On July 8, 2024, the Russia-Ukraine war entered its 866th day.
Over the past 48 hours, the most important news on the battlefield has come from the Toretsk direction.
This direction has been relatively stable since the beginning of the Russian invasion. Since the Ukrainians built impenetrable deep fortifications here during the war in Donbass, after several unsuccessful offensives in the early stages of the war, no major Russian offensive was seen in this direction and was classified as a calmer part of the front.
For this reason, a Ukrainian commander decided to transfer the 41st Mechanized Brigade, which had been fighting hard for several months in Chasov Yar and was seriously depleted, from here with the fully formed 24th Mechanized Brigade.
At that time, there was opposition, saying that the simultaneous movement of troops was dangerous and would lead to the loss of positions, but the commander still insisted on his opinion and made a fatal mistake (the commander has now been removed by Zelensky).
The Russians quickly perceived (drone reconnaissance?) Mole? The Ukrainian rotation, before the newly arrived Ukrainian soldiers were able to familiarize themselves with their new positions and establish an organized defense, launched a massive artillery strike and launched an offensive on the settlement of Pivnichne from both the north and the south. The sudden formation of a clamping situation caught the Ukrainian army off guard.
Among them, the Russian army on the northern road used an abandoned pipeline from Mayorsk to the water pumping station (a stronghold of the Ukrainian army) and sent the elite stormtroopers directly over.
This took the Ukrainian defenders by surprise and hastily lost the stronghold. After that, the Russian commandos carried out fire control on the forest line and the railway to the settlement of Pivnichny, clearing the way for the Russian commandos to enter the first house in Pivnichny.
It is likely that the Russian army has captured the village of Shumy, and the fighting for Pivnichne is still ongoing. It is worth mentioning that the Ukrainian army shot down another Su-25 during yesterday's battle.
On the Kharkiv front, the Ukrainian army continues to advance in Hlibok, and the fighting has now taken place in the farm area north of the village, indicating that the settlement itself has been completely liberated.
The fighting in Vovchansk continues, but there is no suspense for the Ukrainian army to regain the town.
扎波罗热方向,俄军一个1L119 or SVU 式 VHF 远程防空雷达在Kalynivka 镇附近被 HIMARS 发射的M30A1 式GMLRS 火箭弹用空爆方式击中。
In addition, the airport located in Melitopol exploded after several attacks, the exact results of which are not yet known.
In the Crimean direction, on the night of July 7, an explosion and fire broke out on the gas main line in Alushta. The Kremlin-appointed authorities blamed it on a technical malfunction.
In the Russian direction, Ukrainian drones attacked ammunition depots in Russia's Voronezh region on July 7. The stored missiles stored there, as well as ammunition for combat vehicles and artillery, were completely destroyed.
Let's take a look at the other news.
The Finnish-Ukrainian Defense Association recently said that the 155-mm artillery shells produced by Todai are cheap and in large quantities, and they hope to be introduced through third-party channels before being transferred to Ukraine for use.
It is reported that a batch of 155-mm artillery shells from Dongda bought at friendly prices in Pakistan's hands have been sold to Ukraine and have earned a lot of difference.
In the past June, Russia launched 76 missiles and 340 drones at Ukrainian cities, destroying numerous houses, schools, kindergartens and businesses...
The Netherlands will provide Ukraine with a mobile forensic laboratory to assist in the investigation of more than 130,000 war crimes committed by Russia. This support was announced during the visit of Prosecutor General Kostin and Dutch Foreign Minister Feldkamp to the damaged Cathedral of the Ascension in Odessa.
Less than 48 hours after his appointment, Britain's new defense secretary announced additional military aid to Ukraine, including more artillery, 250,000 rounds of ammunition and nearly 100 Brimstone precision-guided missiles.
Estonian President Karis said that the only effective strategy of NATO at the moment is to support Ukraine as much as possible, without any restrictions on further assistance.
Repeating the previous judgment, there is a high probability that there will be heavy news from the NATO summit with the United States.
British American Tobacco has agreed to pay more than $635 million in fines for selling cigarettes to Cao County in violation of U.S. sanctions (the company apologized for unknowingly selling several boxes of gold wire plates).
A little curious, doesn't Cao County boycott American goods? Or is there a different division of labor, someone is responsible for boycotting, someone is responsible for inspecting the quality of American goods?
Ukrainian women's high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh has just broken the 37-year-old women's high jump record in Paris. The previous world record in the women's high jump was 2.09m set by Bulgaria's Stefka Kostadinova in Rome in 1987.
Yesterday, Yaroslava Mahuchikh crossed the 2.10-meter bar at the Paris Diamond Grand Prix. Hopefully, she will win a medal or even a gold medal at the Olympics, Ukraine needs it too much at this time.
The watermelons in Kherson are ripe again.
Two years ago at this time, a Ukrainian artist created an AI work with the name "The watermelon season is coming, and so are the Armed Forces of Ukraine".
It was the beginning of the Kherson counterattack, where Ukrainian farmers had a bumper watermelon harvest and the Armed Forces of Ukraine had a bumper harvest, and they finally regained Kherson.
This year, there is another bumper harvest of watermelons in Kherson, which is a good sign.
By the way, cue the artist, this time he should create a painting ""Watermelon season is coming, and the F-16 is coming".
Finally, some historical knowledge of Soviet Russia:
In 1939, he sent troops to Poland and Finland;
In 1940, it sent troops to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania;
In 1956, troops were sent to Hungary;
In 1968, he sent troops to the Czech Republic;
In 1969, the army was sent to ......;
In 1979, it sent troops to Afghanistan;
In 1994, troops were sent to Chechnya;
In 1999, troops were sent to Chechnya;
In 2008, troops were sent to Georgia;
In 2014, troops were sent to Ukraine;
In 2022, troops will be sent to Ukraine.
I hope that this history will come to an end completely here in Ukraine.
Text/West Building Drinking Moon
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