2023-07-14 17:17:59
Kiev, Ukrainian troops are preparing for an offensive in Kherson
Ukrainian troops are preparing for an offensive in the Russian-held Kherson sector (southern Ukraine, editor’s note) and preparing a bridgehead to expand the offensive in the Avdiivka sector in the east. Colonel Mykola Urshalovych of the Ukrainian National Guard Directorate is quoted by UNIAN and adds that the units of the 15th Task Force Brigade are conducting offensive actions in the Melitopol sector (south-eastern Ukraine, editor’s note). According to the Military Media Center, the Russians are trying to prevent the landing of Ukrainian troops on the left bank of the river Dnieper.
2023-07-14 16:44:59
Ukrainian drone in Russia shuts down Kursk nuclear reactor
One of the facilities at the Kursk nuclear power plant, one of the largest in western Russia, was shut down after a Kiev drone exploded four kilometers from the complex, Moscow Time reports. Unit 4, commissioned in 1986 and equipped with a Chernobyl-like RBMK reactor, was shut down today for repair work, Interfax reported. There was no increase in radioactivity in the area of the plant. The plant is located in Kurchatov, just over 60 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. The drone was shot down by anti-aircraft systems.
2023-07-14 16:42:46
007 from Kiev: “One of our sources is close to Putin”
“Ukrainian intelligence has sources close to Vladimir Putin. We have our sources. In the offices closest to the Russian President, so to speak. “That’s why we usually know what’s going on, like in the case of the investigation into Yevgeny Prigozhin,” Ukraine’s military intelligence chief Kirylo Budanov said in an interview published on the Portal website. Budanov gave first-hand reports that a Moscow Interior Ministry investigation showed that Prigozhin had support in Russia, confirming that his power was by no means lost after the June 24 uprising.
2023-07-14 16:39:17
Moscow: “The US wants the war to continue”
Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said he shares Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s view that the conflict in Ukraine will linger for a long time because “Westerners want the war to continue.” “You can’t contradict that, that’s the way it is,” Tass quoted Peskov as saying that Orban pointed the finger at the United States in particular. “The United States in particular is acting as the ringleader for supplying Ukraine with ever newer weapons and ordnance.” “It is precisely the United States that is constantly urging Ukraine to fight to the last Ukrainian,” Peskov said.
2023-07-14 15:49:45
Wagner: “Prigozhin is in Belarus”
The Wagner Group today released a photo on its Telegram channel showing its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin in his underpants and T-shirt, sitting on a metal tube bed in a field tent and waving at the camera. It’s not clear where and when the photo was taken, but according to the Russian paramilitary group, the picture was taken “by the Belarusian Defense Ministry” at the Wagner camp in Belarus. “A photo of Yevgeny Prigozhin turned up in the camp. “Field Wagner deployed on Belarusian territory by the Belarusian Defense Ministry,” the message said. “Belarusian sources today confirmed the beginning of the Wagner mission in Belarus,” the text continues. The photo was taken, among others, by the adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, Anton Gerashenko, on his Telegram and Twitter channels. Gerashenko points out that it is allegedly about Prigozhin and that it was allegedly recorded in Belarus. “Shoigu, Gerasimov, where are the pants?!” the senior Ukrainian official adds wryly, referring to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov. The Telegram channel of the mercenary community also published the picture with the comment: “A very unusual photo of Yevgeny Prigozhin appeared in one of the chat rooms.” Some other Telegram channels publish the photo but claim it was taken on June 12, before Wagner’s failed mutiny against Moscow on June 24. And the independent Belarusian media Nexta jokes on Telegram: “Prigozhin asked Putin to send him pants and a jacket.”
2023-07-14 10:39:26
Kiev: Troops advance south of Bakhmut
Ukrainian armed forces are continuing their offensive operations and in the last 24 hours have been making headway towards Bakhmut and advancing south of the city in eastern Ukraine, spokesman for the General Staff of the Kyiv Armed Forces Andriy Kovalev told United News TV channel, as reported by Rbc-Ukraine . Ukrainian troops are continuing offensive operations towards Melitopol, Berdyansk and Bakhmut with some success, Kovalev said. In addition, Ukrainian soldiers continue to conduct Russian counter-battery fire at identified enemy targets and engage in counter-battery combat. Kovalev stressed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting an offensive north and south of Bakhmut.
2023-07-14 10:32:15
Kiev: 16 of 17 Russian kamikaze drones shot down overnight
Ukraine’s air defenses shot down 16 of 17 kamikaze drones launched by Russian forces in the country last night, as well as seven reconnaissance drones, the Kyiv Armed Forces Air Force reported, Ukrinform reported.
2023-07-14 10:01:01
European Commission: “Kiev must come up with a plan for reconstruction”
“In order to receive the funds, Ukraine needs to prepare a reconstruction plan that includes both investments and reforms. The reforms are also related to Ukraine’s EU integration and the allocation of resources will be made in line with the completion of the investments and reforms with the dual purpose of providing a comprehensive stabilization function but also providing specific funding for projects. This was stated by the Vice-President of the European Commission, Valdis Dombrovskis, upon his arrival at the European Council of Economy Ministers in Brussels.
He recalled that in the Ecofin Council, “for the first time, ministers will discuss the European Commission’s proposal on the multiannual financial framework”. As part of this review, “We have a EUR 50 billion facility for Ukraine, consisting of grants and loans, for the period from 2024 to 2027. So we are giving a substantial medium-term package and we hope that other donors will follow suit .” posts. 2023-07-14 09:57:33
Kiev, at least 23 dead killed in the night
At least 23 drones were shot down by Ukrainian defenses last night. The message was delivered by the Kiev Air Force. Of the 17 drones Shahed According to Telegram, 16 attacks were shot down by Iranians sent by Russian forces. Air defense also hit one reconnaissance drone and six “tactical-operational” drones.
2023-07-14 09:48:27
Russia, no more sex reassignment surgery: law banning surgeries passed
In the third and final reading, the Duma approved the bill banning sex reassignment surgeries in Russia, the Russian state news agency Ria Novosti reported.
2023-07-14 09:45:22
007 GB: “Vacation of the Russian Navy? pay attention to safety”
For the first time since 2017, nuclear submarines will not take part in the Russian naval parade on the day of the naval holiday, July 30. The decision could be related to internal security concerns. The British secret service writes about this in the daily report on the war in Ukraine published by the Ministry of Defense in London. State media reported that nuclear submarines of Russia’s Northern Fleet will not take part in the July 30 Navy Day naval parade in St. Petersburg. This would be the first year in which nuclear submarines were not involved since the party’s current format was established in 2017. The change is likely primarily due to the need to enable maintenance and maintain operational and training readiness. There is also a realistic possibility that internal security concerns following the Wagner group’s attempted mutiny contributed to the decision.”
2023-07-14 08:33:32
Putin: Prigozhin rejected my offer
In an interview with Kommersant, Vladimir Putin reveals that at a meeting with the leader of the Wagner group Yevgeny Prigozhin and a group of fighters who are responding to his orders, he made a proposal. Proposal rejected by Prigozhin. The Russian President would have offered Wagner’s men to continue fighting under the orders of their current commander, Andrei “Sedoy” Trochev. “They would have continued to serve together,” reports Kommersant. “Nothing would have changed. They would be led by the same person who had been their commander all along. “Many of them nodded when I said that,” Kommersant quotes Putin as saying. But Prigozhin refused. “No, the boys will not agree with such a decision,” he said.
2023-07-14 08:21:02
Putin: “Wagner doesn’t exist!”
The paramilitary group Wagner does not exist, at least from a legal point of view: Russian President Vladimir Putin told the newspaper “Kommersant” and spoke for the first time about his meeting in the Kremlin with the founder of the mercenary militia, Yevgeny Prigozhin days later the mutiny of June 24. “Well, the Wagner doesn’t exist!” Putin exclaimed in response to the Kommersant journalist who asked him if the group would remain as a combat unit. “We have no law for private military organizations! It just doesn’t exist!” he added: “There is a group, but legally it doesn’t exist!”.
2023-07-14 07:35:03
Pentagon: Wagner no longer participates significantly
The Wagner Group is no longer significantly involved in military operations in Ukraine. This was stated by Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder. “At this time we do not see any significant intervention by Wagner troops in support of combat operations in Ukraine,” he said.
2023-07-14 07:23:14
Cluster bombs delivered to Kyiv
The Pentagon has confirmed that cluster munitions supplied by the US to Kiev have been handed over to Ukraine, Ukrainian General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi told CNN yesterday. “There are cluster munitions in Ukraine right now,” Lt. Gen. Douglas Sims, director of joint operations for the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a news conference quoted by American media, reiterating that Ukraine has no intention of “using the munitions clustered nearby.” .” the civilian population as opposed to the Russians”: “The Ukrainians intend to use them in the tactical environment against the Russians, not against civilians.”
2023-07-14 07:22:19
Zelenskyy: Six other countries adhere to security guarantees
“Just 24 hours after the NATO summit in Vilnius, six countries joined the world’s seven largest democracies with whom we agreed on security guarantees yesterday: the Czech Republic, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden.” Thank you ! I am confident that the number of guarantors will increase. Ukraine and the United States will keep a list of states that will sign our joint statement with the G7 on security guarantees on the way to NATO.” This was announced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.