Commentary by Russian blogger Donetsk
[DONRF] The battle for the South continues, and this night again brought a series of mutual missile strikes. The enemy damaged the Antonovsky bridge in Kherson, and the disputes about the degree of damage are as stupid as the disputes about the effectiveness of air defense. Let me explain - the bridge can be used or not. If not, there is no big difference whether it is worth it or not. All the same, from a military point of view, it died. This is as obvious as it is obvious that there is no absolute air defense. We can intercept 11 missiles, but one will hit the bridge every day.
Also, according to the enemy, he occupied two settlements in the gray zone of the Kherson region. which requires confirmation. There is little military sense in this anyway, such a push-pull in the breakaway republics lasted for years. The real breakthrough is not empty villages, it is a breakthrough of the front line with access to the operational space. This cannot be achieved so far by both sides.
In response, with the help of the Grad MLRS, targets in Nikopol and Marganets were hit. The shelling of Nikolaev was also carried out. Obviously, the enemy is preparing two shock fists - from the West and North from Kherson, which our artillery counteracts.
Thus the battle for the South continues, albeit in an indecisive manner. The prognosis depends on Ukrainian military's readiness for five-nil losses and the risk of serious injury. According to my feelings, this readiness is low, but:
Returning from Kyiv, Republican Senator Mike Waltz said literally the following: "Zelensky feels that he is slowly losing. The Biden administration is basically helping him pay for the gallows noose."
Western partners demand. So in the coming days, the enemy will do everything in order to hit the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, causing an ecological catastrophe in the region, and pontoon crossings induced by the RF Armed Forces, with a further transition to the offensive on Kherson and / or Melitopol. The rest is in the hands of God and our artillery.
On the Donbass front, there is also activation. The enemy lost the Uglegorsk TPP and Novolugansk. In addition, active work of artillery is underway. Thus, our plan is transparent and understandable - combining with the defense in the South, to continue squeezing out the militants from the territory of the DPR.
And further events will show, there will be no loud announcements this time, at least from our side.
[DONRF] In front of you is a petal mine designed to disable enemy personnel. But Ukrainians are not quite people, and therefore, following the example of Izyum, they mined residential buildings in Donetsk with these mines. Based on the death and injury of civilians. Be careful, go around branches, foliage, do not go out on lawns. Ukrainians don't care who lives in Donetsk - we are all "separatists" and must die.
All day yesterday, the militias waged an offensive battle in the area of Peski, Marinka and Krasnogorovka. There is progress, but the occupation of these settlements is still far away. It should be borne in mind that this is the most fortified section of the defense, which was built for eight years, and relies on buildings and has powerful road junctions in the rear. So the fights are there for a long time, there will be no quick successes. But there are no special options for actions by limited forces, some of which are diverted to parry the enemy operation in the South.
Aerospace Forces also worked that night:
1. Kharkiv. Two objects of the Iskander OTRK were hit.
2. Nikolaev - attacks on the locations of militants
3. Vyshgorod, Kiev region - an ammunition depot was hit.
4. Goncharivske Chernihiv region. Ten missiles hit the forest area, where 1 Ukrainian brigades are camouflaged. Their best tank brigade was undergoing restoration and re-equipment after the battles for Chernigov in the spring. I hope that now it will be necessary to repeat the procedure.
The enemy, in turn, tried to launch a missile attack on Belgorod, but air defense worked.
Rocket-artillery duels and battles for a foothold in the area of the Ingulets River continue in the South. The situation there is difficult for the parties, the militants are pressing with numbers, we rely on technical superiority.
Do not expect quick and easy victories, ignore the cheers-winning reports, unconfirmed photos and videos, the third stage will stretch for months and will be difficult. With a favorable outcome, it will be possible to free the DPR and bleed the shock fist in the South. I think the margin of safety of the parties is enough until October. The key marker will be the fall of Slavyansk and Avdievka.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] With regard to the history of https://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/7762081.html, with emerging documents on the purchase of old Soviet military equipment for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a number of points should be noted.
1. Despite many years of talk about the growth of the Ukrainian defense industry, most of its "know-how" remained in single-exhibition copies, which is why they do not have a significant impact on the course of hostilities. At the current stage, the main problems for the RF Armed Forces come in the vast majority of cases from foreign weapons.
2. Ukraine has not been able to ensure the development of a full-fledged military industry, which could ensure the mass production of weapons for the mobilized army. In addition, what was available was destroyed by the strikes of the RF Armed Forces. It can be assumed that the pre-war purchases of old weapons, as well as the current supply of old weapons, initially proceeded from the premise that, from a production point of view, Ukraine would not be able to pull out a long conflict in any way and weapons would have to be purchased abroad, despite all the victorious reports about "Ukrainian ultimate weapons." This is how it happens in practice.
3. Since modern weapons are expensive, the stake was initially placed on the purchase of old Soviet and NATO weapons, which are not so pitiful to lose and which are cheap enough to ensure mass supplies for arming the mobilized population.
4. Since 2014, Ukraine has been actively trying to purchase various old Soviet and NATO weapons to compensate for losses in the campaigns of 2014-2015, where the issue of compensating for losses in armored vehicles and artillery, as well as restoring aviation, was particularly acute.
5. The search was conducted not only in the countries of Eastern Europe. In the Middle East, they tried to buy components for helicopters. The scheme for the purchase of armored vehicles in Kazakhstan is well described in the material. Bought even in Russia. Until 2015, I YaDZ received components for military armored vehicles from the Russian Federation. Later, a scheme was built with the delivery of components through Pridnestrovie, which was covered by the FSB.
There have been attempts to gain access to purchases of blades for helicopter engines. All this was a reflection of Ukraine's inability to replace the basic models of weapons, therefore, the replacement of losses or the current plugging of holes proceeds according to the principle - if only it were, regardless of the issue of quality, standardization, maintainability, etc.
6. Western intelligence services and companies affiliated with them knew very well how such schemes work back in the Syrian war, and therefore various gray schemes for the supply of weapons and ammunition, bypassing European legal procedures, were carried out like clockwork. Eastern Europe, as in the case of Syria, acted as the main logistics hub, where not only reserves were accumulated from the warehouses of the Internal Affairs Directorate, but also weapons that could be purchased in other regions.
The fact that they have been actively engaged in this since 2014 once again indicates that Ukraine was being prepared for a war with Russia long before the NVO, and now the process has simply come to a finalization. However, the West does not hide the very fact of such preparations for unleashing a war in Ukraine.
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[Vesti] The Russian military continues to actively use prohibited types of weapons - phosphorus and cluster munitions. Such and other violations of the laws and customs of war are systematically recorded and documented for international criminal institutions. " The responsibility of the surviving Russian military is inevitable ," the General Staff report as of 18:00 on Wednesday, July 27, emphasizes .
In the Volyn and Polesye directions , the situation remains unchanged.
In the Seversky direction , enemy units fired artillery at Senkovka and Khrinivka in the Chernihiv region and Progress and Bachevsk in the Sumy region. The enemy used reconnaissance aircraft and UAVs for aerial reconnaissance.
In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy is conducting military operations in order to hold occupied lines and prevent the advance of Ukrainian units. The enemy pays considerable attention to reconnaissance with the aim of exposing our defense system and identifying artillery firing positions.
In the Kharkov direction , the enemy carried out artillery shelling in the areas of the settlements of Kharkov, Rubizhnoye, Chuguev, Tsupovka, Borshcheva, Zrubanka, Ivanovka, Russkaya Lozovaya, Korobochkino, Bazalievka, Pitomnik.
In the Slavic direction , he used artillery for shelling near Adamovka, Pashkovoe, Dolina, Grushuvakha, Shevelovka, Vernopolye, Krasnopolye, Mazanovka, Novaya Dmitrovka and Brazhkovka. In the area of the settlement of Pasika, by the forces of the reconnaissance group, he tried to reconnoiter the positions of our troops, but to no avail, the group was neutralized .
In the Donetsk direction , the enemy continues to try to improve the tactical situation in the directions of the cities of Kramatorsk and Bakhmut by assault actions .
In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy carried out artillery shelling near Kriva Luka, Spirna, Grigorievka, Vyemka, Seversk and Dronovka. Launched an air strike near Serebryanka. He led assault operations in the direction of Belogorovka - Verkhnekamenskoye, suffered losses and retreated.
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy fired artillery at the areas of Bakhmut, Soledar, Yakovlevka, Fedorovka, Bakhmutsky, Pokrovsky, Vershina, Zaitsev, Sukhoi Balka and Vesele. Inflicted air strikes near Yakovlevka and Pokrovsky. Enemy assaults in the village of Berestovo and in the directions of Vladimirovka - Soledar and Company - Semigorye were successfully repulsed by Ukrainian soldiers , the enemy retreated with losses.
On the Avdeevsky, Novopavlovsky and Zaporizhzhya directions , the enemy did not conduct active offensive operations. Shelling was recorded, in particular, in the areas of Peskov, Konstantinovka, Avdeevka and Gulyaipol, and the Russians launched air strikes near Novoandreevka, Kamensky and Olgovsky.
In the Yuzhnobuzhsky direction, the enemy is on the defensive and is trying to prevent the advance of the Defense Forces units deep into the temporarily occupied territory. The enemy fired artillery and tanks at the settlements of Osokorovka, Tokarevo, Ivanovka, Andreevka, Kiselevka, Partizanskoye , Kavkaz, Stepnaya Dolina, Kotlyarevo and Polyana. Launched an air strike near Lyubomovka and Novonikolaevka.
In the Black Sea , the enemy naval grouping continues to perform certain tasks of covering the ground grouping and isolating the combat area. At present, there are two carriers of sea-based cruise missiles of the Kalibr type outside the base points.
July 27 - 154th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine . Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
[Vesti] The blast wave was felt by Yasinovataya and Makeevka
A powerful explosion thundered in front-line Avdiivka, a wave from which reached Yasinovataya and Makeevka, which are not controlled by Ukraine. This is reported by local publics.
From the very morning of July 27, Avdievka came under heavy shelling. Russian forces used various types of weapons. Details about the destruction and possible casualties are being clarified, Novosti Donbass writes .
As Yevgeny Udovenko, deputy head of the military administration of the city, noted, the shelling was very strong: 70 Grad MLRS shells, 152 mm caliber shells, and rockets were fired at the city.
According to the owner of the grocery store, it has not been shelled as hard as this morning, maybe even never. A resident of the city also said that artillery, "Grads" and aircraft were working in Avdievka.
Users publish footage from the scene of the explosion.
Earlier , the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko reported about the rocket attack on Avdievka. Also, Russian troops in Bakhmut hit the hotel, previously, there were dead and wounded, and enemy shells also hit the area of the Karlovskaya filter station.
By the way, a well-known commentator on the hostilities in Ukraine, Anton Gerashchenko, posted a post on his Telegram channel with a video of the shelling of Avdievka. He was reminded that Avdievka was under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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[Korrespondent] 22:46 Zelensky, in an evening video message, commented on the strikes on the Antonovsky bridge and other crossings in the Kherson region: "Of course, they will all be rebuilt, but by us. We are doing everything to ensure that the invaders do not have any logistical opportunities on our land. Whatever they had no plans - we will break them. And we will liberate our territory with military, diplomatic and all other available tools until we reach the legal borders of Ukraine."
The President also announced "very important political and diplomatic events scheduled for the second half of this week."
21:43 The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation announced that in the first half of 2022 almost 530 thousand citizens of Ukraine entered and were registered in Russia. Another 33 thousand, according to Russian statistics, pass as citizens of the "LDNR". At the same time, according to the agency, Ukraine is in third place in terms of the number of migrants: Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are ahead by a significant margin.
21:24 German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock said that German tanks are the worst in Europe, as the continent has been cutting defense spending for decades and was built to live in peace.
21:02 Ukraine will destroy military facilities on the territory of Russia, if there is such a need, Danilov said on the air of the telethon: "If necessary, believe me, no one's hand will waver to sign what needs to be signed so that those objects about which "You say they were destroyed. Moreover, the statement of our president that we will give an answer exactly on the territories where this comes from is a vivid confirmation of this."
The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council also said that international partners are delighted with how quickly and efficiently the Ukrainian military mastered new military equipment. According to him, this is the opinion of the United States, Great Britain and a number of other partners.
20:41 Putin expressed his desire to establish in the Russian Federation the production of Bayraktar combat drones, which have become one of the symbols of Ukrainian resistance to Russian military aggression. Such an unexpected statement by Erdogan was circulated by the Turkish media against the backdrop of reports of an upcoming meeting in Sochi. About what could be behind him - in the material Putin wants to build Bayraktar .
20:13 The first ships can pass through the "grain corridor" in the next two weeks, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said in an interview with Bloomberg. According to him, ships leaving the ports of Odessa will enter the Black Sea along the route determined by the Ukrainian side. After entering Turkish waters, they will continue to be tracked. Upon arrival in Istanbul, the ships will be inspected. The same procedure will apply to ships departing towards the Black Sea ports.
19:49 The Russians tried to conduct assault operations in the direction of Belogorovka-Verkhnekamensky and in the village of Berestovo, but suffered losses and retreated, the General Staff said in the evening report .
19:26 Slovenia will provide equipment for demining the liberated territories of Ukraine and help rebuild the country, in particular Kharkiv, Kuleba said.
18:47 According to Ukrainian military intelligence, today in Kherson, as a result of partisans blowing up the car of the so-called "police" at the intersection of Repin Street and Admiral Senyavin Avenue with the help of a radio-controlled mine, one "policeman" was killed, another was hospitalized.
18:23 The Czech government has agreed to help Slovakia protect its airspace after the decommissioning of MiG-29 fighters. Earlier, Bratislava did not exclude the possibility of their transfer to Ukraine. In addition, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala admitted the possibility of training the Ukrainian military in the Czech Republic: "If necessary, we will train the Ukrainian military, but it depends on the technologies that we will have here."
17:49 The Verkhovna Rada with 299 votes supported the appointment of Andrey Kostin, deputy from the Servant of the People party, as the new Prosecutor General. His predecessor, Irina Venediktova, was also a member of the ruling party, so Kostin followed the beaten track. Read more about him in the article What is known about the new Prosecutor General .
17:42 The leader of the "DPR" Denis Pushilin arrived in Belarusian Brest, accompanied by Secretary of the General Council of United Russia Andrey Turchak and Russian Ambassador to Belarus Boris Gryzlov. After laying flowers at the Brest Fortress memorial, he said that "today the time has come to liberate Russian cities once again, founded by Russian people: Kyiv, Chernihiv, Poltava, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, Zaporozhye, Lutsk."
17:39 The OP showed what the fortifications on the border of the Volyn region and Belarus look like. They installed cameras with thermal imagers through which you can monitor the border section online.
17:29 The IRIS-T air defense systems will be delivered to Ukraine by the end of this year, said Christiane Hofmann, deputy spokesman for the German government. The German Defense Ministry clarified that at first it was only about the supply of one missile system. This is due to the limited capacity of the military industry, which has been shrinking in recent years due to lack of demand.
17:02 Slovenia is preparing a new package of military assistance for Ukraine, the country's Foreign Minister Tanya Fayon said at a press conference in Kiev.
16:52 Over the eight years of the occupation of Crimea, more than 34,000 residents of the peninsula were forced into military service in the Russian army, said the head of the Crimean prosecutor's office, Igor Ponochevny. At the same time, he believes that the Crimeans, forcibly drafted into the Russian army or illegal military formations, are victims of the war, and not criminals, if it is only about this, and they did not commit other crimes.
16:27 The German federal government secretly approved the sale of 100 Panzerhaubitze2000 self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine for 1.7 billion euros, writes Der Spiegel. This volume will significantly exceed previous arms deliveries in the amount of about 600 million euros, the newspaper notes. At the same time, it is not yet clear when the first howitzers will arrive in Ukraine. It is expected that the production of all howitzers will take several years.
16:06 The Philippine government canceled a deal to purchase 16 Russian military transport helicopters worth $227 million due to fears of sanctions, writes Associated Press.
15:51 In Bakhmut, rescuers pulled out the body of another person from under the rubble. Thus, the bodies of two dead have already been removed from under the rubble, one person has been rescued from under the rubble, three people have been injured. Work continues, the State Emergency Service said.
15:35 In Kherson, an explosive device went off on the way of a police car, two employees were injured, Vladimir Saldo, the "head of administration" of the region, told the Russian media.
15:12 The Armed Forces of Ukraine delivered another blow to the Antonovsky Bridge in Kherson, which is the most important crossing for supplying the Russian army on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region. The bridge is now completely closed to traffic. In the Armed Forces of Ukraine they say that they are not destroying infrastructure, but the plans of the enemy. Read more in the material Welcome to the cauldron .
14:57 The Rada has banned for the period of martial law the enforcement of decisions on the recovery of debt from an individual for housing and communal services.
14:34 Lithuania has banned the entry of Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church, BNS reports with reference to the country's Interior Ministry. Kirill was blacklisted on June 23, so far this has not been publicly announced.
14:21 In Zaporozhye, a monument to Pushkin was dismantled, the City Council reported. The wrought copper bust stood in the city for more than 20 years, it was removed the night before with the permission of the mayor's office. The City Council clarified that the monument will be stored in a certain place, which is not disclosed, its future fate will be announced when a decision is made.
13:58 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the launch of a regular ferry Yeysk - Mariupol. The line will be used to deliver goods "for the restoration of the infrastructure of Mariupol and other settlements of the DPR and LPR." Today, the first car-passenger ferry Lavrentiy left Yeysk in the direction of Mariupol. It can accommodate up to 700 tons of cargo, including up to 20 trucks and more than 130 passengers, and will initially make one round trip per day.
13:33 For the period of recovery after the strikes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Antonovsky bridge near Kherson, traffic across the Dnieper will be organized with the help of ferry crossings, said Kirill Stremousov, the "deputy head" of the occupied Kherson region. According to him, traffic on the bridge is planned to be restored in the near future.
13:29 The United States warned Russia of a "quick and strict" response in the event of the annexation of the occupied territories of Ukraine, the American embassy in Kiev said: "We know the next step of Russia. Russia is laying the foundation for the annexation of the Ukrainian territory it occupies, which is a direct violation of the sovereignty of Ukraine. If Russia continues with its annexation plans, we will respond quickly and sternly along with our allies and partners."
13:24 The Rada supported the appointment of Andriy Kostin as Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
13:19 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing for a counteroffensive in the Nikolaev region, the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim said at a briefing: "The situation in the region is under control, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing for a counteroffensive and quite effectively carry out a fire defeat. We all see this by hits on the Antonovsky Bridge."
13:10 "The head" of the occupied Kherson region, collaborator Vladimir Saldo, confirmed Girkin's information that, in addition to the Antonovsky bridge, the Armed Forces of Ukraine also hit the railway bridge across the Dnieper. At the same time, he claims that there will be no problems with the supply of the regional center.
12:59 Poland buys about a thousand tanks, more than 600 artillery systems and dozens of fighter jets from South Korea. The Polish Ministry of Defense announced that some of this equipment will replace the equipment transferred to Ukraine. Warsaw expects the first 180 tanks to arrive this year.
12:53 A joint coordination center will be opened in Istanbul today to control the export of Ukrainian grain, Reuters writes. According to a high-ranking Turkish official, the first ship will leave the Black Sea ports of Ukraine in the next few days.
12:44 Russia has released a "guidebook for the citizens of Ukraine on organizing resistance to the Kiev puppet government." According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Moscow Region, the 14-page publication provides detailed "advice" on sabotaging work in almost all socially significant areas. The reference book is full of propaganda of hatred for everything Ukrainian (“the villagers who broke through to Kyiv form a new reality”) with the appropriate set of terminology: “Kyiv junta”, “puppet government”, “Nazis”, etc.
12:23 In Mariupol, every fifth hospitalized person dies. As Piotr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city, said, over the past week, 36 Mariupol residents died in the smallest ambulance hospital in the city, on average, 170 people are being treated. That is, at least 20% of all patients die in a week in the hospital. The average age of the dead is 60 years.
Andryushchenko noted that before the war, the mortality rate in hospitals in Mariupol did not exceed 5%. So, with a 4-5 times decrease in the population, mortality from natural causes has already increased five times and continues to grow.
12:05 Major General Dmitry Marchenko, who led the defense of Nikolaev until April, returned to the city, the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim said. Earlier, Marchenko said that the Crimean bridge would become the main goal of Ukraine after receiving new Western weapons. Media reports that now Marchenko will carry out tasks in the Nikolaev and Kherson regions.
12:02 Slovenian Foreign Minister Tanya Fayon said that she had arrived in Kiev on a visit "to express Slovenia's political and practical support to Ukraine and its courageous people."
11:53 Russians this morning fired at Bakhmut of the Donetsk region, including hitting the hotel. As Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said, according to preliminary information, there are dead and wounded, and the rescue operation continues.
The State Emergency Service specified that one person was saved, another remains under the rubble.
11:29 In the Nikolaev area because of hit of enemy ammunition and fragments from them there was a fire as a result of which 230 hectares of a crop of wheat near the village are destroyed. Kotlyarevo of the Shevchenkovsky community of the Nikolaev area, reported the State Emergency Service. For the same reason, a field with barley burned on an area of 4 hectares near the village. Kotlyarovo, wheat on an area of 2.5 hectares near the village. Estuaries of the Galitsyn community of the Nikolaevsky district, dry grass on a total area of more than 1.5 hectares outside the village of Bereznegovatoe, Bashtansky district. In addition, outbuildings in the village were burned twice. Spring on an area of 35 sq. m and s. Shevchenkovo on an area of 150 sq. m, as well as a car at one of the enterprises of Nikolaev.
10:58 Kiev journalist Oleksandr Savochenko died in the battles near Bakhmut, CHEline reports. He worked for STB, for the French news agency France-Presse and for Suspіlny.
10:47 British intelligence reported that the Russian PMC Wagner succeeded in a tactical offensive in the Donbass in the area of the Uglegorsk thermal power plant and the nearby village of Novoluganskoye. Some Ukrainian forces are likely to have already withdrawn from the area, analysts say.
10:43 Korostenskaya RVA reported that the explosions in the city are military exercises that coincided with an air raid.
10:18 Podolyak about the shelling of the Antonovsky bridge: “A rare bird will fly out of the middle of the Dnieper. You can, of course, call the Antonovsky bridge a Russian air defense system that intercepts Ukrainian missiles, but you won’t get away from reality: the occupiers should learn to swim across the Dnieper. Or leave Kherson until there is a possibility. There may not be a third warning."
10:07 Explosions thundered in Korosten, Zhytomyr region, said the head of the Korosten RVA, Yuriy Tarasyuk.
10:05 Nord Stream gas supplies have been reduced to about 20% of the pipe's capacity, German operator Gascade said.
09:44 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of July 27. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Krivoy Rog direction.
personnel - about 40,070 (+200) people liquidated,
tanks - 1738 (+1),
armored combat vehicles - 3971 (+12),
artillery systems - 883 (+3),
MLRS - 258 (+0),
air defense systems - 117 (+0),
aircraft - 222 (+0),
helicopters - 190 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 726 (+4),
cruise missiles - 174 (+0),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 2847 (+12),
special equipment - 75 (+0).
09:21 In the Donetsk region, the Karlovskaya filtration station has been de-energized due to hostilities, Pokrovsk Mayor Ruslan Trebushkin said. The water supply was stopped until the completion of the repair work.
08:58 The press secretary of the Pivden operational command, Natalia Gumenyuk, confirmed the strikes on the Antonovsky Bridge on the air of the telethon: “We are destroying not the infrastructure, but the plans of the enemy. The work of our artillery is so delicate and jewelry that it is more aimed at demoralizing the troops. Yes, there were strikes but they were filigree."
08:56 Zelensky submitted to the Rada a draft resolution on the appointment of Andrei Kostin to the post of Prosecutor General.
08:53 As a result of the shelling of the Industrial District of Kharkiv, six people were injured, Mayor Igor Terekhov said. Also in the morning, the Russians fired at the Novobavarsky district - there were no casualties and no fire, but the windows in a residential building were shattered.
08:51 Russians since morning fired at Nikolaev, the head of OVA Vitaly Kim reported. The blows fell on the industrial zone and the repair enterprise, the building and private transport were also damaged. Previously without victims and victims.
08:49 Iran has agreed to supply parts and equipment for aircraft to Russia - the corresponding agreement has already been signed, said Mirakbar Razavi, a spokesman for Iran's civil aviation department.
08:28 In the Donetsk region over the past day, one civilian in Seversk was killed from Russian shelling, another person was injured, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.
08:17 Traffic on the Antonovsky bridge is blocked after the attack of the Ukrainian troops , said the "deputy head of the administration" of the occupied Kherson region Kirill Stremousov. At the same time, he assured that this would not affect the lives of civilians: "the military created crossings, pontoon bridges."
08:09 In the Kharkiv direction, the Russians have built pontoon crossings, they are trying to improve the logistics of the units. The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the attacks of the Russians in the Kramatorsk direction and in the Kherson region, the Geshtab reported in the morning report .
07:19 Russian troops fired at night from Gradov and cannon artillery at the Nikopol and Krivoy Rog districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region, said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko. In Marganets, Nikopol district, one person was injured, eight five-story buildings, a hospital, a kindergarten and transport of an industrial enterprise were damaged. In Velikaya Kostromka, Zelenodolsk community, a power line was damaged, the village was partially without electricity.
05:42 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov said that at 4:25 Russians fired at the Industrial District of the city with two S-300 missiles. According to the preliminary information of the rescuers, there were no victims.
04:45 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggests that Russia is aiming to seize more territories of Ukraine before holding "referendums" and annexation. The Russian-backed occupying "authority" in the occupied territories is likely to be pushing for time limits for military purposes in order to support fast-track annexation terms, although Russian troops are unlikely to occupy significant additional territory in Ukraine before the said annexation deadline begins in the first half of September.
Over the past day, Russian troops have captured insignificant territories northeast of Bakhmut and continue fighting east and south of Bakhmut. Also, Russian forces made a limited attack northwest of Izyum, probably to secure Russian rear areas on the Izyum-Slavyansk line. In the north-west of the Kherson region, Russian troops concentrated on the defense of the occupied lines and made a limited ground assault. Ukrainian troops continued to strike at Russian logistics hubs in the Kherson region.
04:01 The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, said that he had a telephone conversation with Reznikov: "I assured him that we are working to deliver equipment to Ukraine as soon as possible to counter Russian aggression."
03:12 The Armed Forces of Ukraine finally liberated and cleared the village of Andreevka, Kherson region , from the occupiers, the Operational Command Pivden reported. The Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted four strikes on the enemy using ground attack aircraft, bombers and helicopters. Four strongholds of the enemy in the area of Andreevka, Belogorka and Blagodatny were hit. The command added that a few days earlier, the Armed Forces of Ukraine also "securedly secured their positions" in Lozovoe.
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:49 Russian airstrike killed 18 officers of the 56th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Welders channel reports on telegrams.
As a result of a Russian air strike near the village of Netaylovo in the Yasinovatsky district, eighteen command and control officers and unit commanders of the 56th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed.
"Among the dead, most likely, the commander of the 56th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Sirchenko, and the chief of staff of the brigade. Their whereabouts have not yet been established, and it has not yet been possible to identify the bodies of the dead," the message says.
17:30 Pushilin in Belarus: It's time to liberate Russian cities founded by Russian people: Kyiv, Chernihiv, Poltava, Odessa, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, Zaporozhye, Lutsk.
16:17 The Armed Forces of Ukraine will "liberate" Mariupol in December-January 2023 - such forecasts are made by the Ukrainian "mayor" Vadim Boychenko, who fled the city.
13:40 Deputy head of the Kherson regional state administration Kirill Stremousov: Antonovsky bridge will be restored in the near future. For this period, ferry crossings across the Dnieper will be created. The head of the administration of the Kherson region, Volodymyr Saldo, also says that repair teams are already studying how it will be possible to restore the destroyed structural elements.
13:27 Residents of Kharkiv share summons in telegram channels, which are massively handed out today on the streets of the city.
13:12 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of July 27, 2022
- In Nikolaev, on the territory of the former Nikolaevstroytrans plant, temporary deployment centers of the 28th mechanized and 79th airborne assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed - up to 200 militants were eliminated;
- According to updated data, on July 24, during an attack on an ammunition depot in the Dnepropetrovsk region, more than 100 missiles for the HIMARS MLRS were destroyed;
- Destroyed four command and observation posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- Manpower and military equipment were hit in 142 districts;
- As part of the counter-battery fight, the Grad MLRS battery and eight artillery batteries were hit;
— In the area of N. p. Barmashovo (Nikolaev region) Mi-8 helicopter was shot down;
- Destroyed nine enemy UAVs;
- 10 shells of Alder and Hymars multiple launch rocket systems were intercepted.
13:03 Grain deliveries from Ukraine should begin in the near future, said Deputy Foreign Minister Rudenko. He added that grain exports from Russia and Ukraine should start simultaneously.
13:02 The Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed more than 100 missiles for the US-made HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) MLRS by hitting an ammunition depot in the Dnepropetrovsk region - TASS.
11:30 An additional point for receiving documents for obtaining citizenship of the Russian Federation has already been opened in Melitopol.
11:16 Attack on the Antonovsky bridge. In Kherson, it will not affect the lives of civilians: crossings and pontoon bridges have been created by the military,” the deputy head of the regional administration said.
09:40 Antonovsky bridge across the Dnieper near Kherson was again fired from MLRS HIMARS - authorities.
08:39 Deputy Head of the Kherson Regional State Administration Kirill Stremousov announced the closure of any traffic across the Antonovsky bridge in Kherson. According to the official, the object was damaged after a night shelling.
Looks to me like the Russian society needs DE Satanizing. This video has been a favorite all day in Russia with many positive comments. This is who you Russians are. Why would an American have an affinity for a people group like Russia?
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:44 It is reported that the Kyiv district of Donetsk was fired from heavy weapons. According to local residents, explosions with a roar and whistle were heard, later mines-petals were found along 114a Putilovskaya St. and near neighboring houses. It is reported that in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, in the village. Station also found mines-petals on the street. Svetlichnaya. 22:16 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC, additional information was received about civilian casualties as a result of shelling of the cities of the Republic by the AFU:
Donetsk:
Kuibyshevsky district:
- men born in 1980 and 1957 died;
- a woman born in 1966 was wounded.
Petrovsky district:
- a man died (personal data is being established).
n.p. Yasinovataya:
Wounded:
- a woman born in 1971;
- man born in 1957
n.p. Gorlovka, the village of mashzavod them. Kirova:
- a woman born in 1952 was wounded.
Thus, the total number of civilian casualties from VFU attacks on July 27, 2022 is 13 people (three died, 10 injured).
21:51 A machine-building plant is on fire in Gorlovka. The media reported that a woman was wounded as a result of the shelling.
21:50 As a result of today's shelling of the VFU in the Donetsk People's Republic, four people were killed and nine more civilians were injured.
18:15 Army aviation is flying over the DPR, working on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
17:10 Information was received about the mining of the building of the Donetsk Justice at the address: st. Artema, 74. Operational services are working on the spot - Alexey Kulemzin.
16:43 Military commissar Medvedev reports that as a result of the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Yasinovataya, one dead and two wounded civilians.
16:05 The headquarters of the TerO DPR reports: as a result of the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Yasinovataya on the street. Poltava killed a man.
15:57 The headquarters of the TerO DPR reports: as a result of the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the street. Kirov in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, boarding school No. 17 was damaged.
15:53 ??From the fronts, they report that there is an advance of our troops in several sectors, including in the direction of Peski and Krasnohorivka (large). The VSU are suffering heavy losses.
15:51 The shelling of the Kirovsky district of the city continues. As a result, boarding school No. 17 was damaged, at the address: st. Kirov, 155g - a direct hit on the roof, the floors of the utility block, laundry, workshops, window blocks, and internal equipment were damaged. In addition, private houses were damaged at the following addresses: st. Korotchenko 1, 2, 4. Glass windows were broken in the houses, fences and outbuildings were cut with fragments.
15:50 The offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ????the village of Andreevka across the Ingulets River has failed. Airborne and aviation forces multiplied the attackers by zero. According to radio and mobile interception, the enemy will continue to attempt an offensive, also one soldier talking to his father said that they had to steal an excavator from a local ATP for faster burial of the fallen in battle, complains about a wild stench and that the bodies of brothers are heavily fragmented, well and at the end of the dialogue, he noted that payments for participation in the database had ceased to arrive at all.
15:48 LNR does not rule out that missiles with a range of 300 km were brought to Ukraine, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine are waiting for the US command to use them - assistant to the head of the LNR Ministry of Internal Affairs.
15:35 Petrovsky district of Donetsk - they report that a few minutes ago there were powerful arrivals. Fire brigades went, fires were recorded.
15:20 Artillerymen of the Mining Division in the Ugledar direction destroyed the mortar crew of the Nazis, along with the UAV group that arrived at the position to adjust the fire. More than ten soldiers were killed.
15:10 According to updated information, a man born in 1980 died as a result of the shelling of the Kuibyshev region. (Pravova St., 84). On Kolkhozny Ave., 1a, a woman born in 1966 was wounded. On st. Legal, 84 after a direct hit, the wall and glazing were damaged.
15:00 As a result shelling of the VFU in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, the death toll rose to two people, and another civilian was injured.
14:53 "Our units have added and are actively crushing Ukrainians in several sectors of the front, especially in the Donetsk direction," - First Deputy Minister of Information of the DPR Bezsonov.
Also, in the morning, information appeared that allied artillery was actively working in Avdievka, an assault was underway
14:40 As a result of the shelling of the VFU in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, along the Kremlevsky avenue, a man was killed.
14:32 About 34,000 war crimes committed by Ukrainian security forces recorded in DPR
Records of crimes have been conducted since 2014 by a special commission, said Natalya Nikonorova, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPR.
14:31 A draft agreement on the establishment of a tribunal over the Ukrainian military and mercenaries has been developed
This was announced by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DPR Natalia Nikonorova.
13:26 Kyiv district, st. Politboytsov, 1, Hit on the roof and parapet. Glazing damaged.
13:10 As a result of the shelling of the village of Staromikhaylovka, electrical wires along the street were damaged. October, 12.
13:01 Ukrainian formations have lost two more M-777 howitzers in the Donetsk direction. In the area of ????Avdievka and Kurdyumivka, two enemy firing points were suppressed, from which the Armed Forces of Ukraine regularly fired at Donetsk. Positional battles continue.
14:40 As a result of the shelling of the VFU in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, along the Kremlevsky avenue, a man was killed.
14:32 About 34,000 war crimes committed by Ukrainian security forces recorded in DPR
Records of crimes have been conducted since 2014 by a special commission, said Natalya Nikonorova, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPR.
14:31 A draft agreement on the establishment of a tribunal over the Ukrainian military and mercenaries has been developed
This was announced by the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DPR Natalia Nikonorova.
13:26 Kyiv district, st. Politboytsov, 1, Hit on the roof and parapet. Glazing damaged.
13:10 As a result of the shelling of the village of Staromikhaylovka, electrical wires along the street were damaged. October, 12.
13:01 Ukrainian formations have lost two more M-777 howitzers in the Donetsk direction. In the area of ????Avdiivka and Kurdyumivka, two enemy firing points were suppressed, from which the Armed Forces of Ukraine regularly fired at Donetsk. Positional battles continue.
12:53 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Galitsinovka - n.p. Donetsk: 10 missiles fired from BM-21 Grad;
-- Kleshcheevka - n.p. Dolomite: fired five rounds with a caliber of 152mm;
— n.p. Galitsinovka - Donetsk: 20 missiles were fired from the BM-21 "Grad";
11:43 Roskapstroy intends to conduct educational activities in the DPR and LPR. In the near future, the institution plans to deploy several training personnel centers in order to restart the economy of the DPR and LPR.
11:12 As a result of the shelling of the VFU in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, three people were injured.
11:10 AFU attacked Gorlovka, a civilian was wounded. As a result of the shelling on the street. Timurovtsev injured a civilian. He is currently receiving medical attention.
11:00 Air defense worked. Directorate of parks of the city of Donetsk in the Shcherbakov park without glass - Alexey Kulemzin.
09:07 Morning in Donetsk is cheerful. It feels like we are shooting from everything that is.
09:04 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
n.p. Dzerzhinsk — n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
n.p. Avdievka — n.p. Yakovlevka: six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
n.p. Novomykhaylovka — n.p. Donetsk (Kirovsky district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
08:00 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleymonovka: five rounds fired caliber 122mm.
-- Leonidovka - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of the mine named after Gagarin): five rounds of 122mm caliber were fired.
--n.p. Georgievka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): eight rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
--n.p. Nevelskoye - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
--n.p. Georgievka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 rounds fired with a caliber of 152mm
--n.p. Artemovsk - n.p. Dolomite: fired seven rounds with a caliber of 155mm.
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[REGNUM] The threat of drifting Ukrainian sea mines remains in the Black Sea, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Center for Defense Control of the Russian Federation, said at a briefing on the evening of July 27.
He noted that mines torn from anchors pose a threat not only to ships, but also to coastal structures.
“There remains a danger to navigation and damage to port infrastructure from the drift of Ukrainian mines torn from anchor along the coast of the Black Sea states.
The Russian Federation is taking the whole range of measures to ensure the safety of civil navigation in the waters of the Black and Azov Seas ,” Mizintsev said.
[REGNUM] Dozens of foreign ships are still blocked in the seaports of Ukraine, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev , head of the National Center for Defense Control of the Russian Federation, said at a briefing on the evening of July 27 .
He noted that Kyiv continues to evade the solution of this problem.
“"In six ports (Kherson, Nikolaev, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa and Yuzhny), 70 foreign ships from 16 states remain blocked. The threat of shelling and the high mine danger created by official Kiev do not allow ships to go to the open sea without hindrance," Mizintsev said.
At the same time, humanitarian corridors for ships organized by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to operate in the Black Sea.
"In the Black Sea (daily from 08:00 to 19:00 (Moscow time) - to exit the ports of Kherson, Nikolaev, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa and Yuzhny in a south-westerly direction from the territorial sea of Ukraine, 139 miles long and three miles wide;
in the Sea of Azov (round the clock) - to exit the port of Mariupol with a length of 115 miles and a width of two miles in the direction of the Black Sea.
Detailed information on the functioning of the maritime humanitarian corridors is transmitted every 15 minutes via VHF radio communications on 14 and 16 international channels in English and Russian,” said Mikhail Mizintsev.
Written by Russian writer Pavel Kukhmirov. Kukhmirirov also is a former Donbass militiaman.
[Sevastopol] The United States has proposed imposing sanctions on China's purchase of Russian oil. This proposal was made by US Senator Rubio. In addition, US senators from the Republican Party called for sanctions against insurers of tankers transporting fuel from Russia to China.
The West continues to stubbornly prevent the export of Russian energy resources. But the longer this happens, the more relevant the question becomes, what to replace them with. And the options are limited.
For example, the states included in the OPEC + deal have already increased production by 297 thousand barrels per day (b / d) by mid-summer. More than 60 percent of this increase was provided by the main countries of the Persian Gulf - they accounted for 229 thousand b/d. But despite this, the level of production of OPEC countries is now lagging behind even the level of 2020, the period of the collapse of the old OPEC + deal at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The main Gulf countries then pumped 2.4 million b/d more than they do now. And other participants in the OPEC+ deal, too.
In America itself, oil production in mid-summer was at around 12 million bpd. This is the highest figure since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic (before which production in America reached 12.8 million b/d).
However, for the oil market, the key indicator is the volume of exports, which now objectively cannot consistently exceed the level of 3.5 million b/d even with an increase in production. And this is almost two times lower than last year's level of 6.5 million bpd.
This situation is caused by infrastructural restrictions, as the US government organization MARAD is torpedoing the issuance of permits for the construction of deep-sea oil terminals for tankers with a carrying capacity of more than 1 million b / d. This is the environmental agenda of the ruling Democrats. As a result, the volume of US exports is already inferior not only to Saudi Arabia, but even to the Russian Federation, which was forced to reduce production by 850,000 b/d compared to the beginning of the year.
Based on this, purely technically, the same main countries of the Persian Gulf now have more opportunities to increase the supply of oil. There, mining is carried out by monopoly companies, united with local energy regulators. And the structure of production there contributes to this: flowing wells powerfully facilitate the process itself.
But at the same time, production growth rates will not be able to exceed the volumes of already established quotas, even if they will now grow by 648,000 bpd every month. OPEC countries have their own interest: they are concerned about the risks of falling prices due to too rapid growth in supply. And they are not interested in increasing it too much.
The same major Gulf countries are producing a total of 76,000 b/d less than the available quota by mid-summer, while the other countries of the OPEC+ deal also produce almost 1 million b/d less. This is equal to 1 percent of total global oil consumption. And it's weighty. Very weighty.
If the price of oil is kept above $85 per barrel, America will strive for pre-pandemic production levels. But this year, American producers are unlikely to be able to seriously increase exports due to the same infrastructure restrictions.
So in the coming months, the Russian Federation is quite capable of maintaining its existing share in the European oil market. If anything: it is 26 percent, despite the fact that the United States has 12 percent, and the main countries of the Persian Gulf have 6 percent.
How the current Russian Federation will take advantage of this natural advantage is a separate issue.
WNBA star Brittney Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport in February
The two-time Olympic gold medalist spoke at her Moscow trial Wednesday
Bout is an infamous arms dealer serving time after conviction on trafficking charges
Whelan was accused of spying and sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison camp
Plan has backing of President Biden, CNN reported Wednesday
The idea of a trade has been floated for months
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he is preparing for talks with Russian foreign minister Lavrov on a variety of subjects, including Griner and Whelan
White House security official John Kirby confirmed the offer and urged Russia to 'take it seriously'
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Leave the gun anti-American c&nt, take the cannoli non-trans white male!
#8
Agree with EC, plus it not just limited to his African transactions. His Asian and Central/South American sales are probably not as widely advertised, but created untold misery there too.
Bout is just evil wrapped up as some sort of 'entrepreneur'.
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I warned every new charter salesman in our airline for 15 years to watch for telltales about Victor trying to charter or lease a plane. That guy must have burned 10-15 airline operating certificates when he was active
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
Commentary based on Telegraph.ph article
[ColonelCassad] The July 5, 2022 "Atlantic council" article describes a recommendatory propaganda strategy for the US and allies against Russia, as well as a methodology for exerting psychological influence on citizens.
1. Impact on three main audiences: the Russian people, the military loyal to the President of the Russian Federation and Russia's allies around the world.
2. Using the political apathy of the citizens of the Russian Federation to undermine the current political regime.
3. Geotargeting, propaganda and promotion in social networks of media content of "independent" Russian-speaking sources.
4. "Working with the Russians in such a strategy would open up a new front in the conflict."
5. Promotion of the Western agenda in social networks VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, Rutube, Telegram, Instagram* and WhatsApp*.
6. Promoting online circumvention tools sponsored by the USAGM Open Technology Foundation, such as the Icarus Project, OpenVPN, or Psiphon.
7. Provide assistance to media outlets on standby, such as the Ekho Moskvy* radio station, Novaya Gazeta* newspaper, and the independent Dozhd* TV channel Russia..
9. "In the countries of Central Asia, historical mistrust and competition for influence in the region between Russia and China should be taken as a basis."
10. Demoralization of Russian troops with the help of digital systems.
[IsraelTimes] According to the scrapped agreement signed in November, the first batch of multi-purpose helicopters would have been delivered by Russia in about two years.
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So US arms manufacturers will get the money instead.
Is anyone else not convinced just how evil this is? They're literally benefiting themselves at everyone else's expense. It's right in front of your nose.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
