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2022-08-01 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: July 31st, 2022

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[Korrespondent] 22:41 Zelensky said in an evening video message that strategically Russia has no chance of winning this war: "And you need to hold on so that the terrorist state feels its loss at the tactical levels. You need to stay in the south, in the east and everywhere. Stay on the defensive , in diplomacy, in politics. Preserve our unity - and not only before victory, but also after it, in order to qualitatively restore everything destroyed by the occupiers."

20:33 The Parliament of Montenegro adopted a resolution in which it strongly condemned the open act of aggression and military intervention of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, and called on the Russian authorities to urgently stop the hostilities.

20:14 Assault and army aviation of the Russian Federation hit Avdeevka, Novoselovka and Yuryevka. The invaders tried to advance in the areas of Kamenka and Peskov, but the assault failed. However, in the Avdiivka area, individual enemy units have partial success, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

19:59 The Russians launched two Iskander-type missiles from the territory of Crimea in the Odessa region, OK Pivden reported. From the explosion of rockets in the air in the Odessa region, the so-called heat traps scattered - they look like an unexploded projectile or have the shape of a dart with an orange tail. The command warns that this is a dangerous thing, since it has a high combustion temperature and can cause large-scale burns. There is no information about the victims yet.

18:57 A battalion-tactical group of the Russian Airborne Forces was transferred to Crimea in order to send it to war in Ukraine, Vadim Skibitsky, a representative of the GUR MOU, told Radio Liberty: "There is constant movement. They have strengthened the air defense system. They understand that there is a threat." According to Skibitsky, the planes deliver missiles for the S-300 and S-400 air defense systems to Crimea.

"Military goods are constantly being transported to the Crimean peninsula. Therefore, transport workers in Crimea are not news to us... Other military cargo is being moved. Personnel are moving," the representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate said.

18:48 Soon, in Ukraine, for the first time since February 24, an airport can start operating: the Transcarpathian Regional Council has allocated 26 million hryvnias for the Uzhhorod Airport, Head of the Regional Council Volodymyr Chubirko said. According to him, this is the only airport in Ukraine that can operate for passenger traffic, because the runway starts from Slovakia and ends in Slovakia. The take-off board enters the sky of the EU, not Ukraine, which is now closed.

18:43 A rocket attack was carried out on the territory of one of the communities in the Odessa region, the rocket hit the quarry, information about the victims is being specified, the district military administration said.

18:22 Maxar satellite imagery of the Yelenovka colony appears to show traces of dug graves, analyst Oliver Alexander and Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins said. According to Higgins, the movement of soil on the territory of the colony occurred in the region of July 18-21, that is, more than a week before the death of Ukrainian prisoners of war. From this, Alexander concludes that the military could have been killed earlier than it was reported to the "DNR".

18:09 Nikolaev becomes the second Mariupol - about 40 rockets were fired at the city tonight, the head of the regional council Anna Zamazeeva said: "This is one of the largest shelling of the city since the beginning of a full-scale invasion. I repeat - the city is being purposefully killed."

17:50 Operational command Pivden warns of the highest possible threat of rocket attacks from the sea. In the Black Sea near the Crimean coast from Cape Tarkhankut to Novorossiysk, 17 warships and boats of the Black Sea Fleet are maneuvering, including six carriers of Caliber cruise missiles (44 missiles) and four large landing ships.

17:29 Putin approved the Marine Doctrine of the Russian Federation, according to which the main threat to Russia's national security in the oceans is "the US course towards dominance and the growth of NATO activity." The priorities in the "national interests" section include the development of the Arctic zone and the Northern Sea Route, as well as the right to lay submarine cables and pipelines and provide opportunities for the construction of aircraft carriers.

17:18 In Sevastopol, a yellow level of terrorist threat is introduced after an incident with an explosion near the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, said "governor" Mikhail Razvozhaev.

16:47 The first ship with grain is likely to leave Ukraine on Monday, August 1, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin told the Star newspaper. According to him, Ankara is in constant contact with the Ukrainian and Russian sides. Kalyn also noted that the dialogue should be maintained not only in terms of the grain agreement, but also in other areas: "If the agreement on the supply of grain is successful, it is possible that peace negotiations will begin."

16:21 Russia does not respond to Ukraine's demand to return the bodies of the dead prisoners in Yelenovka, Vereshchuk said at a briefing in Kremenchug: "The Ombudsman made a statement, we, as authorized officers, also made requests. So far, there is no response from Russia."

15:33 60% of the population left Melitopol, but even if there are no people left in the city, the invaders will bring their own to shoot propaganda videos about the "referendum," Mayor Ivan Fyodorov said. According to him, since Monday, people have been forced to take a special pass from the commandant's office to leave. During the day, the invaders release no more than 200-300 cars. And in the queue - more than 800 cars with those wishing to leave the occupied territory.

15:18 Podolyak said that, in his opinion, the death of Alexei Vadatursky was not an accident, but a deliberate and organized premeditated murder.

15:16 The Ukrainian harvest this year may be halved, Zelensky said: "Our main goal is to prevent a global food crisis caused by the Russian invasion. We are finding alternative ways to deliver grain."

14:44 Reznikov thanked Italy for the new military aid package for Ukraine. What exactly will be included in the package is not reported.

14:37 In the village of Novoye Zalesye, Buchansky district, Kiev region, police officers found the body of another civilian killed by the Russians, said Andriy Nebitov, head of the Kiev region police. The body was found next to the abandoned positions of the Russian military. The hands of the deceased were tied with a rope fastened through an iron carabiner of a towing cable. It was also wound around the neck of the deceased. Everything indicates that the man was strangled before his death.

14:16 The occupiers are withdrawing personnel from the territory of the villages of Verkhniy Tokmak and Chernigovka in the Zaporozhye region after the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the night of July 29, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reports. About 40 wounded were taken to the hospital in the city of Pologi. Almost all units were withdrawn from Chernigovka. Currently, several checkpoints and no more than 100 soldiers remain near the settlement. The rest of the occupiers, along with equipment, were distributed in the cities of Tokmak and Berdyansk.

When leaving the settlements, the Russians are trying to create the appearance of a planned rotation. In fact, they intend to completely leave the village and have begun mining access roads, intelligence noted.

13:44 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the Russian Aerospace Forces struck at the deployment point of the Kraken formation on the territory of the technical school in Kharkov.

13:31 Russian senator from Crimea Olga Kovitidi said that the drone attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet was carried out from Sevastopol, operational-search work is underway to find the perpetrators.

13:18 Podolyak said that what happened in Yelenovka is a terrorist attack: "The media continue to write about the" attack on Yelenovka. "But is there at least one proof of the impact? 1. Satellite images show that only one building was damaged. the prisoners were transferred right before the attack. 3. Analysis of the photo indicates a thermobaric explosion from the inside. Impact? No, a terrorist attack."

12:57 The command of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that the Russians did not dare to spend the day of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol and came up with a reason to cancel the events. With statements about an allegedly Ukrainian drone in Sevastopol, the enemy recognizes his air defense as incapable and casts even more doubt on the existence of the Crimean bridge, the Navy notes.

12:40 The head of the CAA of Kryvyi Rih, Oleksandr Vilkul, announced rewards for traitors helping the invaders: 50,000 hryvnias for fire spotters, information gatherers and saboteurs, as well as 10,000 hryvnias for agitators of the "Russian world".

12:06 Vladimir Rogov, a representative of the "administration" of the occupied Zaporozhye region, said that "representatives of 16 countries, including those from the EU and North America," are allegedly ready to become observers at a pseudo-referendum on joining the Russian Federation.

11:29 British intelligence reports that the Russian Federation continues to use the territory of Belarus to strike at Ukraine. Analysts say Lukashenka is following Moscow's line in the war, his regime is becoming increasingly authoritarian, and baseless accusations against the West indicate that the Belarusian president has become almost completely dependent on Russia.

11:27 Putin said that the supply of Zircon hypersonic missiles to the troops will begin in the coming months.

11:17 The Red Cross said that its representatives were not allowed to the site of the explosion in Yelenovka, contrary to the requirements of the Geneva Convention.

11:13 The first caravan of 16 dry cargo ships with Ukrainian grain will arrive in Turkey on August 3, CNN Turk reports. At the initiative of Ankara, the first ships with grain will then proceed to the shores of Somalia.

10:39 A colony in the occupied Yelenovka, Donetsk region, where Ukrainian prisoners of war were massively killed, was blown up from the inside - this is confirmed by new satellite images from Maxar. They were published by American journalist Christopher Miller.

10:33 In the Sumy region, the Russians fired at the Miropol community from mortars and cannon artillery early in the morning, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. The farm caught fire as a result of the shelling. Zhivitsky also specified that as a result of Saturday shelling of the Seredino-Budskaya community, one person was killed and two were injured.

10:20 As a result of night shelling of Nikolaev the owner of one of the largest agricultural companies of Ukraine Nibulon Alexey Vadatursky and his wife were lost , people's deputy Alexey Goncharenko reported. Vadatursky was 74 years old. In 2021, Forbes Ukraine estimated his fortune at $430 million. He was in the top 100 richest Ukrainians.

09:47 Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas reacted to the massacre of Azov residents in Yelenovka: "Once again, we are witnessing the cruel and heinous crimes committed by Russia. The massacre of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Yelenovka repeats the darkest pages of history. There should be no impunity for war crimes, just as there can be no return to relations with war criminals."

09:26 In the Donetsk region, as a result of Russian shelling, three civilians per day were killed - two in Reznikovka and one in Maidan. Eight more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.

09:21 In Nikolaev as a result of night attacks one person was lost, two are wounded. The buildings of a hotel, a sports complex, two educational institutions, a service station and private houses were damaged, said the head of the OVA, Vitaly Kim.

09:04 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of July 31. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk direction.

personnel - about 40,830 (+160) people liquidated,

tanks - 1763 (+4),

armored combat vehicles - 4004 (+9),

artillery systems - 916 (+10),

MLRS - 259 (+1),

air defense systems - 117 (+0),

aircraft - 223 (+1),

helicopters - 190 (+0),

UAV operational-tactical level - 735 (+2),

cruise missiles - 174 (+0),

ships/boats - 15 (+0),

automotive equipment and tankers - 2902 (+13),

special equipment - 80 (+2).

08:51 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russians fired at two districts - Nikopol and Krivorozhsky, said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko. In particular, up to 50 shells from Gradov were fired at residential areas of Nikopol, one person was wounded. And in the morning, the enemy attacked Nikopol with two cruise missiles, the extent of the destruction and information about the victims are being specified.

08:38 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Russian troops are likely to give preference to offensive operations in the direction of Bakhmut and around Donetsk due to efforts to take Seversk and Slavyansk. Analysts say it is highly unlikely that Russian offensives will end up capturing Bakhmut or making gains west of Donetsk, even if they manage to take the towns of Avdiivka and Peski.

ISW also reports that Ukrainian troops thwarted a Russian assault in the Kherson region with preemptive artillery strikes.

Satellite imagery with geolocation showed the build-up of the Russian army from June 19 to July 28 in Urazovo, Belgorod region, 12 km east of the border. It is possible that Russian troops are increasing the amount of military equipment in the area to support the advance from Izyum to the west, experts believe.

08:12 "Governor" of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev said that a Ukrainian drone allegedly attacked the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet, five people were injured, all festive events in honor of the Navy Day in the city were canceled for security reasons. In turn, the speaker of the Odesa OVA, Sergei Bratchuk, said that reports of a Ukrainian attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol are an outright provocation: "The liberation of our Crimea from the occupiers will not happen this way and much more effectively. Everything has its time."

07:45 In the Slavic and Bakhmut directions, the Russians conducted assault operations, but suffered losses and retreated, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the morning report .

06:18 Nikolaev was subjected to massive shelling at night - "probably the strongest of all time," the mayor of the city, Alexander Senkevich, said. Powerful explosions were heard after 1:00 and around 5:00. A number of objects were destroyed, residential buildings were damaged, fires broke out.

04:53 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov reported on night shelling of the city. In particular, there is information about the shelling of the Nemyshlyansky district. Previously, there is damage to several buildings.

00:59 In the Kherson region, the invaders continue to prepare for the "referendum", a "voyage" of State Duma deputies was planned, but someone "leaked" their travel schedule, said Yuriy Sobolevsky, First Deputy Chairman of the Kherson Regional Council. Now, according to him, the Russians will have to change the schedule of the tour, moreover, it is possible that Moscow officials "will have to take the water" to get to Kherson.

00:26 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that Russia "in the interests of an objective investigation of the strike on the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka" officially invited experts from the UN and the Red Cross.

00:03 Assault aircraft of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on July 30 launched powerful air strikes in several strategic directions. Two field ammunition depots, two company strongholds, up to 20 units of armored combat vehicles, dozens of invaders were destroyed, the command of the Air Force reports.

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