for military purposes, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a July 25 briefing.
He was asked to comment on Lithuania's proposal to use the Baltic ports to continue the grain deal.
“It is very important for us that different supply channels are not used by the Kyiv regime for military purposes, in order to carry out terrorist attacks on our territory, and so on. We will continue to fight this ,” said a Kremlin spokesman.
He stressed that it would not be possible to return to the grain deal, since it did not fulfill obligations towards Russia.
Earlier, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matvienko said that Ukraine, the United States and NATO used the grain deal to cover up sabotage and terrorist activities. She also noted that Russia will continue to supply food and fertilizers to African countries even without this initiative.
As IA Regnum reported , on July 17, 2023, Russia refused to renew the grain deal that had been in effect since July 22, 2022. As President Vladimir Putin noted , within the framework of these agreements, not a single provision in the interests of Russia has been fulfilled. In addition, the West prevents even free supplies of fertilizer to countries in need.
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[REGNUM] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke publicly about the export of grain from Ukraine. According to him, “ blocking exports by land after September 15, when the relevant restrictions cease to operate, is unacceptable in any form. We keep in touch with all interested parties to find a solution that suits everyone.”
Zelensky’s statement was made on the eve of the meeting of the Council of Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries of the European Union today, July 25, and the meeting at the level of ambassadors of member countries of the Ukraine-NATO Council scheduled for tomorrow, July 26.
Together, in the first and second cases, in addition to Ukraine, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia act as active players. Nevertheless, the vast majority of the media call Warsaw almost the only target for Zelensky's criticism.
There are reasons for this. After the Prime Minister of Poland, at a meeting of the ministers of agriculture of the countries mentioned, announced the blocking of imports of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower from Ukraine and after September 15, 2023 (the deadline for the ban set by the EU to expire), Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal reacted to this.
“ At this critical time, Poland intends to continue blocking the export of Ukrainian grain to the EU, this is an unfriendly and populist move that will hit global food security and Ukraine’s economy hard ,” he said. And after that, he offered Warsaw " cooperation and expert dialogue instead of slogans and short-term political expediency."
The factor of "short-term political expediency" is certainly present in Poland's attitude to the problem of Ukrainian grain. The ruling Polish Law and Justice Party (PiS) and its opponents are speculating on it in the growing election campaign. First of all, Polish politicians cannot understand why the Kiev regime began to speak so harshly about the “best friend”, why versions are born.
Chairman of the Polish Peasants' Party (PSL) Władysław Kosiniak-Kamyš hints that a third force has intervened in the dispute between Warsaw and Kiev. According to him, Ukraine needs help, but not to " build a new oligarchy ." We are talking about large agricultural holdings that have seized Ukrainian land. A number of experts directly say that these holdings are of American origin, so Kyiv is actually lobbying for the transfer of not Ukrainian grain, but American grain grown in Ukraine.
According to this logic, it turns out that Zelensky and Shmygal's criticisms of Poland are just an attempt to use international platforms, including the EU, exclusively for the private interests of several American corporations. What causes the growth of negative publications in the Polish press, where they collect and accumulate claims against the Kyiv regime.
“Recently, some mainstream publications are beginning to write the truth that there is a conflict in which the US and NATO are at war with Russia, using Ukrainian soldiers, roughly speaking, “Ukrainian cannon fodder,” says Myśl Polska magazine, which the authorities are blocking in their own country. “This objective truth undermines the propaganda narrative that Ukraine is fighting for us, for Poland. This was most clearly demonstrated at the recent NATO summit in Lithuania.”
“It turns out that the Ukrainian losses (during the “counter-offensive.” - Approx. Aut.) - both in people and in technology - are huge, and military successes are scanty, - continues the theme of the editor-in-chief of Do Rzeczy, an authoritative magazine in the right camp Pavel Lissitzky . “Finally, the number of those who quite recently prophesied the creation of a Polish-Ukrainian state by the United States is also growing, and now they have noticed that the real state of affairs is much more complicated.”
Against the backdrop of such a noticeable cooling of Polish-Ukrainian relations, Poland's Baltic neighbors are revitalizing. The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry turned to the European Commission with a proposal to create an alternative route for the transportation of Ukrainian grain, relying on the Baltic seaports.
The adoption of such an initiative entails certain risks for Warsaw. The diplomatic isolation of Poland in the European Union will increase even more, where Warsaw is already considered incapable of marching in the general ranks. The Baltic republics, in turn, will earn both money and the political capital of the "saviors" of Ukraine, who actually help her in difficult times.
However, for Law and Justice, these consequences may be outweighed by “short-term political expediency”, which dictates the need for the ruling party to strengthen anti-Ukrainian notes in the election campaign in order to show itself as a real defender of Polish national interests.
At the same time, such tactical decisions allow Warsaw to start building a reserve for revising strategic relations with Kiev. In the short term, this may lead to PiS distancing itself from Zelensky. Moreover, in Poland they have recently begun to pay attention to the activation of opponents of the current Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko and Vitali Klitschko, concluding that " Ukrainian politics does not end with Zelensky."
[IsraelTimes] A Russian fighter jet flew within a few meters of a US drone over Syria and fired flares at it, striking the American aircraft and damaging it, the US military says, the latest in a string of aggressive intercepts by Russia in the region.
A senior Air Force commander says the move on Sunday was an attempt by the Russians to knock the MQ-9 Reaper drone out of the sky and came just a week after a Russian fighter jet flew dangerously close to a US surveillance aircraft carrying a crew in the region, jeopardizing the lives of the four Americans on board.
"One of the Russian flares struck the US MQ-9, severely damaging its propeller," Lt. Gen. Alex Grynkewich, the head of US Air Forces Central, says in a statement describing the latest close call. "We call upon the Russian forces in Syria to put an immediate end to this reckless, unprovoked, and unprofessional behavior."
Grynkewich says one of the crew members operating the drone remotely kept it in the air and flew it back to its home base.
The Sunday incident is the latest in a series of encounters between Russian fighter jets and US aircraft flying over Syria. In all but the one instance a week ago, the US aircraft were MQ-9 drones without crew members. On that Sunday, however, the Russian Su-35 jet flew close to a US MC-12 surveillance aircraft with a crew, forcing it to go through a turbulent wake.
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[IsraelTimes] A Russian fighter jet flew within a few meters of a US drone over Syria and fired flares at it, striking the American aircraft and damaging it, the US military says, the latest in a string of aggressive intercepts by Russia in the region.
