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Russian Perspective: Operation to denazify Ukraine: operational summary July 16 (updated)
2023-07-17
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 22:56 An air raid alert has been announced in four regions of Ukraine. This is evidenced by the data of the official resource for alerting the population.

The siren sounded in the Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Poltava and Sumy regions.

21:43 Explosions are heard again in Kharkiv region

Two powerful arrivals are reported.

20:46 Ka-52 crews truck two enemy vehicles from a long distance

The shot disrupted the rotation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​the Vremevsky salient.

19:51 Artillerymen of the Southern Military District struck rotation of the enemy in the Zaporozhye direction

Crews of 15mm self-propelled howitzers "Msta-S" of the Southern Military District disrupted the rotation of enemy forces and the transfer of his reserves to the line of contact.

▫️The camouflaged positions of the units, as well as tanks and armored fighting vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, were destroyed by high-explosive, high-explosive fragmentation and guided artillery munitions.

▫️Correction of artillery fire and control of target destruction were carried out using reconnaissance and surveillance complexes, as well as unmanned aircraft crews.


18:20 Undermining equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​n. p. Pyatikhatki, Zaporozhye direction

17:36 Artillery works on the infrastructure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border areas

16:31 Russian troops are actively advancing in the Kupyansk direction and continue the offensive in Avdiyivske and Maryinsk, fierce battles are underway, acknowledged the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar

16:30 The Azov fighter said that some of the prisoners are sure that they will not be exchanged, as it is planned, and the other part is disappointed in the actions of their country.

“I’m more disappointed because it’s hard mentally. For me, the military career is over forever. I believe that at the moment I surrendered, I am no longer a military man, ”he said.

15:54 Soldiers of the Airborne Forces unit destroy enemy armored vehicles

15:52 Ukrainian fighter I stumbled for a couple of burned-out twin crews

14:35 Russian artillery continues to prevent attempts by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to land in the area of ​​​​the Antonovsky bridge in the Kherson region

14:35 Personnel from the front: fog, burned equipment and another retreat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

13:19 The main points from the briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:

🔹in the Donetsk direction, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 270 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded per day;

🔹up to 100 militants, two armored combat vehicles, as well as 152mmm Msta-B and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in the Krasnolimansky direction;

🔹up to 260 militants, three armored combat vehicles, as well as 152mm D-20 and 152mm Msta-B howitzers were destroyed in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;

🔹more than 50 Ukrainian military personnel, three armored combat vehicles, as well as a 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed in the Kupyansk direction;

🔹up to 50 militants, three US-made M777 howitzers, as well as Acacia self-propelled guns were destroyed in the Kherson direction;

🔹Air defense systems intercepted three HIMARS MLRS rockets, two S-200 air defense missiles, and 13 UAVs.


13:18 In the NMD zone, the head of the national police department of the Chernihiv region, Oleksiy Diagovets, was eliminated, Ukrainian media report.

12:44 First frames the destruction of one of the naval drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Sevastopol

12:43 MTR sortie of the Armed Forces of Ukraine ended arrival from our "Krasnopol"

The drone noticed the night movement of the enemy and transmitted the coordinates to our gunners.

11:45 Army aviation caught rotation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Vremevsky area

The crew of a Ka-52 helicopter destroyed two Ukrainian vehicles.

11:45 Counterbattery struggle in action

Russian artillerymen hit a howitzer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region.

10:27 A few more vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have undergone demilitarization

10:27 APU continue to suffer heavy irreparable losses along the entire front line

09:30 Over the past day: As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed: Veliky, as a result of fire damage, three boats and 14 VFU militants were destroyed;

As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr grouping of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed: Antonovsky, two boats and 16 VFU militants were destroyed as a result of fire damage;

- two 120mm mortar crews and ammunition for it, losses: 10 VFU militants were destroyed, 2 were injured of varying severity in the area of ​​the settlement. Dnieper;

As a result of fire damage by the formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:

- two positions of the armed formations of Ukraine in the districts, losses: 12 AFU militants were destroyed; four - received injuries of varying severity.

09:19 During Kyiv's attempt to attack Sevastopol with drones, no one was injured, there was no damage, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The department noted that two Ukrainian drones over Sevastopol were destroyed by air defense, five more were suppressed by electronic warfare.

The Ministry of Defense also added that the Russian Armed Forces stopped Kyiv's attempt to attack UAVs and unmanned boats in the Sevastopol region.

09:17 Neo-Nazis suffer heavy losses and try not to use NATO equipment. The enemy is demoralized, he can no longer fight. This is how the commander of one of the battalions of the OBTF "Cascade" with the call sign "Winter" sums up the results after a month of "contour attack" in the Uludar direction -video.

09:13 Fighters of the 20th Motorized Rifle Division destroyed enemy strongholds.

UAV operators of the 20th Division destroyed enemy strongholds and manpower in the settlement. Marinka with the help of kamikaze drones.

09:10 Kharkiv authorities have clarified the information on the night missile attack.

According to the local Gauleiter Sinegubov, the blow was delivered not by three, but by four ballistic missiles.

09:05 During the night UAV attack on Sevastopol, 10 Ukrainian drones were shot down by air defense forces and suppressed by electronic warfare. There are no casualties or destruction.

09:00 Russian army caught an attempt by militants to rotate in the Kupyansk direction.

This happened in the Figalevka area, said the head of the press center of the Zapad group, Sergei Zybinsky. In the defense zone, in turn, in the area of ​​​​the settlements of Masyutovka, Orlyanskoye and others, a blow was struck at the positions of the militants.

In addition, a reconnaissance drone was destroyed in the Tokarevka area. In the areas of Berestovoye, Stelmakhivka, a blow was struck at the positions of the militants. Enemy losses there amounted to more than a platoon of manpower and equipment.

08:17 Aviation of the "Center" group made more than 40 sorties to strike at the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“Strikes were made on temporary deployment points, an ammunition depot, as well as eight areas of concentration of manpower and firepower of Ukrainian troops,” said Oleksandr Savchuk, head of the group’s press center.

07:50 The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the UAV control center and the StarLink communication station in the Kherson region on the right bank of the Dnieper.

07:15 Russian artillery struck at the accumulation of AFU manpower in the Zaporozhye direction near Vasilyevka.

Posted by:badanov

#1   It sure is easy to operate inside Russia lately:

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1680939411813400576

Kerch bridge ain't what it used to be:

https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1680819070663360512
Posted by: Flater Forkbeard8651   2023-07-17 12:20  

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