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Current information on the situation on the front line: July 21 (updated)
2024-07-22
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 21.07.2024 to 00:00 22.07.2024.

A total of 46 facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past day.

There were reports of four civilians being killed, and ten civilians were also injured, including a child born in 2011.

DAMAGED:
Two cars,
Nine residential buildings,
Five civil infrastructure facilities,

A total of 16 artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction.
A total of 27 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
Three artillery attacks in the Yasinovataya direction.

A total of 141 units of various ammunition were fired.

22:50 Khar'kov direction (Kupyansk area):

Active since lunch is underway work of barrel artillery. In particular, the 152mm MSTA-S self-propelled guns worked on the enemy's fortified positions. Now the 152mm Giatsints and 240mm 2S4 Tyulpans are working. At present, aerial reconnaissance is actively identifying new targets for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to strike with artillery.

21:43 Artillerymen of the Dnepr group of forces are striking the enemy in the Orekhovo direction

Russian servicemen regularly use various methods of informing the enemy about the possibility of surrendering. The so-called leafleting of positions and areas allows "covering" a significant area with leaflets and other propaganda materials. Objective control footage confirms the effectiveness of this method of propaganda for the enemy.

21:17 A driver was seriously injured in a drone attack on a highway in the Belgorod region; he was hospitalized, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said in Telegram channel.

20:14 At about 17:45 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted.

A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.

19:18 122mm D-30 howitzer crews are smashing enemy

Artillery units of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the West group of forces carry out precise strikes around the clock on exposed military facilities, positions, fortifications, military equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

“In the last few days alone, our crew has hit an enemy mortar crew, an AGS, and disrupted the enemy’s rotation,” said the gun commander with the call sign “Ambal.”

18:33 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have struck four settlements in the Belgorod Region. Three private houses were damaged, two were completely burned down, Gladkov reported.

17:22 Russian forces, after liberating Rozovka of the LPR and Peschany Nizhny in the Khar'kov region, advanced in a 30 km wide area — TASS.

The advance of Russian forces in this section of the front is pushing Ukrainian troops towards the Oskol Reservoir and could lead to the encirclement of the Ukrainian Armed Forces group.

17:21 In the northwest of the LPR, after the capture of Rozovka by Russian military personnel, there are almost no territories left under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces - TASS.

16:15 Russian air defense systems shot down another Ukrainian drone in the skies over the Belgorod region, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Sunday.

15:34 Crews of 130mm M-46 guns of the North group of forces destroyed strongholds, positions, mortars and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces

Thanks to artillery support, assault groups of motorized rifle units of the North group of forces completed their combat mission – the strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces came under the control of Russian military personnel.

15:28 Explosions occurred in the Kyiv-controlled city of Kherson, Ukrainian media reported.

14:13 The total losses of Ukrainian troops over the past day amounted to 1,700 people, according to a report from the Ministry of Defense.

14:10 New briefing from the Russian Ministry of Defense:

-- Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter.

-- The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the zone of the “South” group amounted to 510 soldiers per day.

-- The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of responsibility of the Eastern Group of Forces in one day amounted to more than 115 soldiers.

-- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a HIMARS MLRS launcher and a warehouse with Ukrainian Armed Forces ammunition, where up to 400 tons were stored.

-- In one day, the Center group of forces defeated five enemy brigades and repelled seven counterattacks; the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 330 soldiers.

-- In one day, the troops of the Dnepr group inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of three brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces; the enemy lost over 80 servicemen.

-- The Sever fighters defeated the manpower and equipment of four territorial defense brigades, the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard in the Khar'kov region.

-- The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 145 servicemen in the area of ??responsibility of the North group.

-- Over the course of a day, Russian air defense forces shot down a helicopter, two Hammer aerial bombs, two HIMARS projectiles, and 40 Ukrainian UAVs.

-- In the area of responsibility of the Western group, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 520 servicemen.

13:08 Around 11:00 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted.

A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.

13:07 The Russian Armed Forces have liberated Rozovka in the LPR and Peschanoye Nizhneye in the Khar'kov region, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced.

12:20 Two critical infrastructure facilities in the Shostka district of the Sumy region of Ukraine have been destroyed, reported the mayor of Shostka, Nikolai Noga.

12:19 Around 10:20 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted.

A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.

11:25 Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group:

The Center group of forces continues to carry out combat missions in the area of the special military operation.

The group's units defeated the formations of the 32nd, 41st, and 47th Mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Toretsk, Novgorodskoye, Rozovka, Progress, and Novoselovka Pervaya.

They repelled eight counterattacks by assault groups of the 31st, 151st Mechanized, 95th Airborne Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the "Lyut" assault brigade of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

The enemy lost up to 280 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, five cars, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery unit, two 122mm D-30 howitzers and two 100mm Rapira anti-tank guns.

11:23 Footage the Ministry of Defense published information about the Iskander missile strike.

10:51 Iskander-M crews launched a missile strike on two Ukrainian Armed Forces military echelons in the DPR, destroying up to 240 militants and over 60 pieces of equipment, the Defense Ministry reported

09:47 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to shell civilian infrastructure of populated areas of the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces released:

-- Three rounds in the village of Kostogryzovo;

-- in Kakhovka settlement three rounds;

-- n.p. Novaya Kakhovka four rounds;

--Six rounds in the village of Aleshki;

-- Four rounds in the village of Podstepnoye.

As a result of the artillery attack of the villages of Kostogryzovo and Novaya Kakhovka, two civilians were wounded.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the villages of Kazachi Lagerya, Sagi, Aleshki, Golaya Pristan, and Peschanovka, firing a total of 25 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being clarified.

09:13 During the past night,stopped attempts by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks using unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Three UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty, and five UAVs were intercepted in the Black Sea.

08:40 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:

Chronicle of the special military operation for July 20, 2024

– Over the course of 24 hours, Russian troops struck targets in Kyiv, Poltava, Nizhyn and Konotop. Ukrainian forces carried out a drone raid on the Millerovo airfield in the Rostov region.

– In the Kupyansk-Svatovsky direction, Russian troops broke through the enemy’s defenses in the Berestovoye area and established control over Peschanoye.

– In the Artemovsk direction, Russian troops are trying to gain a foothold on the opposite bank of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal, advancing from the direction of Kalinovo.

– In the Donetsk direction, units of the Russian Armed Forces occupied the central part of Krasnogorovka, driving the enemy out to the northwestern outskirts of the city.

08:00 Official summary of DPR representative offices in the JCCC over the past day.

31 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC.

There were reports of three civilians being injured.

DAMAGED:
Two residential buildings,
Two civil infrastructure facilities.

A total of 16 artillery attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 15 artillery attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Horlivka direction.

In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 87 units of various ammunition.

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