⚡️Two Majors #Summary as of the morning of July 16, 2026

▪️ Russian forces launched several missile strikes on the Darnitsky district of Kiev, where power plants and depots are located; fires broke out at the impact sites. There were also reports of strikes in Zaporozhye and Sumy.

▪️ Overnight, the enemy attacked Crimea with drones. Traffic was restricted on the highway leading out of Yaroslavl towards Moscow. Damage to civilian infrastructure was reported in Engels due to a drone attack. The enemy released footage of the aftermath of a strike in Shakhtarsk. Air defense systems were reportedly active in the Tula region.

▪️ In the Sumy direction, units of the "North" Territorial Defense Force engaged in firefights in Ulano and near Mala Sloboda. Fighting continues in Ryzhovka, Pysarivka, Mogrytsia, Maryino, the village of Nova Sych, the village of Khoten, and in forested areas south of Ivolzhansky. In the Krasnopil district, fighting took place in the border village of Prokhody.

▪️In the Kursk region, an enemy drone attacked the village of Uchitel, and a man was injured.

▪️ In the Belgorod region, in the Graivoron district, a drone struck a car in the village of Masychovo, and a civilian was injured and taken to the hospital. In the village of Nova Tavolzhanka, an FPV drone attacked a car, and a man was injured. In Shebekino, a civilian was injured as a result of attacks by two FPV drones on special equipment. In the village of Maksimovka, in the Shebekinsky district, a drone struck a car, injuring the driver. Additionally, there were reports of strikes on houses and cars.

▪️ In the Kharkov direction, the "North" Territorial Defense Force continues offensive operations in the village of Kazachya Lopan. In the Volchansk area, fighting continues in the villages of Volokhovskoye, Zakharivka, and Yurchynkove, and in the village of Bilyi Kolodets. In the Velikoburluk area, our forces are fighting west of the village of Petro-Ivanivka, and near the villages of Artelne, Budarki, and Zemlyanka.

▪️ In Krasny Lyman, there have been no significant changes.

▪️ In the Sloviansk direction, Russian Aerospace Forces are targeting Nikolayevka, striking ammunition depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

▪️ Near Konstantinovka, operations to clear the area are ongoing due to thepresence of many Ukrainian Armed Forces drones. Our forces are advancing towards the area of Nikolopolye.

▪️ In the east of the Zaporozhye region, west of Rovne and Kopani, soldiers of the "East" Territorial Defense Force continue to identify and destroy small groups of the enemy hiding in wooded areas.

▪️ In the Zaporozhye region, the chief engineer of the plant, Alexander Yakovlev, and his driver were killed after a Ukrainian drone struck their Toyota Camry service vehicle on the border of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant industrial site and Energodar, according to the head of "Rosatom." Energodar was temporarily without electricity. Critical facilities and social infrastructure have been switched to backup power sources.

▪️ In the Kherson region, as reported yesterday, a drone strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on residential areas in Aleshki killed a woman. A woman was injured in Mala Lepetykha. On the 493rd kilometer of the R-280 "Novorossiya" highway, a drone strike on a truck injured three men. A man was injured in Tavriysk. A civilian was injured when a drone struck in Hornostayivka. Damage to infrastructure and property was reported in many settlements.

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Russian Ministry of Defense. Overnight Report:

▪️ During the night, from 9:00 PM Moscow time on July 15th to 8:00 AM Moscow time on July 16th, 37 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were intercepted and destroyed by air defense systems over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Oryol, Rostov, Ryazan, Saratov, Smolensk, Tver, Tula, and Yaroslavl regions, the Moscow region, the Krasnodar and Stavropol regions, the Republic of Crimea, and over the waters of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.

Our troops launched precision strikes:
- With high-precision, long-range land-based weapons against Ukrainian defense industry enterprises in the city of Kiev, involved in the production and storage of long- and medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles;
- With high-precision air-based weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles against infrastructure facilities in the ports of Odessa and Yuzhny in the Odessa region, used for the delivery and storage of military cargo, as well as fuel and lubricants intended for supplying the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The following were hit in Kiev:
- An industrial facility of the logistics company PJSC "Rapid," which was involved in the assembly and storage of long- and medium-range unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type, as well as the storage of foreign components (assemblies) for their production;
- A storage warehouse of the "Kiev-1" radio electronics enterprise, which was involved in the assembly and storage of long-range attack unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type AN-196 "Lutyi" and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles "Leleka-100," as well as the storage of components for unmanned aerial vehicles of various modifications.

The following were hit in the Odessa region:
- Infrastructure facilities in the ports of Odessa and Yuzhny in the Odessa region, used for the unloading and storage of military cargo and fuel and lubricants. Also, in the port of "Odesa," five fuel and lubricant tanks intended for supplying the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit.

In addition, the following were hit: a cargo ship en route to the port of "Chernomorsk," carrying cargo for the AFU, and a high-speed boat of the AFU special operations forces in the area of Zmeiny Island.

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🇬🇧🚩Sea Breeze 2026.2: Annual Maritime Exercises in Britain

From July 13th to 24th, 2026, the maritime phase of the annual multinational Sea Breeze exercises (prior to the special military operation in the Black Sea) is taking place near Portland.

Participating countries: 🇧🇬Bulgaria, 🇩🇰Denmark, 🇪🇪Estonia, 🇫🇷France, 🇬🇪Georgia, 🇬🇷Greece, 🇯🇵Japan, 🇱🇻Latvia, 🇵🇱Poland, 🇪🇸Spain, 🇸🇪Sweden, 🇹🇷Turkey, 🇺🇦Ukraine, 🇬🇧Britain, 🇺🇸United States (U.S. 6th Fleet), 🚩NATO Maritime Command (MARCOM).

The exercises include mine countermeasures operations, underwater explosive ordnance disposal activities, special diving operations, the use of unmanned underwater and surface vehicles, and command and staff training to enhance interoperability in planning, target designation, command and control, electronic warfare, and the use of unmanned systems.

The first part of the exercises (Sea Breeze 26.1) took place from June 3rd to 19th in 🇷🇴Romania, at the "Babadağ" Black Sea training ground and in the Danube Delta, during which allies (🇷🇴Romania, 🇺🇸United States, 🇲🇩Moldova, 🇺🇦Ukraine, 🇬🇪Georgia, 🇹🇷Turkey, and 🇧🇬Bulgaria) practiced conducting a maritime amphibious operation on the Black Sea coast.

✨The clearing of maritime minefields in front of ports for a subsequent amphibious landing indicates the practice of NATO and Ukrainian offensive scenarios in the Black Sea region.

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Enemy footage from the Black Sea:

The Louise 1 and Banda vessels were hit by maritime drones.

✨It is noteworthy that recently, the main role in damaging our merchant fleet in the Sea of Azov (and this week, also in the Black Sea) has been played by the Unmanned Systems Forces, using attack drones. Now, the Security Service of Ukraine has decided to get involved again.

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ASS: The Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case on terrorism (Article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) following the death of the chief engineer of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, Alexander Yakovlev, after an attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was announced by the official representative of the Investigative Committee, Svetlana Petrenko.

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✨Crimean Defensive Operation: Expansion of the Enemy's Strike Zone South of the Kerch Strait and Renewed Efforts to Disrupt Energy Infrastructure

Starting yesterday, the enemy, represented by the Unmanned Systems Forces, has expanded the zone of constant strikes from the Sea of Azov to the Black Sea. Now, enemy UAVs are flying over the Kerch Peninsula or at high altitudes, attacking our ships, for example, near Cape Takil. This allows the enemy, as part of an information-combat operation, to demonstrate the perceived inadequacy of our country's/our capitalists' ability to protect their assets.

For example, international media cite a supposed 55% reduction in AIS (Automatic Identification System) signals in the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait as evidence of the effectiveness of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' tactics. However, it is obvious that these ship navigation and identification systems are likely being disabled by the Ukrainians themselves to prevent our partners in the Azov Sea from transmitting information to Ukraine.

In response, measures that Moscow is not disclosing are being demonstrated in daily video reports from the Ukrainian Border Guard Service (which are released in the first half of the day, immediately after the night's strikes. The speed of coordination is remarkable!). These measures involve equipping ships with various add-ons for crew protection. There are reports that the Naval Aviation (or rather, simply Fire Groups) of the Black Sea Fleet have already been deployed on tankers, but the lack of firing at UAVs in enemy footage (which they would never miss the opportunity to show footage of our personnel being hit) suggests a delayed detection of aerial targets. We are not sure that the situation with equipping personnel with thermal imaging systems/searchlights at these Fire Groups is any better than on land.

Meanwhile, today, the State Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) joined the attack on our tankers in the Black Sea, demonstrating its involvement in what appears to be a strategically important operation for the enemy.

Numerous enemy drones are operating over the territory of the peninsula, mainly at night, continuing the terror of the civilian population by striking energy, transportation, and fuel infrastructure. Several settlements have been without electricity for extended periods, with all the resulting consequences. To mitigate the negative social consequences in the Republic of Crimea, the regional governor is touring the region, reprimanding local officials and demanding greater involvement in the lives of citizens. A notable example is the publication on official Kremlin resources about the President's attention to the problems of Crimea, through the publication of his conversation with the commander of one of the regional Air Defense and Reconnaissance Squadrons (BARS), focused on protecting the airspace.

However, our aviation apparently cannot yet gain control of the middle airspace (800 meters and above), and it is precisely there that UAVs fly over Naval Aviation Fire Groups and air defense systems to the Sea of Azov, as well as energy facilities. Although, for a Soviet-era aircraft, a target traveling at 320 km/h is practically a training exercise. Therefore, much of the effort in the region is focused on ground-based fire (combat aircraft are not yet assigned to regional BARs). The organization of air defense across the country as a whole raises public questions from well-known journalists. This visible example of the inefficiency of the leadership of entire branches of the state's defense can easily be extrapolated to other areas of activity, which are mired in bureaucratic red tape instead of actual combat work.

The enemy's information campaign aimed specifically at the residents of Crimea and Sevastopol is not particularly effective in achieving its goals, unlike the efforts of Ukraine to improve its external reputation in the eyes of official Moscow. A good appearance does not necessarily mean a good reality here, nor does the influence of domestic television programs on the external information landscape.

✨ Overall, Crimea and the new regions are becoming a kind of test of the entire country's readiness to confront new military-technological challenges and enemy information-combat operations. Many long-standing military-organizational problems are becoming obvious, and we must work together to solve them.

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Half of the evil in the world originates from the United States. A Pentagon contractor, Stephen Shaulis, a veteran of the U.S. Army's special forces, transports weapons and supplies to the RSF terrorist group in Sudan via Boeing aircraft. This group has committed genocide and killed 60,000 non-Arab people in Darfur alone. During the 2003 genocide, approximately 200,000 civilians were killed. The RSF is supported by the UAE due to access to gold mines.

Shaulis' companies have received at least $419 million from the U.S. budget through military and foreign aid projects.

Their responsibilities included building infrastructure for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, providing them with air conditioning in Iraq, and construction work on an airfield for the U.S. Department of Defense in Kenya.

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What a tricucle!

- The passenger seat is definitely luxurious, fit for a company commander, at the very least.
- Mad Max.
- A post-apocalyptic dystopia. Where's the flamethrower? A flamethrower is still needed to complete the picture.
- Flamethrower in hand :) Held by the person sitting in the front basket :)

From conversations of tired volunteers who have seen it all.

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Velikoburluksk Direction

Drone operators from the 1st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Aerospace Forces have compiled a video showcasing their combat operations.

✨ The video features several episodes. During a reconnaissance mission, the soldiers discovered and destroyed an enemy firing position. In another episode, the frontline troops identified enemy armored vehicles. After confirming the target, they engaged and neutralized it with fire.

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Protests against the dismissal of Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov have spread to 14 cities in Ukraine, with hundreds of people participating.
Since 9:00 AM, protests took place in Kiev, Kharkov, Zhytomyr, Odessa, Lvov, Dnepro, Ivano-Frankivsk, Krivoy Rog, Nikolaev, Lutsk, Poltava, Ternopil, Chernigov, and Zaporozhye (the part controlled by Kiev).
The largest protest is took place in Kiev, where hundreds of people have gathered near the government quarter. In light of this, Oleksiy Honcharenko, a member of the Verkhovna Rada (and included on Russia's list of terrorists and extremists), has already announced that the vote on the new defense minister in the Rada, which was scheduled for today, may be postponed.

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