A large convoy of Ukrainian military equipment moving toward Torskoye, on the Zherebets river frontier, was detected and burned to a crisp at approximately 03:00 (am) MSK.

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The Russian Army establishes a bridgehead across the Zherebets River, west of Karamzinovka. The likely intended intermediate target line is the watershed between the Oskol and the Zherebets River basins, extending south from Kuzemovka to Vishnevoye, to Cherneshchyno and further, before the ultimate drive to the Oskol frontier. Russian success here, if maintained, both enables the approach to the eastern outskirts of Kupyansk and threatens the grouping of the Ukrainian forces in the Krasny Liman direction.

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Our fighters broke through the layered defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Yuriy Podolyaka , journalist:

▪️The most important direction now is Svatovo-Kremennaya. For the first time in the NMD, our troops managed to break through the enemy’s layered defense , which the Armed Forces of Ukraine had been strengthening for many months.

▪️Over the weekend, units of the 20th Army, having crossed the Zherebets, which was not so easy, took steep heights from the other side and went 6 km deep on a front of more than 10 km.

▪️Yesterday, the panic of the enemy was visible: some lines were left without fights. Our line of defense on the dividing hill was about 4 km away. If they advance at the same pace, they will reach this line the day after tomorrow. And if they take it on the move, it will be a collapse for the enemy: the front here can simply crumble. The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is aware of this, there is a question about the urgent transfer of reserve brigades.

▪️ Enemy successes : west of Kleshcheevka, they held the main fortified area, relying on which the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to push through our defenses. They tried to attack in the Zaporozhye direction, but unsuccessfully. In the region of Velikaya Novosyolka, they lost several fortifications.

▪️It looks like the Armed Forces of Ukraine have not yet abandoned their plans for a counter-offensive in the south - there may be another attempt , although it is difficult to imagine what they need to do to make it successful.

▪️The morale of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has fallen sharply: the “meat assaults” have not brought results. In the end, people are not robots, the soldiers refused to go forward, so they started using armored vehicles again, there are no options. The spirit of the population is also falling: people no longer believe in victory.

❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on July 24

▪️The AFU used drones to attack Moscow for the fourth time.

Russian electronic warfare units intercepted two drones before they collided with non-residential buildings without causing significant damage.

▪️Russian air defense forces repelled a raid by more than a dozen Ukrainian drones over the territory of the Crimean peninsula.

Nevertheless, the enemy managed to hit an ammunition depot and a repair base with Storm Shadow cruise missiles.

▪️In the Kup'yans'k sector, the AFU conducted a series of counterattacks in an attempt to regain lost positions near Lyman Pershyi.

Russian troops repelled all attacks, forcing the enemy to retreat to their original lines.

▪️In the Svatove sector, the AFU are attempting to advance in small groups against Russian positions west of Karmazynivka.

All enemy attempts to advance are successfully suppressed by concentrated artillery and small arms fire.

▪️South of Bakhmut, the enemy managed to gain a foothold on the heights adjacent to Klishchiivka at the cost of significant losses.

At the moment, fierce fighting is taking place on the outskirts of the settlement.

▪️In the Kherson direction, the AFU sabotage and reconnaissance groups again attempted to land on Antonovsky Island.

The AFU landing forces were promptly detected and destroyed by rocket artillery fire.

▪️Russian forces continue to use drones to strike infrastructure in the Odessa region.

In the port of Reni, grain hangars and cargo storage areas were hit, and a serious fire was reported at one of the facilities.
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The Russian Armed Forces destroyed seven Leopard tanks and ten Bradley infantry fighting vehicles in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions in a day.

The total losses of the enemy per day in these areas amounted to over 160 Ukrainian servicemen, seven tanks, fifteen combat armored vehicles, five vehicles, the M777 artillery system, as well as Msta-B and D-20 howitzers.

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"Tens of thousands of losses" - The New York Times analyzes the situation at the front after a month of finding its journalists on the front lines.

The conclusion is that "the fighting has basically reached a stalemate, and Ukraine has faced many obstacles against a determined enemy."

Several factors:

1. High losses when "small territorial acquisitions cost too much."

"Ukrainian infantry is increasingly focusing on trench attacks, but after tens of thousands of casualties since the start of the war, these ranks are often filled with less trained and older soldiers," the article says.

"We're exchanging our people for their people, and they have more men and equipment," says a Ukrainian commander whose platoon has "taken 200% casualties" since the start of the Russian invasion (that is, the platoon has changed twice already).

Many Ukrainian formations had problems replenishing with qualified soldiers capable of conducting successful assaults.

Replenishment sometimes represents age-mobilized recruits.

"You can't expect a 40-year-old to be a good infantryman or machine gunner," says a Ukrainian commander whose platoon lost "dozens of men."

Another factor in the high casualties is "when the Russian forces move out of position, they begin to skillfully bombard it with their artillery, ensuring that the Ukrainian troops cannot stay there for long."

Ukrainian casualties have increased not only in the south but also recently around Bakhmut - as part of "Ukraine's strategy to pin down Russian forces around the city in addition to a counter-offensive in the south of the country."

The reason for the losses is that the Russian Federation transferred more artillery to this area.

2. The second factor is the shortage of ammunition. And also "a mixture of ammunition sent from different countries."

At the same time, the accuracy of different projectiles varies greatly. In addition, some old shells and rockets sent from abroad damage equipment and injure soldiers. "Now this is a very big problem," said Oleksiy, the commander of the Ukrainian battalion.

3. In the summer months, camouflage and green vegetation give an advantage to the defending side, allowing you to cover not only soldiers but also EW artillery.

4. "Lancets". These Russian loitering munitions forced Ukrainian artillery and mechanized formations to take extensive measures to hide their positions.

Some tankers even welded makeshift armor to their turrets to try and stop the Lancets.

"It was impossible to drown them out, at least not now," Ukrainian electronic warfare experts commented. Also, Lancets are hard to shoot down because they look more like guided bombs than drones.

5. When the Armed Forces of Ukraine attack, they cannot fully use Starlink, moving away from their main positions. When trying to take a satellite installation with them, the Russians begin to hit its antenna.

The broader part of this problem is that Russian forces often target Starlink Wi-Fi routers to hit them with artillery.

They can also detect mobile phone signals and jam GPS, and radio frequencies, which deprives advancing groups of stable communications.

Note that this is published by one of the most Western newspapers, one of the heavyweights of the media. It turns out that everyone knows everything and does nothing to rectify the situation. And not because they can't, but because they understand - it's USELESS.

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