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[Korrespondent] 19:23 The UK has trained 18,000 Ukrainian infantry volunteers under the Op Interflex training program, the country's Ministry of Defense reported. The program began to operate on June 26, 2022.
17:39 The Russians fired from Gradov on the village of Stepnogorskoye, Zaporozhye region, hit the administrative building of the village council - three people were injured, the President's Office reported.
17:15 Ukraine has changed the tactics of the counteroffensive after significant losses of equipment, writes The New York Times. According to the publication, in the first two weeks of the counteroffensive, up to 20% of military equipment delivered to the front, including Western models, were damaged or destroyed. After changing tactics, this figure dropped to 10%. In particular, the UAF focused more on wearing down Russian forces with artillery and long-range missiles than on attacking Russian-mined fields.
15:33 South Korean President Yun Sok-yeol during his visit to Ukraine promised to increase aid from $100 million last year to $150 million in 2023.
14:52 India and France are developing a new "peace plan" for Ukraine, writes Le Monde, citing sources following the visit of the Indian Prime Minister to Paris on July 13-14. According to the publication, we are talking about initiatives that differ from the various proposals put forward earlier by China and the countries of the Global South. At the same time, Modi does not present himself as an intermediary - unlike Brazilian President Lula da Silva.
13:40 The FSB of the Russian Federation announced that it had prevented the "preparation by the Ukrainian special services of the murder" of Margarita Simonyan, in addition, the murder of Ksenia Sobchak was allegedly planned. Members of the Paragraph-88 group were detained, who allegedly confirmed that they were preparing assassination attempts "on the instructions of the SBU" for a reward of 1.5 million rubles for each murder.
12:58 The Ministry of Reintegration announced a free evacuation from the Sumy region. Already today, the first evacuation train departed from Sumy to Kyiv, which will run every day. At the station, Ukrposhta pays each citizen upon arrival UAH 3,000 for children and persons with disabilities and UAH 2,000 for everyone else. All those who wish will be accommodated by the Kiev OVA in a modular town in the Vyshgorodsky district.
12:19 The Russians fired on the village. Kolodeznoye, Kupyansky district, Kharkiv region: one person died, another was injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
11:42 The House of Representatives agreed on the draft US defense budget for 2024, which includes $ 300 million to promote the security of Ukraine.
11:05 International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan urged South Africa to make the "right decision" when Putin arrives in Johannesburg for the BRICS summit next month. He recalled that South Africa is a member of the ICC and already has experience in combating crimes against humanity, in particular the crime of apartheid.
10:34 South Korean President Yun Seok-yeol arrived in Ukraine on an unannounced visit , Yonhap reports.
10:20 A large convoy of PMC Wagner arrived in Belarus this morning, according to the monitoring group Belaruska Gayun. A column of cars and trucks on license plates "LDNR" entered Belarus at night from the Russian Federation in the Krichev region, after which they proceeded through Rogachev towards Bobruisk and then to Osipovichi. The route indicates that the column of Wagner PMCs is moving to a tent camp in the village of Target, analysts say. According to them, at least 60 vehicles were seen in the convoy, including pickups, large trucks, "loaves" and at least three buses for transporting people. The column was accompanied by the traffic police of the Republic of Belarus.
09:48 Europe is still waiting for US consent to train Ukrainian pilots on the F-16, writes Politico. Training cannot begin until the State Department formally signs a request for handover of manuals, flight simulators, and other materials. Permissions are waiting for 11 countries that have declared their readiness to start training Ukrainian pilots.
09:29 At night, the Russians attacked Zaporozhye, an infrastructure facility was damaged, one person was injured, said Anatoly Kurtev, secretary of the City Council.
09:21 At night, the air defense forces destroyed four of the six Shahed-136/131 strike drones, the Air Force command reported. Over the past day, in addition to 16 "Shaheds" shot down at night, air defense destroyed three operational-tactical reconnaissance UAVs (Orlan, Zala) and three attack drones of the Lancet type.
08:44 In the Donetsk region on July 14, it was possible to establish information about one person killed by the Russians - in Neskuchny. In the Zaporozhye region, one person was injured, according to the IVA.
08:30 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 15:
- personnel - about 237,180 (+590) people liquidated,
- tanks - 4102 (+5),
- armored combat vehicles - 8019 (+11),
- artillery systems - 4463 (+14),
- MLRS - 680 (+0),
- air defense systems - 425 (+2),
- aircraft - 315 (+0),
- helicopters - 310 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 3807 (+24),
- cruise missiles - 1273 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 7036 (+17),
- special equipment - 664 (+2).
07:46 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions, there are heavy battles. During the day, there were 32 combat clashes, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
00:12 Information about collaborators and traitors from the Kharkiv region, who may be in Europe, began to be entered into the Interpol database, said the head of the Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Kharkiv region Sergey Bolvinov. According to him, the receipt of such information by Interpol gives grounds to return these citizens to the territory of Ukraine. Bolvinov urged everyone who has truthful information about collaborators who are now hiding in Europe to report them to law enforcement officers. Currently, Interpol has been given information about 25 such fugitives
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