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Russia-Ukraine SITREP Bullet Report for 18 JULY 2023 23:59* - A Lot of Fog of War
🕑 Added 2023-07-19 06:41:23 +0000 UTCIt has been 3,429 days since Russia occupied the Crimea Peninsula on January 27, 2014, and one year and 143 days since Russia expanded its war against Ukraine. The July 17, 2023 report is condensed and combat only. Regular reports return on July 19. The analytical podcast and TikTok return on July 20.
Today's report is a bullet report summary. Full reports return tomorrow.
Kharkiv
Dvorichna Operational Area
Russian reports of an advance to within 3 kilometers of Kupyansk and the Russian Ministry of Defense report of a 2-kilometer advance south of Lyman Pershyi are false. We maintain these are spoiling attacks considering that Russian operational tempo in Luhansk is greatly reduced.
- Fighting continues south of Masyutivka
- A Russian attempt to advance west of Lyman Pershyi was unsuccessful
Luhansk
Kreminna Operational Area
- Mutual fighting was reported west of Dibrova, with Russian attempts to advance toward Torske abandoned
- Fighting continued in the Serebryanskyy Woods, with Russian forces still north of the powerlines and pushed back to the Siverskyi Donets floodplain west of Shypylivka - no map update due to the nature of the positional fighting and the repeated exchange of the same defensive positions
Northeast Donetsk
Soledar Operational Area
- Mutual fighting continued east of Vesele
Bakhmut Operational Area
- A Russian convoy moving in the direction of Minkivka on the M-03/E-40 Highway was destroyed
- Mutual fighting was reported southeast of Orikhovo-Vasylivka
- Russian attempts to advance on Bohdanivka from the northwest failed
- Ukrainian offensive operations continued on the southern edge of Berkhivka and on the western edge of Yahidne
- Russian forces continued attempts to advance on Ivanivske from the southern tip of Bakhmut without success
Klishchiivka Operational Area
- Ukrainian forces took full military control of the stronghold, trenches, and wood blocks on the western edge of Klishchiivka, with the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported Ukrainian troops within the administrative boundaries of the settlement came under artillery fire
Southwest Donetsk
Avdiivka Operational Area
- Significantly reduced Russian operational tempo continues with a failed head-on attack on Avdiivka and the traditional fighting south of Pervomaiske
Marinka Operational Area
- Russian forces attempted to capture the Trudovskaya Mine Shaft Complex south of Kraasnohorivka, suffered heavy casualties, including the loss of at least a tank platoon, and withdrew
- Traditional intense positional fighting continued in the area of Marinka with no change
Lyubymivka-Staromlynivka Operational Direction
- Fighting continued on the northern edge of Staromaiorske and the northern edge of Pryyutne with no change in the situation
Zaporizhia
Orikhiv Operational Area
- Intense positional fighting continued near Robotyne, according to Russian sources; otherwise, there were no significant developments
Occupied Crimea
- The Russian ammunition depot at the training base located in Stary Krym occupied Crimea, suffered multiple explosions in the early morning hours - the massive complex is on fire with ammunition cooking off - Russian officials have ordered four settlements around the base to be fully evacuated due to the exploding munitions
Odesa
- Russian forces repeatedly attacked Odesa with 36 Shahed-136 kamikaze drones, Kalibr cruise missiles, X-22 antiship missiles, Onix missiles, and one Kh-59 missile - there were multiple explosions in the city and there are large fires west of the airport - additional information is pending
Back to the office tomorrow PM
Comments
Ukraine's agriculture ministry said that considerable damage was done to a grain terminal at the Chernomorsk port in the Odesa region, with 60,000 tonnes of grain ready for shipping destroyed in last night's attacks. Other grain storage and loading equipment was also hit. If one person consumes 400 grams of grains per day, then 60,000 tonnes is enough grain to feed 150 million people for one day. Pure evil. Unforgivable.
Russia attacking grain ports is yet another clear message that they are using global food insecurity as a weapon. Somehow the world is supposed to blame Ukraine and NATO. Unfortunately it probably won’t cause any of the neutral countries to criticize Russia. Samantha Powers said it best yesterday. i have to believe that Ukraine anticipated that Russia would do exactly this and moved some air defences to Odessa.
There are so many Youtubers posting their maps and assessments but yet, they all seem to pale in comparison to your comprehensive analyses. Thank you so much, I do not have to speculate alongside those on YT.
