Fighting continues on approaches to Vuhlehirska TPP, near Berestove
The enemy launches assault in the area of Berestove and on the approaches to the Vuhlehirska thermal power plant.
20 July 2022
The enemy launches assault in the area of Berestove and on the approaches to the Vuhlehirska thermal power plant.
Russian troops continue to open fire on the border areas of Sumy Region and Chernihiv Region from the territory of Russia with aviation, mortars, cannon and rocket artillery.
Russia has already lost about 38,750 troops in Ukraine (+200 over the past day).
On the night of July 20, 2022, Russian invaders opened fire on the urban-type village of Bilohorivka, Luhansk Region, with the Grad multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).
The Armed Forces of Ukraine completely eliminated a group of Russian mercenaries from the Wagner private military company.
On July 19, the Ukrainian military inflicted damage on several command posts of the Russian occupiers, control stations, and logistic support bases on the southern front. In total, the enemy lost 41 soldiers and 12 equipment units.
19 July 2022
The Ukrainian military has inflicted losses on Russian invaders and forced them to retreat in the Sloviansk and Donetsk directions, whereas in the Pokrovske direction, Russian forces have partial success and gain a foothold on the southern outskirts of the settlement.
Russian troops are conducting defensive battles, resorting to remote fire to hold their ground in the South Buh direction.
Ukrainian artillerymen have destroyed Russia’s self-propelled howitzer Msta-S.
From February 24 to July 19, the Ukrainian troops eliminated about 38,550 Russian invaders.
A 5-month-old baby was injured in Russian strike on Odesa region on the night of July 19. In total, more than 1,019 Ukrainian children have already been affected by the full-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine prevented enemy’s attempt to conduct reconnaissance in fighting near the populated area of Udy, inflicting losses on the invaders and forcing them to retreat.
The wife of the President of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, began her visit to Washington at the invitation of U.S. First Lady Jill Biden.
On July 18, the aviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck the enemy's ammunition depot and Russian personnel in the Snihurivka area, Mykolaiv region.
18 July 2022
In all occupied territories, Ukrainian citizens should hear about Ukraine from Ukrainians.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces repulsed enemy assaults and pushed the Russians back in the Sloviansk and Bakhmut directions. In the Avdiyivka direction, the enemy suffered losses and retreated in the area of Verkniotoretske – Kamianka.
Mercenary units of private military company Wagner suffered heavy losses in battles with Ukrainian defenders in the east of Ukraine.
From February 24 to July 18, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated about 38,450 Russian troops in Ukraine, including 150 on July 17.
The Ukrainian military have repulsed enemy assaults in the Donetsk and Bakhmut directions, as well as near Kamianka, Novomykhailivka and Vuhledar.
On July 17, 2022, the Ukrainian military eliminated 36 Russian occupiers, as well as destroyed their military equipment and two ammunition depots within the temporarily occupied areas of Mykolaiv Region.
17 July 2022
During the ongoing war, Ukraine has weakened the Russian army to such an extent that the latter could launch a new offensive no earlier than in two years.
During the day, Russian occupation troops continued to focus their main efforts on attempts to establish control over the city of Siversk and advance towards the city of Bakhmut. The Ukrainian military repulsed several assault attempts and forced the enemy to retreat with losses.
In the Black Sea, the ship group of the enemy forces now consists of two missile carriers and one large landing ship.
A delegation of the Estonian Defense Forces, led by the commander, Lieutenant General Martin Herem, as part of an official visit to Ukraine, visited the sites of Russian war crimes in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions.
From February 24 to July 17, Ukraine’s defenders eliminated nearly 38,300 Russian invaders, including 160 in the past day alone.
Two villages are remaining Ukrainian controlled in Luhansk Region.
The Ukrainian military have repulsed the enemy’s assault actions near Ivano-Darivka, as well as Russia’s attempt to advance towards Verkhniokamianka in the Sloviansk direction.
In the Southern direction, the Ukrainian military have eliminated 36 Russian invaders and destroyed two T-72 tanks, one Tor surface-to-air missile system, as well as two man-portable air defense system (MPADS) units together with staff personnel and ammunition.
16 July 2022
On July 15, 2022, a large column of enemy vehicles was spotted in the temporarily occupied city of Mariupol, driving towards Zaporizhzhia Region.
Houses in a private sector were destroyed in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, as a result of a Russian rocket strike. Industrial facilities were also hit.