Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 20:19 China supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and promises not to supply weapons to Russia, Zelensky said in an evening video address following Kuleba's visit to Beijing. "I expect a detailed report from the minister upon my return to Ukraine," the president added.
19:23 As a result of today's Russian strike on the city of Lozovaya in the Kharkiv region, two people were killed and four others were injured, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. In addition, as a result of another KAB strike on Kharkiv, three people were injured.
17:50 The Czech Republic is preparing to launch a second initiative to supply Ukraine with artillery ammunition for 2025, said the country's Defense Minister Jana Černochová. At least five Czech arms manufacturers are expected to be involved in this initiative, which will produce the shells at the expense of European donor countries.
17:37 In Moscow, the car of Andrei Torgashov, an officer of the GRU psychological operations unit, was blown up, Russian media write. His feet were torn off, his wife was slightly injured. Military unit 45807 in Moscow belongs to the Psychological Operations units of the Russian Armed Forces and is part of the former GRU.
17:05 Russia returns bodies of Ukrainians without internal organs during exchanges, relatives of prisoners of war said at a meeting in Ankara with the Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Vasyl Bodnar. "Today, it is already known for sure that we are receiving bodies of those tortured from captivity. We are receiving not only tortured bodies, but also bodies that, unfortunately, are without organs. That is, this confirms the fact that the black market for organ transplantation in the Russian Federation is working. Unfortunately, it is working with our prisoners of war," said the wife of one of the prisoners of war, defenders of the Mariupol garrison.
The woman appealed to the Turkish president with a request to support the creation of a joint medical commission, which will allow monitoring the health of both Ukrainian and Russian prisoners of war. She also claims that Russia refuses to return and include prisoners of war from the Mariupol garrison in the exchange lists.
16:39 Scholz stated that Germany will not change its decision to strike deep into Russia: "All our decisions are weighed and taken in such a way that it does not lead to escalation, so that the war between Russia and Ukraine does not turn into a war between Russia and NATO."
15:52 Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala confirmed in an interview with Ukrinform that his country will supply Ukraine with about 500,000 rounds of ammunition by the end of 2024 as part of its initiative: "The deliveries will continue at the projected pace in the coming months; by the end of the year, the Ukrainian army will have received about 500,000 units of 155 mm ammunition." He added that in parallel with this, the Czech Republic annually supplies hundreds of thousands of large-caliber ammunition of other types.
15:31 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said following a meeting with Kuleba that the conditions and time for negotiations between Kiev and Moscow are not yet ripe: "Recently, both Ukraine and Russia have sent signals to varying degrees that they are ready for negotiations. Although the conditions and time are not yet ripe, we support all efforts to promote peace and are ready to continue to play a constructive role in this."
15:18 Russians struck the Kholodnogorsk district of Kharkov, six people were injured, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
14:43 China supplies weapons components to Belarus for use against Ukraine, the Japanese agency Nikkei writes, citing data from the Belarusian opposition group BelPol. This concerns the supply of laser modules, components for guidance systems and other components from China to Belarus.
13:46 Russians attacked an infrastructure facility in the city of Lozovaya in the Kharkiv region - three people were injured, four more are currently being sought, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. The enemy also launched two missile strikes on Kharkiv, the consequences are being clarified.
13:12 EU ambassadors have agreed to allocate a tranche of 4.2 billion euros to Ukraine under the Ukraine Facility program, the EU Council reports. This is a program approved earlier this year for 50 billion euros until 2027 in exchange for the implementation of reforms.
12:57 German defense company Rheinmetall has announced that it has received an order from the Ukrainian government to build an ammunition plant in Ukraine, which was announced in February 2024. Construction is expected to begin shortly and be completed within a few years. The production of ammunition in Ukraine is planned to begin within 24 months.
12:15 Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba held talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi that lasted more than three hours, Reuters reports. According to a report on the Chinese Foreign Ministry website, Wang Yi again spoke about "the crisis in Ukraine, which has lasted for the third year," and Beijing, according to him, "has always been firmly committed to facilitating a political resolution to the crisis."
As reported by the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Kuleba stated during the meeting that "a fair peace in Ukraine meets China's strategic interests, and China's role as a global force for peace is important." Kuleba also "voiced Ukraine's consistent position, which is readiness to conduct negotiations with the Russian side at a certain stage, when Russia is ready to negotiate in good faith, but stressed that such readiness has not yet been observed on the Russian side," the Foreign Ministry added.
11:58 Seven women who served their sentences in prison have signed a contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ministry of Justice reported. They successfully passed the military medical commission and received the consent of the commanders of military units to serve in specific units of the Defense Forces. In total, since the entry into force of the law, which regulates the procedure for implementing the rights of convicts to directly participate in the defense of the state, 6,101 convicts have expressed a desire to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine, of which 3,823 have already left the penal institutions for training.
11:44 At one of the nuclear power plants, another repaired power unit was connected to the power system - this will significantly affect the stability of the power system and reduce the electricity deficit, the Ministry of Energy reported.
11:27 Today at 5 am, Russians hit the office of the Swiss Foundation for Mine Action FSD, which was engaged in humanitarian demining of the territory of the Kharkiv region, with a ballistic missile, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. As a result of the shelling, the facade and ceilings on several floors were destroyed, six cars used by the organization's medics were damaged.
10:51 The Romanian Defense Ministry reported that after the Russian attack on Ukraine last night, no drone fragments were found on its territory, but the services continue to search, including near Plaur. The department added that two F-16 fighters were deployed for monitoring, which is part of a regular procedure.
10:36 Russia intends to increase the number of troops in Ukraine to 690 thousand by the end of the year, Syrsky said in an interview with The Guardian. He recalled that at the beginning of the invasion, the Russian Federation had 100 thousand soldiers, then this number increased to 520 thousand. As for the equipment, according to the commander-in-chief, here the ratio is 1:2 or 1:3 in favor of the Russians. Syrsky also said that since the beginning of the full-scale war, the number of Russian tanks has doubled - from 1,700 units to 3,500, the number of artillery systems - three times, and armored personnel carriers - from 4,500 to 8,900 units. "The enemy has a significant advantage in forces and means," the commander-in-chief summed up. At the same time, he added that the Kremlin's losses are three times greater than those of Ukraine, and in some areas - even more.
He also expressed confidence that Ukraine would win this war: "I know that we will win - and how." According to him, Kyiv had a plan to return Crimea, and this is realistic. "We will do everything possible to achieve the 1991 borders," the commander-in-chief emphasized.
Syrsky noted that the Russian army has not achieved significant progress, and its "creeping victories" are tactical - these are local achievements, not operational breakthroughs. According to the commander-in-chief, the length of the front line is now 3,700 km, while active combat operations are taking place on a section of 977 km, which is twice the length of the border between Germany and France.
09:29 Air defense destroyed 17 of 23 Shahed-type attack UAVs at night, the Air Force reported. Most of the drones were shot down in the Odessa region. In addition, at night, the Russians struck the Kharkiv region with an Iskander-M ballistic missile and a missile whose type is being determined. Over the past day and the current day, the Defense Forces have also destroyed at least eight reconnaissance drones in different directions: four Zala, two Supercam and Orlan-10.
08:52 In Donetsk Oblast, three people were killed as a result of Russian shelling on July 23 - in Liman. Another six people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
08:38 At night, the Russian army attacked a residential building in the Dniprovsky district of Kherson, one person was killed, the OVA reported. Over the past 24 hours, as a result of Russian shelling in the region, one person was killed and two were injured.
08:27 At night, Russians attacked the Izmail district of Odessa region with attack drones, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Kiper. The strike was carried out on the port infrastructure and an apartment building, three people were injured. As a result of the attack, several buildings of the port infrastructure were destroyed, three trucks were damaged. Romanian media write that during the night attack on Odessa region, the "shahed" flew into Romanian territory. In the north of Tulcea district, not far from Ukrainian Izmail, the movement of several UAVs towards the Romanian border was recorded at night.
08:19 At night, Russian troops launched a ballistic missile attack on the Nemyshlyansky district of Kharkiv - an industrial building and a residential building were damaged, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. In addition, the enemy struck an eco-park in the village of Lesnoye in the Kharkiv district with a drone - a fire broke out in the stable building, two people were injured.
07:30 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of July 24:
personnel - about 570,120 (+1140) people,
tanks - 8302 (+14),
combat armored vehicles - 16,013 (+13),
artillery systems - 15,759 (+65),
MLRS - 1125 (+0),
air defense systems - 902 (+1),
aircraft - 363 (+1),
helicopters - 326 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 12,544 (+33),
cruise missiles - 2402 (+1),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 21,279 (+77),
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces hit manpower and hardware of AFU 71st Jaeger, 92nd Assault, 113rd, 127th Territorial Defence, and 13th National Guard brigades near Tikhoye, Malye Prohody, Krugloye, and Borshchevaya (Kharkov region).
One counterattack launched by the AFU 92nd Air Assault Brigade's assault detachment was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 140 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one Croatian-made 128mm RAK-SA-12 MLRS, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer.
In addition, one AFU ammunition depot has been destroyed.
The Zapad Group of Forces defeated units of AFU 124th Mechanised and 112th Territorial Defence brigades near Petropavlovka and Peschanoye (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 550 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, and six motor vehicles.
In the course of the counterbattery warfare, the Russian troops eliminated one U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, two 152mm D-20 guns, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, one UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzer, Hortitsa-M and Anklav-N electronic warfare stations, one U.S. AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery warfare station, and one ammunition depot.
The Yug Group of Forces continue to take more advantageous lines and positions. Strikes were delivered at manpower and hardware of AFU 24th, 54th Mechanised, 114th, and 122nd Territorial Defence brigades close to Chasov Yar, Verkhnekamenskoye, and Krasnoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 700 Ukrainian troops, one armoured personnel carrier, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, two UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzers, one U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzer, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one 2S1 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzer.
Two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations and two ammunition depots were eliminated.
The Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on units of AFU 51st Mechanised, 68th Jaeger, 95th Air Assault brigades and the Lyut Assault Brigade near Progress, Novosyolovka Pervaya, Druzhba, and Artyomovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counter-attack launched by the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade's assault detachment was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 395 Ukrainian troops, four motor vehicles, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, three 122mm D-30 howitzers, and three ammunition depots.
The Vostok Group of Forces delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of AFU 72nd Mechanised and 129th Territorial Defence brigades.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 120 Ukrainian troops, five motor vehicles, two U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzers, two U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzers, and one ammunition depot.
The Dnepr Group of Forces hit units of AFU 121st and 124th Territorial Defence brigades close to Sadovoye, Antonovka, and Zolotaya Balka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 100 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, and one ammunition depot.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have eliminated one UAV command post and one depot of unmanned aerial vehicles of the AFU 63rd Mechanised Brigade, one low-altitude surveillance radar, one radar station for illumination of target and guidance, one control vehicle and two anti-aircraft missile launchers of S-300 system.
Clusters of AFU manpower and hardware were engaged in 146 areas.
Russian air defence units shot down two Tochka-U tactical missiles, two French-made Hammer guided bombs, one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectile and 61 U.S.-made unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, 630 airplanes and 278 helicopters, 28,330 unmanned aerial vehicles, 556 air defence missile systems, 16,645 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,383 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 12,319 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 24,012 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 21:35 Russian Armed Forces have occupied most of the village of Volchye –map.
The enemy confirms the loss of positions in the settlement. The situation west of Avdiivka continues to rapidly deteriorate for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
20:40 Sumy region.
It is reported, that as a result of the night strike on military facilities, a Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicle parking lot and the Bukovel-AD radar station were hit. Russian aviation used Kh-59 and Kh-69 missiles against enemy targets.
19:55 Krasnogorovka.
RF Armed Forces continue to put pressure on the northwest of the city, pushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the northwestern outskirts. The city will soon be completely liberated from Ukrainian occupation. And then, relying on the city, it will be possible to significantly expand the zone of control around it.
19:11 Around 18:00 Moscow time stopped another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the territory of the Belgorod region.
18:44 Kupyansk – Ivanovka.
Military operationsin the Kupyansk direction. Successful defeat as a result of artillery attack by the Russian Armed Forces of an M113 Ukrainian Armed Forces armored personnel carrier at a position north of Ivanovka.
17:25 A Su-27 fighter jet escorted an RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft and two Typhoon fighter jets of the British Air Force in the Black Sea,reportsMinistry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Violation of the Russian state border by British aircraft was not allowed.
16:49 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of July 24, 2024) –video.
16:11 They report, that the remnants of the enemy forces fled from Novoselovka Pervaya and it came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. There were also reports that the enemy was retreating from the village of Volchye.
15:37 Special military operation. Situation as of July 24 –map.
15:09 220mm BM-27 "Hurricanes" destroy enemy positions on the right bank of the Dnieper -video.
The footage shows the night combat work of artillerymen of the Dnepr group of forces.
14:34 Footage of the destruction of the command post of the 63rd brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Krasny Liman –video.
The strike of the Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system destroyed the command post of the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade with operational personnel, two command and staff vehicles of the UAV control post, 10 aircraft-type UAVs, more than 300 FPV drones, an antenna mast device and three units of high-cross-country vehicles.
13:41 Su-34 crews carried out a strike on a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of responsibility of the West group of forces –video.
To destroy enemy positions, unguided FAB-500 aerial bombs with a universal planning and correction module were used.
13:27 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces near Peschanoye –map.
12:37 Around 10.40 Moscow time stopped an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the territory of the Belgorod region.
12:05 Krivoy Rog.
A single powerful explosionthunderedat a military industrial enterprise in the suburbs of Krivoy Rog. The strike was carried out by our Iskander OTRK missile.
11:45 The crisis west of Donetsk for the Ukrainian Armed Forces continues to develop –map.
– The enemy reports further advancement of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of Progress and Lozovatskaya. The advance groups of the Russian Armed Forces have already reached the near approaches to Timofeevka. Two infantry battalions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (according to Ukrainian sources) have effectively been disorganized and are in a state close to encirclement.
- During the fierce battles for Novoselovka Pervaya, the enemy lost another significant part of the village, which he is trying to hold in order to slow down the development of our offensive. Most of Novoselovka Pervaya is already under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.
11:22 Artillerymen destroyed enemy positions and infantry group in Donetsk direction –video.
10:43 Statement by the head of the press center of the Vostok group –video.
Units of the East group of forces continue to carry out combat missions in the area of the special military operation.
During the active operations, the group's units improved the position along the front line, thwarted the enemy's attempts to reinforce the forward positions and rotation in strongholds in the areas of the Oktyabr state farm, Storozhevye and Gulyaipole.
Strongholds and areas of concentration of manpower and equipment of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade, 37th Naval Infantry Brigade, 129th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 17th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the areas of Vodyane, Vremivka, Prechistovka, Makarovka and Razdolnoye were hit by artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems.
The enemy lost up to 115 servicemen, seven vehicles, a 155mm FH-70 towed howitzer, a 155mm M777 howitzer and a 152mm D-20 gun.
10:17 During the past night stopped attempts by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.
09:42 Artillery of the 200th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade destroyed a vehicle for transporting ammunition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces —video.
09:23 Telegram channel «WarGonzo»:
Frontline report for the morning of 24.07.2024
- Zaporizhzhya Front. Positional battles continue with the use of long-range weapons on both sides. LBS without significant changes.
– Donetsk Front. Fighting continues in Krasnogorovka. The Ukrainian garrison is forced to retreat further and further to the outskirts of the settlement, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces are retreating with fighting, so every meter is very difficult for the Russian troops.
Fierce fighting continues in the area of Karlovka with small advances by the Russian Armed Forces.
Fighting continues in Novoselovka Pervaya, where Russian troops have advanced inside the settlement in heavy fighting. Fighting also continues in New York, where the Russian Armed Forces are developing an offensive, there are more tactical successes.
- Chasovoyarskoe direction. No significant changes in the LBS. Fighting continues on the eastern outskirts of the city. In parallel, Russian troops are trying to improve their positions to the north - in the Kalinovka area.
- Khar'kov Front. Heavy fighting continues here in Volchansk and in the area of Glubokoe. In the latter, the Russian Armed Forces were able to retake some of the positions that Ukrainian troops had previously captured as a result of counterattacks.
08:51 "Ixovody" of the 35th Red Banner Combined Arms Army destroyed another electronic warfare system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Nota" -video.
08:00 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of the special military operation for July 23, 2024
– Russian troops hit enemy targets in the Sumy and Khar'kov regions, and the Voznesensk airfield in Nikolaev region came under attack. The enemy carried out another drone raid on the Crimean peninsula, and in the Krasnodar region attacked a railway ferry in the port of Kavkaz.– In the Kupyansk-Svatovsky direction, after a long break, footage has appeared of an attempt by the Russian Armed Forces to advance in the Sin'kovka area using small mobile groups on motorcycles.
– In the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction, Ukrainian companies shot down a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft with a MANPADS near the village of Troitskoye; the pilot successfully ejected and was evacuated to the rear.
– In the Pokrovsky direction, units of the Russian Armed Forces are fighting for a stronghold near Vozdvizhenka and on the approaches to Lozovatskoye, and further south they are advancing in Novoselovka Pervaya.
– In the Donetsk direction, the enemy maintains control over the northern part of Krasnogorovka, while most of the urban development is under the control of Russian troops.
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[Regnum] Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered adjustments to strategic planning documents needed for the development of the Navy and for the effective protection of the country's national interests, Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev told reporters on July 24.
“Putin has ordered adjustments to strategic planning documents that will provide for the balanced development of the navy,” the presidential aide said.
Patrushev added that the US and NATO countries are increasing their naval presence in the World Ocean, including in waters adjacent to Russia. Given the growing threats, Russia is obliged to strengthen the Navy. He also stressed that it is necessary to ensure the fleet's constant readiness to deter and prevent conflicts.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on June 27, at a meeting on shipbuilding, Putin asked the Defense Ministry to report to him on how the department sees the long-term concept for the development of the Navy. The head of state specified that this concerns the principles that should form the basis of immediate and long-term plans.
The Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade announced that in 2024 the Navy will be replenished with 12 surface ships and 4 submarines. Thus, over the past 10 years, the Russian fleet has received 40 surface ships and 24 submarines. In 2023, the fleet was replenished with 32 ships.
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[Regnum] The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage of a Su-27 fighter jet escorting British RC-135 and Typhoon military aircraft over the Black Sea. The video was posted on the military department's Telegram channel.
As previously reported by the Regnum news agency, the Su-27 prevented three British Air Force aircraft from violating the Russian Federation's state border over the Black Sea.
The Ministry of Defense noted that airspace control systems detected approaching air targets, and a Su-27 fighter was scrambled to prevent a violation of the state border. The crew identified the targets as a strategic reconnaissance aircraft RC-135 and two Typhoon fighters of the British Air Force.
As the Russian fighter approached, the British aircraft turned away from the Russian border. After that, the Su-27 safely returned to its base airfield.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Bris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] After Kuleba's visit to China, Zelensky's gang declared that they were ready to negotiate with Russia. Given the law prohibiting negotiations with Russia, which no one has repealed.
Of course, this is just an attempt to put a good face on a bad game - things are going badly at the front, Trump risks entering the White House, and internal problems in Ukraine are growing.
Of course, any negotiations will first and foremost be an attempt to get various concessions from Russia, and use the time for negotiations to strengthen the Ukrainian Armed Forces and continue the war after the desired respite.
What seems important.
1. Negotiations should not take place on the territory of NATO countries and US satellites.
2. Negotiations can only be conducted with legitimate representatives of Ukraine. Zelensky is not one of them.
3. Negotiations should be conducted on the basis of the conditions put forward by Putin and the Chinese peace plan. Discussing "Zelensky's peace formula" is pointless. It is dead meat.
4. Negotiations on Ukraine should be conducted in conjunction with negotiations on a new security system in Europe.
The Kremlin spokesman stressed that one of the means is a special military operation. However, according to Peskov, this is an extreme measure. A peaceful method has always been preferable for Moscow, he noted.
The Russian leader's press secretary recalled that before the start of the SVO, Russia tried to obtain guarantees of its security through diplomatic means, but these attempts were rejected. And now Moscow has no alternative but to achieve its goals, Peskov added.
“As a result of the SVO or as a result of peace negotiations <…> We will definitely do this,” Peskov stated.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted in an interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson that Russia has not yet achieved all the goals of the special operation. One of them is denazification, that is, the ban on neo-Nazi movements. The head of state noted that Moscow is seeking to resolve the conflict in Ukraine peacefully.
The Kremlin and the Foreign Ministry previously noted that Russia is ready for negotiations on Ukraine, provided that the demands made before the start of the special operation are met, and provided that new territorial realities are recognized—the return of four regions to Russia.
Peskov said in February that Russia's special military operation would be carried out until all its goals were achieved, and all set tasks would be achieved. In June, the Kremlin representative once again pointed out the importance of fulfilling all the SVO goals.
Even more from regnum.ru Peskov explained why Kyiv is thinking about negotiations
Kiev has resumed rhetoric about negotiations, since the Kiev regime is obviously not having an easy time. This was stated to journalists on July 24 by the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov.
"It is obvious that things are not easy for the Kiev regime," the Kremlin spokesman said.
Peskov also added that the number of Ukrainians who are trying to take a sober look at what is happening will grow.
Earlier, on July 24, the Russian leader's press secretary said that Moscow hoped to receive clarification on Kuleba's statements about negotiations with Russia. He once again emphasized that Moscow has never abandoned the peace process to resolve the Ukrainian conflict.
In June, President Vladimir Putin named the conditions for starting negotiations with Kiev. Thus, Ukraine must withdraw its troops from the entire territory of the DPR, LPR, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions. In addition, Ukraine must officially notify about the abandonment of plans to join NATO.
The head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, at a meeting in Beijing with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, announced his readiness to negotiate with the Russian side. Later, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry clarified that Kiev is ready to negotiate with Moscow "at a certain stage."
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[Regnum] A Toyota Land Cruiser SUV exploded in the north of Moscow, injuring the driver and a woman. This was reported on July 24 by the Telegram channel "112".
"At that moment, 49-year-old Andrey T. was in the car. His limbs were torn off. Preliminary, the explosion in the parking lot on Sinyavinskaya Street occurred when the man got into the car. In addition to him, a woman was hospitalized with lacerations to her face," the report says.
It is specified that at the moment representatives of law enforcement agencies are working at the scene of the incident. The explosion blew out windows on several floors of a multi-story residential building and damaged nearby cars.
According to preliminary information, there was no gas equipment installed in the car, however, it is possible that the explosion could have been caused by an explosive device. Law enforcement officers are checking all versions of the incident.
This was reported by Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya on the social network X.
"Today at 10:30 a.m., representatives of the Russian division of Interpol called the headquarters of our Europol department and reported that a person named Evgeny Serebryakov,
…that doesn’t look like a Moslem name, but what do I know…
a Russian citizen, committed a terrorist attack using a car packed with explosives in Moscow, two people were injured as a result of the terrorist attack," he wrote.
The minister said that the man had arrived in Turkey on a Moscow-Bodrum flight. Turkish intelligence, Europol, the Anti-Terrorism Directorate and the Mugla Provincial Police Department were involved in his arrest.
As previously reported by the Regnum news agency, FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov reported that the suspect in the car bombing in northern Moscow had fled to Turkey. He said that the FSB was working with Turkish colleagues to capture and extradite the criminal.
On the morning of July 24, a Toyota car exploded in a parking lot on Sinyavinskaya Street in Moscow. The man behind the wheel received leg injuries, the woman received lacerations to her face. They were hospitalized.
Investigators have identified the suspect and the car he used to get to the crime scene. The Investigative Committee did not provide more detailed information. A criminal case has been opened.
Even more from regnum.ru General Staff Colonel Injured in Moscow Car Blowup
The victim of the explosion of a Toyota Land Cruiser SUV in the north of Moscow was preliminarily identified as a General Staff colonel, Interfax reported on July 24.
According to the publication, the car is owned by a colonel of the Russian Armed Forces, the head of one of the General Staff units. This information has not been officially confirmed.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on the morning of July 24, a car was blown up in the north of Moscow, as a result of which the driver of the car and a woman who was also there were injured. The explosion tore off the man's limbs, and the woman received lacerations to her face.
Initially, the media reported that the car belonged to a member of the SVO. Later, the Telegram channel "112" reported that the wounded person was an active 49-year-old military man Andrey T.
According to RBC sources, the person in question was Andrei Torgashov. The Baza Telegram channel indicated that this was the name of the deputy head of the satellite communications radio center. However, the man himself later stated that he had nothing to do with the blown-up car, and that he himself was not injured.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has opened a criminal case into the car bombing. The Russian Interior Ministry said the explosion was caused by the detonation of an explosive device.
#4
Because it fail, can we at least suspect the CIA?
Heh. It was so long ago that I forget the source, but after a failed attempt to kill Indonesian President Sukarno with a bomb under his chair, someone snarked that it appears to be a CIA operation in that everyone in the room was killed except for the target.
#5
An Agency shmendrik. His shtick
Was to haplessly trip on his [hic].
And intelligent? Not!
Sure, and nobody got
That he'd nicked the old master's best trick.
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[REGNUM] The scandal surrounding the blockade of Russian oil transit to Hungary and Slovakia, which Ukraine imposed last week, reached a new level on July 23.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that Budapest, in response, will continue to block the allocation of 6.5 billion euros in military aid to Kiev from the so-called "peace fund" of the European Union until the issue of resuming transit is resolved.
TWO COUNTRIES SUFFERED
"I made it clear that until this issue of Lukoil oil transit is resolved by Ukraine, everyone should forget about paying 6.5 billion euros in compensation for arms supplies from the European Peace Fund. Because what would it look like if we contributed to the payment of 6.5 billion euros, while Ukraine threatens the security of our energy supply," the head of Hungarian diplomacy told the ATV portal.
On the same day, a representative of the European Commission confirmed to the Brussels portal Euractiv that the commission had received a request from Hungary and Slovakia for consultations in connection with the Ukrainian ban on the transit of oil from Russian Lukoil and was studying it.
The request was submitted the day before, when Peter Szijjarto said that the EC has three days to provide some kind of response, and if there is no result, Hungary will appeal to international courts. The Hungarian Foreign Minister also stressed that Ukraine violated the Association Agreement with the EU.
“The energy supply issue is not a political issue, but an infrastructure issue <…> The problem of supplying Hungary with oil physically cannot be solved without oil supplies from Russia, simply because there is no other alternative transport route,” Magyar nemzet quoted Szijjártó as saying.
According to him, “this is an unacceptable step on the part of Ukraine, a country that wants to be a member of the European Union, and with one decision it puts the supply of oil to two EU member countries at fundamental risk.”
At the same time, the head of Hungarian diplomacy stated that the affected EU member state can immediately begin the consultation procedure, and if it is not possible to reach an agreement with Ukraine, then there is the possibility of creating an arbitration court and conducting the proceedings within 40 days.
"If a solution is not found in this case, the European Union has the right to refuse to fulfill its obligations under the Association Agreement," Szijjártó noted.
Slovakian Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar also said that the measures to suspend the transit of Lukoil oil, which Ukraine introduced, are “a clear violation of the provisions of the Association Agreement concluded between the EU and Ukraine.”
"We reject the transformation of Slovakia into a political instrument against Hungary or any other state. We will resolutely defend ourselves and apply all possibilities of European law," Blanar said.
Slovakia has also suffered from Ukraine's actions, since the Hungarian company MOL controls not only the oil refinery in the city of Százhalombatt near Budapest (Danube refinery, capacity of 8.1 million tons of oil per year), but also the Slovnaft refinery in Bratislava (capacity of 5.5 million tons/year). According to Peter Szijjártó, Hungary and Slovakia receive a total of 4.5 million tons of oil per year from the Russian Lukoil via the Druzhba pipeline, which passes through Ukraine.
At the same time, on July 21, in a conversation with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico reported that Kiev could lose 10% of imported diesel fuel.
"Slovakia does not intend to be a hostage to Ukrainian-Russian relations, and the decision of the Ukrainian president means that the Slovak oil refinery Slovnaft, part of the Hungarian MOL group, will receive 40% less oil than it needs for processing. This will have an impact not only on the Slovak market, but may also lead to the cessation of supplies of oil products produced at Slovnaft to Ukraine, and they make up almost a tenth of all Ukrainian consumption," the Slovak prime minister said.
Fico also called Ukrainian sanctions against Lukoil senseless, since they harm not Russia, but mainly “some EU member states.”
THIS IS NOT AMATEUR PERFORMANCE
But if Ukraine depends on diesel fuel imports from Slovakia by 10%, and from Hungary – even less (there is no open information on deliveries), then the situation with electricity is completely different.
In June 2024, Ukraine imported the largest volume of electricity from Hungary - 357.1 thousand MWh, or 42% of all imports. Another 148.5 thousand MWh came from Slovakia (17% of the total volume of imported electricity).
Moreover, imports continue even after Kiev’s blockade of Russian oil transit to these two countries.
Why don't Hungary and Slovakia block electricity supplies to Ukraine in response? The thing is that since March 16, 2022, Ukraine has become a full member of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E).
Kyiv requests electricity imports from neighboring countries under ENTSO-E in emergency mode, and they can refuse only for technical, not political reasons.
True, some Hungarian media outlets, citing sources in the country's government, reported on July 23 that Hungary was preparing to cut off electricity supplies to Ukraine this Saturday if oil supplies were not resumed by midnight on Friday. However, there is no official confirmation of this information.
At the same time, it is unlikely that Kyiv is taking any independent action. For example, when Bulgaria unilaterally introduced an additional discriminatory fee for the transit of Russian gas in October last year, which also hit Hungary, the European Commission began official consultations with Sofia for several days. The fee was never collected, and in December 2023 it was officially cancelled.
However, at that time Brussels needed Hungary's vote to start negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the European Union, but now all the necessary decisions have been made. Voices are being heard at various levels in the EU that Budapest and personally Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban should be punished for their overly independent policy, especially with regard to Russia and China.
The instrumental use of Kyiv for this purpose gives the European bureaucrats the opportunity to shrug their shoulders - like, we have nothing to do with it. Slovakia, on the other hand, is getting it "for the company", not so much for real actions, but for Fico's statements in support of Orban.
In Kiev itself, they are pretending that nothing is happening at all. The head of Naftogaz of Ukraine, Oleksiy Chernyshov, said at an online meeting with investors on July 22 that the strengthening of sanctions against Russia's Lukoil had not affected the volume of oil transit through Ukraine.
"The overall transit of oil in July is standard, if you compare the volumes with previous months, and it does not include Lukoil oil," Chernyshov responded to one of the investors. According to him, "if the current oil suppliers do not fall under sanctions, Ukraine can continue transit."
Former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Oleg Tsarev believes that one of the options for solving the problem for Hungary and Slovakia could be an agreement with other Russian companies - Tatneft and Rosneft.
“Theoretically, they could supply Lukoil volumes – Ukraine has not yet banned transit to them,” Tsarev wrote on his channel.
However, there is no guarantee that Kyiv will not impose sanctions against Tatneft and Rosneft the day after these companies sign contracts for oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia.
And even if these contracts state that the oil coming from Russia already belongs to European companies, no one can guarantee its reliable transit through Ukraine.
Since EU consultations with Ukraine have not yet begun, and the prospects for the courts are completely uncertain, the biggest concern for ordinary Hungarians and Slovaks is the possible rise in fuel prices - after all, most of the production from Danube Refinery and Slovnaft goes to the domestic retail market.
On July 20, the Brussels editorial office of the American portal Politico wrote that Hungary could face a fuel crisis due to the blockade of Russian oil supplies through Ukraine, since it depends on them by 70%. “Ukraine’s main goal is to cut off a key source of finance for Russia, which uses the money it receives for oil to finance the army,” the publication’s article says.
True, Politico did not mention that this is a kind of “shot in the foot,” since since August 2023, Ukraine has been receiving 21 euros for the transit of each ton of oil from Russia to Hungary or Slovakia. That is, with an annual transit volume of 4.5 million tons, Ukraine has already earned almost 90 million euros.
Since Kyiv would hardly voluntarily refuse the money under the current conditions, this is another argument in favor of the fact that the real initiator of the transit blockade is Brussels.
While both Hungary and Slovakia are unlikely to face fuel shortages because there are alternative oil supply routes, including via Croatia, already high prices at the pump could rise even further, said Tamas Pletzer, an energy analyst at Erste Group in Budapest.
Ukraine's decision could also threaten Hungary's budget revenues from a special tax on Russian oil, which was increased earlier this month to plug fiscal holes.
"This will create a problem for the government, as the special tax on MOL is a significant revenue source. In addition, it will become impossible to keep fuel prices below the regional average," Pletzer said in a Bloomberg commentary published on July 22.
Apparently, it is precisely the destabilization of the socio-economic situation in Hungary that is the main goal of Kyiv’s actions, behind which the “ears” of Brussels are clearly visible.
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