Live text broadcast – short and concise about the most important things in the war in Ukraine on July 25. Ukraine has been heroically defending its land against the aggressor’s invasion for more than a year.
22:26. After yesterday’s Russian shooting with cluster ammunition in Kostyantinivka, Donetsk region, the second child – a girl born in 2011 – died in the hospital. As a result of the shooting, 3 people were killed, including 2 children, 6 people were injured.
21:10. International partners will provide Ukraine with more than $244 million worth of demining equipment.
20:27. Another “Wagner” column has arrived in Belarus, reports pravda.com.ua.
18:44. In the sky over Syria, a Russian jet fighter flew within a few meters of a US drone and fired signal missiles at it, hitting and damaging the American aircraft, the US military said on Tuesday.
17:42 In the near future, a new direction of the front may open in Kherson region. It could be in the Kherson region, near the Kahovka reservoir, which has dried up after the Russian terrorist attack, said military expert Roman Svitans on Channel 24.
17:19 On Tuesday, the State Duma of Russia approved the raising of the maximum age for compulsory military service from 27 to 30 years.
From now on, men between the ages of 18 and 30 will be subject to compulsory military service.
Changing the conscription age was proposed by the Ministry of Defense in December 2022, but at that time it was also about raising the minimum conscription age from 18 to 21 years.
The bill still needs to be approved by the upper house of parliament before it will be sent to dictator Vladimir Putin for signature.
It is expected that the new conscription age will enter into force on January 1 of the following year.
Obviously, the purpose of these amendments to the law is to provide another additional source of cannon fodder for Russia’s war against Ukraine.
According to reports, Putin has just signed the law on increasing the age of possible conscription of reservists.
The law raises the maximum age of reservists of all ranks and categories by five years, according to a statement published on the Russian government’s official website on Monday.
Soldiers, sailors and instructors in the reserve will be able to be conscripted until the age of 55, while the maximum conscription age of reserve officers up to the rank of captain has been increased to 60 years, while the conscription age of senior officers has been increased to 65 years, and for generals – to 70.
These changes were also obviously made to prevent a shortage of cannon fodder. Last fall, 300,000 reservists were already mobilized to provide the Russian army with manpower after the losses suffered in Ukraine.
Although Moscow has consistently denied that it was planning another mobilization, experts predict that another wave of conscription is expected given the problems facing Russian troops at the front.
It is indicated that, despite all the denials of the regime, conscripts will also be sent to the front in Ukraine, who will now be able to use three more years.
16:40″There is only one scenario for the end of the war in Ukraine. Defense forces must liberate our entire territory.
“The collapse of the Russian Federation will continue for about 10 years after the defeat of the Russian army. That is, these processes will be extended for decades. Consequently, we will have a latent war along the border, clashes and battles along the border line of Ukraine.” Roman Svitans comments on TSN.
According to his predictions, the Ukrainian military will reach the borders of the Ukrainian state by the fall of 2024, if the Western partners quickly hand over planes and weapons.
15:51 The Ukrainian military managed to advance 750 meters inland in the Staromajorsk region and 500 meters along the front line in the south of the Donetsk region.
According to Valery Shershen, the spokesperson of the joint press center of the Defense Forces of the Tauride direction, the Ukrainian defenders of the Tauride direction do not lose their positions even in conditions where the Russians have superiority in military equipment and in the number of soldiers.
15:02 The European Union (EU) disbursed 1.5 billion euros to Ukraine on Tuesday “to help the country continue to function and restore infrastructure,” European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Twitter.
The payment is part of the EU’s financial assistance program, which this year reaches 18 billion euros.
Leyena also strongly condemned Russian airstrikes on Ukraine’s grain warehouses and export infrastructure.
“As Russia continues its brutal war, we continue to support Ukraine,” the EC president wrote, adding that more aid would follow.
14:07 Ukrainian troops are making progress in the Bakhmut district and in the southern direction, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army said on Tuesday.
“While the defense forces are conducting offensive strike operations, the enemy [Bahmutas rajonā] was forced to withdraw from the positions near Andrijivka,” General Staff representative Andriys Kovalov announced on Tuesday morning.
On the other hand, the Russians have carried out unsuccessful offensive operations in the areas northwest of Orihovo-Vasillivka, south of Ivanivsk and west of Klishchiivka.
On the southern front, Ukrainian troops achieved success near the village of Staromajorske. According to the representative of the General Staff, the defense forces are currently strengthening their positions there.
In total, 35 military clashes between the enemy and defenders of Ukraine took place along the front in the last 24 hours.
Ukrainian armed forces are continuing their counter-offensive in the direction of Melitopol and Berdyansk and are strengthening at the reached borders, the representative of the Ukrainian General Staff announced.
13:26 The Cabinet of Ministers is working on attracting private operators who will work on a commercial basis for demining the territory of Ukraine. In order to achieve this, an experiment will be carried out to include demining works in the public procurement plan, as reported by the first deputy prime minister – Minister of Economy Yulia Sviridenko in the column on UP.
According to her, the first procurement procedure is already being prepared.
12:47 More and more fuel for Ukrainian tanks comes from the territory of the aggressor country, as Ukraine imports diesel fuel from Hungary and Turkey, which use oil from Russia in their oil processing plants, reports the German business newspaper “Handelsblatt”.
The information available to the newspaper shows that Ukrainian customs authorities have observed a significant increase in imports. The Hungarian oil company MOL has doubled its sales volume in Ukraine in the last six months.
As “Handelsblatt” reports, MOL uses oil from Russia to a large extent, therefore Ukrainian military equipment is powered by fuel produced from Russian oil.
At the same time, companies that do not use raw materials from Russia are losing the market in Ukraine due to the fact that MOL has a competitive advantage over other European oil companies, since the Hungarian company has a special permit from the European Union to continue using Russian oil in its refineries, despite the sanctions
In December 2022, the European Union stopped importing Russian oil. In February this year, a ban was imposed on the import of Russian oil products.
The largest importers of Russian oil products are Turkey, India and China.
12:19 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has complained about the attack. The armed forces of Ukraine allegedly attacked the Russian Black Sea Fleet ship “Sergei Kotov” with two unmanned sea cutters.
11:50. Analysts at the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have cited three reasons why a summer counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces cannot happen quickly.
The ISW report indicated that the Russians had time to regroup and prepare for the inevitable operation by the Ukrainian armed forces to liberate the territory. Therefore, Ukrainian soldiers now face prepared Russian defensive positions, including extensive minefields and field fortifications.
In addition, the Ukrainian army is trying to conduct joint force operations without air superiority and with limited means of maneuver, such as air defense. Analysts emphasize that this is an extremely difficult task. Also, the Ukrainian army had limited time to prepare for a large-scale attack.
10:40. Ukraine’s armed forces will continue to attack Crimea and the Kerch bridge, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov announced in an interview with CNN.
“All these goals are official because [to iznīcināšana] will reduce their ability to fight against us and help save Ukrainian lives,” Reznikov said.
Asked if Ukraine’s intention included the complete destruction of the Kerch bridge, he said: “It is a normal tactic to destroy the enemy’s logistics lines to cut off the supply of ammunition, fuel, food and so on. So we will use this tactic against them.”
09:13. The loss of Russian troops in Ukraine has reached 243,220 soldiers by Tuesday morning, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army.
According to the data of the general staff, 600 invaders were destroyed during the day.
08:00. US President Joe Biden’s administration is sending up to $400 million worth of additional military aid to Ukraine, including various munitions for air defense systems and small Hornet surveillance drones, US officials said Monday.
The new package includes a variety of ammunition, including missiles for the HIMARS, NASAMS, Stinger and Javelin weapon systems. The weapon will be removed from US stockpiles. In the event of a presidential order, the Department of Defense removes weapons and equipment from US stockpiles to be shipped overseas, rather than buying new weapons from manufacturers. This process allows for rapid delivery of armaments to Ukraine, often within days.
07:00. The Russian army shelled the town of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region with cluster shells on Monday evening, killing one child and injuring at least seven civilians, including four children, said Pavlo Kirilenko, head of the Donetsk region’s military administration.
“At least seven people were injured in the shooting in Kostiantynivka. Among the injured are four children: girls aged five, 11 and 12, and an 11-year-old boy. One child is in a serious condition,” Kirilenko said.
“Around 19:00, the rioters opened fire on the local reservoir, on the banks of which people were resting. They used the Smerch rocket system with cluster ammunition – the very weapon that is used to “destroy the enemy’s manpower”, Kirilenko said.
The National Police clarified that a 10-year-old boy died from his injuries, while four other children were injured, one of whom is in a serious condition. Two women and one man were also injured by shrapnel. Police paramedics evacuated the victims to the hospital.
00:10. Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said that Ukraine’s offensive is behind schedule, but is proceeding according to plan, pravda.com.ua reports.
2023-07-25 19:20:47
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