[Korrespondent] 23:39 Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said at the Aspen Security Forum that his country supports Ukraine, but it does not need a conflict with Russia: "Israel is definitely on the western side. Israel is definitely on the Ukrainian side. We support it with all diplomatic measures. We support her with humanitarian aid… We have opened a field hospital.”
However, when asked why not do more for Ukraine, Gantz replied: “We have our own operational considerations. We have a common air border with Russia over Syria ... So we have other calculations that we must take into account. Russia does not threatens us directly. But we have to make sure we have a dialogue with the Russians. We have to reduce the conflict with them."
| “Also, we’re in the middle of several wars over here, and can’t afford to send off all our weapons and ammunition while we still need them,” he added. |
22:56 Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko does not rule out that following tomorrow's meeting in Turkey, a document may be signed containing the obligations of the parties for the safe operation of export routes in the Black Sea: "The Ukrainian delegation will support only those decisions that will guarantee the security of the southern regions of Ukraine , the strong position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Black Sea and the safe export of Ukrainian agricultural products to world markets."
22:53 After the strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Antonovsky bridge, the occupiers stopped throwing military equipment across it, said the adviser to the head of the Kherson Regional Military District Serhiy Khlan.
22:49 Iran is ready to export military equipment and weapons to friendly countries, said the commander of the country's Land Forces Kiomars Heydari, reports Tasnim News Agency. According to him, the Iranian army has been able to develop the most advanced UAVs, which are used in long-range and cross-border reconnaissance, as well as in combat operations. At the same time, efforts are being made to expand the range and improve the accuracy of weapons.
22:46 Zelensky said that he had held talks with the president of Costa Rica today - for the first time in the history of relations between states: "I thanked him for supporting Ukraine - you can feel it, for opposing Russian propaganda and imposing sanctions." The head of state also noted that tomorrow he expects news from Turkey about the unblocking of Ukrainian ports.
22:40 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he held a regular meeting of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief today: “We discussed the current situation on the front line, around Ukraine. We identified tasks in some tactical areas to strengthen our positions. And we worked out the issue of supplying the latest weapons to the troops in a very substantive manner "We still need to increase the intensity of strikes against the enemy. The participants in the Stavka meeting agreed that there is a significant potential for advancing our forces at the front and for inflicting new tangible losses on the invaders."
22:17 Zelensky said in an evening video message about the "first real result" of the first lady's visit to the United States: "The senators submitted a draft resolution recognizing Russia's actions in Ukraine as genocide. The resolution notes that Russia's actions in Ukraine, including forced deportation to the Russian Federation and purposeful the killing of Ukrainian civilians during mass atrocities constitutes genocide against the people of Ukraine."
21:34 In the occupied part of the Kharkiv region, they began to pay pensions in rubles, Vitaly Ganchev, the head of the CAA, said: "The first tranche has been received and distributed among the districts of the Kharkiv region ... It's already July, we pay for June, soon people will receive for July."
21:29 Lukashenka said in an interview with AFP that he was ready to recognize the status of Crimea and the "LDPR": "If we have to, we will admit it. We cooperate with them and do not hide it. That is, we de facto recognized that there is Crimea, Lugansk and Donetsk. And this is all chatter: why Lukashenka was recognized there, not recognized. It is necessary - we recognize it by presidential decree."
21:18 The European Union has imposed sanctions against six Syrian citizens and the private security company Al-Sayyad Company for recruiting mercenaries for the war in Ukraine on the side of Russia, the official EU magazine reports. The Al-Sayyad Company itself, known as the ISIS Hunters, has been sanctioned for setting up a recruiting network. She works with PMC Wagner in Syria and is engaged in protecting the interests of the Russian Federation (protection of oil facilities).
20:52 The document on the "grain issue" will be signed in Istanbul on Friday, July 22, at 16:30. Erdogan and Guterres will attend the ceremony, the Turkish presidential administration said.
20:45 The tactics of Russian shelling of Kharkov has changed - if earlier the attacks were at night, then for the third day in a row the city has been shelled in the early morning, Mayor Igor Terekhov said on the air of the telethon. He also urged Kharkiv residents not to be at public transport stops during periods when shelling is most common.
20:08 UK intelligence chief Richard Moore believes that the Russian military will again pause the operational pause in the next few weeks, which will give Ukraine the opportunity to strike back: "I think they are about to run out of potential. Our assessment is that the Russians it will become increasingly difficult to supply manpower over the next few weeks... They will have to pause for a while, and this will give the Ukrainians an opportunity to strike back."
19:43 Lavrov admitted that the Kremlin is waging an aggressive war in Ukraine. He stated that the "geographical tasks" of the Russian war are expanding. Following Putin's "hawk" Medvedev said that the Russian army intends to "push Ukrainian troops not only from Donetsk, but also wider." Details about what this means - in the material Russia "expands the geography" of the war .
19:27 The National Security and Defense Council together with the Ministry of Defense launched a new module of the SOTA information and analytical system for the supply of weapons from partner countries, Alexey Danilov said at the presentation. He assured that all weapons from Western partners that enter Ukraine "are under close control, which can be seen."
19:08 UN Secretary General António Guterres will travel to Istanbul tonight as part of efforts to reach agreements on grain exports from Ukraine and Russia, the office of the Secretary General said.
18:52 A single information hub will be created in Ukraine, which will facilitate the work of military journalists, correspondents of Ukrainian and foreign media. This will allow the world community to be informed as quickly as possible about the situation at the front and about the use of equipment and weapons received by the Ukrainian army from partners, Yermak said following joint talks with Zaluzhny with Biden's national security adviser Jacob Sullivan and head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley.
18:04 In the Kharkiv region, from tomorrow alcohol will be sold in stores from 8:00 to 20:00, and in cafes, bars and restaurants from 8:00 to 22:00. The corresponding order was signed by the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
17:51 A new Prosecutor General of Ukraine will be appointed in the next ten days, Arakhamia said. His first and main task should be the appointment of the head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office.
17:24 Russia has canceled the military parade in Sevastopol, which was traditionally held on the Day of the Russian Navy on July 31, Russian media write. In addition, there will be no solemn meeting of sailors in the House of Officers, a festive reception for the commander, as well as a traditional military sports festival for residents of the city in the waters of the Sevastopol Bay. The reasons for the cancellation of events are not reported.
16:51 Lavrov, after talks in Moscow with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, said that Budapest wants to purchase additional volumes of gas from the Russian Federation.
16:27 Tomorrow's meeting in Turkey, which was supposed to finalize the agreements on grain, was canceled by the Russians. Meetings will continue online, people's deputy Oleksiy Goncharenko said. At the same time, the Russian Foreign Ministry today confirmed that the discussions are taking place online, and stated that "the parties have a constructive approach to the negotiations."
15:55 Lavrov's statement about the "expansion of the geography" of the war against Ukraine testifies to the preparation of the ground for the "attachment" of the occupied territories in the south, Vadim Skibitsky, deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said. According to him, at first the picture in the information field of the Russian Federation was based on the hostilities in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, but now the Kremlin is "creating the ground for resolving the status of the temporarily occupied territories in the south." This can happen through a pseudo-referendum or direct annexation of the occupied territories of Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.
15:41 The NBU estimates the fall of the Ukrainian economy in the second quarter of this year at 40%, and in general, by the end of 2022, it expects it to fall by a third. At the same time, the regulator notes that when the Black Sea ports are unblocked, the economy will return to growth in 2023-2024.
15:33 The UK will soon transfer more than 20 M109 self-propelled guns, 36 L119 105-mm howitzers and 50,000 artillery shells to Ukraine , Defense Minister Ben Wallace said. Also, Ukraine will be supplied with counter-battery radars, hundreds of drones and 1,600 anti-tank shells.
15:28 The Russian troops have never managed to destroy the HIMARS MLRS, and the Ukrainian military personnel are very effective in using American systems, destroying enemy warehouses, said the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley: "To date, these systems have not been destroyed by the Russians, I'm knocking on wood every time I say something like that."
15:02 In the Diya application, a survey on what to do with the coat of arms of the USSR on the Motherland monument in Kiev has ended. Almost 800 thousand people took part in the voting, which lasted two weeks. As a result, 85% of respondents voted to replace the coat of arms of the USSR with the coat of arms of Ukraine. Another 9% supported the idea of leaving the shield empty, simply removing the Soviet coat of arms, and only 6% would like everything to remain as it is.
14:46 Zelensky announced the creation of an English-language digital media @U24_gov_ua. Today starts the first show on YouTube called Fight for Freedom about the power of Ukrainian defenders. The pilot episode focuses on the role of military drones in this war.
14:29 Lavrov will hold talks in Moscow today with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó, Russian media report.
14:25 Russia has used 55-60% of its stocks of high-precision weapons, Vadim Skibitsky, a spokesman for the MOU's Main Intelligence Directorate, said. He clarified that we are talking about the Iskander, Kalibr systems, air-launched cruise missiles. At the same time, ballistic missiles were most used for the Iskander complex, although their use has not been recorded for a long time. According to Skibitsky, this is due to sanctions against Russia, since many of the components of this missile were foreign-made.
At the same time, he added that there are large stocks of old Soviet weapons - these are Kh-22 cruise missiles, which have already been used twice from the territory of Belarus, as well as other cruise missiles, a set of Smerch, Uragan rockets, aerial bombs. "It is very difficult to calculate what they have left there," Skibitsky admitted.
14:13 The Russian military dragged at least 14 units of heavy equipment with ammunition, weapons and explosives into the engine room of the first power unit of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Energoatom reports. The equipment of the Russians is located very close to the equipment responsible for the operation of the turbogenerator. In particular, in close proximity to the main oil tank, where flammable oil is stored. Also there is explosive hydrogen.
Energoatom notes that if, for example, an ammunition load accidentally detonates, the scale of the fire can be the same as during the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
13:32 The Russian occupiers not only demand from Mariupol farmers to collect and give the entire crop to the "DPR" property, but also force them to sign legal "papers" on the transfer of ownership of land plots and property to certain people free of charge. According to the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, after that, farmers are forbidden to evacuate in any direction, and they are obliged to work for hire practically for free.
13:11 Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi appealed to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken with a proposal to recognize Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism - otherwise Congress will do it, writes Politico.
12:46 EU countries agreed on a new package of sanctions against Russia , which included a ban on gold imports, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said: "Member states have agreed to our strengthened and extended EU sanctions against the Kremlin. I welcome this. This sends a strong a signal to Moscow: we will maintain high pressure for as long as it takes."
12:27 The number of victims of the attack on Kharkov has increased to 21 people, two people remain dead, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
11:50 "LPR" leader Leonid Pasechnik accused Google of promoting terrorism and extremism and said that the "LPR" would do without it: "We can manage without Google. If they improve, they start respecting people, we'll think about returning." According to Pasechnik, Google "is deliberately promoting terrorism and extremism, which means that it simply does not value its users from the Luhansk People's Republic."
11:33 As a result of the shelling of one of the districts of Kharkiv by Russian Hurricanes, there are already 19 wounded, among them one child. Four of the wounded are in critical condition. We also know of two deaths. As Oleg Sinegubov, the head of the OVA, said, the enemy hits only the streets of the city, shopping pavilions, and housing infrastructure. There is a hit in a residential building where a private dental office was located, there were no people inside the premises.
11:29 British intelligence reports that the Russian Federation and separatist forces continue to attempt small-scale attacks along the front line in Donbas. Russian forces are likely to be approaching Ukraine's second largest power plant, Uglegorska, 50km northeast of Donetsk. The Russians prioritize capturing critical national infrastructure such as power plants. But, probably, the Russian Federation is also trying to break through to Uglegorsk, trying to restore the pace of its advance towards Kramatorsk and Slavyansk.
11:23 SBU detained the spotter of missile strikes at the airport of Krivoy Rog - he turned out to be "an official of one of the most powerful industrial giants in the region." Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, the man has been collecting intelligence on the deployment and movement of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, recording the geolocation of critical infrastructure facilities and transmitting them to the occupiers through closed communication channels. Among other facts, the involvement of the detainee in adjusting the missile attack on the Krivoy Rog airport on March 10 is being checked.
11:19 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of July 21. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Slavic direction.
- personnel - about 38,850 (+100) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1704 (+4),
- armored combat vehicles - 3912 (+7),
- artillery systems - 859 (+3),
- MLRS - 251 (+1),
- air defense systems - 113 (+0),
- aircraft - 221 (+0),
- helicopters - 188 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 710 (+7),
- cruise missiles - 167 (+0),
- ships/boats - 15 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 2781 (+6),
- special equipment - 72 (+2).
11:12 The head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim said that tonight the Russians hit two missiles at one of the humanitarian headquarters, as a result of which thousands of tons of products were completely burned.
11:05 As a result of the shelling of Kharkov, it is already known about one dead, Mayor Igor Terekhov said. According to him, for the second day in a row, at about the same time, the occupier hits public transport stops. 17 people were injured today, of which one is in critical condition.
10:49 The death toll as a result of a rocket attack on Vinnitsa has grown to 26 people: a 20-year-old girl who had 98% of burns died in the hospital, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Borzov.
10:28 As a result of the shelling of one of the residential areas of Kharkiv, according to preliminary data, 17 people were injured , the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said.
10:24 For the first time since the beginning of a full-scale war, the National Bank lowered the official hryvnia exchange rate. The hryvnia has fallen in price by 25%, and now the rate is 36.5 hryvnia per dollar. The rate will remain fixed.
10:02 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov said that right now one of the most densely populated areas of the city is being shelled, there are wounded. There is a hit in one of the medical facilities.
09:55 T.S. The "military-civilian administration" of the Zaporozhye region stated that in the Russian-occupied city of Pologi, a fire broke out at an elevator due to shelling, as a result of which the roof collapsed. Due to the ongoing shelling, it is now impossible to extinguish the roof.
Also, the Russian media, citing Kirill Stremousov, the "deputy head of the VGA" of the Kherson region, report that they again tried to hit HIMARS on the Antonovsky bridge, but all 12 missiles were allegedly shot down by air defense.
09:43 CDU Bundestag member Roderich Kiesewetter shared details of German military aid deliveries to Ukraine: "The German" offer "after three months of deliberation: 20 Leopard 2 tanks. Delivery from April 2023, one per month, from October 2023 - three pieces per month. Let me remind you: Poland handed over almost 300 T-72 tanks to Ukraine in the first two months."
09:39 Settlements of the Lugansk region on July 20 were subjected to two powerful missile strikes, four long-term artillery attacks, five shelling from mortars, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the occupiers are trying to develop an offensive on Bakhmut, but in every settlement they are given worthy resistance: "The Russians organized several attempts to storm from different sides from the Lisichansk region and the surrounding villages. Damage was added in Verkhnekamenskoye. Belogorovka was once again shelled from the air" .
09:33 The UK will impose new sanctions on the import of coal and oil from Russia, according to the government's amendments to existing sanctions. The ban on coal imports will come into force on August 10, oil - from December 31. Also, London introduces a ban on the import of gold, it takes effect from today.
09:29 At night Russians have let out seven rockets across Nikolaev, the head of OVA Vitaly Kim reported. According to preliminary information, it is known that it hit an infrastructure facility, a gas station, a gas pipeline and a warehouse. Rescue services eliminated all fires that arose as a result of shelling. Currently, one victim is known.
09:15 In the Kharkiv region, Russians attacked the Chuguevsky district tonight. From the destroyed part of the building of the utility company, there were no preliminary victims, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. During the day, the enemy also conducted a massive shelling of the settlements of Chuguevsky, Bogodukhovsky, Izyumsky districts and Kharkov. Residential houses, outbuildings were damaged, fires broke out.
09:03 In the Donetsk region, the invaders destroyed two schools today - in Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko. In addition, the industrial part of Kramatorsk - the enterprises of SKMZ and NKMZ - was shelled that night. The Russians also fired at Ivanovka of the Cherkasy community with cluster munitions and damaged a private house. On July 20, one civilian was killed by Russian shelling - in Konstantinovka. Another five people were injured.
08:58 Yermak again stated that now "it is important not to let the Russians drag us out of the war into the winter," and announced "many surprises": "The President is serious and ready to do everything so that we liberate our territories as soon as possible. Ready talk to world leaders, convey Ukraine's position to them. A lot depends on the training of our soldiers. We will turn the tide of this war. Soon there will be many surprises."
08:24 A number of US senators called on the Pentagon to provide Ukraine with modern fighters. This is stated in a letter from politicians to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, which is published by Fox News.
In turn, the US Air Force Chief of Staff Charles Brown supported the training of Ukrainian pilots to fly NATO aircraft and admitted the possibility of transferring military aircraft to Ukraine, but did not specify which ones.
08:11 Peskov said that neither Putin nor Lavrov "never said that the issue of negotiations between Moscow and Kiev is closed."
07:58 A Russian tank opened fire on Ukrainian combine operators who drove into the field, said Alexander Vilkul, head of the military administration of Krivoy Rog. According to him, the incident took place on July 20 near the village of Koshevoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region: "Two of our harvesters were gathering grain near the village of Koshevoye, an enemy tank drove out and began to aim at these combines. Thank God, the guys managed to escape. There were only small shrapnel hits on the equipment."
Vilkul also said that tonight the invaders again fired at the Nikopol district from Gradov - more than 20 rockets were fired at the Krasnogrigoryevsk community. There were no casualties.
07:46 Gas began to flow to Germany again via Nord Stream after technical work, DPA reports with reference to Nord Stream AG.
07:35 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the assault on the Uglegorsk TPP, fighting continues in the Novolugansky area in the Bakhmut direction and near Ivano-Daryevka in the Kramatorsk direction, the General Staff reports in the morning report .
07:11 Polish scientists have named a new species of sea lily discovered in Africa, about 150 million years old, in honor of Zelensky. The find was named Ausichicrinites zelenskyyi "in honor of the sixth and current President of Ukraine, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelensky, for his courage and bravery in defending a free Ukraine," according to an article in the scientific journal Royal Society Open Science. Fossils found in Ethiopia. This is the first representative of the echinoderms of the Jurassic period, which was found on the African continent.
06:28 Invaders massively fired at Nikolaev at night, the mayor of the city Alexander Senkevich reported.
05:33 The United States estimates the losses of the Russian Federation in Ukraine "in the region of 15 thousand killed and somewhere three times more wounded," said CIA director William Burns. At the same time, he noted that the Ukrainians also suffered considerable losses: "And the Ukrainians also suffered - probably a little less, but still, you know, these are significant losses."
05:05 The German state railway company Deutsche Bahn plans to transport grain by freight trains from Ukraine to German ports, Reuters reports. Deutsche Bahn said that they are already working on the formation of a transport network designed to transport humanitarian aid, deliver grain from Ukraine to the German ports of Rostock, Hamburg and Brake. The railway operator plans to run several trains a week, most of the grain will be transported through Romania and Poland.
04:36 In Melitopol, the Russian invaders intend to take away apartments from those residents of the city who bought them before February 19 this year, the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov said on the air of the telethon. He said that the occupiers make a total tour of all residential buildings and apartments and conduct a population census: “They look at who lives in the apartment, and they look especially carefully at when the ownership right or the sale and purchase agreement is formalized. Everything that is formalized before February 19 ", the enemy does not recognize. He says that he will take these apartments and settle in them some of his residents from distant regions of Russia."
Fedorov also said that the occupiers demand that the entrepreneurs who remained in the occupied territories re-register with their "tax office".
04:01 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggests that the current Russian offensive in the Donetsk region may end with the capture of Slavyansk or Bakhmut. Analysts predict that the current Russian offensive in Donbas will result in minor territorial gains northeast of the E40 highway and culminate somewhere along the E40 in the coming weeks. In doing so, Russian forces will encounter terrain that will be much more favorable to the Ukrainian defenders as they advance towards the E40 around Sloviansk and Bakhmut.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have resumed limited ground attacks northwest of Slavyansk and in the Donetsk-Avdiivka area. The invaders continued local ground advances east of Seversk and achieved minor successes northeast of Bakhmut.
Experts also suggest that the Russian occupation authorities are using the latest Ukrainian precision strikes and partisan activities to create conditions for the mass deportation of Ukrainian citizens to the territory of the Russian Federation.
02:14 Ukrainian defenders in the south inflicted ten air strikes on the enemy - by helicopters, bombers and attack aircraft, the Pivden Operational Command reported. The destruction of a command and command and observation post, six more ammunition depots in the Kherson, Berislav and Kakhov regions was confirmed.
00:39 France will allocate 85 million euros to replenish stocks of the Caesar self-propelled guns, which she transferred to Ukraine, said the Minister for the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu: "The package of 85 million euros will allow us to carry out this replenishment, the point is not to cause harm training and training plans of our shooters".
00:52 Russia's war against Ukraine is likely to escalate into a protracted military conflict, General Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said: "Today is the 147th day since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, illegal and unprovoked, large-scale, strong against weak. This struggle is likely to remain a protracted conflict."
Milli also said that weapons are delivered to Ukraine from the United States within 48 hours after Biden's decision, and to the front line after two weeks of training.
00:24 Every day , Russia spends about $400 million on military operations in Ukraine , Forbes calculated. One of the smallest items of expenditure in the war is the salaries of military personnel.