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[Regnum] In Dagestan, near Kizlyar, a horde of locusts surrounded a Russian's car on a federal highway. This incident was caught on video. This was reported on July 27 by the Telegram channel "Tut Dagestan".
The video shows hundreds of insects hitting the windshield of a car as it travels along the highway at low speed. The large number of insects creates the impression of a light haze hanging over the road.
A locust invasion was recorded in the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions. Hordes of insects also appeared in the south of Ukraine — a locust invasion was recorded, including in the Dnipropetrovsk, Odessa and Vinnytsia regions. According to experts, the density of locusts this year is 40-50 individuals per square meter. But there are places where it is twice as large. Such indicators are significantly higher than the maximum permissible threshold for locust reproduction.
In 2025, due to an abnormally warm winter, a locust invasion was expected in Russia, which could threaten the harvest in 21 regions. It was planned to create special groups to combat the insects.
Experts identified regions with increased risk - among them were the Astrakhan, Volgograd, Orenburg regions, as well as the republics of Kalmykia, Dagestan, Bashkiria and others. Locusts eat almost all vegetation in their path.
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[REGNUM] In recent weeks, there have been renewed reports of Latin American mercenaries continuing to fight on the Ukrainian side. The reports mostly involve Colombians, but Mexicans and Brazilians have also been spotted in the SVO zone.
A similar situation was observed in the spring and summer of 2022, when whole crowds of foreign mercenaries poured into Ukraine.
Compare to the Syrians and North Koreans hired by Russia. The North Koreans are being sold to Russia in entire unit lots.
However, there is a nuance - now they are not going there to earn serious money, since the capabilities of the Ukrainian government have significantly decreased. Now adventurers are going more for combat experience. In addition, due to the lack of people, Ukrainians are trying to lure completely random people, tempted by military romance.
MEXICAN SQUAD
It was recently revealed that a new unit of mercenaries from Mexico called Miquiztli Force has been formed within the ranks of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Advertisements for recruitment to the Miquiztli Force had previously appeared on social networks and were widely distributed in the Spanish-speaking community. Volunteers were forgiven in advance not only for their lack of knowledge of English and Ukrainian, but also for their lack of combat experience.
All those who passed the preliminary selection were sent to a two-month basic training course.
Some representatives of the unit, without bothering too much, immediately began posting their photos on social networks. Later it turned out that the recruitment process, as before, was organized by the Ukrainian embassies in Latin America - Mexican and Peruvian.
Given the excessive publicity of the recruitment, it is not worth excluding that this is mostly PR for the work of Ukrainian diplomatic structures, which need to constantly prove that they are not eating their bread in vain and are finding ways to find the “international aid” that Ukraine needs so much.
Even if this help can only be provided in the form of ambitious and inexperienced people with no sense of self-preservation.
WEAPONS FOR DRUG DEALERS
While mercenaries are heading to Ukraine from overseas, weapons are being sent in the opposite direction, initially sent to the Kyiv regime by Western countries. Ammunition appeared in Mexico and the African Sahel, and now they have reached Brazilian cities.
In mid-June, Brazilian military police carried out an operation in the northern suburb of Rio de Janeiro, in the Acari area. The security forces planned to uncover an illegal copper deposit, which is often found in local favelas, but the find turned out to be much more interesting.
A warehouse of local drug dealers with weapons was discovered, where there was also a device for combating drones. All of them are of foreign manufacture. Moreover, an image of the Ukrainian trident was found on the anti-drone device.
After photos of the find circulated on social media, military police officially confirmed the discovery, calling the situation "the first recorded case of its kind."
The characteristics of the counter-drone device found deserve special attention. Its range is about seven kilometers, which gives Brazilian criminals the opportunity to create a wide "safe zone" where police reconnaissance drones will not be able to operate.
The interceptor that was found helped criminals reduce the range of police drones and made operations more difficult, significantly increasing the likelihood of casualties among law enforcement officers.
As Brazilian expert Lucas Leiros writes, 60% of Rio de Janeiro's territory is controlled by organized crime, and over four million people live in areas that the Brazilian authorities have no control over at all.
The favela where the Ukrainian weapons were found is under the control of the Terceiro Comando Puro group, which last year was recognized as the first Brazilian drug traffickers to master drones. They used them not only for reconnaissance, but also for full-fledged participation in combat operations.
Considering that the mechanism for arms supplies to the organized crime group began to be established long before June 2025, it would be at least unwise to believe the police’s claims about the “first discovery of Ukrainian weapons.”
But there are also those who clearly followed the example of the “first ones”, because competition in the criminal community is extremely high.
UKRAINIAN "INITIATION"
In the wake of the intriguing discovery in the Acari favela, Brazilian officials also reported that they have been observing increased “professionalization” in local organized crime groups for some time now.
The ringleaders are investing in recruiting veterans of the armed forces and mercenaries with combat experience. Participation in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and acquisition of combat experience have become a new “item in the criminal profile”.
The gangs directly encourage the participation of young people in such "events". And in some cases, a trip to Ukraine becomes a real requirement-initiation for joining the organized criminal group.
These trends promise little good for Brazil - at the very least, a sharp increase in the population's participation in criminal activity over the next few years. It will all start, in theory, in Rio and continue in more remote states, where the economic situation leaves much to be desired.
THE SITUATION IS GETTING WORSE
Thus, the situation with the participation of Latin Americans, in particular Mexicans and Brazilians, in military operations on the side of Ukraine remains extremely indicative for assessing modern transnational threats.
Despite the decrease in expectations for material reward, the flow of volunteers does not dry up, only their quality is falling. Now their main goal is to gain combat experience or the opportunity to successfully start a criminal or military career in their homeland.
Ukrainian recruitment is becoming openly imitative, not particularly focused on real results.
The disclosure of facts about the leakage of Western weapons outside the conflict zone continues to cause a certain resonance. Modern anti-drone weapons found in Brazilian favelas, “marked” with a Ukrainian trident, indicate the loss of real control over supply channels and the high demand for such weapons among Latin American criminal groups.
In the long term, such trends pose serious risks not only to the security of individual states, but also to global control over the proliferation of weapons, human resources, and combat experience.
The fusion of pragmatic criminal aspirations, the weakness of the Ukrainian diplomatic apparatus and the lack of effective international oversight mechanisms only exacerbates the situation, transforming local military crises into protracted threats for entire regions, which were never included in the “calm” rating anyway.
This video is reported to be a Ukrainian long-range Jet UAV flying somewhere over Russia. If it is real, it represents the first known stealth jet UAV Ukraine has deployed in the war. #OSINT#UkraineRussiaWarpic.twitter.com/lNWkyncG2b
- Shahed 191 (Saegheh): Available in two variants—Saegheh-1 and Saegheh-2. The former is powered by a turbofan and piston engine, capable of carrying two Sadid-1 missiles externally, while the latter is a jet-powered flying wing UCAV launched from a moving vehicle, capable of carrying two Sadid-1 missiles internally.
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[Korrespondent] The Russian army has come two to three kilometers closer to Kupyansk, while the Defense Forces are putting up resistance.
Over the past week, the situation around Kupyansk has significantly worsened – the Russian army is trying to encircle the city and has come very close to it.
The settlement is completely under fire, and our defenders cannot move by car - the enemy immediately attacks with FPV drones. More details about the situation - later in the story.
ADVANCEMENT OF THE ENEMY
Now the Russians continue to surround Kupyansk from the northwest and have already reached Sobolivka, the Deep State public reported the day before.
The defense forces are trying to dislodge the occupiers, who are trying to gain a foothold along the road from Radkovka near the gas station and from Golubovka towards the private sector.
"The situation is complicated by the fact that the enemy has a large penetration area all the way to Sobolivka. The enemy's goal is obvious - to stretch the combat formations of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, to penetrate and further block the city from the western side," DS writes.
"THIS IS NOT LIVING, THIS IS SURVIVAL"
The head of the Kupyansk MVA, Andrey Besedin, confirmed this information today.
"The pressure is crazy. Today, the distance from the city border to the front line is about three kilometers, if we are talking about the right-bank part. If we are talking about the left-bank part, the distance is even less, it is about 2-2.5 kilometers," the official said on air at Suspilne Studiya.
Because of this situation, according to him, the city is being "shot through" right through.
"Kupyansk now resembles a web. A web of fiber optics. FPV drones now are not drones that fly in the air, that can be recorded and localized not by means of electronic warfare, but by guns. These are drones that lie in wait on the side of the road, that lie in wait on the roofs of houses. And as soon as a car appears, it immediately becomes a target for this drone," Besedin said.
In general, the enemy is covering every corner of the city with all weapons, including mortars.
"The only thing that is probably still missing is automatic weapons, but the distance is decreasing, so the danger to the life and health of anyone who is on the territory of the Kupyansk community is at its maximum," he added.
It should be noted that 2,100 civilians remain in the Kupyansk community, 1,100 of whom are in the right-bank part of Kupyansk. Evacuation is becoming increasingly difficult and dangerous.
"Without any communications. We cannot bring in food, hygiene products to help our people. Therefore, unfortunately, in Kupyansk this is not life, this is survival, this is a fight against death, which alternates constantly. The enemy strikes civilians in order to leave as many people as possible without communications, to inflict injuries, so that people die," - the head of the Kupyansk city military administration
WHAT IS THE RUSSIANS PLAN?
Senior lieutenant of the Ukrainian Defense Forces with the call sign "Alex" believes that the main blow to Kupyansk is still ahead. According to him, three or four weeks ago the enemy began to increase its activity in this direction.
"He transferred experienced FPV units and started to f*ck up our logistics, wings and heavy bombers, so it is quite possible that this is preparation for the main show, which will take place in fields, landings and populated areas," the serviceman wrote.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) previously noted that these actions are consistent with the long-standing goal of the Russian command – to occupy Kupyansk and create conditions for the capture of additional territories.
One of the tasks could be to block the H-26 Kupyansk-Shevchenkove highway to complicate the logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Russians could also try to advance west from the Velyka Shapkovka-Palamarovka-Nechvolodovka line to prevent Ukraine from retreating to defensive lines along the Kupyanka River.
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[Korrespondent] The most active fighting continues in the Pokrovsky direction. There, fighting is taking place in the areas of 13 populated areas.
Since the beginning of the current day, 90 battles have taken place on the front. The Russian army has concentrated its main efforts in two directions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in an operational report on Monday, July 28.
Thus, in the Severo-Slobodskoy and Kursk directions, six armed clashes have occurred since the beginning of the day.
In the South Slobodskoy direction, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled two attacks in the areas of Green and Red First.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy attempted to storm the Stepova Novoselovka area.
In the Liman direction, the aggressors attacked 19 times in the areas of the settlements of Novoegorovka, Karpovka, Zelenaya Dolina, Yampolivka, as well as in the direction of Dronovka and Serebryanka. Five battles are currently ongoing.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy tried three times unsuccessfully to advance forward near Grigoryevka and towards Vyemka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, one attack in the direction of Predtechnoye was stopped.
In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked six times in the areas of Dilievka, Toretsk and Rusiny Yar. At the moment, one battle is ongoing.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the enemy stormed 34 times near the settlements of Popov Yar, Mayak, Novoekonomichnoe, Razine, Lisovka, Chunyshine, Zvirovo, Kotlin, Udachnoye, Novomikolaevka, Gorikhovoe, Zeleny Kut and Dachnoye. Fighting continues in seven locations.
In the Novopavlovsk direction, our defenders repelled five attacks in the areas of the settlements of Zeleny Gai, Zelenoe Pole, Poddubnoye, Aleksandrovgrad, Shevchenko, Voskresenka and Temirovka. Five more clashes are ongoing.
In the Orekhov direction, an attack in the Kamyansky area was repelled.
In the Dnieper direction, our units repelled three enemy assaults.
Let us recall that in the course of 24 hours on July 27, Russia lost 1,000 fighters killed and wounded at the front. The total number of Russian losses is approaching 1.1 million people
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[NewsFront] 21:33 Fighting in Chernihiv region: enemy armored vehicle destroyed –video. 20:49 Drone operators of the 77th Separate Reconnaissance Battalion of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division of the 5th Army of the "East" group of forces destroyed a pre-mined bridge in the Kamyshevakha area.
20:04 Russian troops advanced west of Green Valley in the Krasnolimansky direction.
19:49 The situation in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is tense: is coming deanonymization of Ukrainian special forces and threats to officers of the 61st Separate Mechanized Brigade from relatives of missing persons.
19:02 In the Boguslav direction, units of the West group of troops occupied the dominant heights southeast of Boguslavka, having advanced up to 500 meters in depth and along the front.
18:54 Artillerymen of the "North" group of forces daily provide fire support for the infantry advancing in Sumy Oblast. 122mm D-30 howitzer crews destroy camouflaged Ukrainian Armed Forces firing positions, ammunition and fuel storage areas, equipment and dugouts with enemy manpower.
18:39 Scouts of the North group of troops revealed the location of the self-propelled artillery unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Khrapovshchina.
17:33 Data on the advance of the 6th and 123rd Mechanized Brigades of the Russian armed forces towards Seversk has been published –map.
17:19 Russian army expands control zone near Miropolye in Sumy region.
16:49 From 11:15 Moscow time to 15:10 Moscow time by air defense systems destroyed two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.
16:44 Around 16 o'clock monitoring channels reported about an explosion in the area of the village of Priluki in the Chernihiv region.
The airfield where the Ukrainian GUR UH-60 helicopter was located was under attack. After the hit, the helicopter requires replacement.
15:55 Footage 18+. Especially for relatives of Ukrainian servicemen of the 425th Separate Regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published faces of the deceased who need to be identified.
14:51 Published footage of the destruction of the 15th Separate NGU PVD using FAB-500 in the area of the settlement of Dimitrov (Mirnograd).
14:39 Artillerymen of the Russian Armed Forces continue performing fire missions.
13:55 Russian UAV operators left the enemy without communication in the Khar'kov border area –video.
13:09 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of July 28, 2025
Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federationinflicteda group strike with high-precision, long-range air-launched weapons, including Kinzhal aeroballistic hypersonic missiles, as well as strike unmanned aerial vehicles.
The infrastructure of a military airfield, a warehouse for ammunition, missile weapons and components for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles were damaged.
Units of the North group of forces have improved their tactical position.
They inflicted damage on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized, airborne assault brigades and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the populated areas of Alekseyevka, Khrapovshchina, Kondratovka, Yunakovka and Andreyevka in the Sumy region.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Ambarnoye and Melovoe in the Khar'kov region.
Units of the West group of forces have improved their position along the forward edge.
Formations of two mechanized, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Torskoye, Shandrigolovo, Novoselovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Druzhelyubovka and Kupyansk of the Khar'kov region.
Units of the Southern group of troops occupied more advantageous lines and positions.
They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of four mechanized, airmobile, assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the populated areas of Serebryanka, Shcherbinovka, Katerinovka, Seversk, Chasov Yar, Aleksandro-Shultino and Konstantinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Units of the "Center" military group have completely occupied the settlements of Boykovka and Belgiyka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Units of the "East" force group continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses.
They inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three territorial defense brigades and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Chervone, Temirovka in the Zaporizhia region and Sosnovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized brigade and two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Novoandreevka, Stepnogorsk in the Zaporizhia region, Antonovka and Nikolskoye in the Kherson region.
12:34 Assault groups are moving forwardin the forests in the Melove area of the Khar'kov region.
12:28 During the battles for the settlement of Zeleny Gai in the DPR, Ukrainian formations carried losses and were forced to retreat.
"The command abandons them, leaves them to their fate. Even if it's a minor injury. We are still people, so we help them, we provide assistance," said a paramedic with the call sign "Vostok".
11:35 Fighting is underway in Sumy Oblast. Drone filmed destruction of an enemy mortar crew.
11:09 Ministry of Defense posted footage of the work of UAV operators of the Russian Armed Forces.
10:14 In recent days, the most successful direction for our troops is Pokrovskoe-Mirnogradskoye, where our troops managed to achieve significant successes.
The envelopment of the Pokrovsky-Mirnograd fortified area is in full swing, and at present the enemy, despite the transfer of reinforcements and the huge number of UAVs in the air, is unable to hold back the pace. However, there is no need to rush, systematic work is underway to liberate these defense nodes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
9:52 Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin reported that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have advanced in the Krasnolimansk direction.
9:35 Artillery and operators of the 6th Cossack Brigade destroyed two UAV control points and a field warehouse of Ukrainian militants in the Seversk region.
8:40 Information on strikes carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Belgorod region over the past 24 hours:
In the Belgorod region, the village of Krasny Khutorwas subjected to shelling with the use of four drones. In the village of Yasnye Zori, as a result of an FPV drone strike on a car, a civilian was injured. The man continues to be treated in the hospital, according to doctors, his condition is moderate. The vehicle was damaged.
In the Borisovsky district, the village of Baytsury was attacked by two FPV drones - the fence of a house and two outbuildings were damaged.
In the Valuysky municipal district:
The city of Valuyki, the settlement of Urazovo, the villages of Borki and Dvuluchnoye, the hamlets of Babka and Leonovka were hit by 23 drones, eight of which were suppressed and shot down.
In the settlement of Urazovo, two private houses, an outbuilding, a fence of a social facility and a car were damaged, in the village of Dvuluchnoye - a private house, a fence of another household, a power line and 2 cars, in the hamlet of Babka - an outbuilding, in the hamlet of Leonovka - the veranda of a private house, and an outbuilding was destroyed.
In the village of Borki, one car and two private houses were damaged. One of the houses caught fire, the fire was extinguished by self-defense fighters and the DPD.
In Volokonovsky district, the village of Pyatnitskoye was attacked by three drones, one of which was shot down. There were no consequences.
In the Grayvoronsky municipal district, in the villages of Bezymeno, Dronovka, Mokraya Orlovka, Moshchenoye, Novostroyevka-Pervaya, Novostroyevka-Vtoraya, Poroz, Pochayevo, Smorodino and Spodaryushino, 13 rounds of ammunition were fired and 23 drones were attacked, three of which were shot down.
In the village of Novostroyevka-Pervaya, a private house and a car were damaged, in the village of Smorodino - two cars, two private houses and three outbuildings.
In the Krasnoyarsk region, the settlements of Zadorozhny, Otradovsky and Prilesye, the villages of Grafovka, Demidovka, Ilek-Penkovka, Kolotilovka, Repyakhovka, Sergievka, Staroselye, as well as the Pervomaysky farm were subjected to seven artillery strikes, during which 28 rounds of ammunition were fired, and attacks by 22 drones, seven of which were suppressed and shot down. A passenger car was damaged near the Pervomaysky farm.
8:30 Front summary on the morning of 28.07.25
Zaporizhzhya Front. The situation near Stepanogorsk remains tense. There are battles for Plavni, where the Russian army has tactical successes. Aviation, drones, and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces are working.
Donetsk Front. In the South Donetsk direction, Russian troops continued their offensive west of Maliyevka. Higher up the front, Russian troops advanced further from Zeleny Gai and approached Ivanovka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, our troops approached Orekhovo. In the Konstantinovsk direction, the Russian army advanced west of Poltavka.
Chasovoyar direction. In Chasovoy Yar, Ukrainian troops continue to defend themselves and stubbornly refuse to leave the city. Fighting is underway in the Shevchenko, Levansky and Yuzhny microdistricts.
Khar'kov direction. Fighting is reported on the northern outskirts of Kupyansk. Near Volchansk, Russian troops are advancing towards the Volchansk farmsteads.
Sumy direction. After occupying Kondratovka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces transfer reinforcements here, continuing counterattacks. Fierce fighting is taking place in Yunakovka and in the direction of Andreyevka.
8:10 During the past night, air defense systems on duty destroyed seven Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
- Four - over the territory of the Rostov region,
- One - over the territory of the Oryol region,
- One - over the territory of the Kaluga region,
- One - over the territory of the Bryansk region.
7:59 Crew of TOS-2 “Tosochka” of the “West” group of troops struck strongholds and shelters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the special operation zone.
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[REGNUM] Despite the abnormal heat in the DPR (this week the temperature will reach 38 degrees with an average of 24°C) and despite the enemy’s stubborn resistance, assault units of the Russian Armed Forces continue the operation to encircle the city of Krasnoarmeysk and its suburbs.
By the last week of July, this key fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the northwest of Donbass was half-encircled. The enemy group is in danger of being trapped in a "cauldron"
Last week, battles were fought along the entire length of the Red Army arc. In a number of areas, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were forced to abandon well-equipped defensive positions.
The Russian Defense Ministry officially confirmed that fighters from the Center group of troops, after heavy fighting, drove the enemy out of the village of Zverevo, southwest of Krasnoarmeysk, and the settlement of Novoekonomicheskoe, northeast of the same city. Novoekonomicheskoe and Zverevo are at the "tips of the pincers" that are closing in on the Ukrainian Armed Forces group.
The fighting in the village of Zverevo began in the middle of last week. The enemy, who had fortified themselves here, was attacked from several sides simultaneously.
Ukrainian sources complain that our sabotage groups were spotted on the supply routes of the troops in Zverevo, which disrupted logistics and created chaos in the rear.
The actions of saboteurs increase the threat of "friendly fire" and also greatly complicate the work of Ukrainian UAV operators. The enemy is forced to keep under surveillance not only the front near Pokrovsk (as Krasnoarmeysk is called in Kyiv sources), but also certain areas in the rear.
The development of the village of Zverevo smoothly transitions into the private sector of the settlement of Pervoe Maya (Leontovichi). And it, in turn, ends directly on the southwestern outskirts of Krasnoarmeysk. In January 2025, fierce fighting took place for Zverevo, after which the Ukrainian Armed Forces were able to regain some of the lost positions.
Now, after several days of clashes, Ukrainian troops have retreated to the urban area of Krasnoarmeysk.
The success was achieved largely due to the element of surprise, notes a front-line source for the Regnum news agency.
"It is no secret that the enemy is facing a major shortage of forces. Combat-ready units are being thrown back and forth from one direction to another. As a result, a situation arises where they can be distracted and then go on the offensive in another area, which is what happened. An unexpected attack from several sides, no reinforcements - and the VSAS troops retreat, this is already a classic," the source noted.
However, an enemy counteroffensive in this area is unlikely due to the changed configuration of the front, sources of the Regnum news agency believe.
The liberation of Zverev allows the southern outskirts of the Red Army fortified area to be taken under fire control. At the same time, military aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces strike at fortified enemy positions in the Shakhtyorsky and Lazurny districts in the south of the city.
COVERAGE FROM THE NORTH
After the enemy left the fortified area in the Novoekonomichesky region, our military came very close to the eastern outskirts of Dimitrov (Mirnograd), a satellite city of Krasnoarmeysk.
But for now, the Russian Armed Forces are refraining from a frontal attack on the enemy's fortified positions. Instead, the forces of the "Center" group of troops are destroying the enemy's communications.
As experts explain, the main task now is to identify and destroy the Ukrainian Armed Forces' fortified areas in the industrial zone and residential areas, creating optimal conditions for an assault. The offensive is developing north of the Krasnoarmeysk-Dimitrov agglomeration in the direction of the strategically important city of Rodinskoye, located on the supply route between Krasnoarmeysk and the Kharkov region.
Some sources reported the beginning of military actions directly within the boundaries of Rodinskoye. But these data are not confirmed by reports from the ground. However, Ukrainian sources and officials are sounding the alarm, realizing the threat of encirclement hanging over Krasnoarmeysk.
The day before, the military-civil administrations of the cities of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, which are still under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, announced the start of the evacuation of civilians. But sources on the ground report that for now the enemy has reserves for a counteroffensive and does not plan to surrender the largest fortified area in the part of Donbas occupied by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
THE SECOND STRONGHOLD OF THE NEW BUFFER
Southwest of Krasnoarmeysk, near the border of the DPR and the Dnepropetrovsk region, Russian troops are completing the cleansing of territories of Donbass that remain under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Units of the "East" group of forces drove the enemy out of the settlement of Zelenyi Gai, the battles for which continued for a week. Russian troops also completed the operation to clear the settlement of Shevchenko and the village of Voskresenka. The achieved success allowed the assault units to occupy the village of Maliyevka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
This is already the second settlement occupied by our troops to create a buffer zone on the western borders of the DPR. The first was the village of Dachnoye, from where the enemy was driven out at the end of June.
The successes of Russian troops have caused panic on Ukrainian resources. Residents of Dnepropetrovsk are massively posting ads on the Internet about urgent renting of housing and sale of real estate. However, for now Russian troops are not forcing military actions in the territory of Dnepropetrovsk region, concentrating their efforts on another, more important direction.
GETTING CLOSER TO ZAPOROZHYE
Last week, the offensive on the "unfrozen" section of the front in Zaporizhia Oblast continued to develop. According to information from the field, advancing along the left bank of the Dnieper, our military drove the Ukrainian Armed Forces out of the village of Plavni. The front was "pushed back" to the village of Stepnogorsk, located 39 kilometers from the city of Zaporizhia. There were reports that the fighting had moved to the Stepnogorsk boundary - to the residential area of the 3rd microdistrict, but our sources clarify: for now, we are talking about fighting on the outskirts.
The capture of Stepnogorsk by assault units makes it possible to create a bridgehead that will allow an offensive to be developed directly on Zaporozhye, notes a front-line source for the Regnum news agency.
"The Zaporizhia direction has not been a priority for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in recent months, because the reserves were going to Krasnoarmeysk or Sumy Oblast, for example. The front was weakened, although the direction here is direct - to Zaporizhia, and the city, in fact, is not covered," the interlocutor believes.
However, he emphasizes that before talking about the prospects of advancing to Zaporozhye, it is necessary to wait for “certain changes” near Stepnogorsk.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces' tactics of prolonging military operations are not justifying themselves, but the enemy may try to stabilize the front again on the defense lines created in the rear.
We will add that the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) draws attention to the fact that the situation in the Zaporizhzhya direction is developing critically for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to analysts, the advanced positions of Russian troops are now located only seven kilometers south of the village of Primorskoye and 11 kilometers from the settlement of Veselyanka.
If the current trend on the front continues and assault units are able to advance a distance of 5-7 km, the southern regions of Zaporozhye may end up in the zone of destruction of Russian artillery.
However, such a breakthrough will be impossible without taking control of the city of Orekhov, the hub of Ukrainian defense in the Zaporizhzhya direction. In the conditions of a predominantly flat landscape, control over large settlements acquires strategic importance.
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[Regnum] For the first time in history, Russia is fighting against the entire West alone, without any allies on the battlefield. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on July 28.
"For the first time in its history, Russia is fighting alone against the entire West. In the First World War, in the Second World War, we had allies. Now we have no allies on the battlefield. Therefore, we must rely on ourselves. We must not allow any weakness or slackness," the diplomat noted, speaking at the XI All-Russian Youth Educational Forum "Territory of Meanings."
Lavrov emphasized that Russia is defending its legitimate demands: ensuring national security, not expanding NATO to the east, and protecting the Russian-speaking population in Ukraine.
"There was no alternative to starting a special military operation. Territories are not important to us... We have the largest country in the world. It is important to us that the people who have lived there for centuries, who are the bearers of Russian culture, Russian language, Russian education, who want to raise their children in this same culture, that these people are not exterminated, that their rights are protected. This is an absolutely legal requirement," the head of the diplomatic department added.
He also clarified that another uncontested demand of the Russian side is the recognition of the realities that are enshrined in the country’s constitution.
On March 24, Lavrov also called the Kiev regime Nazis, bred for Europe's war against Russia. In this way, the minister, during his speech at a meeting of the board of trustees of the Gorchakov Public Diplomacy Support Fund, characterized the attitude of the leaders of European states to the current Ukrainian authorities. The diplomat also stated that the head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, is a "pure Nazi" and a traitor to the Jewish people.
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Actually in the Russian Civil War between the Reds and the Whites (1918-1922) the Reds were without allies and defeated the combined attacks of the Japanese, British, American, Czech and French military. And at the same time dealt with incursions by the Turks, Germans and Austro-Hungary. FWIW - I'd say that was the "first" time Russia was fighting the entire West alone . . .
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[RIA] The European Commission has sent Ukraine a warning about a possible complete suspension of financial support, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports.
"The Kiev authorities, led by Volodymyr Zelensky, received a warning from the European Commission that financial assistance within the framework of the Ukraine Assistance Fund could be completely stopped if Kiev continues to put pressure on anti-corruption agencies," the publication says.
As noted in the publication, the European Commission in its letter called the attempts of the Ukrainian authorities to convince Western countries that the government was forced to take these measures due to Russian influence "implausible."
Member of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and former Vice Prime Minister for European Affairs Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze confirmed to the publication that the corresponding signal from the EU had indeed been received. According to her, Europe will take the planned action if the situation with the anti-corruption bodies is not resolved, and this concerns the entire next payment, not just a part of it.
Last week, the European Union decided to cut the aid tranche to Kiev after Ukraine failed to carry out three promised reforms - instead of 4.5 billion euros, it should be 3.05 billion.
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