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[NewsFront] 21:40 Russian flag in liberated Belitsky, –MAP

20:51 During the day, in the period from 8:00 Moscow time to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 210 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
20:16 FPV drone operators of the Zapad group blew up armored vehicles, pickups and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the Krasnolimansk direction.
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems crews from the Center group eliminated enemy personnel and military installations in the village of Dobropillya.
Attack UAV operators from the Vostok group destroyed enemy drone control centers in the Zaporizhzhia region.
18:51 As a result of strikes by air-launched precision weapons and attack drones struck:
in the port of Odessa (state enterprise "Sea Trade Port "Odessa") infrastructure facilities of the logistics center, where military cargo was stored;
in the port of Yuzhny (state enterprise Sea Trade Port Yuzhny) facilities for storing military cargo and tanks with fuels and lubricants intended for the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
in the port of Nikolaev (state enterprise Nikolaev Sea Trade Port) there are two tugboats;
on the sea crossing (northeast of Zmeiny Island and in the area of the settlement of Zatoka) a bulk carrier and a dry cargo ship were delivering military cargo to the port of Chernomorsk.
16:52 Artillerymen and drone operators destroyed ten robotic systems and two drone control points were deployed in the Kramatorsk district, and a shelter housing manpower north of Konstantinovka was also targeted.
15:33 122mm D-30 crew of the Sever group smashed a control center for enemy drones in the Sumy region.
Paratroopers from the Dnepr group attacked a Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold in the Zaporizhzhia region.
14:42 First assault troops came into the outskirts of Alekseevo-Druzhkovka.
14:14 Druzhkovka direction. Attack aircraft are advancing towards Osykovo north of Konstantinovka, MAP
12:45 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the Special Military Operation (from July 18 to 24, 2026)
From July 18 to 24, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a massive strike and 18 group strikes using long-range high-precision air- and ground-based weapons and strike unmanned aerial vehicles.
As a result, infrastructure facilities at the ports of Odessa, Chornomorsk, Yuzhny, Izmail, and Nikolaev, used for unloading and storing military cargo, as well as fuel and lubricants, were damaged.
Over the course of a week, 27 sea vessels used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged, including 16 dry cargo ships, 10 bulk carriers, and a container ship.
In addition, military-industrial complex enterprises in the city of Kyiv and the Kyiv region, logistics centers, fuel and energy and transport infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, production and storage sites for long-range unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned boats, ammunition depots, as well as temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed forces and foreign mercenaries were damaged.
Over the past week, units of the North military group have taken control of the settlements of Zakharovka, Ivashkino Volokhovskoye, and Artelnoye in the Khar'kov region.
The manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades, two motorized infantry brigades, an airmobile brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a territorial defense brigade, and a National Guard brigade were damaged.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces, the enemy lost over 1,695 servicemen, a tank, 17 combat armored vehicles, 97 cars, 13 field artillery pieces, and two Grad multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles.
Units of the "West" force group have improved their tactical position. Over the past week, they have defeated two mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval iunfantry brigade, and a territorial defense brigade.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the West group of forces, the enemy's losses amounted to 1,495 servicemen, 23 combat armored vehicles, 105 cars, eight field artillery guns, a Verba multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle, and eight electronic and counter-battery warfare stations.
Last week, units of the Southern Group of Forces advanced deep into the enemy's defenses. They defeated the personnel and equipment of six mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, an assault regiment, a security brigade of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the Southern Group of Forces, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 1,175 servicemen, 23 combat armored vehicles, 174 vehicles, and 17 field artillery pieces.
Units of the Center group of forces, as a result of decisive actions, liberated the village of Lenina (Mirnoye) and the city of Belitskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Over the course of a week, three mechanized brigades, a Jaeger and an assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, three naval infantry brigades, four National Guard brigades, and the Azov* special forces brigade were defeated.
Enemy losses in this direction amounted to over 2,415 military personnel, 19 combat armored vehicles, 49 cars, 11 field artillery guns and five electronic warfare stations.
Over the course of the week, units of the "East" force group continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses and liberated the settlements of Volne in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and Blagovatne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. They inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of a mechanized, assault, three airborne assault brigades, four assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces in the area of responsibility of the "East" group of forces amounted to more than 2,960 servicemen, 18 combat armored vehicles, 76 cars, six field artillery pieces, and two Grad multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of three mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade.
Over the course of a week, the enemy lost over 425 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 118 cars, two field artillery pieces, and 11 electronic warfare stations in this area.
11:45 While the assault troops advance, covert, but no less dangerous, work is taking place behind them. Soldiers from the engineering unit of the 35th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center group carry out daily mop up of territory (Dobropolsky direction).
09:25 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued application of group strikes with high-precision air-launched weapons and strike unmanned aerial vehicles.
As a result of the blows:
in the port of Odessa (state enterprise Sea Trade Port of Odessa), tanks with fuel and lubricants for the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged;
At the port of Izmail (state-owned enterprise Izmail Commercial Seaport), port infrastructure facilities designed for unloading and storing military cargo, three unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) storage depots, including the Magura unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) hangar, were damaged. Additionally, a floating dock for storing and launching autonomous unmanned underwater vehicles (AUVs) was damaged.
At the port of Nikolaev (state enterprise Nikolaev Sea Trade Port), a dry cargo ship carrying military cargo was damaged during unloading.
08:19 During the past night, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 571 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Kaluga, Kursk, Leningrad, Novgorod, Oryol, Pskov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver, Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
06:40 Artillerymen of the 312th Rocket Artillery Division of the Vostok group covered command posts and concentrations of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Jet fighters from the 506th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Center group destroyed an enemy stronghold in the Dobropolsky direction.
05:02 The crew of the TOS-1A "Solntsepek" thermobaric shock destroyed enemy air defense.
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