Bob Homans July 27
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Ukraine – 7/27 Sitrep
Compiled by: Robert Homans
Twitter: @rhomansjr
July 27, 2022
The Latest Denys
Denys released his latest report before the news of the destruction of The Antoniviskiy Bridge, crossing the Dnieper River at Kherson City. Other news items:
· Continued low volume of artillery fire in Donbas, likely due to destruction of Russian ammunition dumps.
· A highly amusing video clip of Lavrov in Africa
· A photo of Putin and Erdogan sitting together, appearing to show Putin as much taller than he really is.
HIMARS and M-777 Howitzers in Action
Set to the music of the Star-Spangled Banner. In the early part of the video, one clip appears to show the advanced rocket assisted artillery shell for the M-777 howitzer. My understanding was that the U.S. hadn’t sent these. Perhaps someone more expert than I can enlighten.
NOTE: My colleague will not be reporting tomorrow, so I’ll withhold some items from today and share them tomorrow.
7/27 Sitrep (my comments in bold face)
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon July 26 to 12:00 noon July 27, 2022
INTERNATIONAL
July 27
11:46 AM American Embassy in Kyiv: The USA promises to act "quickly and strictly" if the Kremlin tries to annex parts of southern Ukraine.
10:47 AM London Stock Exchange Group ICE: Gas prices in Europe rose sharply after the announcement by "Gazprom" to cut supplies in the "Northern Stream". Gas rose by 10% to $2,300 for the first time since March 8
9:27 AM: The head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, assured Ukrainian colleague Oleksii Reznikov that the US will as soon as possible hand over to Ukraine four additional high-mobility artillery missile systems HIMARS.
● “We reaffirmed that the commitments made by all parties will strengthen the capabilities of the Ukrainian army and bring us closer to our common goal - the victory for Ukraine!” Reznikov says.
8:20 AM: The Japanese Defense Forces will participate for the first time in a military exercise in Indonesia with the United States and Australia, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said after talks with Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
8:18 AM DW - German Foreign Minister: Germany will keep troops and anti-aircraft systems dislocated in Slovakia for as long as necessary.
● Currently there are 640 Bundeswehr soldiers and Patriot air defense systems in the Slovak Republic.
12:40 AM Guildhall - Swiss MP, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee Nicolas Walder: Ukraine should receive more assistance based on the Budapest Memorandum.
● "It is true that by signing the Budapest Memorandum and abandoning the nuclear arsenal, Ukraine saved NATO a lot of money and strengthened world security, including the security of Switzerland," the politician said.
12:40 AM: *Ukraine, even in the conditions of war, adheres to its own international obligations for the transportation of Russian gas. At the same time, the Ukrainian GTS is able to ensure the transit of the entire volume of gas transported by Russia through Nord Stream .
● This was announced today in Brussels at a press conference following an informal meeting with the energy ministers of the EU countries, Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko.
12:23 AM Pentagon: States are accelerating the transfer of weapons to Ukraine.
● The United States is making efforts to transfer weapons and equipment, including HIMARS systems, from the latest defense assistance package announced last week to Ukraine as soon as possible.
● This was reported in the Pentagon following a telephone conversation between the defense ministers of Ukraine and the United States.
12:09 AM : Hungarian Counselor Orbana Hegedius resigned after Orban’s scandalous speech about the "purity of the nation".
● The politician reported that she was forced to end cooperation with Orban due to his "disgraceful position".
July 26
11:01 PM Pentagon: The White House “does not have any indication of any supply or purchase of Iranian drones by the Russian Defense Department. The very fact that Putin was pushing for an agreement shows that "the sanctions are having an effect."
10:33 PM BILD: Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder leaves a hotel in Moscow and is reported to be negotiating gas supplies via the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline.
9:40 PM Daily Mail: HIMARS in Ukraine destroyed two of Putin's best pilots, as well as dozens of officers, warehouses and command posts,
● While the leadership of the Russian Federation says that HIMARS does not change anything, it was from these missiles that a fighter pilot with the rank of lieutenant colonel Maxim Potemin and a fighter pilot, colonel Anatoly Stasyukevich died from these missiles.
8:58 PM Bloomberg: The Kremlin will keep gas supplies to Europe at a minimum until the EU lifts sanctions,"
● The publication says that the Kremlin is increasing pressure on the European Union to force the leaders of the countries of the block to reconsider the imposed sanctions against Russia, as well as its support for Ukraine.
8:53 PM: The White House has begun working to keep the EU countries together after Russia significantly cut gas supplies to Europe.
● The United States sent the State Department's senior adviser on energy security, Amos Hochstein, to Europe. He traveled to Paris and Brussels to discuss contingency planning with the US-EU Energy Task Force.
7:25 PM Origo: Hungary has created a new body headed by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the Defense Council, which has "special powers" to "protect the security and sovereignty" of the country.
● The Defense Council will be responsible for reporting on issues of national and public security, border control, national defense, refugees, emergency prevention, counterterrorism, and so on.
7:13 PM TRT: Russian President Volodymyr Putin, at a meeting with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, proposed to establish the production of Bayraktar attack drones in Russia. In particular, Erdogan announced today at a meeting of the Central Executive Council of the Justice and Development Party that Bayraktars have new clients.
6:32 PM: The Russian Piracy Research Initiative (ISRP) has launched a new project that will reveal the extent of Russian looting of Ukrainian assets, – ISRP chief spokesman, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James C. Glassman, says. Documents confirming the theft and current news will be collected in the group's resource center called RussiaTheftWatch.
5:25 PM TRT: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Sochi (Russia) for a one-day visit on August 5. There he plans to meet with Russian President Volodymyr Putin.
4:38 PM German Economy Minister: Approval of the commissioning of 'Nord Stream 2' would be the capitulation of Europe
4:23 PM German Defense Minister: Germany has handed over to Ukraine the promised Mars II multiple launch rocket systems and three additional PzH2000 self-propelled howitzers.
4:00 PM Bloomberg: Cyprus can help the EU get rid of dependence on Russian gas
● At the beginning of 2023, Cyprus plans to start drilling the next well at the "Aphrodite" offshore field, the reserves of which are estimated at 125 billion cubic meters. The works will be fully completed by 2027.
3:12 PM La Sexta TV: Spain has agreed with Brussels to reduce gas consumption by 7% instead of the proposed and agreed 15%.
2:38 PM Channel 13: Ministry of Defense - Israel can strike Iran to prevent the implementation of Iran's nuclear program.
● "Iran is a global problem, not a private problem of the state of Israel. In the end, we (Israel - ed.) can deliver a strong blow to deter the atom,".
2:07 PM: The EU extended for six months, until January 31, 2023, sanctions against the Russian Federation due to the war in Ukraine, the Council of the European Union reported.
2:06 PM: The Chinese army will not sit idly by in the event of the visit of the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, to Taiwan and will take decisive measures to prevent foreign interference, said Tan Kefei, the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the People's Republic of China.
1:41 PM: The EU countries have agreed on a plan to reduce gas consumption, Council of the European Union reports. The plan envisages a voluntary reduction of gas consumption by 15% in the period from August 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023.
● The countries of the European Union will be able to choose measures by which to reduce the demand for gas, - says the release of the Council of the European Union.
● At the same time, the European Union countries agreed on the possibility of "some exemptions" from the mechanism of mandatory reduction in gas demand.
● Also, the EU countries agreed that the mechanism that allows introducing a mandatory reduction in gas demand will be launched by their joint decision, not by the European Commission.
1:40 PM: Great Britain added 42 new people to the anti-Russian sanctions list, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports.*
● Among other things, personal sanctions were introduced against the heads of some regions of the Russian Federation and representatives of the "authorities" of the occupied territories of Ukraine appointed by the Russian side.
1:19 PM: Against the background of news about plans to limit gas consumption in Europe, its price exceeded $2,000 per thousand cubic meters for the first time since March.
12:34 PM ERR: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia is preparing a proposal to the EU to stop issuing Schengen visas to Russians
● According to the head of the country's Foreign Ministry, Urmas Reinsalu, it is not fair that Russians go to Europe in the summer to visit the Louvre, when children are being killed by Russian missiles in Ukraine.
NATIONAL
July 27
11:46 AM: The Committee on Legal Policy of the Verkhovna Rada supported Andrii Kostin’s candidacy for the post of Prosecutor General of Ukraine.
10:44 AM: The Security Service of Ukraine detained an enemy informant in the Rivne region who transmitted data about the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Belarusian law enforcement.
● «The informant transmitted the data to the Belarusian law enforcement authorities during the illegal crossing of the State border with Belarus. The information is being checked about other "visits" of the man with enemy law enforcement and special services.
10:27 AM British Intelligence: Russian private military company Wagner has likely succeeded in making tactical advances in the Donbas around the Vuhlehirska Power Plant and the nearby village of Novoluhanske. Some Ukrainian forces have likely withdrawn from the area.
10:13 AM Korosten District Military Administration: Confirmed information about the explosions in Korosten, Zhytomyr region. The explosions are army training exercises.9:27 AM Deutsche Welle:A torture chamber, where Russian invaders killed civilians, was found in Bucha
● There are marks from bullets on the wall. After the retreat of Russian troops from Bucha in late March, at least 426 bodies of Ukrainians were found there.
9:26 AM Institute for the Study of War:️
● Russian forces gained marginal ground northeast of Bakhmut and are continuing to fight east and south of Bakhmut.
● The Kremlin is continuing to constitute regional volunteer battalions for deployment into Ukraine.
9:25 AM Operational Command “Pivden” (South) :️ The Russians shot down their own Ka-52 helicopter
● Yesterday at noon, three Ka-52 helicopters intended to attack Ukrainian units around Olhyne, Kherson region but defeated their own. On the way back they were attacked by the air defense of Russian troops.
● Thus, Russia another «gesture of goodwill» deprived itself of one Ka-52. There are no losses from Ukraine side.
7:47 AM: Operational report of the General Staff of the AFU:
● In the Kramatorsk direction, the Russians launched an air strike near Serebrianka. They actively used the UAVs, and assaulted around Verkhnokamianske, but had no success, and withdrew.
● In the Kharkiv direction, Russia with the help of induced because of water pontoon ferries tried to improve the logistics support of its units.
● In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian army conducted reconnaissance at the Semyhiria. They suffered a fire defeat and losses and withdrew. Fighting continues in the areas of Semyhiria and Kodema.
● In the direction of Pivdennyi Buh, the Russians assaulted the area of Bilohirka, but had no success, and withdrew.
6:00 AM Minister of Energy: Ukraine is ready to supply 1.5 GW of electricity to EU countries right now, thus replacing about five billion cubic meters of gas.
July 26
11:37 PM: The President of Ukraine signed a law simplifying the procedure for mobile operators to obtain land plots for placing mobile base stations.
11:55 PM: Metropolitan Epiphany consecrated a new cross on the dome of the Cathedral of St. Sophia of Kyiv. Ego will be installed on one of the domes instead of the one that fell in January during a strong wind.
9:58 PM Kyiv Regional Military Administration: In the village of Korolivka, Kyiv region, a 16-year-old teenager tried to dismantle a hand-held anti-tank grenade launcher. The weapon exploded and he died
9:54 PM Reuters: Ukraine intends to conclude a deal with the IMF in the amount of $15-20 billion by the end of the year
9:26 PM: The national energy company "Ukrenergo" denied the statements of the Russians about the accession of the southern regions of Ukraine to the Russian energy system.
● The report says that since February 24, not a single kilowatt of Ukrainian electricity has been delivered to Russia, Belarus, or the occupied Crimea.
● Zaporizhia NPP operates exclusively in the energy system of Ukraine on the commands of the dispatch center of the National Energy Company "Ukrenergo".
8:31 PM: 'Naftohaz' enters a technical default on Eurobonds
● "Today, July 26, 2022, the deadline for payments by NJSC 'Naftoghaz' to holders of Eurobonds has expired", – the official statement says.
● Thus, the Cabinet of Ministers has now assumed full responsibility for raising the funds necessary to import natural gas for the 2022/2023 heating season
8:20 PM: An explosion was heard in one of the districts of Kyiv, – subscribers report. Preliminarily, ammunition was detonated. We are waiting for information from officials.
7:52 PM: The Administrative Court of Cassation as part of the Supreme Court finally confirmed the legality of the nationalization of PrivatBank, – the press service on the bank's website reports.
● "This is the final court decision in this case, which is an important part of the judicial struggle between the state-owned PrivatBank and the former owners regarding the legality of the bank's nationalization", – the report says.
7:22 PM Air Force Command:The United States has allocated $100 million for the training of Ukrainian pilots, and probably intends to transfer the planes to us”
● According to him, if the US government allocates funds for the training of Ukrainian pilots on American aircraft for 2023, then this indicates the seriousness of the US intentions and that we will receive aviation equipment.
7:18 PM Criminal Investigation: In the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, law enforcement officers record a rapid increase in crime, in particular murders and theft of vehicles,
"Despite the fact that general crime (in Ukraine - ed.) decreased by 25 percent over the course of six months and the level of grave and especially grave crimes remained at the level of last year, the number of intentional murders increased due to murders committed in the occupied and de-occupied territories",.
6:58 PM Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
● In the Siversk direction, the enemy shelled civilian and military infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Znob-Novhorodske, Khrinivka, Senkivka and others.
● In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy carried out a fiery defeat from cannon and rocket artillery.
● Enemy attempts at assaults in the areas of Berestove, Soledar and Semyhirria were successfully repelled by Ukrainian defenders. There are battles with an assault group in the Pokrovsk area.
● In the Volyn direction, restrictions continue on civilian visits to forests in the border regions of Belarus with Ukraine. The border area is a major source of wild blueberries for many Ukrainians, providing a significant source of income. They pick blueberries, a process that takes some level of skill, and the sell them in market stalls in Kyiv. During the summer, the trains are crowded with people taking large quantities of blueberries to Kyiv. In the Fall, the same is true for mushrooms. This area also contains many deposits of amber.
6:56 PM: Ukraine needs to return the territories occupied by Russia within three to six weeks, – Adam Smith, the Chairman of the US House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, says referring to Zelenskyi's words.
● This period is crucial because as winter approaches, cooler temperatures and harsh conditions will slow down the fighting, which is beneficial for the Russian Federation. Therefore, Ukraine is calling on the United States to provide urgent assistance in the coming weeks.
6:47 PM: In the coming days, military exercises to improve coordination of various units is planned in the Ternopil region, there will be maneuvers of equipment.
6:22 PM Air Force Command: The military air force "South" shot down a Russian strike unmanned aerial vehicle of the "Lancet" type. According to information, it was this UAV that tried to attack a radar station in the Mykolaiv region.
5:52 PM: The military counterintelligence of the SBU (Ukrainian Intelligence - ed.) destroyed three Russian T-72s with strike drones.
5:46 PM: The Ministry of Finance plans not to raise the minimum wage. The department does not see the possibility of raising the minimum wage and proposes to leave it at the level of UAH 6,700 (about $182) in 2023.
5:17 PM: The governmental emergency response team of Ukraine CERT-UA, operating under the State Special Communications Service, reports on the massive distribution of dangerous emails by Russians with the topics "Information Bulletin" and "Combat Order". They come from private e-mail addresses, allegedly from the National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine. Opening the attachments contained in the emails will eventually cause the GammaLoad.PS1_v2 malware to run on the computer.
5:07 PM: The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine agreed on an appeal to the US government on the provision of "gas lend-lease" for the stable passage of the heating season. “Preparation for the most difficult winter in our history continues, and in this preparation we are looking for all possible tools to be ready for any scenario”.
3:48 PM Ministry of Defence: Intercepted Conversation - "Our brigade was called cowards!": a 23-year-old Russian from 11 ODSHB tells his mother about how the general beat the second general because he called the personnel cowards.
3:43 PM Strategic Communications Department: In the Kharkiv direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed another field ammunition store and the personnel of the Russians,
3:42 PM Air Force Command: Ukrainian intelligence has factual information about the location of the entire line of Buk missiles in the occupied territories: Buk-M1, M2, Tor, Pantsir, S-300 , S-400. Ukrainian Armed Forces are already opposing their use.
3:32 PM: The Joint Coordination Center has started work in Istanbul, - reported the Ministry of Defense of Türkiye.
● The center will monitor the work of grain corridors in accordance with the agreement on the export of food from the ports of Ukraine.
3:28 PM: Thanks to the training of the personnel, the effectiveness of the Ukrainian air defense is improving, the speaker of the Air Force Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Yurii Ihnat said at a briefing
3:24 PM Armed Forces of Ukraine: The Ukrainian military liquidated the commander of the unit of the 487th separate helicopter regiment of the Russian Federation, Major Oleksandr Saveliev.
3:11 PM: The SSU neutralized a Russian group that corrected missile strikes on the Donetsk railway.
● The attackers collected intelligence about the positions of the Ukrainian troops, and also corrected artillery fire on critical infrastructure objects.
● Among those detained was the head of one of the local stations "Ukrzaliznytsia" and a number of residents of the Donetsk region. They were informed of the charges.
12:34 PM: Return Alive Army Relief Fund announced the arrival of Bayraktar for the Armed Forces.
MORDOR (Russia)
July 27
12:56 AM: The press service of the Volvo Group reported that the company began to reduce staff in Russian divisions to adapt to changing conditions.
● The conditions under which employees will be fired and the number of laid-offs are now determined by the leadership of the Russian office of the Volvo Group. It is not yet known which units will be affected by the cuts.
July 26
9:09 PM: According to the authorities, the first Russian train with sanctioned goods arrived in the Kaliningrad region, the transit of which was previously prohibited by Lithuania,"
● The first train with sanctioned cargo was met by Governor Anton Alikhanov. The head of the region said that "now other sanctioned cargoes will have to freely transit through Lithuania".
7:42 PM: Russian Ministry of Defense: From August 30 to September 5, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation will hold strategic exercises "Vostok-2022" with the troops of the Eastern Military District.
4:59 PM Kavkaz.Realii: The security forces in Chechnia have changed their chevrons - now, instead of the usual stripes with the designation of belonging to a particular unit, the inscriptions "To Kyiv" appeared on their backs.
2:53 PM: The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation proposed to oblige employees of Russian companies living abroad to pay taxes in Russia.
● "Remunerations paid by domestic employer organizations to remote workers located outside the country are considered income from Russian sources", the draft law states.
2:52 PM Intelligence Directorate Ministry of Defense of Ukraine: Due to the huge losses, the Russian Federation is recruiting prisoners and citizens of central Asia.
● Russian military enlistment offices promise immigrants from Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan a high salary and Russian citizenship for participating in the war.
● Recruiters are guided by the principle "from each subject of the federation by battalion". Each of the 85 regions of the Russian Federation, including the annexed Crimea and Sevastopol, must form and finance one battalion of volunteers sent to the war in Ukraine.
2:33 PM: The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation fined Google 2 billion rubles.
● The website of the service reports that the fine is related to the "dominant position on the market of video hosting services", which leads to "non-objective and unpredictable blocking of accounts".
2:31 PM Governor: An explosive device was dropped from a quadcopter on a warehouse near the "Troebortne" checkpoint in the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation. According to him, four people were injured as a result of the explosion. One of them later died.
2:26 PM Head of "Roscosmos:” Russia will withdraw from the International Space Station project after 2024 and after that will begin to form the Russian orbital station.
2:26 PM Belta.: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that Ukraine uses its own helicopters to set fire to its fields for a "scary picture"
2:06 PM: The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, said that "Nord Stream-2" can fully satisfy the needs of Europe in the field of energy.
12:34 PM: Tetra Pak is handing over its Russian division to local management, the company reported. It is likely that future Tetra Pak product developments will be unavailable in Russia, yet another example of the continual degrading of the Russian economy, as a result of the departure of multinational companies.
12:38 PM: The SSU exposed the plans of the Russian Federation for a pseudo-referendum on the annexation of the occupied regions of Ukraine.
● According to the intelligence service, the Russians are planning to use the "Donetsk Republic" organization, the name of which they want to change, as the base organization to promote amalgamation with Russia..
● According to the SSU, more than 1,000 activists are already active in this organization, who hold daily meetings with the population of the temporarily occupied territories.
● Kremlin curators plan to use controlled media resources to cover more than 50 million viewers from Russia and eastern Ukraine with their propaganda. In addition, the invaders plan to transfer more than 1,000 people to the region. of Russian "experts" and volunteers.
● This is an extension of the strategy pursued by the U.S. prior to the start of the war, by exposing Russian intentions in advance and, by doing so, put Russia on the propaganda defensive.
SUMY
July 26
10:10 PM Sumy police department: The Esman bulk came under fire in the evening. There were 12 mortar arrivals. Krasnopolskaya community was also attacked by the Russian army. In total there were 17 arrivals from the mortar and 12 from the Grad. There were 14 arrivals in the Seredyno-Budska community. Buildings were damaged as a result of the shelling.
KHARKIV
July 27
11:45 AM Prosecutor's office: Tonight, the Russians hit a critical infrastructure facility and an educational institution in Kharkiv 6 people were injured.
6:06 AM Mayor: Two S-300 missiles arrived in Kharkiv under the morning
● According to him, rescuers are on the spot taking apart the rubble. The missiles landed in the Industrialny district. So far there are no victims.
July 26
8:06 PM Regional Military Administration:12 centralized heating facilities houses were destroyed by shelling, another 63 were damaged in the Kharkiv region. Because of this, there will be big problems with preparations for winter
● "First of all, those territories that are temporarily occupied, for example, the city of Izium, are at risk - the infrastructure of thermal networks has been completely destroyed there"
Also, the situation on preparation for winter in the Vovchanskyi and Kupianskyi districts, which are under the control of the Russian Federation, is unknown.
7:48 PM: MTR "Azov" Kharkiv destroyed equipment and personnel of the Russians during the operation in Varvarivka, Vovchanskyi district, the Kharkiv region.
1:02 PM: Suspilne The body of a dead woman was found under the rubble of the house of culture destroyed by a missile strike in Chuguіv, Kharkiv region. The search for two more people continues.
LUHANSK
July 26
3:56 PM Strategic Communications Department: In the temporarily occupied Lysychansk of the Luhansk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck the positions of the Russians. 12 people from the Russian occupation police were killed
● "The orcs are complaining that someone handed over their location," StratCom notes.
DONETSK
July 27
10:27 AM Mayor's advisor: Russians are preparing to launch in August a regular ferry line between the Russian city Yeysk and occupied Mariupol for the supply of weapons and export of the loot.
10:11 AM Regional Military Administration: Over the past 24 hours, one person was killed, and another one was wounded due to the Russian aggression in the Donetsk region.
July 26
9:33 PM Svetlodar city military administration: The Russians captured the village of Novoluhanske in the Donetsk region,"
● "We moved away from Novoluhansk. Where exactly they went, I cannot say. I know that the withdrawal of troops was under heavy pressure,” he said.
● According to him, fierce battles are going on in the Bakhmut direction and the battle for the Uglegorsk TPP continues.
6:26 PM State Emergency Service: Russians shelled the city of Soledar in the Donetsk region, damaging the fire and rescue building. There are no dead or injured, the fire and rescue equipment is not damaged.
4:31 PM Regional prosecutor: A woman died because of Russian shelling of Krasnohorivka and hitting private houses. Her 5-year-old daughter and husband were pulled out from under the rubble and hospitalized.
1:29 PM Mayor's advisor: *Russians want to rename Mariupol to Zhdanov - this issue is planned to be considered in a pseudo-referendum.
● Also, the Russians announced the end of humanitarian aid to Mariupol citizens on a stand-by basis to force them to work on the rubble.
● In the Cheremushki microdistrict, a fire broke after electrical connections were restored by the occupiers
● "In addition, a fire is burning in the area of Extreme Park, where they decided to remove the grass with a controlled fire," he added.
● In the temporarily occupied Mariupol, the residents of the demolished house are forced to build an open-air house
● “Probably, this is how the Gauleiters imagine the " maneuverable housing stock ". And to be honest, there are not enough words here. Twenty first century. Center of Europe. People are forced to equip life on the street in the open air,'' -he said.
1:19 PM: Following the so-called "LPR", the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation has been transferring the fixed telephone network on the territory of the so-called "DPR" to the Russian code 856 by August 1.
ZAPORIZHYA
July 26
8:22 PM Melitopol Mayor: "In the temporarily occupied territories, the rashists are beginning to sow panic among the civilian population. They are intimidating people by blowing up infrastructure and burning houses when they retreat.” “Rashist” is a recently invented derogatory term for Russians.
3:24 PM Disinformation Countermeasures Center: In the temporarily occupied territories of the Zaporizhya region, against the background of preparations for the illegal "referendum", the invaders began to issue Russian birth certificates.
DNIPRO
July 27
9:25 AM Regional Military Administration:The Russians shelled the hospital and houses in the Dnipropetrovsk region
● Russians hit the Nikopol district twice from MRL «Grad». They fired up to 40 shells. In Marhanets, a 54-year-old woman was injured. She is in the hospital.
● Eight five-storey buildings, an infectious hospital, kindergarten, two kiosks and transport of an industrial enterprise (2 buses and 5 units of special quarry equipment) were damaged in the city.
The Russians shelled the Zelenodolska territorial community from barrel artillery. They damaged the power line in Velyka Kostromka. The village is partially without light. The electricians are working. Also, there are no casualtiesJuly 26
9:17 PM Dnipropetrovsk regional council: During the day, Russian soldiers shelled the Dnipropetrovsk region several times, as a result, a fire broke out and the electrical networks were damaged,"
● The Russian military fired several times at the Kryvyi Rih region, from "Hurricanes" they hit Novosemenivka, which is in the Apostolovskiy community. As a result, the power grid was damaged. They also fired at the area near Koshevo in the Shirokovskaya community, he said.
KHERSON
July 27
11:26 AM Regional military administration: The Armed Forces of Ukraine struck the Antonovskyi Bridge in Kherson at the exact moment when the occupiers were transporting a large column of equipment
● «Kherson region and whole Ukraine waited this morning. Because we all wanted to know how seriously the Armed Forces of Ukraine damaged the Antonovskyi bridge in Kherson. And the information is more than joyful - the drive over it is impossible. Ukrainian military struck, according to witnesses, when Russians] were transporting equipment. We are waiting for the official calculation of Russian losses. As of now, the Antonovskyi Bridge is closed to all traffic.
● It has been reported that after the damage to the Antonovskyi Bridge, Russia is trying to establish ferry service across the Dnieper River, to connect Kherson City with the Left Bank. Even if successful, it is very unlikely that ferries can accommodate heavy vehicles and tanks. The Right Bank is very steep; I’m not aware of a ferry slip that would allow for the passage of any type of commercial or military vehicle.
9:26 AM Operational Command Pivden (South):
● Ukrainian Armed Forces launched targeted strikes on the Antonovskyi Bridge near Kherson.
● “We are moving forward. We are moving in the strategic directions that we have set for ourselves. And no one can stop us, not even the enemy,” she says.
● Our artillery controls key transportation corridors in the region
● Over the past 24 hours we destroyed
○ 89 Russian soldiers
○ I T-62 tank
○ 2 self propelled howitzers
○ 2 armored personnel carriers
○ 6 transports
○ An ammunition dump in Bilohirchi
9:25 AM :️ The Russian occupation authorities confirmed that the Antonov bridge in Kherson was damaged due to the night attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
12:16 AM: Local residents report on social networks that the Antonovskiy Bridge was damaged. At the same time, the Russian occupying power claims that the air defense intercepted all the missiles. We are waiting for official information.
July 26
4:24 PM Operational command Pivden "South:” *Three bridges in the Kherson region are under the fire control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. These are the Antonov, Dariivka bridges and the crossing over the dam of the Nova Kakhovka hydroelectric power station. The Darivka Bridge, crossing the Ingulets River connecting the 2 halves of the Left Bank controlled by Russia, has been destroyed. Russia is now trying to build a pontoon Bridge.
2:26 PM: Deputy Head of the Kherson Regional Council, Yuryi Sobolevskyi, reported that the Kherson Vodokanal (Water and Wastewater municipal utility)bills were sent to local residents and denominated in rubles.
MYKOLAIV
July 27
9:26 AM Regional Military Administration :Mykolaiv was again shelled by Russian troops at 6.20 a.m.
● According to preliminary information, the hit was in the industrial zone and repair enterprise. Also, Russians damaged a building and private transport. No casualties.
July 26
3:14 PM: The head of Mykolaiv Regional Administration spoke about the first results of the operation to catch Russian agents in the city and region.
● "We are currently processing three people and checking the others. They give a lot of information, people refuse money, they help just like that. Some of this information is useful, we are working with it", he clarified.
● Kim also reminded that the city will be closed in a few weeks to carry out an operation to identify sabotage and intelligence groups.
1:13 PM Regional Military Administration: This morning, the Russian army launched 18 missiles - X-59 of the "air-to-surface" class and type C300.
● "Not all of them hit the target. Some were shot down, some were not. But a part of those that got hit fell into objects of critical infrastructure and enterprises. Fortunately, there were no casualties.”
PBS “Newshour” July 26: Reporter Simon Ostrovsky visited a destroyed commercial building in Mykolaiv, that was producing children’s playground equipment. Apparently, the structure was also used by Ukrainian troops for R&R. According to Ostrovsky, 40 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the Russian strike that destroyed the building. A cleaning lady is suspected of providing the Russians with targeting coordinates.
ODESA
July 26
4:49 PM Regional prosecutor: As a result of Russian shelling of Zatoka, 5 residential buildings were destroyed, more than 15 recreation centres, 60 summer cottages and about 80 shopping pavilions in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district were damaged.
Zatoka is a resort area located southwest of Odesa. The ex-girlfriend of a friend of mine, and her sister, own a small hotel in Zatoka. We have been there. It is located across from an old Soviet-era sanitorium. Fortunately, I was told that the hotel wasn’t hit, and the owners and their families are safe in Germany. The only structure of military significance in Zatoka is a railroad bridge connecting Odesa and cities located at the Mouth of the Danube that have been taking some shipments of Ukrainian grain. The bridge crosses the Mouth of the Dniester River. The bridge has been hit by Russian missiles at least 4 times. Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi is a small city that sits near the mouth of the Dniester. The city contains an ancient fort that was the subject of fighting between the Russians and Ottoman Turks. One can visit the fort, where you can try your hand with a crossbow. I am happy to say that I blew up one balloon. I told a Stanford Business School Classmate to visit the fort when he and his wife were taking a bike ride through Moldiva’s wine country (also extends down to the Odesa Region). I’m not sure if they visited, or if they did, that they tried out the crossbows.
4:23 PM Air Force Command: Today, early in the morning, the Russians launched 5 attacks on the Odesa region from the Black Sea with X-59 missiles from Su-30 and Su-35 aircraft. Also, around 05:00 (GMT+3), 10 long-range bombers immediately delivered 8 more strikes with Kh-22 missiles.
1:03 PM : The State Emergency Service of Ukraine showed footage of the aftermath of the Russian shelling of Zatoka in the Odesa region.
● As a result, one person was injured. A number of private houses were destroyed, there were fires that have already been extinguished.
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
Hungarian Counselor Orbana Hegedius resigned after Orban’s scandalous speech about the "purity of the nation".
● The politician reported that she was forced to end cooperation with Orban due to his "disgraceful position".
Would that an American politician "disgrace" himself thusly. Whatever else Orban may be doing, I wish him, and Hungary success in this, the paramount task of a people.