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Poland Complicated Its Regional Leadership Plans By Trying To Fleece Germany
[Voice of East (not CARNAC)] Germany can now claim to be a more reliable long-term military partner for Ukraine while Lithuania will partially replace the role that Poland could have played in repairing Ukrainian tanks, both outcomes of which complicate Warsaw’s regional leadership plans but it has nobody to blame for this but itself.


A German Defense Ministry spokesperson announced on Wednesday that "Leopard 2A5 and Leopard 2A6 tanks will be repaired in Germany and likely in Lithuania" after talks with Poland over hosting a Ukrainian tank maintenance hub fell through. It was earlier observed that "There’s Plenty Riding On The Outcome Of The German-Polish Military Talks", which is why it was expected that they’d find a compromise since these plans would have been mutually beneficial had they entered into fruition.

That didn’t happen, however, since Poland wasn’t negotiating in good faith. Instead of sincerely trying to reach a deal, it only wanted to fleece Germany by charging it exorbitant rates to repair Ukrainian tanks on its territory. In hindsight, the ruling "Law & Justice" (PiS) party might have thought that this could be a creative means for squeezing so-called "reparations" from Germany for World War II, or it could have wanted to doom the talks from the get-go in order to blame Berlin as part of its re-election campaign.

Regardless of whatever its true motivations were, the outcome of their talks collapsing is that Poland will now only be a transit state for these tanks’ repairs instead of hosting a hub like was originally intended. For the sake of either chasing a crazy profit margin for political reasons related to historical grievances or to rally Poles around the ruling party on an anti-German nationalist basis ahead of fall’s elections, these ambitious plans came to naught, which complicates Poland’s envisaged regional leadership plans.

Germany can now claim to be a more reliable long-term military partner for Ukraine, which helps reinforce its role as the US’ top NATO ally in the face of Poland’s challenge, while Lithuania will partially replace the role that Poland could have played in repairing Ukrainian tanks and thus boost its own regional role. About that, this tiny country has diplomatically punched far above its weight by provoking its American patrons’ Russian and Chinese rivals, and now it can add a military dimension to that too.

Not only will it soon repair some Ukrainian tanks, but it also plans to permanently host 4,000 German troops, which taken together will lead to it becoming the easternmost military outpost of the EU’s de facto leader. By making itself indispensable to Germany’s hegemonic ambitions, Lithuania can preemptively avert the scenario of becoming a Polish vassal as a result of its neighbor’s rise, plus it can attempt to play those two traditional rivals off against one another in pursuit of the best deals possible.

Without realizing it, PiS just hamstrung Poland’s envisaged regional leadership plans by practically precluding the possibility of Lithuania falling back under its influence and thenceforth resurrecting their long-lost commonwealth in a post-modern form. They’re still officially equal partners alongside Ukraine through their so-called "Lublin Triangle" framework, but it’ll be much more difficult than before for Warsaw to present itself as the "first among equals" now that Vilnius is so solidly backed by Berlin.

Finally infusing the aforesaid framework with a semblance of equality after it hitherto only had the superficial pretense thereof will further decelerate Poland’s hegemonic plans to the benefit of Germany’s. It can therefore be concluded that PiS’ unsuccessful attempt at fleecing its western neighbor had unexpected consequences by enabling Lithuania to more confidently balance Poland’s rise, which undermines the eastern dimension of the ruling party’s foreign policy ahead of this fall’s elections.

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Another Russian General Relieved of Command
[UnderstandingWar] Russian sources reported on July 15 that the Russian military command dismissed 106th Guards Airborne (VDV) Division Commander Major General Vladimir Seliverstov.[1] Russian sources stated that the reason for Seliverstov’s dismissal is currently unknown but speculated that it could be associated with Seliverstov's reputation for speaking up on behalf of his soldiers.[2] Russian sources claimed that the 106th VDV Division has been operating in the Bakhmut area since January...

The Russian military command recently dismissed 58th Combined Arms Army (Southern Military District) Commander Major General Ivan Popov after he reportedly attempted to bypass Chief of the Russian General Staff and overall theater commander Army General Valery Gerasimov and bring his complaints about the situation in western Zaporizhia Oblast directly to Putin.
Courtesy of Skidmark, the Daily Mail has lots of photos, adding:
Yet another high-profile general was purged in Russia today as Vladimir Putin's defence minister continues to root out anyone viewed as having betrayed the Kremlin.

Paratrooper commander Major-General Vladimir Seliverstov, 49, is the eighth member of the country's top brass to be fired, suspended, detained or vanished in recent months.

Defence minister Sergei Shoigu is alleged to be conducting 'combat operations' against his own staff as key war generals are axed or sidelined.

Seliverstov is one of Russia's youngest and most ruthless generals who headed the 106th Airborne Division operating in the meat-grinder around Bakhmut where Ukraine is now advancing. Even the support of Putin's former bodyguard Alexei Dyumin, governor of the Tula region and possible anointed son as Kremlin successor, failed to save the general, according to reports.

His demise follows that of notorious Gen Sergei 'Armageddon' Surovikin, 56, who has been incommunicado for 20 days since the revolt led by Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. He is believed to be under interrogation, likely held in jail for siding with Prigozhin and awaiting Putin's decision on his fate.

Yet the witch-hunt goes wider.

Major-General Ivan Popov - who led Russia's 58th army - vanished last week soon after he was fired. A leaked voice message to troops revealed he blamed Putin's high command for 'treacherously and vilely decapitating the army at the most difficult and tense moment'. His wife said Popov, 48, had been 'summoned' to an unknown place and 'abruptly disappeared' after his blistering critique of Putin's war strategy was leaked, according to Telegram channel VChK-OGPU.

Another victim was Major-General Nikolay Gostev - commander of Russia's 4th Air Force Army - who was removed from his post at least temporarily amid Ukraine's counteroffensive. He is reported to be 'resting' - a euphemism also used about Surovikin, the second most senior military commander in Russia. The timing has raised eyebrows since Gostev, 60, is in charge of protecting the Black Sea coast, including annexed Crimea and Zaporizhzhia from Ukrainian missile attacks.

This week a British-supplied Storm Shadow missile killed a general known personally to Putin - Lieutenant-General Oleg Tsokov, 51, in Berdiansk, an area now under intense long range bombardment.

Air force commander Col-Gen Andrey Yudin, 61, is reported to be suspended after being interrogated following the 24 June Wagner armed mutiny.

The same applies to Lt-Gen Vladimir Alexseev, 62,deputy head of military intelligence.

Both Yudin and Alexseev were suspended from duty and their movements restricted.

Earlier, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, who is also known as the Butcher of Mariupol, was ousted in May and joined Wagner. He was the first to pay with his job. His current whereabouts are unknown.

Shoigu is also gunning for reservist Lt-Gen Andrey Gurulev - a prominent pro-war propagandist pundit - who was blamed for leaking Popov's message, and thereby humiliating Shoigu and chief of the armed forces General Valery Gerasimov. No action so far has been taken against him, but it may be only a matter of time.

'Shoigu continues to conduct 'combat operations' inside the Ministry of Defence,' reported channel VChK-OGPU.

The eighth missing general is his close colleague and deputy - Colonel-General Yunus-bek Yevkurov, 59. He was seen talking to Prigozhin on the day of the armed mutiny in Rostov-on-Don. The deputy defence minister has not been seen since early July.
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#1  General Surovikin emerges from Putin doghouse next week.
Posted by: badanov || 07/16/2023 9:04 Comments || Top||

#2  Dozens of Senior Russian Officers Detained, Fired After Wagner Mutiny – WSJ
Russian security services have detained at least 13 senior military officers and suspended or fired 15 others in the wake of the Wagner mercenary group’s mutiny last month, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter. “The detentions are about cleaning the ranks of those who are believed can’t be trusted anymore,” WSJ quoted one source as saying. A number of the detained officers had ties with Wagner, the publication wrote.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035 || 07/16/2023 17:15 Comments || Top||


Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: July 15th, 2023
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[Korrespondent] 19:23 The UK has trained 18,000 Ukrainian infantry volunteers under the Op Interflex training program, the country's Ministry of Defense reported. The program began to operate on June 26, 2022.

17:39 The Russians fired from Gradov on the village of Stepnogorskoye, Zaporozhye region, hit the administrative building of the village council - three people were injured, the President's Office reported.

17:15 Ukraine has changed the tactics of the counteroffensive after significant losses of equipment, writes The New York Times. According to the publication, in the first two weeks of the counteroffensive, up to 20% of military equipment delivered to the front, including Western models, were damaged or destroyed. After changing tactics, this figure dropped to 10%. In particular, the UAF focused more on wearing down Russian forces with artillery and long-range missiles than on attacking Russian-mined fields.

15:33 South Korean President Yun Sok-yeol during his visit to Ukraine promised to increase aid from $100 million last year to $150 million in 2023.

14:52 India and France are developing a new "peace plan" for Ukraine, writes Le Monde, citing sources following the visit of the Indian Prime Minister to Paris on July 13-14. According to the publication, we are talking about initiatives that differ from the various proposals put forward earlier by China and the countries of the Global South. At the same time, Modi does not present himself as an intermediary - unlike Brazilian President Lula da Silva.

13:40 The FSB of the Russian Federation announced that it had prevented the "preparation by the Ukrainian special services of the murder" of Margarita Simonyan, in addition, the murder of Ksenia Sobchak was allegedly planned. Members of the Paragraph-88 group were detained, who allegedly confirmed that they were preparing assassination attempts "on the instructions of the SBU" for a reward of 1.5 million rubles for each murder.

12:58 The Ministry of Reintegration announced a free evacuation from the Sumy region. Already today, the first evacuation train departed from Sumy to Kyiv, which will run every day. At the station, Ukrposhta pays each citizen upon arrival UAH 3,000 for children and persons with disabilities and UAH 2,000 for everyone else. All those who wish will be accommodated by the Kiev OVA in a modular town in the Vyshgorodsky district.

12:19 The Russians fired on the village. Kolodeznoye, Kupyansky district, Kharkiv region: one person died, another was injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.

11:42 The House of Representatives agreed on the draft US defense budget for 2024, which includes $ 300 million to promote the security of Ukraine.

11:05 International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan urged South Africa to make the "right decision" when Putin arrives in Johannesburg for the BRICS summit next month. He recalled that South Africa is a member of the ICC and already has experience in combating crimes against humanity, in particular the crime of apartheid.

10:34 South Korean President Yun Seok-yeol arrived in Ukraine on an unannounced visit , Yonhap reports.

10:20 A large convoy of PMC Wagner arrived in Belarus this morning, according to the monitoring group Belaruska Gayun. A column of cars and trucks on license plates "LDNR" entered Belarus at night from the Russian Federation in the Krichev region, after which they proceeded through Rogachev towards Bobruisk and then to Osipovichi. The route indicates that the column of Wagner PMCs is moving to a tent camp in the village of Target, analysts say. According to them, at least 60 vehicles were seen in the convoy, including pickups, large trucks, "loaves" and at least three buses for transporting people. The column was accompanied by the traffic police of the Republic of Belarus.

09:48 Europe is still waiting for US consent to train Ukrainian pilots on the F-16, writes Politico. Training cannot begin until the State Department formally signs a request for handover of manuals, flight simulators, and other materials. Permissions are waiting for 11 countries that have declared their readiness to start training Ukrainian pilots.

09:29 At night, the Russians attacked Zaporozhye, an infrastructure facility was damaged, one person was injured, said Anatoly Kurtev, secretary of the City Council.

09:21 At night, the air defense forces destroyed four of the six Shahed-136/131 strike drones, the Air Force command reported. Over the past day, in addition to 16 "Shaheds" shot down at night, air defense destroyed three operational-tactical reconnaissance UAVs (Orlan, Zala) and three attack drones of the Lancet type.

08:44 In the Donetsk region on July 14, it was possible to establish information about one person killed by the Russians - in Neskuchny. In the Zaporozhye region, one person was injured, according to the IVA.

08:30 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 15:

  • personnel - about 237,180 (+590) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 4102 (+5),

  • armored combat vehicles - 8019 (+11),

  • artillery systems - 4463 (+14),

  • MLRS - 680 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 425 (+2),

  • aircraft - 315 (+0),

  • helicopters - 310 (+0),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 3807 (+24),

  • cruise missiles - 1273 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 18 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 7036 (+17),

  • special equipment - 664 (+2).

07:46 The Russian army is concentrating its main efforts on the Kupyansky, Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions, there are heavy battles. During the day, there were 32 combat clashes, the General Staff said in the morning summary .

00:12 Information about collaborators and traitors from the Kharkiv region, who may be in Europe, began to be entered into the Interpol database, said the head of the Investigation Department of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Kharkiv region Sergey Bolvinov. According to him, the receipt of such information by Interpol gives grounds to return these citizens to the territory of Ukraine. Bolvinov urged everyone who has truthful information about collaborators who are now hiding in Europe to report them to law enforcement officers. Currently, Interpol has been given information about 25 such fugitives

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#2  Looked like one possible hit and a whole bunch of misses to me. Sounded like some kind of idiot talking who ain'y never learned to speak Unites States.
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper || 07/16/2023 18:39 Comments || Top||

#3  There is a video from the Russian side showing destroyed/burned trucks w/ towed artillery and dead Russians from the convoy. HIMARS doesn't have to make a direct hit to destroy vehicles. The preformed fragments are very nasty.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035 || 07/16/2023 18:48 Comments || Top||

#4  Igor Girkin and Romanov_92 claim Staromaiorske liberated by Ukrainians.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035 || 07/16/2023 18:53 Comments || Top||


#6  Russians are trying to regain lost ground in village of Staromayorske - General Staff
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces released information on the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ offensive in the Shakhtarsk direction, where part of the settlement of Staromayorske was liberated. The post reads: "In the Shakhtarsk direction, in the northern part of Staromayorsk, Donetsk region, the enemy made an unsuccessful attempt to restore the lost position. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3431511
Posted by: Enver Slager8035 || 07/16/2023 21:08 Comments || Top||


Russian Perspective: Operation to denazify Ukraine: operational summary July 15 (updated)
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{ 23:52 The RF Armed Forces destroyed the Starlink station and the UAV control center on the right bank of the Dnieper.

22:46 Explosions are heard in Zaporozhye and Krivoy Rog

According to preliminary data, the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the offensive could become the targets of strikes in Zaporozhye.

21:50 Consequences of arrival of Geranium at the fuel depot in Kharkov.

21:30 Video- a cunning and deadly effective technique of our fighters: the enemy was squeezed by shelling from two sides in the Avdievsky direction during the fighting in the spring of this year.

First, the soldiers of the 114th Brigade drove the enemy with the explosions of "Grads" and cannon artillery to the already sighted positions. The enemy had only two choices: to be destroyed or to try his luck and go a different route. This was the calculation of the Russian military. When the trap slammed shut, the blows went already to the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

21:00 Video- Arrival by Ukrainian self-propelled gun near Klescheevka in the Bakhmut direction from artillerymen of the 72nd motorized rifle brigade.

20:30 Video- The work of 152mm ACS Msta-S in the Kupyansky direction.

19:55 The captured serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told that their throw for meat.

“There are two people left from my platoon: some are in hospitals, some are written off for health reasons. They cling to every opportunity to get out of here,” the captive soldier said.

He added that he was taken right from the street after mobilization, pushed into a car and taken to the military registration and enlistment office. At first he was trained for service in air defense units, but was sent to the front line in the infantry. The commanders lead from afar, they do not provide assistance, but only demand, in fact, that more and more new mobilized to death be sent.

The prisoner urges his colleagues not to go to the front, as this is the right way to death.

19:05 The crew of the reconnaissance and attack helicopter Ka-52 in the South-Donetsk direction destroyed the BMP of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the landing force with an accurate strike of a guided missile -video.

18:45 Our guys took another enemy defensive midfielder of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The enemy lost many killed. Some were lucky enough to be captured -video.

18:26 220mm BM-27 MLRS Hurricane inflicts attacks on the enemy in the Artemovsk direction.

Artillery crews of the Eastern Military District of the Russian Armed Forces are destroying enemy infantry units and armored targets in the Artemovsk direction. Any attempts to counterattack by Ukrainian militants are stopped as soon as possible, leaving them no chance for revenge.

17:55 Artillerymen of the Southern Group of Forces are working on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Seversk direction -video.

16:50 Calculations of TOS-1A “Solntsepek” of the 35th army warm up strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the forest belt. Direction Gulyaipole-Dorozhnyanka, Zaporizhia Front.

16:46 In Ukraine continue “getting rid of the Soviet past”: a monument to Soviet soldiers was demolished in Vinniki, Lviv region. The authorities said they would donate the sculpture to the Memorial Museum of Totalitarian Regimes.

16:25 They came to shoot at the Russians, but something went wrong. Somewhere in the Zaporozhye direction, a direct hit on an armored car with Western mercenaries -video.

15:46 The UAV command post and the place of residence of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed by Krasnopol in the Kherson direction -video.

15:45 Abandoned French wheeled tank AMX-10RCR APU along with ammunition near Novodonetsk.

Military Informant writes that the ammo found included 105 mm OFUM 105 F3 shells with white phosphorus, as well as 105 mm OFL 105 F1 finned sub-caliber projectiles.

OFUM 105 F3 are designed for use as smoke projectiles, but under certain conditions they can also be used as incendiary ones.

15:28 The Mukhin farm of the Shebekinsky urban district came under the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, there were no victims - the governor.

14:43 Odessa executioners - military commissars continue forcefully take men to war. Local residents film it all on video and do not share this approach of the Ukrainian authorities.

14:00 Highlights from the new briefing of the RF Ministry of Defense:

The Russian Armed Forces repulsed two attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;

The Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to advance in the Donetsk, Krasnoliman and Yuzhno-Donetsk directions during the day;

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction amounted to more than 70 servicemen;

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction;

The RF Armed Forces in the DPR and the Zaporozhye region hit the ammunition depots of two brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the 5th brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine;

The Russian military in the Donetsk direction successfully repulsed 17 attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a day;

The Russian Armed Forces hit the ammunition depots of three Ukrainian brigades;

Over the past day, air defense systems intercepted three HIMARS MLRS shells, shot down six APU drones;

During the day, Russian troops repelled two attacks by units of the 37th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR;

The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 315 fighters in the Donetsk direction per day;

Russian troops destroyed a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group in the Zaporozhye region;

The military of the Russian Federation in the Kurdyumovka region in the DPR stopped the activities of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group;

Russian troops destroyed the ammunition depot of the 129th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Makarovka area in the DPR;

The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 210 fighters in a day in the Yuzhno-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions;

The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 30 Ukrainian soldiers and Acacia self-propelled guns in the Kherson direction;

The RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 20 military personnel and 122mm self-propelled guns "Gvozdika" in the Kupyansk direction;

Russian troops repulsed two attacks by the Marine Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR.


13:37 Ukrainian formations continue daily shelling of border settlements of the Belgorod region.

As a result of the strike on the village of Vyazovoe, Krasnoyarzhsky District, an agricultural enterprise was damaged, there were no victims or injured.

13:11 Menu in one of the cafes in Kyiv. Sick all over, you can't say otherwise.

12:50 In the city of Vasilkov (Kyiv region), on July 10, during a robbery, the leader of the local cell of the Right Sector (an extremist organization banned in Russia) Viktor Zakharchenko was killed.

After the start of the SVO, the veteran of the ATO enlisted in the Nazi group “Da Vinci Wolves”, where he was injured and was written off with a disability of group 1.

It draws attention to the fact that Ukrainian propaganda “assigned” the rank of major general in the reserve to the murdered nationalist, which is not confirmed by his autobiography on the website of the Kyiv administration.

12:39 In Kherson regionself-destructedfrom poisoning with canned food 38-year-old Lieutenant Colonel of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Dmitry Panko.

12:01 RF Armed Forces eliminated serviceman of the military unit A4007 (110th Separate Mechanized Brigade) Mikhail Shcherbin.

11:44 Liquidated 54-year-old Colonel, Deputy Commander of the 2nd Infantry Battalion of the 2nd Separate Galician Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine Yuriy Bak from the city of Lvov.

11:39 AFU has been firing at the border Russian territories since the morning. The village of Churovichi in the Bryansk region and Krasny Khutor in the Belgorod region were hit. According to the latter, there were 11 arrivals - fire was fired from a Polish 60mm mortar.

11:00 Well-known nationalist in Poltava informs that since the beginning of this week, 55 militants have been wounded and liquidated in the 116th Brigade of the defense.

It is reported that the command transferred the personnel to the subordination of the 110th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, where the Poltava Teroboronists are thrown into “meat assaults” near Avdiivka.

10:50 Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired about 60 shells at the settlements of the Belgorod region, there were no casualties or damage. This was announced in his Telegram channel by the governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov.

10:25 According to the latest reports, attack drones hit the port infrastructure in Nikolaev, where the operators of marine drones were located and where these drones themselves were delivered, planned for use by the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Armed Forces.

10:23 The destruction of an armored car of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from a Ka-52 helicopter by a guided missile showed the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation -video.

10:15 Russian army in the Svatovsky and Krasno-Limansky direction struck manpower and equipment of several mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the head of the press center of the "Center" group, Alexander Savchuk, the enemy made nine attempts to attack the positions of our troops - as a result, a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed. As part of the counter-battery fight, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, a 122mm Gvozdika, a 122mm BM-21Grad MLRS and a 120mm mortar crew were destroyed.

Air defense systems shot down two enemy UAVs. Also, an air strike was carried out on the command and observation post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and three points of temporary deployment of the enemy.

10:00 Soldiers of the Dnipro group of troops destroyed equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region:

In the island zone, damage was inflicted to the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the day:

- in the area of ​​​​Sofiyivka, an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to force the Dnieper River was thwarted, as a result of fire damage, three boats and 12 Ukrainians were destroyed.

In the Kherson direction, damage was inflicted to the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the day:

- in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Dneprovskoe, a 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it were destroyed, six militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, two were injured of varying severity;

- in the area of ​​​​Sergeevka, a 152mm MSTA-B howitzer with ammunition was liquidated, three fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, four were injured of varying severity.

In the Kakhovka direction, the following units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were damaged during the day:

- in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Dudchany, the position of the armed formations of Ukraine was destroyed, nine Ukrainians were destroyed, six more were injured of varying severity.


09:50 As a result of the night strike of the RF Armed Forces on Zaporozhye damaged infrastructure facility, local authorities said. Which one exactly is not specified.

09:20 At night in Ukraine, there was again no time for sleep: it was especially loud in the Nikolaev region and Zaporozhye.

The RF Armed Forces carried out a combined attack on the assigned targets using UAVs and missiles. Several bouquets of "Geraniums" were sent to Zaporozhye, eyewitnesses reported that several UAVs swooped down to the area of ​​the island of Khortytsya.

There was no air defense work, the alarm was turned on with a great delay. The enemy’s warehouse was hit, the fact of hitting the target is recorded by our intelligence and confirmed by enemy telegram channels.

Serious arrivals were also in the Nikolaev region, especially in the Ochakov region. Also at night there was a powerful shelling of the left bank of the Dnieper and the Artyomovskaya agglomeration.

In addition, explosions were heard in the Dnepropetrovsk region and on the outskirts of Dnepropetrovsk itself.

09:15 Bryansk region. This morning, the village of Churovichi, Klimovsky district, came under shelling. Two houses damaged. There are no victims.

09:14 Wreckage destroyed American 155mm self-propelled guns M109 and the frame of the 152mm self-propelled guns 2S3 "Acacia" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine somewhere in the NVO zone.

09:11 Ukrainian servicemen are very poorly armed, often they are not even able to use the weapons with which they were taught to work, a captured Ukrainian soldier said -video.

09:05 Servicemen of the 4th Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces destroy military equipment of the Nazis in the Svetlodar direction.

08:58 Personnel destruction of an armored combat vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by loitering ammunition.

The hit was recorded by a reconnaissance UAV in the Kupyansk direction (Video of the Russian Ministry of Defense).

08:18 Destruction of the DRG of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the ATGM crew of the Southern Group of Forces in the Donetsk direction -video.

08:10 Attack aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit dozens of concentrations of forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Pyatikhatki area.

08:06 Crews of reconnaissance and attack helicopters Ka-52 "Alligator" successfully continue to destroy Ukrainian armored vehicles in the Vremevsky direction -video.

08:00 Calculation of the 152mm D-20 gun with an accurate shot destroyed Enemy infantry fighting vehicles in the Krasnolimansky direction.

In the course of combat work, the artillerymen, in cooperation with the operators of unmanned aerial vehicles, struck at the detected accumulation of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Actual information about the situation on the front line: July 15 (updated)
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:44 A civilian was injured during the artillery attack of Donetsk by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

JCCC: A civilian from Donetsk was injured in the artillery attack of the Petrovsky district by the Armed Forces of Ukraine

21:50 Russian army comes to Kupyansk, breaking through the enemy defenses at Liman the First.

In the Liman Pervy - Sinkovka - Masyutovka area, the hardest battles are going on throughout the day, the fighters report from the spot.

Ours crossed the railroad and attacked the enemy's opposing forces.

“Our guys are destroying the enemy behind a piece of iron,” the fighters report.

Enemy resources confirm that Russian troops are on the offensive, using TOS-1A “Solntsepyok”, artillery, aircraft and demining vehicles - Ur-77 “Serpent Gorynych”.

In the daily report of the Ministry of Defense, it was reported that operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of the Western Military District hit the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including. area n.p. Estuary First Kharkov region.

21:30 Enemy holds many attacks, trying to knock out the "Brave" from positions on the Svatovsko-Kremenny line

In the area of the Serebryansky forest, the armored group of the 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade moved on to assault operations. She had no success, was destroyed by artillery fire.

Spetsnaz discovered concentrations of 42nd and 67th Separate Mechanized Brigades, regrouping for the offensive. Fire TOS-1A "Solntsepyok" destroyed.

In the area of N. p. Yampolovka inflicted an artillery strike on an infantry group of 63 Separate Mechanized Brigade. Three pickups destroyed.

In the area of N. p. Nevsky repelled an attack by an armored group of the 21st Brigade.

In the areas of n.p. Chervonaya Dibrova repulsed the attack of the 100 Teroborona brigade. Artillery fire destroyed the BMP.

The activities of the DRG of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been suppressed.

SAM "Tor-M1" shot down 2 UAVs.

In the areas of n.p. The Novovodyanoe Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of the BMP of the 107th Teroborona brigade, attempted to capture our stronghold. The enemy was stopped by small arms and artillery fire.

21:00 Video- a report on the battles of 1AK units in the Avdeevsky direction.

20:30 Inflicted powerful strike on the cluster of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Orekhov, from where the enemy is trying to break through the Zaporozhye Front

So far, at the front at the turn of Kopani - Rabotino - Verbovoye, the intensity of hostilities has decreased.

The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is regrouping before new waves of assaults and from time to time sends units to reconnaissance in force.

Meanwhile, the Russian army is identifying concentrations of enemy forces and strikes at them.

The greatest activity of the enemy is at the junction of the defenses of the 291st and 70th Regiments in the fields in the Rabotino area. Earlier, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were able to enter the trenches here and continue to gain a foothold.

So far, the fighting has taken a positional character. Howitzers, MLRS and mortars, tankmen and infantry conduct mutual firefights that do not develop into large-scale hostilities.

20:00 Throughout the day, Ukrainian formations are shelling civil infrastructure of the Donetsk agglomeration.

In the capital, attacks were made on households in the Kirovsky, Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts.

In the Voroshilovsky district, an enemy strike UAV with a lot of suspended grenades was shot down. In the fall, several of them detonated, damaging several cars and an apartment building, miraculously no one was hurt.

In addition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled Horlivka, Makeevka and Yasinovataya, there was no information about casualties and destruction.

At the moment, the artillery attack of the cities of the Donetsk People's Republic does not stop.

19:30 Artyomovskoe direction, southern flank

A very strong roll on our positions in the area of Kleshcheevka and Kurdyumovka.

Our Guys fight back successfully. There is air support, our artillery is constantly working.

The Ukrainian has a lot of losses, both in technology and in manpower.

In closed military publics, crests write that in the front-line settlements on the Ukrainian side, a “congestion of the wounded” has formed - “everyone is rushing around to no avail, and the boys are bleeding”.

It got to the point that “the brothers shot the leg of the ambulance driver, who did not have room for another wounded Nazi.” As a result, sending four fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the hospital was in question - the driver was out of order ...


19:00 What is in the Ukrainian media write about the beginning of the evacuation of the civilian population from the Sumy region - this is a plan of the Ukrainian command that has long been implemented. Probably, the go-ahead for the dissemination of information was given only now.

The forced evacuation of citizens began in May, when the Ukrainian General Staff decided to create a five-kilometer buffer zone near the border with Russia. Under this pretext, members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Troops moved into private houses, and citizens were expelled.

In recent weeks, there has been an active transfer of people and equipment to the areas bordering the Bryansk region, and SBU officers have intensified the search for "pro-Russian citizens", because of which, in their opinion, the number of accurate strikes on enemy targets has increased.

18:30 Vremyevsky section situation as of 17.00 July 15, 2023

After the enemy units were able to gain a foothold at the Grusheva Balka, the attention of the Armed Forces of Ukraine again moved to the Staromayorskoye-Urozhaynoye line.

At night and in the morning, assault detachments of the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy on several armored combat vehicles, supported by artillery, resumed their attack on Staromayorskoye from Makarovka and landings to the northwest.

A warrior of the Far East reports that on the eve of the combined infantry groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, several waves tried to break through to Urozhayny after intensive artillery preparation.

All attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repulsed. And in the vicinity of Staromayorsky, four armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed - two were blown up in a minefield, and two were hit by an ATGM crew.

At the same time, at night, artillerymen of the 72nd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as tanks of the 1st Brigade, fired at the strongholds of the RF Armed Forces near Priyutnoye, covering the rotation of units of the 36th Brigade in landings to the north.

In the context of the ongoing attacks on Priyutnoye and Staromayorskoye, it is interesting that the Armed Forces of Ukraine organized close coordination between fire units. If necessary, the artillerymen of one formation assist the forces in another sector, increasing the capabilities of the Ukrainian group.


18:00 Video- statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group:

In the South-Donetsk direction, advanced units of the Vostok group of forces, supported by artillery, stopped the advance of an enemy infantry group in the direction of Makarovka.

The groupings were destroyed by artillery fire: the Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount in Velikaya Novoselka, two mortar crews of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Makarovka and north of Pavlovka, a pickup truck with nationalists east of the Oktyabr State Farm, an MTLB with manpower in the Ravnopol region and a towed howitzer Msta-B in Privolnoye .

Helicopters of army aviation hit the places of accumulation of manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Makarovka and Urozhaynoye.

Air defense systems shot down two UAVs "Fury" and "Valkyrie".

In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy did not take active actions, conducted reconnaissance and made attempts to regroup forces.

In the course of systematic fire and counter-battery combat, a mortar crew was destroyed in the Mirny area, a tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Stepovoye area, an armored fighting vehicle in Novodanilovka, and two artillery pieces in Preobrazhenka and Omelnik.

A strike drone destroyed an armored combat vehicle with militants in the area northwest of Priyutnoye.

Assault aircraft hit about a dozen places where militants gathered in the Pyatihatki area.


17:30 Soledar direction situation as of 16.00 July 15, 2023

Today, Ukrainian units made several attempts to storm the positions of the Russian Armed Forces near Kleshcheevka. Enemy assault troops attacked Russian strongholds from several sides in the hope of success.

But the servicemen of several units of the RF Armed Forces, holding the defense, repulsed the attack in this sector with the support of artillery. The Armed Forces of Ukraine withdrew at the cost of yet another casualty of the “meat assault” tactics.

The APU rolls are not surprising. Yesterday soldiers of the Russian army successfully counterattacked west and northwest of Kleshcheevka. As a result of the offensive of the RF Armed Forces, they recaptured about 500 meters in depth and entrenched themselves there.

There are no significant changes in other sectors of the front near Berkhovka and Razdolovka. Positional battles and the mutual exchange of blows and artillery continue.

However, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine transferred at least one battalion of the 22nd Mechanized Brigade to Dyleyevka. Probably, in the near future the enemy will again try to break through to the important heights near Kleshcheevka.

Ukrainian formations are almost guaranteed to try to take advantage of the next removal of a high-ranking military leader who participated in the SVO from the very beginning, Major General Seliverstov.


17:00 Ukrainian formations throughout the day lead artillery attack of the Belgorod border area.

This time, the Mukhin farm in the Shebekinsky District was under enemy fire. rounds damaged one residential building, no one was injured.

16:30 "Dismantling the enemy's first line of defense": personnel training of assault units of the Ivanovo paratroopers in the rear area of the NVO zone

Instructors with solid combat experience conduct classes in tactical, fire, and medical training, taking into account the real situation on the line of contact.

Particular attention is paid to the development of combat operations during the assault on Ukrainian strongholds and their cleansing, where paratroopers move in small groups.

One of the most important elements of training for commanders is the command of a unit in combat.

Daily training at the training ground takes place in conditions as close as possible to combat.

16:00 What is happening in the Kherson direction? Situation as of 14.00 July 15, 2023

In the area of the islands near Antonovka, Ukrainian formations tried at night to transfer additional units to the Antonovsky bridge on six small boats.

Concentrated fire was inflicted on enemy boats. One of the boats was destroyed by an accurate hit of a shell, four returned to Antonovka, and one managed to get to the opposite shore, disembarking the group.

Now there are no active battles in this area, only the cannonade of artillery and mortars does not subside. The APU strikes along the front line, thus covering the activities of the DRG.

And the enemy pays special attention to information operations. On the air, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting a “radio game”, trying to confuse and mislead the Russian troops either about missile strikes or about the direction of forcing the Dnieper. And in this stream of disinformation, real signs of preparation for an attack should be singled out.


15:30 Ukrainian formations continue daily artillery attack of border settlements of the Belgorod region.

As a result of the strike on the village of Vyazovoe, Krasnoyarzhsky District, an agricultural enterprise was damaged, there were no victims or injured.

15:00 Svatovsko-Kremenskaya section situation as of 13.00 July 15, 2023

In the direction of Kremennaya, positional surges of Ukrainian formations continue. In Serebryansky forest, enemy DRGs are trying to break through to Dibrova, but to no avail.

There are no reliable data on the configuration of the front around Torsky. In recent days, there has been information about the advance of Russian troops to Yampolovka, but so far there has been no confirmation. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to strike at the forests west of Kremennaya.

To the north, in the vicinity of Balka Zhuravka, Ukrainian formations transferred reinforcements of the 518th battalion of the 1st Special Forces unit of the 9th Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Mortar rounds were also placed in the area.

And on the Svatovsky site yesterday, taking advantage of the pouring rain, an enemy detachment on two tanks and two infantry fighting vehicles launched a counterattack near Karamzinovka. Artillerymen of self-propelled guns of the 21st Motorized Rifle Brigade worked out ten rounds per target in a group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result, two infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed, and the tanks withdrew.


14:30 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of July 15, 2023)

During the day, the armed forces of Ukraine made attempts to attack in the Donetsk, Krasnolimansk and South-Donetsk directions.

- In the Donetsk direction, as a result of well-coordinated and courageous actions of the units of the "Southern" group of forces, seventeen enemy attacks were successfully repelled in the areas of the settlements of Severnoe, Kurdyumovka, Novomikhailovka, Maryinka, Kleshcheevka, Maloiliinovka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Belogorovka of the Luhansk People's Republic.

In addition, in the area of the settlement of Kurdyumovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, the activities of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were stopped.

During the hostilities, enemy losses amounted to 315 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.

- In the Krasnolimansky direction, units of the "Center" grouping of troops, air strikes and artillery fire inflicted a defeat on manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Terny of the Donetsk People's Republic, Nevsky and Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic.

Two enemy attacks were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Torskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic and Makeevka in the Luhansk People's Republic.

In addition, the activities of a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group were stopped in the area of the settlement of Chervonaya Dibrova in the Luhansk People's Republic.

During the day, more than 70 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, as well as a 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed.

Also in the area of the settlement of Yampol of the Donetsk People's Republic, an ammunition depot of the 100th Brigade of territorial defense was destroyed.

- In the South-Donetsk direction, strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation and artillery fire of the Vostok group of troops defeated the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Makarovka and Rovnopol of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Two attacks by units of the 37th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled in the area of the settlement of Urozhaynoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Also, in the areas of the settlements of Staromayorskoye and Rivnopol of the Donetsk People's Republic, the activities of two Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups were stopped.

- In the Zaporizhia direction, as a result of competent actions of Russian troops, an accumulation of manpower and equipment of the 128th mountain assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was defeated in the area of the settlement of Pyatikhatki, Zaporozhye region.

In addition, a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group was destroyed in the area of the Zherebyanka settlement in the Zaporozhye region.

Enemy losses in these areas amounted to 210 Ukrainian servicemen, five armored combat vehicles, two vehicles, two 122mm D-30 howitzers and one 152mm D-20.

Also, an ammunition depot of the 129th Territorial Defense Brigade was destroyed near the settlement of Makarovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

- In the Kupyansk direction, operational-tactical and army aviation, artillery of the "Western" group of forces hit the manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Krasnoye Pervoye, Novomlynsk and Molchanovo in the Kharkiv region.

Enemy losses amounted to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, and a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount.

- In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, three cars, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and a 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled artillery installation were destroyed during the day.

Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day defeated the 73rd artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 93 districts.

Ammunition depots of the 33rd Mechanized and 44th Artillery Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the 5th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, were hit in the areas of the settlements of Yampol of the Donetsk People's Republic, Malaya Tokmachka and Novosolene of the Zaporozhye region.

Air defense systems intercepted three rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system during the day.

In addition, six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Zhovtneve in the Kharkiv region, Zaliman, Pshenichnoe, Kremennaya in the Luhansk People's Republic, Klyuchevoe in the Donetsk People's Republic and Pologa in the Zaporozhye region.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 455 aircraft, 242 helicopters, 5,015 unmanned aerial vehicles, 426 anti-aircraft missile systems, 10,711 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,138 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 5,462 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 11,678 units of special military vehicles.


13:41 Video- statement by the head of the press center of the "Center" group:

On the Svatovsky and Krasnolimansky directions, the enemy launched nine attacks on the positions of Russian troops. As a result of the coordinated actions of the units, as well as with the support of aviation and artillery of the "Center" group of forces, fire damage was inflicted on manpower and equipment of 21, 42, 66 and 67 Mechanized Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. A tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup vehicles were destroyed.

As part of the counter-battery fight, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery howitzer, a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle and a 120mm mortar crew were hit.

Air defense systems shot down two unmanned aerial vehicles in the area of the settlements of Kremennaya and Chervonopopovka.

The crews of Su-34 fighter-bombers bombed the command and observation post and three enemy temporary deployment points.


13:10 Video- Statement by the head of the press center of the "South" group:

Subdivisions of the "Southern" group of forces repelled four enemy attacks in the Lisichansk and Soledaro-Artemovsk directions. Three assault detachments from the 60th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered significant losses in manpower and equipment when trying to break through in the direction of the Berkhovsky reservoir.

Also, the Russian servicemen showed courage and heroism in repulsing the offensive actions of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Kleshchievka.

The motorized rifle units of the group were supported by assault and army aviation. Rocket and bomb strikes were carried out against concentrations of manpower and places of concentration of enemy military equipment in the Lisichansky, Soledaro-Artemovsky, Alexander-Kalinovsky and Avdeevsky directions. Also hit by aviation targets were two ammunition depots in the areas of Seversk and Verkhnekamenskoye settlements.

The crew of the multiple launch rocket system "Tornado-S" inflicted a fire strike on the accumulation of manpower of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Chervonoe.


12:38 Episode is announced air strikes in the Sumy region.

According to Ukrainian resources, it is actively flying at the facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Vorozhba and Krasnopolye. Presumably, there are hangars with military equipment and ammunition.

12:00 Ukrainian formations continue to strike at the border of the Bryansk region.

According to Mash, at least six rounds were fired at the village of Churoviki, power lines and several residential buildings were damaged.

11:30 Video- statement by the head of the press center of the group "West":

During the hostilities in the Kupyansk direction, the crews of Ka-52, Mi-28 attack helicopters and Su-25 attack aircraft of the Zapad group of forces inflicted eight strikes on the accumulation of manpower and firepower of units of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade and territorial defense battalions.

The artillery of the group thwarted two attempts to rotate units of the 32nd Separate Mechanized Brigade at the forefront in the area of the settlement. Novoselovskoe.

In addition, in the area of N. p. Berestovoe, Stelmakhovka, Tabaevka, fire from T-72B3 and T-80 tanks, 152mm Msta-S self-propelled artillery mounts and 152mm Giacint-B towed guns hit the positions of 32 Separate Mechanized Brigade. The total losses of the enemy amounted to more than a platoon of manpower and two pickup trucks.

During the counterbattery fire of 122mm D-30 howitzers in the area of the settlement. Novoselovskoye destroyed two enemy mortar crews.


11:02 Chronicle special military operation: the events of July 14, 2023.

- In the Bryansk region, Ukrainian formations fired at the village of Belaya Berezka.

As a result of the strikes, three houses were destroyed, a woman died, three more people were injured of varying severity.

- Fierce battles for Novoselovskoye continue in the Starobelsky direction.

The enemy is transferring additional reserves to the village, trying to hold key heights.

- To the north of Bakhmut, units of the Russian airborne troops carried out a counterattack in the area of the Berkhovsky reservoir.

As a result, tactically important positions were occupied in forest plantations near the reservoir.

- To the south, heavy fighting continues near Kleshcheevka, where the enemy has again stepped up attacks on the heights near the village.

Russian troops hold their positions, but the situation here remains quite tense.

- In the South-Donetsk direction, the main hostilities unfolded in the Vremievsky sector.

The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to shift the vector of attacks by carrying out several unsuccessful sorties in the direction of Urozhayne and Novodonetsk.

- At the same time, intense fighting continues in the area of Staromayorsky and Priyutny.

Regardless of the losses, the enemy attacks from various directions, trying to push through the Russian defensive orders.

- In the Zaporozhye direction, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine again increased pressure on the positions of Russian troops near Rabotino.

Acting in small groups, the enemy several times unsuccessfully tried to reach the outskirts of the village during the day.


10:31 Situation in the Zaporozhye and South-Donetsk directions: fighting in the Vremevsky sector
- In the Vremevsky direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out five waves of attacks in the direction of Urozhaynoye during the day. In the evening, two more waves followed - by 20.35 the situation was stabilized. Also, the enemy, with forces of up to 60 militants and five armored combat vehicles, made an attempt to break through the positions of our troops in the Staromayorsky area. Two armored vehicles were blown up in a minefield, two were destroyed by ATGM launches, one left in a northerly direction.

After inflicting fire damage, up to 30 militants were destroyed. Surviving 25-30 militants are blocked, enemy reserves are cut off by artillery fire. Another armored group of the enemy, which advanced towards Staromayrsky, never reached our positions due to minefields and artillery strikes.

- In the Zaporozhye direction, the situation in the Orekhovsky sector has relatively stabilized - it is reported that the enemy did not take active actions. Artillery duels intensified in the Gulyai-Polye sector. Enemy DRGs were also spotted there in the Marfpol area.

An interesting moment - they report that in the area of the Oktyabr state farm, an enemy sound broadcasting station was destroyed, which has not happened for a long time. Also, our side launched missile strikes on temporary deployment points and warehouses of the BP of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region.


09:45 South-Donetsk direction, Vremievsky ledge:

At night, the enemy, after a massive artillery strike on the first line of our defense, made an attempt to break through. As of this morning, the enemy has not succeeded: the Little Russian has suffered significant losses and retreated.

At these moments, the enemy continues unsuccessful roll-ups, although the attacks are going to “take a break” - sluggishly and, rather, for a “tick”, they say, “we stormed” - the enemy in the trenches does not see any prospects for a “counterattack”. In contrast to the “high Kyiv offices” that are in direct contact with Washington.

09:15 In Kherson direction at 08:00 on July 15:

During the night, the enemy did not show any activity. Single shots from cannon artillery and short bursts from mortars without proofreading. Russian fighters responded absolutely mirror.

In the morning our artillery worked on planned targets at the forefront (observation posts, places for living, command posts).

Minimum work on the water from the enemy. Along our areas of responsibility, no changes along the front line.

The enemy moved a lot in his equipment along the front-line roads with the headlights on, which should be noted.

09:04 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:

-- n.p. Aleshki fired 17 rounds;

-- Nine rounds were fired at the village of Peschanovka;

-- Five rounds were fired at the Proletarka settlement;

-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery seven rounds.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement. Nova Kakhovka, n.p. Kakhovka, n.p. Radensk, settlement Sagi, firing a total of 31 cannon artillery rounds.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.

08:15 Chronicle of the special military operation: events of July 14, 2023:

Fierce battles for Novoselovskoye continue in the Starobelsky direction. The enemy is transferring additional reserves to the village, trying to hold key heights.

To the north of Bakhmut, units of the Russian airborne troops carried out a counterattack in the area of the Berkhovsky reservoir. As a result, tactically important positions were occupied in forest plantations near the reservoir. To the south, heavy fighting continues near Kleshcheevka, where the enemy has again stepped up attacks on the heights near the village. Russian troops hold their positions, but the situation here remains quite tense.

In the South-Donetsk direction, the main hostilities unfolded in the Vremievsky sector. The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to shift the vector of attacks by carrying out several unsuccessful sorties in the direction of Urozhayne and Novodonetsk. At the same time, intense fighting continues in the area of Staromayorsky and Priyutny. Regardless of the losses, the enemy attacks from various directions, trying to push through the Russian defensive orders.

In the Zaporozhye direction, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine again increased pressure on the positions of Russian troops near Rabotino.

08:02 The Vostok grouping in the South-Donetsk direction stopped the movement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Makarovka.

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Other skies. Why the Ministry of Justice expands the list of foreign agents
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Maxim Sokolov

[REGNUM] The more the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation multiplies the list of foreign agents, the more bewilderment grows among citizens. Its cause is rather not the fact that people who are the "mind, honor and conscience" of our era are enrolled in the proscription lists. There is also such a view, but it is shared by very few, and the majority considers those on the lists to be unfit people. If, however, they even know who they are.

It includes: a) non-profit organizations recognized as foreign agents; b) mass media recognized as foreign agents; c) individuals recognized by the media as foreign agents; d) individuals recognized as foreign agents; e) unregistered public associations recognized as foreign agents. Directly according to Mayakovsky - "Curly Mitreyki, wise Kudreyki - who the hell will figure them out!".

Considering that in the past, when citizens were frightened by exclusion either from PACE or from the OSCE - and everyone confused them, a much more complex scheme with foreign agents is completely confusing.

And even more knocks down a cursory glance at the personalities.

M. K. Pevchikh* , a British subject, an associate (and, possibly, a poisoner - Shakespeare does not do this) of A. A. Navalny* is also listed, although she is just a gentlewoman in the service of Her / His Majesty. Commercials and the Minister of War of the Kingdom of Ben Wallace fit to declare a foreign agent.

However, the Bulgarian Hristo Grozev, who never had Russian citizenship, was put on the list. Of course, a man with a murky biography worked for the Mi-6 and against Russia, but in general he had the right.

Also surprising is the appearance in the lists of L. B. Nevzlin, who fled to Israel for 20 years, fearing heavy criminal punishment for wet cases.

Now Nevzlin is a wealthy Israeli, perhaps denouncing “fascist Russia”, but why should a foreign citizen not swear when he wants to.

But even not so criminal personalities, classified as foreign agents - writer D. L. Bykov, artist B. B. Grebenshchikov * , b. the head of the "Parkhomburo" S. B. Parkhomenko, the hedonist E. A. Chichvarkin* etc., - behind the safe sitting border, they bark like dogs from behind the fence, but they are not at all going to return to Russia.

Accordingly, they are neither hot nor cold from the rank of a foreign agent - after all, they are not going to send secret fellows to them. And even if they get together (although such bitterness is extremely doubtful), orders will be given to the good fellows without any coordination with the Ministry of Justice and its lists.

And it is not clear what is the pragmatics of enlisting such persons as foreign agents. The fact that they are ugly people was already known.

The idea itself was clear and old. Much older than the legal concept of the relevant US laws, which are usually referred to as justifications for domestic practice - “What about us? And we are like in America.” In fact, it's about the design of the nation state.

Even in the XVII-XVIII centuries. there was nothing wrong with politicians taking money from foreign ambassadors. Let us recall the bribery practice of the French ambassadors under Elizabeth Petrovna . Yes, and later. The apoplexy of Paul I was organized by the St. Petersburg ambassador of His Majesty, Lord Whitworth. Habitual business.

But with the advent of national ideology, the very concept of “nation”, it became indecent to take foreign money for internal political struggle. "Your own males squabble - don't pester strangers." And the dog, taking money from foreign powers, was excluded from the politicum. Such has become the good custom of sovereign nations.

But nothing lasts forever. In the midst of great upheavals in political life, when everything starts from scratch, it is not uncommon for politics to become archaic and bribes from foreign governments (more often through the laying of formally independent funds) again become completely acceptable.

Recall perestroika and the "holy 90s", when the problem was not whether to take foreign money, but only where to find an overseas benefactor.

However, with the sovereignization of the state, bribes from foreigners again began to become less and less decent. In part, they were voluntarily abandoned, in part, the most persistent benefactors like Soros were clearly pointed out the way out. And the foreign clientele began to be pressed more and more. In the belief that sovereignty and foreign money in some cases do not go well together.

Hence the legislation on foreign agents appeared. "If you don't want it to be good, it will be not good."

You can find an explanation and justification for this, need, they say, forces, but no need forces and cannot force to declare Bykov or Chichvarkin as foreign agents. They have forever chosen other skies and other jurisdictions, well, let them live under them. What is called, "cut slice." Why exclude from the Russian politicum those who have long and openly excluded themselves?

Well, the fact that the Ministry of Justice in this matter shows zeal is not according to reason - should we be surprised at that? When was it different?

Wikipedia:
Leonid Borisovich Nevzlin is a Russian-born Israeli businessman, investor, and philanthropist.

Nevzlin occupied various high-ranking positions at Group Menatep and its subsidiary, the Yukos Oil Company. In 2003, the Russian state expropriated Yukos and began a campaign of persecution against its executives. Nevzlin was tried in absentia in Russia in March 2008, found guilty of several counts of conspiracy to murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 2014, the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled in favor of Nevzlin and other Yukos shareholders, calling the actions of the Russian state "a ruthless campaign to destroy Yukos and to expropriate its assets".

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Nevzlin renounced his Russian citizenship, stating that: "Everything that Putin touches dies. Russian citizenship itself has become a mark of disgrace that I no longer want to bear".
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Grain Deal News Roundup for July 15th
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Turkey assessed the possibility of extending the grain deal

[Regnum] The Black Sea Grain Initiative may be extended for a new period, but under certain conditions. This was stated on July 15 in an interview with TASS by a diplomatic source in Turkey.

Turkey does not rule out extending grain deal if Moscow approves UN proposals
“Prolongation is possible, but given the statements of the Russian authorities about the non-fulfillment of the Istanbul agreements relating to it during the year, this can happen if the proposals of [UN Secretary General António] Guterres are recognized as acceptable ,” the interlocutor explained.

The source added that, given the position that the Russian side takes on this issue, other options are unlikely. He noted that Ankara is actively working to extend the term of the grain deal. In his opinion, negotiations between the presidents of Turkey and Russia, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, should now be expected . The interlocutor believes that the situation will be completely clarified following the results of this meeting.

As IA Regnum reported , UN Secretary General António Guterres sent a letter to the Russian President with proposals to extend the grain deal. Representative of Guterres Stéphane Dujarric noted that the Secretary General is ready to interact with Russia on his proposals and remains in contact with the relevant parties. In particular, in the letter, Guterres touched on the topic of settlements through Rosselkhozbank.

At the same time, the Russian president announced on July 13 that he had not seen the letter from the UN Secretary General on the Black Sea initiative. He noted that the Russian side is in contact with the UN staff.

Representatives of Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the UN signed the Black Sea Initiative in Istanbul on July 22, 2022. After that, the deal was extended three times: in November 2022, and also in March and May 2023.

The grain deal, which aims to help countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America in need, expires on July 17. The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that there were no grounds for its extension.

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed hope for the extension of the grain deal for at least three months. At the same time, he stressed that Ankara will strive to extend the grain corridor for two years.

On July 13, a source familiar with the negotiations stated that the United Nations intends to extend the grain deal for at least two months.

More from regnum.ru
Not a single ship with fertilizers from Russia was sent as part of a grain deal

The UN Coordinating Center said that not a single ship with Russian fertilizers was sent as part of the Black Sea food initiative. This is stated in the statement of the body published on July 15.

“The agreement of July 22, 2022 (grain deal. - Ed.) also allows the export of [Russian] fertilizers, including ammonia, but not a single ship with fertilizers was sent as part of the initiative,” the RIA Novosti center quoted the message as saying.

The UN noted that the situation with the status of the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline blown up on June 5, on which the traffic of fertilizers depends, is still unclear.

Also, the Coordinating Center noted that the poorest countries received only 10% of corn and 40% of wheat exported from Ukraine as part of the grain deal. 90% of corn and 60% of wheat went to high and upper middle income countries.

As reported by IA Regnum, on June 7, the Russian Ministry of Defense disseminated information about the explosion of the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline in the Kharkiv region on the evening of June 5. Earlier, the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, Oleg Sinegubov, announced the depressurization of the ammonia pipeline .

The Black Sea Initiative, which was signed in Istanbul on July 22, 2022 by representatives of Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the UN, expires on July 17. The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that there were no grounds for its extension.

On July 13, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that to date, not a single item in the grain deal related to Russian interests has been fulfilled. He noted that this is a one-sided game. The head of state added that Russia could suspend participation in the grain deal and return to it when its conditions are met.

Earlier, UN Secretary General António Guterres sent a letter to the Russian President with proposals to extend the grain deal. A diplomatic source in Turkey believes that the Black Sea Grain Initiative can be extended for a new period, but given the statements of the Russian authorities about the failure to implement the Istanbul agreements relating to it within a year, this can happen if Russia recognizes the proposals of the UN Secretary General as acceptable.

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed hope for the extension of the grain deal for at least three months. But he stressed that he would strive to extend the grain corridor for two years. The politician intends to hold talks with Putin until July 17, since the Black Sea grain initiative is calculated until that day.

More from RIA Novosti:
Putin told the head of South Africa that the agreements on the grain deal were not fulfilled

Commitments to remove barriers to Russian food exports are still not being fulfilled, Vladimir Putin said in a conversation with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa.

"When discussing the issue of the Istanbul package agreements, Vladimir Putin stressed that the obligations set out in the corresponding Russia- UN memorandum to remove obstacles to the export of Russian food and fertilizers still remain unfulfilled," the Kremlin website said.

Putin stressed that the main goal of the agreement - the supply of grain to countries in need, including African ones - has not yet been achieved. Both leaders reaffirmed their mutual intention to strengthen cooperation in various fields.

The Black Sea Initiative, which was signed by representatives of Russia , Turkey , Ukraine and the UN on July 22, 2022 , involves the export of Ukrainian grain and food, as well as fertilizers across the Black Sea.

The grain deal is an integral part of the package deal. The second part, a three-year Russia-UN memorandum, provides for the unblocking of Russian exports of food and fertilizers. Among the main demands of Moscow were the reconnection of Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT, the resumption of supplies of agricultural machinery, spare parts and service, the restoration of the Togliatti - Odessa ammonia pipeline . This part of the package agreement is not implemented.

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said on June 21 that there are no prerequisites for extending the grain deal, since obligations towards Moscow are not being fulfilled. The agreement expires on July 17th.

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#1  Erdoğan needs to crank up his tiresome wheeling and dealing.
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#1  I didn’t make it through the first comparison of Zelensky to a super hero and John Wayne.
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#2  I got quite enough of Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie back in the 1970s when all the AM radio stations used to play it over and over and over and over...Too bad for me I didn't have a car stereo or even FM radio. I think that's when I started listening to talk radio and country-western stations. It must have been the payola because I never could figure out who was buying that record. Certainly not anybody I knew. So, yeah, I'll pass on listening to it now.
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Putin Wants to Attend BRICS Meeting, Host Country Dissuades Over His Arrest Warrant
[KhaamaPress] In an interview with a news website on Friday, South Africa’s deputy president said Russian President Vladimir Putin
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
wants to attend an economic summit there next month. However,
Switzerland makes more than cheese...
the country desperately tries to persuade him to stay away to avoid the legal and diplomatic fallout over his international arrest warrant.

South Africa is required to detain Putin as a signatory to the agreement establishing the International Criminal Court due to an indictment the court made against the Russian president in March for war crimes involving the abduction of children from Ukraine, the News Agency that Dare Not be Named reported.

Moscow has discarded the warrant. Although certain opposition parties, rights organizations, and legal activists have demanded that Putin be detained and have threatened to carry it out themselves, South African authorities are likely to violate the treaty and not do so, causing security concerns for the BRICS conference in Johannesburg.

Suppose South Africa permits Putin to freely attend the summit of the BRICS rising economies bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. In that case, it risks further straining relations with the West after deciding not to denounce Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

However,
Switzerland makes more than cheese...
according to South Africa’s Deputy President Paul Mashatile in an interview with News24, a prominent South African news channel, Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to attend. South Africa said all the world leaders were invited to the conference before Putin was charged.

"It’s a big dilemma for us. Of course, we cannot arrest him," Mashatile said. "It’s almost like you invite your friend to your house and then arrest them. That is why for us, his not coming is the best solution. The Russians are unhappy, though; they want him to come."

Cyril Ramaphosa, the president of South Africa, assigned Mashatile the task of coming up with a solution. According to Mashatile, Russia has rejected the alternatives, which included hosting a virtual summit, shifting the event to China, or having Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov represent Russia.

Mashatile stated that Ramaphosa will try to persuade Putin not to visit South Africa when they next meet at the Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg at the end of this month.
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Macron hinders NATO expansion
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Petr Akopov

[RIA] "No matter what anyone says, geography is stubborn. The Indo-Pacific region is not the North Atlantic. <…> NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization." This is not a quote from a school geography lesson - this is how French President Macron justified his opposition to the idea of ​​​​locating a NATO office in Tokyo: "NATO should have security partners in the Indo-Pacific region, Africa, the Middle East.

But the alliance is the North Atlantic Organization, this is geography, whatever one may say. We should not contribute to the impression that NATO is somehow trying to legally justify its physical presence in other regions of the world.<…> The Alliance should not try to expand the "space of struggle", because for this now is not the time."

In the final resolution of the Vilnius summit of the alliance, there was no mention of the upcoming opening of an office in Japan , although it was in the draft, because France and some other countries were against it.

But the Japanese Prime Minister Kishida, who specially arrived as a guest at the summit in Vilnius , was not upset: the differences in the alliance on this issue were well known, and NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg said that discussions on opening an office would continue and, in general, the alliance had no more close partner than Japan. Kishida and Stoltenberg have signed a NATO-Japan partnership program to deepen cooperation in 16 areas, from maritime security to cyberspace.

The same document states: Russiaand China are trying to undermine the existing international order, which echoes the statements of the NATO summit communique, which called Russia a "threat" and China "challenging the interests and security of the alliance."

Naturally, in Moscow and Beijing , everything that is happening is perceived as a creeping, gradual expansion of NATO to the east, and not only to the whole of Eastern Europe, but also to East Asia - with the transformation of the alliance from the Atlantic into the global one. And all the attempts of Europeans and Americans to deny such plans do not convince anyone - their deeds speak about it. Of course, the Anglo-Saxons are the main engine of the creeping expansion, which is worth at least the already created American-British-Australian AUKUS. Can France and other European powers stop this process?

No, the most they can do is slow him down. Moreover, their motive is now clear: NATO's too close cooperation with Japan (as well as South Korea ) is a frank challenge to China. The European countries of NATO, although they have become even more dependent on the Americans in the past year and a half, still expect to refrain from a break, and even more so from a confrontation with China, therefore they are trying to deal with Beijing as if they were first and foremost members of the European Union, and already the second is NATO.

The toughening of NATO's rhetoric against the PRC - as happened at the Vilnius summit - the Europeans are trying to mitigate by bilateral contacts with Beijing. Paris , Berlin , RomeYes, and others in every possible way convince the Chinese leadership that they are interested in maintaining trade and economic partnership, and in Beijing they agree: versatile ties are beneficial for both sides.

But at the same time, Europeans are constantly reminded that they are expected to be independent, and it is clear that here we are talking not only about the economic sphere (for example, the ability of Europe torefrain from joining the American sanctions pressure on China), but also about political, geopolitical, military. Macron and other European leaders may for some time assure Xi Jinping that they are capable of separating economics from geopolitics and even influencing NATO - this is exactly what statements like those made by the French president in Vilnius are needed for.

But in reality, none of the Europeans is capable of exerting a serious influence on the strategy and tactics of NATO, that is, the Anglo-Saxons. Just for now Washingtonsatisfied with the neat expansion of the alliance's cooperation with Japan, and he does not insist too much on formalizing it in the form of offices and other things.

In addition, the States understand that Europe is already so worried about the growth of its dependence on them because of the Ukrainian conflict, why put even more pressure on the Europeans because of the Pacific region.

Therefore, the United States will wait with the formalization of a closer cooperation alliance with Japan, while continuing to demand from the Europeans both an increase in bilateral military ties with Tokyo and a greater presence in the Indo-Pacific region. Even German warships have already plowed the South China Sea , and even France, with its military bases in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, will not be able to sit on the sidelines at all. Unless, of course, the French choose the path of returning real sovereignty and defending their own national interests - until the moment when, in addition to a break with Russia, they will also be led to a break with China.

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#1 
But the alliance is the North Atlantic Organization, this is geography, whatever one may say. We should not contribute to the impression that NATO is somehow trying to legally justify its physical presence in other regions of the world.<…> The Alliance should not try to expand the "space of struggle", because for this now is not the time."


So what are you doing in Ukraine?
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#2  Dopey makes a strong argument that Mow and Schemp are stooges not dwarves.
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