[Breitbart] The regimes of Russia and Cuba held discussions for the construction of an oil refinery in Cuba following Russian lawmakers’ visit to the island, the Russian state news agency Tass reported on Monday.
The prospective Russian refinery, if built, would become Cuba’s fifth, joining the nation’s four other rundown refineries.
A delegation of Russian lawmakers that Duma Speaker Viacheslav Volodin led traveled to Cuba in July. During the visit, the delegation held meetings with the communist regime’s figurehead president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and the head of the Cuban parliament, Esteban Lazo Hernández.
Volodin landed in Havana after a brief visit to Nicaragua, where he participated as a special guest in celebrations of the forty-fifth anniversary of the Sandinista revolution in which dictator Daniel Ortega made public calls for the “disappearance” of the United States.
“Bidens, they come and go. While Cuba exists and will into the future,” Volodin said in reference to U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to drop from the 2024 presidential race.
Duma Deputy Speaker Alexander Babakov, who was part of the Russian delegation, told Tass that the construction of the oil refinery was one of the subjects touched upon during the Russian lawmakers’ whirlwind visit to Havana.
“Cuba has crude oil, it is logical not to import oil products, but to produce them here,” Babakov said. “The largest Russian companies could participate here.”
“In this regard, a possible next step is deeper processing of oil products and including the creation of fertilizers,” he continued.
In recent years, the Castro regime has begun seeking an increased amount of aid from Russia, as Cuba suffers through a severe economic and humanitarian crisis — a direct consequence of more than six decades of communist rule.
Russia, a top financier of the Castro regime during the times of the Soviet Union, resumed its oil shipments to the island nation in late March after a year-long hiatus. The oil shipments seek to help Cuba ease its severe fuel shortages and run its dilapidated power plants, whose failures are causing near-endless power blackouts nationwide. Cubans are reportedly living through some of the most inhumane conditions since the 1959 communist coup.
The increase in Russian oil shipments also seeks to offset the diminishing number of heavily subsidized oil shipments that Cuba receives from the socialist regime in Venezuela, Cuba’s top oil supplier.
Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba have dropped significantly in recent years, as the collapse of socialism in Venezuela and more than two decades of socialist mismanagement greatly diminished the country’s oil output capabilities.
In recent years, the Castro regime has sought foreign investment to help it locate and drill oil offshore on its northern coast with little to no success.
Cuba presently has four run-down refineries, three of which were built by American capital entrepreneurship before Fidel Castro’s coup in the late 1950s. A fourth one, located in the province of Cienfuegos, was built in the 1980s using Soviet technology. While the Cienfuegos refinery was opened in 1991, it was closed down in 1995 after it failed to properly operate.
Venezuela’s socialist regime, under the rule of late dictator Hugo Chávez, helped its ideological mentors by funding the $83 million renovation works of the Cienfuegos refinery through a joint Cuba-Venezuela venture established in 2006. The refinery was reopened in 2007, but it has reportedly endured “ups and downs” throughout the years and required a series of repairs that concluded in November.
In 2008, Venezuela planned to have its state oil company PDVSA build a new refinery in Cuba, providing the $4.3 billion investment required. Construction works for the refinery were slated to conclude in 2015, but the collapse of Venezuela under socialism left the plans on hold.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 21:04 Slovakia is ready to supply weapons to Ukraine, but only for money, Defense Minister Robert Kalinak said. According to him, the government is against free military aid to Ukraine, but does not limit supplies paid for by Kiev or third countries, since in this case it would "undermine the interests of Slovakia."
20:55 DTEK plans to restore 60-70% of the generation destroyed as a result of Russian shelling by October, provided that there are no new attacks, said the company's executive director Dmitry Sakharuk. He recalled that the company has lost about 90% of its generation in total.
20:51 The task of the Defense Forces now is to ensure by all means the constant effective defeat of Russian troops, their logistics and positions not only at the front, but also throughout the entire depth accessible to our range, Zelensky said in an evening video address: "We are working with partners to increase our level of protection. But while we wait for our partners' decisions, we are looking for our own solutions, our own options for action... Ukraine should eventually achieve maximum defense independence - it is precisely such states that always find it easier to find effective allies and realize their interests."
20:39 Russian troops have built a new military base near Rostov, which they can use to supply Russian combat units, Radio Liberty reports, citing satellite images from Planet Labs. The base is located between a penal colony and two unfinished general education institutions on the site of a military facility abandoned in 2011. The base may belong to the 100th Military Logistics Regiment of the Russian Armed Forces.
19:38 The General Staff confirmed that the Slavyanin ferry was heavily damaged in the Kavkaz port of the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation. The Russians used this ferry to transport railway cars, vehicles and containers for military purposes. Slavyanin is the third and last railway ferry that the Russian Federation had in this region.
18:41 In January-June, UAH 888.4 billion (57.5% of the total expenditure of the general fund of the state budget) was allocated from the state budget to the security and defense sector, including UAH 155.6 billion in June, the Finance Ministry reported. The funds were used to pay military and police personnel, purchase equipment, weapons, ammunition, defense products, etc.
18:23 On Wednesday, July 24, power outage schedules will be in effect throughout the day, Ukrenergo reported. From 8:00 to 20:00 and from 22:00 to 24:00, one turn of shutdowns will be in effect, and at other times - two turns simultaneously.
17:57 Russia is ignoring Turkey's requests to visit Ukrainian prisoners of war, Turkish Ombudsman Seref Malkoc said. According to him, if there is no response, Ankara also intends to appeal to the UN Secretary General on this matter.
17:40 Kuleba said that he has already arrived in China for a two-day visit. The central topic of the meetings and negotiations will be Russia's war against Ukraine and China's role in resolving the conflict.
17:36 The Russians have gathered more than 90 thousand troops in the Zaporizhia region and continue to transfer forces, said the spokesman for the Tavria group of forces, Dmitry Likhoviy. At the same time, he added that the enemy has not yet formed an offensive group in this direction. "If we take the number of enemy personnel, for example, in the Zaporizhia region itself, then there are quite a lot of Russians here, almost 90 thousand. And there is an increase in this number - somewhere in the last three weeks another two thousand have been added," Likhoviy noted.
17:28 Ukraine is actively working to reduce its dependence on missile supplies from partners, in particular for air defense, Zelensky said following a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters. The meeting also discussed changes in the operational situation, forecasts, further actions, and issues of staffing brigades for timely rotation. "We paid a lot of attention to the ability to strike behind the front line. We analyzed the effectiveness of our drones of various types, as well as the tactics of the Russian army in relation to drones. We assessed the effectiveness of electronic warfare and other methods of combating UAVs," the president added.
In addition, Zelensky reported that he had a meeting with the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to discuss the consequences of Russian aggression against Ukraine, constant air terror, the difficult humanitarian situation, and the results of the meeting with Pope Francis in June in Italy.
16:20 The Financial Times writes that Biden will focus on Ukraine and the Middle East in the final months of his presidency. The publication notes that the decision to drop out of the presidential race has launched a six-month race to consolidate his administration's foreign policy achievements, especially in the Middle East and Ukraine. One of Biden's top priorities will be to ensure the greatest possible support for Ukraine if Trump wins in November.
15:33 Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that Budapest will not approve the allocation of 6.5 billion euros from the EU peace fund for weapons to Ukraine until Kiev resolves the issue of Russian oil transit.
15:17 In July, Ukraine will receive the first 1.5 billion euros in income from frozen Russian assets from Belgium, Shmyhal said. According to him, the funds will be used to purchase the necessary weapons - air defense, artillery shells, as well as to develop the defense industry complex.
14:42 The Cabinet of Ministers approved a decision according to which the school year for schoolchildren will begin on September 2 and end on June 30. Shmyhal clarified that regional administrations have been instructed to ensure the organization of the educational process depending on the security situation.
14:34 The National Police clarified that the enemy directed a drone at a family-type home in Marganets, Dnipropetrovsk region, where 12 children lived, three of whom were wounded.
13:58 The Cabinet of Ministers has decided to attract a grant of $3.9 billion from the United States, Shmyhal said. The funds will be used to pay salaries to rescuers, teachers, doctors, and social support programs.
13:29 Russian troops attacked Kherson from a drone, one person was wounded, OVA reported.
13:00 The Verkhovna Rada supported the extension of martial law for 90 days - from August 12 to November 9.
12:44 Peskov stated that Moscow will "respond" to the decision to use income from Russia's foreign assets to purchase weapons for Ukraine, "such thieving actions cannot remain without reciprocity."
12:18 In the Pokrovsk direction, Ukrainian military shot down another Russian Su-25 combat aircraft, which, together with another Su-25, tried to fire at the positions of the Defense Forces units, the Khortytsia OSGV reported.
11:57 Russians have launched a suicide drone attack on Marganets in the Dnipropetrovsk region, wounding three teenagers aged 13 and 14, reported OVA head Serhiy Lysak.
11:01 Zelensky submitted to the Verkhovna Rada bills on extending martial law in Ukraine and conducting a general mobilization for 90 days, that is, until November 9. This will be the 12th vote of the parliament on these issues.
10:53 Boeing and the state enterprise Antonov signed a preliminary agreement on the joint production of unmanned systems for Ukraine. The memorandum refers, in particular, to engineering and logistics support from Boeing, as well as technical maintenance of drones (in particular, Boeing's ScanEagle).
10:25 A ferry ship was attacked at night in the port of Kavkaz, reported the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation Veniamin Kondratyev. According to him, there are injured and one dead among the crew members and port employees.
10:19 Over the past 24 hours, July 22, seven reconnaissance UAVs were shot down by air defense in the eastern and southern directions, the Air Force reported.
09:58 At least five separate hit points were recorded at the Morozovsk airbase in the Rostov region after the drone attack, analysts at The Military Watch reported, citing satellite images from Planet Labs from July 22. There may be more hit points, but the quality of the images does not allow them to be assessed. According to preliminary information from researchers, the attack hit a position of an S-300/400 air defense missile system battalion, a Su-34 aircraft parking area, a fighter jet parking area, a fuel depot, and a runway.
09:14 At night, Russians fired at Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region from a UAV, one person was wounded, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was injured in the village of Russkaya Lozovaya in the Kharkiv region, in the village of Ivanchukovka in the Izyum region, in the villages of Senkovo and Podoly in the Kupyansk region.
09:00 In Donetsk region on July 22 as a result of Russian shelling 15 people were wounded, reported the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
08:49 In the Kherson region, seven people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling over the past day, reported the head of the OVA Oleksandr Prokudin. 30 private houses, a commercial establishment, and a gas pipeline were damaged.
08:26 The Russian Defense Ministry stated that air defense systems allegedly intercepted and destroyed 21 UAVs over Crimea and the Black Sea at night, as well as two drones over Bryansk and Belgorod regions. Sevastopol "Governor" Mikhail Razvozhaev stated that the UAV attack was repelled, "no objects in the city were damaged."
08:13 At night, Russians attacked Sumy Oblast with a guided Kh-69 air-launched missile and eight Shahed-type attack UAVs. They managed to shoot down seven drones, and the enemy missile did not reach its target as a result of active counteraction, the Air Force reported.
07:35 In the morning, Russians fired artillery at the city of Ochakov in the Nikolaevsky district - four people are known to have been injured, including two teenagers aged 15 and 17. An apartment building was damaged, said the head of the OVA, Vitaly Kim.
07:26 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 23:
personnel - about 568,980 (+1220) people,
tanks - 8288 (+4),
combat armored vehicles - 16,000 (+20),
artillery systems - 15,694 (+57),
MLRS - 1125 (+2),
air defense systems - 901 (+1),
aircraft - 362 (+0),
helicopters - 326 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 12,511 (+36),
cruise missiles - 2401 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 21,202 (+64),
special equipment - 2640 (+3).
06:52 At night, Russians carried out an airstrike on critical infrastructure facilities in the Shostka community of Sumy Oblast. There are no preliminary casualties, OVA reported.
02:15 Biden has transferred his authority over the Ukraine Support Act to the US Treasury and State Departments, the White House said. The act is the Ukrainian Economic Prosperity and Opportunity Act, which provides, in particular, for the possibility of confiscating frozen Russian assets to restore Ukraine.
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[Korrespondent] The disposal of Russian invaders continues around the clock.
More assaults are currently ongoing in the Pokrovsky direction. The occupiers are attacking in the areas of Panteleimonovka, Vozdvizhenka, Novoaleksandrovka, Progress and Novoselovka Pervaya.
Since the beginning of the current day, 83 combat clashes have occurred on the front in 11 directions. The enemy continues to attack more actively in the direction of Pokrovsk, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in a report on Tuesday, July 23.
Thus, in the Kharkov direction, the Russians unsuccessfully attacked 11 times in the areas of Glubokoe, Tikhe and Vovchanskoe. The enemy also dropped more than a dozen KABs near six different settlements.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy unsuccessfully attempted to advance forward in the areas of Petropavlovka, Glushkovka, Andreyevka and Stelmakhovka.
In the Liman direction, the number of attempts by the occupiers to improve the tactical situation has increased to nine. Seven of these clashes are still ongoing in the areas of the villages of Makeyevka and Nevskoye.
In the Seversky direction, our soldiers eight times put a harsh stop to the activity of the invaders near Vyemka, Pereyezdny, Verkhnekamenny and Sporny.
In the Kramatorsk direction, fighting continues in the areas of Chasovy Yar and Vasyukovka. The enemy has failed in three more attacks - near Novomarkovoye, Orekhovo-Vasilovka and Ivanovskoye.
In the Toretsk direction, the battle continues in two locations near Zheleznoye. Two Russian attacks have already been repelled there. The invaders were repelled four times near Severny, and another enemy attack failed near Toretsk. The enemy carried out five air strikes on this city - a total of ten UABs were dropped.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the occupiers are not reducing the pressure - 27 attacks. 12 assaults continue in the areas of Panteleimonovka, Vozdvizhenka, Novoaleksandrovka, Progress and Novoselovka Pervaya.
In the Kurakhovsky direction, two attacks by invaders continue near Krasnogorovka. Five more assaults have been repelled there and in the Konstantinovka area.
In the Vremivsky, Orekhovsky and Pridneprovsky directions, Ukrainian soldiers repelled one attack by the occupiers.
Let us recall that over 1,200 Russian soldiers were "minused" in 24 hours on July 22. The total losses of the aggressor country Russia since the beginning of the war are approaching 570 thousand.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 71st Jaeger Brigade, 107th, 127th Territorial Defence brigades, and 13th National Guard Brigade near Staritsa, Krugloye, Volchansk, and Liptsy (Kharkov region).
Three counterattacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 42nd Mechanised Brigade, 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, and 92nd Air Assault Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 170 Ukrainian troops, five motor vehicles, one Polish-made 155mm self-propelled artillery system, two U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzers, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, three 152mm D-20 howitzers, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one field ammunition depot.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 43rd, 63rd, 116th Mechanised brigades, 4th Tank Brigade, 3rd Assault Brigade, and 12th Azov Special Operations Brigade near Sinkovka, Zagoruykovka, Novoyegorovka (Kharkov region), Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Serebryansky forestry.
Two counterattacks launched by units of the AFU 66th Mechanised Brigade and 112th Territorial Defence Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 490 Ukrainian troops, one tank, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, eight motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, one U.S.-made 105mm M119 howitzer, one UK-made L-119 105mm howitzer, and two field ammunition depots.
As a result of active actions, units of the Yug Group of Forces liberated Ivano-Daryevka (Donetsk People's Republic) and took more advantageous lines.
Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of the AFU 23rd, 24th, 30th, 53rd, 93rd Mechanised brigades, 5th Assault Brigade, 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, 46th, 81st Airmobile brigades, 114th, and 117th Territorial Defence brigades near Kalinin, Verkhnekamenskoye, Antonovka, Krasnogorovka, Konstantinovka, Zaliznyanskoye, and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 750 Ukrainian troops, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, and six motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle, four 152mm D-20 howitzers, one U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzer, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and two U.S.-made 105mm M119 howitzers were neutralised.
Moreover, two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations, two U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery warfare radar stations, and six AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 31st, 41st, 47th Mechanised brigades, 25th Airborne Brigade, and 109th Territorial Defence Brigade near Toretsk, Dimitrov, Grodovka, Rozovka, Kamishevka, and Novosyolovka Pervaya (Donetsk People's Republic).
Six counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 32nd, 53rd, 151st Mechanised brigades, 68th Jaeger Brigade, and 95th Air Assault Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 405 Ukrainian troops, three tanks, including one M1A1 Abrams tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks, one 155mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun, and three field ammunition depots.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade, 37th Naval Infantry Brigade, 129th Territorial Defence Brigade, and 17th National Guard Brigade near Vodyanoye, Vremevka, Prechistovka, Makarovka, and Razdolnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 115 Ukrainian troops, seven motor vehicles, one UK-made 155mm FH-70 towed howitzer, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 65th Mechanised Brigade, 141st Infantry Brigade, 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, and 126th Territorial Defence Brigade near Novodanilovka, Novoandreyevka (Zaporozhye region), and Tokaryovka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 110 Ukrainian troops, eight motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one U.S.-made 105mm M119 howitzer, one Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station, and one field ammunition depot.
Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Groups of Forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed one ST68 mobile radar station for detecting and tracking low-altitude targets, one UAV workshop, as well as engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 138 areas.
Air defence units shot down three French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, 15 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, 151 unmanned aerial vehicles, including 82 unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of the Russian Federation.
In total, 630 airplanes and 278 helicopters, 28,269 unmanned aerial vehicles, 554 air defence missile systems, 16,638 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,382 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 12,294 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 23,977 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 23.07.2024 to 00:00 24.07.2024.
25 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:
Two cars,
One residential building,
One civil infrastructure facility.
A total of 16 artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
Nine artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 68 units of various ammunition were fired.
22:15 Khar'kov direction: in the area of Peschane, the Ukrainian Armed Forces and territorial defense carried out a series of unsuccessful counterattacks. An attempt to regain lost positions resulted in heavy losses in one of the areasrolled backeven further towards Oskol.
21:00 Attack aircraft of the "East" group of forces on buggies and motorcycles capture strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction of the Northern Military District.
19:58 Dnepropetrovsk region.
It is reported about a powerful explosion at the Ukrainian Armed Forces position. The strike was carried out by our missilemen with a 9M723 missile from the Iskander OTRK.
19:35 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Novoselovka first –map.
18:43 UFSB DPR reported, that 186 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Donetsk, Makeyevka and Yasinovataya last week.
18:01 Special forces "Grachi" and the 238th Brigade destroy the enemy, supporting the assault on Krasnogorovka -video.
17:21 Russian Army storms Maksimilianovka, having broken through for 3 km and entered the center.
16:51 Kherson direction. Right bank.
Russian Aerospace Forces struck a blow using FAB-500 aerial bombs from the UPMK at a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and equipment. Operational control confirms the target has been hit and enemy forces have been eliminated.
16:22 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of July 23, 2024) –video.
15:39 Gorlovka – Troitskoye.
Active military actions in the Gorlovka area. Successful defeat by the Ukrainian Armed Forces of a Russian Aerospace Forces Su-25 attack aircraft south of Troitskoye using a MANPADS. The pilot of the downed aircraft ejected and landed no less than four km from the line of combat contact on territory controlled by the Russian Armed Forces.
15:15 Special military operation. Situation as of July 23 –map.
14:15 Tankers of the Pacific Fleet Naval Infantry Brigade helped units of the "East" group of forces to take up more advantageous positions in the area of the Vrem'evsky salient.
13:51 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces –map.
- In the area of the village of Volchye (west of Ocheretino).
- In the area of Glubokoe (Khar'kov direction), the enemy has been mostly pushed out of the village.
- Maksimilyanovka (west of Maryinka)
- Vodyanoye (Ugledar direction). The front continues to slowly crawl towards the Konstantinovka-Ugledar highway.
12:42 Khar'kov direction (Kupyansk area).
It is reported, that our barrel artillery has been actively working since early morning. In particular, our self-propelled guns "MSTA-S" have worked on the enemy's fortified positions. Now our Giatsints are working.
12:15 Crew of the Ka-52M helicopter destroyed the next targets in the special operation zone. The strike was carried out by unguided S-8 air missiles and guided Vikhr air missiles at specified coordinates.
11:41 Seversk – Razdolovka.
Military operations in the Seversky direction. Attack of the Russian Armed Forces with armored vehicles and motorized rifle units. Assault on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions north of Razdolovka. Landing of troops and clearing of the stronghold. Expansion of the Russian Armed Forces control zone in the direction of Pereyezdnoye.
11:03 Situation in Krasnogorovka.
Positional military actions in Krasnogorovka. The positions of the Russian Armed Forces are under fire from a Ukrainian drone. The Russian Armed Forces are expanding their presence in the central part of Krasnogorovka.
10:24 Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group –video.
The Center group of forces continues to carry out combat missions in the area of the special military operation.
The group's units occupied more advantageous positions, defeated the formations of the 32nd, 41st, 110th, 151st Mechanized, 68th Infantry brigades, 129th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Toretsk, Zhelannoye, Volchye, Timofeyevka, Veseloye and Grodovka. They repelled six counterattacks by units of the 53rd, 151st Mechanized, 95th Airborne Assault, 68th Jaeger brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the united assault brigade "Lyut" of the National Police of Ukraine.
The enemy lost up to 335 servicemen. An armored combat vehicle, four cars, an M777 howitzer, and three 122mm D-30 guns were destroyed.
09:51 Frontline summary as of the morning of 23.07.2024
Zaporizhzhya Front. No significant changes in LBS. Positional battles continue in the Rabotino area and northwest of Verbovoye.
Donetsk Front. Russian troops continue to actively dislodge the Ukrainian garrison from Krasnogorovka. Fighting continues on the outskirts of Karlovka. Despite fierce resistance, Russian troops are gradually taking over the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In Novoselovka Pervaya, fighting is underway in the central part of the settlement.
In New York, Russian troops continue to develop the offensive in the settlement itself and to the west of it. There are further tactical successes.
Chasovoyarsk direction. Fighting is underway on the eastern outskirts of the city. Fighting also continues in the Kalinovka area.
In the Kleshcheyevka area, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to counterattack. Without success.
Khar'kov Front. Fierce fighting continues here in Volchansk.
In the area of Glubokoe, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to try to counterattack, conducting almost daily attacks, but still manage to lose their positions. The aviation and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces are actively working.
09:12 During the past night, during an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using unmanned aerial vehicles on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed two UAVs over the Bryansk region and two over the Belgorod region, as well as twenty-one UAVs over the territory of the Republic of Crimea and the Black Sea.
08:33 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of the special military operation for July 22, 2024
Russian troops hit enemy targets in Belgorod-Dnistrovsky in Odessa Oblast and Novopetrivka in Mykolaiv Oblast. The Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out another massive drone raid on Tuapse in Krasnodar Krai and Rostov Oblast.
In the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction in Novgorodskoye, fighting is underway in the area of Yesenin and Ostrovsky streets, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces have landed troops.
In the Avdeevka direction, battles are underway in the area of Lozovatskoye, Volchye and Vozdvizhenka; to the west of Progress, another M1A1SA Abrams of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit by drones.
In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops are expanding their zone of control in Maksimilyanovka, holding up to a third of the settlement.
08:00 Official summary of DPR representative offices in the JCCC over the past day.
A total of 35 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC.
There were reports of two civilians being killed and seven civilians being injured.
DAMAGED:
– A total of 11 residential buildings,
– Six cars,
– Three civil infrastructure facilities.
– A total of 14 artillery attacks from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction,
– A total of 21 artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction,
In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 95 units of various ammunition.
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[Regnum] On July 23, Russia put Yanina Sokolovskaya, former editor-in-chief of the Izvestia na Ukraine portal, on the wanted list. This is evidenced by the wanted list data on the website of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
It is reported that Sokolovskaya has been placed on the wanted list under an article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, on July 26, 2023, the Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against Sokolovskaya on charges of disseminating fakes about the Russian Armed Forces. The agency explained that since May 2022, Sokolovskaya had been publishing deliberately false information on her Telegram channel about the actions of the Russian military against civilians in the SVO zone.
On the same day, security forces conducted a search in the Moscow apartment that Sokolovskaya rented until July of last year.
Sokolovskaya supported the coup d'etat in Ukraine in 2014. The journalist has repeatedly participated in Russian TV shows. In 2019, host Sergei Mikheyev kicked Sokolovskaya out of the studio after she made offensive remarks about those killed in the Odessa Trade Union House during the show "Who's Against?"
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[Regnum] The refusal to allow the Russian frigate Shtandart to enter the port of Brest is a flagrant violation of international rules and a sign of disrespect for sailors. Political scientist and specialist in interethnic conflicts Evgeny Mikhailov expressed this opinion to a correspondent of IA Regnum on July 23.
The head of the Mor Glaz seafarers' aid association, Jean-Paul Elkan, reported that the French authorities have banned the Russian frigate Shtandart from docking in the port of Brest. As a result, the frigate's crew is running out of water, and the situation on board the ship is rapidly deteriorating. Elkan noted that the French authorities have demonstrated their weakness with their decision.
Mikhailov agreed with Elkan and noted that France is losing its subjectivity and is subject to general Russophobic rules. He emphasized that it is France that stands at the origins of general international rules of maritime traffic, port calls, and others. However, this country is now one of the largest violators of these rules. France has demonstrated serious problems in its domestic and foreign policy, the political scientist added.
"There is a multinational team on board the ship, demonstrating friendship between nations. But Western politicians are trying to decide for nations how to communicate and be friends. Russia will not respond to the West in the same way. Russia always welcomes Western ships to its events. However, the West is showing its true face - the lack of desire for reconciliation and playing by previously accepted general rules. After Russia's victory in the special operation, the West will talk completely differently at the negotiating table. Western leaders will strive for Russia to take part in their events. Without Russia, world history is incomplete. It was the Russian Empire that took part in the global formation of countries that are now players in the international arena and oppose Russia. Everything will change after Russia's victory in the special operation," the expert noted.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the Russian frigate Shtandart, which is an exact copy of Peter the Great's ship, was banned from mooring in the French port of Brest to participate in the maritime festival. This decision was justified by the EU's restrictive measures against Russia, which also included copies of historical ships.
As the captain of the Shtandart, Vladimir Martus, said, the frigate could previously move freely through the waters of France and Spain. On board is a multinational team, which includes 17 sailors from Russia, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Great Britain, Israel, and the USA.
The head of the Mor Glaz sailors' aid association, Jean-Paul Elkan, said that he had spoken with a pro-Ukrainian association that was seeking sanctions against the frigate. Elkan said that they had no ideology, their only goal was to destroy everything Russian. The head of the association stressed that using this situation to incite hatred was "shameful and scandalous."
Elkan also stressed that what happened once again proves that France is deprived of any power: all decisions for Paris are made by the European Union. The head of the association called the sanctions against the sailors, who were prevented from participating in the international sailing ship festival in Brest and were not allowed to enter the port even for supplies, "unfair and disgusting." He noted that they did nothing wrong, but simply wanted to show off their ship.
The captain of the Russian sailing frigate Shtandart, which was denied entry to the French port of Brest, spoke about the situation on board and the indignation of the Europeans themselves due to the discriminatory situation. According to him, many Europeans are outraged by this decision. The crew will go to court. Now the ship has passed through Biscay, from France they came to Spain in order to find out that the ship is also not allowed into Spanish ports, the captain added. He noted that there are 15 people from seven countries on board, including three teenagers. After a four-day voyage, the crew does not have much food and water left - only for four days. So far, the sailors have not decided where they can go, and are anchored at sea.
The captain of the Russian sailing frigate Shtandart, which was denied entry into the port of Brest, France, spoke about the situation on board and the indignation of Europeans themselves due to the discriminatory situation.
In an interview with IA Regnum, Vladimir Martus said that the frigate has been sailing for 25 years and that it participates in various regattas and festivals throughout Europe, and the main activity on the Shtandart is training in maritime professions. The sailors have never had any problems, but not long ago the European Union extended its sanctions to historical Russian ships. As a result, the prefect of the French city of Brest did not allow the Russian vessel to participate in the largest maritime festival, in which the Shtandart had previously participated.
"Many Europeans are outraged by this decision. We will go to court. Now we have crossed Biscay, from France we came to Spain only to find out that the Spanish ports are not letting us in either," the captain said.
He noted that there are 15 people on board from seven countries, including three teenagers. After a four-day voyage, the crew does not have much food and water left - only for four days. So far, the sailors have not decided where they can go, and are anchored at sea. I hear Niger is lovely this time of year?
On July 23, it became known that the Russian vessel was not allowed into France. The decision of the port of Brest was criticized by the head of the association for assistance to seamen Mor Glaz, Jean-Paul Elkan. He noted that he had communicated with a pro-Ukrainian association that sought sanctions against the frigate. The head of Mor Glaz said that they have no ideology, but only one goal - to destroy everything Russian. He called the current situation shameful and scandalous.
The Russian frigate Shtandart is an exact copy of Peter I's ship.
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