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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of July 19 (updated)
2026-07-20
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[IsraelTimes] 21:50 BPS operators hit on a bulk carrier vessel in the outer roadstead of the port of Odessa using the Geranium-4 seeker.

20:26 During the day, in the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 161 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Kaluga, Kursk, Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Black Sea.

19:16 During the day, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued attacks on Ukrainian ports and ships deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Port infrastructure was damaged by Onyx anti-ship missiles, air-launched cruise missiles and loitering munitions:

- in the port of Odessa (state enterprise "Sea Trade Port "Odessa") - a workshop for assembling long-range unmanned aerial vehicles and a parking area for fuel tankers;

- in the port of Yuzhny (state enterprise Sea Trade Port Yuzhny) - a warehouse for military equipment supplied by Western countries to the Armed Forces of Ukraine;

in the area of the village of Novi Belyary (15 km northeast of the port of Odessa) - five tanks with fuel and lubricants intended for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In addition, the following were hit by Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles:

- two bulk carrier type sea vessels with military cargo at the roadstead of the port of Odessa;

- two seagoing vessels of the bulk carrier and dry cargo types north of Zmeiny Island, from which the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched attack unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned boats.

17:09 UAV calculations hit at an enemy gas processing plant near the village of Andreevka in the Khar'kov region.

16:47 Tu-22M3 took to the skies and released Kh-22/32 missiles in Ukraine

Prior to this, it was reported that a group of Tu-22M3 bombers had taken off: "The launches will take place around 3:30 PM. As warned, Odessa, be prepared for attack," Ukrainian analysts reported.

Russia plans to launch approximately eight Kh-22/32 cruise missiles from Tu-22M3 aircraft today, with particular attention being paid to Odessa and the surrounding region, enemy monitoring resources reported this morning.

15:35 Russian military personnel destroyed an Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicle on the right bank of the Dnieper

The dual-use transport was hit by UAV operators from the 18th Combined Arms Army of the Dnepr Forces Group.

15:26 Missile strike destroyed plant and warehouses of a Ukrainian manufacturer of military equipment

UKRTAC Director Severion Dangadze confirmed the damage to the facilities. He reported that the Russian Army's missile strike destroyed the plant and warehouses.

He called the incident the largest loss in the company's history. UKRTAC manufactures military equipment and personal protective equipment.

14:40 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Luhansk People's Republic, as well as the Kherson and Belgorod regions

13:40 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of July 19, 2027

Units of the "North" force group have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade and the territorial defense brigade near the villages of Ryzhevka, Mogritsa, and Sadki in Sumy Oblast.

In the Khar'kov region, two mechanized, two motorized infantry brigades and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Khatnee, Liptsy, Slatino, Lozove, Zolochiv and Bely Kolodez in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 210 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, 22 vehicles, and three artillery pieces.

Units of the "West" force group have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. The personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Grushevka in the Khar'kov region and Krasny Liman and Tatyanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy's losses amounted to up to 200 servicemen, 19 vehicles, two electronic warfare stations, a 155mm M-777 howitzer and a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery station.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces have improved their position along the forward edge. Formations of six mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, a General Staff security brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades have been defeated near the settlements of Slavyansk, Nikolaypolye, Verolyubovka, Kramatorsk, Druzhkovka, Nikolaevka, Alekseevo-Druzhkovka, and Novonikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

In one day, the enemy lost more than 195 servicemen, a Cossack combat armored vehicle, 21 vehicles, and a field artillery gun.

Units of the Center Forces Group have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of a mechanized brigade, an unmanned systems brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three naval infantry brigades, the Azov special forces brigade, and three National Guard brigades near the settlements of Novotroitske, Novopavlivka, and Ivanivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Novovodanoye, Artema, Rubizhne, Gruzskoye, Belozerske, Annovka, Sergeyevka, Shevchenko, and Dobropillya in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 340 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, six cars, and an artillery piece.

Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses and, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the village of Volnoye in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

The manpower and equipment of three airborne assault brigades, two assault brigades and four assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the populated areas of Vasylkivka, Chaplino, Malinovka, Velykomykhailivka, Prosyana in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Svoboda and Zorevka in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The enemy lost up to 480 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and 11 vehicles.

Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of three mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Veselyanka, Lezhino, Yurkovka and Orekhov in the Zaporizhzhia region.

More than 75 servicemen, 24 vehicles, a 155mm self-propelled artillery unit "Bogdana" and two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.

13:32 Drone in the LPR attacked civilian car

According to local authorities, the attack struck a passenger car in the Troitsky Municipal District. "A 64-year-old man was injured, and his wife died from her injuries."

12:49 Air Defense Forces of the Ministry of Defense destroyed five UAVs were flying toward Moscow. Emergency services are working at the crash site.

12:00 The Donbass Dome system and combined mobile fire groups in a week prevented 117 terrorist attacks by the enemy.

11:20 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as in the Belgorod and Kursk regions

According to local executive authorities, two civilians were killed and one was wounded in the Donetsk People's Republic as a result of Ukrainian Armed Forces attacks on various settlements in the region.

In the Belgorod region, one person was killed and five, including a child, were injured as a result of attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones.

In the city of Lgov in the Kursk region, four civilians were injured as a result of drone strikes.

10:50 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours.

In total, 120 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 9:00 a.m. on July 18 and 9:00 a.m. on July 19. The enemy used artillery on evacuated areas 26 times. Drones attacked our territory 11 times using explosive devices.

10:12 Over the Kherson region this week destroyed 207 enemy drones, Vladimir Saldo reported.

"Behind every downed UAV are prevented terrorist attacks and saved lives," the governor noted.

10:04 During the night, in the period from 20:00 Moscow time on July 18 to 08:00 Moscow time on July 19, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 140 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Rostov regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.

9:53 Drone operators of the "Southern" group hit robotic complexes and vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlements of Druzhkovka, Alekseevo-Druzhkovka and Malotaranovka.

9:00 The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to apply strikes on civilian infrastructure on the left bank of the Kherson region

Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 20 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:

Alyoshki - Five;
Velikaya Lepetikha - Three;
Velikie Kopani - Three;
Vinogradovo - Two;
Naked Pristan - Three;
Kakhovka - Two;
Skadovsk - Two.

Throughout the night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued their artillery bombardment of the Kherson region, firing a total of 22 shells from cannon artillery. The following villages were shelled: Kakhovka, Chaplinka, Oleshky, Krynky, Nova Kakhovka, and Velyki Kopani.

8:52 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike with high-precision air- and ground-based weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles against military industrial enterprises and logistics centers in the city of Kyiv and the Kyiv region, as well as against infrastructure facilities of the Yuzhny port in the Odessa region used for the delivery and storage of military cargo, as well as fuel and lubricants intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Affected in the city of Kyiv:

- Kyiv aggregate and component enterprise of the radio-electronic industry (OOO "Radioniks"), which produces control systems for the FP-5 "Flamingo" cruise missiles, the FP-7 and -9 operational-tactical missiles, the Neptune-MD guided missiles and an analogue of the S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles (the "Clone" project). The enterprise also carries out the modernization, maintenance and repair of onboard optical-electronic targeting systems and onboard radar stations for MiG-29 aircraft;

- the Kyiv enterprise of the rocket and space industry (OOO Spetsoboronmash/GAHK Artem), which produces components of control systems for the FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles, the FP-7, -9 operational-tactical missiles, the Neptune-MD guided missiles and an analogue of the S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles (the Clone project);

- the Kyiv-90 manufacturing enterprise (OOO Meridian named after S.P. Korolev), which produces body elements, as well as components for guidance systems and various units of the Neptune-MD guided missiles;

- Oakline LLC, Kyiv, which manufactures components for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles such as Deep Strike, carbon fiber parts and batteries for FPV drones of various modifications, and also stores UAVs;

- the Kyiv sorting center (Kyiv Innovation Terminal "Nova Poshta"), which delivers and stores dual-use products, including those for the production of UAVs, robotic systems, and electronic warfare equipment.

Affected in the Kyiv region:

- Tarasovka logistics center "Antel Properties", which receives, stores, assembles and distributes individual components (units) for the production of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles.

- Tanks containing fuel and lubricants intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Yuzhny port of Odessa Oblast were damaged.

8:49 The Geran-4 Seeker drone hit a railway locomotive used to transport military equipment and supplies of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the village of Volnyansk in the Zaporizhzhia region,video.

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