The Ministry directed that brigades be consolidated: General Syrskyi proceeded to establish three additional brigades. The Ministry directed the consolidation of Ukraine’s corps. Syrskyi took several of Ukraine’s best units and deployed them as a split formation across opposite ends of the front. The point at which things became dire was when Fedorov’s team started to try and resource technically innovative units, only to find that personnel were prioritised to 425 Assault Regiment, which persisted in human centric, high casualty attacks – accused of abuse of its own personnel – while stripping away supporting equipment from commanders of innovative formations that Fedorov had wanted to enable. At the point where it became clear that Fedorov’s desire to identify competent and innovative commanders would see those very individuals disempowered by the military leadership, the rift between the Ministry and General Staff became irreconcilable.
Наслідки ураження аеродрому «Енгельс-2» у Саратовській області Службою безпеки України в ніч на 16 липня. Знищено стратегічний бомбардувальник-ракетоносець Ту-95МС.
A joint report by the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD), Beyond the Battlefield: Russia’s Information War Against Ukraine’s European Future (opens pdf), shows that Russia’s attempts to undermine Ukraine’s EU path are systematic, coordinated, and persistent. They are not isolated ‘fake news’ stories. They are part of a wider Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) ecosystem designed to weaken Ukraine, divide European societies, and damage confidence in enlargement.
France has granted political asylum to Alexei Moskalev and his daughter, Masha, according to inTransit, the human rights group that assisted the family.
The European Court of Justice said people running free, donation-funded websites can qualify as “operators” under the EU’s Russia sanctions, even if they are not traditional broadcasters.
…the fires destroyed thousands, or even tens of thousands, of items belonging to sellers who work through Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer. Very rough, preliminary estimates put the damage at more than 50 billion rubles. Up to 15% of the company’s total warehouse space may have been affected…
Japan is reassessing how it prepares for war, turning to Ukraine’s battlefield experience and low-cost drones capable of intercepting Shaheds as tensions around Taiwan and Chinese military activity continue to rise, The Japan Times reported on July 14.
Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar has confirmed that an investigation is underway into former Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó’s relationship with Russia, while also announcing new public safety measures for Budapest and providing updates on major transport and energy projects.
Never underestimate the ability of authoritarian idiots to convince themselves the strategy that has failed 100 times will succeed because they came up with the strategy.
The Black Sea vessels seen in the SBS video are ocean-going ships, far larger than the flat-bottomed river couriers Ukraine has been burning along the Azov feeder route. The footage from the FP-1 or FP-2 attack drones shows the operators aiming mostly for the deck structures rather than the bridges, with follow-up drones filming the fires that spread after the first strikes.
…"We expect that by the end of 2026, our Ukrainian team will have the technical capability to produce U.S. missiles,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said on July 15.
Ukraine has conducted test launches of a domestically developed ballistic missile of an undisclosed type, according to statements by former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov and the Militarnyi defense news outlet.
Fines issued to Russian drivers for parking and stopping violations while they waited in line for gasoline will be canceled, Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk said.
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