War in Ukraine: Tusk says it is going to finish inside a hundred days
Tusk went on to say that “following my assembly with President Zelensky, it’s completely clear to me that the following 100 days may decide the end result of this struggle. At this stage, I might say the chances are 50-50”. “A lot will depend on the choices of the US President,” the Polish Prime Minister added.
Russia: ‘Ukrainian assault on the Zaporizhzhia energy station foiled’
The press workplace of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy station, situated in the Ukrainian area of the identical title however at the moment below Russian management, has reported that an assault by Kyiv’s forces on the plant’s important infrastructure has been foiled. “Right this moment, an assault by a Ukrainian armed forces drone carrying munitions was detected close to the spent nuclear gasoline storage facility on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Energy Station,” a assertion learn.
FT: Ukrainians have put 30 per cent of Russian refinery capability out of motion
The Ukrainian marketing campaign in opposition to Russian refineries has put greater than 30 per cent of Russia’s precise manufacturing capability and 45 per cent of its nominal capability out of motion, triggering the nation’s worst oil disaster for the reason that collapse of the Soviet Union.
An evaluation by the Monetary Occasions, based mostly on refinery ground plans, images, satellite tv for pc imagery and thermal infrared knowledge, exhibits that the harm sustained by a number of main Russian refineries continued for weeks and even months after the assaults.
Ukrainian air strikes have destroyed greater than a dozen giant and medium-sized storage tanks, with a whole storage capability of round 80,000 cubic metres, in accordance to an estimate by the Monetary Occasions.
Ukraine strikes 4 Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, says Kyiv
The Ukrainian military has struck 4 Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, the commander of Ukraine’s drone forces, Robert Brovdi, mentioned on Thursday. Brovdi said on the Telegram app that a whole of 205 oil tankers had been struck over the previous three weeks, of which 130 have been in the Sea of Azov and 75 in the Black Sea.
Raid on the Taman oil and gasoline terminal in Kyiv and an digital warfare base in Crimea with a vary of 5,000 km
Ukrainian drones additionally struck the gasoline and oil terminal on the port of Taman (Tamanneftegaz), owned by the Oteko group, in the Krasnodar area in a single day, the place a hearth broke out, in all probability in the tanks.
The terminal is the principle personal hub for the export of power merchandise and has the capability to deal with 19.9 million tonnes of cargo per yr.
The location’s storage amenities comprise multiple million cubic metres of petroleum merchandise and LNG. The Ukrainian Army Intelligence Directorate introduced at the moment that, in latest days – throughout the evening of 26–27 – the BN-Murmansk digital warfare station, close to Cape Fiolnt in Crimea, was additionally focused. This facility handles intelligence alerts, communications interception and short-wave jamming operations focusing on transmissions at a distance of up to 5,000 kilometres.
Moscow: Ukrainian navy targets and logistics centres struck
The Russian armed forces struck airports, defence business amenities and logistics centres in Ukraine in a single day, the Russian Ministry of Defence has said. The assault was carried out utilizing long-range precision-guided weapons (although, as may be seen in the photographs, there are a lot of civilian deaths and accidents amongst these caught in their houses throughout the evening, editor’s be aware), deployed on land, in the air and at sea, in addition to drones.
Russian navy leaders have said that final evening’s missile and drone assaults on Ukraine additionally focused factories concerned in the manufacturing of Flamingo and Neptun missiles, notably in Lviv, in the west of the nation. The Ministry of Defence specifies that in Lviv, the L’vovskij Aviacionnyj Zavod plant – which is chargeable for the manufacturing, restore and upkeep of turbojet engines used in FP-5 Flamingo land-based cruise missiles – was bombed, and the L’vovskij Gosudarstvennyj Zavod plant, which produces on-board electronics for varied kinds of missiles, in addition to radar methods for Neptun-MD long-range guided missiles and a variant of the S-300 air defence missile system. Within the Ivano-Frankivsk area, the Kalush industrial plant was struck; this facility can be concerned in the manufacturing of the Flamingo missiles and is chargeable for the storage and distribution of elements for these missiles, together with these sourced from Western international locations. Within the Rivne area, the Rovnoazot plant was struck; it produces gasoline elements used for the Flamingo missiles, in addition to for the FP-7 and FP-9 tactical operational missiles and the Grom-2 tactical operational missiles. In Kyiv, the Russian Ministry of Defence continues, the Zavod Mayak plant – which produces elements for FP-1 and FP-2 long- and medium-range assault drones – and the Elektrotekhnicheskij Zavod industrial plant, which produces medium-range reconnaissance and assault drones.
Wildberries: harm brought on by Ukrainian drones at two hubs
Ukrainian drones struck Wilberries warehouses in a single day in the areas of Penza and Udmurtia, the Russian e-commerce big has introduced. Fires broke out on the websites in Mastinovka, close to Penza, and in Saraput. Staff have been evacuated from the websites when the assault alert sounded. One particular person was injured. Since 18 July, drones from Kyiv have struck 13 hubs belonging to Wildberries throughout Russia, forcing the corporate to search various premises in Kazakhstan.
Russia: 258 Ukrainian drones shot down in a single day
Air defences shot down 258 Ukrainian drones in a single day, the Russian Ministry of Defence mentioned in a assertion.
“Final evening, the air defence forces on responsibility intercepted and destroyed 258 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial automobiles,” the ministry mentioned. It specified that the drones have been destroyed in the areas of Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Volgograd, Penza, Rostov and Tambov, in the Krasnodar Territory, in Crimea, in Adygea, and over the Azov and Black Seas.
