Russian forces have targeted dozens of locations containing Ukrainian troops in the Zaporozhye direction, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson said.
In the past 24 hours, Ukrainian troops did not take active action in the Zaporozhye direction, having only conducted reconnaissance and attempted to regroup forces, the spokesperson specified.
"In the course of systematic fire and counter-battery combat, a [Ukrainian] mortar crew was destroyed in the Mirny area … A [Russian] strike drone destroyed an armored combat vehicle with militants in the area northwest of Priyutnoye. Assault aircraft hit about a dozen places where militants gathered in the Pyatikhatok area," the spokesperson told Sputnik.
Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, after the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics appealed for help in defending themselves against Ukrainian provocations. In response to Russia’s operation, Western countries have rolled out a comprehensive sanctions campaign against Moscow and have been supplying weapons to Ukraine.
On September 30, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin and the heads of the Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics, as well as Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, signed agreements on the accession of these territories to Russia, following referendums that showed an overwhelming majority of the local population supported becoming part of Russia.
An anti-tank guided missile destroyed a dugout of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zone of the special military op.
Ukraine launched its long-advertised counteroffensive in early June after multiple postponements. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Ukrainian troops continue to try but are failing to advance along three directions: South Donetsk, Artemovsk (Bakhmut) and Zaporozhye, the latter being of primary focus.
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▪️The command of the Black Sea Fleet announced a warning to seafarers about a mine danger on a shipping route in the north-west of the Black Sea due to the discovery of a Ukrainian uncontrollably drifting mine, the Ministry of Defense reported;
▪️On July 19, the Federation Council will consider an appeal to the parliaments of the world in connection with the supply of cluster munitions by the United States to Ukraine, Karasin told RIA Novosti;
▪️A drone crashed at night in Kurchatov, where the Kursk nuclear power plant is located, there were no casualties, critical facilities were not damaged, Governor Starovoit said;
▪️All necessary measures have been taken to ensure the safety of Russian nuclear power plants, the situation is under control, Rosatom Director General Likhachev said;
▪️The RF Armed Forces repelled 16 attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction, as a result of which Ukraine lost up to 280 servicemen, the RF Ministry of Defense reported;
▪️Ukrainian forces in the Kherson direction lost up to 70 servicemen, five vehicles, in the South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions up to 210 soldiers, added to the Russian Defense Ministry;
▪️Ukrainian troops in the course of their counter-offensive are moving slower than expected, according to Agence France-Presse, the head of the office of the President of Ukraine;
▪️There are no new elements regarding the extension of Russia's participation in the grain deal, Peskov said;
The UN is waiting for an official decision on the Black Sea initiative, at the moment the situation with it has not changed, a source in the organization told RIA Novosti.
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