Timeline: day 143 of Ukraine’s defense against russia’s aggression

Today is July 16. russia's military attack on Ukraine has been going on for 143 days. We're reporting on the current news. The article will be updated.

What about today?

Key points

"The occupiers realize that Ukrainians are gradually becoming stronger, and the goal of their terror is very simple – to put pressure on our society, intimidate people, cause maximum damage to Ukrainian cities while Russian terrorists are still able to do it," Zelenskyy said in his daily address.

In turn, the russians tried to attack the Armed Forces in the north of the Kherson region, but they themselves had to flee from the fire. Unsuccessful attempts to attack the positions of Ukrainian forces in the Kherson direction from helicopters took place in the morning and at noon on July 15, – reported in Operation command "South".

The enemy Su-35 tried three times to attack Ukrainian attack aircraft in the sky over Novaya Kakhovka. There are no losses of our aviation.

Yesterday in Nova Kakhovka, the missile and artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit two control points of enemy troops and a landing pad. The losses of the enemy are specified. This was reported by Kherson regional state administration.

russian troops are probably coming out of an "operational pause," writes the Institute for the Study of War. Limited ground attacks northwest of Slovyansk, southeast of Siversk, along the Bakhmut-Lysychansk highway, southeast of Bakhmut, and southwest of Donetsk testify to the future attempt of the russian armed forces to resume a large-scale offensive in Donbas. the russians are likely to continue and expand such attacks in the next 72 hours. At the same time, as experts note, a 10-day "pause" is not enough to fully restore the offensive forces.

Terrorists cannot establish their work in the occupied territories due to the total resistance of the locals. In Kharkiv region, local energy workers refused to work for the russians. This was reported by the Center of National Resistance. A similar story is in Melitopol, where the occupiers are looking for traitors for pay, because they cannot find "pro-Ukrainian citizens", i.e. the majority, willing to surrender. Instead, in Mariupol, which they destroyed, due to the refusal of the locals to work, the russians are bringing energy workers from the russian federation. According to the data of the National Central Committee, 250 specialists in the field of electric power have already arrived in occupied Mariupol. More than 700 people are expected in the near future.