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Current information on the situation on the front line: July 20 (updated)
2024-07-21
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:35 Volchansk – Staritsa.

Khar'kov direction. Positionalmilitary actionsin the area of ??Volchansk. Forward positions of the Russian Armed Forces in agricultural buildings in the village of Staritsa are under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Expansion of the zone of control of the Russian Armed Forces by about 1 km in the western direction.

20:17 Between 14:30 and 18:15 Moscow timestoppedanother attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.

19:57 Svatovo - Dzherelnoye

Consequences of military operations in the Svatovo area. Russian Armed Forces servicemen raise the battle flag of their unit on one of the buildings on the northern outskirts of Dzherelny.

19:11 Kupyansk – Peschanoye.

Consequences of military operations in the Kupyansk direction. Servicemen of the RF Armed Forces are installing the flag of the Russian Federation on the Great Patriotic War memorial, confirming confident control of the central part of Peschaniy north of the Peschanaya River. Advancement of the RF Armed Forces in the western direction up to 2.5 km.

18:35 Kherson direction. Right bank.

Russian Aerospace Forces struck a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and equipment using several FAB-500 aerial bombs from the UPMK. Su-34Ms were used.

18:15 Russian Army broke through enemy defenses and cuts off the main supply route of the Ugledar group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

17:49 Special military operation. Situation as of July 20 –map.

17:27 Today is a good day in terms of advances of our troops.

The enemy has completely lost the north-eastern part of Krasnogorovka, rolling back to the north-western outskirts. The city of Krasnogorovka will soon return to Russian control.

16:48 RF Armed Forces took control over the waste heap to the east of Dzerzhinsk. This will allow the control zone here to be significantly expanded in the coming days.

16:24 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of July 20, 2024) –video.

15:44 Maryinka – Pobeda.

Active military actions in the Maryinka area. Attack of the Russian Armed Forces with armored vehicles in the direction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold on the Georgievka-Pobeda line under fire. Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces about 700 meters along the H15 highway to Kurakhovo.

15:07 Ocheretino – Novoaleksandrovka.

Positional military actions on the northern flank of Avdiivka. The position of the Russian Armed Forces in the strong point west of Novoaleksandrivka near the highway to Vozdvizhenka is under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the western direction is up to 400 meters.

14:32 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces –map:

Alexandropol (west of New York). There are also reports of movements north of Arkhangelskoye in our favor + about an advance to Rozovka. The area northeast of Ocheretino has come to life again.

Progress (west of Ocheretino). The most threatening section of the front for the enemy. There are also reports that the enemy has begun to retreat from Novoselovka Pervaya. This was facilitated by taking supply roads under fire control.

Dzerzhinsk (advancement to Artemovo, the enemy has lost a number of important positions and is not yet able to stabilize the defense in the city)

14:11 Enemy admits the loss of almost all Progress and the advance of the Russian Armed Forces on the outskirts of Karlovka to the south of the Karlovskoye Reservoir.

13:53 Map of Offensive operations of the Russian Armed Forces – Square.

Territorial changes related to the conduct of the offensive operation by the Russian Armed Forces in the North-Eastern Military District zone in various directions for October 2023 – June 2024.

12:45 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, prevented the enemy from strengthening the forward positions and conducting rotations in the areas of Prechistovka, Levandnoye and Zagornoye.

Strongholds and areas of concentration of manpower and equipment of the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade and the 128th Territorial Defense Brigade in the Oktyabr and Vodyanoye areas were hit by artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems.

Over the course of 24 hours, up to 115 enemy servicemen, two towed FH-70 howitzers, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and one 152mm Giatsint-B, six vehicles and five aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed.

12:10 The Russian army has expanded the offensive front in the Northern direction –map.

Seversky direction. The remaining part of Razdolovka and areas west and east of the village came under the control of Russian troops (advancement in an area up to 3.1 km wide), Ukrainian military analysts finally acknowledged.

Liman direction. In the area of Makeyevka and Nevskaya ravine, high intensity of military actions remains. The Russian Armed Forces are pressing from positions north of the village and in the central part, where they had previously managed to gain a foothold in the buildings along Zarechnaya Street.

Toretskoye direction. Our units are pushing the enemy out in the western and northern directions in the area of the settlement Druzhba.

Pokrovskoe direction. Russian troops are clearing previously occupied territories in the village of Progress and liberating the south of the settlement and along the railway in the western direction.

In Novosyolovka, the First Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are smashing the enemy in the southern and western directions along Pervomayskaya Street.

South of the Karlovskoye Reservoir, our troops are improving their tactical positions in the eastern part of the Rassvet garden association and along the forest belt south of the Domakha gully.

11:48 Between 09.30 and 10.15 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.

Three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.

11:15 Nikolaev region.

It is reported, that as a result of the morning missile strike by our cruise missiles, a military warehouse of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and military equipment were hit. In particular, the cruise missile "X-59" fired heat traps and hit the assembly warehouse. The strike was carried out by the Su-34M aircraft.

10:54 Artemovsk direction. (area of Chasov Yar settlement).

It's been quite active since morning today.are workingour assault groups and armored vehicles. At the same time, we try to minimize the risk of injuries during the attack.

10:29 Statement by the head of the press center of the Dnepr group –video.

The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces carried out combat missions in the Kakhovka direction. They ensured control of the island zone of the Dnieper River. They did not allow the enemy troops to regroup with artillery fire. They continued to destroy the Ukrainian Armed Forces' floating craft trying to land on the left bank of the Dnieper. They actively destroyed FPV drones, reconnaissance and attack UAVs.

During the day, the enemy's losses amounted to: up to 85 servicemen; during the counter-battery attack, a 105mm M119 gun, an Anklav-N electronic warfare station, and a P-18 radar station were destroyed.

The use of strike UAVs disabled five units of automotive equipment.

09:56 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to shell civilian infrastructure of populated areas of the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces released:

-- n.p. Kakhovka two rounds;

-- Four rounds in the village of Dnepryany;

-- in the village of Lyubimovka four rounds;

-- Three rounds in the village of Novye Lageri.

As a result of artillery attack in the village of Dnepryany, the post office building was damaged.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the villages of Stara Zburyevka, Obryvka, Aleshki, Dnepryany, and Kairy, firing a total of 21 rounds from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being clarified.

09:23 During the past night, during an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks using unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation, air defense systems on duty destroyed and twenty-six UAVs were intercepted over the territory of the Rostov region and one UAV was destroyed over the territory of the Smolensk region.

08:48 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:

Chronicle of the special military operation for July 19, 2024

– Russian troops launched several missile strikes on targets on the territory of the so-called Ukraine, including Nikolaev and Chuguev.

– Ukrainian formations again tried to cause damage to Russian territories, but without success: in Melitopol, Kursk and Lugansk, air targets were destroyed by air defense systems on duty.

– In the Slobozhansky direction, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to land a force consisting of members of elite units on the shore of the Travyansky Reservoir, but without success.

– In the Liman direction, Russian troops advanced in the area of ??the Zhuravka ravine and consolidated their positions on the approaches to Nevsky.

– In the Seversky direction, the Russian Armed Forces liberated Ivano-Daryevka and hoisted a flag on a building in the center of the settlement.

– In the Pokrovsky direction, fighting continues in Lozovatskoye, and footage has also appeared confirming the complete control of Russian fighters over Progress.

08:00 Official summary of DPR representative offices in the JCCC over the past day.

A total of 28 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC.

There were reports of three civilians being injured.

DAMAGED:
Nine residential buildings,
Two cars,
One civil infrastructure facility.

A total of 14 artillery attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 14 artillery attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Gorlovka direction.

In total, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 81 units of various ammunition.

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