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2023-07-18 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: July 17th, 2023
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] 23:18 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he had sent official letters to Erdogan and Guterres with a proposal to extend the work of the Black Sea Grain Initiative or its analogue in a trilateral format: "Ukraine, the UN and Turkey can jointly ensure the operation of the food corridor and the inspection of ships. This is necessary for everyone in the world, and everyone who supports will become a life saver in a vast area from Morocco to China, from Indonesia to Lebanon."
22:36 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar explained what is happening in the Kupyansk direction. According to her, as soon as the Armed Forces of Ukraine intercept the operational initiative and begin to move forward, the enemy immediately activates in additional directions in order to divert and drag Ukrainian forces there.
“Actually, the same thing is happening now. The Russians panicked from our advance in the Bakhmut direction. Because it is, although gradual, but daily, and we occupied almost all the dominant heights around the city. Therefore, the situation is predictable. The enemy moved to the distracting Kupyansky direction, as I have done more than once, but to no avail," Malyar said.
21:50 Washington insists that the grain deal be extended as soon as possible, said US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. At the same time, according to him, the West and Kyiv will consider options for exporting food from Ukraine to world markets in connection with the withdrawal of the Russian Federation from the grain deal. At the same time, Blinken did not comment on the undermining of the Crimean bridge. He noted that the United States is monitoring the situation, but Kyiv itself decides how to conduct military operations.
21:19 The West condemned Russia's decision to withdraw from the grain agreement and asks to return to the project, while Ukraine proposes to extend the corridor without the Russian Federation. For more details, see the material Withdrawal of the Russian Federation from the grain agreement: what are the consequences .
20:34 Kuleba is holding urgent consultations on the grain agreement at the UN headquarters in New York, the Foreign Ministry said.
20:07 Putin promised "Russia's response to the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge." According to him, the Russian Defense Ministry is preparing "corresponding proposals." He also called "senseless from a military point of view and cruel act of terrorism" on the Crimean bridge.
20:05 The movement of cars on the Crimean bridge can be partially resumed by the end of today, while two-way traffic on one side of the bridge is planned to be launched on September 15, on the other side - in November, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin said at a meeting on the situation with Crimean bridge with the participation of Putin.
Khusnullin said that there was no damage to the pillars of the Crimean bridge, but one part of the span towards Kerch was completely destroyed, it would have to be dismantled. Also, according to him, one track of the railway part of the Crimean bridge has minor damage.
19:39 Sweden will allocate more than $584 million to Ukraine for the resumption and implementation of reforms. The new bilateral cooperation strategy is the most ambitious in the history of Sweden and is calculated until 2027, the government of the country said.
19:36 A very powerful group of the Russian Federation is now concentrated in the Limano-Kupyansk direction - more than 100 thousand personnel, over 900 tanks and 370 MLRS, said Sergey Cherevaty, speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He also said that the losses of the enemy in the Bakhmut area are approaching those that were during the peak of the fighting with the Wagnerites.
19:27 Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky said that he visited combat brigades in the Eastern direction, met with unit commanders and servicemen in each of the brigades. According to him, the operational situation remains difficult - in order to stop the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Bakhmut area, the enemy is actively deploying additional forces there, the basis of which are units of the airborne troops.
At the same time, the Russians went on the offensive in the Kupyansk direction, "setting themselves the goal of defeating our troops in the Kupyansk area and continuing the offensive deep into our battle formations," Syrsky added.
19:20 During today's shelling of Belopolye, Sumy region, a fire department was injured, six firefighters were injured, said the head of the State Emergency Service Serhiy Kruk. In total, two people were killed and ten wounded as a result of the shelling, the IVA said.
19:08 UN Secretary General António Guterres sent a letter to Putin with a new proposal to keep the grain corridor open. The letter says, in particular, that Russia's decision to terminate the initiative "will deal a blow to people in need around the world," but the UN will continue to promote the export of products and fertilizers from Ukraine and Russia. Guterres also said that in his message to Putin he announced an agreement on connecting the "daughter" of Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT.
18:43 The next meeting in the Ramstein format will be held on Tuesday, July 18, Reznikov said.
18:26 The United States will allocate more than $500 million in humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, USAID reported. Assistance will be provided through UN structures and non-governmental organizations, including local humanitarian organizations. The total amount of humanitarian aid from the United States since February 2022 has exceeded $2.6 billion.
18:12 Washington's main position on the war in Ukraine is the unwillingness to start the Third World War, said Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan: "The main position of the United States comes down to one clear point: we are going to support Ukraine without American soldiers fighting Russian. And this will remain constant throughout the course of the conflict."
17:45 The Defense Council of the Kharkiv region decided on the mandatory evacuation of children from nine settlements of the Volchansky community of the Chuguevsky district, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. In total, there are 194 children on the territory of the Volchansk urban community, of which 144 are in the city of Volchansk. They must be evacuated to safer settlements in the region, along with at least one of their parents or guardian.
17:19 Due to Russia's sabotage of the grain corridor, the world did not receive an additional 25 million tons of agricultural products, said Dmitry Barinov, deputy head of the Ukrainian Sea Ports Administration. According to him, over the 11 months of the grain initiative, Ukraine has supplied 32.5 million tons of agricultural products to 45 countries of the world, including more than 4 million tons of food to African countries.
16:58 There are different versions of the attack on the Crimean bridge: from marine drones and a hydro scooter with explosives to an Iranian "Shahed" hit. For more details, see the material Crimean Bridge: who and how could damage it.
16:26 Zelensky said in an interview with African journalists that the grain corridor should work without Russia: "We must do everything so that we can use this Black Sea corridor. We are not afraid. We were approached by companies that own ships. They said that if Ukraine will let go, and Turkey will let through, then everyone is ready to continue grain supplies."
According to the president, Ukraine will officially appeal to the UN and Turkey to confirm their readiness to continue the grain initiative. He also recalled that Ukraine did not have any agreements with the Russian Federation: “We had two agreements: Ukraine, Turkey, the UN; the second agreement is Russia, Turkey, the UN. Therefore, when Russia says that it is stopping, it disrupts its agreements with UN Secretary General Guterres and with President Erdogan. Not with us. We had no agreements with them."
15:51 The Russians fired at Belopolye of the Sumy region - two people were killed, at least ten more were injured, Mayor Yuri Zarko said.
15:17 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen condemned Russia's termination of the grain agreement. The EU is working to ensure food security for vulnerable people around the world, she said. The "corridors of solidarity" of the European Union will continue to export agricultural products from Ukraine and to world markets, she stressed.
14:43 The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that the Black Sea Initiative will stop functioning from July 18, the joint coordination center in Istanbul will be disbanded. Russia also withdraws guarantees for the safety of navigation, turns off the maritime humanitarian corridor in the northwestern Black Sea and restores the regime of a "temporarily dangerous area" in the northwestern Black Sea. At the same time, Moscow will be ready to restore the work of the grain corridor "upon receiving concrete results, not promises and assurances."
14:36 The production of drones in Ukraine has grown by more than 100 times in some categories compared to last year. “More drones are needed. And there will be,” Mikhail Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Digital Development, assured.
14:14 The UK has announced new sanctions in response to Russia's forced deportation of Ukrainian children, the President's Office said. In particular, the commissioner for children's rights in the Moscow region Ksenia Mishonova, the Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Sergey Kravtsov, as well as a number of Russian propagandists, including Anton Krasovsky, who called for the drowning and burning of Ukrainian children live, fell under the sanctions.
13:49 According to the preliminary data of the Belarus Gayun monitoring group, about 350-600 Wagner mercenaries and about 100 pieces of equipment (mainly cars, as well as trucks, buses, etc.) have already arrived in Belarus.
13:43 Erdogan confirmed the completion of the grain agreement. He intends to discuss the reopening of the grain corridor during Putin's expected visit to Turkey.
13:40 In the "DPR" the curfew is lifted to ensure round-the-clock travel through the "alternative" land corridor to the Crimea, Pushilin said. At the same time, in the part of the occupied Zaporozhye region, restrictions will continue to apply, it is forbidden to move at night.
13:18 Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power arrived in Kiev for the second time since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
12:46 The SBU detained an FSB agent who reported to the Russians on the consequences of the strike on Kramatorsk, which killed 13 people. This task he received immediately after the air attack on the city. Most of all, the FSB was interested in information about the number of dead and injured after the missile attack, as well as about which of them were related to the Ukrainian Defense Forces. The FSB informant also tracked the locations and movements of Ukrainian defenders in Kramatorsk.
12:19 Peskov said that the grain deal is terminated , but Russia "will immediately return to it as soon as the agreements concerning it are fulfilled." Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Moscow today officially notified Turkey and Ukraine, the UN secretariat "of its objection to the extension of the grain deal."
12:15 Details about the events around the Crimean bridge - in the material Explosions on the Crimean bridge. Online .
12:10 The Chinese Foreign Ministry said that Beijing hopes to extend the grain deal: "We are ready to strengthen cooperation with all parties in this area, promote the formation of greater international consensus, make a positive contribution to global food security."
11:44 All the details on the organization of the undermining of the Crimean bridge, the Security Service of Ukraine "will definitely reveal after our victory," SBU speaker Artem Dekhtyarenko told Liga. "So far, we are watching with interest how one of the symbols of the Putin regime has once again failed to withstand the military load," he added.
11:17 Another large convoy of PMC Wagner has arrived in Belarus, reports the monitoring group Belaruska Gayun. The column includes at least 20 vehicles of various modifications, which move with the flags of the Russian Federation and with the symbols of PMC Wagner. This is at least the third convoy with mercenaries that arrived in Belarus since July 11. They go to a field camp in the village of Zell. The New York Times also reports, citing recent satellite imagery, a surge in activity at the camp.
10:44 British intelligence states that Russia is experiencing an increasing shortage of counter-battery weapons, which leads to problems on the battlefield. Analysts note that in order to identify Ukrainian artillery and defeat it with their own artillery, the Russians need counter-battery radar stations, especially the modern Zoo-1M. Most likely, only a small number of systems deployed at the beginning continue to function at present, intelligence reports.
10:27 The National Anti-Terrorism Committee of the Russian Federation stated that the attack on the Crimean Bridge was carried out at 3:05 am by two supposedly Ukrainian unmanned surface vehicles. The attack killed two people and injured one child. A criminal case was initiated under the article "terrorist act". Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the decision to attack the Crimean bridge "is made by Ukrainian officials and the military, with the participation of American and British intelligence services."
09:59 Training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighters has not yet begun, the first group of pilots is expected to leave, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said.
09:40 At night, the Russians launched a missile attack on Kramatorsk - two people were injured, residential buildings and the territory of the enterprise were damaged. In addition, two more people were wounded in the region over the past day in Zolotaya Niva and Pleshcheevka. In the Kherson region over the past day, due to Russian shelling, one person was killed, nine were injured, of which two were children, according to the IVA.
09:28 "The head of the parliament" of Crimea, Vladimir Konstantinov, said that the Crimean bridge was allegedly attacked by Ukraine. He also claims that the railway track of the bridge was not damaged, "Crimea is connected to mainland Russia by a land corridor in the north, the peninsula is not isolated."
09:19 In the morning, the enemy fired on the city of Volchansk, Chuguevsky district, Kharkiv region - according to preliminary information, one person was injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. He also said that last night around 19:00 and 22:00 the enemy fired at Kharkiv with S-300 missiles twice. One of the rockets exploded in the air over the territory of the Russian Federation, four hits were recorded in the city on the territory of an enterprise in the Osnovyansky district. One person died, four were injured.
09:14 The representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate Andrey Yusov said that intelligence does not comment on the causes of the events on the Crimean bridge: "One can only quote the words of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate Kirill Budanov that the Crimean bridge is a superfluous structure there." Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, believes that the events on the Crimean bridge may be a provocation by the Russians on the eve of the end of the grain agreement, which was supposed to be extended on July 18.
In turn, a number of media outlets, in particular Ukrayinska Pravda, write, citing their own sources, that it was allegedly a special operation by the SBU and the Navy using surface drones.
08:58 Over the past week, as a result of offensive actions in the East and South, almost 18 square meters were liberated. km, and the total liberated area during the offensive is 210.5 square meters. km, said Anna Malyar.
She also said that since the end of last week, the enemy has been actively advancing in the Kupyansky direction of the Kharkiv region. Ukrainian troops are on the defensive, they are putting up strong resistance, but the situation is difficult, there are heavy battles. On the southern flank around Bakhmut, the Ukrainian Armed Forces advanced every day during the past week. Over the past week, as a result of improving the operational situation and leveling the front line in the Bakhmut direction, 7 sq. km, and in total during the offensive - 31 square meters. km.
In the South, the Defense Forces carried out offensive operations and were successful in the areas of Makarovka, Staromayorskoye; Novodarovka, Shelter; Malaya Tokmachka, Novopokrovka; Pyatikhatki, Grozovoe. For a week in certain areas there is an advance deep into the enemy from the Ukrainian defense line, 10.9 square meters have been liberated. km. In general, the advance from the beginning of the offensive in the South is 9.25 km, the liberated area is 179.5 square meters. km.
08:47 Public shows photos and videos of the Crimean bridge at the site of the collapse. Meanwhile, the "authorities" of the peninsula called on tourists and local residents to use the land route, which runs through the occupied territories of Ukraine.
08:20 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 17:
- personnel - about 238,300 (+620) people liquidated,
- tanks - 4115 (+8),
- armored combat vehicles - 8034 (+8),
- artillery systems - 4504 (+23),
- MLRS - 685 (+4),
- air defense systems - 428 (+3),
- aircraft - 315 (+0),
- helicopters - 310 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 3828 (+8),
- cruise missiles - 1273 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 7059 (+15),
- special equipment - 677 (+11).
07:28 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions - 28 military clashes have occurred over the past day, the General Staff said in the morning summary . In particular, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to regain the lost positions northwest of Kurdyumovka in the Bakhmut direction and in the northern part of Staromayorsky Donetsk region in the Shakhtyor direction. The defense forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, consolidate on the achieved lines, and conduct counter-battery combat.
05:13 An explosion occurred on the Crimean bridge, as a result of which two people died, another was injured, local publics write. The "head" of the occupying authorities in Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, does not confirm the information about the explosion, but said that an "extraordinary event" occurred on the bridge near the 145th support from the Krasnodar Territory. Telegram channels write that a significant part of the bridge collapsed after the explosion .
00:22 Biden allowed European countries to start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets , US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said: "The President has given the green light, and we will allow, support, assist and actually provide the necessary tools to Ukrainians have started training on F-16s as soon as the Europeans are ready." He added that European countries need several weeks to prepare training opportunities, and the US will not delay the process.
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