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[LB] Since the beginning of the day, 81 skirmishes have taken place at the front, a third of them in the Pokros direction.
by Ivanna Kapustyanska
The number of combat clashes along the entire front line at this time is 81. The main efforts of the Russian invaders are concentrated in the Pokrovsky direction — more than 35% of all skirmishes took place there.
Ukrainian defenders hold back the onslaught of the occupying forces and inflict significant losses on the enemy, according to the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the border areas of Sumy and Chernihiv regions, the enemy continues to carry out its terrorist attacks with the help of artillery fire from the territory of the Russian Federation.
From the side of the Belgorod region, the enemy's aircraft attacked the territory of the Kharkiv region with guided air bombs, among the areas of the settlements of Liptsi, Mali Prohody, and Hlyboke. At the same time, our soldiers repelled four assaults by the occupiers in the areas of Vovchansk, Staritsa and Liptsiv, and two more attacks are ongoing.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried four times to storm the positions of our units near Berestovoy and Pischany.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy became somewhat more active. Made 12 attacks on Ukrainian positions near Grekivka, Nevsky, Makiivka and Terni. All battles ended without success for the enemy. The enemy continues to look for weak points in our defense in the Seversky direction. He conducted three attacks near Verkhnokamyanskyi, Vyimka, and Rozdolivka. Received a hard rebuff. The losses of the occupiers are being specified.
In the Kramatorsk direction, the invaders carried out three unsuccessful assaults near Chasovoy Yar, Hryhorivka, and Andriivka. The enemy supported its offensive actions with attack aircraft - struck with unguided air missiles near Chasovoy Yar.
In the Toretsk direction, the number of enemy attacks increased to 9. The enemy attacks near populated areas: North, where our defenders repelled 5 attacks (one attack is currently underway), South and New York, where two attacks were repelled. Fighting is still going on in two locations. The aggressor's aviation is active, in particular, the settlement of New York was bombed, on which the enemy dropped eight anti-aircraft missiles, and the occupiers shelled the area with unguided air missiles.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the largest number of clashes occurred. Since the beginning of the day, the occupiers have already made 29 attempts to dislodge our defenders from their occupied positions in the areas of Vozdvizhenka, Novooleksandrivka, Timofiivka, Karlivka, Kalinovoy, Yevhenivka, Yasnobrodivka, Progres, and Novoselivka Pershoya. The defense forces restrained the onslaught and repelled 21 enemy attacks, eight battles are still ongoing. The enemy's efforts are concentrated near Novooleksandrivka and Novoselivka Persha. The latter, together with Oleksandropol, were hit by the NARs from the weapons of attack aircraft. Russian terrorists used anti-aircraft guns to damage the area of Myrnograd settlement.
Four battles near Neitalovo, Kostyantynivka and Paraskoviivka in the Kurakhiv direction have ended.
A battle continues in the Vremivsk direction near Vodyanyi. Five enemy attacks have already been repulsed by our units. The defense forces are taking measures to prevent the occupiers from advancing deep into our territory. Russian terrorists used five guided aerial bombs in the direction. There were also NARs. In particular, near Urozhany, Rivnopol and Staromayorsky.
In the Orihiv direction, three enemy assaults were repulsed near Malaya Tokmachka and Novoandriivka.
In the Dnieper direction, the occupiers dropped seven anti-tank missiles on and near Tyaginka.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:24 In Kiev, search and rescue operations have been completed in a five-story building in the Shevchenkivskyi district, the State Emergency Service reported. Rescuers have freed the body of a girl born in 2006. The death toll has risen to 13.
21:21 Ukraine in Washington will work on permission for the US to strike airfields on Russian territory, Kuleba said. According to him, this decision "does not depend directly on NATO, but depends on the United States. And this will be discussed in contacts with American officials and other individual close partners of ours."
21:00 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the NATO summit would further strengthen Ukraine's ties with the Alliance and announced a powerful package of support. According to him, at the summit in the coming days, the allies will demonstrate support for Ukraine's efforts to counter Russian aggression.
20:56 Russia's Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said that Norway handed over to Ukraine the NASAMS air defense system from which the missile was allegedly fired at Okhmatdet. "We are waiting for a reaction from the Norwegian authorities," he said.
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, in turn, said that Russia tried to block Ukraine's participation in the UN Security Council meeting: "When we launched the process of holding this meeting, the first thing the Russian Federation tried to do, abusing its right to preside, was to block Ukraine's participation in the meeting in connection with the shelling of Ukraine. This attempt speaks for itself. We successfully overcame it."
20:51 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico condemned the Russian missile attack on the Okhmatdet children's hospital in Kyiv, Shmyhal said following a conversation with his Slovak counterpart: "Robert Fico condemned this attack. Slovakia expressed its readiness to accept some children for treatment, accompanied by their parents, in particular those with oncological diseases. We are grateful for this support. I gave the relevant instructions to the Minister of Health."
20:47 Russia is unable to seize most of Ukraine, and Kiev's prospects for recapturing more land from the occupying army are also diminishing, The New York Times writes. Meanwhile, The Washington Post reports on the increasingly desperate state of the Russian ground forces, which are losing personnel and momentum. Read more about the war scenarios from Western media in the article No Chance to Break the Deadlock.
20:43 Russia is holding more than 14,000 Ukrainian civilians captive, Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets reported. He specified that this number includes citizens detained since 2014 in Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as after the start of the full-scale invasion. The ombudsman emphasized that "civilians are the most difficult category to return."
20:39 Russians have struck a civilian enterprise in Volnyansk, Zaporizhia Oblast, wounding two people, said OVA chief Ivan Fedorov. Another person was wounded in the village of Belenke as a result of an enemy strike on a social infrastructure facility. Residential and industrial buildings were damaged.
20:32 A major prisoner exchange should not be expected in the near future, said Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets. He explained this by the difference in the number of prisoners: there are many more Ukrainian prisoners on Russian territory than Russians on Ukrainian territory.
At the same time, Lubinets reported that Ukraine is planning an exchange, as a result of which female prisoners of war will return home. The UAE is participating in organizing this exchange.
What has the UAE to do with events in the lands of the Slavs?
"We can say this publicly. We are developing a new toolkit on how to protect the rights of prisoners of war while they remain in Russian captivity," the ombudsman added. According to him, there are two categories of prisoners of war who are a priority for return to Ukraine: women and the seriously wounded, but Russia has not yet returned them. More than 400 female soldiers are in captivity in the Russian Federation, Lubinets added.
20:01 Putin and Modi signed a statement saying the war in Ukraine must be ended peacefully "in accordance with international law and on the basis of the UN Charter" through dialogue and diplomacy, by "engaging both sides."
19:49 Macron confirmed that the main opponents of Ukraine's accession to NATO are the United States and Germany. Before the summit in Washington, the French president noted the "strong opposition" of Washington and Berlin. In his opinion, the scenario of this summit will be the same as a year ago, when the Ukrainians "were irritated" that they were not invited to NATO.
19:36 The number of victims as a result of the Russian attack on Kiev on July 8 has increased to 70, 30 people have died, including four children who were pulled out from under the rubble of an apartment building, the Prosecutor General's Office reported. In particular, seven people died in the Solomensky district, 14 in Shevchenkivsky, nine in Dniprovsky. At the same time, the Kyiv State Military Aviation Department reported that as of 17:00, 33 people were killed in the missile strike in Kiev.
19:28 On Wednesday, July 10, restrictions on electricity consumption will be in effect throughout the day, Ukrenergo reported. From 1:00 to 6:00 and from 10:00 to 13:00, regional power companies will apply two stages of shutdowns, and three stages during other hours.
19:24 On the morning of July 8, in Kalmykia, in the steppe near the village of Solenoye, a Kalibr cruise missile exploded, the Russian opposition publication Astra reports, citing sources. A two-meter crater was left at the site of the explosion, with fragments scattered around. There were no damages or casualties. The village of Solenoye is more than 300 km from the border with Ukraine.
19:17 Zelensky said that he arrived in Washington to participate in the NATO summit: "We are fighting for more air defense for Ukraine. I am sure that it will be. We are fighting for more F-16 aircraft. We are fighting for additional security guarantees for Ukraine - and this means weapons and finances, political support. We are fighting for the necessary decisive actions by America and Europe - something that will strengthen our warriors."
19:12 Russians attacked Poltava region - according to preliminary information, there was a hit on an industrial facility, no people were hurt, reported the head of the OVA Filipp Pronin.
19:06 The decision to launch missile strikes on Ukraine, in particular on the Okhmatdet children's hospital in Kiev, was made by the top leadership of the Russian Federation, Prosecutor General Andrei Kostin said in a commentary to Interfax-Ukraine: "This was a combined strike, which was carried out simultaneously by air, sea and land-based missiles, so it is obvious that the decision to destroy was made by the top leadership of Russia." According to Kostin, the strikes during the attack on July 8 were specifically aimed at civilian targets in Kiev, Krivoy Rog, Dnipro and other cities.
18:47 Russia's latest missile strike on Kiev shows the war in Ukraine has reached a new level, Orban said. He called yesterday's attack on Kiev a "tragic and vile attack" but stopped short of condemning Russia. The Hungarian prime minister called the missile strike evidence that his "fears have been justified."
"As could be expected, the cruelty of the Russian-Ukrainian war has reached a new level. That is why we launched a peacekeeping mission nine days ago," Orban said. In his opinion, "the increasing intensity of the war is a call for world powers to abandon their military policy and create a peace policy that will lead Russia and Ukraine to a ceasefire and peace talks." Orban also called on world powers to stop providing military aid to Ukraine in order to create conditions for its peace talks with Russia.
18:21 Ukraine has managed to return 736 children taken away by Russia since the start of the full-scale invasion, Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets reported. According to him, the Ukrainian side is already preparing to return the next groups of children, but specific dates have not been disclosed.
17:46 The Ministry of Defense reported that it signed a memorandum with ICEYE to deepen cooperation in the field of space intelligence. ICEYE is a Finnish company and one of the world leaders in the field of satellite technology. The company produces microsatellites and owns one of the world's largest constellations of radar satellites. The agreement with ICEYE is aimed at strengthening cooperation in the field of remote sensing of the Earth, which is important for the national security and defense of Ukraine, the Ministry of Defense reported.
17:14 The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) will help restore the Okhmatdet hospital in Kiev damaged by a Russian missile, Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets said. "UNICEF is ready to allocate funding primarily to provide assistance to those children and families who were in Okhmatdet. They will also work to restore this hospital as quickly as possible," Lubinets said.
16:59 Russian oligarchs are receiving billions of dollars in dividends thanks to the growth of the Russian military economy, Bloomberg writes, citing data from the companies themselves. Thus, a dozen major businessmen divided 1 trillion rubles ($11.3 billion) in payments for 2023 and the first quarter of 2024, since their companies resumed or even increased payments as the Russian economy adapts to sanctions. Many of these oligarchs are closely connected to Putin, and some themselves have fallen under sanctions.
16:28 Russians struck a nine-story building in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region - three people were injured, including a six-year-old child, reported the head of the OVA, Vadim Filashkin.
16:25 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not claim to be a mediator in Ukraine, Peskov said. According to him, Putin and Modi "constructively discussed the topic of Ukraine" during the talks, and as a result of the discussion, "new ideas were born."
16:14 A drone attacked a substation at a butter factory in Sudzha, a fire started there, but the workers were not injured, said Acting Head of Kursk Region Alexey Smirnov.
16:09 As a result of the Russian missile strike on the Okhmatdet hospital, the toxicology building with the department of chronic and acute intoxications, where children undergo dialysis, was completely destroyed, the Kyiv State Health Administration reported. Most of the other buildings suffered significant damage. Currently, 94 children have been evacuated to other hospitals in Kyiv. 68 children remain in the surviving departments of Okhmatdet for treatment, another 465 patients who needed planned treatment were examined and temporarily discharged home. At the time of the attack, 627 children were in the hospital, eight of whom were injured.
15:44 The situation in the energy sector remains very difficult, but the duration of outages will decrease after July 20, Shmyhal said. He explained that by that time, repair work will be completed at some generation facilities, which will increase the capacity in the energy system.
15:20 The state will completely rebuild Okhmatdyt, Shmyhal said. According to him, the government is already allocating UAH 100 million from the state budget reserve fund for priority restoration work at the hospital. In the future, funding will increase as the restoration project is prepared. Each family with children affected by yesterday's attack, together with UNICEF, will be provided with assistance in the amount of UAH 10,800 per family member.
15:16 Yesterday's Russian strike destroyed both hospital substations on the territory of Okhmatdet, DTEK Executive Director Dmitry Sakharuk reported. According to him, yesterday the hospital was working on generators, and now it has been temporarily connected to mobile transformers.
15:09 Switzerland has joined the 14th package of EU sanctions against Russia. The country is thus imposing sanctions within its jurisdiction on another 69 individuals and 86 legal entities. The new restrictions are aimed at entrepreneurs, propagandists, members of the armed forces and the judiciary, those responsible for the deportation of Ukrainian children, and FSB officers.
14:48 The funds for the supply of weapons to Ukraine, allocated by Germany for this year, have been almost completely spent, so Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is asking for an additional 4 billion euros, writes Spiegel.
14:33 The head of the UN human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine, Danielle Belle, told AFP that analysis of the video showed a "high probability" that a Russian missile had directly hit the Okhmatdyt hospital in Kiev. She also noted that the losses would have been much higher if people had not been moved to a shelter.
13:57 The SBU and GUR are behind the night strike near the Russian city of Akhtubinsk, Ukrainian media report, citing sources in the special services. In particular, the strike was carried out on the Akhtubinsk military airfield in the Astrakhan region, a 500 kV electrical substation in the Rostov region, and an oil depot in Kalach-on-Don in the Volgograd region.
13:51 During his visit to Moscow, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for an end to the war in Ukraine: "India has always called for respect for the UN Charter, including territorial integrity and sovereignty. There is no solution on the battlefield. Dialogue and diplomacy are the way forward."
In turn, Zelensky called Modi's visit to Russia and warm meeting with Putin "a huge disappointment": "It is a huge disappointment and a crushing blow to peace efforts to see how on such a day the leader of the world's largest democracy embraces the bloodiest criminal in the world."
13:19 Rescuers have already pulled out the fifth body today from a house on Syrets in Kiev. In total, the number of people killed in this house has risen to 12, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported.
13:10 On July 8, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the Belgorod Ministry of Internal Affairs with a HIMARS, the Russian opposition publication Astra reported, citing sources. The missile was shot down by an air defense system, and shrapnel pierced the roof in two places in the main building of the Belgorod Region UMVD. Four service vehicles were also damaged. In addition, shrapnel damaged 49 more vehicles, six of which were personal police vehicles. In addition, windows were broken and the roof was pierced in two private homes, and shrapnel fell in the city center. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov did not report on the consequences of the strike on the Ministry of Internal Affairs building.
12:52 The SBU has received evidence confirming that Okhmatdet was hit by a Russian cruise missile Kh-101. In particular, debris from this missile, including the engine, was found at the site of the strike. The experts' conclusions are unambiguous - this was a targeted strike by the Russian Federation, the Security Service emphasized. This is evidenced not only by the debris from the missile found at the site of the strike, but also by an analysis of the flight trajectory data, the nature of the damage, as well as a large number of video and photo materials .
In particular, they confirm a targeted missile strike by the Russian Federation:
The nature of the destruction (a two-story hospital building was completely destroyed, neighboring buildings were significantly damaged) is typical of the X-101 warhead (400 kg). The destruction could not have been caused by the NASAMS air defense missile system, the warheads of which are approximately 20 times less powerful;
The proportions, shape and dimensions of the missile recorded in the publicly available videos are completely consistent with the X-101 missile and are not typical for air defense systems, including NASAMS.
The missile's flight trajectory is fully consistent with the characteristics of the X-101 (climbing, or "hill," before attacking the target and attacking at an angle of approximately 60 degrees);
The attack on the Okhmatdet children's hospital using the Kh-101 missile was recorded by objective monitoring materials using radars.
12:38 As of 12:15, the death toll in Kiev has risen to 31, with 117 people injured, the Kyiv City Hall reported. The mayor's office clarified that the number of dead residents of the Syrets building has risen to 11.
11:53 Rescuers have pulled out the bodies of two more people from under the rubble of a house in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv, the city's mayor Vitali Klitschko reported. Thus, the number of dead residents of this house has grown to ten. The search and rescue operation continues.
According to the Prosecutor General's Office, as of 11:00, 27 people were known to have died as a result of yesterday's attack on Kyiv, including four children who were pulled out from under the rubble of an apartment building. In the Solomensky district, seven were killed, in Shevchenkivsky - 11, in Dniprovsky - nine. The number of injured has risen to 64.
11:47 The issue of the potential ability to destroy Russian missiles flying in the Ukrainian sky towards Poland may be discussed at the NATO summit in Washington, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said: "I have no information about any changes in US or NATO policy that could be announced today, but obviously any time a NATO member wants to raise a policy issue, they can do so and discuss it with other heads of state. They will have a summit this week, and I am sure that this can be discussed."
11:41 Emergency rescue operations at the Okhmatdet hospital in Kyiv have been completed, Interior Minister Igor Klimenko reported. As a result of the Russian attack at this location, two people were killed and 32 were injured. Eight children were hospitalized with injuries.
11:29 Russia will fire all Indians serving in the Russian army following a personal request from Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a meeting with Putin yesterday, NDTV reported, citing sources. According to media reports, at least two Indians have died in the war in Ukraine, while dozens of others claim to have been tricked into coming to Ukraine under the pretext of getting high-paying jobs. Putin promised that they would be released and helped to return home.
10:42 As a result of yesterday's Russian missile attack on Ukraine, 38 people were killed, including four children, 190 were injured, Zelensky said. The rescue operation continues. There are 64 people in Kyiv hospitals, 28 were hospitalized in Kryvyi Rih, six in Dnipro.
10:36 Ambulance crews from the Okhmatdet hospital in Kyiv transferred 94 children to other medical institutions, including eight injured, the Kyiv City State Administration reported. In addition, 57 people (all adults) are currently in hospitals at municipal medical institutions, five of them in serious condition. According to forensic examination, 26 people died as a result of yesterday's enemy attack, including three children.
09:57 In the Kharkiv region, over the past day, one person was injured in the village of Liptsy in the Kharkiv district as a result of enemy shelling from a UAV, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
09:28 Four people were killed in Donetsk Oblast as a result of Russian shelling on July 8: three in Pokrovsk and one in Toretsk. Another ten people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
09:15 A preliminary draft of a joint communiqué by NATO members following the summit in Washington called Ukraine's path to the Alliance "irreversible," CNN reports, citing sources. According to the publication, the question of how strong guarantees Ukraine should be given regarding its NATO membership became a key subject of discussions between the 32 members of the Alliance on the eve of the summit.
The American official said that the White House supports the use of the word "irreversible" in the final communique, provided that the document also confirms that Kyiv's work on democratic reforms will continue. The draft may still change, but the presence of the wording about "irreversibility" should be a significant signal to Kyiv and Moscow, the newspaper notes.
The sources also said that many European countries insisted on the need for strong wording about Ukraine's possible future in the Alliance, but the US and Germany proposed describing a "bridge" to Ukraine's membership.
09:08 In Kherson, near the river, two people were wounded when the Russian army attacked them from a drone, OVA reported.
08:44 As of this morning, 27 people were killed and 117 injured in Kiev as a result of yesterday's missile strike. Among the dead were four children, said the head of the Kyiv State Military Aviation Service, Sergei Popko.
08:35 In the Zaporizhia region, three people were wounded over the past day as a result of Russian attacks on the Vasilievsky and Zaporizhia districts, reported the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
08:26 At night, Russians attacked the Bashtansky district of the Nikolaev region with a ballistic missile - the property of an agricultural enterprise was damaged, two workers were injured, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim. In addition, in the afternoon of July 8 in the Voznesensky district, as a result of an enemy ballistic missile hitting the territory of a farm, a fire of dry grass broke out, which subsequently spread to residential buildings. Two people were injured, including a five-year-old child.
08:07 Drones attacked an oil depot in the city of Kalach-na-Donu in the Volgograd region at night; the fire is still being extinguished, Russian media reports. According to Governor Andrei Bocharov, two objects were attacked that night - an oil depot and an electrical substation. The attack was allegedly "stopped" by air defense forces, but as a result of falling debris, both objects caught fire. A substation is also on fire in the village of Generalskoye in the Rostov region as a result of a drone attack. Governor Vasily Golubev said that air defenses hit "several dozen targets" in the Rostov region.
Belgorod was also hit at night, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported one dead and four injured. Publics write that the attack was carried out in the area of a hospital converted into a military hospital. Earlier, z-activists published footage from the hospital building, overflowing with soldiers.
The Russian Defense Ministry stated that 38 UAVs were shot down during the night, 21 of which were over the Rostov Region, seven over the Kursk Region, five over the Astrakhan Region, three over the Belgorod Region, and two over the Voronezh Region.
07:39 In the evening and morning, Russians shelled the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, one person was injured, reported the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak.
07:22 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 9:
personnel - about 553,410 (+1220) people,
tanks - 8178 (+7),
combat armored vehicles - 15,704 (+19),
artillery systems - 15,015 (+49),
MLRS - 1115 (+0),
air defense systems - 880 (+0),
aircraft - 361 (+0),
helicopters - 326 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 11,922 (+29),
cruise missiles - 2389 (+36),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 20,212 (+62),
special equipment - 2516 (+13).
05:56 US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith announced "positive news" regarding air defense for Ukraine during the Alliance summit: "There will be fresh news on air defense. The Ukrainians asked NATO for seven Patriot systems in April. And we have a very positive response on that, which will come in the coming days."
03:23 Orban, following his visits to Kiev and Moscow, sent a letter to the head of the European Council Charles Michel and the heads of EU member states. In it, he insists on a temporary ceasefire, since if this is not done, "in the next two months we may witness more dramatic events on the front." In general, in the secret letter, which was leaked to the media, the Hungarian leader outlined the theses of Russian propaganda about "peace for Ukraine."
02:44 Zelensky and Biden will hold bilateral talks at the NATO anniversary summit in Washington, White House adviser John Kirby confirmed.
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[Korrespondent] Russia is unable to seize most of Ukraine, and Kyiv's prospects of recapturing more land from the occupying army are also diminishing, writes The New York Times.
Russia can’t seize new territory, and Ukraine can’t recapture what it occupies – this is how The New York Times describes the situation on the front. The article says that the coming months will be difficult for Ukraine, but NATO allies, who gathered for a summit in Washington on July 9, “can reasonably claim that their efforts to strengthen Ukraine are bearing fruit.” At the same time, The Washington Post, citing intercepts and interviews with 10 Ukrainian commanders and military personnel, paints a picture of the increasingly desperate state of Russian ground forces, which are losing personnel and momentum.
RUSSIANS WITHOUT A BREAKTHROUGH
“Ukrainian forces are exhausted and face tough months of fighting, but a major Russian breakthrough is now unlikely,” says Michael Kofman, a Carnegie Endowment official who recently returned from Ukraine.
“While Russia is unable to seize much of Ukraine, Kyiv’s prospects for reclaiming more land from the occupying army are also diminishing. Ukraine, urged on by American advisers, has focused on bolstering its defenses and striking deep into Russian territory,” The New York Times wrote.
According to Eric Ciaramella, a former intelligence official and Ukraine expert at the Carnegie Endowment, it has become clear over the past year and a half that neither Ukraine nor Russia “has the capacity to significantly change the battle lines.” He and U.S. officials believe that long-term investment by the U.S. and its allies will be needed to enable Ukraine to hold its ground and wear down and damage Russia.
“This scenario is still very unstable. So Western leaders really need to focus on integrating Ukraine into European and transatlantic security structures,” Ciaramella said.
The article also claims that in the first year of full-scale war, “Russia has seized the most pro-Russian parts of Ukraine” and, according to US officials, it will be “nearly impossible for Ukraine to retake all of its territory, but it may push for greater European integration if its successes on the battlefield are greater.”
IT'S NOT TIME TO NEGOTIATE
According to some American officials, “even without the return of its lands, Ukraine could emerge from the war as a winner, moving closer to NATO and Europe.”
“American officials acknowledge that Russia could make significant progress if there was a major strategic shift, such as by expanding its military recruitment and training campaign. Their predictions would also be undermined if U.S. policy toward Ukraine and Russia changed,” the authors write.
Officials agree that “it would be a mistake to demand negotiations now.”
DESTRUCTION OF RUSSIAN LOGISTICS
In a transcript of one radio conversation intercepted in June in the Kharkiv region and shared with The Washington Post, a Russian soldier orders another soldier to make sure that the arriving troops responsible for transporting supplies understand that there is a severe shortage of food and water.
Intercepted communications provided to The Post show that Russia is now facing significant difficulties in securing enough supply routes to meet the basic needs of its troops.
In one message, a Russian soldier talks to his parents, telling them that he is near the Ukrainian village of Liptsy, where his unit has lost several men and is out of food.
Another report said Russian troops sometimes refused to advance.
Chief of Staff of the 13th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, Colonel Maksym Holubok, says that after Washington lifted restrictions on hitting targets on Russian territory, Russia stopped concentrating large groups of troops in the border zone and withdrew some artillery systems to protect them.
Andrey Shcherbina, a soldier with the 57th Ukrainian Brigade, said he understood from intercepted conversations that Russian troops were limiting their water intake, drinking only 250 ml. “Our main goal is to prevent the Russians from establishing supply routes. If you cut off water and food, they end up in very bad condition,” he said.
CONSTANT FIGHTING
Political scientist and serviceman of the 41st separate mechanized brigade Kirill Sazonov, who is currently in the Toretsk area of Donetsk region, says that there are constant battles in the area of Chasovy Yar and Toretsk.
“The enemy is using aviation very actively, artillery is working. It seems to me that Donetsk Oblast is a target for them, which they are trying to take at any cost. And in recent weeks they have accelerated, opening the Torets direction… They are constantly storming. Yesterday, precisely at Chasik (Chasov Yar), they lost about 70 200th (killed) personnel and more than 100 300th (wounded). The other day they were actively storming Chasik, they lost more than 120 200th and more than 200 300th in a day. That is, they are suffering losses, but they are climbing… I see that they are in a hurry, that they need Donbass as quickly as possible. We see this. In this regard, the situation is very difficult. Because we also do not have endless reserves, we also suffer losses, our brigades are also not fully staffed,” Sazonov says.
If Ciaramella is the kind of source Korrespondent uses, I think I've read enough.
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[EngMilRu] Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a group strike by precision weaponry at U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS that were prepared to deliver strikes at the territory of Crimea, as well as a place of meeting of the AFU command.
The goal of the strike has been achieved.
Four U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS launchers as well as 35 foreign specialists responsible for its maintenance were eliminated.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 92nd Assault Brigade, 82nd Air Assault Brigade, and 13th National Guard Brigade near Volchansk, Tsirkuny, and Liptsy (Kharkov region).
Nine counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 36th Marines Brigade, 17th National Guard Brigade, and Lyut Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 310 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, two U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzers, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on units of the AFU 21st, 63rd, 66th, 115th Mechanised brigades, 103rd, and 110th Territorial Defence brigades near Berestovoye (Kharkov region), Makeyevka, Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
One attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 144th Infantry Brigade was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 420 Ukrainian troops, one tank, and four pickup trucks.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, two Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery systems, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, three 122mm D-30 howitzers, one Anklav-N electronic warfare station, and four field ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 54th, 72nd, 93rd Mechanised brigades, 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, 46th Airmobile Brigade, and 79th Air Assault Brigade near Spornoye, Grigorovka, Kurdyumovka, Maksimilianovka, Katerinovka, and Ostrovskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counterattack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 214th OPFOR Separate Battalion was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 770 Ukrainian troops, one tank, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, one U.S.-made Humvee armoured fighting vehicle, and 14 motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one UK-made 155mm Braveheart self-propelled artillery system, two UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzers, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, one 120mm 2S7 Nona self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made 105mm howitzer, and one UK-made 105mm L119 howitzer were destroyed.
One Nota electronic warfare station and five field ammunition depots were destroyed.
As a result of active actions, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Yasnobrodovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and improved the tactical situation.
Losses were inflicted on formations of the AFU 31st, 32nd, 110th Mechanised brigades, 59th Motorised Infantry Brigade, and 132nd Reconnaissance Battalion near Krasnoarmeysk, Mirolyubovka, Timofeyevka, Vodyanoye Vtoroye, and Toretsk (Donetsk People's Republic).
Five counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 41st, 47th Mechanised brigades, 68th Jaeger Brigade, and 95th Air Assault Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 420 Ukrainian troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 48th Assault Brigade, 123rd, and 128th Territorial Defence brigades near Makarovka, Prechistovka, Storozhevoye, Velikaya Novosyolka (Donetsk People's Republic), and Charivnoye (Zaporozhye region).
Three attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade and 108th Territorial Defence Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 150 Ukrainian troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, seven motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzer, and three field ammunition depots.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 65th Mechanised Brigade, 35th, 37th Naval Infantry brigades, 125th, and 126th Territorial Defence brigade near Novopokrovka (Zaporozhye region), Antonovka, Tokaryovka, and Tyaginka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 90 Ukrainian troops, five motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, and one 152mm Msta-B howitzer.
One field ammunition depot and two electronic warfare stations, namely, Polonez and Anklav-N, were destroyed.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have located and eliminated one low-altitude surveillance radar and two S-300PS SAM launchers.
Moreover, one workshop and one depot of attack UAVs were destroyed, as well as enemy manpower and hardware engaged in 132 areas.
Air defence units shot down 97 unmanned aerial vehicles and eight U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles.
In total, 626 airplanes and 277 helicopters, 27,441 unmanned aerial vehicles, 542 air defence missile systems, 16,536 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,373 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 11,618 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 23,490 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 07/09/2024 to 00:00 07/10/2024.
A total of 42 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were reports of two civilians being injured.
DAMAGED:
A total of 14 residential buildings
Two civil infrastructure facilities.
A total of 13 attacks in the Donetsk direction.
A total of 29 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 129 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:35 Arrival of aerial bombs on houses where the Ukrainian Armed Forces were located and from where they went on combat missions. The village of Bely Kolodez, southeast of Volchansk.
20:21 Series of unexpected missile strikes inflicted at targets in Poltava and Mirgorod, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces airbase is located.
19:49 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Artemovsk direction: battles for forests near Chasov Yar situation as of 19:00 on July 9, 2024
In the Artemovsk direction, Russian troops continue to fight on the outskirts of Chasov Yar.
After establishing control over the ruins of the Kanal microdistrict, the Russian Armed Forces are expanding the wedge in the direction of the main part of Chasov Yar in anticipation of the assault on the city. To the north and south of the microdistrict are large areas of forest, most of which to the east of the canal have already been cleared of enemy presence.
The situation is somewhat more complicated to the north. Despite local successes in Kalinovka (Kalinovo), it is impossible to speak of full control of the settlement, and Grigorovka remains under the stable control of Ukrainian formations. In addition, to the north of Chasov Yar and Soledar, the presence of groups of foreign UAV operators is recorded, which also causes problems for Russian forces.
Further south, in the Krasnoye (Ivanovskoye) – Kleshcheyevka area, there is surprisingly no activity, and the status of the heights adjacent to Kleshcheyevka remains unclear. But in Andreyevka, Russian troops apparently undertook at least reconnaissance in force some time ago, but objective control footage does not allow us to determine the scale of the advance.
19:23 Around 17.20 Moscow time stopped another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.
18:28 Advancement in the area of Novoaleksandrovka and Novopokrovskoe. The Russian Armed Forces are also advancing in the settlement of Yevgenovka –map.
17:44 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Kupyansk-Svatovsk direction: a series of local attacks by the Russian Armed Forces and counterattacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Russian troops are locally advancing in several areas of the Kupyansk-Svatovsky direction.
The advanced assault groups reached the outskirts of the settlements of Andreyevka and Artemovka (Myasozharovka) at the end of June. However, the villages were not taken under control: the settlements are located mainly in the gray zone. The heights to the west with forest belts are occupied by the enemy, and control of the ruins in the lowland is not required in this case.
There are also battles in the Peschanoye-Tabayevka-Berestovoye triangle. At the same time, some sources claim that the Russian Armed Forces control Peschanoye, but this information has not been confirmed yet. However, given the chain of local attacks in the entire direction, we can expect the situation to become clearer in the near future.
In addition, the Russian Armed Forces advanced in the direction of Makeyevka and began fighting for the outskirts of the settlement by July 7. Considering that the village is located in a lowland, the situation with Artemovka will probably repeat itself here.
At the same time, Ukrainian formations are not sitting idle either. The enemy is active to the south of Novoegorovka and in the area of Sin'kovka, having staged at least several counterattacks
. 17:03 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of July 9, 2024) –video.
16:21 Around 15.20 Moscow time stopped an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the territory of the Belgorod region.
15:45 Special military operation. Situation as of July 9 –map.
14:47 New York. Artemovsk direction.
Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces executed a massive air strike on enemy positions by our tactical aviation. They are using Su-34M FABs of various calibers from 500-1500.
13:37 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Last night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out another raid using more than 40 drones on several regions of Russia. Most of the UAVs were intercepted by air defense forces, but not without damage.
In the Volgograd region, drones struck the Kalachevskaya oil refinery in the city of Kalach-na-Donu. The substation PS "Frolovskaya" 500 in the settlement of Frolovo was also damaged, the fire was quickly extinguished and power outages were avoided.
In the Rostov Region, air defense forces intercepted 21 enemy drones. In the Rodionovo-Nesvetaisky District, a fire was recorded at two substations, which was quickly extinguished by emergency services. Several UAVs were also shot down in the Taganrog area, there were no casualties.
In the Belgorod region, the following settlements were damaged as a result of the attack: Belgorod, Shebekino, Novaya Tavolzhanka and others. Damage to more than 60 different buildings and 140 cars was recorded. Also, at the moment, four civilians are known to have died, and another 20 people were injured to varying degrees of severity.
In the Astrakhan region, local residents reported explosions in the area of Akhtubinsk and Znamensk. According to official information, all Ukrainian drones were intercepted, and damage to military and infrastructure facilities was avoided.
12:33 Russian troops achieve progress in the offensive towards the Konstantinovka-Krasnoarmeysk highway.
The advanced units approached the outskirts of Lozovatka and Vozdvizhenka. From Vozdvizhenka to the road is about seven kilometers in a straight line.
Also in the process of coming under the control of the Russian Armed Forces is Yevgenovka, where the enemy has actively used armored vehicles of the 47th Mechanized Brigade for defense.
12:10 Khar'kov and Khar'kov region. Powerful explosions.
It is reported about the destruction of the enemy radar and auxiliary equipment. The explosion was very powerful. Secondary detonation and fire occur. The preliminary strike was carried out by our Iskander OTRK and FAB-500 with UMPK.
11:51 Between 08.20 and 10.30 Moscow time stopped an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the territory of the Astrakhan region and one UAV over the territory of the Belgorod region.
11:25 Donetsk direction - in the area of Novoselovka Pervaya there is an advance to the north of the village. Preliminary, they have reached the outskirts.
Seven kilometers to the north, in the Ocheretinsky breakthrough zone, we advanced a little in the direction of the village of Lozovatskoye.
10:36 Statement by the head of the press center of the "West" group -video.
The West group of forces continues to carry out combat missions in the area of the special military operation.
The group's units continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense and inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of the 103rd Territorial Defense Brigade and the 1st National Guard Brigade in the Stelmakhovka and Artemovka areas.
During the counterbattery operation, the group's artillery units destroyed 12 mortar crews. The operator of the Lancet loitering munition destroyed the KBB AN/TPQ-36 radar station in the area of ??the settlement of Pristen.
Air defense crews destroyed three aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles, including the Fury, Valkyrie, and Sinitsa.
Over the course of 24 hours, the enemy lost over 495 militants and 32 units of weapons and military equipment, including a T-64 tank, a BMP-1, 12 mortars, three combat armored vehicles, a KBB radar, 14 vehicles, three ammunition depots, three unmanned aerial vehicles, and seven UAV control points.
10:15 During the past night, during an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks using unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type on the territory of the Russian Federation, air defense systems on duty destroyed and intercepted three UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region, seven UAVs over the territory of the Kursk region, two UAVs over the territory of the Voronezh region, 21 UAVs over the territory of the Rostov region and five UAVs over the territory of the Astrakhan region.
09:54 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to shell civilian infrastructure of populated areas of the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces released:
-- Six shots in the village of Lyubimovka;
-- Four rounds in the village of Novaya Mayachka;
-- Five rounds in the village of Novaya Kakhovka;
-- n.p. Alyoshka four rounds;
-- n.p. Kakhovka three rounds;
-- Three rounds in the village of Zavodovka.
As a result of the artillery attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the village of Lyubimovka, two people were wounded. In addition, the Chernyansky district was attacked by UAVs - there is a partial lack of water and electricity.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the villages of Gola Pristan, Kairy, Rybalche, Solontsy, and Novaya Kakhovka, firing a total of 20 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being clarified.
09:26 Telegram channel «WarGonzo»:
Frontline report for the morning of 07/09/2024
- Zaporizhzhya Front. Here the battles are still mostly positional in nature. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing a line of defense in the Rabotino area and local battles for positions are taking place northwest of Verbovoye, LBS are without any significant changes, long-range weapons are actively working.
– Donetsk Front. Russian troops continue to attack the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the outskirts of Konstantinovka, in the area of Paraskoviyevka, fighting also continues, the LBS has not changed significantly. In Krasnogorovka, the Russian Armed Forces continue to improve their positions, pushing the Ukrainian garrison to the outskirts of the city.
In Nevel'skoye, there are no changes, heavy fighting is underway.
In the area of Karlovka, Russian troops continue their assault on the outskirts of the settlement, slowly but surely taking over the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Fighting continues on the outskirts of New York, the Ukrainian Armed Forces stubbornly resist.
- Chasov Yar direction. Russian troops continue to storm the eastern part of Chasov Yar, while simultaneously trying to advance along the northern and southern flanks. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding the line, preventing Russian troops from crossing the water channel.
- Khar'kov Front. No significant changes in the LBS, but the activity of military actions in this direction remains extremely high.
Heavy fighting is underway in Volchansk and in the area of Glubokoe. The Ukrainian Armed Forces do not abandon their attempts to dislodge our troops from their occupied positions, introducing reserves into the battle and conducting offensive after offensive.
08:45 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of the special military operation for July 8, 2024
– Russian troops launched a massive strike on various targets in the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime. Most of the strikes were on objects in Kyiv – Russian cruise missiles were able to penetrate the “air defense umbrella” and hit enterprises.
– In the Kupyansk-Svatovsky direction, Russian troops are fighting and, according to some reports, have advanced in the Peschanoye area.
– In the Artemovsk direction, units of the Russian Armed Forces are tightening their flanks after taking the Kanal microdistrict in Chasovoy Yar and are advancing within the borders of Kalinino (Kalinovka).
– In the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction, fighting continues on the eastern outskirts of the Dzerzhinsky (Toretsky) agglomeration, Russian troops are advancing in the area of Druzhba, Kirovo (Pivnichny) and in Novgorodskoye (New York).
– In the Avdeevka direction, battles are underway for Evgenovka and Sokol; the enemy does not stop counterattacking, but is gradually retreating and losing territory north of Novoselovka Pervaya.
– In the South Donetsk direction, Russian assault groups are advancing in the vicinity of the Ikryanaya gully and breaking through the defense of Ukrainian formations in the direction of Konstantinovka.
08:00 Official summary of DPR Representative Offices in the JCCC:
A total of 25 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC.
Information was received about the injuries of three civilians, including a teenager born in 2007.
DAMAGED:
Four residential buildings,
One car,
Two civil infrastructure facilities.
Seven artillery attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 18 artillery attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlivka direction.
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 65 units of various ammunition.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Denis Davydov
[REGNUM] The rescue operations on the territory of the medical center "Okhmatdet" ("Protection of motherhood and childhood") in Kyiv have been completed. As a result, as stated, two people were killed and 32 were injured as a result of the missile strike on its territory, and this event has a huge resonance. The British BBC bluntly reports that "Ukraine's main children's hospital, Okhmatdet, was destroyed after a Russian missile strike." The Security Service of Ukraine promptly presents a fragment of an X-101 cruise missile engine and other parts as evidence of Russia's guilt, claiming that Ukrainian air defense cannot be involved in any way.
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[Regnum] The head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, is ready to begin peace talks. This opinion was expressed by Ukrainian writer Serhiy Maidukov in an article for Newsweek.
“It is now clear that he is inclined to negotiate,” the writer noted.
He explained that Zelensky found himself in a difficult situation because any step he takes to escalate or end the conflict could undermine political stability in Ukraine. According to Maidukov, Zelensky has not faced a tougher decision in his entire time as head of state.
"Agreeing to Russia's terms in the negotiations could undermine his rating and provoke mass protests across the country. Conversely, continuing [the conflict] would lead the country to political, economic and demographic catastrophe," Maidukov writes.
The writer also pointed out that Zelensky's office chief Andriy Yermak had previously announced the possibility of inviting a Russian representative to the next summit on Ukraine.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on July 8, at a press conference following a meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw, Zelensky stated that only the US, EU and China could act as mediators in negotiations to resolve the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.
At the same time, Zelensky once again stated that there is no alternative to his so-called "peace formula" and rejected other possible proposals to end the conflict. He noted that the decision of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to go to Moscow for talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin was his personal initiative and was not agreed upon with Kiev.
On July 5, talks were held in Moscow between Putin and Orban, who called his visit the next stage of the peace mission.
The leader of the Kiev regime also criticized Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for meeting with Putin. According to him, it was a "great disappointment" for him. Zelensky believes that the actions of the Indian prime minister represent a crushing blow to peace efforts.
On July 5, Putin stated that the Ukrainian leadership is still not ready to give up on continuing the conflict until a victorious end.
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[Regnum] Kiev's accusations against Russia of an allegedly deliberate strike on the hospital are part of a PR campaign organized by the Kiev regime to gain benefits at the NATO summit. This opinion was expressed to a Regnum correspondent on July 9 by retired colonel and military expert Anatoly Matviychuk, commenting on the words of the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov that Kiev is organizing PR operations on blood and using tragedies to create a background that could accompany the participation of the head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, in the NATO summit.
On July 8, the Defense Ministry denied allegations of a strike on civilian facilities in Ukraine. The department added that photographs and video recordings from the destruction sites indicate that a Ukrainian air defense missile launched from an anti-aircraft missile system fell within the city limits.
Matviychuk noted that the group attack carried out by the Russian Armed Forces was aimed at destroying the military infrastructure and industry of the Kyiv regime. This was a retaliatory strike against the attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on peaceful border towns and villages of Russia, as well as Crimea.
The military expert added that the strikes hit the Artem defense plant in Kyiv, which produced unmanned aerial vehicles and aviation equipment. The plant was part of Ukraine's defense industry.
"The accusations against the Kiev regime of an alleged missile strike on a hospital in Kiev are not accidental. They were made on the eve of the NATO summit, where the head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, intends to receive as much financial and military aid as possible. Zelensky is a man who lives by war, since war is his way of existence. Without war, no one needs him and he has no value. He has become a man who personifies the death that he and his regime sow," Matviychuk emphasized.
He noted that the Ukrainian army's air defense missiles were launched along a trajectory that hit nearby buildings, including a children's hospital. That is, this hospital was destroyed by Western weapons fired by the Kyiv regime. Kyiv's accusations against Russia of an allegedly deliberate strike on this facility are a propaganda move by Ukraine to gain benefits at the NATO summit, the expert emphasized.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the Kiev regime’s attempts to use the tragedy with the children’s hospital in Kiev for propaganda inhumane.
The official representative of the department Maria Zakharova specified that the Kiev regime immediately began to accuse Russia of the "deliberate murder" of children, without reporting that the Artem plant, as well as a complex of buildings of the Ministry of Defense and warehouses of the Ukrainian army are located near the clinic damaged by the air defense strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that Kiev has long been using civilian objects for military purposes, and Ukrainian militants are hiding behind civilians and such objects, including by attaching carriages with military equipment and fighters to passenger trains.
The Russian Defense Ministry called Kyiv's statements a provocation ahead of the NATO summit scheduled for July 9-11.
Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov stated that Western countries have probably decided to use the allegations of Russia's alleged strike on a hospital in Kiev as a pretext for further escalation of the Ukrainian conflict.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, emphasized that a Ukrainian army NASAMS missile hit a children's hospital in Kiev on July 8, a fact confirmed by numerous witnesses. The Russian diplomat noted that this is not the first time that Ukrainian air defense missiles have gone off course and hit residential buildings and social institutions. This is what happened on July 8, she added.
More from regnum.ru Zakharova called the hit of a NASAMS missile by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on a hospital in Kyiv a fact
On July 8, a NASAMS missile of the Ukrainian army hit a children's hospital in Kiev, this fact was confirmed, including by numerous witnesses, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova reported in a published statement on July 9.
“It has already been confirmed, including by numerous witnesses, that one of the missiles from the Western NASAMS air defense system hit a building on the territory of the Okhmatdet children’s hospital in Kiev,” Zakharova said.
The Russian diplomat noted that this is not the first time that Ukrainian air defense missiles have gone off course and hit residential buildings and social institutions. This happened on July 8. The Kiev regime, without acknowledging this fact, immediately accused Russia of "deliberately killing children."
Zakharova recalled that the Ukrainian Armed Forces deliberately place their facilities near hospitals and residential areas. For example, the Artem military plant is located next to the hospital damaged in the NASAMS strike. Ukrainian Armed Forces warehouses and the Defense Ministry complex are also within walking distance.
The Ukrainian army is deliberately deploying air defense systems in residential areas, using civilians as human shields, the Russian Foreign Ministry representative emphasized. She called this practice a gross violation by Kiev of international humanitarian law, which prohibits the use of civilian objects for military purposes.
The Kyiv regime's attempts to use the tragedy with the children's hospital for propaganda purposes once again "confirm its inhuman Nazi essence," Zakharova said. Kyiv is indifferent to the fates and lives of Ukrainian residents, including children; the regime is ready to commit any crimes, if only to retain power, she added.
The Russian diplomat listed the objects that the Russian military carried out precision strikes on: the Artem and Antonov factories, the Luch design bureau in Kyiv, Dnepr and Yuzhmash in Dnepropetrovsk, and the heavy engineering plant in Kramatorsk. Warehouses of Western weapons and military equipment at the Arcelor Mittal metallurgical plant in Krivoy Rog were also destroyed.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on the morning of July 8, eyewitnesses reported an aircraft landing in the area of the Artem plant in the Shevchenkivsky district of Kiev. The enterprise produces air-to-air guided missiles. Ukrainian media began publishing videos and photographs of the wounded, reporting that a children's hospital had been damaged in the strike. At the same time, they claimed that the Russian military had allegedly carried out the strike on the hospital.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported that a Ukrainian air defense missile launched from a surface-to-air missile system within the city limits hit a children's hospital in Kiev. Russian troops were striking military facilities with precision weapons and hit their target. By destroying Ukrainian military facilities, the Russian Armed Forces responded to the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attempts to damage Russian energy and economic facilities.
On July 9, the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, stated that Russian military personnel were not involved in the attack on the Okhmatdet hospital. The Kremlin spokesman recalled that Russian troops do not strike civilian targets.
Even more from regnum.ru Russia will communicate the truth about the Kyiv strike to countries ready to hear it
The Okhmatdet Children's Hospital was damaged as a result of a Ukrainian air defense missile falling, and Russia will report the truth about this situation to countries ready to hear it, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told journalists on July 9.
"Moscow intends to report the truth about the attack on the hospital in Kiev both in Russia and in those countries where the audience is ready to hear it," the Kremlin spokesman said.
Western countries are not eager to hear Russia's arguments, Peskov noted. He also called the fact of the unsuccessful use of the anti-missile, which ended up on the territory of a medical facility, obvious.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on July 8, the Kiev military administration reported that the Okhmatdet children's hospital in the Shevchenkivskyi district was allegedly damaged as a result of a missile strike on Kiev. The Kremlin spokesman called the story with the hospital in Kiev a PR campaign based on bloodshed. He added that the Ukrainian authorities are using the tragedies to create a backdrop that could accompany the participation of the head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, in the NATO summit.
Earlier, Peskov noted that the destruction in the building of the Okhmatdet children's hospital in Kiev was caused by the fall of a Ukrainian air defense missile. He emphasized that the Russian Armed Forces, when conducting combat operations, do not strike civilian objects as a matter of principle.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The incident in the village of Vorokhta in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, where local residents blocked the road for the employees of the TCC (territorial recruitment center, an analogue of the Russian military registration and enlistment office) is a signal for the authorities in Kiev, said retired SBU Colonel Oleg Starikov.
He expressed his opinion in an interview with journalist Alexander Shelest (an individual recognized in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent). The former SBU employee recalled that the incident took place in Western Ukraine, where, according to Starikov, the way of life differs from the way of life in other parts of the country.
He called the incident a serious wake-up call for the Ukrainian leadership. Starikov noted that the people who blocked the road could not be accused of pro-Russian sentiments.
The colonel also warned that if Kyiv decides to take repressive measures, such steps will have unpredictable consequences.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, in early June it became known that several dozen people near the Ukrainian city of Zhitomir tried to break through to the TCC building after a conscript died there. Some of those gathered managed to break through to the institution's territory.
On July 8, information appeared that in Ukraine, TCC employees are catching men on city streets, traveling in ambulances. In addition, military commissars come to those who decided to call a taxi.
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