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Major blow to Russian logistics tonight carried out by Western weapons.
Video:Ukraine confirms strikes on key bridge in Kherson. Ukraine hit Antonivsky Bridge in the occupied Kherson with artillery overnight, severely damaging it. The bridge is one of the two crossings over the Dnipro River which Russia uses to transit military personnel and equipment.
️Russia threatens with “harsh response” if West increases weapon supplies to Ukraine.
"Increasing supplies of Western weapons to Kyiv may force the Russian Federation to take tougher actions," said Konstantin Gavrilov, the head of Russia's delegation on arms control in Vienna.
Russia is shipping in loyalist teachers ahead of the new school year in September, raising fears Ukraine will lose a generation of children to Kremlin propaganda
“What can we do? Bring back these areas to our control as soon as possible.” – @SotnykOlena
It’s been nearly a month since the HIMARSs had their debut in Ukraine, but we still haven’t seen Russia being effective at countering them or at least minimizing the damage.
Australian company's drone jammers helping Ukraine fight Russia.
The Biden administration has offered to exchange Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout for Americans Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, per @CNN
Griner has been detained for 160 days.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...ys-troops-toward-southern-ukraine-2022-07-27/Russia captures power station, redeploys troops toward southern Ukraine
Russian forces took over Ukraine's second-biggest power plant and are conducting a "massive redeployment" of troops to three southern regions, a Ukrainian presidential adviser said, amid expectations of a Ukrainian counter-offensive. Russian-backed forces said on Wednesday they had captured the Soviet-era coal-fired Vuhlehirsk power plant intact, in what was Moscow's first significant gain in more than three weeks.
UK intelligence: Ukraine’s counter-offensive in Kherson Oblast gathering momentum. The U.K. Defense Ministry said that Ukrainian forces had likely established a bridgehead south of the Inhulets River, “which forms the northern boundary of Russian-occupied Kherson (Oblast)."
Town of Bakhmut is under Russian fire again, today the Russians shelled the city four times from Hurricanes.
at least three dead and three wounded. 6 apartment buildings and 6 private houses were damaged. Rescuers are working on the site.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has issued a protest note against Latvia for what it calls “rude pressure” put on Russians wanting to enter Latvia.
Russians have to sign a paper saying they don’t agree with Kremlin’s policies in order not to be classified as national security risks.
Criticizing Putin's war in Ukraine is punishable by up to 15 years in jail. However, opposition activists such as @vkaramurza have chosen to stay, resist the authorities & oppose the war because "a Russian politician's place is in Russia. It could never have been any other way."
Lithuania banned the leader of the #Russian #Orthodox #Church from entering for supporting the military aggression of #Russia against Ukraine.
#BREAKING: A US-sanctioned ship owned by the Syrian government has docked in Lebanon’s Tripoli carrying flour and barley that the Ukrainian embassy told @Reuters was stolen from Ukrainian stores
️Governor: 26 people injured by Russian missile strike on Kropyvnytsky.
According to Kirovohrad Oblast Governor Andrii Raikovych, Russia hit the city with Kalibr missiles on July 28, killing five people. Among those injured, one person is in critical condition.
The Biden administration is quietly circulating an estimate of Russian casualties in Ukraine that far exceeds earlier U.S. estimates, telling lawmakers that more than 75,000 members of Russia’s forces had been killed or injured.
Israeli government officials and political analysts widely interpreted Russia’s move against the Jewish agency as retaliation for Israel's criticism of the Kremlin's war on Ukraine.
️Security Service detains individuals issuing Ukrainian passports to Russian saboteurs.
According to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the scheme was organized by a former tax official from Donetsk, who moved to Kharkiv after Russia occupied Donetsk.
