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2022-07-26 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: July 25th, 2022
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 22:29 Viktor Orban again made a number of scandalous statements regarding Ukraine and the war with Russia. Budapest, which continues to maintain relations with Moscow and refuse to provide military assistance to Ukraine, is calling for the lifting of sanctions against Russia. Moreover, the Hungarian Foreign Minister even made a visit to the Kremlin, thereby breaking the diplomatic blockade of the occupying country. About why Hungary has become more active in the issue of war right now - in the material of Orban's Thoughts or Putin's?
21:53 The GTS operator of Ukraine has recorded a sharp increase in pressure on the main gas pipeline Urengoy - Pomary - Uzhgorod on the state border of the Russian Federation-Ukraine without warning from Gazprom. OGTSU insists that the operator of the Russian GTS must provide information on the reasons for such behavior within the framework of the standards of agreements between operators, otherwise it carries potential risks for the normal operation of the Ukrainian GTS.
Such a step looks especially dangerous for Europe after Gazprom again reduced transit through the Nord Stream. In 2009, under similar circumstances of uncoordinated actions between operators, an accident occurred on the gas pipeline of Turkmenistan.
21:47 Zelensky said in an evening video message that Russia has again resorted to the gas blackmail of Europe, which only intensifies every month: "And this can really be seen as an incentive for the eighth EU sanctions package to be much more significant than the recently approved seventh."
21:35 Zelensky spoke about important personnel changes in an evening video message. Thus, the head of the GUR, Kirill Budanov, will head the Intelligence Committee under the President of Ukraine; combat general Viktor Khorenko was appointed the new commander of the SOF; and the former head of the SSO, General Grigory Galagan, was appointed first deputy head of the Special Operations Center "A" of the SBU "in order to update the Security Service of Ukraine."
21:27 New heavy weapons from Western partners have arrived in Ukraine, including Polish modern Twardy tanks, German Gepard anti-aircraft self-propelled guns and British Stormer HVM anti-aircraft missile systems, which became known over the past day. Some of them are already at the front. For more details, see the article New weapons in the Armed Forces of Ukraine .
20:48 Kazakhstan decided to strengthen its army, fearing a war with Russia, writes WSJ. Thus, the country decided to increase the defense budget by 441 billion tenge (about $918 million), and also rethinks the position of Russia in its foreign policy and establishes contacts with countries such as the United States, Turkey and China. Fear of Russian ambitions is growing, a senior official said: "Imagine if they didn't have Ukraine to insult. Will we be next?"
20:33 Through sea corridors from three ports of the Odessa region, Ukraine plans to export 3 million tons of agricultural products monthly, Alla Stoyanova, director of the Agrarian Policy Department of the OVA, told Suspіlny. According to her, we are talking about the ports of Odessa, Chernomorsk and Yuzhny. The first two will be launched this week, and another one will be added next week. Stoyanova recalled that in peacetime, about 5 million tons of grain were exported from the waters of these ports every month. Alternative routes (by rail, trucks and through the Danube Delta) managed to export 2.2 million tons of grain in June.
20:22 New HIMARS MLRS, Phoenix Ghost drones and ammunition are already being sent to Ukraine, the Pentagon reported. This aid package was signed on 22 July.
20:10 Guatemala will join the initiative to create an international tribunal for the Russian Federation, and will also promote Ukraine's security issues in the UN, the presidents of the two countries said at a joint briefing following the meeting in Kiev. An intergovernmental agreement on the mutual abolition of visa requirements was also signed and a trade and economic dialogue was launched to implement specific projects without intermediaries.
20:07 An international expert conference on the restoration of Ukraine is to be held in Germany this fall, Shmyhal said. According to him, the convening of the conference was announced by Scholz following the results of the G7 summit. The European Commission has also expressed its willingness to join.
20:05 As a result of the fall of the wreckage of an enemy UAV in the village. Dubovoe in Volyn suffered two adults and three children, said the head of the OVA Yuriy Pogulyaiko. According to him, all of them were hospitalized, now two adults remain in the medical facility.
19:53 Ukraine, for its part, will do everything necessary to ensure the export of agricultural products from its Black Sea ports, and the issue of the safety of ships from different countries depends on the UN and Turkey, which agreed with the Russian Federation on this matter, Zelensky said at a briefing.
19:22 In the Kharkiv direction, the Russians suffered significant losses, however, at the Uglegorsk TPP, individual enemy units are partially successful, the General Staff said in an evening summary .
18:56 Zelensky replaced the commander of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine : instead of Hryhoriy Galagan, he became Viktor Khorenko. The relevant decrees are published on the website of the head of state. Major General Grigory Galagan was appointed commander of the MTR on August 25, 2020. He was awarded a medal for military service in Ukraine, as well as orders for courage III degree and Bogdan Khmelnitsky III degree.
18:27 Russian occupiers in Kherson forced local public utilities to patch up the Antonovskiy bridge, OVA reported: "The occupiers are trying to patch up the Antonovskiy and the bridge near the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, which were damaged by precise strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Road specialists refused to repair the bridges, so the occupiers forced ordinary workers of the KP to do it ".
18:17 For negotiating the "Kharkiv agreements" in favor of Russia, law enforcement officers reported suspicion of treason to two former members of the government - ex-Foreign Minister Konstantin Grishchenko and ex-head of the Ministry of Justice Alexander Lavrinovich, the Prosecutor General's Office said. According to operational information, the defendants are abroad, so the suspicions were announced in absentia.
17:55 President of Guatemala Alejandro Giammattei has arrived in Kyiv. This is the first visit of a leader from Latin America to Ukraine not only since February 24, but also over the past 12 years. Zelensky said that the parties would hold "important talks on the development of bilateral relations between our countries."
17:51 Slovakia is ready to discuss the possibility of transferring 11 MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine, Defense Minister Yaroslav Nagy said. At the same time, he clarified that Slovakia cannot provide aircraft free of charge. According to the minister, each MiG-29 costs about 35 million euros. The fighters are due to be decommissioned at the end of August. Instead, the Czech Republic and Poland will patrol the airspace until Bratislava receives American aircraft.
"Immediately, when we land them, and the Czechs and Poles take over the protection of the airspace, we will be able to discuss the future of the MiG-29 ... We are open to discussing the transfer of them to Ukraine, but, of course, this will require, I would say, a wider discussion taking into account the financial aspects and all others, so the decision has not yet been made," Nagy said at a joint press conference with British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace.
17:46 Today, on the highway between Melitopol and Berdyansk, the Russian military KAMAZ ran over a car with three people - two adults and a child died on the spot, Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov said.
17:43 The UN Security Council will meet for a meeting on Ukraine on July 29, according to the supplemented work program of the Security Council for the current month. It is planned to discuss the implementation of the agreements reached on July 22 in Istanbul on the export of Ukrainian grain.
17:38 Gazprom announced that it is stopping another Siemens turbine at the Portovaya station, from tomorrow, deliveries via Nord Stream will not exceed 33 million cubic meters per day (against the current maximum of 67 million cubic meters). The turbine was stopped "due to the end of the time between overhauls before overhaul."
Earlier today, Gazprom said that it received from Siemens the documents submitted by the Canadian authorities, but they "do not remove the previously identified risks and raise additional questions." Also, there are still questions about EU and British sanctions, the solution of which is important for the delivery of the engine to Russia and the urgent overhaul of other gas turbine engines for the Portovaya station. Gazprom again asked Siemens for immediate support in providing the necessary documents and clarifications to resolve the remaining issues.
17:25 The European Investment Bank, with EU budgetary support, has approved 1.59 billion euros of financing for Ukraine, of which 1 billion will be provided immediately. This will help restore infrastructure, resume services and support future energy, transport and education projects, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.
17:19 The Russian invaders violated the grain agreements the day after the signing of the agreement in Istanbul. The media write that the UN will still continue to rely on the "kindness of the heart" of the Kremlin ruler. Korrespondent.net collected the reaction of the international press. More details - in the material Putin cannot be trusted .
16:51 Occupiers in Melitopol threaten to blow up the infrastructure of the city if the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberate it, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine: "They say: if we leave the city, everything will be mined, everything will be destroyed. And this is definitely not about security the security of our infrastructure."
16:29 The Istanbul agreement provides that not only agricultural products, but also fertilizers will be transported to and from Ukraine. At the same time, Kyiv is counting on both the export and import of fertilizers, Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said at a briefing: “The agreement covers everything related to agricultural products, and everything that is necessary for agricultural products, including fertilizers. Now I cannot say which it is fertilizers that will be imported into or from Ukraine when the ports start working."
Kubrakov also stressed that the export of Ukrainian grain by sea could be stopped in case of threats.
16:08 The Zakhid Air Command clarified that the UAVs shot down in the Volyn region crossed the airspace of Ukraine from Belarus and carried out aerial reconnaissance of objects.
16:06 Ukraine will receive anti-radar missiles from partners, which the Armed Forces did not have before, Reznikov said on the air of the telethon: "This will allow us to effectively destroy their radar system, blind, in fact, the enemy, which will then allow us to gain an advantage for the counteroffensive."
16:02 Leading investigator of the Bellingcat group Hristo Grozev told LIGA.net that about 120 officers from the fifth service of the FSB and up to 40 from the GRU worked against Ukraine, but their forecasts turned out to be an illusion, and the special services are losing Putin's trust. According to him, in total, the FSB recruited about a thousand agents in Ukraine , while the GRU developed a parallel network of agents, which numbered up to 300 people.
15:57 Lavrov said that Russia, within the framework of the grain deal, "did not assume obligations that would prevent the continuation of a special military operation and the destruction of Ukraine's military infrastructure."
15:40 NATO will provide Ukraine with hundreds of man-portable complexes to counter drones, Stoltenberg said in an interview with Kurir: "A comprehensive assistance package will be provided, including communications equipment, fuel, medicines, protective vests, equipment to protect against mines, chemical and biological threats, and as well as hundreds of man-portable anti-aircraft systems."
15:28 Reznikov hopes that after the additional equipment of the airfields, Ukraine will be able to receive the F-16: "We have a chance that our pilots will begin to master the already modern generation of aircraft. And what kind of aircraft will they be ... Everyone dreams of the F-16, I would I also dreamed about them, but something will have to be done with the airfields. Therefore, I think that we will be able to receive aircraft of this class."
15:24 In the Volyn region, air defense shot down two enemy UAVs today. According to the head of the OVA Yuriy Pogulyaiko, the wreckage of one of them damaged private houses. One person died, several wounded are in the hospital.
15:20 Ukraine is preparing to resume grain exports via the Black Sea this week , Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said. According to him, internal technical documents of the coordination center will be developed in Istanbul within the next two days, and it is expected that from July 27 it will start working.
15:16 In Vasilyevka, Zaporozhye region, the Russians blocked more than 5,000 people, five of them died in line, said Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov. According to him, the Russians let 20 to 150 cars a day pass - that's about 500 people, but they want to leave much more, and the queue in Vasilyevka is growing every day.
The Zaporizhia OVA appealed to both the Red Cross and the UN. At the end of last week, they asked the Russian Defense Ministry to organize an evacuation corridor, but the Russians replied that they had not found those in Melitopol who wanted to go to the territory controlled by Ukraine.
15:11 Zelensky signed a law adopted by the Rada in June, exempting military personnel from paying military dues.
14:39 In Kharkiv, there will be concrete stops that will serve as shelters for people waiting for transport, Mayor Igor Terekhov said: "It will be a small concrete room so that people can safely be at these stops." At the initial stage, 25 stops will be re-equipped.
14:36 Subpoenas are given to men of military age in order to verify documentation, there are no problems with mobilization in Ukraine, Reznikov said on the air of the telethon: "If mobilization occurs today, it is in certain special specialties. For example, there are training programs for our soldiers in the UK. They are ready to train ten thousand, and already several battalions are being trained there. For such trips, additional specialists can be sought, preferably with knowledge of English."
"When a summons is served, it's not about mobilization, it's about the fact that some people have moved and are not registered. Therefore, serving summons for men of military age means that they must come to the local recruiting center, show the document and check. This first of all, restoring order," the minister explained.
14:28 The demining of the Black Sea will take place exclusively in the corridor that is necessary for the export of grain, Infrastructure Minister Alexander Kubrakov said: "We will do this as carefully as possible, all caravans will be accompanied by our rescue ships, which will go first. But this is very difficult process." The Minister added that it is fundamentally important for Ukraine to receive foreign exchange earnings from the opening of ports, and this is at least $1 billion per month.
14:26 The Moldovan authorities fear a possible Russian invasion, Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilitsa admitted: "This is a risk, this is still a hypothetical scenario, but if hostilities move further to the southwestern part of Ukraine and towards Odessa, then, of course, we are very worried."
According to the Prime Minister of Moldova, her country is not the only one that has reason to be concerned about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. She believes that this is a threat to any small country that respects international law, unlike Russia.
14:15 Reznikov spoke out against the service of subpoenas for offenses: "I categorically reject the idea when, for example, a traffic accident or other violation gives you a subpoena. This is absolutely wrong. This is discrediting [the army], and this should not be."
14:13 Minister of the Interior and Minister of Social Affairs of Germany Nancy Feser and Hubertus Heil arrived on a visit to Ukraine, reports Der Spiegel.
14:11 Ukrainian forces destroyed 50 Russian ammunition depots with the help of HIMARS, Reznikov said on the air of the telethon: "This cuts off their logistical chains and deprives them of the opportunity to conduct active hostilities and cover our armed forces with heavy artillery shelling."
13:55 Ukrainian defenders in the south control the roads that are the most important for the enemy, so the occupiers cannot move and maneuver freely, create new strike groups, said Natalya Gumenyuk, head of the joint press center of the Southern Defense Forces. According to her, the control of roads greatly demoralizes the personnel of the enemy.
She also said that the blockade of navigation in the Black Sea has not yet been lifted, the ships of the invaders are maneuvering in the direction of Anapa: "In order to protect our ships, we need a powerful air defense system, the sky is still open for defeat."
13:37 Occupiers in the Kherson region are trying to repair destroyed bridges, said acting. head of the OVA Dmitry Butriy: “Strikes on the Antonovsky, Darevsky and Kakhovsky bridges greatly complicated the logistics of the invaders. There are attempts to repair these bridges, there are reports that they are going to build some kind of pontoon crossings, but believe me, our military is working effectively. This a signal that it is time to flee from the Kherson region.
Butriy also said that the enemy in the region continues to terrorize the local population. There is information about the abduction of about 300 activists and 63 representatives of local government. There are also reports that Russians killed two activists after being tortured.
13:13 Reznikov said on the air of the telethon that the first Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns arrived in Ukraine from Germany: “The first three Gepards have officially entered. to Ukraine. Today they are already at the disposal of the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
12:46 The leadership of Ukraine predicts a budget deficit for the year in the amount of $50 billion, Oleg Ustenko, presidential adviser on economic issues, said on the air of the telethon: "Our state budget has a deficit of about $5 billion in monthly terms. And we planned that it was 7 billion will be for the whole year, but received per month. I would expect that by the end of the year we will have a global budget deficit of about $ 50 billion. This will be about 30-35% of our GDP. This is a very large deficit. This is a problem of war. Therefore such a deficit.
12:40 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that near the Bogdanovtsy checkpoint in the Khmelnytsky region, "a transshipment base with US-supplied ammunition for HIMARS and shells for American large-caliber M777 howitzers" was allegedly destroyed.
12:35 Peskov said that "a strike on the military infrastructure in the port of Odessa cannot and should not affect the process of grain shipment" within the framework of the agreement reached.
12:33 Zelensky fired Ruslan Demchenko from the post of First Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council. The media recalled that in 2010 Demchenko lobbied for the "Kharkov agreements", according to which Ukraine extended the stay of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea.
12:14 In Slavyansk, Donetsk region, due to the critical situation with the infrastructure, it will not be possible to start the heating season this year, Mayor Vadim Lyakh said.
11:45 In the Boryspil district of the Kiev region, control is being strengthened at checkpoints. According to the district administration, in connection with the exercises, since July 25, document checks will be intensified in the territory of the Boryspil district, additional precautions will also be introduced. The administration urges people to carry identification documents with them.
11:22 Washington and Kiev are working on a "Plan B" to unblock Ukrainian grain exports after Russia's strike on the port of Odessa, Samantha Power, head of the US Agency for International Development, said: "Plan B includes road, rail and river transport, as well as shipping barges and adjusting rail systems to better match European ones." She also added that this is done "in case of unforeseen circumstances, since you can not trust anything that Putin says."
11:07 In the "LPR" they opened a reception for organizing a "referendum" on joining Russia, where they will tell people about the procedure for holding it in the occupied territory.
10:35 The Polish Ministry of Defense confirmed that Warsaw has already handed over PT-91 Twardy tanks to Ukraine. The department did not name their number.
10:04 In the Zaporozhye region, the enemy fired at the Novoaleksandrovsky community of the Zaporozhye region yesterday. There were no casualties, residential buildings and infrastructure facilities were destroyed, an agricultural firm in the village of Yulyevka was damaged, said Alexander Starukh, head of the OVA.
10:01 In the evening, the Russians opened mortar fire on the outskirts of Belopolye, Sumy region, and also fired at the territory of the Krasnopol community from Gradov. There are no losses or destruction, said the head of the OVA, Dmitry Zhivitsky.
09:47 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of July 25. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kramatorsk direction.
- personnel - about 39,700 (+180) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1730 (+8),
- armored combat vehicles - 3950 (+8),
- artillery systems - 876 (+7),
- MLRS - 257 (+2),
- air defense systems - 116 (+3),
- aircraft - 222 (+1),
- helicopters - 188 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 719 (+5),
- cruise missiles - 174 (+4),
- ships/boats - 15 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 2832 (+9),
- special equipment - 73 (+0).
09:41 On the night of July 24, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit a hotel in the city of Krasny Luch, Lugansk region, where the command post of the Russians was located, as a result of which 100 military men were destroyed, Stratkom reports. The department added that the number of those killed will increase due to injuries.
09:30 The occupiers fired at Chuguev at night, the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov said. They hit civilian objects - a school, as well as a house of culture, where people were hiding in the basement. The House of Culture was completely destroyed, rescuers had already freed three people from the rubble, but there were still people in the basement. According to the police, preliminary shelling was carried out from the S300 air defense system from the territory of Russia, some of the missiles were shot down by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:28 Explosions were heard in Nikolaev at night - these are enemy missiles that hit outside the city, in the fields, the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim said. In addition, the village of Mishkovo-Pogorelovo was subjected to heavy shelling, where houses, cars, infrastructure facilities were damaged and a seven-year-old child was wounded.
08:56 This morning Russians fired from MLRS on the outskirts of Kramatorsk, Mayor Alexander Goncharenko said. There is destruction in the private sector, there were no casualties.
08:52 The invaders have resumed power supply in the port of Mariupol and are preparing to transship the stolen Ukrainian grain. Yesterday, the first grain carriers were recorded in the city, which entered from the Donetsk direction and moved towards the port, said Petr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.
08:33 The Russian army tried to reach the borders of the Luhansk region from three sides. As the head of the Luhansk OVA, Sergei Gaidai, said, the Russians attacked in several directions at once, trying to disperse the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but on July 24 they again retreated with losses. At the same time, massive shelling of settlements in the region continues.
08:27 British intelligence notes that "futile battles" continue in the Donbass and Kherson direction. Russian commanders are faced with a dilemma: either secure the offensive in the east or bolster the defenses in southern Ukraine.
According to intelligence, on July 18, 10 km from the border with Ukraine, near Barvinka, Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, a Russian base for the repair of military equipment was discovered, which housed at least 300 damaged vehicles, including tanks, armored personnel carriers and trucks. Analysts believe that, in addition to personnel problems, Russia is likely to continue its efforts to evacuate and repair thousands of military vehicles that were damaged during the fighting in Ukraine.
08:22 In the Donetsk region, eight civilians died from Russian shelling over the past day - three in Pavlovka, one each in Bakhmut, Galitsinovka, Novonikolaylovka, Yuzhny and Seversk.
07:53 In the Donetsk region, the Ukrainian military repelled enemy assault actions on Berestovo - Ivano-Daryevka and Verkhnekamenka - Ivano-Daryevka, as well as in the direction of Vershina - Lugansk. The invaders had to retreat. The enemy is also advancing near Disputed in the direction of Seversk, the fighting continues, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report .
07:11 Russian troops attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region all night, hit three districts - Nikopol, Dnipro and Krivoy Rog, said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko. Six private houses and a gas pipeline were damaged in the Mirovskaya community of the Nikopol district, and a ten-year-old girl was injured. In the Lyubimov community of the Dniprovsky district, two rockets hit an agricultural enterprise.
04:29 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Russians hope to gain a foothold on the northern shore of the Uglegorsk reservoir. They probably plan to move north of Bakhmut over rough terrain. At the same time, previous attempts to advance from the south of Bakhmut were largely halted by water features in Svetlodarsk.
On July 24, Russian forces launched limited ground attacks northwest of Slovyansk, east of Seversk, and south of Bakhmut, limited ground attacks in the Kherson region. ISW also notes that over the past week, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have damaged all three Russian-controlled bridges leading to Kherson.
02:34 AFU in the south destroyed the command and observation post of the 785th separate special forces detachment of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, two ammunition depots and the Fagot anti-tank missile system, OK Pivden reported.
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