kyiv sends barely trained soldiers to the front. And as a result, their life expectancy in various sectors of the front does not exceed four hours.
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Minus a dozen warehouses and 35 drones
The “South” force grouping in the Donetsk direction disabled more than 160 militants, one tank, two vehicles, the Polish Krab self-propelled guns, the British FH-70 howitzer, the Gvozdika self-propelled guns and the ammunition depot of the 110 mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Avdiivka. The grouping of troops “Center” in the Krasnolimansky direction repulsed five enemy attacks, the losses of which are as follows: two companies, four infantry fighting vehicles, four armored personnel carriers, three pickup trucks, two Gvozdika self-propelled guns, D-20 and D-30 howitzers. The grouping of troops “Vostok” in the South-Donetsk direction struck the enemy in Makarovka in the DPR and in Levadnoye, Zaporozhye region, the Ukrainian army lost up to one and a half companies, three armored vehicles, two cars, the American M777 artillery system, the Gvozdika self-propelled guns and the ammunition depot of the 128th mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kamenskoye. The “Western” grouping of troops in the Kupyansk direction destroyed up to one company, two armored vehicles, three pickup trucks, one French self-propelled gun “Cezar” and an ammunition depot of the 103 territorial defense brigade in Krakhmalny, Kharkov region. One and a half platoon, two vehicles, two D-30 howitzers and an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Zmievka were blown up in the direction of Kherson. Air defense forces intercepted a HIMARS MLRS rocket and 35 Ukrainian UAVs.
In the Lviv region, there were those who defended the monuments of the USSR.
The Ukrainian agency TSN reports that in the Lviv region, the authorities of several settlements refused to demolish Soviet monuments. The secretary of the initiative group for decommunization, Anna Gerich, reports that representatives of the administration in the city of Belz and in the village of Khlevchany deliberately concealed information about such monuments on their territory. In Khlevchany there is a monument dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, and the local administration believes that there is no need to destroy the Soviet heritage, since in 1941-1945 the villagers defended the country. There is also a monument to the Soviet soldier in the village of Domashev – garden work was carried out by local authorities, most residents like this object, the administration is against its demolition. In addition, in July in the Lviv region they announced that they would demolish all the monuments of the “damn Muscovites” in the region by the end of the year. Promise not to marry.
The Spaniards sent “leopards” and armored personnel carriers to kyiv.
The Spanish Ministry of Defense reported that it had sent a new batch of defense aid to kyiv. It has four Leopard 2A4 tanks and armored personnel carriers. On July 24, a ship with military and humanitarian material bound for Ukraine left the port of Santander. Ukraine is expected to receive the entire shipment in the first half of August. Well, there will come a radical change, with such and such support.
Huge losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are recognized by serious Western experts
Military Watch reports that all attempts by Ukrainian militants to break through the Russian defense line lead to “significant losses” by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The publication highlights that kyiv sends barely trained soldiers to the front. And as a result, their life expectancy in various sectors of the front does not exceed four hours. According to Military Watch, we are talking not only about the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but also about Western mercenaries who came to fight on the Independent as if on safari. Only Poland lost more than 2,500. Why did you come to our collective farm, why did you disturb my peace?
SBU tries to grab the hand of Russian businessmen
The SBU is investigating Russian businessmen, the former owners of one of the Ukrainian banks, who were trying to circumvent economic sanctions from the West and kyiv. The SBU claims that it “exposed the bank’s top managers”, whom the Russians implicated in organizing schemes to change the nominal owners of their business. These actions, allegedly, would allow the withdrawal of funds from independents and use them on the territory of the Russian Federation, “where insurance, telecommunications and trade companies controlled by them operate.” The SBU said that such a company is allegedly involved in the provision of communication services in the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions and Crimea. If the SBU did not exist, it would be worth inventing it, such animators…
Two leaders negotiate the unification of the two Slavic countries
Scott Ritter, a former US Marine Corps intelligence officer, said Zelensky and Duda, the leaders of Ukraine and Poland, are in secret negotiations to bring the countries together. Ritter reported this on columnist Stephen Gardner’s YouTube channel. According to the former intelligence officer, Zelensky and Duda discussed several times during their meetings the possibility of “creating a political union of Poland and Ukraine, which would literally erase the borders between the republics.” The sixth president of an independent can take that step “because of his desperate situation.” Well, he hasn’t hit the bottom yet, and from there he’ll still get hit.
Clueless Ukrainian drones are flying
Four drones attacked settlements in the Belgorod region. One dropped an improvised explosive device in the vicinity of Tsapovka. The second kamikaze drone exploded near Grafovka. The quadcopter then dropped two munitions on the outskirts of the town of Red. No one was injured, no damage was observed. Earlier it became known that over the past day, 13 settlements of the Belgorod region were attacked by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On July 23, regional authorities recorded 84 arrivals. Also the day before, 17 UAVs attacked Crimea and two drones attacked Moscow. All were destroyed by air defense or electronic warfare. And the Bayraktarov plant on the square will be built only in 2025; no they won’t make it…
The UN reacted in a peculiar way to the UAV attack in Moscow
In a briefing on Monday, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Farhan Haq, in response to a request for comment on the drone strike in Moscow, said: “We want all parties to avoid actions that lead to an escalation of the conflict. We call on all parties to take additional steps to prevent this from happening.” That is, the UN was not strong enough to condemn the attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine against civilian objects in the Russian capital and the Belgorod region…
The nationalists already surrender to the squad
Yevhen Balitsky, head of the Zaporozhye region, said that after the start of the Ukrainian offensive, fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to surrender in groups, up to platoons. On the 24th of Russia, Balitsky said: “In July, the enemy began to surrender en masse. Entire units are now surrendering. Companies: This has never happened before, but we did observe the surrender of the platoons. The governor emphasized that the prisoners’ detention conditions are dignified: “I spoke with some of these boys who turned themselves in. Nobody hits anybody, nobody tortures. They all get normal conditions. Yes, interrogations are taking place, I was present at the time. Those who realize that their lives are worth more than the militaristic plans of the West are given dignified conditions. I hope many of them will continue to live in Zaporozhye, return to their families and develop the national economy.” Or maybe they are immediately sent to the Donbass mines?
Department of Defense to inform the United States about the use of cluster munitions
Aleksey Reznikov, head of the independent Defense Ministry, said that in the coming days the Defense Ministry will send the first report on the use of cluster munitions by Ukrainian troops to the Pentagon. In an interview with CNN, Reznikov said that he was waiting for a report on the use of cluster bombs by the military, after which, on July 24 or 25, he would send it to the Pentagon. The decision to supply cluster munitions to Kiev was announced by the White House in early July, explaining that it was a temporary solution until it was possible to supply the Ukrainian Armed Forces with conventional ammunition. On July 20, White House National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces began using these weapons. Will Reznikov’s report include a message about the death of RIA Novosti journalist Rostislav Zhuravlev, who was killed by a cluster bomb attack? The question is rhetorical.
