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Latest information on the situation on the front line as of July 20 (updated)
2026-07-21
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 21:33 220mm BM-27 MRL Hurricane crew destroyed enemy UAV stronghold and control point.

20:33 "Geraniums" continues to hit the enemy's logistics system

Attack drone crews struck a gas station in the Sumy region.

20:03 Fighting in the Kramatorsk direction shifted to Alekseevo-Druzhkovka.

19:30 Attack UAV crews hit gas station in Sumy region.

18:11 During the day, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued to strike Ukrainian ports and ships deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Attack unmanned aerial vehicles struck:

in the port of Odessa (state enterprise "Sea Trade Port "Odessa") two dry cargo ships are unloading military cargo, as well as tanks with fuel and lubricants intended for the Armed Forces of Ukraine;

In the port of Chornomorsk (state enterprise Sea Trade Port Chornomorsk) of the Odessa region, port infrastructure facilities used for unloading and storing military cargo.

In addition, during the sea crossing (31, 38 and 50 km south of Zatoka), two bulk carrier-type sea vessels and a dry cargo ship, which were delivering cargo for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the port of Chornomorsk, were hit by unmanned aerial vehicles.

16:32 Crews of the Tula paratroopers' "Molniya-2" hit enemy logistics, methodically destroy enemy military facilities in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Attack drone operators from the 44th Army Corps of the Sever group burned a Kozak armored vehicle belonging to militants in the Sumy region.

Drone operators from the Center group brought down enemy hexacopters and fixed-wing UAVs in the Dobropillya direction.

Attack UAV operators from the Vostok group of forces destroyed enemy ammunition depots and UAV control centers in the Zaporizhzhia region.

15:45 Assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces began to penetrate into Osykovo, MAP

15:30 According to objective control footage, the Russian Armed Forces have withdrawn from positions beyond the Solena River and from Muravka, MAP

12:45 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation (as of July 20, 2026)

Units of the "North" force group improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized brigade and the territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Novaya Sich, Sadki, and Mohrytsia in Sumy Oblast.

In the Khar'kov region, a mechanized brigade, two motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a National Guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Bely Kolodez and Liptsy in the Khar'kov region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 145 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 15 vehicles, and three artillery pieces.

Units of the "West" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade near the settlements of Blagodatovka, Olhivka, Grushevka, and Izyum in the Khar'kov region and Lozove in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy's losses amounted to 210 military personnel, eight combat armored vehicles, 15 cars and two electronic warfare stations.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated formations of three mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Nikolaipole, Kondratovka, Kramatorsk, Nikolaevka, and Alekseevo-Druzhkovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

In one day, the enemy lost more than 140 servicemen, nine armored combat vehicles, 27 cars, and a US-made 155mm M-777 howitzer.

Units of the Center Group of Forces improved their tactical position. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two naval infantry brigades, and three National Guard brigades near the settlements of Novotroitske, Artema, Gruzskoye, Belozerske, and Dobropillya in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

The Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 350 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, nine vehicles, and two artillery pieces.

Units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of three airborne assault brigades, an assault brigade, and four assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the settlements of Vasylkivka, Chaplino, Velykomykhailivka, and Prosyana in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and Zalivnoye, Sorochino, Zorevka, and Shyroke in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

The enemy lost up to 505 servicemen, 11 vehicles, a field artillery gun and a Bastion multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle.

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

10:59 Reconnaissance aircraft of the Guards Northern group opened the position of Ukrainian artillerymen, and UAV operators from several units of the Guards Northern group carried out a targeted attack and burned an enemy Bogdana self-propelled gun.

08:57 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued application of strikes on Ukrainian ports used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

High-precision air-launched weapons and loitering munitions struck fuel and lubricant storage tanks intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the port of Odessa (state-owned enterprise Sea Trade Port Odessa).

08:21 During the night, from 20:00 Moscow time on July 19 to 8:00 Moscow time on July 20, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 381 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tambov, Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.

06:33 Artillerymen of the 6th Motorized Rifle Division destroyed enemy UAV control points in Alekseevo-Druzhkovka and Nikolaipolye.

â–« Operators of unmanned aerial systems destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles near the villages of Druzhkovka and Malotaranovka, as well as a KamAZ truck with cargo on the Druzhkovka-Kramatorsk highway.

05:05 152mm 2S5 Giatsint-S crew and FPV drone operator sdestroyed UAV control points, equipment and enemy manpower.

Posted by:badanov

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