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30 July 2023
Over the week, Ukraine’s Defense Forces eliminated nearly 3,740 Russian military servicemen and destroyed 54 main battle tanks and 137 artillery systems.
The Candlemas Temple run by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (in unity with the Moscow Patriarchate) sustained damage in the Russian missile attack on Sumy.
In the Tavria operational zone in southern Ukraine, Russian troops lost more than two companies worth of soldiers killed and wounded in action, while 20 units of their military hardware were destroyed over the past 24 hours.
In Kharkiv region, four Russian one-way attack drones struck the village of Tymofiivka, Bohoduhiv district, this morning.
Russian troops shelled the village of Novodmytrivka in Kherson region, injuring a 33-year-old woman.
Units of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated nine invaders and 49 quadcopters over the past day.
Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, the Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, showed how the Ukrainian military discovered Russian Buk system equipment and destroyed it in five minutes.
In Lyman–Kupyansk direction, the enemy is making futile attempts to seize the initiative and conduct offensive operations.
Lieutenant General Serhiy Nayev, the Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has stated that the Russian army fires long-range artillery and mortars in Sumy direction every day.
As a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation, 498 children have been killed and more than 1,080 have been injured in Ukraine.
Yesterday, the enemy shelled the settlements of four districts of Kharkiv region. Destructions were reported.
The death toll in a Russian attack on Sumy has risen to two. Twenty people were injured.
Ukraine's defense forces continue to hold the initiative and carry out assault operations in the Bakhmut sector.
Russia's dragging out its war against Ukraine works both ways, as destructive processes are currently taking place in Russia and elements of a civil war are visible.
Russia kept 12 warships in the Black Sea and one more in the Sea of Azov as of the morning of Sunday, July 30.
The Russian army carried out 14 shelling attacks on Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region last night and this morning.
A 32-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man were killed and two people were injured in a Russian missile attack on Zaporizhzhia on July 29.
The Russian army launched 69 shelling attacks on the Kherson region on Saturday, July 29, wounding two people.
The Ukrainian Air Force destroyed eight Russian drones last night, including four Shahed-136/131 attack UAVs and four reconnaissance drones.
On the night of July 30, the Ukrainian Air Force intercepted eight Russian unmanned aerial vehicles – four Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones and four reconnaissance UAVs.
From February 24, 2022 to July 30, 2023, Ukraine’s Defense Forces eliminated 245,700 Russian invaders, including 480 in the past day.
Analysts with the Institute for the Study of War analyzed how the rhetoric regarding the coverage of events on the front lines in Ukraine has changed in the Russian information space, noting that Russia's pro-war platforms are now sharing Kremlin's narratives about the alleged "failure" of the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
The Russian Federation continues to wage a war of aggression, despite significant losses as 36 military clashes took place over the past day.
In the temporarily occupied Crimea, the Russians are expanding "military-patriotic education" efforts aimed at spreading propaganda among the younger population.
Explosions rang out in Russia’s capital Moscow and its suburbs overnight Saturday, July 30, as local reports say the city was attacked by unidentified drones. Air defense forces were activated in the city outskirts.
A former doctor of the Kherson regional hospital is suspected of collaboration with the Russian invasion forces.
Voices in both the German government and opposition speak up in support for increasing military aid to Kyiv, including by sending long-range missiles, while the authorities are delaying the decision due to certain "fears".
On the evening of July 29, a Russian missile hit an educational facility in Sumy, as a result of which at least one person was killed and five were injured.
The Russian Federation is trying to attract more collaborators and residents loyal to the enemy in the temporarily occupied part of Kherson region to identify citizens who have a pro-Ukrainian position or support the defense forces.
Numerous German volunteer combatants have traveled to the war zone in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion.