Timeline: day 140 of Ukraine's defense against russia's aggression
Today is July 13. russia's military attack on Ukraine has been going on for 140 days. We're reporting on the current news. The article will be updated.
What about today?
Key points
Sixteen merchant ships have already passed through the channel of the Bystre estuary to Ukrainian Danube ports—they will be waiting to be loaded with Ukrainian grain.
Ukrainian wheat is burning from shelling by the occupiers. Ukrainian farmers are forced to work near the front line. Part of the fields is under russian occupation. Because of russia's war in Ukraine, 44 million people on the planet are at risk of starvation. The world needs Ukrainian bread, and we need peace and even more weapons to destroy the invaders.
"The occupiers have already felt well what modern artillery is, and they will not have a safe rear anywhere on our land," Zelensky emphasized in his daily address.
As the president said, the next batch of weapons will arrive in Ukraine from Poland; these are modern Krab self-propelled howitzers, which will powerfully treat our enemy with fire.
Ukraine's strike aircraft destroyed the concentration of occupiers and their equipment in the Izium and Donetsk areas within a day. Up to 30 pieces of equipment were disposed of, the Air Force Command reports.
In addition, the Ukrainian defenders struck the ammunition depot of the russians in the Pivdennyi Buh direction.
In total, since the beginning of russia's full-scale invasion, the strike aviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has carried out 1,700 group strikes on the positions, warehouses, equipment, and manpower of the russian troops.
The main points from the morning summary of Ukraine's General Staff:
- In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy is holding a group of troops from the Western and Eastern military districts. Focuses the main efforts on defense.
- Ukrainian defenders successfully repulsed the assault in the direction of Dovhenke and Dolyna.
- In the Pivdennyi Buh direction, to prevent the regrouping of our troops, the aggressor fired artillery in the areas of 12 settlements.
- The occupiers systematically drink alcohol and run away from the war. The invaders also complain about the ineffectiveness of their attacks on Ukrainian positions.
In the southern direction, as a result of the strikes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, senior russian officers are killed. Such losses indicate that high-level commanders continue to control tactical maneuvers on active front lines and, as a result, are killed or wounded, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports.
Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed five ammunition depots and one military unit. The spokesperson for the Odesa regional military administration, Serhii Bratchuk, reported.
Who's coming to Ukraine?
On financial and information aid, weapons and politicians
Sweden transferred almost 1.7 billion hryvnias for the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The NBU reports. "We are extremely grateful to the Swedish government for the significant charitable contributions aimed at supporting the Armed Forces. Our unity is extremely important," said NBU Chairman Kyrylo Shevchenko. This is the second transfer from the Swedish government. In March, the NBU received SEK 500 million.
Ukraine can receive another €500 million from the European Union. The EU is considering the possibility of providing Ukraine with another tranche of military aid. This was stated by the Secretary-General of the European External Action Service, Stefano Sannino: "Since the beginning of the invasion, we have provided two billion euros of military aid to Ukraine through the European Peacekeeping Fund, including the first-ever opportunity to provide lethal weapons. And we are currently discussing the possibility of the fifth tranche of 500 million euros."
Poland can organize training for Ukrainian sappers, Minister of Defense Mariusz Błaszczak. "You can train sappers, we all know very well that the russians left mines on the occupied Ukrainian territory, so they must be removed. We are ready to train the Ukrainian military so that they can clear these territories," Blaszczak said at a press conference with Reznikov.
The German government has published a list of lethal and non-lethal military aid provided and planned for transfer to Ukraine. In particular, they plan to transfer: 54 M113 armored personnel carriers with weapons (equipment from Denmark, transfer financed by Germany); 3 MARS MLRS with ammunition; 3 self-propelled howitzers manufactured in 2000; 4,000 35-mm cartridges for GEPARD anti-aircraft tanks; 53,000 ammunition for air defense; 65 refrigerators for the medical property; 1 vehicle decontamination point and much more.
News from partners!
The German magazine Der Spiegel believes that the operation to liberate Kherson has a high chance of success. Interviewed analysts said that the russians threw their best units into Donbas, leaving much less well-trained crews in the South. Explosions of rear warehouses became additional problems.
Germany will stop buying russian coal from August 1 and russian oil from December 31. Deputy Minister of Finance of Germany Jörg Kukies announced this. According to him, the russian federation supplied Germany with 40% of coal and 40% of oil from the country's annual consumption. Now Germany is looking for an alternative to russian supplies. Perhaps it will be the USA and Qatar.
The Ukrainian diaspora in Canada filed a lawsuit to stop the supply of Siemens turbines to the Nord Stream, the National Post reports. "We cannot supply a terrorist state with the tools it needs to obtain the funds to finance the murder of tens of thousands of innocent people," said the organization's leader, Paul Grod.
Iran denies selling military equipment to russia. The US claims that Tehran intends to supply Moscow with hundreds of drones.
German Foreign Minister, Annalena Baerbock, said that at the moment, she doesn't see any chances for negotiations with russia.
Life considering hostilities
Our dog rescuer received another award. Immediately, two US veteran organizations—Veterans of Foreign Wars VFW and Bomb Techs Without Borders—awarded the famous Patron commemorative honors, a certificate, and a combat coin.
Zelensky responded to a petition to ban full-time education during the war. According to the president, educational institutions and military administrations will independently determine the organization of the beginning of the academic year, depending on the situation. Zelensky also appealed to the Prime Minister to work out the proposals outlined in the petition.
The famous Ukrainian artist Yevhenia Hapchynska added to her angelic series a portrait of the friend of Ukraine, Boris Johnson.
Donetsk and Luhansk regions
The number of victims in Chasiv Yar increased to 47. Rescuers removed the bodies of two more victims from the rubble tonight and this morning, the State Emergency Service reports.
In the course of the next week, the invaders will focus on capturing the towns near Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, British intelligence believes. In the Donetsk region, russian forces are likely to focus on capturing small towns like Siversk and Dolyna, on the approaches to Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. These cities remain the main targets of the russian federation at the current stage of the war.
Kharkiv region
Destroyed buildings, fires at private enterprises and factories, smashed cars, cut by tree splinters. Medics hospitalized five people with blast injuries and shrapnel injuries. The condition of all victims is moderate. These are the consequences of yesterday's shelling by orcs of Kharkiv's Industrialnyi and Nemyshlianskyi districts with rocket launchers.
Zaporizhzhia region
In the Zaporizhzhia region, partisans threw grenades at the motorcade of the "head" of North Ossetia; he is in the hospital. They threw grenades at the motorcade of a pro-russian so-called politician; he received a slight concussion and was hospitalized. Zaporizhzhia is Ukraine!
Kherson region
Kherson partisans put up an installation in the city for the third time – a puppet of the russian military. The Center of National Resistance reported this. "It depicts the future of the occupier, namely death. The first two installations were popular, and the occupiers had to remove them on their own," the message reads.
It is reported that in Kherson, the highest leadership of the russians began to settle in hospitals. The "Second Army of the World" hid from the Himars in hospitals among civilians. The "Second Army of the World" does not trust its air defense systems.
Mykolaiv region
As a result of the russian shelling of Mykolaiv over the past day, 12 people were injured, and two hospitals, a school, and several residential buildings were destroyed.
