Day 162: Mykolaiv will not be forcibly evacuated For the past two months, Mykolaiv has been under heavy shelling from Russian troops almost every day. Rockets hit infrastructure objects, residential buildings, and two universities were destroyed. No damage to military facilities or soldiers — only civilians and civilian facilities are affected. The head of Mykolayiv RWA Vitaliy Kim…

Day 161: HIMARS in action — the Russian Federation failed to destroy any of the systems delivered to Ukraine The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Serhiy Shoigu said that the Russian military managed to destroy 6 HIMARS systems. This is not the first such statement from the Russian army, but once again it is provided without any relevant evidence, namely photos or videos of destroyed/captured equipment.

Day 160: An important moment for the Ukrainian counteroffensive In the last two weeks, the Ukrainian and world press have been talking a lot about the transition of the armed forces of Ukraine to a counteroffensive in the southern direction, namely, about the deoccupation of the entire right bank of the Dnipro and the liberation of the city of…

Day 159: The food deal seems to have worked On the morning of July 1, Turkey announced that the first ship with Ukrainian food would leave the Ukrainian port. Later, this information was confirmed by Ukrainian high-ranking officials. A few days before, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Odessa to personally assess the restoration of the port. …

Day 156: The tragedy in Olenivka This morning it became known about the shelling of the prison in Olenivka, a village in the occupied part of Donetsk region. About 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war died after shelling the building. It is believed that all of them are from the “Azov” regiment. …

Day 155: Above 40 hryvnias per dollar The Ukrainian currency continues to devalue. During the last week, the hryvnia crossed and fixed on a new psychological mark — above 40 hryvnias for one dollar. It cost so cheap only after the events of 2014–2015, but then the price was quickly stabilized. Now the situation looks worse. The…

Day 154: The number one goal is the Antonovsky bridge On the night of July 27, the Armed Forces of Ukraine again shelled the Antonovsky bridge connecting the right and left banks near Kherson. According to unconfirmed data, the Armed Forces of Ukraine also damaged the railway track of the nearby railway bridge. …

Day 153: A strong South or strong East — is Russia’s dilemma Now we can see the pause in active hostilities of the Russian army. It gives reason to the intelligence of Ukraine’s western partners to claim even more actively about the lack of forces of the Russian army. We can see that the pace of the offensive in the East has…

Day 152: The battle for Vuhlehirska Power Station For more than a week, every military media has included news from the Vuhlehirska Power Station (Vuhlehirska TES), located in the city of Svitlodarsk, Donetsk region. It became a target for the Russian army, but there was no rapid advance. …