Russia trying to prevent escape of potential draftees – UK intelligence
The Russian government is developing a system to prevent potential draftees to the Russian military from leaving the country.
17 July 2024
The Russian government is developing a system to prevent potential draftees to the Russian military from leaving the country.
16 July 2024
Russian troops intensified their attacks in the Kurakhove axis, while a total of 65 combat engagements have been recorded since the start of Tuesday.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has returned to the Armed Forces a significant amount of ammunition of various calibers, which had been transferred to enterprises for disposal as surplus before the start of Russia's armed aggression.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi thanked the units of the Missile Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which, in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces, struck at the enemy S-300 complex in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk region.
Over the past few days, the enemy has been actively using KABs (guided aerial bombs - ed.) in the Kharkiv direction.
President Volodymyr Zelensky chaired a meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, with the main topics being: the situation on the main front lines, rotation, and armament.
In Kherson, emergency workers rescued three people from an apartment building where a fire broke out as a result of Russian shelling.
Ukrainian defenders have repelled four enemy assaults in the Orikhiv sector and three assaults on the east bank of the Dnipro River in the operational area of the Southern Defense Forces.
A 70-year-old woman has been injured in Russian shelling of Kherson.
Rescue workers have recovered the bodies of two people from under the rubble of a high-rise building in Myrnohrad, Donetsk region, that was hit in a Russian missile attack on July 14.
A woman was killed and two men were injured as Russian forces shelled the town of Vovchansk, Chuhuiv district, late on Monday, July 15.
Ukraine's air defense units destroyed two Shahed-136/131 strike drones and eight reconnaissance UAVs late on July 15 and early on July 16.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, thanked the soldiers who are currently on the battlefield, at combat posts, and on combat missions.
Russian invaders launched a drone that hit an energy maintenance crew repairing gas equipment in Antonivka in the suburb of Kherson.
On Tuesday, July 16, the Russian invasion army shelled a local market in Kherson, damaging a business center and commercial premises.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin's terms for ending the war against Ukraine are tantamount to the nation’s surrender, indicating that Putin remains uninterested in good faith negotiations on any terms other than Russia's.
Over the past day, 119 combat clashes with the Russian invaders took place at the front.
The total combat losses of Russian troops in Ukraine from February 24, 2022 to July 16, 2024 amount to about 561,400 people, including 1,110 people in the past 24 hours.
An additional batch of priests of the Russian Orthodox Church was sent to the temporarily occupied territories by the Moscow Patriarchate to "support" the wounded Russian military and to agitate them to return to the front.
Another Georgian volunteer, Zurab Yashvili, was killed in the battles for Ukraine against the Russian invaders.
In the temporarily occupied part of the Kherson region, the Russians have banned local residents from entering a 15-kilometer zone along the Dnipro River.
The provision of arms to Ukraine by NATO allies only for defending itself rather than for prevailing in the war is a consequence of the lack of strategic vision and ineffective nuclear deterrence of Russia by the United States.
15 July 2024
As a result of a Russian strike, a fire broke out at a residential building in the Korabelnyi district of Kherson.
If the possibility of certain military operations targeting the Crimea Bridge is theoretically assumed, their execution would requires a complex approach and various types of weapons involved.
The current ban on the use of Western weapons for legitimate purposes on the territory of the Russian Federation is meaningless, it gives Russians an advantage and the opportunity to kill more Ukrainians.
Russian troops shelled the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region with artillery and drones during the day, damaging houses, an enterprise, and a power line.
Telephone conversations between the US and Russian defense ministers are a correct practice, and Ukrainians should not look for any negative aspects of this.
Russian troops dropped two guided aerial bombs on the Lyman in the Donetsk region, injuring five people.
The NATO Representation to Ukraine will increase the number of international staff and focus more on achieving interoperability of our country with other members of the Alliance following the summit in Washington.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine needs 25 Patriot air defense systems for full protection, but declined to say how many the country has already received.