Shahed

 In the morning, machine gun shots were heard several times. From local telegram channels and Instagram, we learned that two "Shahed" were shot down.

Lviv

 The Russians hit Lviv with rockets. The shots were fired in the area of ​​the railway station. The news reports that 7 people died, including 2 children, girls aged 9 and 12. The girls were sisters and died together with their mother. Only the father of the family survived. He returned to the apartment to get water. The children were with their mother on the stairs when they were hit. The stairs collapsed and they found themselves under the rubble. As a result of the missile attack, about 50 houses were destroyed and damaged. In that area of ​​Lviv, there are mostly houses that were built during the time of Austro-Hungary.

 **** We heard two explosions during the night. Apparently, the anti-aircraft defense shot down Russian missiles, or "Shakhed" because there was no damage in our region. They only reported that the air defense system worked well.

After the missile attack, only the father survived

 Russia struck a military communications institute and a hospital in Poltava with two Iskanders. In the evening was known, 51 people died and more than 200 were injured.

 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine officially confirmed that an F-16 fighter jet crashed during a mass missile attack on Ukraine on August 26, and the pilot died. The cause of the plane crash has not yet been determined. Different publications indicate different versions - pilot error, technical malfunction, and "friendly fire".

 At night and in the morning there were again several air alarms. At about 3:30 in the morning there was a loud explosion that woke us up. In the morning, I looked in Telegram, a Russian missile was indeed shot down in the Rivne region.

 Mass shelling of Ukraine with missiles and drones. The air alert continued for more than 5 hours. The news reports that the Russians launched more than 200 missiles and drones. Two missiles were aimed at Rivne. One was shot down, the other hit an infrastructure object. The drone also hit a 5-story building in Lutsk. Shelling was in all regions of Ukraine. One of the drones flew into Poland and it is not finded for yet.

 The Russians bombed something in Ternopil. It is reported that there is a big fire at an industrial facility and the chlorine content in the air exceeds the norm by 4-10 times.

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Ours take part of the Kursk region of Russia under their control.

  ****         The Russians intensified their pressure on the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region.

 The offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the Kursk region of Russia continues for the third day. Our authority does not officially announce anything. Various telegram channels write that the offensive is carried out by regular troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with armored vehicles, air defense equipment, artillery and regular weapons. At the beginning of the offensive, the Russians reported that they were fighting a Ukrainian sabotage and intelligence group.

 It is reported in the news that there were two air alarms at night because the most massive attack by "Shakhed" on Kyiv was carried out. Our anti-aircraft defense shot down 89 Shaheds and one missile.

 It was officially reported that as a result of a missile strike on July 8, 38 people died, including 4 children and 190 people were injured.

Okhmadyt children's hospitall

 

At least 20 people have been killed after Russia launched a massive missile attack against cities across Ukraine, according to officials.

In the capital, Kyiv, at least seven people were killed in a rare daytime attack. The city's mayor said a children's hospital was hit by the missile strike and was being evacuated.

The head of the military administration in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih said at least 10 people had been killed there, with three killed in the eastern town of Pokrovsk.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is visiting Poland, said that Russia had fired some 40 missiles at targets across the country.

Mr Zelensky, who is due to travel to the US for this week's Nato summit in Washington, said Russia had "massively attacked" Ukraine.

"Different cities: Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Sloviansk, Kramatorsk. More than 40 missiles of various types. Residential buildings, infrastructure and a children's hospital were damaged," he said.

Plumes of smoke could be seen across the capital Kyiv, while video posted on social media showed the destruction inside and outside of the Okhmadyt children's hospital. It is not clear if anyone inside was injured.

But Mr Zelensky said in a social media post that people were trapped under the rubble of the hospital. He added that the number of people injured at Okhmadyt hospital was unclear.

Vitaliy Klitschko, Kyiv's mayor, told the Reuters news agency the bombardment was the worst attack on the capital since the start of the war.

Elsewhere, Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the military administration in Kryvy Rih, posted on the Telegram messaging app that at least 10 people were killed and 31 wounded following the attack on the city. Of those, he said 10 were seriously injured.

Kryvy Rih is Mr Zelensky's home town and has been repeatedly attacked by Russia since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

The Russian bombardment comes as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Moscow for a two-day state visit to Russia where he is due to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin.

(BBC news)

July 20, 2024. News to the end of day

 The Biden administration has announced that air defense missiles produced in the coming months, primarily Patriot and NASAMS, will be sent to Ukraine as a priority. Deliveries to countries other than Taiwan and Israel will be delayed until a later time, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said. He did not specify how long Ukraine will enjoy this priority, but American media sources say 16 months.

Vladimir Putin, in a conversation with Russian journalists, said that the participation of North Korean combatants (Russian agencies called these hypothetical soldiers “volunteers”) in the war in Ukraine was not discussed during his visit to Pyongyang, he himself did not ask for it and the DPRK leadership did not propose it.

Putin also said that the preconditions for the start of ceasefire negotiations with Ukraine, which he called June 14, could change depending on the situation on the ground.

Representatives of the South Korean president said on Thursday that in response to the Russian-North Korean “mutual defense” agreement signed the day before, Seoul could begin direct arms supplies to Ukraine. Putin responded to this in absentia that “this would be a very big mistake,” threatening “decisions that are unlikely to please the current leadership of South Korea” (this can also be interpreted as a hint at the political weakness and unpopularity of South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol).

A severed human head

 During aerial reconnaissance at one of the combat positions in the Donetsk region, the Ukrainian military discovered a damaged armored vehicle of the Defense Forces of Ukraine. Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin posted a photo that confirms a crime that was gruesome even for the conditions of war: a severed human head was lying on the hood of a military vehicle.

"We received information that the Russian commanders gave an order not to capture Ukrainian servicemen, but instead to kill them with inhuman cruelty - by beheading. The fact of the beheading of a Ukrainian defender was recorded in Donetsk region," prosecutor A.Kostin wrote.

Poltava

Twenty-two people, including three children, were injured in a Russian missile attack on the city of Poltava on 17 June.

Putin's ultimatum

 Putin, somewhere at the meeting, expressed the conditions for the end of the war in Ukraine., - to give him four oblasts, completely, within the administrative borders (Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya, and Kherson), as well as Ukraine's refusal to join NATO.

 Ukraine is really already tired of the war. Many young people have been killed at the wart or became disabled. Many women with children, as well as men who were could did it, left the country to escape the war. Those of them who were able to adapt to life abroad will not return to Ukraine.

 Putin's proposal is unacceptable, in fact it is an ultimatum. Moreover, Putin is a well known liar and should not be trusted.

Kryvyi Rih

 

At least nine people have been killed and 29 injured in a Russian missile strike on Ukraine's southern city of Kryvyi Rih, local officials say.

Ukraine's prosecutor general's office says five children are among the injured after a residential building was hit on Wednesday. Earlier, four people were reported missing.

Emergency services, police and volunteers are now combing through the wreckage. Search dogs have been brought to the scene.

After the nighttime Russian attack by drones, liquidation of a fire at an industrial enterprise continues in Kyiv.

 

 This morning, Russian ballistic missiles fired at residential areas of the Dnipro.
There are 7 victims after that.
- The boy, who is 1 month old, is in satisfactory condition. Will be treated on an outpatient basis.
– A 17-year-old boy is in the hospital in a moderate condition.
- Three women aged 32, 36 and 56. One of them is hospitalized, doctors assess her condition as moderate.
- A man, 68 years old
One and a half dozen cars were damaged. Broken windows in private houses, high-rise buildings and a hospital.

 Russia has subjected Ukraine's energy infrastructure to another massive attack. The strikes were aimed at targets in five regions of the country: Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kirovograd and Ivano-Frankivsk. In total, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 53 missiles of various types and 47 attack drones were used for this attack. At the same time, 35 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles were fired from Tu-95 MS strategic bombers in the Saratov region, an area of ​​Russian airspace over the Caspian Sea. Another 4 Iskander-M ballistic missiles and one Iskander-K cruise missile were fired from the territory of annexed Crimea; 10 Kalibr cruise missiles - from the north-eastern part of the Black Sea; 3 guided aircraft missiles X-59/X-69 - from the airspace of the Zaporozhye region of Ukraine under Russian control. The launch area for 47 attack UAVs of the Shahed-131/136 type was the city of the Krasnodar Territory of Primorsko-Akhtarsk, the post of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces notes.

As a result of the anti-aircraft battle, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down 81 air targets, as indicated below. Specifically, we are talking about 30 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles, 4 Kalibr cruise missiles, 1 Iskander-K cruise missile and 46 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs.

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 Today russians have been shelled airport of Zaporizhia city.

 The death toll from a Russian strike on a hardware superstore in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv rose to 16 on Sunday, Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office reported, with President Volodymyr Zelensky condemning the attack as "vile".

 

At approximately 10:30 a.m., the Russian military attacked Kharkiv and the neighboring city of Lubotyn with 15 rockets at once. According to the police, a Russian S-300 or S-400 missile hit a civilian enterprise in Kharkiv. A fire broke out in a production workshop, as a result of which at least 7 people died and 20 were injured.  We are talking about the premises of the printing shop, in which 65 people were at the time of the impact

Kryvyi Rih

 On the evening of March 12, the occupiers struck a high-rise building in Kryvyi Rih. It was reported about dozens of injured people and the probable finding of people under rubble in damaged high-rise buildings. Four people were killed and more than 40 were injured, including children. Apartment buildings, more than 300 apartments, other buildings and cars were damaged and destroyed.

This handout photograph taken and released by Ukrainian Emergency Service on 12 March 2024 shows a damaged residential building following a Russian strike, in Kryvyi Rih. A Russian strike on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih left at least four people dead and 38 wounded, including children, according to authorities in Kyiv. (Photo by Handout / UKRAINIAN EMERGENCY SERVICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / UKRAINIAN EMERGENCY SERVICE" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Svoboda Rosii

 Anti-Kremlin Russian armed groups say they have launched an attack on a village in western Russia, along the border with Ukraine.

The Kursk region's governor confirmed fighting took place, saying that the pro-Kyiv volunteers made no breakthrough. The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow's forces managed to repel the attack.

A fuel depot in the western Russian city of Oryol was hit by a drone strike, causing a fire, the regional governor said early Tuesday. It was one of several Ukrainian attacks overnight.

Ukrainian drones also attacked the Russian regions of Belgorod, Kursk, Tula and Moscow, local officials said.

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Taganrog Beriev aircraft factory had been attacked

 Russian authorities claim a substantial drone assault across four regions, with Taganrog Beriev aircraft factory possibly among the targets, as 47 drones were reportedly downed.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported a significant drone attack allegedly targeting Taganrog in the Rostov region, as announced by regional governor Vasiliy Golubev on Telegram.

A total of 47 drones were reportedly downed early Saturday, March 9, across four regions, with 41 drones allegedly intercepted and destroyed in Rostov.

Preliminary reports indicate no casualties from the Taganrog drone attack, though a Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations employee involved in the aftermath sustained injuries.

Kharkiv region

 In the northeast Ukrainian Kharkiv region, an overnight Russian strike injured five people, including a three-year old child.

Russia and Ukraine said they downed dozens of drones overnight, as both launched overnight attacks on each other's targets behind the stretched frontlines.

Drones -- both attack craft packed with explosives and those with advanced cameras for reconnaissance -- have been used extensively throughout the two-year war.

Ukraine's air force said Russia fired 37 Iranian-style "Shahed" kamikaze drones and three missiles at its territory overnight.

"As a result of combat operations, 33 'Shaheds' were shot down in the Kirovograd, Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions," it said in a post on Telegram.

(Kyivpost.com)

Lost HIMARS

 

The Defense Forces of Ukraine lost a HIMARS missile system in the Donetsk area. During the two years of the war, the Russian army managed to destroy the Ukrainian M142 HIMARS rocket launcher system for the first time. The video of the moment on March 5 was published by the Russian Z-channels.

The HIMARS was hit southeast of the village of Mykonorivky in Donbas. A secondary detonation at the point of impact indicates that it was unfortunately not a mock-up. The fate of the crew members is currently unknown.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine does not comment on what happened. This incident was the first visually confirmed loss of HIMARS.

The Russians assure that the Iskander tactical complex struck the installation. However, there is currently no confirmation of this information.

(bukinfo.com.ua)

High-Tech French HAMMER Bomb

 First-Time Use of High-Tech French HAMMER Bomb by Ukraine as Macron Urges Europe to Take on Putin. The French president has reversed his position on Ukraine since Russia invaded. The drop of a high-tech French bomb on Russian troops is the latest proof of Paris’ newfound commitment to Kyiv.

(Kyiv Post)

The Russian ship is downed

 

Ukrainian naval drones attacked and destroyed the Russian patrol ship of project 22160 "Sergey Kotov" in the Black Sea. According to the information of the Main Directorate of Intelligence, the ship attacked the special unit of the Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine "Group 13" with Magura V5 marine drones. "Sergei Kotov" is the newest patrol ship of project 22160, which was launched in 2021.

The ship joined the Black Sea Fleet of Russia already after the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine - in July 2022.

In total, Russia has four similar ships - "Vasily Bykov", "Dmitry Rogachev", "Pavel Derzhavin" and "Sergei Kotov".

The ship's crew is up to 80 people.

The ship value is more than 60 million dollars.

Killed children in Odesa

 Under the rubble of a building in Odesa, rescuers did found body of 10 y.o. boy who died as a result of a Russian attack. The body of his sister, 8 y.o. Zlata, was also unblocked. Russian drones killed 12 people, including five children, in the Odessa house.

Odesa, Mirnograd, Pokrovsk

In Odesa, the body of another dead baby was found under the rubble of a high-rise building destroyed by Shahed. The child was only eight months old. The number of victims of the raid of the drones on the city on the night of March 2 increased to ten.

According to the Donetsk regional prosecutor's office, on Sunday night the Russian military fired at the city of Mirnograd, firing 4 missiles at it, first with S-300. A town district with dense residential buildings came under fire, police said in a statement.

As a result, three people were injured - two women, 33 and 50 years old, and a 37-year-old man. Among the damaged objects are at least 12 multi-storey and 13 private houses, educational institutions, a store, and a bus, the regional prosecutor’s office said.

Also today, the Russian military shelled the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region. Residential buildings were at the epicenter of the explosions, the regional prosecutor's office said. As a result of the shelling, women aged 24 and 52 received shrapnel wounds.

The regional prosecutor's office published photos of the consequences of the Russian strikes. The Russian Ministry of Defense has not yet commented on the strikes in the Donetsk region.

(BBC news)

Odesa Block-of-Flats

 At night, the Russians attacked Odesa with Shahed kamikaze drones. As a result of the attack, a multi-story residential building was destroyed in the city. Law enforcement officers and rescuers worked at the scene all night.

Russians killed two people. At least seven more civilians, including a child, received injuries. The blow of the Russians fell directly into a multi-story building, as a result of which the entire entrance was destroyed. A search and rescue operation is underway at the scene of the strike attack.

The number of victims may increase, because on the morning of March 2, seven residents of the affected building were not able to communicate. Rescuers continue to work at the scene, hoping to find survivors under the rubble.

Heating stations were quickly deployed near the destroyed building. The Ministry of Internal Affairs clarified that a dozen apartment buildings were left without heat supply due to the enemy attack.

A child's body was found under the rubble, 12 people are considered missing. According to Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin in a comment to a Radio Liberty correspondent, among the dead in Odesa is a child aged 3 to 5 years.