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Russian "operational headquarters" of the occupied Crimea has banned the passage of civilians to the Arabat Spit, which connects the eastern part of the peninsula with the Kherson region. That's according to Interfax, citing the FSB's Border Guard Department for Crimea, Ukrinform reports.  It is specified that this decision will come into force at 20:00 on July 31. From now on, only emergency services personnel and citizens performing defense and emergency response work will be able to get to the spit. According to the argumentation of the "FSB Border Directorate", the restrictions are imposed under a special order and are…

Poland supports the start of training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16s and is ready to join in if Ukraine requests it. Head of the Bureau of International Policy under the President of Poland Marcin Przydach said this on Polish Radio, Ukrinform reports. "Other allied countries can also demonstrate a little more willingness to help and support Ukraine. Poland has already done a lot in this regard. We do not plan to transfer F-16 aircraft (to Ukraine - ed.), but as for the exercises, if a good request and a good offer is made by the Ukrainian side, we will certainly…

In Lyman direction, service members of the National Guard of Ukraine stopped a Russian attempt to break through their positions. "During one of the battles, the fighters of units of the 4th Brigade of the Operational Assignment stopped a daring attempt by the enemy to break through our positions. Having failed during the assault by infantry units, the enemy sent three newest T-90M Proryv tanks for help. However, the Lyman forests stood in their way, the breakthrough was not successful and the tank crews replenished to the lists of ‘good Russians’," Colonel Mykola Urshalovych, Deputy Director of the Planning Department…

It became known about another victim of the Russian missile attack launched on Odesa city on July 23. "The body of a woman was found in a non-residential annex near a destroyed private house on Parkova Street. The identity of the deceased is being established," the Odesa City Council posted on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. As reported, on the night of July 23, the Russian army launched a missile attack on the very heart of Odesa city. The Transfiguration Cathedral, the House of Scientists, five kindergartens, four schools, and many residential buildings were destroyed – the struck area is under the…

As a result of a night attack on the Odesa region by Kalibr missiles, the port's administrative building was destroyed, production facilities were damaged, and a security guard was killed. This was stated by Natalia Humeniuk, head of the joint press center of the Operational Command South, on the air of the telethon 'United News', according to Ukrinform. "Last night we can state that the enemy launched another powerful attack, including on the south of Ukraine, using unmanned aerial vehicles and preconditions for a powerful storm and thunderstorm," she informed. The spokeswoman noted that the enemy sent the Shaheds to…

At night on July 27, the Ukrainian Defense Forces destroyed eight Shahed-136/131 attack drones, which the Russian invaders used to attack from the southeast. The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in a statement on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. " At night on July 27, 2023, Russia attacked from the southeast with UAVs and cruise missiles. In total, two launches of the Kalibr missile system from a submarine in the Black Sea and eight Iranian Shahed-136/131 kamikaze drones from the direction of Primorsko-Akhtarsk were recorded," the Air Force said. It is reported that the Russians attacked…

Last night Russian troops attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region’s Nikopol district seven times. The relevant statement was made by Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration Head Serhii Lysak on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “All night long, the Russian army was shelling the Nikopol district. The enemy attacked the district seven times. About three dozens of heavy artillery shells struck the city of Nikopol, Pokrovske and Chervonohryhorivka communities,” Lysak wrote. In his words, Russian attacks caused damage to an educational institution, administrative building, communications company, postal office and church. Two 2-storey houses and a household building were hit. Power transmission lines were seriously…

On Wednesday evening, air defense forces shot down an incoming Russian missile from the sky over Dnipropetrovsk region. Serhii Lysak, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, reported this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "This evening, our defenders shot down a missile over the region. Due to falling debris, a fire broke out, which rescuers have already put out. No one was injured," the post reads. In addition, this morning, the enemy attacked Nikopol, employing heavy artillery. The administrative building and a private enterprise were damaged. Three residential buildings, a car, a gas pipeline, and some power lines were damaged. A…

The Armed Forces of Ukraine reduce the offensive and defensive potential of the enemy very efficiently. It is increasingly difficult for invaders to defend themselves against Ukraine’s offensive. "The efficiency of the Armed Forces cannot be measured solely by the kilometers they advanced. Efficiency is a much broader concept. Our Armed Forces are very efficient in reducing the offensive and defensive potential of the enemy. It is increasingly difficult for the enemy to defend itself against our offensive," Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar said during the United News telethon, Ukrinform reports. It is normal that the offensive is now…