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[Korrespondent] 17.40 Ukraine is preparing a new strategy to force Russia to make peace after a massive ballistic missile attack. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an address to Ukrainians on Sunday, July 19.
He also announced key talks on the further strategy to force Russia to peace for Monday, July 20.
"The past few days have been extremely difficult for the Ukrainian sky. Russian troops carried out one of the largest strikes, focusing mainly on ballistic missiles. The enemy's main targets were Kyiv and the region - the occupiers had been carefully preparing this attack for several days, accumulating an arsenal. The Kharkiv, Sumy, Donetsk and Kherson regions were also hit. In total, more than a hundred objects were damaged in the capital region," Zelenskyy said.
16.34 Ukrainian strikes on the Kerch ferry crossing have almost completely disrupted one of the key logistical routes by which the Russian occupation forces supplied their units in temporarily occupied Crimea. This was reported by the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces unit, Robert Brovdi, to "Magyar" on Sunday, July 19.
According to him, before the operation began, four ferries regularly operated between the ports of the Caucasus and Crimea, and another was in reserve in Kerch. However, in the first two weeks of July, the situation changed dramatically.
15.35 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga, after another large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv, appealed to international partners to increase pressure on the Kremlin. He published the corresponding appeal on his Telegram channel on Sunday, July 19.
According to the minister, during the strike, Russian troops used about four dozen ballistic missiles, and civilians became the victims of the attack.
14.44 Russian troops launched a missile strike on a postal terminal in the suburbs of Kharkiv. The attack killed three people and injured 20, according to the head of the Ukrainian Anti-Russian Revolutionary Committee, Oleg Synegubov.
14.24 The Botswana government has reported a sharp increase in cases of its citizens being tricked into participating in Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, Bloomberg reports .
Africans are lured abroad under the pretext of employment, then forced to participate in hostilities.
The country's Foreign Ministry noted that the number of victims of such schemes is "growing at an alarming rate."
13.57 A 16-year-old boy was killed and 12 others were injured in a Russian strike on an amusement park in the Odessa region , OVA Chairman Oleg Kiper reported .
13:47 Russian troops launched a missile strike on Odessa on Sunday. One person was injured as a result of the shelling, the head of the OVA, Oleg Kiper, reported .
"The enemy launched a missile strike on Odessa. A crater formed at the impact site. One person was previously injured," the report says.
13.33 Russian troops attacked the suburbs of Kharkiv on Sunday afternoon. It was previously reported that there were casualties as a result of enemy shelling. This was reported by the head of the OVA, Oleg Synegubov.
"According to preliminary information, three people were killed and 13 others were injured as a result of enemy airstrikes," the head of the OVA noted.
Later, Sinegubov reported that the number of injured had increased to 16. Nine wounded people were taken to hospitals, three of them in serious condition.
13.28 Defense forces have struck three oil depots in the Stavropol region of the Russian Federation and another fuel industry facility in the same region. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky on November 1.
"We continue to respond to Russian strikes quite fairly and accurately. Today, Ukrainian long-range sanctions have reached specific objects that provide and finance Russian aggression," the head of state noted.
11.14 Russian troops struck civilian infrastructure in the city of Sumy with guided bombs in the morning. One person was killed and at least three others were injured, the head of the OVA, Oleg Grigorov, reported .
08.56 At night, Russian troops carried out a massive combined strike on Ukraine using UAVs, air-launched and ground-launched missiles of various types. 126 enemy targets were shot down. This was reported by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The main direction of attack was Kyiv.
A total of 166 air attack vehicles were recorded - 41 missiles and 125 UAVs of various types: 10 3M22 Zircon anti-ship missiles, 25 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles, 3 Onyx anti-ship missiles, 3 Kh-59/69 guided aircraft missiles, 125 Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas attack UAVs, Parodia-type simulator drones, Banderol-type loitering munitions.
08.37 The 1607th day of the Russian Federation's large-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun. In total, 249 combat clashes were recorded over the past 24 hours. This is stated in the morning summary of the General Staff.
07.53 An 89-year-old woman was killed and 13 others were injured in a nighttime attack by Russian troops on Kyiv. Russia used ballistic missiles, hitting six districts of the capital. The National Police reported on the consequences of another shelling .
07.23 As a result of Russian strikes on Zaporizhia and Zaporizhia district, 13 people were injured, including two children. This was reported by the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
In total, during the day, the occupiers launched 1,041 strikes on 54 settlements.
07.11 The Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated 1,520 Russian occupiers over the past 24 hours. The total enemy losses in the war amount to 1,428,930 people. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
04.44 During the attack on Kyiv, hits and fires occurred in the Dniprovsky, Desnyansky, Solomyansky, Shevchenkivsky and Svyatoshynsky districts. According to Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko, seven people were injured. The KMVA also reported one death. The State Emergency Service spoke about the consequences of the attack.
04.12 Drones attacked an oil depot in Mikhailovsk, Stavropol Krai, Russia. A large-scale fire was reported. This was the third attack on the oil depot in the past few weeks.
02.20 The Russians launched a massive missile attack on Kyiv. Numerous fires broke out in the city. Monitoring channels counted about 40 ballistic missiles. This is the largest ballistic attack on Kyiv during the entire war.
01.21 Russians attack Zaporizhia with drones. As a result of the attack, a private house and an educational institution are on fire. One person is injured.
00.50 In Kherson, a Russian drone hit one of the high-rise buildings, injuring three adults and two children.
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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:
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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[Regnum] The massive Russian military strike on Kyiv was a response to the attack on civilian targets in the Moscow region carried out the day before. Glenn Diesen, a professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway, announced this on July 19on the social media platform X.
"Russia launched a very powerful strike on Kyiv, reportedly firing around 40-50 missiles. This was a very swift response to yesterday's attack," he wrote in the publication.
Diesen also clarified that the targets of the Russian strike were logistics facilities and industrial facilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
On the night of July 19, Russian forces launched a massive airstrike on Ukrainian territory. In Kyiv, Russian forces struck the Radioniks electronics assembly and parts plant, which produced guidance systems for FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles, FP-7 and FP-9 tactical missiles, and Neptune-MD guided missiles. In the Kyiv region, Russian forces struck the Amtel Properties logistics center in Tarasovka, which assembled and distributed components for long-range attack drones.
Following a massive overnight strike on targets in Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense published a meme referencing the FIFA World Cup, which ends on July 19.
A photograph of a ballistic missile launch appeared on the ministry's Telegram page.
"Today is definitely not the final. We're fired up and moving on," the image reads. The post is accompanied by the hashtag "This isn't football."
Today, July 19, the FIFA World Cup final will take place. Spain and Argentina will face off in the final match of the tournament. The game will be held at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, USA.
Spain won, 1:0 in overtime after Argentina got a red card and had to play down one player.
On the night of July 19, Russian forces launched a massive air strike on Ukrainian territory. Military industrial facilities and logistics centers in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, infrastructure facilities at seaports in the Odesa region, and other targets were hit.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense commented on the attack on military facilities on the night of July 16 under the same tag, noting that Russian military strikes have been ongoing.
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