Bob Homans July 20
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Ukraine – 7/20 Sitrep
Compiled by: Robert Homans
Twitter: @rhomansjr
July 20, 2022
Latest Denys
Two developments from Denys’ latest report caught my attention:
· Bridge at Zatoka – At 9:55 into Denys’ report is shows a Russian cruise missile striking the rail bridge that crosses the mouth of the Dniester River at Zatoka, approximately 30KM shouthwest of Odesa, severing the rail connection between Odesa and the Ukrainian ports near the mouth of the Danube River. Until the bridge is repaired, rail shipments of Ukrainian grain bound for the Danube ports will now have to transit Moldova.
· Shelling in or near Transnistria? - At 12:30 into the video, it appears that there has been shelling in and around the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria, where there are a small number of Russian “peacekeepers.”
Times Radio
In his interview, Admiral Lord West says that he believes that Ukraine will soon attempt to knock out Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, likely with the Ukrainian Neptune Missile, used to sink the “Moskva,” and recently acquired Western weapons, including the Harpoon Missile. It is likely that the Kerch Bridge will also be a target. Russia appears to believe that this threat is credible, as they’ve the fleet from Sevastopol to Novorossiysk, and they have strengthened defenses around the Kerch Bridge.
INTERNATIONAL
July 20
Ukrainians were awarded the Dissident Human Rights Award in the USA. The ceremony took place on the territory of the Memorial to the Victims of Communism in Washington. The First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska received the award for the entire Ukrainian people.
Pentagon: The third successful test of a hypersonic weapon was conducted in the USA. Raytheon Technologies, in partnership with Northrop Grumman, tested a missile that was developed for the US Air Force and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
US State Department: The US authorities have included Russia in the category of states demonstrating "encouraging policy or its elements" in relation to human trafficking.
Bloomberg: Boeing removed Russia from its list of buyers in the next 20 years. "This is not a target market for us," says Boeing Vice President of Commercial Marketing. Before the war, the company planned to sell 1,500 aircraft to Russia.
SANA: Syria severs diplomatic relations with Ukraine. According to the media, the Syrian authorities decided to sever diplomatic relations with Kyiv in response to the same decision of Ukraine.
RTVI: The President of Latvia Egils Levits has supported the initiative to revoke the citizenship of those residents who support a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.
● I think that those Russians who live in Latvia should take a certain position. And most of them did it, because in a situation like this, there can be no effect of neutrality. If people are neutral, then they didn’t understand anything,” Levits says.
AP: The United States intends to launch 28 advanced satellites to track hypersonic missiles against the threat of Russia and China. The Pentagon has already announced $1.3 billion in contracts that require tracking systems to be put into orbit by 2025. Last year China tested what U.S. officials said was a hypersonic missile, and Russia has used the weapons in strikes during the war in Ukraine.
July 19
White House spokesman said that the visit of the President of the Russian Federation to Tehran is an indicator of the isolation of the country.
● “This shows how isolated Mr. Putin is. He has to turn to North Korea, he has to turn to Iran. Instead of doing the right thing, end the war."
● This week, the United States will announce a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, which, in particular, will include HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems.
The United States called "encouraging" talks with India on the proposed cap on the price of Russian oil. Washington insists on lowering oil prices, which will make it harder for Moscow to finance the war in Ukraine. US Treasury Secretary Jennette Yellen said India has made no promises to cap oil prices, but is cooperating with the United States and has not "expressed hostility to the idea."
Die Welt: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz cut military support for Ukraine despite promises to increase supplies. The publication notes that Scholz continues to promise that Germany will increase supplies, however, judging by the list from the federal government, they are only declining.
● Die Welt: German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht says that the resources of the Bundeswehr to help Ukraine are running out, “We can no longer give much away from the Bundeswehr stocks, I will say this very clearly, and my colleague knows this too”, – Lambrecht says.
The Barents Observer: The Danish armed forces reported the discovery of a nuclear Russian submarine in the Skagerrak Strait, which is located between Denmark and Norway.
Financial Times: Two coordination centers may be established in Odesa and Istanbul with representatives of all countries to unblock Ukrainian Black Sea ports. The detailed and final agreement between Ukraine, the United Nations, Turkey, and Russia on unblocking the Black Sea ports following the meeting in Istanbul on July 13 is underway.
SVT reports that a retired Swedish soldier who served in the International Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was killed on the front in the Donetsk area.
● The 28-year-old lieutenant, who previously worked in the Air Force in the flotilla in Uppsala, participated in the battles in the Donetsk direction as a volunteer and was mortally wounded because of a grenade explosion.
French Foreign Minister: Six more CAESAR self-propelled howitzers, which Paris handed over to Kyiv, are already on their way to Ukraine.
Deutsche Welle: In Germany, an artist auctioned the sculpture Insatiable Putin. The author of the sculpture is the artist Jacques Tilly. Thus, he raises money for Ukrainian refugees.
The Washington Post: US President Joe Biden may introduce a state of emergency in the country in the coming days. The reason for this is the climate situation.
The US Department of Justice is asking to be given the authority to transfer income from arrested Russian property to compensate for damage to Ukraine, – Adams Andrew, the head of the interagency special department for the execution and control of the sanctions regime against the Russian Federation, says.
Live on an Italian channel, local journalist Alesandro Salusti accused a colleague of propagandizing in favor of Putin for footage from Red Square. Salusti also called the Kremlin "dog shit" and the place where decisions were made about the most terrible crimes in the 20th and 21st centuries, and then left the airwaves.
The head of Transnistria, Vadym Krasnoselskyi, proposes signing security guarantees for the unrecognized republic in the "five plus two" format. In his opinion, Moldova, Transnistria, the OSCE, Russia and Ukraine as mediators, as well as observers from the EU and the USA, should become signatories of the guarantees.
Bloomberg: The European Commission does not expect 'Nord Stream' to resume operation after the completion of repairs. "We are working on the assumption that he will not return to service. And in this case, it is necessary to take certain additional measures."
Financial Times: The defense-industrial complex of the USA is preparing to increase the production of weapons for Ukraine. In an interview with the executive director of the American defense giant Northrop Grumman, Cathy Worden, said that for this they need to get a clear list of weapons and required military equipment, as well as the quantity.
Following the Norwegians, Lithuanians and Poles, the Canadians started raising funds for "Bayraktars" for Ukraine. They want to raise money by the Independence Day of Ukraine,
August 24.
Reuters: The EU intends to allow a partial unfreezing of the assets of a number of sanctioned Russian banks for the purpose of a transaction for the food trade, reports citing a draft document.
NATO Secretary General: The price we pay as the EU, as NATO is the price that we can measure in currency, in money. The price they (Ukrainians - ed.) pay daily is measured in lost lives. Therefore, we must stop complaining and provide support. Period!
Radio Liberty: EU ambassadors will discuss a new package of sanctions against Russia tomorrow, but it is expected that it will receive a green light.
● The EU will impose sanctions against the Night Wolves motorcycle club and its leaders, as well as Russian actors Sergei Bezrukov and Vladimir Mashkov
● Bloomberg - EU proposes to extend sanctions against Russia's Sberbank
○ The sanction on Sberbank, which has already been cut off from the SWIFT international payment system, will include a complete freeze of assets, the sources say.
● Reuters - The EU may ease anti-Russian sanctions by allowing some funds of Russia's leading banks to be unfrozen
○ These are assets that may be needed to fix problems in global trade in food and fertilizers. Voting will take place tomorrow, July 20.
NATIONAL
July 20
RBC Ukraine: "Naftogaz" sent a letter to the Cabinet of Ministers requesting 150 billion hryvnias of direct budget financing for the purchase of gas for the heating season. The National Joint Stock Company claims that it is virtually impossible to attract such large sums of money from foreign and domestic markets, and therefore suggests that the government start financing the company to buy gas directly from the budget.
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine:
● Ukrainian counterintelligence brilliantly prepared for a full-scale Russian invasion. Soon we can hear "loud news" against the background of the disappearance of some influential persons from the screens.
● Danilov said during the interview what awaits the collaborators after the arrival of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the temporarily occupied territories and how to behave with representatives of the occupation authorities if there is no opportunity to leave.
○ “I’d like to say to the collaborators, do not commit acts that will harm the state and then you. If it happens that you are under the occupation of the Rashists, behave politely and do not help the aggressor in this war. And then there will be no comments from the state, when our authority will return there," - he says.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved a grant worth 4.5 billion dollars from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association. Non-refundable support is aimed at financing the Project "Support of State Expenditures for Sustainable Public Administration in Ukraine".
The Ministry of Digital Transformation has announced the launch of English-language digital media UNITED24, which will show Ukraine to the world.
Office of the Prosecutor General: Since the beginning of the full-scale war, more than 1,032 children have suffered due to the Russian aggression: 353 were killed and 679 were injured.
British Intelligence 10:37 AM:
● Control of Dnipro crossings is likely to become a key factor in the outcome of fighting in the region.
● On 19 July 2022, the authorities in Russian-occupied Kherson reported that the Antonovskyi Bridge over the Dnipro River had been struck by Ukrainian forces.
● Social media posts showed apparent battle damage to the bridge’s roadway. The bridge likely remains usable – but it is a key vulnerability for Russian Forces. This was confirmed by Denys’ latest report (above), showing minimal damage to the bridge.
Defense Minister: Ukraine needs 50 MLZ HIMARS to stop the Russian offensive, and a hundred systems will help the Ukrainian Armed Forces to launch a counteroffensive. Ukraine also needs additional APCs, IFVs and reconnaissance drones.
Operational Command “Pivden” (South) 8:47 AM: The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed, MLRS "Grad", 41 Russian soldiers, three howitzers "Msta-B" and "Gvosdika".
● According to the command, the Ukrainian army also destroyed an unmanned reconnaissance vehicle, a communications vehicle and two conventional, and field artillery depots in the area of Bruskinske.
● The Armed Forces of Ukraine struck several command posts, control stations and logistics bases of Russia.
Institute for the Study of War 7:58 AM:
● The Kremlin will likely attempt to illegally annex occupied Kherson, Zaporizhia, Donetsk, and Luhansk oblasts into Russia as early as September 11, 2022
● "Ukraine and its Western partners may have a narrowing window of opportunity to support a Ukrainian counteroffensive into occupied Ukrainian territory before the Kremlin annexes that territory." In the meantime, Ukraine will have to largely rely on partisans to take out Russians and Russian collaborators.
Operational report of the General Staff of the AFU 7:30 AM :
● In the Bakhmut direction, the Russians are fighting to create conditions for an attack on Bakhmut and to seize the territory of the Vuhlehirska thermal power plant. They have fired from barrel and rocket artillery and tanks.
● In the Sloviansk direction, the Russians fired from tanks and artillery near Dolyna, Krasnopillia, Kostiantynivka, Chepil, Husarivka, and Adamivka.
● In the Avdiivka, Novopavlivsk, and Zaporizhzhia directions, the Russian troops conducted reconnaissance combat in Novoselivka Druha and the offensive in the direction of Nikolske but had no success, and withdrew.
CNN: The Joe Biden administration is investing $100 million in a new program to provide Ukrainian farmers with vital commodities to preserve future crops and alleviate a global food crisis exacerbated by the outbreak of the Russian war.
Ministry of Education: On the website of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, a chatbot for applicants has been launched on July 18. With the help of a chatbot, applicants can get answers to questions about admission to institutions of professional higher and higher education.
July 19
Minister of Digital Transformation: Today the Verkhovna Rada adopted a bill that allows digitalization of the population census. Everyone will be able to fill out the questionnaire on their own at home, without the participation of census takers. And the data already available in the registers will be filled in the questionnaire automatically.
● Free mobile roaming for Ukrainians has been extended in Europe.
○ The joint statement of mobile operators of Ukraine and the European Union continues to operate. Ukrainians who were forced to leave for the EU countries will be able to continue calling their relatives at the prices of Ukrainian operators.
● The international passport, driver's license and registration certificate will be translated into English in the Diya app. The rights and registration certificate will receive international coding used in the EU, USA and Canada. The technical details of the development are already being finalized and the beta test of the English version will be released soon.
Defense Minister: The Ukrainian Armed Forces killed 11,000 occupants during the battles for Severodonetsk and Lysychansk.
● About 2,000-3,000 soldiers of the so-called LNR and 8,000-9,000 from the Russian Armed Forces were killed.
HV: Presidential Office Andriy Yermak -
● It is important for Ukraine to end the war before winter
○ The main task of Lend-Lease is to ensure that we get everything on time. It is very important for us not to enter the winter. After the winter, when the Russians will have more time to dig in, it will certainly be more difficult. They are pulling us into this. It is very important for us not to let them get such an opportunity.
● Ukraine wants sanctions to be imposed on children of the Russian military participating in the special operation
○ I want every soldier on our land, his relatives, his children, and his family to be on the sanctions lists. They should know that if you come to kill Ukrainians, your children should not go to study in civilized countries.
● The President’s Office holds weekly briefings with the participation of the US and British military, at which the Ukrainian military makes a report.
○ According to him, such briefings began after doubts were raised about the targeting of American weapons in Ukraine.
● On the way to NATO, Ukraine needs security guarantees that can be provided by partner countries. We are talking about the states that now provide Ukraine with weapons and other types of assistance.
○ He adds that today the authorities are negotiating primarily with such countries as the USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Turkey, Australia and many others.
Prime Minister: The government will send to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament - ed.) a draft law on the construction of the Bayraktar plant in Ukraine.
● Prime Minister instructed the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers to immediately organize the first meeting of the commission for the selection of the head of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU). He stated this during a government meeting.
● Also today it became known that the competition commission approved the candidacy of the new head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office. It will be NABU detective Oleksandr Klymenko.
● The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has fixed gas prices for heat utilities at UAH 7.40 (about $0.25) per cubic meter until May 31, 2023. According to him, this will allow local authorities not to raise tariffs for either heat or hot water.
State Emergency Service: In Ukraine, all schools will be checked before the start of the new academic year for compliance with safety requirements. In those educational institutions where bomb shelters and shelters with everything necessary are not prepared, offline learning will not begin.
● According to the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the decision on the start and form of education will be made separately in each region or even each educational institution.
Hungarian Deputy Foreign Minister: During a visit to Lv’iv says that Budapest is ready to pass through its territory all the assistance provided by other countries to Ukraine, including military.
● Also, according to the Deputy Head of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, Hungary is ready to accept Ukrainian children in its sanatoriums and camps, offered to help in the treatment of civilians and military in medical institutions and assured of its readiness to provide 1,000 scholarships for Ukrainians in its universities.
Operational summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine 6:45 PM:
● In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy continued to fire from the artillery of settlements in areas north, east, and southeast of Kharkiv.
● The enemy made unsuccessful attempts to conduct offensive operations in the directions of the villages of Udy and Husarivka. Near the latter, they launched an air strike.
● In the Sloviansk direction, an enemy attempt to reconnaissance in combat in the direction of Dmytrivka ended unsuccessfully. The Russians withdrew with losses.
● In the Donetsk direction, the enemy is concentrating the main efforts on attempts to advance in the directions of Siversk and Bakhmut.
● Ukrainian soldiers inflicted significant losses on the Russians when they tried to advance in the directions of Hryhorivka, Spirne and Ivano-Dariivka. The enemy retreated in disorder.
● In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy conducted assault operations in the direction of Pokrovsk, has a partial success, is fixed on the southern outskirts of the settlement.
● Enemy attempts to advance in the directions of Berestove, Bilohorivka, Vershyna and the territory of the Vuhlehirsk TPP failed.
Executive Vice President of the European Commission: Ukraine and the EU have signed a memorandum on the provision of macro-financial assistance in the amount of 1 billion euros. This amount will be paid at the end of July to support the government and people of Ukraine.
Russian gallery owner Marat Gelman: Co-owners of 'Alfa-Bank of Ukraine' Mykhailo Fridman and Petro Aven received Ukrainian citizenship. "Zelenskyi signed a closed decree last night. Businessmen will re-register their business in Ukraine and become tax residents of the country".
● The representatives of the 'Alpha Group', which belongs to the Russian oligarchs Petro Aven and Mykhailo Fridman, deny that they received Ukrainian citizenship. There is currently no official confirmation of this information.
The SBU (Ukrainian Intelligence - ed.) has collected evidence of nuclear terrorism committed by Russia during the occupation of the Chernobyl zone from February 24 to March 31.
● According to the SBU, there were about 300 Russians on the territory of radiation-hazardous facilities, and 30 Russians were directly in the ISF-2 storage facility. In the process of temporary occupation, they violated all nuclear safety standards.
● The invaders also damaged the communication towers, which led to the failure of the radiation situation control system.
Within a few weeks, a clear mechanism for the legal departure of IT specialists from Ukraine for business development will be in place, Vice President of Global Logic for Strategy and Technology; confirmed by the Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation.
● Now they are discussing several schemes for the departure of IT specialists. In particular, traveling abroad on bail and under the responsibility of the head of the company. It will be possible to leave for 2-3 weeks, and possibly more.
Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry - Intercepted conversation: Russian Father and militarily active son:
● Father: "- Didn't the artillery help you or something?
● Son: “We have terrible artillery, dad! Shame on Russia!"
● Son tells how Ukrainian artillery work on their positions: "They all shelled us. Yes, there is meat, it's scary."
● Russians cannot accept that the Ukrainian Armed Forces completely destroy their troops near Kharkiv. This reality contrasts with the pseudo-victorious pictures of the Russian army, which are shown on television in Russia. Evidence comes from an intercepted telephone conversation
Kyiv Regional Military Administration: All populated areas of the Kyiv region were examined for the presence of explosive objects. Specialists checked 270 towns, villages and settlements within Bucha, Brovary and Vyshgorod districts. Since the beginning of the work, rescuers have neutralized 52,862 units of explosive objects.
● State Emergency Service: Over the past day, Ukrainian rescuers have identified, removed and defused 713 explosive objects. In total, since the beginning of Russia's full-scale military invasion on the territory of Ukraine, 663 kg of explosives and 162,735 explosive objects, including 2,711 aerial bombs, have been defused.
Yesterday Verkhovna Rada had a busy day. We collated their decisions here.
● The Verkhovna Rada exempted business from liability for violating deadlines for submitting tax declarations during martial law. For - 306 people's deputies. Citizens are exempted from liability for violation of the presentation of financial statements to within 3 months after the termination of martial law. Legal entities are required to publish their annual accounts in full on their web page or website within 3 months after the termination or cancellation of martial law for the entire period of non-disclosure.
● The population census will be held every 10 years in Ukraine, – the parliament adopted a relevant law.
○ At the same time, the census will not be carried out in the temporarily occupied territories. The date and time will be determined by the government.
● The Rada has created a Temporary Investigative Commission to monitor the receipt and use of international logistical assistance during martial law
● The Verkhovna Rada did not support the establishment of a moratorium on increasing tariffs for heat and gas during martial law, as well as securing guarantees and compensation for the difference in tariffs to market entities. The Parliament did not pass the bill in the second reading and sent it back for revision with a reduced deadline.
● The Verkhovna Rada voted in the first reading for special guarantees for Polish citizens in Ukraine.
○ Citizens of Poland will be able to legally live and work in Ukraine for 18 months, as well as conduct business here, study at educational institutions, receive medical care and certain social benefits in accordance with the legislation of Ukraine.
● Oksana Zholnovich has become the new Minister of Social Policy of Ukraine. The deputies voted for her appointment.
● The Verkhovna Rada supported the dismissal of Irina Venediktova from the post of Prosecutor General of Ukraine. For - 264 deputies. She attended the meeting. The dismissal came with a discussion.
○ Speech of the dismissed Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova in the Verkhovna Rada.
○ She stressed that she does not hold on to the chair, thanked everyone for their joint work and noted the importance of the approval of the new head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office by the competition commission.
○ *Iryna Venediktova, dismissed from the post of Prosecutor General, is being prepared for a new position on the diplomatic front
● The Verkhovna Rada dismissed Ivan Bakanov from the post of Head of the SSU. For - 265 deputies. Bakanov himself was not in the hall, but he commented on the situation with a post.
Ukrainian justice authorities received the second batch of protective equipment at the expense of the EU project "Pravo-Justice" with a total value of 500 thousand euros.
● The aid package includes body armor and helmets.This will improve the safety of prosecutors, judges and penitentiary authorities while working in wartime conditions.
Financial Times: Minister of Agrarian Policy - As a result of the naval blockade, Ukrainian farmers can sow from 30% to 60% less wheat, barley and winter crops due to lost funds from the export of products. Thus, according to the forecast, Ukrainian farmers will sow two-thirds less wheat than planned over the current 12 months if the country's main export route continues to be blocked.
Corriere della Sera: Businessman Rinat Akhmetov, confirmed that he had abandoned his media in Ukraine because of the law on oligarchs. "Regarding the development of media in Poland and other countries, this decision has not been made at this stage," he said.
MORDOR (Russia)
July 20
Russia asks the United Nations to force Ukraine to close the site «Myrotvorets» (Peacekeeper). «We ask you to take the necessary steps to draw the attention of the Ukrainian authorities to the criminal activities of the project «Myrotvorets» and force them to close it», - says Russia to UN Secretary-General.
Governor of the Kursk region of Russia Starovoit reported the artillery shelling of the Rylsk district from the territory of Ukraine.
The United States should lift all restrictions on Russian grain exports if it wants to improve the situation in the food market, Russian President Vladimir Putin said following the summit held in Tehran.
● “We will facilitate the export of Ukrainian grain, but we are proceeding from the fact that all restrictions related to export of Russian grain will be lifted. No one has objected so far, including American partners.”.
July 19
A website (https://freetatarstan.com/) dedicated to the independence of the Republic of Tatarstan was launched. It calls on the federal center to ""let go"" of the republic to free float and hold a referendum on independence.
● Among other demands: to return the status of the state language to the Tatar language, to resume the post of President of Tatarstan, and to transfer control over its resources to the republic.
Izvestia: Russian Ambassador to North Korea - Workers from North Korea can be recruited to rebuild the destroyed and occupied Ukrainian cities
● Also, according to him, North Korea is extremely interested in the manufacture of spare parts in the occupied territories of Ukraine for its industrial equipment, which was created back in Soviet times.
Reuters: Gas supplies via 'Nord Stream' from Russia to Germany will resume on July 21, as planned, after scheduled maintenance is completed.
Putin flew to Tehran for talks with the leader of Iran Raisi and the President of Türkiye Erdogan.
Russian restaurateur Alexander Orlov reacted to the news about the seizure of his property in Ukraine worth 400 million UAH. According to Orlov, this news came as a surprise to him: "I have nothing to do with business in Ukraine, and Bulldozer Group has not been operating there since February 2022. There can be no question of any seized property. I am based in Dubai". In addition, Orlov said that he is going to sell his business in Russia.
Investigative journalist Hristo Grozev: "I can't imagine that Putin believes that he is having a successful "special operation". His speeches like ""We haven't started seriously yet"" are an attempt to save his reputation."
● According to him, the fact that Putin does not want to officially announce the mobilization speaks of the understanding that even the zombified society in Russia is not ready for this, because tens of thousands of mothers and wives share stories about the death of their sons or spouses. And this is the price that he did not warn society about.
● "The resources of covert mobilization, against the background of the upcoming change in the balance of power due to the supply of weapons to Ukraine, are not endless. Therefore, in my understanding, Putin is now in a state of panic," - journalist Hristo Grozev.
● According to Grozev, investigating and making public evidence of Russia's crimes in Ukraine will prevent Putin from blackmailing and splitting Europe: ""This will not give European 'pragmatists' the opportunity to reach an agreement with the Kremlin,"" he added.
Russian TV presenter Kiselev talks about the division of Russia into 17 parts
SUMY
July 20
Regional Military Administration: Russian troops shelled the Shostka district of the Sumy region in the morning. Russians used mortars.
July 19
Regional Military Administration: on July 19, the Russians carried out 9 attacks on the border areas and settlements of the Sumy region from different types of weapons
● They shelled the territories of the Bilopolska, Novoslobidska, Khotynska, Esmanska territorial communities.
● The enemy fired 6 rockets in the direction of the Mykolaiv rural territorial community. As a result of the shelling, 2 civilians were injured and private households were damaged.
KHARKIV
July 20
Mayor: The 15-year-old sister of the dead teenager is among the injured as a result of the morning shelling of Kharkіv.
Regional Military Administration: Three people were killed in the morning shelling by Russians of the Saltivskyi district of Kharkiv
● Among the dead are a boy aged 13, a man and a woman. A woman aged 72 was injured.
● Derhachivska territorial community the threat of artillery fire
DONETSK
July 19
Mayor: Mariupol won’t have a heating season. The occupiers have destroyed all infrastructure and are not making any preparations for the winter period.
● There are 4 filtration centers, where the Russians already contain more than 10,000 people in the temporarily occupied Mariupol and in the vicinity of the city
State Emergency Service: The Russians fired on Sloviansk, the bodies of two men were removed from under the rubble. Information about the injured and dead is being specified.
● Soldiers of the State Emergency Service extinguished a fire in a five-story residential building in Kramatorsk, which arose as a result of shelling by the Russians.As a result of the shelling, 10 people were injured, of which 5 people were hospitalized.
Regional Military Administration: As a result of today's shelling of Kramatorsk by the Russians, one person died, six were injured.
Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol: Starting today, all citizens of Ukraine are deprived of the right to own real estate in Mariupol by the decision of the occupation authorities.
● "If they have not been registered with the banana authorities of the banana republic. In fact, one of these days there will be a "nationalization!" of the survivor and resettlement according to warrants. That is, it was ours, it became someone else's. Such is it, "maneuverable housing".
● Showed a video of how people live on Metallurgov Avenue, Kalmiussky district of Mariupol.
○ People live here. An interesting detail - they connected the water in the apartment building which flooded the basement. They turned it off and now people use the water from the basement. Everything else you can see for yourself. Life in the entrance, cooking on the street.
Mayor: Slоvіansk again came under fire, there are wounded. According to him, there were four explosions, the private sector suffered, and there are people under the rubble. No casualties yet.
ZAPORIZHIA
July 19
Regional Military Administration: In the Zaporizhzhia region, more than 400 people are being held for ransom. Among them are the workers of the nuclear power plant and the authorities. The abduction and terror of civilians in the Zaporizhzhia region continues. On the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Russians deploy their military equipment without realizing the consequences of such actions.
Enerhoatom: The Russians continue to kidnap employees of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Yesterday the Russian military took out two more employees of the station in an unknown direction. This time, Serhii Pykhtyn, deputy head of the decontamination shop for operation and handling of radioactive waste, and Olena Riabtseva, foreman of the decontamination shop. Their whereabouts are currently unknown.
● The Russians at the occupied Zaporizhzhia NPP violate safety standards and put the plant personnel at risk of radiation contamination
● Yesterday, the soldiers forcibly took away two employees of the checkpoint station and, using them, entered the radiation zone of block No. 2 of the nuclear power plant. Thus, they endangered the entire station staff.
Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol: About 1,000 Russian military, based on the border of Donetsk and Zaporizhia regions, together with military equipment, left the parking lot in the morning and set off in columns in the direction of Zaporizhia.
Ministry of Reintegration: In the Zaporizhzhia region, another operation was carried out to transfer the bodies of dead soldiers. Ukraine returned the bodies of 45 of its defenders
● The operation was carried out with the cooperation of Oleh Kotenko, Commissioner for Missing Persons, and law enforcement agencies of Ukraine, in accordance with the norms of the Geneva Convention.
DNIPRO
July 20
Regional Military Administration: Russians this night again shelled Nikopol, firing more than 30 shells from the MRL "Grad": destroyed and damaged private houses. Two people died, nine were injured.
July 19
Regional Military Administration: This afternoon, the Russians again hit two districts - Nikopol and Kryvyi Rih
● The Russian rockets came from "Grads" and hit the recreation centre in Nikopol. Luckily, people weren't hurt.
● In the Zelenodilsk community, a tractor brigade was fired from barrel artillery. Buildings and agricultural equipment were damaged there.
The mayor of Nikopol Oleksandr Saiuk indirectly confirms the explosions in the area of the city, but promises to give details later. He urges the townspeople to remain calm and stay in covers.
⚡️At Nikopol, the Russians fired up to 40 rockets, reports OC "South". There is destruction at two industrial enterprises. The explosions caused fires there. Several private houses and electricity networks were damaged in the city.
KHERSON
July 20
Regional Military Administration: Yesterday the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the Russian radar system "Podlet-K1". It is one of the newest Russian radar systems, which was commissioned in 2015. It is designed to detect aerial targets at low and very low altitudes. The most interesting thing is that it was destroyed in the Kherson region, more than 100 km from the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The legitimate mayor of the temporarily occupied Nova Kakhovka Vladimir Kovalenko left the city. He said that on July 19 he went to Zaporizhia together with his first deputy Oleg Tarabaka. According to him, it is no longer possible to work in the city due to the constant pressure of Russian soldiers. He will perform his duties remotely.
July 19
Operational command Pivden "South": The enemy continues to conduct defensive operations as they are retreating. Losing logistics and reserves, it does not create strike groups, tries to keep long-range attacks as the main form of combat.
● The counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region continues and is successful. Since the military operation is still ongoing, no one will make loud statements until it is completed
Air Force Command: At 8 p.m, units of the anti-aircraft missile troops of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down a Russian fighter aircraft in Nova Kakhovka, presumably a Su-35
Regional Military Administration: Ukrainian artillery hit the Russian base near the Antonov bridge in temporarily occupied Kherson
● According to him, the base of the Russian troops was between the Dnipro and the Konka River.
Regional police department: The humanitarian situation in the Kherson region is critical - there is neither food nor medicine in sufficient quantities.
MYKOLAIV
July 20
Regional State Administration: Mykolaiv may be temporarily "closed". The administration gets a lot of letters about collaborators and traitors. So it is planned to "close" Mykolaiv for a day or two, the residents of the city will be informed about this in advance.
July 19
Mayor of Mykolaiv: The air defense forces of Mykolaiv and the region can not cope with the shelling
● The city is shelled every day for several weeks. This means that it is better to leave the city in order to escape
● Earlier, Senkevych said that cluster munitions were used during yesterday's bombardment of Mykolaiv by the Russian troops.
Regional Military Administration: There is a wish to close Mykolaiv for several days and conduct a raid against collaborators
● "There are those who have been here for a long time, with some idea. There are people who are desperate or do not think about the consequences, or decide to make money. These are isolated cases, but each such case entails potential victims when they begin to monitor the locations of the military , air defense or whatever. We want to nip it in the bud", – he explains.
Operational command Pivden "South": In Mykolaiv region, the Russians once again fired at farms and agricultural fields with an atypical use of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system
● The Russian Federation has reinforced the grouping of the Black Sea Fleet to three missile ships and keeps 24 Kalibr-type cruise missiles at the ready in the Black Sea
Chairman of the regional council: Over the past day in the Mykolaiv region, 29 people were injured, there are no children among the victims
● In total, as of this morning, in the Mykolaiv hospitals there are 329 citizens who suffered from attacks of Russians of the Mykolaiv area.
ODESA
July 19
State Emergency service: A fire broke out in the port of Reni in the Odesa region as a result of the explosion of fuel tankers on the night of July 19. The fire was reported at 21:23, the fire was extinguished at 22:48. A port worker was hospitalized with burns on 95% of his body.
Regional Military Administration: During July 19, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 4 munitions depots and 2 bases of the Russian army.
● At night, the Russians struck, firing 7 missiles at one of the villages in the region. 6 people were injured, 3 residential buildings were destroyed, several more houses and civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged
Comparing Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to Russian invasion of Ukraine using Wikipedia and Ukraine Ministry of Defense Daily Bulletins. Soviet and Russian military losses not including captured equipment.
SOURCES
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/
https://euromaidanpress.com/
https://invite.viber.com/?g2=AQBD3wxTrZ6XUU7IdXeHUfjVCydekezQCCGuwYnT6qPd1r7n1aVbFIewa6ng6Lis