War Reports - 2024-07-17

Jul 16, 2024

Trump's VP candidate JD Vance: “I gotta be honest with you, I don’t really care what happens to Ukraine one way or the other.”

US Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance (https://t.me/dimsmirnov175/75305):

“We have actually turned Ukraine into a backward state. And this cannot be overestimated. The goal here has always been to turn Ukraine into an independent ally that could resist the Russians.

Is it worth spending $500 billion for this purpose? I don't think that's true. But even if we accept that goal as US policy, we haven't achieved anything close to that. The population of the country has dropped from 40 million people to 28 million people...

I mean, that's it. men in their prime were killed, wounded or maimed. They will never be able to live again. And this is what we have achieved here, Ukraine has become a desolate state that will become a permanent client of the US and NATO budget.

But I am almost joking when I say. that NATO will pick up the tab because we all know they won't."

⚡️ Special Operation, 15 July 2024, Main⚡️

▪️ The AFU lost up to 1,900 militants over the day, an Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter has been downed, the Ministry of Defence reported in its summary;

▪️ Russian air defence on Monday night and in the morning shot down 28 Ukrainian UAVs: 17 over the #Bryansk region, 6 over the #Crimea, 3 over #Kursk and 1 each over the #Oryol and #Lipetsk regions;

▪️ Orban, after the 'peace tour', sent his plan for a Ukrainian settlement to all #EU leaders, the proposals are on their table, the Hungarian Prime Minister's office said;

▪️ Orban, during his visit to #Moscow, outlined the main parameters of his vision for resolving the Ukrainian crisis - the Kremlin is not informed of his 'peace proposal' to #EU leaders, Peskov said;

▪️ #Ukraine needs 25 Patriots to completely cover the sky, Zelensky said;

▪️ There is growing despair around Zelensky because the #West is not making clear decisions to increase support for #Ukraine, writes Bild.

rian_ru

⚡️Military Expert Boris Rozhin on the Situation in the #Avdeyevka Direction of the #SMO on 15 July 2024 at 17:02 (GMT+3)⚡️

🔻1. #Karlovka:

🟡Slight advance of the RFAF at the outskirts in the dacha sector + fighting continues near the shore of the Karlovskoye Reservoir.

🔻2. #Yasnobrodovka:

🟡Part of the village in the grey zone.

🟡The enemy has not yet left the pocket on the eastern bank of the Karlovskoye Reservoir.

🟡The RFAF have a slight advance south of the village.

🔻3. #Novosyolovka1st:

🟡The RFAF have occupied the northern and northeastern outskirts of the village and are trying to split it into two parts, attacking from the north.

🟡Most of the AFU positions on the northern, northeastern and eastern outskirts of the settlement have been lost by the enemy.

🟡The road to #Novosyolovka1st from the west is under partial fire control of the RFAF.

🔻4. #Volchya - #Progress - #Vozdvizhenka:

🟡On #Yevgenovka's outskirts, fighting continues. In the direction of #Progress (about 1 km) and not far from the outskirts of #Vozdvizhenka.

🟡At #Yevgenovka and #Vozdvizhenkahe, the enemy lost a number of positions.

🟡The front remains mobile, and we can expect further advance of the RFAF in the coming days.

🔻5. #Kalinovo - #Rozovka:

🟡North of #Ocheretino - without major changes.

🟡South and southwest of #Kalinovo, the enemy holds the defence, relying on the support base located south of the village. It is not possible to bypass it from the west yet.

🟡#Rozovka also has positional fights.

🟡West of #NyuYork, the RFAF advance (in parallel with the ongoing assault on the city) in the medium term may lead to pressure in this area.

📌 In general, the RFAF maintain the operational initiative in the #Avdeyevka direction and do not allow the enemy to stabilise the front, which, in combination with the problems of the AFU near #NyuYork and #Dzerzhinsk, make this section of the front a source of constant problems for the General Staff of the AFU.

📜 Boris Rozhin specially for the Voenkor Kotenok

⚡️⚔️RFAF Advance in #Kirovo in #Toretsk Sector of #ChasovYar Direction⚡️

🇷🇺 The RFAF advanced further in #Kirovo (#Pivnichnoye).

🔵Further southwest on Map, is the town of #Dzerzhinsk/ #Toretsk and further south is #Artemovo (#Zaliznoye).

🗺 Maps: @z_arhiv (https://t.me/z_arhiv/27299); the 2nd is a Topographical Map; #smo

📱 Battle Maps & Reports (https://t.me/sitrepmaps) - for the Military Hardcore

⚡️🇺🇸🇬🇧🇾🇪 Escalation of the Conflict in the Red Sea - Chronicle of Events for 15 July 2024⚡️

🔹In the Red Sea Region, the Houthis continue to attack ships connected, in their opinion, with #Israel and the #US-led coalition. Ansarallah spokesman Yahya Sari reports strikes almost daily.

🔹In the Gulf of Aden, today, the Israeli ship MSC UNIFIC have been hit by several missiles and drones, a Houthi spokesman said. At the same time, against the background of the usual lack of video materials confirming the effectiveness of the strikes, news about the successes of Ansarallah is broadcast in the Arabic news segment.

🔹Southwest of the Yemeni Hodeidah port, the #UK Maritime Trade Operations Office (UKMTO) reported an attack on a merchant ship. UKTMO does not provide the name of the vessel or the extent of damage to maritime transport.

🔹In the Red Sea, at the same time, the #US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on its page on one of the social networks that over the past day, two unmanned aerial vehicles and one unmanned Houthi boat were destroyed. #US CENTCOM forces also eliminated a Houthi drone in an area of #Yemen controlled by them.

📌Given the growing technical potential of the Yemeni traffic, it is not surprising that the intensity of shipping in the region has decreased, since merchant ships passing through the Suez Canal, which connects the Red Sea with the Mediterranean, are under threat.

🗺 High Resolution: 🇬🇧 MAP (https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2024/07/15/20240715213140-8324277b.jpg); 🇷🇺 MAP (https://rybar.ru/piwigo/upload/2024/07/15/20240715213145-007840d0.jpg)

📜 RYBAR

⚡️ Battle for #Volchansk - Situation by the End of 15 July 2024⚡️

🔴The RFAF in the northern part of #Volchansk repulsed an AFU counterattack and are creating the possibility of encircling the remaining enemy forces there:

🔵On Volchansk's northern shore, the combined assault detachment of the AFU unsuccessfully tried to dislodge our fighters from the food market area and break through further to the high-rise buildings.

🟡The enemy launched such a desperate attack in order to create a threat to the Russian bridgeheads in the western and southern parts of the town across the Volchya River and impede the advance of the RFAF.

🔵East of #Volchansk, our fighters, with converging strikes from the Aggregate Plant and from Kotsyubynsky Street, are trying to close the cauldron in the area of Starochudny Street.

🟡The advancement was facilitated by the fact that the AFU nevertheless withdrew part of their forces across the river.

🟡It’s a matter of time before the RFAF close the ring here. The remnants of combat-ready Ukrainian units further undermined their capabilities with a failed counterattack.

readovkanews

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Starytsia

🕰 Date: ~15.07.2024

📌 Coordinates: 50.248320,36.737100

👩‍🚀 Squad: #GroupNorth

📝 Description: Russian strike blew up the Ukrainian Armed Forces dam near Starytsia.

🖥 id: 15072024.1256

✉️source: https://t.me/warriorofnorth/1536

Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Mykolaivka

🕰 Date: ~15.07.2024

📌 Coordinates: 46.785700, 33.257500

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: The Russian Aerospace Forces attacked the position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Mykolaivka.

🖥 id: 15072024.1031

✉️source: https://t.me/rusich_army/15814

Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #VelykaProhody

🕰 Date: ~15.07.2024

📌 Coordinates: 50.2024227,36.3350559

👩‍🚀 Squad: #GroupNorth

📝 Description: Russian Lancet hit a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank in Velyki Prohody.

🖥 id: 15072024.1546

✉️source: https://t.me/warriorofnorth/1538

Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Podoly

🕰 Date: ~15.07.2024

📌 Coordinates: 49.696854,37.681845

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: Russian drones destroyed self-propelled guns of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Podoly.

🖥 id: 15072024.1543

✉️source: https://t.me/northernwarriors/266

Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)

🗓 Top News Today

▫️ Russian Deputy Defence Minister Lieutenant General Andrei Bulyga held talks (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/15060) with Chinese counterpart Major General Zhang Fang. There was a detailed exchange of views on the organisation of logistical support of armed forces in the two countries.

▫️ Russian troops continue (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/15047) to take more advantageous lines and advance deep into enemy defences. The AFU losses were up to 1,900 servicemen.

▫️ Air defence facilities have shot down (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/15048) one MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.

▫️ The Russian Defence Ministry shows Msta-B howitzers, (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/15072) Russian snipers, (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/15075) Mi-35M helicopters, (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/15074) reconnaissance (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/15069) and attack (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/15071) UAV operators in action, as well as footage of the destruction (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/15049) of a British-made AS-90 self-propelled artillery system.

▫️ The opening ceremony of the Maritime Interaction 2024 International Naval Exercise was held (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/15044) in China.

#TopNews

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

💥Su-34 crews wipe out AFU temporary deployment area in area of Zapad Group of Forces responsibility

To eliminate the target, the pilots deployed FAB-500 unguided aerial bombs with universal planning and correction modules.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

(16 July 2024)

Part I

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 42nd Mechanised Brigade, 125th Territorial Defence Brigade, and 13th National Guard Brigade near Volchansk, Staritsa, and Liptsy (Kharkov region).

Five attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 92nd Assault Brigade and 36th Marines Brigade were repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 230 Ukrainian troops, one tank, two pickup trucks, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, and one Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station.

▫️Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 14th, 44th, 66th, 115th mechanised brigades, 143rd, 144th infantry brigades, 103rd, 127th, and 241st territorial defence brigades near Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Krasny Liman, Kirovsk (Donetsk People's Republic), and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).

One counter-attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 112th Territorial Defence Brigade was repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 545 Ukrainian troops, two motor vehicles, one Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, one 152-mm Msta-B howitzer, one 152-mm D-20 howitzer, four 122-mm D-30 howitzers, three UK-made 105-mm L-119 howitzers, and four field ammunition depots.

▫️Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 24th, 28th, 30th, 54th mechanised brigades, 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 79th Air Assault Brigade, 46th, and 81st Airmobile Brigade near Grigorovka, Verkhnekamenskoye, Nikolayevka, Katerinovka, Zaliznyanskoye, and Chasov Yar (Donetsk People's Republic).

One attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 5th Assault Brigade was repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 560 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, three 152-mm D-20 howitzers, one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, three 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and three U.S.-made 105-mm M119 howitzers.

One Anklav-N electronic warfare station, one Khortitsa-M electronic warfare station, and seven 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 32nd, 41st, 47th, and 110th mechanised brigades, 57th, and 59th motorised infantry brigades near Vozdvizhenka, Gnatovka, Timofeyevka, Selidovo, Sherbinovka, and Toretsk (Donetsk People's Republic).

Six counter-attack launched by units of the AFU 31st, 151st mechanised brigades, 68th Infantry Brigade, and 95th Air Assault Brigade were repelled.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 320 Ukrainian troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, nine motor vehicles, two 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and one Khortitsa-M electronic warfare station.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

(16 July 2024)

Part II

▫️Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 48th, 72nd mechanised brigades, 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade, and 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade near Neskuchnoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Rizdvyanka (Zaporozhye region).

The AFU losses amounted to up to 145 Ukrainian troops, six motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, one French-made 155-mm CAESAR howitzer, one 155-mm UK-made FH-70 howitzer, one 152-mm Giatsint-B howitzer, one Osa SAM combat vehicle, and one Nota electronic warfare station.

▫️Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 65th Mechanised Brigade, 123rd, and 126th territorial defence brigades near Novodanilovka (Zaporozhye region), Burgunka (Kherson region), and Kherson.

The AFU losses amounted to up to 120 Ukrainian troops, one tank, seven motor vehicles, two U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzers, one Anklav-N electronic warfare station, and two field ammunition depots.

▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 124 areas during the day.

▫️Air defence units shot down six U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles, two French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, seven U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, 28 unmanned aerial vehicles, and one Yak-52 aircraft with an installed machine gun of the Ukrainian Air Force.

📊In total, 628 airplanes and 277 helicopters, 27,650 unmanned aerial vehicles, 552 air defence missile systems, 16,594 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,378 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 11,982 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 23,739 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

Uragan MLRS crews wipe out enemy strongholds on right bank of Dnepr river

📍 Kakhovka direction

Uragan MLRS crews' fire was adjusted by UAV crews. The interaction of rocket artillery units and drone operators allows targets to be hit with a minimum number of ammunition.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

🔥 Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower systems burn AFU fortifications north of Verbovoye

Heavy flamethrower systems support assault units of the Airborne Troops in Orekhovka direction.

The Solntsepyok crews predominantly work at night. This is more safe for Russian servicemen and creates an additional surprise effect for the enemy.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

🏳️ Ukrainian command sends mobilised men to certain death

Roman Bessonov joined the AFU only in March this year. The Ukrainian ignored the first summons from the military enlistment office, but he could not hide from the patrol of the local enlistment office employees.

In his story, the prisoner of war omits the subtleties of the accelerated military training course at one of the firing ranges in Dnepropetrovsk region, but describes in detail how his command sent him and his fellow soldiers to certain death.

According to the commanders' version, a small group of servicemen had to hold positions in the basement of one of the buildings for a couple of days. The Ukrainians were to hold on until the arrival of the foreign legion. The AFU servicemen realised that this was a deception in the first battle. Bessonov quickly calculated his chances of survival in this useless meat grinder and surrendered to the Russian troops.

‘We were told that Russians in captivity torture, beat, break arms and legs, pour cold water on prisoners. All this turned out to be a lie, as well as many other things. They gave us water, food, and were treated normally,’ says Roman Bessonov.

Bessonov advises his former colleagues who are still hesitating to give up and save their lives.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Vovchansk

🕰 Date: ~15.07.2024

📌 Coordinates: 50.282836,36.941845

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: Russian airstrikes on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in Vovchansk.

🖥 id: 16072024.0654

✉️source: https://t.me/natoptishh/2836

Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)

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#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Robotyne

🕰 Date: ~15.07.2024

📌 Coordinates: 47.499682,35.883480

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: Russian RBK500 strikes Ukrainian Armed Forces positions near Robotyne.

🖥 id: 16072024.0604

✉️source: https://t.me/ZA_FROHT/31121

Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Novozhelanne

🕰 Date: ~15.07.2024

📌 Coordinates: 48.194886,37.435250

👩‍🚀 Squad: #Sudoplatov

📝 Description: A Russian FPV drone hit a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Novozhelanne.

🖥 id: 16072024.0621

✉️source: https://t.me/sudoplatov_official/2204

Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Naberezhne

🕰 Date: ~15.07.2024

📌 Coordinates: 46.575500, 30.698000

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: As a result of a strike by a Russian Iskander, a hangar with aircraft equipment was destroyed, more than 10 drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Naberezhne.

🖥 id: 16072024.0616

✉️source: https://t.me/The_Wrong_Side/17110

Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #KupianskDirection

🕰 Date: ~15.07.2024

📌 Coordinates: 00:23(49.162405,37.991375)

00:32(49.217165,37.979970)

00:35(49.132991,38.040480)

00:39(49.136684,38.041165)

👩‍🚀 Squad: #20Army

📝 Description: Russian artillery shells strong points and a Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck in the Kupiansk Direction.

🖥 id: 16072024.0628

✉️source: https://t.me/operational_space/743

Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)

Secret Service Resources Insufficient to Protect Trump Rally Due to Jill Biden Event

The Gateway Pundit writes about this with reference to sources. It is noted that according to the protocol, Trump was protected as a “former” president, despite the fact that he is a candidate in the upcoming elections.

Major Secret Service resources were redirected from the Trump rally to protecting Jill Biden's event. Due to overload, the security of the ex-President of the United States was provided by agents from among the field officers, and not from his permanent guard, as well as only two snipers.

@Slavyangrad

📋 Two Majors #Summary for the Morning of 16 July 2024; 06:59 (GMT+3)📍

🎯The RFAF's Geraniums hit some rear areas of the enemy during the night. Explosions were reported in the #Dnepropetrovsk, #Odessa, #Chernigov and #Cherkassy regions. It is indicative that the evening movement of our strategic aviation, uncovered by the enemy, in vain put his air defence forces and means on alert.

💥Since evening, our air defence forces destroyed 9 UAVs of aircraft type over #Rostov region, 1 over #Voronezh region. They are writing about an explosion in the village of #Podgorensky in the #Voronezh region, after which electricity was lost. Our monitoring channels reported the work of air defence systems over #Mariupol, explaining this as the enemy's desire to break through the corridor to the Crimean bridge. In #Kursk region at night an Ukrainian copter dropped (https://t.me/dva_majors/47393) an explosive device on the territory of a low-voltage equipment factory in #Korenevo. 📸👇

🔹In the #Kharkov direction, they report intense fighting near #Glubokoye and in #Volchansk. In #Volchansk, having completed the regrouping of their units on the right bank of the Volchya River, the AFU resumed active combat operations. In #Liptsy, the AFU are trying to capture the village of #Glubokoye at any cost, throwing into the battle groups of a large number of mobilised troops reinforced by former prisoners.

🔹West of the #Svatovo - #Kremennaya line, the RFAF are developing success in #Makeyevka (#LPR). Enemy sources say they have lost control over it, and Russian channels estimate that the settlement is in the grey zone.

🔹In the area of #Toretsk (#Dzerzhinsk), there are battles in #Kirovo, #Leninskoye, #Zheleznoye and #Druzhba. Our troops are advancing several hundred metres a day with heavy fighting.

🔹West of #Avdeyevka, the AFU General Staff states that there is the most tense situation for the AFU. Our troops continue to wear down the enemy defence with a broad front, gradually moving forward. There are battles in #Novosyolovka1st, in #Karlovka, east of #Lozovatskoye and near #Vozdvizhenka.

🔹From the #SouthDonetsk direction, there are reports of a gradual deterioration of the AFU's position in the northern part of #Krasnogorovka.

🔹On the #Zaporozhye front, north of #Rabotino, oncoming battles continued. Our assault groups managed to advance deep into enemy positions in two forest plantations and occupy enemy positions.

🔹In the #Kherson direction, clashes in the island zone. The RFAF used artillery and heavy aerial bombs to hit enemy positions on its shore.

💥In #Belgorod region, in the village of #Oktyabrsky, 3 civilians were injured as a result of an attack by an AFU drone.

💥In the #DPR, in the village of #Nikolskoye, Volnovakha municipal district, a man born in 1961 was killed by AFU barrel artillery fire. In the village of #Veseloye, Yasynuvatsky municipal district, a man born in 1957 was wounded as a result of the detonation of an explosive object.

2 MAJORS

⚡️ Front #Report for the Morning of 16 July 2024⚡️

🔴On the #Zaporozhye Front, there are mainly positional battles with the active use of long range weapons. The RFAF periodically probe the Ukrainian defence and improve their positions where possible. (Fig. 1)

🔴On the #Donetsk Front, Russian forces remain active in almost all parts of the front.

🟡In #Krasnogorovka, the systematic cleansing of the territory under the control of the RFAF continues. In the area of #Karlovka, Russian troops are advancing with heavy fighting at the edge of the settlement and near the Karlovskoye Reservoir. The AFU is stubbornly holding their positions, but the initiative remains with the RFAF.

🟡In #Novosyolovka1st, where Russian troops are conducting assault operations in the settlement, fighting continues. In the area of #Yevgenovka, there are tactical successes of the RFAF.

🟡In #NyuYork, fierce fighting continues. (Fig. 2)

🔴In #ChasovYar Direction, without special changes in the line of contact. Russian troops continue to press the AFU defence in the eastern part of the town. Artillery and aviation of the RFAF are working on the positions of the AFU. Fighting continues in the area of #Kalinovka and in the forest area to the north of #ChasovYar, as well as to the south in the area of #Kleshcheyevka. (Fig. 3)

🔴On the #Kharkov Front, oncoming battles continue in #Volchansk.

🟡In the area of #Glubokoye, the AFU continue attempts to counterattack, despite losses among their units. The almost daily raids carried out by the AFU are causing the RFAF a lot of problems, but they are not bringing any significant changes to the line of contact. (Fig. 4)

📜 Wargonzo

⚡️ Reports of the Russian Opponent in the Morning of 15 July 2024 at 08:02 (GMT+3)⚡️

🔴 In #ChasovYar Direction:

🔵 In the #Toretsk sector, in the village of #Druzhba, the RFAF have gained a foothold along Svyatogorskaya Street to a depth of 250 m and continues attacks in a northerly direction, including Sadovaya Street:

📍 48.40500,37.92562

🟡 In the the village of #Pivnichnoye's northeastern part, Russian troops continue to press along the forest belt along the railway and Kalinova Street in a westerly direction:

📍 48.401672, 37.925755

📍 48.402583, 37.923705

➡️ A Grey Zone has been added to the Map,👇 the situation is being clarified.

🗺 Map👆

🔴 #Avdeyevka Direction:

🔵 On the northern front, in the #Lozovatskoye area, there is a high intensity of fighting . The RFAF is pressing along two forest belts.

🟡 South of #Novosyolovka1st, Russian troops occupied a forest belt in a section up to 1.82 km wide. The situation in the western part of the village is being clarified (there are reports of fighting near the intersection of Shkolnaya and Pervomaiskaya streets:

📍 48°11'53.03"N 37°31'10.70"E

He's clarifying the information)

💬 Reported (https://t.me/petrenko_iHS/5435) on 15 Jul at 08:02

🇺🇦📍 Map (https://goo.gl/maps/mWJtzEVDpXbmK5GU9) #smo

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⚡️🇸🇾🇮🇱TOP PRO-ASSAD SYRIAN BUSINESSMAN MURDERED BY ISRAELI STRIKE: Burning wreck of car spouts flames on Lebanese-Syrian border (left vid) after Tel Aviv attack kills prominent oil magnate Baraa Katerji while he's in car, driving in broad daylight.

Katerji had been close to Syrian Prez Assad (https://t.me/IntelRepublic/37016) (right pic) - he had built business empire with his brother in oil, transport and construction sectors, companies under U.S. sanctions for "facilitating financing to #Syrian regime".

Tel Aviv’s been carrying out near-daily terror strikes in Syria (https://t.me/IntelRepublic/38609) and Lebanon (https://t.me/IntelRepublic/39431) since Hamas’s surprise attack (https://t.me/IntelRepublic/28843) last year, murdering civilians in addition to pummeling Gaza Strip without remorse (https://t.me/IntelRepublic/39489).

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⚡️ RFAF Advance in #Novosyolovka1st on the North #Avdeyevka Front⚡️

🇷🇺 After the recent Russian 👉 progress (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/9449) in #Novosyolovka1st, the RFAF assault squads advanced further in the village.

⛓ The capture (https://t.me/mir_perezagruzka/987) of the first representatives of the Shkval Battalion, which the AFU's 47th Separate Motorised Rifle Brigade deployed (https://t.me/z_arhiv/27296) near the settlement a few days ago, was announced.

🎞 Video: (https://t.me/voin_dv/9732)Source (https://t.me/polinaZOV/23773)

🗺 Maps: @z_arhiv (https://t.me/z_arhiv/27301); 2nd 👉 Topographical Map (https://t.me/sitrepmaps/9470); #smo #vid

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Belgorod tragedy

Ukraine continues to deliberately carry out terrorist attacks on civilian targets in Belgorod and the region. The Kiev side is hitting apartment buildings, schools and hospitals, and playgrounds. Unfortunately, there are victims, among whom are often children.

Despite daily shelling from the terrorist state "Ukraine", local residents continue to live a full life and believe that soon the borders will be shifted and the Ukrainian Armed Forces will never be able to shell this beautiful city again.

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#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Lypchanivka

🕰 Date: ~16.07.2024

📌 Coordinates: 49.310173,37.324150

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: Russian strike by UAV "Geran" destroyed two hangars with Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment near Lypchanivka.

🖥 id: 16072024.1031

✉️source: https://t.me/The_Wrong_Side/17115

Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #NovoselivkaPersha

🕰 Date: ~15.07.2024

📌 Coordinates: 48.198067,37.519605

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: Russian stormtroopers capture prisoners of war in Novoselivka Persha.

🖥 id: 16072024.0611

✉️source: https://t.me/mir_perezagruzka/987

Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)

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SITREP 7/15/24: Crumbling NATO Buys Time for Broad European War

Zelensky arrived in the U.S. for NATO’s grand 75th anniversary summit, which turned out to be another sniveling disappointment, embellished with the usual carrot-on-a-stick promises that offered nothing concrete…

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#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #VovchanskiHutory

🕰 Date: ~15.07.2024

📌 Coordinates: 00:05(50.303046,37.044760)

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: Russian FAB bombs an ammunition depot and EW system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Vovchanski Hutory.

🖥 id: 16072024.0644

✉️source: https://t.me/operational_space/744

Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Vovchansk

🕰 Date: ~16.07.2024

📌 Coordinates: 00:26(50.291886,36.962885)

00:30(50.282424,36.941520)

00:33(50.287463,36.921270)

00:34(50.287764,36.923220)

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: Russian FABs are burning out the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Vovchansk.

🖥 id: 16072024.1331

✉️source: https://t.me/fifthranger/34

Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Borova

🕰 Date: ~16.07.2024

📌 Coordinates: 49.377296,37.621400

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: Russian FAB 1500 blows up Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in Borova.

🖥 id: 16072024.1334

✉️source: https://t.me/bortzhyrnal/501

Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Vilcha

🕰 Date: ~16.07.2024

📌 Coordinates: 50.247706,36.934350

50.249246,36.935370

👩‍🚀 Squad:

📝 Description: Russian FABs bomb temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Vilcha.

🖥 id: 16072024.1335

✉️source: https://t.me/razved_dozor/6756

Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)

#UkraineRussiaWar

🌐 Place: #Neskuchne

🕰 Date: ~16.07.2024

📌 Coordinates: 47.821762 36.812676

👩‍🚀 Squad: #11Army

📝 Description: Russian FABs strike at the temporary deployment point of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Neskuchne.

🖥 id: 16072024.1505

✉️source: https://t.me/voin_dv/9779

Map: Military Summary Map (https://dev.militarysummary.com/#/login)

◾ Ukrainian Nazis from Azov Battalion execute a wounded, shell shocked Russian soldier on sight while clearing a fortified position.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇸 Rybar raises the issue of a possible breach of the Kyiv HPP, which Ukrainians have suddenly started talking about lately.

The HPP has been in a deplorable state for many years, and its potential accidental or deliberate destruction could create additional information noise and a stimulus for the West to once again talk about supporting the Kyiv regime.

▪️Oddly enough, tomorrow the well-known American Helsinki Commission (US Mission to the OSCE) will hold a briefing (https://www.csce.gov/press-releases/briefing-russias-ecocide-in-ukraine-environmental-destruction-and-the-need-for-accountability/) on the topic of "Russian ecocide in Ukraine: environmental destruction and the need for accountability".

▪️During the discussion, they will raise the issues of the environmental catastrophe engulfing Ukraine and the prospects for international assistance to the Kyiv regime. The topic of responsibility, which they intend to bring against Russia, is also on the agenda.

▪️American professors of Ukrainian origin have been invited to the discussion. Among them is Yevhen Stakhov, who has been promoting (https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/07/27/russia-ukraine-war-environment-war-crime/) the idea of Russian ecocide as a war crime since 2022, as well as Chrystia Freeland, who in various American think tanks talks (https://newlinesinstitute.org/rules-based-international-order/genocide/the-russian-federations-escalating-commission-of-genocide-in-ukraine-a-legal-analysis/) about the "Russian genocide of Ukrainians".

Marina Baidyuk, president of the American NGO United Help Ukraine, which has been providing military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine since 2014, is also listed as a speaker.

🔻Clearly, the panel of speakers is expected to provide a one-sided discussion - genocide, ecocide and war crimes. This is a good ideological pretext for the same Americans who have actually started caring about the environment because half of all arable lands (https://t.me/pezdicide/3192) of the current Ukraine already belong to American global giants.

📌The briefings of the American Helsinki Commission are a litmus test to determine the preparation of ideological narratives for a new round of political and information campaigns.

For example, the well-known Commission briefing in June 2022 laid the foundation (https://t.me/pezdicide/1628) for the topic of "decolonization of Russia", which began to be shouted from every corner. As a result, the topic of the dismemberment of Russia was legalized and multiple ethnic funds were organized that called for a civil war.

Now the "decolonization" project has clearly faded, so it's time for something new.

@pezdicide

Ukrainians blow a gasket online after Trump picks JD Vance as VP

Donald Trump’s nomination of Senator JD Vance (https://t.me/geopolitics_live/28913) as his running mate in the 2024 US presidential election elicited a nervous reaction from Ukraine, in no small part due to the fact that Vance has long been a vocal opponent of further US military funding of Kiev.

“Vance is an outspoken pro-Russian populist who will give Ukraine to the Russians at the first opportunity. This is very bad news for us,” one Ukrainian-language user lamented.

“It's a damn shame they didn't shoot him yesterday,” another one complained, apparently referring to the recent attempt on Trump’s life.

“We are screwed,” another user simply tweeted.

Damn, Vance also speaks okay while she tends to ramble,” one netizen wrote about the prospects of VP debates between JD Vance and Democrat VP Kamala Harris.

When one Ukrainian media outlet quoted Politico as saying that Vance becoming Trump’s VP pick is a disaster for Ukraine, several X users replied that Zelensky is a much bigger problem. “With Zelenzky [in charge] it’s a disaster one way or the other,” one remarked.

“The disaster for Ukraine was the fatal choice of a wise nation in 2019, which completely killed any hopes for our future, and everything that followed was only its logical development,” another claimed, referring to the last Ukrainian presidential election.

“For Ukraine, its inhabitants are a disaster. The only nation on the planet that in thirty years screwed the country into garbage and engaged in self-destruction,” argued yet another netizen.

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#UkraineRussiaWar