Ukraine war: Slovakia offers Ukraine 11 MIG-29 fighter jets
Created: 2022-07-27Updated: 2022-07-27 04:55
By: Tim Vincent Dicke, Vincent Büssow, Nail Akkoyun, Jan-Frederik Wendt, Sandra Kathe, Lukas Zigo, Moritz Serif, Nadja Austel, Marvin Ziegele, Andreas Apetz, Lucas Maier, Sarah Neumeyer
Russia is recruiting new soldiers and deploying a notorious unit: the news ticker on Monday, July 25th.
This news ticker has ended: You can read all current developments relating to the Ukraine war in the new ticker.
Ukraine reports successes:
Apparently 50 Russian ammunition depots destroyed
Breaking resistance:
Notorious unit probably in use in the Russian military
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's note: You can read all the news about the Ukraine conflict in this news ticker.
Some of the information comes from warring factions and cannot be directly checked independently.
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Russian troops have been trying to take the Wuhlehirsk power plant for weeks.
According to the Ukrainian general staff, they have now achieved a partial success.
Despite the name, the Wuhlehirsk power plant in the Donetsk region is not located in the Russian-occupied city of Wuhlehirsk.
The Ukrainian General Staff also said that Ukrainian troops repelled a Russian offensive on the village of Pokrovske in the Donetsk region.
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Slovakia's Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad is open to talks about handing over its fleet of 11 MIG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, Sky reported.
Nad said his country is not big enough to give away the entire fleet.
It needs allies offering replacement planes or money.
He said each MIG-29 is worth about 35 million euros.
Ukraine News: Zelenskyy appoints new commander of special forces
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj dismissed Hryhorii Halahan from the post of commander of the special forces and appointed Viktor Khorenko to this post.
The Special Operation Forces are a branch of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
They conduct reconnaissance missions and covert operations behind enemy lines.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine.
© Ukraine Presidency/dpa
Heavy weapons for Ukraine: First Gepard tanks arrived from Germany
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Today Ukraine received the first Gepard anti-aircraft tanks from Germany.
"The first three cheetahs officially arrived today," Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Ukrainian television on Monday.
Several tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition were also handed over.
It remains unclear whether German battle tanks and armored personnel carriers will soon follow.
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A Gepard anti-aircraft tank painted in a special color completes a lap of honor on the firing range.
© Carsten Rehder/dpa
The Gepard tanks are a good five months after the Russian attack on Ukraine, the second delivery of heavy weapons from Germany to the crisis area.
In total, Ukraine is to receive 15 Gepard tanks.
Ukraine arrests Russian spy – Notorious unit apparently in action
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After the Russian rocket attacks on the port of Odessa on the Black Sea, Moscow sees no obstacles to exporting millions of tons of Ukrainian grain.
The rockets hit the part of the port used for military purposes and thus at a “significant distance” from the grain silos, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday during his trip to Africa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
There is nothing on the Russian side standing in the way of fulfilling Friday's Istanbul agreement, he said.
At the same time, Lavrov made it clear that such an attack could happen again at any time.
According to Lavrov, Russia has not made any commitments in the Istanbul Agreement "that would prevent us from
continue military special operation and destroy military infrastructure and other military targets”.
Russia calls the war of aggression against Ukraine only a "military special operation".
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has dismissed Deputy Secretary of the National Security Council Demnchenko.
This emerges from a message on the President's website.
So far it is unclear what the reasons for this are.
According to a report by the news portal
Kyiv Independent
, Demnchenko campaigned for the signing of the so-called Kharkiv agreements in 2010.
These are said to have favored the illegal annexation of the Crimean peninsula.
This cannot be verified independently.
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A Russian collaborator with the Russian armed forces was apparently arrested in Kiev.
As the news portal
Kyiv Independent
reports, the 41-year-old is said to have sent numerous photos of the deployment routes of Ukrainian troops to Moscow since April 2022.
According to the report, he is accused of having passed on information about a contact in the occupied territories to Russia.
The information cannot be independently verified.
News about the Ukraine war: Apparently 50 Russian ammunition depots destroyed
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According to Defense Minister Oleksiy Resnikov, Ukrainian forces have destroyed 50 Russian ammunition depots with US precision missiles.
"This breaks their supply chains and deprives them of their ability to actively fight and to take our forces under heavy artillery fire," Reznikov said on Ukrainian TV.
This proves the growing influence of the US-supplied mobile multiple rocket launchers "Himars" on the fighting.
Resnikov's statements are not independently verifiable.
News about the Ukraine war: Notorious unit to break resistance
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According to the Ukrainian secret service, the notorious Berkut riot police in the Russian army are also used in Cherson.
According to a situation report, this should now break the resistance in occupied areas such as Cherson.
However, this cannot be verified independently.
In 2014, the Berkut units, once subordinate to the Interior Ministry of Ukraine, were involved in the crackdown on pro-European protests in Ukraine.
After the flight of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych, the government in Kyiv dissolved them.
However, the special unit was still welcome in Crimea, which was illegally annexed by Russia.
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Tanks from Poland have arrived in Ukraine.
Andry Yermak, chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, confirmed this on Monday.
These are tanks of the "PT-91 Twardy" type - however, Yermak left open how many there are.
This is reported by the Kyiv Independent
news portal
.
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What the human rights organization “Human Rights Watch” reports (see update from 10.15 a.m.) is also confirmed by the Ukrainian security service.
The
Kyiv Independent
news portal reports that Russian troops torture civilians.
According to the report, this primarily affects the Cherson region.
"Victims are subjected to psychological pressure, violence and death threats," Ukraine's Security Service said on Monday.
The information cannot be independently verified.
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Russian troops torture and kidnap the civilian population in the occupied areas of Cherson and Zaporizhia.
This is the conclusion of the human rights organization "Human Rights Watch" in a report.
It states that Russian soldiers in the regions "tortured, unlawfully arrested and forcibly disappeared civilians".
Prisoners of war are subjected to numerous methods of torture in Ukraine.
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According to an assessment by the British Ministry of Defense, Russia is faced with the dilemma of either “providing resources for the offensive in eastern Ukraine or strengthening defense in the west”.
According to the situation report, the ministry also identified a facility for the conversion and refurbishment of military vehicles with at least 300 damaged vehicles in Russia's Belgorod Oblast.
However, this cannot be independently verified.
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Heavy fighting apparently continues in the Donbass.
This was announced by the Ukrainian government in Kyiv on Monday morning.
Armed forces are particularly involved in clashes to the east and south-east of the conurbation between the cities of Slovjansk and Kramatorsk (Donetsk Oblast).
"The enemy is launching an attack not far from Spirne, fighting is continuing," the Ukrainian general staff said in its situation report.
This cannot be verified independently.
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The US think tank “Institute for the Study of War” assumes that the Kremlin will continue to build regional volunteer battalions.
According to the ISW, Russia "uses the recruitment efforts of private military companies to generate combat power," noting that the Wagner group is actively recruiting for deployment in Ukraine.
The ISW also reports that Russian forces have carried out ground attacks northwest of Sloviansk, east of Siverk, south of Bakhmut and in Kherson Oblast.
This information cannot be independently verified.
News about the Ukraine war: Accusation of the “history-hostile regime” against Moscow
Update from Monday, July 25, 6:20 a.m.:
Kiev sent the accusation of the “anti-historical regime” back to Moscow.
"Only those who do not know the real story and do not feel its importance could choose to attack us," said Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in his video address in the evening.
For centuries, Ukrainians have been oppressed and will never give up their independence.
According to the president, maintaining national unity is now the most important task for Ukrainians in order to win the war and become a member of the European Union.
"Preserving unity now, working together for victory, is the most important national task that we have to tackle together," he said.
Ukraine-News: Russia wants to smash government - Lavrov announces "regime change".
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According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Health, at least 18 medical workers have been killed since the beginning of the war.
In addition, almost 900 medical facilities were damaged or destroyed.
More than 50 medical workers were injured by Russian attacks.
This was announced by the Ukrainian authority on Facebook.
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov has named "regime change" in Ukraine as a war goal.
© Russian Foreign Ministry / Imago Images
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Putin has publicly tightened his goals in the war of aggression against Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in Cairo on Sunday (July 24) that Russia wants to overthrow the Ukrainian government.
"We will definitely help the Ukrainian people to liberate themselves from the regime that is absolutely hostile to the people and history," said the Foreign Minister.
In addition, the Russian and Ukrainian people would live together in the future.
Lavrov contradicts his own statements in April this year.
At the time, the Russian politician assured in an interview with
India Today
that it is up to the Ukrainian people to decide under which leadership they want to live.
The Russian leadership has tightened its position in the Ukraine war significantly in recent days.
Among other things, Lavrov threatened on Wednesday (July 20) that he would occupy other areas outside of the Donbass.
This is the consequence of the Western arms deliveries and their greater range, since the Kiev troops now have to be pushed further away from the Donetsk and Luhansk areas.
Foreign Minister Baerbock accused these statements of being expediently propaganda.
Ukraine war: Russian attack on Odessa – Selenskyj speaks of “barbarism”
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One day after the internationally condemned rocket attacks in the port city of Odessa, Russia has admitted the attack and justified it with the destruction of US weapons.
The missiles were fired at a ship repair plant, the Defense Ministry said in Moscow on Sunday (July 24).
The attack was an act of "blatant Russian barbarism," said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Russia exposed itself with the rocket attack.
"If anyone in the world said earlier that it is necessary to enter into dialogue with Russia, to reach agreements on a ceasefire without liberating our territory from the occupiers, today's missiles have destroyed the possibility of such statements," he said.
On Friday, Russia pledged in the agreement that ships for export would be allowed to use a sea corridor and not fired at them.
The three ports involved must therefore not be attacked.
Among other things, it is about the export of millions of tons of grain.
The agreement, signed through the mediation of the United Nations and Turkey, provides for exports to be monitored from a control center in Istanbul.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov confirmed on Sunday that the international agreement on the export of Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea is valid.
The passage through a sea corridor should be monitored by a control center in Istanbul, Lavrov said during a visit to the Egyptian capital Cairo.
Representatives of Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations are said to be working there.
Russian and Turkish forces would work together to ensure the safety of the ships on the open sea, Lavrov said.
"And when the ships head towards the Ukrainian ports to take on new cargo of food, then there is also a control that ensures that nobody brings weapons there on the way to the Ukrainian ports," he said.
Ukraine war: How Russia justified the attack on Odessa
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Russia justified the attack on Odessa with the destruction of US weapons.
The missiles were fired at a ship repair plant, the Defense Ministry said in Moscow on Sunday (July 24).
A Ukrainian warship and a warehouse with US-supplied Harpoon missiles were destroyed in the dock, sources said.
Ukraine has repeatedly inflicted heavy blows on the Russian Navy with such missiles.
In addition, facilities for the repair and modernization of the ship inventory of the Ukrainian naval forces have been shut down, the statement said.
News in the Ukraine war: Russia confirms attack on Odessa
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After the attack on the Ukrainian port city of Odessa, Russia has now confirmed that it was involved in the shelling.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova confirmed via the online news service Telegram that "military infrastructure" had been destroyed in Odessa by "high-precision" Kalibr cruise missiles.
Russia initially denied having been involved in the airstrikes with Turkey, which had negotiated the agreement on the continuation of grain trade.
"The Russians have told us that they have nothing to do with this attack and that they are investigating the matter very closely," said Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar.
Ukraine-News: US blames Russia for attack on Odessa
Update from Sunday, July 24, 6:33 a.m .:
The United States blames Russia for the shelling of the Ukrainian port city of Odessa and strongly condemns the attack.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Russia broke its commitment just one day after the grain deal.
"This attack raises serious doubts about the credibility of Russia's commitment to yesterday's agreement," Blinken said.
The shelling undermines the work of the United Nations, Turkey and Ukraine to get essential food products to world markets.
Russia bears responsibility for worsening the global food crisis.
According to Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Russia has said it has nothing to do with the attack on Odessa.
Russia has not officially commented on the attack.
News about the Ukraine war: Russian soldiers apparently surrounded in the Cherson region
Update from Saturday, July 23, 6:48 a.m .:
Ukraine says it has surrounded more than 1,000 Russian soldiers in the Cherson region.
Zelenskyi adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said that Putin's forces were "tactically surrounded" near the Vysokopillya settlement.
Russia has not commented so far.
The information cannot be independently verified.
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The USA has promised Ukraine further help.
Overall, the package has a volume of 270 million US dollars, as announced by the White House on Friday (July 22).
Tactical drones will also be part of the assistance, as
thewashingtonpost
reports.
Also on board the package are four HIMARS artillery systems.
According to the information, it also contains 36,000 shots for the HIMARS systems.
Russia recently described the HIMARS artillery as a major problem.
News about the Ukraine war: Russia probably loses an entire artillery division
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Ukrainian troops report the destruction of a Russian artillery division.
A video posted on Twitter shows an airstrike that destroyed eight Russian Msta-B howitzers, vehicles, ammunition and fortifications at an unspecified location in Ukraine, according to the military.
This is reported, among other things, by the news portal
Kyiv Independent
.
However, the information cannot be independently verified.
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Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov left for Turkey to sign the grain agreement with Ukraine.
This was announced by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, according to the Russian news
agency Interfax
.
“We can confirm that the signing is being prepared.
But let's wait and see, we won't act too quickly," said the spokesman.
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According to a report from Russia, Ukrainian troops are attacking the city of Donetsk.
This is reported by the state news agency
Tass
with reference to information from the self-proclaimed "Donetsk People's Republic".
The information is not independently verifiable.
Tass
quoted the mayor of the city of Lysychansk in the neighboring Luhansk region, Andrei Skory, as
saying that the city was experiencing difficulties with food deliveries.
The reason for this is that Ukrainian troops destroyed bridges when retreating from Lysychansk.
This too cannot be verified independently.
News on the Ukraine war: "Massive rocket attacks" reported on Friday morning
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Russian troops probably attacked the south of the Dnipropetrovsk region with rockets on Friday morning.
According to a report by the Kyiv Independent news portal, one person was killed and nine others injured.
According to the report, Governor Walentyn Reznichenko said it was a matter of “massive rocket attacks”.
The rockets apparently hit the city of Nikopol specifically.
Eight other people were apparently injured outside the town of Nikopol.
The information cannot be independently verified.
Update from Friday July 22 07:00
: Ukraine's Corruption Agency identifies 215 potential collaborators among local MPs and officials.
This is reported
by The Kyiv Independent.
According to the National Agency for Corruption Prevention, it has a database with more than 1,500 possible employees.
The largest groups are law enforcement officers and private individuals.
News on the Ukraine war: "Russia uses Ukraine as a test field for attacks on other countries"
First report from Thursday, July 21, 2022, 7 a.m.:
The armed forces from Russia in eastern Ukraine seem to be learning from their military mistakes at the beginning of the attack on their neighboring country, at least according to CIA representative William Burns.
In a way, the Russian military has receded into a more comfortable position — using its advantage and long-range firepower to distance and effectively destroy Ukrainian targets, and to address the military vulnerabilities that they still have , to compensate,” he said at a panel discussion on Wednesday (July 20) in Colorado, USA.
(marv/nak/tvd/ska/na with dpa/AFP/mse)