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2026-07-23 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Latest information on the situation on the front line as of July 22 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFront] 21:09 In the "free hunt" mode, FPV drone operators of the 1st Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment of the "North" Guards group destroyed the American M-113 armored personnel carrier, which Ukrainian nationalists planned to use to transport manpower to forward positions in the Khar'kov direction.

20:38 During the day, from 8:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 80 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were over the territories of the Belgorod and Kursk regions, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.

20:07 Operators of the attack UAVs of the Vostok group discovered and destroyed enemy manpower, completely disrupting the rotation of Ukrainian Armed Forces units.

Dnepr drone operators are terrorizing the right bank, targeting enemy fortified positions and equipment.

Operators of attack drones from the Sever group tracked down and burned to the ground a car and an all-terrain vehicle belonging to Ukrainian forces.

Drone operators from the Center group overtook Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment near Yuryevka in the DPR.

UAV crews from the Southern Group destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone control center in Belokuzminovka, part of the Konstantinovka urban community.

19:52 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed groups in a number of regions of the Russian Federation

According to local authorities, seven people were injured in attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in the Bryansk and Kursk regions.

In the DPR, as a result of aggression by the Kyiv regime in Gorlovka, 6 civilians were injured.

In the Zaporizhzhia region, four people were injured as a result of attacks by Ukrainian armed forces.

Three civilians were injured in drone strikes in the Kherson region.

According to the Belgorod Region operational headquarters, six people were injured in the region as a result of Ukrainian armed aggression.

19:09 by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued attacks on Ukrainian ports and sea vessels deployed in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Two more dry cargo ships, which were delivering cargo for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the ports of Odessa and Chornomorsk, were hit by attack drones while crossing the sea.

18:40 Vostok jet pilots covered a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry in the forests of the Zaporizhzhia region.

17:45 Our drone operators covered a bike ride attempting to rotate the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region,video.

17:08 Military personnel in Sevastopol fended off an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, air defense and mobile fire groups.

Two UAVs were shot down in the Balaklava and Leninsky districts.

According to preliminary information, no one was injured.

16:01 The world's largest container shipping operator Maersk stops work in Ukrainian ports due to intensive Russian strikes

Instead of the Black Sea ports of the Odessa region, ships will now be redirected to the Romanian port of Constanta.

15:20 17 people suffered during a night attack on Yalta, a UAV hit a residential building, 6 people are in hospital, 3 in serious condition.

14:32 Over the past 24 hours, as a result of terrorist attacks in the Zaporizhzhia region four people were hit.

In the Melitopol urban district, an industrial zone in the village of Semenovka was attacked by the enemy, but fortunately there were no casualties. In the village of Radivonovka, one person was injured in the shelling. In the city of Melitopol, the roof of a private home was damaged as a result of the attack.

In the Veselovsky Municipal District, near the urban-type settlement of Vesyoloye, a fire broke out in grain crops during an attack. A defunct pharmacy was also attacked in Vesyoloye. There were no civilian casualties.

In the city of Kamenka-Dniprovska, two people were injured as a result of a strike on a pharmacy building.

14:00 Summary of the Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of July 22, 2026

As a result of active operations, units of the North military group established control over the village of Artelnoye in the Khar'kov region.

The formations of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Rubezhnoye, Novooleksandrivka and Chernoglazovka in the Khar'kov region.

In the Sumy region, the manpower and equipment of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Mogritsa, Krasnopolye and Khrapovshchyna in the Sumy region.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 250 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, 10 vehicles, a Bogdana self-propelled artillery unit, a Verba multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle, and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the "West" force group occupied more advantageous positions and lines. They defeated the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' mechanized and assault brigades, the territorial defense brigade, and the National Guard brigade near the settlements of Izyum, Studenok, and Komarovka in the Khar'kov region and Tatyanovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The enemy's losses amounted to 210 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 13 vehicles, two field artillery pieces, and a Verba multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle.

Units of the Southern Group of Forces improved their tactical position. They defeated formations of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Slavyansk, Malotaranivka, Kramatorsk, Nikolaevka, and Druzhkovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

In one day, the enemy lost more than 140 servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, 31 cars and four artillery pieces.

Units of the "Center" force group improved their position along the forward edge. They defeated the personnel and equipment of a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, and three National Guard brigades near the settlements of Verovka, Rubizhne, Svetloe, and Dobropillia in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 240 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, four cars, three field artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station.

Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defenses and liberated the village of Blagovatnoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The manpower and equipment of the mechanized, airborne assault brigades and two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Vasilkovka, Pokrovskoe in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Omelnik, Nezhenka and Chervony Yar in the Zaporizhzhia region.

The enemy lost up to 380 servicemen, an armored personnel carrier, 11 vehicles, an artillery piece, and a Grad multiple launch rocket system combat vehicle.

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

More than 50 military personnel, 14 vehicles and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.

13:23 Russian Army liberated Blagovatnoe, Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Units of the "East" group of forces liberated the village during an offensive. During the fighting, up to a platoon of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel, four armored combat vehicles, seven vehicles, three ground-based robotic systems, and 32 heavy Baba Yaga drones were destroyed.

13:05 Drone operators of the "Southern" group of forces destroyed personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who tried to escape from Konstantinovka.

11:50 Artillerymen of the Vostok group leveled with the ground strongholds, dugouts and shelters of the enemy in the Zaporizhzhia region.

10:44 The Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate crimes committed by Ukrainian armed forces against civilians in the Donetsk People's Republic

According to local authorities, civilian vehicles were attacked by Ukrainian UAVs in the Velikonovoselkovsky and Mangushsky municipal districts, as well as in the urban district of Debaltseve, resulting in two deaths and three injuries.

9:51 Summary about the operational situation in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours.

In total, 111 enemy drones of various types were shot down between 9:00 a.m. on July 21 and 9:00 a.m. on July 22. The enemy used artillery 124 times on evacuated areas. Drones attacked our territory five times using explosive devices.

9:25 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued conducting group strikes using high-precision air and ground-based weapons and strike unmanned aerial vehicles.

As a result of the blows:

- in the port of Odessa (state enterprise "Sea Trade Port "Odessa"), port infrastructure facilities used for unloading and storing military cargo, and tanks with fuel and lubricants intended for supplying the Armed Forces of Ukraine were damaged;

- at the sea crossing (15 km and 53 km southeast of Odessa), a dry cargo ship and a bulk carrier-type sea vessel were damaged, which were delivering cargo for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to the ports of Odessa and Chornomorsk;

- In the city of Odessa, the Nova Poshta logistics center, used for storing military cargo, was damaged.

- In addition, in the area of the village of Kovalivka (25 km northwest of Odessa), a battery of the Neptune-2 coastal missile system was hit, two launchers and a transport and loading vehicle were destroyed.

08:31 FPV drone operators destroyed several guns of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansk direction.

08:26 During the past night, in the period from 20:00 Moscow time on July 21 to 8:00 Moscow time on July 22, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 242 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Leningrad, Novgorod, Oryol, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver, Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.

07:52 Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued application of strikes on Ukrainian ports used to deliver cargo to the Ukrainian Armed Forces and military facilities in the Odessa region.

As a result of strikes by high-precision air-launched weapons and attack drones, two seagoing vessels were hit, as well as port infrastructure facilities used for unloading and storing military cargo, and fuel and lubricant tanks intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the port of Odessa.

In addition, a Nova Poshta logistics center used for storing military cargo was damaged in Odessa, as was a battery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Neptune coastal missile system in the village of Kovalivka.

06:41 Operators of attack UAVs from the Vostok group destroyed enemy artillery positions in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Drone crews from the Sever group disrupted the delivery of food and ammunition to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, destroying ground robotic systems in the Sumy and Khar'kov regions.

In the Dobropillya direction, drone operators of the "Center"liquidatedfiring points and landed heavy enemy hexacopters.

05:00 Center group artillerymen fire from the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled gun smashed to pieces fortified positions, dugouts and a control center for Ukrainian Armed Forces drones.

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